Act 2 Scene 4 Flashcards
Norma: …Gary Ogden had a good laugh about it when you called. The little womens spending me into the poorhouse! Gotta show her who wears the pants in this family!
You two drew the battle lines, we were just responding in kind.
Norma: Oh! Millie! Barbara Grant got fired today!
There was a complaint filed. We had to act quickly.
Norma: Who filed the complaint, Bob?
I did.
Norma: …capitol hill so you vould set your little plan in motion. What other suprises have you got up your sleeve?
You two are out of control!
Norma: This isnt a battle! It was never supposed to be about choosing sides! We wanted you to he a part of this!
Why the hell would we want to engineer the destruction of our own lives?
Millie: In the long term, it’s the best thing. We fight now, demand to be recognized, and then it’s over!
It won’t be over! Black people have been fighting for status since Reconstruction! Women have had the vote for thirty years, and you still-
You don’t get a say in this, Jimmy!
(Door buzzer)
Who’s that?
Barbara: Mr. Martindale
Mrs. Martindale
Barbara, this is a private matter.
Barbara: Our group is in need of decisive leadership, and you’re a natural. The time has come for a change.
We seem to be at odds about whether now is the best time for a change, Barbara.
Barbara: We’re being attacked. That’s the best time to fight back.
What is this we? You sleep with men. Hell, you’ve got a closet full of ill gotten minks.
Jim: God. You’re fabulous.
Jim!
Norma: …if we came forward, in the positions we hold, and took a firm stand, it could change everything. You’d be a hero.
She’s filled you with notion, Norma. I’d be ostracized. I would be confessing to sodomy, and to defrauding the United States government. Barbara doesn’t want us to be heros, ahe wants us to be martyrs.
Millie: …if it makes you feel like men. But we’re going to the meeting tonight, and we’re going public when the time comes.
Then you can’t be in this house. You can’t be in our lives. I have to protect myself. And jim.
Millie: …he doesnt want to step forward because he wouldn’t be in control anymore.
That’s not how it happened and you know it. Jim, I can explain, but please-
Barbara: a house of cards inevitably falls. This is your opportunity to do the right thing
You’re leading them like lambs to the slaughter. Goddamit, cant you people see You’re being used??
