Look Back in Anger Page #3

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super bear-

a super,

marvelous bear!

Bears and squirrels are marvelous.

Eee! Eee! Marvelous and cute.

What the

hell's that?

That's a dance squirrels

do when they're happy.

What makes you think that you are happy?

Jimmy?

Mm-hmm

you know, there was something

i was meaning to tell you.

Alison.

What is it?

Your friend...

she's arrived.

Downstairs.

Oh.

What friend?

Helena charles. I... i meant to explain.

She... she

telephoned.

She's going to play at

the theatre next week.

I see.

she said, "can i come over?"

, and you said, "my husband, jimmy

"if you'll pardon my

using such a dirty word,

"will be delighted to see you.

"He'll kick

your teeth in!"

I asked

her to stay.

You did what?

well, she couldn't find

anywhere else to stay.

That i don't

believe.

So i said she could come here

until she fixes

somewhere else.

Did you tell her to wear her armor?

She's going

to need it.

Why don't you

shut up, please?

Fe,

oh, my dear wi

you have so much to learn.

If only something...

something would happen to waken you

From your beauty sleep.

if you could have a child...

and it would die.

Let it grow.

Let a recognizable human face emerge from

this little mass of

india rubber and wrinkles.

Oh, please, if only

i could see you face that.

you know, i've never had

the great pleasure of lovemaking

When i didn't desire it myself.

oh, it's not that she doesn't have

her own kind of passion, she does.

She just devours

me whole every time,

as if i was so me over-large rabbit,

and then lies back,

like a puffed-out python

to sleep it off.

That's me

- that bulge around the navel there.

It's me, if you're wondering what it is.

you'd think this indigestible mass

would stir up some kind of tremor

from those distended, overfed tripes

but not her!

She'll go on sleeping and devouring

until there's nothing left of me

good evening.

Evening,

miss charles.

Did you manage all right?

I'm quite enjoying it.

I don't think i shall ever get used to

having go down to the bathroom

every time i want water for something.

Oh, it is primitive, isn't it?

Mmm.

Oh, god, i wish he'd

lose that damned trumpet.

Well, i imagine it's

for my benefit.

Miss drury will ask us to go soon.

I know she will.

Listen to him.

Do you know she was

actually taking that dog

Into the bathroom?

I think she was going to bathe it.

oh, you mean arnold.

Oh, that's

better.

Does he drink?

Drink?

Oh, he's...he's not an alcoholic,

if that's what

you mean.

Oh, that

trumpet!

It's almost as if he wanted

to kill someone with it-

and me, in particular

never seen such hatred

In somebody's eyes before.

it's slightly

horrifying.

These go

here?

Mmm.

Horrifying.

Oddly exciting.

Tell me...

hmm?

Why did you?

Marry him?

Oh, there must be about

I met him

at a party.

He'd come there

on his bicycle,

and there was oil all over his jacket.

It had been such

a lovely day.

Everything about him

seemed to burn.

His face, the edges of his hair glistened,

and his eyes were so

blue and full of the sun.

So you took him on.

There never seemed to be any choice.

Did he love you?

heh.

A howl of outrage went up from my family.

Well, you can see their point.

And that did it.

He made up his mind to marry me,

went into battle with the

ax swinging round his head,

frail and so

full of fire.

I've never seen

anything like it.

A knight in shining armor.

Except that his armor really

didn't shine very much.

Oh, god, now he's

started her up.

Mr. Porter!

Mr. Porter!

Arnold's having

a heart attack!

Hey, boyo!

Stuff that flamin' thing

away somewhere, will you?

You like it,

all right.

Anybody who doesn't like jazz

has no real feeling for

music or for people.

Rubbish.

See what

i mean?

You know, i...

i thought of the title of a new song.

It's called, um...

you can quit hanging

around my counter, mildred,

'cause you'll find my position is closed.

Good?

Very good.

Glad you like it.

If i can slip in

a religious angle,

it might be a big hit.

Don't you think so?

Why do you try so hard to be unpleasant?

What's that?

Do you have to be so offensive?

Offensive?

You think i'm being offensive?

Now?

She underestimates

me, doesn't she?

I think you're a very tiresome young man.

"Oh, dear, oh, dear,

my wife's friends.

"Pass lady bracknell

the cucumber sandwiches."

I'm going out

to the jazz club.

You want to come?

Ok.

Chris barber's

What about you?

You want to come?

I'm going out

with helena.

That's not a direction.

That's an affliction.

I feel so tired.

I dread him coming

into the room.

Listen, darling, you've got to tell him.

Either he learns to behave

like everyone else or-

or?

Or you've got to get out of this menagerie.

He doesn't know what love

or anything else means.

You see that b ear and that squirrel?

well, that's him

, and that's me.

You mean to tell me he's a bit fey

as well as

everything else?

Oh, there's nothing fey about jimmy.

It's the one way we have

of escaping from everything.

A sort of a silly

symphony for people

who can't bear the pain of

being human beings any longer.

Won't it work?

Only if yo u blow it, dear.

why don't you get in there

and liven things up a bit?

Is, and yet, the funny thing

i think i can understand, for instance,

how alison's daddy felt

when he came back from india

the old edwardian brigade made

their brief little world

look pretty tempting.

High summer, long days in the sun,

slim volumes of verse,

as, bright ide

bright uniform.

[Sighs]

a romantic picture.

Phony, too, of course.

It must have rained sometimes.

I must say, it's pretty dreary

living in the american age

unless, of course, you're an american

perhaps all our children will be americans.

That's a thought, isn't it?

I said, "that's a thought!"

Jimmy...

forget about helena.

She's only trying to help.

That unmarried

mother superior.

Black-hearted,

evil-minded,

and vicious.

Oh, you've done it all.

I shouldn't have let you.

Nonsense.

You've got to take

care of yourself now.

Shh.

Everything seems

very different

with you here now.

Does it?

Before, i was on my own.

Now you've

got me.

Yes.

You're not sorry you asked me to stay?

No, of course not.

Cheer up,

boyo.

You look like a laxative commercial...

before.

Up early today, aren't we?

i wanted to get everything done

before i had to go to rehearsal.

Alison mustn't tire herself

looking after on

e man is enough,

but 2 is quite an undertaking

oh, Cliff looks after himself.

Well, i can't say i've noticed it

let's put you in your

place, you welsh trash.

Are you, uh... are you a good actress?

Oh, really.

Since we're going

to be stuck with you

for 2 solid weeks, i

only hope it's worthwhile,

that it adds to the sum of human happiness.

My egg's hard.

Is yours?

I haven't seen yet.

Can't cook, either, can you?

What's this, uh...

what's this play of yours called?

The forgotten heart.

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