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(02:56-08:09) Scene 2: Olson House-Living Room (Ben, Addie, Steve, Julie)
[Rock music plays on a record player. Young teenager STEVE OLSON, Ben and
Addie's son, is sitting on the couch with his new drum set. A sullen BEN and ADDIE
enter].
STEVE: "Hi, mom. Hi, dad." (Sensing their anger) "Boy what a jolly group."
[BEN turns off the record player].
STEVE: "Hey!"
BEN: "Where's your sister?"
STEVE: "Upstairs, why?"
BEN: "Well, tell her I want to see her."
STEVE: "Okay." (showing the drum set to Ben) "Fixed the drums, see?"
BEN: "Oh, that's fine. Well at least one of our kids is..."
ADDIE (interrupting Ben): "Oh, Ben, please." (to Steve): "You better tell Julie to get
right down here, Steve."
STEVE: "Sure."
[STEVE exits].
BEN (offers Addie a drink): "You want one?"
ADDIE: "Uh-uh. I better check the kitchen. Mrs. Chamberlain is at her sister's this
afternoon."
BEN: "Again?"
ADDIE: "Well, she's ill. They are sisters."
BEN: "You hire a cook and you get a traveling nurse."
ADDIE: "Well, I don't know what I'd do without her."
BEN: "Well, in my business when you pay someone a decent wage, you get a decent
day's work out of them."
[JULIE enters].
JULIE: "You called?"
ADDIE: "I'll be in the kitchen. I better leave you two alone."
JULIE (sarcastically): "Well, hello mother."
BEN: "Now don't be sarcastic."
ADDIE: "Hello, Julie. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not feeling very well. Your father will explain."
[ADDIE exits]
JULIE: "Well what was that all about?"
BEN: "Sit down."
JULIE: "Is that any way to..."
[BEN interrupts].
BEN: "I said sit, over there."
[JULIE sits down on the couch].
BEN: "We've been to Bartlett's."
JULIE: "Did you pick up any bargains?"
BEN: "At least we didn't steal anything."
JULIE: "Neither did I."
BEN: "Oh yes you did. We saw it with our own eyes."
JULIE: "You did? Well isn't that interesting."
BEN: "Yes, yes. We were shown a very interesting television tape recording. You and
your two friends and the fur piece."
JULIE: "Television?"
BEN: "That's right. Closed-circuit television. Ah, especially installed to record
shoplifting. Well the picture was clear. Now there you are looking like a common thief.
A piece of trashy fur in your hands. You stuff it in your bag like it was a piece of gold.
A thief. A common thief."
JULIE (sarcastically): "Was it in color?"
BEN: "I'm telling you what we saw. Can you imagine how we felt in that manager's
office. Now I'm going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget. Now maybe what you
really need is a good-old fashioned whipping. Maybe you didn't have enough of that.
Oh, we've spoiled you. You've turned into a spoiled brat. You have no sense of
decency. No feelings for us. You should have seen your mother in that office. She was
trembling with humiliation."
JULIE: "I don't suppose you'd listen to my explanation."
BEN: "Now you do the listening. There's going to be some changes around here.
We're going to set up a whole new set of rules. And if you disobey, you'll be punished.
Now, I'm not a violent man, Julie, but you've driven us just too far. Now as long as you
live in this house, you're going to live according to my rules. And from this point on,
you're grounded. No car, no visitors, no television. No record-playing. You'll be on a
strict schedule. School, homework, and housework. Yeah, it's about time you helped
your mother around the house."
JULIE: "She's never home."
BEN: "What did you say?"
JULIE: "She's never home. How can I help her?"
BEN: "Well never mind that. There's plenty for you to do around here."
[The phone rings].
BEN: "Your mother will get it, or Steven. You know, that's another thing. Any
telephone..."
[ADDIE enters and interrupts].
ADDIE: "It's Mickey, he wants to talk to you."
BEN: "Well, tell him I'm busy. Tell him Harry Grill will be taking care of this whole
thing."
ADDIE: "Ben."
BEN: "Now you heard me."
ADDIE: "Ben, I told you I won't have that. I want Mickey to handle this."
BEN: "This is out of your hands."
ADDIE: "What did you say? Out of my hands?"
BEN: "Julie's been getting away with murder because you're never around here to
discipline her, to guide her."
ADDIE: "I won't have you blaming me for Julie's behavior. Now, what kind of a father
have you been? Never phoning. Coming home at all hours. We can't plan anything
because of your meetings, your appointments."
BEN: "A good percentage of the bank's transactions are done during the dinner hour,
Addie, you know that."
JULIE: "Shall I leave you two lovebirds alone." (sarcastically to herself): "Tell us, Miss
Olson, about your family life."
BEN: "Oh no, No, no. No you don't."
ADDIE: "What goes on between your father and me has nothing to do with you. We
saw the tape. We know what you've done. Oh don't think that you can divide and
conquer us, Julie. We may squabble, but as far as you're concerned, your father and I
are in complete agreement. Now there are going to be changes in your behavior, and
you may be sure of that."
BEN: "Right."
ADDIE: "And you can start right now by making the salad for dinner. And cook left an
oven pan in the sink. I want it washed and scraped before it goes into the dishwasher."
BEN: "And we'll go on with our discussion after dinner."
[JULIE exits. STEVE enters].
STEVE: "Hey I just picked up the extension. Uncle Mickey's on the phone."
ADDIE: "Oh, I forgot, Mickey. Ben talk to him."
BEN: "All right."
ADDIE: "Darling, he'll probably agree if you suggest that Harry Grill would be willing to
help. Oh, but Ben, please I want him in on this. I trust him. I really do."
BEN: "All right."
[The scene fades to black].
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