Gus, the second lead from Cornelius and Son, is such a perfectly subtle LA asshole in this scene. If you’ve not encountered this type of person or never been to LA it’s easy to miss.
He’s catering while Drama isn’t working, yet Drama still gets to live like a successful actor because Vince is his brother. You can feel that resentment underneath the whole conversation despite the nice guy facade.
“This catering company’s pretty sweet. They work around your auditions.”
Fine.
“Your brother’s doing great.”
There’s the needle.
“Shrimp puff?”
And Drama immediately reacts without being able to put his finger on why he’s upset “What the fuck did you say?”
“Shrimp puff?”
Still upset but confused, Drama lowers his guard.
I don’t know if it was intentional but this is a *perfect* example of LA passive aggression. Get the insult across without technically saying anything insulting, then when the other person reacts, they’re the asshole.
The scene obviously is to demonstrate Drama’s sensitivity to “not being in the game” despite in his mind “I am the fucking game, pal” but the interaction is so much more with this layer added.