Children Of A Lesser God Page #2

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Oh, yeah?

If you could hear, you'd

think I was a scream.

You're deaf? Well, I'll

try to remember that.

I'll forget?

No, I won't.

Listen, um... why don't we

get this thing started here?

Well, thank you

for stopping by.

The pleasure was mine.

God.

My mama.

Your mama.

Great. Go.

Glen, who's your

favorite person?

Twisted Sister?

Twisted Sister?

It's the name

of the rock group.

Oh. Oh.

Try saying that.

Twisted Sister.

Glen, it takes courage.

I know.

Just give me

one sound.

One. "T."

"T."

Try.

"T."

"T."

Tweeh...

That's great.

That's great.

Yeah. Out of here.

Go.

Great.

Johnny?

Who's your

favorite person?

Princess Di?

Benji?

No.

Terminator?

Uh...

[Bell Rings]

Hey.

Hey, you want to play

stand up, sit down again?

Whoa, careful,

you almost smiled.

Ah, that's a girl.

That's the Sarah Norman

we all know and love.

If my jokes

are terrible

and my signing

is boring,

what are you

doing here?

There's a whole

empty beach.

Unbelievable.

I tried to call

your mother.

Hey. Hold it.

Wait. Wait.

I can't...

I didn't even talk to her.

O.K.?

I mean, can we stop this?

I mean, why can't we...

I mean, why can't we just...

why don't we...

why don't we...

go out and have

some dinner tonight?

Huh? Just give me

a yes or a no.

Yes?

Good.

I think.

O.K. Um...

I will meet you

behind, uh...

the girls' dormitory,

I will whisper

your name.

Hey!

I know that sign.

That's the first sign

I ever learned.

It's in Italian.

Can I suggest something?

Will you

give me a break?

My Italian is worse

than my signing.

The veal piccata

is very good.

Look. I'm sorry.

V-E-A-L P-I-C-C-A-T-A.

I mean, you see,

by the time I finish,

they may be out of it.

It's veal. It's, uh...

sauteed in lemon

and butter.

What's veal?

Uh... God.

What the hell is veal?

Um...

Good evening.

Something to drink

this evening?

You want something

to drink, Sarah?

Our house wine

is very nice.

You want some wine?

Yeah. It's O.K.

Uh, white wine.

We'll take a carafe,

please.

He doesn't think

you're stupid.

He thinks

you're deaf.

No. Only stupid

hearing people

think that deaf

people are stupid.

Do you really like

being a cleaning woman?

Why?

Yeah. I mean,

there are other jobs

where a person can

work alone in silence.

Not with toilet bowl

cleaner?

You should have told me

that was the attraction.

You are smart as hell,

you know?

You want to dance?

Can you feel it?

Vibrations...

through your nose!

Ain't nobody worried

Ain't no smilin' faces

I'm not good at this.

And you are. Great.

Lyin' to the races

Help me

Come on

Come on

Somebody

help me, now

I'll take you there

Help me, y'all

I'll take you there

Help me, now

I'll take you there

Oh... ooh

I'll take you there

Oh, oh

Mercy

I'll take you there

Oh

Let me take you there

I'll take you there

Oh

Let me

Take you there

Play it, Larry

Play your

Play your piano, now

All right

Ah

Do it

Do it

Come on, now

Play on it

Play on it

Daddy, now

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy

Mmm

Mmm

Ooh, Lord

All right

Now

Oh, I

I know a place, y'all

I'll take you there

Ain't nobody

worried, y'all

I'll take you there

Mercy, now

I'll take you there

I'm callin'

Callin', callin' for mercy

I'll take you there

Mercy, mercy

I'll take you there

I've been

Loving you

Too long

To stop now

You were tied

And you want to be free

My love

is going strong, girl

As you become

a habit to me

Ooh, I'm loving you

A little too long...

I don't know why

I became a speech teacher.

O.K.? Let's dance.

It's too hard

to dance and talk.

With you, my life...

Well, maybe I like

to hear myself talk.

Hmm?

Has been so wonderful

Can't stop now...

I am a really good

teacher, though.

You...

You should let me

help you.

What is that?

Lydia does not

talk like that.

Don't you want to be able to

get along in the world?

No one

wants my help?

That's your opinion.

That's fine.

You don't do anything

you can't do well?

I don't want

to stop now

Oh

Oh, oh

I've been loving you

A little too long

I don't want to stop...

Well, I would like

to walk with you.

It's...

my pleasure.

Mrs. Norman?

I'm James Leeds.

I didn't call again...

because I would've

hung up again.

It's 60 miles

here and back.

Please,

just five minutes.

I just got home

from work.

This is my time

to relax.

Discussing Sarah

is hardly relaxing.

Five minutes.

Well.

Well. Uh... let's see.

You haven't seen Sarah

in eight years?

Let's get this straight.

Sarah doesn't want

to see me.

Has she said why?

We don't communicate

very well.

Did you ever learn

to sign?

Some of the parents...

I'm really sick

of you people

coming here

every few years

asking the same

questions,

blaming me.

God. No one's

blaming you.

Of course they are.

They can't blame themselves.

So, it's all

my fault.

Fine. I don't

give a damn anymore.

I really just came

to ask one question.

What happened when

Sarah tried to speak?

What happened?

She looked awful.

She sounded awful.

People made fun of her.

What do you think?

Who made fun of her?

Other kids.

Her sister's friends.

Then she stopped

trying to talk.

She's very pretty,

you know.

Her sister Ruth had

a bunch of boys hanging around,

and they started

asking Sarah out

when she came home

on weekends.

It was wonderful

for her.

The boys really

liked her.

They treated her

just like they treated Ruth...

with respect.

If you didn't know

there was a problem,

you would've thought

she's perfectly normal.

Hi.

It's true.

I'm early today.

No. Don't go.

I wanted to talk

to you, anyway.

No. I want to hel...

work with you.

I understand

that you're scared.

I understand nothing.

Sarah! Come back here.

Sarah.

Yelling at the back

of a deaf person.

Very good, James.

He's been at

all the best schools.

Why did you stop

going home?

Did your sister's

friends,

those boys that you

were going out with,

did they have anything

to do with it?

Yes. I talked

to your mother.

Please, let me

help you, damn it!

How?

By showing you

the joys of sex

with a hearing man?

I think that's

one language you don't speak.

Yeah, O.K. I'm so...

Come on.

I can take it.

You have more than enough

communication skills.

I don't.

They never did?

O.K.

[Stamps Floor]

Hey!

Who is they?

Hearing boys?

They could never be bothered

to learn my language.

I was always expected

to learn to speak.

Well, I don't speak.

Sex was always

something I could do

as well as hearing girls.

Better!

At first,

I let them have me

because they wanted to.

Before long,

the boys were lined up

on a waiting list

my sister kept for me.

No introduction, no talk.

Just went

to a dark place and...

They didn't even take me out

for a Coke first.

That's not what

I wanted to know about you.

I thought I was

such a big deal...

coming on to the deaf girl,

giving her a thrill.

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