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let's
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has fallen
touch how much are you in darling
sweetheart light of my life
nothing dearest sweetheart fruit of my
tree what you mean nothing
that's what you don't get nothing
next yes you vincent this is a barber
shop not a public library
you mean you caught people here yes
behind the wrong place is the betting
shop i want
look just put your backside on that seat
honestly pork pie sand nip give me the
tip this old man owns the horse i
thought they owned mellow fellow
no nice cousin owns that one they'll
have their finger in everything
what do we have oh he's off again what
are you talking about when it comes to
business in england black people don't
have any
west indians don't have any oh sorry mr
weinstein
what's so special about you then
well some africans are extremely good
businessmen
some africans asking for a punch on the
nose
i'm a westinian businessman and so is
desmond that's what i mean
you don't have anything asians own car
shops takeaways restaurants
racehorses turks on the greeks own fish
and chips and donut kebabs
donna kebabs your donna what's he doing
there
far from a barber shop and peckham and a
few dodgy goods off the back of a larry
what business do we own well judging
from the papers we seem to have a
monopoly on muggings and streets
what a negative conversation now we are
excelling in all sorts of areas
and i don't mean just athletics and pop
music
unboxing we now have members of
parliament
we in education um local government
on the telly take our eldest son michael
for instance
i'd like to take him as far away as
possible and leave him there
i wouldn't have a bad word said against
him he works very hard in that bank
huh now if you want to achieve you just
have to
go for it he gone so far we never even
see him well
i'd better go for it what do you think
you were going for
sand it's throat find out what happened
to that also is
do you still want to lift down the
market sure yes thanks well i suppose i
better go for it too
thanks for the coffee shelf anytime at
you oh
what's your lecture today the propensity
to consume due to the changing economic
infrastructure
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can you drop me in the high road you
name it matt and i'll drop you in it
hi uh take a seat
you know boxing's not the same since
cassius clay changed his name to
mohammed ali
i mean what kind of a name is that
that's not a box isn't it you're right
man you should have a name like uh
sugar bomber rocky dark destroyer
a rather muffin you see that's why the
americans don't take frank bruno as a
serious contender i mean he should have
a name like brutal bruno
uh who shall bruno uh you know i mean
harry bruno
why that is a good fight hi
i hear buddy wet look but that
is wet so wet you can build in it
yes it's my own product i'm here to see
the proprietor
nobody here by that name that's me
what can i do you for daryl daryl
montefiore
short and curlies you must have heard of
us no
you have to hear about uh charlton
curley's paw patrol yeah man
charlton fastest growing new chain in
london
we have a number of salons in the west
end victoria north kensington north
kensington where is that
uh paddington that's nice you see popeye
a black businessman my name is desmond
pleased to meet you
this young man's only young and he's
achieved all this
in the next 10 years he'll be a
international businessman
that's very nice of you des i don't have
to tell you it's not been an easy road
but you have to make the most of your
opportunities and uh go for it spoken
like a true businessman
well it takes a good businessman to know
good businessman des
actually the reason why i'm here this is
that i want to buy you out
what we've done our market research and
we think that peckham is potentially a
very profitable area
it has a large black community who i
think will appreciate our creative
styles
now you've been a barber here for more
than 20 years so rather than waste
needless time and money setting up a
rival salon
we'd like to buy you out there is a
great potential in this place for
today's entrepreneur
so rather than hammering you into the
ground competition we're going to give
you a way out
so what do you think dez you know what i
think daryl
tell me this i think you are the ghetto
of my shop no
they will ask you a good price why don't
you think about it and give me a ring
or i can come back next friday eight so
friday about three
eight have a nice day
um chic you know what i think
what i think you should ask him how much
he was offering who was that
he calls himself daryl montefiore oh
short and curlies i know then yeah
what's wrong with that
what's wrong is that slippery a little
wet look man wanted by our shop
man what's a failure fox man a wally who
walks around with filofaxes just to show
everyone how busy and important they are
i better tell matu about the file of
axes you can't buy our shop this is our
home if you didn't say yes did you
he didn't even let him make an offer oh
good for you dad no one's gonna take
this away from us
we don't want some wet little blow dry
clip joint yeah this is more than the
barber shop mr ambrose it is
this is a community center is it a
confessional would drop
in yeah this is a place where people
will serve tea and toast watch tv
and engage in social intercourse nothing
might shut the door
leave anybody come here to cut the hair
anymore i would take the money if i was
you no you don't want to give in to
people like that ruthless capitalists
yeah hairdressing changed just that to
scalp yeah
so we'll start to complain yeah where
shawn much desmond's is needed
support the little man oh sorry mr
ambrose
leave it to us dad you see pogba who
said black people aren't enterprising it
well i think i better get shot on korea
