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rice cakes
here. Well have a nice talk while were walking, okay? Lets
go.
MINI
How far do we have to go?
LILY
Not far.
MINI
If we have so much time, why are you walking so fast? I
shouldnt have worn these new shoes. I think I have a blister.
LILY
Try not to think about it. You want to look pretty now, dont
you?
MINI
Can we talk about Papa?
LILY
Okay.
SCENE 2 Movie theater, Brooklyn, New York,
Mama. No.
- I told you. Well be there in three days.
- Im surprised.
Cause Miss Uppity
makes you back out every year.
I dont know why
that woman doesnt like me.
Come on, Mama.
You did throw cooked rice at our weddin.
Is that woman even coming?
Yeah. She is, uh,
packing right now.
Hold on, son.
Your brother Mack just got here
with one of those flat-screen TVs.
- Hey, Mama.
- Youre alway
theyre broken up,
so he has to have it removed.
But while its healing, or whatever
you call it when a tattoos removed,
he meets Heidi,
and its serious, immediate love.
In no time hes gone from the most beautiful
actress to the most gorgeous model.
What do you mean, "In no time"?
- Three or four issues.
- Weekly or monthly?
Monthly. God!
How shallow do you think Brad is?
Why do I waste m
broken down bus, very East European looking, with curtains in the windows, parks in the parking lot. Twenty or so men get out with sports bags, hockey sticks, helmets. They enter the ice rink guided by two production assistants who greet them and show them the way, walkie-talkies held to their ears.
A small convertible enters the parking lot, carrying the director and his assistant.
The car stops
rice bowls,
Zen minimalism.
It would have killed Mother to see this go.
Still, its fifteen years since she passed on
and its still the same.
I mustnt like change either.
Its not bad.
Youre not saying you like it?
- I do. - Why?
Dunno. Its full of the past.
And boredom.
Talking of boredom,
allow me to introduce...
my first love.
One is marked for life by onanistic practices
in front of a girl pain
isnt money.
Give me back my rice, you little thief.
- Excuse me, but might I inspect that?
- Go ahead.
Mmm? My God!
But this is a lump of pure gold,
you silly woman!
However, if its money you want, Ill pay for
the rice and take this nugget off your hands.
What do ya say?
My good people, is there a money changer
who could tell us how much this is worth?
No? All right.
Now, Im just a monk, bu
rice paddies. Two
sturdy brothers, NATHAN, 13 and SAMUEL, 12, work alongside
three adult male African freedmen, JOSHUA, JONAH, MICA,
planting rice. They look up from their work as the rider
passes. Nathan and Samuel take off running after the post
rider.
THE HOUSE
The post rider approaches the house, built of native
brick, well-constructed and well-maintained. Theres a
barn, a workshop and a forg
rice have protein?
May I have some?
Im sorry!
Do you want beans, Randy?
- I got it!
- Okay.
God! Is Frank coming
over for dinner again?
Well, his mom never
cooks for him, poor thing.
Hey, guys, its Lena.
Hey, guys.
How you doing?
Miss Randall Dean?
Whats the cosine here?
Um, its...
ahem.
Writing another
love song, Miss Dean?
All right.
Another student.
Okay. No more of this.
Oh, no, Little Miss
H
broken to him
by Max Schumacher,
who was the president
of the news divisin at UBS.
The two old friends got properly pissed.
I was at CBS with Ed Murrow in .
Must have been then.
I was NBC, uh, associate producer.
Morning news. I was
just a kid, years old.
Anyway...
anyway, they were building the lower
level of the George Washington Bridge.
We were doing a remote from there...
and nobody told me!