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                        VIVIAN
       It's just like I told you.  Until I was
       17—Dorothy Jean was 15—Auntie Mama 
       would strap down our boobs by wrapping 
       cloth around us like we were mummies.
 
                         ETTA
                 (stunned disbelief)
       Goodness gracious!  
 
                        VIVIAN
       Lord, sometimes I thought I was going to 
       die.  She'd wrap that cloth around me so 
       tight that I couldn't catch my breath.
 
                         ETTA
       Wow…
 
                        VIVIAN
       When Auntie Mama got through with us,
       Dorothy Jean and I were so flat-chested  
       that you could've ironed a pleated  
       skirt on top of us.
 
                         ETTA
       But why didn't your mother stop her?  
 
                        VIVIAN
       Because she thought it was the right thing
       to do.  She even helped her do it.

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