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Act 1 Scene 1 Flashcards

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Truvy: It’s a long story. It has to do with Shelby’s wedding and her father. You’ll be happier if you just ignore it like the rest of the neighborhood.

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Clairee: (Entering) Knock, knock!

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Truvy: Morning, Clairee!

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Clairee: Morning, Truvy.

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Truvy: I tried to call you and tell you I was running late. No answer.

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Clairee: I was at the high school. I was out at the crack of dawn.

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Annelle: Pleased to meet you.

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Clairee: I’m a little embarrassed. If I had known I was meeting new people, I would’ve taken a little more pride in my appearance. I have been at the dedication of our new football field. I am not always this windblown.

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Truvy: Annelle. They named the stadium after her late husband… Lloyd Belcher Memorial Coliseum. The team has voted her all sorts of special titles.

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Clairee: I have the pompoms to prove it. What is your name dear?

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Annelle: Oh. My married name’s Dupuy.

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Clairee: I don’t think I know any Dupuys.

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Annelle: I just moved here. I’m originally from Zwolle.

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Clairee: That explains it. Truvy? I thought I brought you those recipes.

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Truvy: Clairee. The reason I called is, do you mind if I do Shelby first?

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Clairee: That’s fine. I’ll amuse myself. Shelby’s the most important one today. (A gunshot.) That man! I’ll swear.. I think the situation is worse than ever.

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Truvy: Annelle? We’re going to need more towels. They’re stacked up next to the washing machine. (Annelle exits.)

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Clairee: Sweet girl. Where’d you find her?

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Truvy: She heard I had a position open and she just walked in. I think there’s a story there.

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Clairee: What makes you say that?

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Truvy: For starters, she’s married… but, she lives at Ruth Robeline’s. Alone.

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Clairee: I’d get to the bottom of this, if I were you. You have some nice silverware you’d like to keep.

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Truvy: Oh, I’m not worried about that. She’s very nice. I just love the idea of hiring someone with a past.

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Clairee: She can’t be more than 18, she hasn’t have time to have a past.

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Truvy: Honey. It’s the eighties. If you can achieve puberty, you can achieve a past.

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Clairee: (Annelle enter, carrying towels. Clairee sips her coffee and grimaces.) Yuck!

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Annelle: I’m so sorry.

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Clairee: Don’t worry. I love a good hot dog. Just not with cream and sugar.

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Truvy: She’s probably not an international spy. But! If she works out, I may let her rent the garage apartment.

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Clairee: I thought the twins were going to live there while they go to the college.

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Truvy: Recent developments… My babies are growing up.

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Clairee: I can’t believe your kids are old enough to leave the nest.

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Truvy: You know I was a child bride… I’ve always wanted to go to Baltimore. I’m told it’s the hairdo capital of the world.

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Clairee: (Finding the recipes in her pocket.) Here they are! I’m so fat I couldn’t feel them.

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Truvy: The recipes? Let me see… Um… this sounds delicious.

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Clairee: It is. And the Bisquick makes it so simple. (Pulls another card.) And this is from my daughter-in-law. She says you can’t attend a function in Tickfaw where this is not served.

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Truvy: Yum. Now are these chocolate chips semi-sweet or milk?

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Clairee: Milk.

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Truvy: Is the Karo syrup light or dark?

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Clairee: Matter of taste.

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Truvy: What’s that other one you were telling me about… Cuppa, cuppa, cuppa?

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Clairee: That’s so easy you don’t even have to write it down. Cup of flour, cup of sugar, cup of fruit cocktail with the juice. Mix it up and bake at 350 ‘til gold and bubbly.

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Truvy: Sounds awfully rich.

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Clairee: It is. So I serve it over ice cream to cut the sweetness. Give me some paper, I’ll copy them down for you.

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Truvy: Annelle? Get Miss Clairee some paper… (Gunshots and barking.) Sometimes I wonder if Drum Eatenton’s brain gets enough oxygen. That is so annoying.

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Clairee: Try living next door to him.

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Shelby: You’re not the only one concerned. Mama’s about to have a fit. She and Daddy are fighting like cats and dogs.

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Clairee: They’re just anxious with so much going on.

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Annelle: (Changing subject.) Oh. I hope that coffee’s better.

