One Night in Miami...

885 00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:41,593 Well, what flavor is it? 886 00:37:41,677 --> 00:37:43,804 Well, we have vanilla, Jimmy... 887 00:37:47,140 --> 00:37:48,517 ...and vanilla. 888 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,061 -Shit. -How’s that for irony? 889 00:37:51,144 --> 00:37:52,562 Last time I checked, Brother Sam, 890 00:37:52,646 --> 00:37:54,982 vanilla was your flavor of choice. 891 00:37:55,065 --> 00:37:57,275 -(laughing): Ooh-hoo-hoo. -SAM: All right. 892 00:37:57,359 --> 00:37:58,360 That’s right, Jack. 893 00:37:58,443 --> 00:37:59,653 Hey, fellas, I’m just saying, 894 00:37:59,736 --> 00:38:01,613 can’t we at least go someplace hoppin’? 895 00:38:01,697 --> 00:38:04,658 The entire city of Miami is celebrating Cassius’s win. 896 00:38:04,741 --> 00:38:05,909 Yeah, they was all expecting 897 00:38:05,993 --> 00:38:07,494 to be partying with Sonny Liston tonight. 898 00:38:07,577 --> 00:38:10,664 Yeah, and it seem to me it’s not a great idea, 899 00:38:10,747 --> 00:38:12,332 your first night as world champ, 900 00:38:12,416 --> 00:38:15,043 starting it off by throwing away all that goodwill. 901 00:38:15,127 --> 00:38:18,088 MALCOLM: Goodwill? Goodwill from whom? 902 00:38:18,171 --> 00:38:20,215 Goodwill from the press, 903 00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:22,134 who threw their support behind that thug, 904 00:38:22,217 --> 00:38:24,386 hoping that he’d put our young brother in his place? 905 00:38:24,469 --> 00:38:26,179 No, you out of your mind, Sam. 906 00:38:26,263 --> 00:38:30,892 And besides, besides, part of the reason we’re here 907 00:38:30,976 --> 00:38:34,021 is to celebrate Cassius’s official transition. 908 00:38:34,104 --> 00:38:35,105 Malc! 909 00:38:35,188 --> 00:38:37,691 Transition? 910 00:38:37,774 --> 00:38:38,817 To what? 911 00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:40,861 Shall we give them the news, Cassius? 912 00:38:40,944 --> 00:38:44,740 Well, I suppose if, uh, you want to tell them, Malcolm. 913 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:46,116 SAM: Now, wait a second. 914 00:38:47,534 --> 00:38:50,120 You ain’t about to say what I think you gonna say? 915 00:38:50,203 --> 00:38:52,914 I’ve been thinking long and hard about it, boys, 916 00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:57,544 and I’m officially joining the Nation of Islam. 917 00:38:59,171 --> 00:39:00,505 (Jim chuckles) 918 00:39:00,589 --> 00:39:03,800 Cassius, are you sure that’s such a good idea? 919 00:39:03,884 --> 00:39:04,926 CASSIUS: Why not? 920 00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:06,303 Well, I thought this Muslim jive 921 00:39:06,386 --> 00:39:07,929 was something to rile up white folks. 922 00:39:08,013 --> 00:39:09,681 -No, it’s no jive, Sam. -The cameras are off, Malcolm. 923 00:39:09,765 --> 00:39:11,475 He became champion on his own terms. 924 00:39:11,558 --> 00:39:14,311 -Naysayers be damned. -SAM: We can’t all just go out 925 00:39:14,394 --> 00:39:15,604 and declare the white man the devil. 926 00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:17,773 Oh? Why not? 927 00:39:17,856 --> 00:39:19,274 Huh? 928 00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,401 We’re entering a new time where no one can hold us back 929 00:39:21,485 --> 00:39:22,527 from voicing our honest opinions. 930 00:39:22,611 --> 00:39:24,112 Look at Jimmy. 931 00:39:24,196 --> 00:39:27,199 Jimmy hasn’t bitten his tongue for one day of his career. 932 00:39:27,282 --> 00:39:29,326 Well, you ain’t lying. 933 00:39:29,409 --> 00:39:31,411 -Oh, so you agree with him? -Look, man, 934 00:39:31,495 --> 00:39:33,080 I’m always in the hot seat, all right? 935 00:39:33,163 --> 00:39:35,415 But as long as I keep winning, ain’t one fucking thing 936 00:39:35,499 --> 00:39:37,417 any racist poot butt can do about it. 937 00:39:37,501 --> 00:39:38,502 That’s right. 938 00:39:38,585 --> 00:39:40,295 Well, if it’s such a good idea, 939 00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:42,130 why don’t you become a Muslim, too? 940 00:39:42,214 --> 00:39:45,217 Shit. Have you tasted my grandmother’s pork chops? 941 00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:47,219 -(laughs) -And... 942 00:39:47,302 --> 00:39:49,805 I like white women, too. Fuck that. 943 00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:52,474 Oh, you’ll see the light soon enough, Jimmy. 944 00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:54,059 I don’t need to, hanging around you. 945 00:39:54,142 --> 00:39:56,353 Ain’t you ever heard of guilt by association? 946 00:39:56,436 --> 00:39:59,481 Well, you already do have plenty of nice suits. 947 00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:01,566 You given any thought to switching 948 00:40:01,650 --> 00:40:02,818 from straight to bow ties? 949 00:40:02,901 --> 00:40:04,319 Malcolm, you ain’t never gonna catch me 950 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,029 dressed up as one of your soldiers of Allah. 951 00:40:06,113 --> 00:40:07,906 Ah, no. I-I’ve already seen it, Jimmy. 952 00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:09,616 Th-Those pictures I took of you 953 00:40:09,699 --> 00:40:11,618 -going to practice looking sharp as a razor. -(Jim laughs) 954 00:40:11,701 --> 00:40:13,161 The spitting image, Cash, 955 00:40:13,245 --> 00:40:16,331 of a-a powerful,