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act 1 scene 2 (shelby) Flashcards

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(enter) Shelby!

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Mama! (hug) Where is everybody?

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I thought you weren’t coming to town until after lunch.

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We got an early start because of the traffic. We wanted to drop in on Jackson’s parents on the way down here.

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What a treat!

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And you have to catch them early. On Saturdays, they leave the house at the crack of dawn to start hunting furry little creatures.

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You must not have visited long.

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We didn’t. I could tell they were anxious to start killing things. We stopped by the house first. Nobody was there. Where’s Truvy?

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She and Annelle are out back sticking pennies in the fuse box. They decorated that little tree and when I plugged it in all the lights blew.

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(look at earrings) What are those things?

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Red plastic poinsettia earrings. They are a gift from Annelle. She has discovered the wonderful world of arts and crafts.

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Are Tommy and Jonathon home yet?

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…Tommy arrived last night and immediately started terrorizing your father. It’s nice having the family home for Christmas.

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Some things never change.

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And how are you, honey?

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I’m so good Mama. Just great.

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You’re looking well. Is Jackson at the house?

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No. You know how twitchy he gets. I sent him to look for stocking stuffers.

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Good thinking.

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Uh. Jackson and I have something to tell you. We wanted to tell you when you and Daddy were together, but you’re never together, so it’s every man for himself. I’m pregnant.

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Shelby?!

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I’m going to have a baby.

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I realize that.

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Well…is that it? Is that all you’re going to say?

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What do you expect me to say?

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Something along the lines of congratulations.

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…congratulations.

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Would it be too much to ask for a little excitement? Not too much, I wouldn’t want you to break a sweat or anything.

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I’m in a state of shock! I didn’t think.

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In June. Oh, Mama. You have to help me plan. We’re going to get a new house. Jackson and I are going house hunting next week. Jackson loves to hunt for anything.

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What does Jackson say about this?

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Oh. He’s very escited. He says he doesn’t care about whether it’s a boy or girl…but I know he really wants a son so bad he can taste it. He’s so cute about the whole thing. It’s all he can talk about. Jackson Latcherie Junior.

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…I guess since he doesn’t have to carry the baby, it doesn’t really concern him.

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Mama. Don’t be mad. I couldn’t bear it if you were. It’s Christmas.

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This is just hard. I thought that…I don’t know.

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Mama. I want a child.

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19
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You have filed so many applications.

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Mama. It didn’t take us long to see the handwriting on the wall. No judge is going to give a baby to someone with my medical track record. Jackson even put out some feelers about buying one.

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20
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People do it all the time.

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Listen to me. I want a child of my own. I think it would help things a lot.

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I see.

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Mama. I know. I know. Don’t think I have thought this through. You can’t live a life if all you do is worry. And you worry too much. In some ways, it’s a comfort to me. I never worry because I know you’re worrying enough for the both of us. (pause) Jackson and I have given this a lot of thought.

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Has he really? There’s a first time for everything.

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Don’t start on Jackson.

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Why do you deliberately want to…

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Mama. Diabetics have healthy babies all the time.

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There are limits to what you can do.

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Mama…listen. I have it all planned. I’m going to be very careful. And this time next year, I’m going to be bringing your big healthy grandbaby to the Christmas festival. No one is going to be hurt or disappointed, or even inconvenienced.

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25
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Least of all Jackson, I’m sure.

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You are jealous because you no longer have any say so in what I do and that drives you up the wall. You’re ready to spit nails because you can’t call…the…shots.

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I did not raise my daughter to talk to me this way.

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Yes, you did. Whenever any of us asked you what you wanted us to be when we grew up what did you say?

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Shelby, I am not in the mood for games.

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What did you say? Just tell me what you said…answer me.

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28
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I said all I wanted was for you to be happy.

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Ok. The thing that would make me happy is to have a baby. If I could adopt one I would, but I can’t. I’m going to have a baby. I wish you would be happy too.

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29
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I wish…I don’t know what I wish.

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Mama. I don’t know why you have to make everything so difficult. I look at having this baby as the opportunity of a lifetime. Sure, there may be some risk involved. That’s true for anybody. But you get through it and life goes on. And when it’s all said and done there’ll be a little piece of immortality with Jackson’s looks and my sense of style I hope. Mama, please. I need your support. I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.

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30
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They’re on, Truvy!

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Please. Don’t tell anybody yet. I want to tell Daddy first.

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31
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Give me a hug right here and now!

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(hug) Hi, Truvy! Merry Christmas!

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32
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You’re just in time. You can have the honor of lighting the tree of beauty.

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How precious. What a novel idea to trim it with hair things.

33
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Hi there!

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(hug) Annelle, you did all this?

34
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That little garage apartment is so cramped.

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Isn’t that nice. Are your boys coming home for Christmas?

35
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Do the honors missy. And hope it doesn’t blow up again.

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(go to tree) (turn lights on) See. I know what I’m doing.

36
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And guess who the grand marshal of the parade is? Wayne Newton!

