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( croaks )
I think this is the ugliest thing I've ever seen.
Well, I suppose he is
if that's all you're lookin' at.
Yeah, that's Jerome.
He's got a name, and a heart and warts.
I guess the warts are all you can see.
No, I just assumed that...
Baby, you keep looking at things
with your eyes instead of your heart.
You're going to assume yourself
all the way back to the choir, angel girl.
( croaks )
( croaking )
( men laughing, whooping )
MAN ( over P.A. ): Keep those tips coming, gentlemen.
Yeah, that's right there.
( jazz music playing )
The beautiful Glitter is dancing for you on our stage.
"Glitter" is her stage name.
Her real name is Ginger.
Ah. That's better.
I guess that Glitter
can be just as ugly as warts sometimes.
Your assignment is to look beyond all that glitter.
I don't think there's much glitter to look beyond.
Baby, be careful.
Don't start making judgments from what you see here.
Remember Jerome?
The secret is what's inside,
and Ginger's got deep pain and confusion inside.
She's doing all the wrong things
for all the right reasons,
and she's hurting somebody else
even more than she's hurting herself,
and that's what you've got to help her strip away.
I don't like the sound of this.
MAN: All night long!
This isn't one of those
"walk a mile in her shoes" things, is it?
Try stilettos.
A stripper?
Well, not necessarily.
You're supposed to start off easy
and work your way up.
Up?
Well, we're gonna find out where that is.
Come on, gentlemen. Show your appreciation.
( men hooting )
( chuckles softly )
♪ When you walk ♪
♪ Down the road ♪
♪ Heavy burden ♪
♪ Heavy load ♪
♪ I will rise ♪
♪ And I will walk with you ♪
♪ I'll walk with you ♪
♪ Till the sun don't even shine ♪
♪ Walk with you ♪
♪ Every time ♪
♪ I tell you, I'll walk with you ♪
♪ Walk with you ♪
♪ Believe me, I'll walk with you. ♪
Not bad.
Couldn't I wear a little more?
In this business, less is more,
and when we move you up to strip,
you'll be wearing even less...
more or less.
( laughs ): Joke.
When will that be?
Whenever you're ready, baby,
or when I can somebody, whichever comes first.
WOMAN: But I need a sitter.
Look, you can't leave now. I really need you.
Okay, okay.
Look, how about if I give you an extra 20?
All right, 25?
Look, I know the motel room is cramped.
I'm getting a bigger place this afternoon.
Yeah, I'll see you.
I've heard that one before.
You're all heart.
BOY: The only interesting thing to do here, I guess,
is to collect cans and papers and stuff,
but if you stay with it, you make some good money.
You can tell a lot about people from their garbage.
( croaks )
Like if they're pigs or...
that's how those archaeologists figure it all out.
They sift through petrified garbage and stuff.
It's like, a hundred years from now,
they'll figure out why we died.
Hey.
How you doin' today? What you got good for me?
I got 20 pounds of newspaper and a couple bags of cans.
So you going to Nashville?
Yeah, I'm-a go there this afternoon, matter of fact,
drop off these cans and papers and go see my mom,
so I can probably get that little cash for you
in a couple days, all right?
Uh, my dad was looking for you.
He's showing a trailer to someone.
Golly, I hope they got some kids
or a dog or at least something to play with.
Yeah, I'm sure they do. Do me a favor.
Tell your dad I'll have his rent for him
Okay.
All right, man.
So that just about does it.
Now there's no,
uh, no guest parkin'
and no loud music after 10:00.
Wow. ( chuckles )
And that other thing will be our little secret.
All right, thanks.
( engine starts )
WOMAN: Secret? What secret?
What were you talkin' to her about?
You couldn't rent to...
MAN: Would you get off my back?
Women like that give trailer parks a bad name.
Jeremy, supper!
WOMAN: Do you know what kind of woman she is?
You can tell just by looking at her.
( man and woman argue indistinctly )
( frog croaks )
Your asthma bothering you?
No.
( frog croaks )
What the hell was that?
I don't know.
Go to sleep.
( frog croaks )
I don't know what's goin' on in there,
but we're sure gonna find out in the morning.
( frog croaks )
( door closes )
( engine starts )
( muffled country music playing )
MAN ( over P.A. ) Come on, now, gentlemen. Yeah.
Look, I'm begging here.
I'm not asking for your philosophy.
I'm asking for your help.
Hey, Monica, Joleen just quit.
You're stripping after Ginger.
Congratulations.