and get a year ago because
what are you looking at you're just
going to stand there
26 years running your own shop is not a
bad innings
with the money you'd get you could build
your own house back home
what are you gonna do stand and fight or
check the money and run
i think you should take the money and
run and i could run with you oh shut up
look at you sweeping the floor you're
gonna do this all your life
remember when we used to sit on the
seawall dreaming of england
we thought we'd be the kings of jazz
we were just georgetown dreamers bud
sweet sticks jazzy lee pogba
shirley father said she was mad to come
up here with you
but you always said you will make your
fortune
and prove him wrong remember
right there's no harm in finding out
what he's offering
poor cry you ain't got a home to go to
nope
all right we're going
who was that you're calling oh nobody in
particular the shot on curly's man
wasn't it well i just started man
how many times i have to tell you no but
it might be a good offer we might not
get another one again wait a minute
wait a minute this is our workshop
desmond
hmm it was a long hard fight for us to
buy this shop
remember we scrimp and save
so if you think some little upstart on
walls in here
we have a checkbook around and take away
our shop without us even
batting an eye then you got another
thing coming
i married a fighter not a word who you
calling a coward
right i'm going to fight them
nobody's going to come here and take
away my shop this is my shop
our shop these are my chairs our watches
those are my plastic flowers yes
oh i don't know charlie are we gonna
fight them
this tomorrow morning i'll make an
appointment for you to see the bank
manager
talk about getting a loan hmm will do to
place up a bill hold up on which
give it a new coat of paint get some new
chairs get rid of the plastic flowers
yeah
and it would be like a new shop a new
beginning for us
hmm and to start the bar rolling
i bought us a little something courtesy
of
bombay duck
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come on guys you can't do that you can't
have a snog in the middle of a rap
mom and dad should have more discretion
behind closed doors for a heavy necking
session don't do it in public
that's what you said the best place to
do it is behind the bike shed
this is my shop we bought it so we can
kiss any way we liking it
you're wicked dad minor
i'll get some glasses ready
all right of coming
yes can i help you i hope so my name is
mr ambrose
i have an appointment to see the manager
what is it concerning
alone right sir alone
uh yes oh i'm afraid the manager's busy
your appointment is with his assistant
i'll talk to anybody as long as they'll
give me um
a loan
excuse
he'll be with you in a minute oh thank
you very much
good morning mr ambrose you
take a seat father well after finchley
road they moved me here
next stop deputy manager then who knows
one day manager
so how long have you been here three
weeks and two days
you never even been to see us not even
dropped in i've been busy
i've left messages on that stupid
machine of yours you never call me back
you've never left the message on the
machine well your mother has what does
this world look committed when you gotta
talk to a machine that talks to your son
before your son talks to you
whatever i talk to we always end up
arguing and you know why that is don't
you you always get on your high horse
with your ears and graces
the way you behave you would think he
was born with a silver spoon in your
mouth but father what are you doing
i need our father well you just can't
call me dad or pops
come with father it don't sound right
you wanted to know why i haven't been
around it's because of you what about me
you're ashamed of me i always know
you've been ashamed of me i'm not
ashamed of you and that's why you don't
all come wrong
dad i'm 28 i've got my own life to leave
your wrong door door once in a while to
see your mother
look come in is everything all
right yes
yes thank you mandy um interest rate's
on a loan he thinks they're a bit steep
yeah
would you like to get the manager no no
no no this man's doing a good job
yes we uh seem to be reaching an
agreement
right let's just get this straight
just because i'm black it doesn't mean
to say that i cannot appreciate the
finer things in life and just because
i'm black it equally doesn't mean that i
can't have ambition or
speak the queen's english it wouldn't go
down too well if someone came to ask for
a loan and i said
what mikhail give
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what you don't realize is that times are
changing and you're not changing with
them
a war
no you want to learn
i didn't come here for a checkup don't
start
and what do you require the loan for mr
ambrose
i require the loan look this is stupid
man just give me the money look i'm
sorry
but there are formalities formalities
well you can't treat me like your father
instead of somebody you don't know from
adam okay
we'll go again father why do you require
a loan
son i require a loan to do up the shop
ah what brought this on well
we've been forced in it by the shortened
courtesy
yes yes yes i know them i get my hair
cut there not very well
i mean they want to buy us out or you'll
be forced into competition so your
mother thinks we should get a loan
yep what exactly are you going to do
with the loan
well you know we're going to do up the
place a bit get a few new customers and
she want me to get some new plastic
flowers
dad i think you and i
need to have a talk what are we doing
now no a proper talk i think i better
come around to the shop sometime
let me see
uh no i can't make tonight squash night
how about tomorrow in the gym tomorrow
and then i'm having the dinner with the
manager
it's very difficult look i'll tell you
what i'll come here tonight after my
game
let's see now yeah let's say uh 7 30.
