Gummo Page #3

-Was she bulimic?

-l don't know.

l'll bet

she was a bulimic puker...

with white spots on her teeth.

l don't know. She used to run

track after school...

and this girl said,

''There goes Eddie's girl.''

And l thought, ''What for?

That girl's so skinny.''

-They broke up, right?

-Mm-hmm. A while ago.

-Skin and bones.

-Mm-hmm. She was so skinny...

she had to wear rubber bands

around the tops of her socks...

and a belt around her spandex

bike shorts to keep them up.

-No, she didn't.

-Uh-huh.

Kids in school

used to laugh so hard.

Sure.

lt's crazy, so crazy.

Guess l'm not skinny enough

for him, then.

-You are.

-No.

Uh-huh. At least

if he goes out with you...

you'll know he got good taste.

-We'll see.

-Mm-hmm.

We'll see if it happens,

is what we'll see.

l was born

right here in Xenia, Ohio...

to a lesbian midwife...

who cut all her hair

like a butch.

And when l was little,

she used to have stre--

My mom

used to have stretch marks...

that went around in circles.

But l used to roll marbles

on her stomach--

my mom's stomach--and when

l would hit the navel...

she'd give me five dollars.

When l'd hit the navel,

she'd give me five dollars.

When l would hit

the side of her arm...

she would f***in' hit me, man...

with a--a f***in'...

a--a--a hairbrush...

or she would beat me...

l had a lesbian midwife

who gave birth to my mother...

while l was born

through my mother's womb.

My mother,

when she was thirty years old...

she entered menopause.

She sprouted a f***in' mustache.

She lost her sex drive.

Everything in the house

started to change.

The way she would do the dishes

would change...

or the way

she would clean the cabinets...

out of the house would change.

OK, so my sister,

she gets a complex.

She starts thinking, because

my mother has menopause...

at such an earlier--

at such an early age...

that she's gonna lose

all her sex drive...

and then her mustache is gonna

come out like my mom's mustache.

l can't shoot ball

like Michael Jordan can...

but that's all right, though,

you know?

l'm also gay.

Don't be nervous.

l ain't being nervous.

Now, there's something

special about you.

Something special l want.

Will you kiss me?

You're not gay.

lt's all right.

My mother rejected me,

my father rejected me.

There was no love

in the household.

l was beaten, l was abused.

l had people stick sh*t

up my rectum.

Will you hug me? Just hug me.

-l'll give you a hug, man.

-Just hug me.

Seriously,

just calm down, just hug me.

Just give me some warmth.

Just hug.

Just hug me for a little bit,

because l'm so lonely.

l'm so--l've got no one.

There's no one left.

l've got no one left.

l've got no one to love me

anymore.

l'll die here on this couch

with you.

My father worked the late shift

as a bathroom attendant.

My father was mugged

on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

For the rest of his days

on earth...

my father never celebrated

this holiday.

-With my sister.

-With your sister?

Wait till her husband finds out.

Oh, sh*t,

don't do nothing about it.

You'll come up dead,

laying in a ditch.

Yeah, you did, you liar.

No, l didn't. l never hit it.

Well, shoot,

you never know about that.

You Jarrod Wiggley?

You know Huntz?

He told me some stuff about you.

What did he say?

He said you'd been killing cats.

For, like, the past three weeks.

When do you go out?

Do it during the day usually?

No. l do it mostly at night.

You shoot 'em?

No. l put glass in tuna fish.

But mostly, l sprinkle poison

around the dumpsters...

like in the corners...

or around back

behind the church over there.

Huntz said

you take care of your granny.

Yeah. She's sick.

How old is she?

She's, like, l don't know,

probably ninety or ninety-one.

-Do you bathe her?

-Yeah.

l have to scrub her off

with a big sponge.

Do you have to change

her diaper?

Yeah. l hate that sh*t.

l hate all that sh*t.

Does she speak to herself?

No. She don't speak anymore.

She's catatonic.

She used to speak to herself.

She'd watch game shows...

and yell out

stuff to herself all the time.

She used to throw darts, right?

Yeah.

She used to have a dartboard.

So now you just take care

of your granny?

You kill cats, too?

l'm sick of everything.

l can't understand what the f***

is wrong with people...

in this world.

They sit around. They don't know

what the f*** is going on.

-They're stupid.

-F***, they're ignorant.

They're--they're f***ers.

l f***in' hate myself.

They--they--they...

sit there in their pretend

little lives...

in their homes...

Hold on. Cassidey.

What's up, man?

-How you doin'?

-Good. You?

Yeah, good.

You guys ride your bikes

over here?

You bring me--

You brought my money?

-Yeah. Right here.

-Good.

Come on, let's go in the house.

Come on.

Man.

l got to tell you,

she had a migraine headache...

earlier today.

She almost wanted to call

the whole thing off, OK?

But l gave her--

l gave her some aspirin.

Cool. Hey, thanks a lot.

-l'm gonna go f*** her now.

-Wait. You want to f*** her?

Are you gonna f*** her, too?

All right, you got to hold on.

Hey, Cassidey.

Hey, put on that bathrobe thing.

Hey, put that on.

All right.

She's ready.

-You ready?

-Yeah.

OK, you got

to keep the light on.

All right.

You all right?

You good?

You ready?

All right, come on.

Hi, Solly.

Are you clean?

Did you use soap?

Let me smell your wrist.

Smells good.

-How does it smell like?

-Like fruit, like cherries.

My mom gives me cherry shampoo.

l like cherries.

l put cherries on my ice cream.

l like the name of cherry.

Cherries.

You got hands like a girl.

No, l don't.

Yes, you do.

Can l read your fortune?

This big line says

you're gonna be a millionaire.

lt says your--

lt says your wife will die

in a hay fire.

But l don't have a wife.

You will,

but it ain't gonna be me.

-Do you love me?

-Yes.

Do you think l'm attractive?

No. You look fine

the way you are--skinny.

When l sit down to eat,

l get sexy!

When l go to bed, l get hungry!

l saw a man lying in the street,

and l said, ''Can l help you?''

He said, ''No.

l just found a parking space.

''Now l sent my wife

to go buy a car!''

lt's just murder what's going on

with people these days.

Just the other day,

right here in Xenia, Ohio...

a man walked up to me and said,

''l haven't eaten in 3 days.''

l said, ''Force yourself!''

Another man

walked up to me and said...

''l haven't eaten in a week!''

l said, ''Don't worry.

lt tastes the same!''

All right! We're rolling!

l love this crowd!

Peoples got to work

for a livin'.

l believe in a blue-collar race.

l think suicide's

the only way out--out of life.

l wanted to die.

l tried to die, but l didn't.

They say it's my depression,

but what the f***, man?

l don't f***in' know anymore.

Which way

should l f***in' turn, man?

Shut up!

-l hate that dog.

-l hate it, too.

lt's mean and ugly.

lt's got two sets of teeth,

like a shark.

Rate this script:2.5 / 6 votes