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Clairee: It smells right.

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Shelby: You just stick it in. It’s meant to frame my face. Baby’s breath is part of my whole decoration concept. For a total romantic look. Miss Clairee! What cute shoes!

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Clairee: You think so? I’m not so sure. I think they’re a little too racy for me. I’ll probably give them away.

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Truvy: Ooo. Those are too cha-cha for words. If you decide to get rid of them, I’ll buy ‘em from you.

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Clairee: What size do you wear?

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Truvy: …I buy a size eight.

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Clairee: They’re 8 1/2s.

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Shelby: Great idea Mama. I’d love to see what Tommy’d pick out.

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Clairee: Anything I can do to help out last minute?

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M’Lynn: You’ve done plenty Clairee… The boys got in last night and they’re taking care of the odds and ends.

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Clairee: I hope the rain holds off. I’m sorry it’s not a prettier day.

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Truvy… My hair gets wet. (The phone rings.)

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Clairee: I’ll get it.

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M’Lynn: I’ll bet that’s for me. It’s probably my mind trying to locate my body.

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Clairee: Hello? Yessir, she is. Hold on a minute. M’Lynn. It’s your husband.

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M’Lynn: That’s all right. I find cold water refreshing. It startled me a little, that’s all.

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Clairee: Truvy? Could I copy your recipe for Strawberry Pie?

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Shelby: Yes. I wish it had been his.

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Clairee: Lloyd and I missed it to fifty years by three months. That stinker. Bless his heart. He tried. He just couldn’t make it.

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Shelby: You remember your wedding?

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Clairee: Of course I do. I remember everything. The flowers, the food. Ouiser was my maid of honor. Shelby, I hope you and Jackson will be as happy as Lloyd and I were. We had such a good time. Until last November… at least he hung on through the state playoffs.

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Shelby: Miss Clairee. There are still good times to be had.

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Clairee: Oh sure. But I miss the whirlwind of being a mayor’s wife. It’s not easy being just one. I don’t like going to things by myself. If I go with another couple, I’m a third wheel. If I go with a friend, we’re just a couple of old biddies.

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Shelby: Somebody like you should be able to find something to occupy your time.

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Clairee: Well, I really do enjoy football. But it’s hard to parlay that into a reason to live.

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Shelby: Monroe, of course. His law practice is there.

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Clairee: You are so lucky Shelby. Louisiana lawyers do well whether they want to or not.

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Truvy: What color is your dress M’Lynn?
…
Truvy: Clairee?

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Clairee: Beige lace to the knee.

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Truvy: But tomorrow’s Sunday. But . . . sure, fine . . . come by after church. (Hangs up.)

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Clairee: Truvy, you shouldn’t give up your Sundays.

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Truvy: Well you know how neurotic Janice Van Meter is about her appearance.

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Clairee: Janice is the current mayor’s wife. We hate her.

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Shelby: Jackson wanted a cake in the shape of an armadillo. He an aunt that makes them.

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Clairee: It’s unusual.

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Shelby: Then we went skinny dipping and did things that frightened the fish.
M’Lynn: Shelby.

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Clairee: It’s been a long time since we’ve had a youngster in this place, hasn’t it?

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M’Lynn: What?

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Clairee: Why would you go and do a thing like that?

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Truvy: Thank goodness. ‘Cause this is going to be in the hairdo hall of fame.

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Clairee: You scared us, Shelby. That wasn’t a very nice thing to do to your mama. You should never say something like that to a women who’s marinating fifty pounds of crab claws.

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Truvy: Ooh. Making up can be extremely romantic. I’m jealous. I miss romance so much.

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Clairee: Truvy. It can’t be that bad.

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M’Lynn: Oh honey.

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Clairee: I’ll get some juice.

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Truvy: Should I get her a cookie?

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Clairee: Here’s the juice.

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Truvy: Drink the juice honey.
Shelby: No!

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Clairee: Who can blame her? Juice after a peppermint?

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Annelle: Excuse me. Should I call a doctor or something?
Truvy: No, no.

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Clairee: Shelby’s a diabetic.

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M’Lynn: There we go. That’s a start.

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Clairee: That one hit her quick.

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M’Lynn: Yes. She’s on the pill now and her hormones are running wild. She’ll get on an even keel pretty soon.

