Taking Chances Page #5

No, I know...

- 'cause I'm coming through.

- Hey, Vic.

Would you come here for a sec?

Would you tell my dad

I'm not a communist?

He not a communist.

Thank you.

And he knows me just about better than

anybody else in this town. My point is, Dad,

there are people here who want

to keep the town the way it is.

Vic, do you want

a casino in this town?

No.

Thank you.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, I'm sure.

A hundred percent?

Oh, by the way, Vic,

uh, did you put the...

You don't have to write... You

can write "Native Americans."

You don't have to write

"Not Indians." No. American.

Yeah. Okay. Okay. Cool.

Thanks, man. You're welcome.

What's up with your dad?

I don't know.

Little man

with a big plan.

What about your

revolucin?

Oh. What, are you

kidding? He doesn't understand.

That doesn't

surprise me though.

You ever seen

The Joy Luck Club?

Yeah. No, yeah.

I've seen that.

What about it?

It's good. Good movie.

Do you really think

that some petition...

is gonna stop this casino...

or get some girl?

I don't know.

Feels like something's

gonna happen though.

Well, something is better

than nothing.

So that's good.

Yeah.

Hope is a funny thing.

It's a line from

Joy Luck.

Yeah. Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

Whoo! Yeah!

Ding-dong!

Ding-dong!

No.

No. I don't think so.

No.

It's just over,

the way it should be.

Are you punishing me

for something? Huh?

Is it that Revere kid?

He's a boy.

Look. Lucy,

don't "F" with me.

- I know your type.

- "F" with yourself, Cleveland.

I'm no type.

And if I was,

I'm not anymore.

Good luck

finding your clothes.

Yeah. I hid 'em.

Supposed

to be a game, you know,

but, uh, well, now it takes on a

different connotation, doesn't it?

See?

Vic, are you familiar

with the concept of feng shui?

See, what I'm seeing here

is just greens and blues,

like an oasis

in a desert.

And let's put something

on that pipe.

It's just pokin' out there.

It looks like a...

a pipe.

Let's fix it

and make it "un-pipey."

Join us, please.

Your father tells us

you're a scholar of history.

Just a fan. I don't have, like,

a college degree or anything.

Pieces of paper are worthless.

Green ones.

It's what's in here

that counts.

What do your books

tell you of our people?

The Alguanqua?

Um, to summarize, I'd say

you had it pretty good...

until the new guys

started showin' up.

One cannot fight

a rising tide, huh?

Hmm.

But you did fight.

We lost.

Massacre of the Alguanqua,

Yes.

Sorry about that.

Soda?

- No, thank you. - The next time

we go to Pete's Pottery Barn,

let's see if we can get the...

that naked boy...

that's pissin'

in the pool.

You think

that's too much?

I should say something. I started

a petition against your casino.

Hasn't gone very far, but, um, I

just thought I should let you know.

I'm sure you'd build

a great casino.

I just think

we have different priorities.

I don't want it to be awkward

if we're gonna hang out socially.

We've heard of your petition.

You're a lonely warrior

in your town.

"At the launch of any great voyage,

there's always a single voice."

Ben Franklin said that.

I think.

"The buffalo who runs

against the herd...

arrives only at

his own demise."

Chief Crazy Horse said that.

Hmm. That's, uh...

I like that one.

Patriotville Historical Society.

We're here to bring the past to life.

Yeah, shut up, Karl Marx.

I heard red's your favorite color.

Man, you like Russia so much,

move to Canada! #

Move next to a goddamn igloo!

Say hi to Wayne Gretzky.

Oh, no. Why don't you

move to San Francisco?

Ooh, I bet they'd like

your pretty face there.

Finally your wig

wouldn't look so weird.

Did you see the paper? They're

capable of way more than I anticipated.

I know. Democracy

is not so nice.

I just feel like

maybe we're surrounded.

"Surrounded" sounds

too much like "surrender."

People are really pissed off.

Hey there, history man. How

'bout I come down there right now...

and we have our own

little Boston Tea Party.

'Cept we ain't in Boston,

and the party's gonna be...

me teabaggin' the sh*t out of your pretty

little ass for about an hour and a half...

till you see the merits of

building a casino in this town.

# All those lives

headstones, computer drives #

These people are really mad.

Let's just go into hiding.

Hmm?

Let's just drive north

and just keep on driving.

That does sound

pretty good.

But... But... But, no.

No, we start running, there's

no telling where we stop.

This is it. This is

where we make our stand.

Right here.

Right now.

We just weren't thinking big enough.

We gotta get this thing out there.

Gotta get it out in the open where everyone can

see it. Right where the mayor doesn't want it.

That's the answer.

That's it.

She's getting you into a war

with the whole town.

Words to live by, my friend:

Never trust a virgin.

What? What does that

mean? What's not to trust?

And... And make no mistake, man,

I'm getting myself into this.

Smells blue cheese

to me, dude.

What's the worst

that can happen, huh?

The worst-case scenario.

Some fish, once you get 'em

on the hook, they're yours.

But other fish,

you gotta kinda wait 'em out...

till they can't fight

you no more.

Maybe it was one of them other

fish keyed your truck, Bob.

Hey. Hey.

- Hey. - How you doin'?

I was lookin' all over for you.

- I started the rally speech.

- That's awesome.

It's a good start.

Any more of them

damn rally posters in here?

Hell, no. Threw

out every one I saw.

Crackers.

Ding-dong.

What douche bags.

Over here. Got it.

You're the little sneak that's been

rogerin' my husband behind my back.

What?

Are you insane?

This was under the couch

I got for my wedding.

Yeah.

No, I'll take care of it.

Right.

Bye-bye.

So my son's

the town traitor.

I just wanted the town to vote

on it. Why is that so wrong?

You lost your job.

Mayor's orders.

What? I made that place what it is.

Well, Stover and the boys

are good folk.

They think if you drop this

baloney, maybe, just maybe,

they can talk the mayor into lettin' you manage

the history store that's in the new casino.

Oh.

A lot of folks are gonna be

going through that casino.

They're gonna wanna stop by and

get a little of that history.

Could be

a real opportunity.

It's just not what I believe in. Well,

maybe you could believe...

in it.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, Dad, I

just don't think I have any fight left today.

That's my boy.

Great... father-son chat.

Hey, Vic?

What?

Could you come here for a

second? I'm sweeping, mopping.

You need me?

Yeah. I just...

Will you just do me a favor?

Yeah.

Will you just hold me

for a second?

I love you, man.

Thank you.

I love you too.

Thank you.

Chief Many Bulls.

Where the hell are you?

Behind you.

Christ!

Where's the chief? I am his

ears and his mouth today.

Your offer was like

beads and trinkets to my people.

Listen, Green Acres. I'm not

one of your bleach-blonde,

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