A scene from Jungle 2 Jungle 1997
Michael

[walking in street with Mimi]

And on top of everything else, didn't I tell you to wait in the apartment--

Mimi

I want to see Statue of Liberty.

Michael

I said we'd do that tomorrow.

Mimi

Always tomorrow! You're too busy for Mimi Siku! I want to see Statue to Liberty, I go.

Michael

Look, Mimi, I've got a life here. I can't change everything just because you showed up.

Mimi

Then why you bring me here?

Michael

I was obligated.

Mimi

[shocked]

You obligated be with me?

Michael

Mimi. [runs off and alongside traffic with Michael in pursuit] Mimi? Mimi! Mimi, come here! Stop! Come back here! Whoop! Mimi, I didn't mean that!

Mimi

You said "obligated"!

Michael

I didn't mean that. Now, stop! Look out! Mimi, come on! [vehicle almost hits Mimi and Michael grabs him] Get out of the street! Come on! Get out of the street! [pulls Mimi to sidewalk]

Mimi

I want to go home. You not want Mimi Siku here!

Michael

I want you here. I'm sorry. Look, stop, stop. Look. [pants heavily from all the running] Sorry I said that stuff. I was just angry.

Mimi

You always angry at me. "Don't do this! Don't do that!"

Michael

This is New York. This is a dangerous jungle.

Mimi

Mimi Siku not scared. Mimi Siku a man.

Michael

No, you're not a man. You are an adolescent.

Mimi

Adolescent?

Michael

Yes. An adolescent. But you don't have a wife. [exhales] You don't have a family to support. You are free to do whatever you want.

Mimi

You're an adolescent.

Michael

What?! No, no, no, no! I am not an adolescent. I'm a man.

Mimi

I'm a man too.

Michael

Not here you're not a man. You're a 13-year-old boy running around in a loin cloth.

Mimi

I'm a man, too!

Michael

Okay, okay. You're right. You are a man. But you're gonna have to learn what men do in my jungle.

Mimi

And you have to learn how to breathe when you run. [Michael gives him a "Point taken." look]

Michael

Okay, first lesson. Ooh! You wanna go someplace in my village, all you gotta do is wave your arm. Wave your arm. [Taxi pulls over]

Mimi

Magic.

Michael

You know, magic would be if he understands English. Fulton Fish Market on the double.

Taxi driver

Okay. [speaks foreign language]

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