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we're concerned about.

The coloured folks think

there's a curse on that land.

I'm sure it has seen

its share of misery.

Hey, Mama.

Hey, Daddy.

-Trouble at the motel?

-Everything's fine.

-Then why aren't you there?

-We got a day manager. Rosellen.

-Those people steal you blind.

-She's got it under control.

Are these new ones?

I can't remember

when you were here last.

-They all look alike to me.

-The place full up?

-Yes. Celebration.

-How about the restaurant?

Keeping us hopping.

-Gotta make it while it's there.

-I know.

-Steven was calling for you.

-He knows I don't live here.

-It was nice talking to him.

-He's got a screw loose. Deep-sea diving.

-That was his father.

-Puts pressure on the brain.

Steve's put pressure on his brain,

but not by diving.

He said he's turning over

a new leaf. I certainly hope so.

-He had such promise.

-When did Steve ever have promise?

When he had his group

and you were with the circus.

It wasn't a circus.

We stayed in one place.

When you were performing

in the aquarium.

-You both were so hopeful.

-Well, we grew up.

Daddy? There was a fella from

a development company over yesterday.

You give him the boot?

I was thinking this might be

a good time, if you ever wanted to sell.

And watch them turn the beach

into a strip mall?

-It's not exactly pristine at the moment.

-You help keep the place running?

-I have not.

-Then hold your peace.

-She's worried about those birds.

-It's a severely compromised habitat.

-The sandhill cranes have forsaken us.

-Good.

If they don't know better than to fly

someplace accommodating...

...then they deserve what they get.

Now your sea gull, that's like people.

They'll fight over every scrap they get.

-Your father is a strict Darwinian.

-She throws her education against me.

Anyway, this developer....

-I told him you weren't interested.

-You can bet on that one.

Get in there! Come on!

Get in there!

They give you specs for this thing?

Like dimensions?

-There's a picture in the book.

-If she's gonna get into it....

This doesn't give us

the measurements.

-You're taller than her.

-Right.

Better cut some holes

so she can breathe.

-Halt! Who goes there?

-Don't shoot. It's your ex-wife.

-I'm on guard duty.

-Maple said you needed to see me.

-Pretend you're just a tourist.

-Steve, come on.

I'm serious. We got an inspector

coming by to review the unit.

-Nice uniform.

-I hate playing a Yankee.

-You're Greek, for chrissake.

-I was born down here.

-So, what's the latest crisis?

-No crisis.

Just wondering how you were

making out. Seriously.

I found inner peace.

What's the angle?

I heard about something.

I'd like to cut you in.

-Not interested.

-It's once in a lifetime.

-So was our marriage. Once was enough.

-Hear me out.

If you don't want to be a co-investor,

we can work out a reasonable rate....

-You want to borrow money from me?

-I could get in on something big.

Tell me, what do we not have

on this island?

Let's see. An opera house.

A ski resort. A good Thai restaurant.

-Are you familiar with water slides?

-Them plastic chute things?

You slide down it

in your bathing suit?

-We don't have one.

-I knew I was culturally disadvantaged.

Know how much those things make?

-A:
You'll never get a permit.

-Don't be so sure.

B:
I don't have any money

to throw at half-assed propositions.

-I heard you're about to come into some.

-Is that so?

My sources inform me you've been

approached by some big developers.

They don't know diddly.

Besides, C:
even if I did have money...

...I'd run it through the leaf shredder

before I gave a nickel of it to you.

...I'd run it through the leaf shredder

before I gave a nickel of it to you.

I heard your golfer's decided

to take a walk.

He didn't ask you to come along

on the tour, did he?

Do you have any other business

with me? I'm seriously hung-over...

-...I gotta get back--

-This is the real deal--

It's just another scam.

Like your band, like the mail order

iguana business, the treasure hunt....

-Skeeter Meter rocked!

-But you didn't care about the music.

You just wanted to be famous

and get laid.

You know why you're stuck running

that flophouse? You got no vision.

You think I'd loan you money

after all you put me through?

That's all over and done with.

You can't live in the past.

The endangered American alligator's made

a big comeback in the last 20 years...

...spreading out through the swamps

and waste canals of Florida.

You got a three-foot mud puddle,

you got a two-foot gator in it.

We don't know much about the Timucua

until the advent of the Spanish....

I've got some bad news and some

good news from our retail sponsors.

I asked if you could keep

your outfits....

Flash Phillips! I used to watch you

leave them tacklers grabbing the wind.

How you doing? Baby, this is

Flash Phillips, the Heisman guy.

-I didn't win the....

-Only because they popped your knee.

-Nice of you.

-Would've made a decent pro...

...you put on some muscle.

-Are you local?

-We live down Lincoln Beach.

I'm hosting a barbecue where

Henry's Lounge used to be. Drop by.

-More of this Pirate Days hustle?

-No. I'm gonna be your neighbour.

Hey, baby!

The Florida Flash is moving in.

-Hi. Flash Phillips.

-I know.

And you are?

Desiree.

Damn!

-Are you still living here?

-I'm visiting my mother.

Stokes, right? She has this house

on Carver Street facing the beach.

-Right. You running for office?

-I just like to know my neighbours.

-So how you been doing?

-Great, lately. There was some....

Well, when I got hurt,

I got lost there a little bit, you know?

-I left....

-I remember.

You look terrific. Have I seen you

on TV? You look familiar.

-I ought to look familiar.

-No, I mean the adult you.

I do instructional videos,

infomercials.

-Damn! You were just a little-bitty girl.

-I was their age.

-No! I'd have been in jail.

-I was 15 when I won this contest.

-We got together right after that.

-Yeah, well....

I was pretty young myself.

Listen, I'm having

this barbecue tomorrow.

Yeah, where Henry's Lounge

used to be?

Good afternoon,

ladies and gentlemen.

We will start the eveningwear

segment of the contest in a moment.

I'd like to thank our participating

retailers here at the mall.

It's me.

Earl.

We should talk again.

I explained what I can do

and what I can't.

Okay, 9:
00.

Same place?

We had quite a little society

in Jacksonville at the time.

Young ladies were presented

when they were 16.

Often, there'd be a piano recital,

then a formal dance.

This is my sister at her cotillion.

Are there pictures of yours?

By the time my turn came along,

it was....

My father had suffered

a financial reversal.

As did many of the other

important people in the community.

Here we are at the beach.

In so many other ways

we were on the outside, looking in.

But this was ours.

They all went down to check out

the titty bars in Jacksonville.

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