well if you say so okay then
7 30 it is then mr ambrose ah mr patel
if you're coming later would you like to
stay for supper i know you miss your
mother fish soup and bakes
not now please shall we talk about it
later mr ambrose ah
ravi nice to see you you come for a loan
don't worry my son will fix it up he is
the assistant to the assistant to the
assistant manager
what you think i look all right you look
good shirley i mean it was all the fuss
is only michael
well it's not every day our son comes
around to visit thank god for that
i mean it comes to a pretty past when
you gotta ask your own son for a loan
that's what banks are for
but i used to give him pocket money now
and feel as if i asking him for puppy
yeah but the banks have got bigger
pockets than you dad i know that
come on dad we're still waiting for your
slogan for our campaign all right
how about if you want to look like a
girly
go to short and curly
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how about short on curly two girly
girlish
if you want your hair cut come to
desmond and surely
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that's wicked mom wicked your mom isn't
wicked
why you can't talk profit instead of all
this hard murder
crispy fresh nonsense
because that's so office why hard isn't
soft
and where does murder come into it
you're father right sean you're really
ought to talk properly
i like michael you mean well it wouldn't
go as far as that
i put two pairs in the fridge here for
michael and now he's only one
michael only got one moat
hello michael
look everybody michael come to visit
well you invited him surely
oh so michael let me look at your good
wait you can't remember what your old
son looked like
if he came wrong a little more often to
visit his mother i wouldn't forget
i've been busy mother busy busy
i always found the time to look after
you when you were young
looking after three four children i
always found time so don't you talk to
me about busy
shim what look like you lose weight
you're sure you've been eating properly
of course i am mother
now that you're so near why don't you
come wrong after work
get some proper food i'm okay mother i'm
okay mother
say my childish glory oh same old plummy
michael where's market thatcher these
days
one big happy family dad should we have
our discussion
why not my goal just a little something
to keep you going
dinner's a bit late it will be five
minutes
well look dad you've got to talk
seriously
see if you're thinking about taking out
a loan you've got to think about how
you're going to pay back the interest
and eventually how you're going to pay
back the money you've borrowed what is
this
you're going to be a teacher when you
grow up you don't do enough business
here dad how do you think you'll manage
the repayments
yet actually your son said we don't do
any business here well that's what the
campaign's for mr buppy to drum up trade
how about this one sis oh i've had it
off at desmond's
sean well that was a good idea
so michael what you're saying is we
can't get this loan
it's not really in my power and i don't
think my boss will consider this shop a
good prospect
well that's it then the end of the line
i mean pork pie was right we must find
out what demand is now
i'm sorry mother when's this monty fury
guys are coming back
next friday right i'm not free
i'm talking about three badges for a pad
come on oh that's how we'd wrestle up
some more customers
i just think it's still a bit too late
you know no
it's my seat that you know vincent
nobody sits on my seat
oh dad what are you doing out to school
indeed
i the headmaster picked out the boys
with the longest hair so to come and get
their haircut to show you support
oh great what are you selling my badges
for they're supposed to be free
nothing's free in england sean me boy i
told you what i cut you in for 30
all right we made them at school though
all right 50
we've given up an important lecture to
come here today for a haircut
oh thank you matthew and what was the
lecture today
is dialectic materialism a strategy of
social revolution
no wonder they'd rather get their ear
cap
worth supporting yes i'm impressed i had
no idea
dad what
what would you say if i said i could get
my hands on
three thousand pounds you haven't been
teething money from the bank have your
son
no but i've been thinking and
well i've got a bit of capital and i
think perhaps i was
well perhaps we can make something out
of the shop after all we who is we
you me and mother well i'm proposing
that i'll be one of the partners in the
business in exchange for my capital
investment you hear that surely
i asked the man for a loan now he
planning to take you over my shop
i'm not trying to take over anything but
with my money you'll get the loan that
you need without the interest that way
we can keep the business in the family
like a sleeping partner you mean a very
wide awake one
are you trying to tell me i can't run my
own shop that i need you to run it for
me
with you not for you well i think it's a
good idea well i think it's just another
game michael wants to win
i think it's a good idea if it means the
shop's going to get done up this deck is
getting embarrassing now
say hi
all right babes
oh dez you ready to talk business yeah
and let's talk business
look around here this is the peckham
community
i've been running this shop for 20 years
and with my son's help i'll be running
it for another 20.
so if it's competition you want it's
competition you're going to get
what and i'll tell you something mr
short and courtesy
you ain't going to win
well i think that's it don't you dahl
okay michael i'll see you for your next
haircut then uh-uh i don't think so
oh i'm there yeah one more thing
what um how much were you going to offer
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so
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you