( man whoops )
( slams telephone )
Yo, Monica, get your tassels in gear.
Hey!
Oh, uh, good afternoon, sir.
My name is Jeremy, and I represent the, uh,
the Young Economists of America.
I'm asking you to invest.
Hey, get out of here!
No kids allowed! Beat it!
So you goin' up there, huh?
( chuckles ) I can't wait to get a look
at the rest of you.
Oh...
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Actually, the truth be known,
I'm not at all sorry, Marty.
You had it comin' to you.
Okay, that's it. You're fired.
Marty, I'm sorry. What can I say?
This here happens to be one of our investors.
Marty, I promise this will never happen again.
What's wrong with this picture?
The human's inside, and the angel's outside.
I know. I feel terrible.
I've never been fired before.
Well, if it was gonna happen, this was the time for it,
'cause you were moving up.
There's somethin' goin' on with Ginger,
and it's not happening in here--
the Temple of Venus.
Well, you've got to find out where it is happening.
I'm workin' on a plan.
Well, that's good.
Can I borrow your car?
I hate this plan already.
( club door opens )
WOMAN: Thanks, Jimmy.
What are you still doing here?
Tell me you're not gonna go back inside
and ask for your job back.
Well, I'd rather not,
but I don't know what else to do.
Yeah, look, I'm sorry it didn't work out.
I'd buy you a drink, but I'm so tired,
I just gotta get home.
( starter engine whirring )
Nice car. Thanks for the ride.
See ya.
Really? When?
I mean, did you really mean it about that drink?
Um, well, yeah, sure.
Oh, great. Do you have cappuccino?
Water?
What, now?
Well, I've really got a lot to do. I gotta--
It's just that I was hoping that we could talk.
Um...
well, the truth is,
I actually overhead you trying to hire someone for a job,
and... I could really use one.
Doesn't pay much.
And it...
well, it takes a little getting used to.
I think I can handle it.
What's she got in there?
Maybe she's a voodoo dancer, and she doesn't want us
to see all her shrunken heads.
Or maybe she's got an old, dead body in there.
( frog croaks )
( car approaches )
( horn honks )
Good morning. I'm all set.
Great. I'll see you later.
Um, I was just thinkin'.
You know what you said about staying in the house?
Look, we already went through that.
You want the job, don't break the rules.
You don't like the rules, tell me now.
Okay.
I'm gonna be a little late.
I gotta pick up my car from the shop.
See ya.
Bye.
( panting )
( inhales )
( continues panting )
( grunts )
( inhales )
Hello.
Ahh.
You're the young economist, aren't you?
The what?
Jeremy, isn't it?
Uh, yeah.
Well, Jeremy, something seems to have shaken the trailer,
and all the little decorations
in that window over there fell down.
You couldn't come inside and help us pick them up, huh?
So nice to meet some children here in the park.
We've been lookin' for some.
Would you like some ice cream?
I know it's early, but...
( footsteps approach )
MONICA: This is Emily.
Emily, this is Jeremy, your neighbor.
He lives in the-- is it the red trailer next door?
JEREMY: So what happened to you?
I came this way.
Emily's nose and mouth didn't quite get finished
before she was born.
So she's had to learn new ways to do
what you and I take for granted,
like eating and breathing.
You know what?
I gotta do something for my mom.
So I'm gonna go, okay?
( grunts )
One chocolate-chocolate
and one chocolate-vanilla.
Thanks.
Oh, thanks.
You're welcome.
Jeremy, this is how Emily and I spend our afternoons together
when her mother is at work.
She's a ballerina.
See?
Like this.
She's pretty.
Do you have any brothers and sisters, Jeremy?
No.
We were gonna have a little girl,
but she never got born.
I don't know.
I guess it'd be kinda cool to have a little sister.
JEREMY: "There was a woman who greatly desired
"to have a child to love and care for,
"but she had none.
"She went to see a fairy. 'Do you know where I...?'"
I'm home. Where's my angel?
Hi, honey.
How was your day today?
Mama, Jeremy's here.
What is this?
I said no strangers.
Uh, Jeremy's not a stranger. He's a neighbor.
Anyway, Emily could use some friends.
Go and wash up for dinner, okay, baby?
We're gonna have something special tonight, okay?
Go on, you can use the dinosaur soap.
( door closes )
Look, nothing personal.
I just don't like kids being around Emily, okay?
So do me a favor and just, uh, don't come back.
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
Yeah, well, don't apologize to me
'cause I'm not the one you're hurting.
How could I be hurtin' Emily?
She had so much fun today.
