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48 going for that, but we can fix it where he will never know a thing. BLUE You know your father better than I do (Takes a drink.) BOBBY What's the "piano brigade"? THEO Blue here has the best thieves and store burglars in this part of town, and we plan to work on those businesses over on 125th Street until they run the insurance companies out of business. BOBBY You mean breaking into people's stores at night and taking their stuff? THEO That's right, but not the way you do it. We'll be organized, we'll be revolutionary. BOBBY If the police catch you, he ain't gon' care what you is, and if Pop ever finds out, the police gon' seem like church girls! (Slips out the front door.) THEO (After him.) You just remember that the only crime you'll ever commit is the one you get caught at! (Pause.) Which reminds me, Blue——I don't want Bobby to be a part of that "piano brigade." BLUE If that's the way you want it, that's the way it shall be, Theo. How's your sister? THEO You mean Adele? BLUE You got a sister named Mary or something? 49 THEO What's this with Adele? BLUE I want to know how are you going to get along with her, selling bootleg whiskey in this place? THEO This is not her place, it's my father's. And once he puts his okay on the deal, that's it. What kind of house do you think we're living in, where we gon' let some woman tell us what to do. Come here, let me show you something. (Moves into back room. BKUE follows.) How you like it--ain't it something? BLUE (Standing in doorway.) It's a back room. THEO Yeah, I know. But I have some great plans for reshaping it by knocking down this wall, and putting-- BLUE Like I said, it's a back room. All I wanta know is, will it do the job. It's a good room. You'll do great with that good-tasting corn of yours. You're going to be so busy here, you're going to grow to hate this place--you might not have any time for your love life, Theopolis! THEO (Laughing.) Don't you worry about that--I can manage my sex life! BLUE Sex! Who's talking about sex? You surprise me, Theo. Everyone's been telling me about how you got so much heart, how you so deep. I sit and talk to you about life, and you don't know the difference between sex and love. THEO Is it that important? BLUE Yes, it is, ol' buddy, if you want to hang out with me, and
