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                        DOROTHY
                 (tightly to AUNTIE MAMA)
        No, ma'am.
 
                      AUNTIE MAMA
        I certainly do not appreciate your 
        tone of voice, Miss Sassypants.
 
                        DOROTHY
        I'm sorry, Auntie Mama.
                 
                      AUNTIE MAMA
        That's more like it.  Because I was
        just about ready to ask Ruby to stop 
        this car and wear-out your little 
        backside, but good.  You'd have to
        sit standing up.       
                 (waves the magazine 
                  in DOROTHY's face)
        This is trash.  Child, you need to 
        stop daydreaming that one day you are 
        going to be some big and glamorous 
        movie star like Greta Garbo.  Because 
        I got news for you: That day will
        never dawn.  Hear me when I tell you.        
 
                         RUBY
                 (to DOROTHY,over 
                  her shoulder)
        Now you listen carefully to Auntie 
        Mama, Dorothy Jean, and let what 
        she's saying sink into your brain.

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