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AUNTIE MAMA, wearing an old cloth overcoat to ward off the cold, is “telling off” DOROTHY as she collects the costumes and hangs them up on the overhead pipe.

                     AUNTIE MAMA
       …The way you were acting on that 
       stage; prancing around and flirting 
       and making a spectacle of yourself
       like you were in some hoochie-coochie
       show was a natural disgrace… 
 
                       DOROTHY
               (dressing, protests)
       I wasn't acting like that at all—

AUNTIE MAMA stops her with a fiery glare.

                     AUNTIE MAMA
       Don't you dare talk back to me!
       Hear me when I tell you, child!
       I won't suffer it!

VIVIAN and ETTA hold their breaths, pulling fearful looks at DOROTHY and AUNTIE MAMA.

                       DOROTHY
               (grudgingly)
       Yes, ma'am, I'm sorry, Auntie Mama.