Cracker (TV Series)

To Be a Somebody: Part 1 (1994)

Badi Uzzaman: Shahid Ali

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Quotes 

• Albie Kinsella : [returns to the shop as a skinhead]  Remember me, eh? D'ya remember me, you robbing Paki bastard?

  Shahid Ali : No.

  Albie Kinsella : [walks up to the counter and places 4p on it]  Here's your 4p, right? Remember me NOW, eh?

  Shahid Ali : [surprised]  Yes.

  Albie Kinsella : Treat people like scum, they start ACTING like scum, you know what I mean? You know what I mean, ya robbing Paki bastard?

  Shahid Ali : Please don't call me Paki.

  Albie Kinsella : I'm a Socialist, me, pal. Trade Unionist. Voted labour all me bleedin' life. I've MARCHED for the likes of you. But you just see me in me clubber. Ya hear the accent and you assume things. You assume the right to treat me like scum. Well, OK, ya robbing Paki bastard, you treated me like scum, now I'm ACTING like scum!

  Shahid Ali : Please don't call me Paki.

  Albie Kinsella : Now I'm ACTING like scum!

  Shahid Ali : Criticise me for what I do, but not what I am.

  Albie Kinsella : I'll call you what I like! I haven't come here to listen to you, pal. I earn my poverty, you know what I mean?

  Shahid Ali : If you think I'm robbing you, fine. Consign me for that, but don't call me Paki.

  Albie Kinsella : I work hard for my pittance, and you think you can rip me off? No! You're a ROBBING - PAKI - BASTARD!

  Shahid Ali : Get out of my shop!

  [walks up to Albie] 

  Albie Kinsella : I call you a robbing bastard, and what happens? You get the Queen's award to industry cuz this country's full of robbin' bastards! But I call you a robbing PAKI bastard. That's really gonna hurt, isn't it. That's a bit of a weapon I've got. That's the ONLY weapon I've got... unless you count THIS one.

  [Gets a bayonet out] 

  Albie Kinsella : You see this one? Ya see it?

  [Stabs Ali in the stomach, and Ali groans] 

  Albie Kinsella : Get the point, eh? D'ya get the point?

  [Ali falls to the floor, dead] 

• Albie Kinsella : [Walks up to Ali with his items]  A Guardian, and a packet of those teabags.

  [Pointing to a shelf behind Ali] 

  Shahid Ali : [Giving Albie the teabags and pressing buttons on the till]  Two pounds, four pence, please.

  Albie Kinsella : I'll have to owe you the 4p.

  [Gives Ali two pounds and takes the items] 

  Shahid Ali : [Shaking his head]  Sorry.

  Albie Kinsella : I'll pass it in tonight on me way to work.

  Shahid Ali : Sorry.

  Albie Kinsella : [Annoyed]  This comes to one pound, ninety-eight in Scots.

  Shahid Ali : Then go to Scots.

  Albie Kinsella : He's shut.

  Shahid Ali : [Smiling triumphantly]  Exactly.

  Albie Kinsella : [Even more annoyed]  I'll be back with your 4p, right?

  [Slams the items onto the counter and leaves]