Torch Song Trilogy Page #3
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- 1988
- 120 min
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I'm glad to meet you.
He's told me | all about you.
I've got to run now.
Allergies, i should | have my head examined.
Um, just...
Arnold, arnold.
Don't pretend | i never told you
About my relationships | with women.
I thought you meant | like sisters and aunts.
That's not funny.
You are really | dragging me | over the coals!
Why should i | be the only one here
With a barbecued ass?
Look, arnold! | I am not like you!
Being gay | is what you are.
I'm not happy | living in a ghetto | of gay bars.
We've never done that.
I need to be proud.
How can sleeping | with a woman | make you proud
If you know | you'd rather | be with a man?
There's no you | to respect!
I don't see | your self-Respect.
Want to see | my self-Respect?
Here! Here's | my self-Respect!
But not for me?
But not for me?
With love | to lead the way?
Hi. Can i buy | you a drink?
Oh, f*** off!
I was a fool to fall?
And get that way?
Oh, i'm sorry.
Excuse me. | Pardon me.
Sorry.
Hi. My name's arnold.
It's my fault, | i'm sure.
Oh, my god!
[Unzips zipper]
What am i gonna do... | with the beer can?
Well, at least i don't
Have to cook | him breakfast.
And with | all the promotions,
Mine can't be | far off.
How about | a nice girl?
He'll find one | when he's ready.
They don't come | along every day.
You tell 'em.
I picked a beautiful | girl to be your mother.
You tell 'em.
You want | some rice pudding?
No, ma.
Nothing | for me, ma.
Piece of cake?
I'm full.
So what's with | you, arnold?
I'm not seeing ed | anymore.
I meant work.
You call that work?
Betty, the boy | has to find | himself.
So let him | find himself.
I'd love a piece | of cheesecake.
Go to junior's.
Can you use | some money?
I'm fine, dad.
Just till you're | on your feet.
I'm on my feet, daddy.
Yeah, in 6-Inch heels. | Some big shot!
Excuse me.
They don't mean | anything, you know?
Then why | embarrass me | like that?
I make more | than daddy does.
They have trouble | understanding, | that's all.
There isn't anything | they wouldn't do for you.
Don't be mad at them.
I'm not mad. | I'm jealous.
You realize, | in all the years
That they've | been married,
The only time they | were ever separated
Was when ma went | into the hospital
For that operation?
And what | did daddy do?
He slept on a chair | in the living room.
He wouldn't even | get into bed | without her.
And the way | they always | made us feel,
Like we were the two | most important,
Smartest, | most talented,
Handsomest...
And it kills me | to think
That they look at me
And wonder | what they did wrong.
In all my born days,
And there have been plenty,
I never met | a real bisexual.
Please, not in front | of you-Know-Who.
I'm not listening.
I'd like to see | a bisexual
Who lived with | his boyfriend
And then saw his | girlfriend on the sly.
[Knock on door]
Is arnold beckoff--
You dant to | give them room?
[Speaking spanish]
Right. Come on.
Bet you | never thought
You'd see me | again, huh?
Hi.
You look terrific.
Really.
You've lost | a little weight, i see.
I'm sorry.
I guess, you're still | pretty angry, huh?
No, i'm not | still angry.
This here's | brand-New.
What are you | doin' here?
I just wanted | to talk.
Five months ago, | you checked out,
But at least | when you left, you left.
I told you that | i wanted us to be friends.
You mean a lot to me.
Don't get cute | with me, huh?
Maybe i shouldn't | have come,
But as long as | the harm's done,
Can't i just talk to you | until you're finished?
It's important | to me.
Just sit down.
So how's | your sex life?
It's great.
As good as with me?
Arnold, | i'm not so sure
That the sex we had | was always as good for me
As it was for you.
Sometimes it got | a little too | out of control.
And that's bad?
It's not | what i want.
It's funny...
That's what | i pray for.
I thought about | you a lot this summer.
A couple times, | i almost called you.
I even picked up | the phone once.
Yeah, so | what happened?
Well, uh, | i couldn't.
I love her, arnold.
Oh, um, i had | a dream last night
That i want | to tell you about.
I mean, you like | that sort of stuff.
Anyway, um, i was--
I dreamt i was | at my parent's house,
And i got a rag,
And i soaked it | in turpentine,
Put it inside | a plastic bag,
And put the bag | over my head.
Um...
Anyway, the phone | woke me in the morning.
It was laurel.
Half of me's | listening to her.
The other half's | trying to figure out | this dream.
I felt dizzy, | so i went back to bed,
And there | on the pillow is...
You know, | the plastic bag...
With the | turpentine-Soaked rag.
Um...
I couldn't | tell anyone--
You know--
Anybody about it.
I'm...
A little scared.
So what--Do you got | your car with you?
Yeah, um...
Do you want me | to drive you home?
Um, why don't you | get the car,
And i'll meet you | out front?
Oh.
So what now, huh?
Look. If i take him back now, | knowing all i do,
Maybe i can | make it work...
With a little | understanding.
Maybe a shrink.
I could just let him | drive me home,
And then i could say, | "the next time
"You feel you have to | say i love you to someone,
Say it to yourself | and see if you believe it."
That would go over his head.
I think it | went over mine.
And leave him | waitin' out in the cold.
If i start in again,
Who's to say he's not gonna | keep this sh*t up, right?
I don't know.
Maybe it's what i want.
Maybe he's treating me | just the way i want him to.
What if it's me using him
To give me that | tragic torch singer status
I admire so in others?
Wouldn't that be a kick | in the rubber parts?
I love him.
What are you gonna do?
But do i love him enough?
What i?
This is enough.
Enough.
D? | ? A?
M? | ? E?
Dame?
Woo! | Woo!
I love | a line of beautiful?
Dames?
[Pop pop pop]
Yay! | Yay!
Oh, weren't they | wonderful, boys and girls?
Yeah!
Yay!
Especially the boys!
[As mae west] | oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
The last time i saw | a basket like that,
It was around | red riding hood's arm!
Oh!
One more time.
Oh!
I'll see you around,
And i'll | see you around.
Hey, where's bette?
Bette?
Darling, i don't do bette | without a cigarette.
Over here!
Oh, you mean bette | as baby jane hudson?
Yay! | Yay!
Yay! | Yay!
[As bette davis] | blanche!
You didn't eat | your din-Din,
So someone else is gonna | eat your christmas puddin'.
Who's gonna eat | my christmas balls?
How rude!
You have a high voice | for a lesbian.
And now, | ladies and gentlemen,
To bring you | the supreme artiste--
F*** the artiste! | Bring on the freaks!
Did your mother | have any children that lived?
Thank you, darling,
And now, | ladies and gentlemen,
I want to present | the queen of the torch song,
Our very own | virginia hamm!
Yay! | Yay!
When the only sound | on the empty street?
Is the heavy tread?
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