Blue Jasmine Page #9

You're sweet.

You're sweet.

You wanna dance?

Yeah.

Isn't this dancing?

AL:
Yeah, this is slow

dancing, which is really...

GINGER:
What? Ha, ha, ha.

Well, it's the key, I always say

to good lovemaking.

GINGER:
Is that right?

Yeah.

MATTHEW:
Where do you

think Mom is tonight?

Oh, she's got a date tonight.

Oh, that's cool.

I wonder where she is.

Well, I don't think she's

at Chuck E. Cheese.

I'm gonna babysit you.

I'm a good babysitter.

Yeah.

You know?

You should babysit. I used to

babysit when I was a teenager.

It's how you make

extra money.

Mom said you never did any work,

because you were so rich.

Well, I didn't know

what I wanted to become.

And Hal, my husband,

he swept me off my feet.

"Blue Moon" was the song that was

playing. You know the song "Blue Moon."

Yeah, but I always wanted

to do something with my life.

You know, I had energy.

I didn't just shop and lunch

and go to matinees.

You know, I ran charities

for poor people

and, you know, raised some money

for museums and schools.

You know, with wealth

comes responsibilities.

I wasn't just some mindless consumer

like so many of my so-called friends.

Though I won't say

I dislike buying pretty clothes.

Tip big, boys.

Tip big, because you get good service

and they count on tips.

You know, someday

when you come into great wealth,

you must remember

to be generous.

Mom said you used to be okay,

but you got crazy.

Yeah, and then you

talked to yourself.

Well, there's only so many traumas

a person can withstand

until they take to the streets

and start screaming.

That's right, boys, they picked me up

on the street talking to myself

and gave me something

called Edison's Medicine.

Why Edison?

Because they use electricity

to get you thinking straight.

See, everything

unraveled so quickly.

You know, I started experiencing

anxiety and claustrophobia

and this acute fear of death.

You know, I had nightmares

and a nervous breakdown.

I mean, you must have heard

of Prozac and lithium.

Well, all those drugs

just made me worse.

Of course, you know,

I probably did suspect

that not everything Hal did

was always 100-percent aboveboard.

Christ, I mean,

you'd have to be an idiot

not to think his phenomenal success

was too good to be true. Heh, heh, heh.

But a cheat is a cheat.

And when he had other women,

I just flipped out.

You know, and one thing led

to another and...

But that's all history, boys.

I met someone.

I'm a new person.

DWIGHT:
Get everything?

Yes. These in the kitchen?

Sure.

I can't believe how much you paid for it.

I know it's ridiculous

and it's old.

God knows if it even works.

We have the terrace for a telescope.

Watch the stars over San Francisco Bay.

Mm. And the moon will

look incredible through it.

Ever seen the moon through that?

Oh, I can imagine.

Hey, can I ask you something?

Sure.

You ever think

you could see yourself

married to me?

Married?

I have it all planned, but obviously

you can say no if it sounds terrible.

All right? But you come with me

next month to Vienna.

We live there for a few years

and I can teach you to waltz.

And you can have all the chocolate

cake and wine you want.

And then we come back and I get

serious about my political dream.

And then we adopt kids

and we live in the house

that you're gonna do such

a fantastic job making beautiful.

What do you think? Downside for you

is you have to stand next to me

and smile at photo ops

when I throw my hat in the ring.

So you're saying you love me.

Can't you tell?

I hope I didn't cause you to become ill

over the prospect of being my wife.

You know, sometimes I get

these headaches.

You always take Xanax

for a headache?

I'll admit, my heart's

beating a little fast.

Yeah. Ooh, your

hands are shaking.

I wanted you to want me

and now you do.

Thank you so much.

Have a nice day. You got it?

Okay, I'll take that.

What are you doing here?

You know why I'm here.

I told you not to bother me.

You're sleeping with Al.

You're not gonna make

a fool out of me.

Chili, this is not the place

to discuss this, okay?

Sir, is there a problem?

Sorry.

No, there's no problem.

Ginger, Ginger, I love you.

Ginger, what's going on?

What happened?

Nothing.

No, I just need a-- Just need a

break from everything to think.

All right, look, I blame this on Jasmine.

No, she's just looking out for me.

Look, I'm not gonna lie to you,

okay? I don't like her.

You meant nothing to her

until she needed you.

I'm working, Chili.

I'm nuts about you, Ging.

I'm nuts about you. We're gonna do

all these things together, big things.

What great things, huh?

You're a grease monkey.

And I'll be bagging groceries all my life.

She's cuckoo, baby. She talks to herself.

You told me that yourself.

I need space.

Just give me some space,

okay?

I can't sleep.

I'm a nervous wreck.

Oh, for chrissake.

I can't get you off of my head.

Stop it. Will you stop crying?

There's people around.

I don't know what

I'm gonna do without you.

Oh, my God.

CHILI:
I don't.

Stop it. Stop it, please.

I got this, okay?

Would you like to sit in my office?

No. But I appreciate it.

Look, who's this guy, Al?

What does he do?

You know what he doesn't do?

He doesn't make scenes

where I work in public.

Come on, brother.

Would you like a Kleenex?

I love her so much.

It's okay. There's nothing to see, okay?

Great.

Hello.

Hello.

Hi.

Hi.

You seem up.

He's taking me to pick out

an engagement ring tomorrow.

Wow. How great.

What's that smell?

Did you break a bottle of perfume?

Oh.

Al doesn't call it perfume,

he calls it a fragrance.

That's sweet.

But if I may say,

you may have doused yourself

a little over-abundantly with it.

GINGER:
God, I'm always

nervous it will wear off.

He's taking me

to his favorite jeweler.

You think Al is a

step up from Chili?

JASMINE:
Anybody

is a step up from Chili.

He's such a gentleman.

Well, then he's definitely

a step up.

GINGER:
But in bed,

he's no gentleman.

Wait till he takes a whiff

of my new fragrance.

It's French.

MAN:
Yeah, I'm on my way. Yeah,

I'm on my way over right now.

NORA:
You're late.

Oh, God.

I'm still shaking. What-S the matter?

I think Hal is having an affair.

With Lisette Boudreau?

Who is she?

That French girl.

The Jordans' au pair.

What do you know

about this?

You're the only one who doesn't know.

I've known about Hal's affairs for years,

but it's not my business.

How did you find out?

The Ritz Hotel in Paris called.

Hal left his Rolex there.

But he told me that he was going

on a business trip to Chicago.

If he'd said Paris,

I would've gone along,

and I didn't know what they were talking

about, so I did some checking and...

I knew this day would come.

I'm surprised it took so long.

Who else?

Victoria Alter.

Raylene.

This au pair.

That trainer he used to take

to baseball games.

Oh, my God.

You know how many people

have said to me he's doing his lawyer,

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