JOHNS: (As Nola Darling) Uh-huh. LEE: (As Mars Blackmon) Of May? JOHNS: (As Nola Darling) Mmm hmm. LEE ... your father had a piano and played? LEE: Eh, for a minute. The one that was a really ...

Lee's first film, 1986's She’s Gotta Have It, helped make him a central figure in independent and Black cinema. In 2017, he talked about adapting that film into a 10-part Netflix series.

Many people were surprised at how lifelike Duplex sounded, partly because it used responses like “uh-huh” and “mmm”, but also because it had the ability to respond with the correct answers ...

Mmm. I see you've finished the new book ... She can put me up. All right, take care. Eh, let me know how you get on. Yeah. I can't believe I finally get to see his house. Just had to wait until ...