| 5.15-Heart and Soul |
| Ally's House-living room; Ally is standing while Maddie is sitting on couch Ally: Do you have any idea how deadly it (cigarettes) is, how addictive it is? Maddie: Alright. Ally: Don't you alright me. It leads to heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer. Maddie: Alright. Ally: Don't alright me. You're gonna listen to this. What do u think it's cool? Well, let me tell u that it's not cool. (Maddie imagines Ally tap dancing) A person died every 30 seconds in this country from smoking cigarettes. It's the leading cause of death in the world. Are you listening to me? Maddie: I'm listening. Ally: It's bad, bad, bad(16 times). (Victor comes in) Hey. Victor: Hey. What's going on? Ally: What's going on? Oh, well, I'll tell u what's going on. Maddie's been sucking on the big cancer stick. Chewing on the death weed, the emphasima. (Victor is imagining Ally talking like a little girl as she speaks) She's on one of those new carcinigan diets-the one that traps all the healthy fat cells and shwivels them up into militnant little pieces of rotic flesh. She's decided she wants tut for her lungs, a charcoal throat. Victor: Ally- Ally: No, she smokes. My daughter smokes cigarettes. You know, Maddie, why don't u just get a big sign and put it over your head that says, 'I'm stupid. Hear me choke.' (Maddie gets up and goes upstairs) Victor: The big thing here is to maintain dialogue, which I see you're doing. Ally, you need to talk to her not at her. Ally: Yes, Victor. Thank u, Victor. I'll be going upstairs now, Victor. (Ally goes upstairs) Ally's House-Ally sitting at table; Victor comes in with an envelope Victor: Listen, I got another plumbing job. So, I'll be going. Here's the file bill. (puts check on table) Ally: Well, what do you mean you have another plumbing job? Victor: I got another job. Plumbers do that. If it's okay, though, I'd really like to say goodbye to Maddie before I leave. Ally: Hold on. Hold on. Hold on a second, Victor. What's going on? Victor: Nothing. I'm moving on. What? I can't do that? Ally:Yes, you can. But, can u tell me what's going on? (pause) Victor: Ally, you're free to parent your child anywhere u see fit. But, I can't sit quietly while u pass on bigatry, and if I don't sit quietly you'll fire me anyway. Ally: What? What bigatry? Victor: I don't wanna talk about it. (walks away) Ally:(Getting up;yelling) Well, we are talking about it. Infact, u brought it up, so why don't u at least have the integrity to finish what u had to say. Victor: (Turns around and points to her; yelling) Hey! My type doesn't have integrity. I come from a different world of people with integrity. (Moves closer to her) (Pause) I heard u, Ally. Talking about class distinction with Maddie? I'm a plumber from a different world, uh? Ally: I wasn't talking about class distinction, Victor. I was talking about u and me as a couple. Victor: Fine. I got it wrong. Send me the check. (walks away) Ally: (Yelling) Victor! (Victor stops) Can u just look at me, please? (He turns around) Are u interested in u and me as-(pause) Victor: No. Ally: So, why the hurt? Victor: 'Cause I don't like being dismissed because I'm a plumber. Ally: Well, I didn't do that. Victor: (walks closer) You know, u don't know the first thing about my world. We never talk about my world. You're making assumptions based on what i do and that's prejudice. And, I don't like it. (pause) You're an elitist, Ally, please don't raise your daughter as one. (he goes upstairs) Nelle (To Ally): The way this society celebrates the common man. The comman man takes his shirt off in sub-zero weather, paints his face red, and yells, ''Go Patriots!'' Ally: I talk to doors, or windows, ceilings-whatever. |