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Clairee: She could hurt herself, M’lynn. What if this happened while she was driving a car?

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M’Lynn: Perhaps that explains why I have so much grey hair. But you’ve known Shelby as long as I have. You know I have to let her be strong. She doesn’t seem to be down too deep.

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Clairee: Talk to us Shelby.

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Shelby: No.

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Clairee: That’s good enough.

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Shelby: He said, “Shut up. Don’t be stupid. There’s plenty of kids out there that need good homes. We’ll adopt ten of ‘em. We’ll buy ‘em if we have to”

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Clairee: Jackson sounds like good people to me.

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Shelby: I’d rather not talk about it, Mama. What happens in my life is now between Jackson and me. Jackson will take care of me and I will take care of him.

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Clairee: You can’t blame people for being concerned about you darling.

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Shelby: Oh! Did you tell them, Mama?

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Clairee: Tell us what?

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M’Lynn: Oh, it’s nothing, really. I might be promoted to administrator of the Mental Guidance center.

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Clairee: Wonderful! That Guidance Center does such good work for the disturbed.

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Shelby: When mama says she doesn’t talk, she means it. She’s a brick wall.

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Clairee: As somebody always said . . . If you can’t say anything nice about anybody, come sit by me.

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Shelby: I’ve gotten four radios for wedding presents. I’ll give you one.
Truvy: How sweet!

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Clairee: What did I just hear? Oh yes. The Antilly family is selling KPPD. I wonder how much radio stations sell for?

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Shelby: Miss Clairee. You should buy KPPD. You got plenty of money.

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Clairee: What would I do with a radio station? Business never interested me at all. Lloyd took care of all that stuff.

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Truvy: Then take some of the butterscotch in that dish. Throw some in her bag, Clairee. They are the best. They start start out real hard, but once you suck all the coating off, they get real chewy. My two favorite things - crunchy, chewy, and buttery- all in one. Delicious.

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Clairee: M’Lynn. You always carry candy in your bag?

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M’Lynn: Without fail.

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Clairee: Then tell me. Do you suck on this often?

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Annelle: There’s somebody coming! A strange lady with a strange dog!

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Clairee: That would be Ouiser.

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Annelle: That is one ugly dog. What kind of dog is that?

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Clairee: If Rhett had hair, he’d be a collie.

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Ouiser: It’s mine! Be that as it may . . . it would not be too much to ask for me to have one blossom to brighten my home. I am all alone except for my dog.

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Clairee: You need something in your life besides that dumb animal.

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Ouiser: I am simply going on what the vet tells me.

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Clairee: Which vet?

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Ouiser: Whitey Black.

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Clairee: That’s your first mistake. Whitney Black is a moron. I’m not even sure he has opposable thumbs.

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Ouiser: But he cannot do this to my dog! My dog is on his last legs! What am I going to do with the poor animal?

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Clairee: I’ve got a lot of good recipes right here.

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Annelle: Uh… We’re not… he’s not… I can’t talk about it.

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Clairee (with Truvy): Of course you can.

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Annelle: Everything is horrible. Bunkie - that’s my husband. He left. We only moved here a month ago. He just vanished last week.

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Clairee: No idea where he went?

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Shelby: We are awful. We are all hateful, awful people. Here all we’ve been talking about is weddings and psychotic animals. We’ve been tearing you up inside, haven’t we? I can’t tell you how sorry I am. And you’ve had such a terrible time. Sometimes we don’t know how lucky we are.

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Clairee: What can we do to help?

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Shelby: Good! Jonathan. You have to do me a favor. Yes, now! Go in my closet and bring me two or three of my Sunday things. Just anything. Use your judgement. Very well. Bring the pink dress with the white collar, the pink suit with the cherries pinned on the jacket and the pink and white polka dot. No, Jonathan. Mama doesn’t have Daddy’s gun. Don’t you have better things to do? What? Well stop him! Now!

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Clairee: Is something the matter?

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Truvy: Well, the birds are flying every which-a-way. And there’s white smoke billowing up from your backyard.

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Clairee: Looks like Drum has set his trees on fire or he’s just elected a new pope.

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M’Lynn: Oh, no! That dog will eat Drum alive. And Drum is unarmed!

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Clairee: Ouiser! Do something!

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