She needs friends.
You be her friend.
That's what I hired you for.
No strangers, no mirrors,
no trips outdoors.
It seems so cruel.
Compared to what?
Last year,
I took her to a park early in the morning,
and this woman came up to us and asked us to leave.
She said Emily was frightening her children.
I'm not gonna let that happen again.
But you can't protect her for the rest of her life, Ginger.
I won't have to.
There's an operation they can do that can fix everything.
I'm saving up for it.
Oh...
so that's why you're a stripper.
I'm not a stripper. I just strip.
I see.
Ballerinas don't get tips.
Yep, that's right. So don't judge me.
I'm not judging you.
It's obvious how much you love Emily.
So why can't you do something to help her now?
It's not just a question of money.
There must be a place or a way or a...
Look, I don't take charity.
How can you let pride
stand in the way of something like this?
This has nothing to do with pride.
Well, what is it then?
It's my business, not yours.
Are you firing me?
Are you gonna play by my rules?
I have grown very fond of Emily.
12:30 tomorrow?
Tomorrow.
( door closes )
Hello, Jeremy. How have you been?
Pretty good.
I know I'm supposed to stay away,
but I've had this book since I was a little kid,
and it's pretty beat up, but I thought...
Come on in.
Okay.
Dingdong. Angel calling.
Tess, what are you doin' here?
Well, I detect a slight change in focus.
I believe Ginger is your assignment.
And how are you gonna get her trust
if you keep disobeying her rules?
Well, they're terrible rules.
And Ginger is totally unreasonable.
Oh, she's got her reason, all right.
You quit worrying about the problem
and start finding the solution.
And I wish you hadn't brought that boy in here.
He was not in the plan.
No, sir.
Well, maybe the plan should change.
Well, who do you think you are, Miss Wings?
The last time I looked,
I didn't see any bumper stickers
that say, "Smile 'cause Monica loves you."
How can anybody expect me to stand aside
while Emily needs help
and her mother won't give it to her?
I think the reason I'm here is for Emily
and not for Ginger.
Dangerous waters, baby.
Just because you don't like the horse
is no excuse to start changing ponies in midstream.
I never said I didn't like Ginger.
Oh, you didn't?
( sighs )
"'I quacked and I quacked, but it was no use.'
"'Let me see the egg.
"'Yes, it's a turkey's egg.
"'Leave it alone
"'and teach your children to swim.'
"'I think I'll sit a bit longer,' replied the duck.
"'I sat this long already.'
"'Do as you please,' snapped the old duck,
"and away she walked.
"At last, her egg broke, too.
"'Peep, peep,' cried the youngster
"and crept forth.
"'Oh, you're so big and ugly.'
"Mother duck scrutinized him.
"'He's a frightfully large duckling,' said she.
"'None of the others look like that.
"'Could he really be a turkey's chick?
"'Well, we shall soon find out.
"Into the water he must go.'"
See ya.
Jeremy.
Yeah?
Here's something for your recycling.
Thanks.
( paper tearing )
I'm not scared.
I just gotta do it, so that's all.
I can do it.
( croaks )
Whew.
Don't get mad, okay?
I just wanna show you something.
There's this organization called Operation Smile
where a team of doctors go around
and they fix kids' faces.
They're gonna be in Tennessee, but only tomorrow.
And it's free. It's totally free.
What?
Come on, it's free.
What's wrong? It's free.
( sighs )
( panting )
( inhales )
( humming )
( whispering ): Emily.
Come here.
Come on. Come on. Come on.
Watch your step.
Come on.
What in Sam Hill is going on around here?
When they put this gate up?
I hate gates.
Nobody tell me about no gate.
( scoffs ): And they talk to me about some
Homeowners' Association.
I'm not paying for no new gate.
Please watch over them.
♪ Gonna have a big ol' night tonight ♪
♪ Yeah, baby, that's right ♪
♪ Everything is goin' my way ♪
♪ Hey, hey. ♪
Yeah.
Look what I got.
This is yogurt.
It's not as good as ice cream,
but ice cream melts.
Nashville's a really big place.
My friend Albert says it's like heaven,
but with only better music.
If Albert's your friend,
how come we're riding back here?
Well, Albert doesn't like passengers.
Besides, we need to get to Nashville
to get that operation.
What's an operation?
It's a thing they do
to make you look like everyone else.
Like you?
No, not like me. Like you, kinda.
Only different.
See, you'll be going to school,
and, well, people who are different
that go to school get teased a lot.
I was different, so I got teased a lot.