Simple Men Page #5

I kissed you because

i couldn't help myself.

If you kiss me now,

i promise i won't hit you.

Leave me alone.

Look, i don't mean any harm.

I just want to talk.

Go talk to someone else.

Do you know who i am?

Come on. Do you know

who me and my brother are?

Yes.

Do you know my father?

Yes.

Do you know where he is?

- No.

- Why are you afraid of me?

I'm not afraid of you.

You know what i mean.

I'm afraid you'll ruin everything.

Ruin what, his escape?

You can't stay in there forever.

Go away.

I think something

must have happened.

You mean, you think

something went wrong?

I don't know.

I'm only supposed to wait here.

For him?

Either for him or someone else

who will take me to him.

But he should have

been here by now.

He's done it again.

He's left me behind.

Excuse me for asking,

but are you and my father,

you know, close?

Yes.

- How close?

- Vey close.

You mean, you're his girlfriend?

Have you got something

to say about that?

Just the man's

nearly 70 years old.

You and your brother both put together

will never be the man

your father is.

Maybe not.

- Listen, you got to help me see him.

- Please don't ask me to do that.

I won't ruin anything.

I just want to talk to him.

It's too late for that.

And besides, he's probaly gone.

- What was supposed to happen?

- When?

- When he got here.

- We were going to leave the country.

- How?

- I don't know.

At first i thought you must

be the person who'd take me to bill.

- You call my father bill?

- What am i supposed to call him?

Even my mother calls him wiliam.

Listen, i didn't mean anything by that.

I'm sorry, really.

He's not coming. I know it.

He's left me behind.

I know he has.

Oh, hey, come on. He wouldn't do that.

He'll be here. He will.

How do you know?

You don't even know the man.

I know he's a man of his word,

and i know he believes in things.

He's a womanizer.

Yeah, well...

he wouldn't leave a woman

as attractive as yourself behind.

You're a womanizer, too, then.

I'm just trying

to make you feel good.

Thank you.

I can't stand the quiet!

Madonna exploit her

sexuality on her own terms.

What does it mean to exploit

your sexuality on your own terms?

It means you name the price.

Madonna is a successful

business person.

I like old-fashioned,

straight-ahead rock'n'roll.

She sings okay.

The representation of

female sexuality

that she offers is of strength

and self-determination.

I don't listen to much

new popular music myself.

Love songs are usually

about weakness.

You can learn a lot about love

from popular music.

Is there a difference between exploiting

your own body for profit

and having someone else

exploit for you?

Everyone is involved with exploitation...

the person whose body it is,

the salesperson, and the audience

that's entertained.

The significant distinction

is who earns more money,

the exploited body

or the salesperson?

- And what about the audience?

- What about them.

The nature of exploitation

never improves. It only changes.

Where did you read that?

Is is a feminist achievement

for a woman to maintain

such control over her own career?

I thought we were

talking about music.

Exploitation of sexuality

has achieved a new... respectability

because some of those women

whose bodies are being exploited

have gained control

over that exploitation.

- They earn more money.

- They call the shots.

- They're not thought of as victims.

- Lf they earn most of the money, no.

They probably don't think of

themselves as victims, either.

- What about the audience?

- What about them?

Hendrix, clapton,

allman brothers, zeppelin, tull,

bto, stones,

grand funk railroad,

james gang, t. Rex, mc5, skynyrd,

lesley west, blackmore,

the who... the old who...

ten years after, santana, thin lizzy,

aerosmith, hot 'f***ing' tuna.

After a while, i'm going to plant

all different kinds of trees...

eucalyptus... olive trees...

japanese maples... mimosa.

All different kinds of trees.

You shouldn't drink so much.

- I guess not.

- Here. Drink this.

- What is it?

- Water.

- You shouldn't do that.

- Why not?

Because i'm your father's girlfriend.

My father's a womanizer.

He's a married man, and he stood you up.

You have no respect for your father.

I don't know him.

Bud i respect his taste in women.

So then go make love

to your mother.

- Pretty woman.

- She's got principles.

Principled pretty woman.

Kate ain't told a lie

in her whole life.

- Have you known her long?

- For a while.

Used to work with her ex-husband.

You mean the angry, dangerous,

psychotic ex-husband?

Now just hold on.

Jack may be dangerous,

he may even be psychotic,

but i don't think he's angry.

- How long have they been divorced?

- Why, you're looking for a wife?

I was just wondering.

2 and 1/2 years maybe.

- She been alone all that time?

- I proposed to her.

Really?

As soon as i knew jack was safely

behind bars, yeah, i jumped at it.

You snake.

She won't have nothing

to do with me, though.

No, huh?

Sometimes i think she just don't like men.

Bullshit. She likes me.

- Oh, yeah, i bet all the girls like you.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- I got to go.

- No.

- I get too emotional

when i drink.

- Have another beer.

I've got to get up early.

- No, you don't. Sit down.

- I get too emotional when i drink.

- Will you have another beer?

- I've got to go!

- Why?

- I got to get up early in the morning.

- You're drunk.

- And emotional!

- You got to go.

- Why?

- You got to get up early in the morning.

- Yeah, you're right.

- Here. Have another drink.

- No. I got to get up early, too.

No, you don't. Sit down.

Have a drink.

Go on, get out of here.

What time is it?

It's almost morning.

I'm glad you stayed.

Is it true you never told a lie?

No. I've told plenty of lies.

Why?

Because i thought they would

make things easier.

- And they didn't?

- No. They just made things worse.

You should probably go back up

to the house and get some sleep.

I want to sleep alone tonight.

- Okay.

- I don't want to lead you on.

You're not.

How long will you stay?

I'm going to spend

the rest of my life here.

- Really?

- With you.

- You seem pretty confident about that.

- I am.

- I hardly know you.

- Oh, you'll get to know me in time.

I'm going to dig up that field

and plant every tree you can name.

I'll work all day,

bartend at night.

You're notjust trying

to impress me, are you?

I know what i want

when i see it.

Do you always

get what you want?

- Usually.

- Really? Everything?

Well, not always.

Life gets easier when you realize

you can't have everything.

- You can't?

- No.

What can you have?

I think you can have

what you want or what you need,

but you can't have both... usually.

- Unless you're very lucky.

- Or very smart.

I guess i'm not

very lucky or smart.

Everything's different now.

Other men have loved me, you know.

I figured as much.

- And i've loved them, too.

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