act 2, scene 1 Flashcards
And you can quote me on that.
Hey, everybody. I’m the father! I’m the father!
you’ll be the poor, little deserted mother to be and that crumb is running out on you.
that’s my kid! that’s my kid!
AND ME🎶
i’m the father! papa! dada!
cellophane monologue
did you hear me? did you? no, you didn’t hear me. that’s the story of my life. nobody ever listens to me. have you noticed that? am i making it up? nobody ever knows im around. nobody. ever. not even my parents noticed me. one day i went to school and when i came home… they’d moved.
oh andy. i didn’t see you there.
amos. my name is amos.
it’s the kids name im thinking about.
what kid?
i don’t want you to care when people… laugh.
laugh? why would they laugh?
it says she hadn’t copulated with you for four months prior to the… incident.
that’s right. we hadn’t don’t no copulating for four months.. early fall. now, i wait a minute.
my client needs your support.
well, that don’t figure out right. i couldn’t be the father.
over a little thing like that, would ya?
you’re damned right. that’s what i’ll do. i’ll divorce her. she probably won’t even notice.
are you still here andy? i thought you’d gone.
yeah, i’m still here. i think.