Ragtime (1981)

James Olson: Father

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• [Coalhouse has just learned that his friends have safely escaped] 

  Father : [trepidatiously]  Well, shouldn't we... uh... tell them... that we're... we're coming?

  Coalhouse Walker Jr. : [calmly]  Yeah. You go on ahead. Tell 'em I'll be right out.

  Father : [hesitates]  Well...

  Coalhouse Walker Jr. : Just go on. I'll be with you.

  Father : [still hesitates]  Don't...?

  Coalhouse Walker Jr. : [firmly]  Go.

  Father : [stammering]  Don't you think it would be... a better idea if we...?

  Coalhouse Walker Jr. : [exploding]  GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE! Don't you understand ANYTHING, white man?

  Father : [terrified, rushes out of the library]