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I wouldn’t miss a Christmas festival for the world. Oh, mama. While I’m thinking. I brought some white chocolate cherry cheesecakes for our open house.

37
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That doesn’t sound like finger food to me.

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They’re bite-sized. Like this.

38
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Perfect.

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And, Mama? I’ve been cleaning out closets…getting rid of stuff. I’ve brought you some things I don’t want that I’ve hardly worn. I thought maybe your patients might be less disturbed if they had something stylist to wear.

39
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We’re real low on women’s dresses.

A

Sure. That’s a wonderful idea. They’re in the car. I’ll get ‘em in a minute.

40
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But there’s nothing wrong with that.

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No. A lot of Mama’s mental patients are born-again Christians. I mean that only in the best sense of the word.

41
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He has a body that doesn’t stop anywhere.

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How am I responsible?

42
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Can we do anything for you today, Shelby?

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I’m beyond help. Last week I discovered the early stages of crow’s feet.

43
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How are you feeling?

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Never better.

44
Q

First state championship in eight years!

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You sound awful, Miss Clairee!

45
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Hello, darling!

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Can I get you some tea? (go get tea)

46
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I heard you on the radio last night you were wonderful.

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What were you doing on the radio?

47
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Announcer…Devils…I was too colorful for words.

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That was nice of them to let you talk on the radio.

48
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I own the radio station.

A

Oh! You bought it?

49
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How do you like Miss Clairee’s new short and sassy look?

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I love it.

50
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Just wait ‘til I jack it up.

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It makes you look younger, Miss Clairee.

51
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Life in the big city will spoil you.

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(go to the back chair) Who’s Miss Merry Christmas this year?

52
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Nancy Beth…I sprayed her hair within an inch of its life.

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Why did I have to ask? I should have known. All you Marmillions are gorgeous. Beauty is genetic in your family.

53
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That’s all I’m saying…Oh.

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I should’ve won Miss Merry Christmas the year I ran. My talent was very showy.

54
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Fire batons are not everyone’s cup of tea.

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Mama didn’t approve of my twirling fire batons.

55
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I just don’t approve when you insist on doing dangerous things.

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Mama hated those fire batons.

56
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…holding the garden hose so he could put you out when you caught fire.

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My entire ensemble was coordinated in shades of pink…soup to nuts. I twirled to the music from Hawaii 5-0. It was my theme song.

57
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I’ve always been built for comfort, not for speed.

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Who got the title your year, Miss Clairee?

58
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I hate out-of-town tourists.

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Hello!

59
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Shelby, what are you doing here?

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Being a tourist, I guess. But I won’t flatten your grass. I promise.

60
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I can’t understand why you’d drag yourself back for a couple of firecrackers and drunk teenagers eerping on your shoes.

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I like it.

61
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Your present is…uh…back at the house. I haven’t wrapped it yet.

A

How’s Rhett?

62
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It’s nice to see Rhett with some hair again.

A

I have to run some errands, but before I go…Miss Ouiser I have met an old friend of yours.

63
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Oh?

A

Owen Jenkins.

64
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Owen? Now there’s a blast from the past.

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Do you remember him? He remembers you.

65
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Of course, I remember him. He had the longest nose hair in the world.

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He doesn’t now. He hardly has any hair anywhere.

66
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Owen’s been gone from Chinquapin since God was a boy. I’d forgotten he’d ever existed.

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Well, now Owen lives in Monroe and goes to First Presbyterian. He sings in the choir. One night at choir practice we were doing an especially beautiful Mozart thing and I was moved to tears. He offered me his handkerchief and we got to talking. When he found out where I was from he asked me if I knew you and I said not only did I know you but you were a neighbor and your dog has almost killed my father on numerous occasions. He’s had a very interesting life. He lived in Ohio somewhere. His wife just died recently and he moved back down here.

67
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Does this story have a point?

A

No, not really. He just remembers you fondly, I think.

68
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Unrequited love. My favorite.

A

Maybe sometime I could arrange for us all to get together.

69
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Maybe not.

A

Why not?

70
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I’m not crazy. I’ve just been in a very bad mood for forty years.

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Well, Annelle? What do you want me to do these old clothes? I need to get them out of the back seat.

71
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Just bring ‘em in.

A

Ok. Then I’ll go finish my Christmas shopping, Mama.

72
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What did you get your mama?

A

I told her this morning what part of it was.

73
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It’s up to you, honey.

A

I’m going to have a baby.

74
Q

It increases your face value!

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June 21.

75
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I guess you showed us all, Shelby.

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I’ve got to get the clothes. Miss Ouiser? Are you bringing your shrimp meat pies to our open house tonight?

76
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Don’t I always? They’ll be there.

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Good. So will Owen Jenkins. I opened the worms for you. (exit).

77
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Shelby’s donating clothes to the poor.

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(enter)

78
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No, no. Shelby said you could have ‘em. And what she says goes.

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That’s not true mama.

79
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Shelby, you always insist on having the last word.

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(at door) I do not. (exit and close door)

Steel Magnolias (6 decks)

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