Come See the Paradise Page #4

PAPA K:

You'll meet him.

LILY:

But Mama, he's older than Papa!

PAPA K:

You'll meet him and that's that!

SCENE 12

MOTHER:

Have you ever been to Japan?

LILY:

No. No, I haven't.

MOTHER:

Where does your father come from?

LILY:

Wakayama, quite near to Osaka.

MOTHER:

Ah, is that so? We have a brother who lives in Osaka.

FUJIOKA:

You prefer we speak English?

LILY:

It's okay. I should prefer...I'm sorry. My Japanese isn't very

good.

FUJIOKA:

My mother doesn't speak English, so...I want you to know...I make

you a good husband...I give you a good life...I have a good

business and ah...I want you to know...I can...

LILY:

I'm sorry?

FUJIOKA:

I give you pretty babies.

SCENE 13

CHARLIE:

We have five shows a day, six if the film is short, and it pays

twenty dollars a week.

JACK:

Seven days a week?

CHARLIE:

Oh yes.

JACK:

Good union hours.

CHARLIE:

It's a Japanese custom. People expect it. And it's for one

month. My cousin in Portland is coming to work here then.

JACK:

Sounds good to me.

CHARLIE:

First show is eleven o'clock.

JACK:

Eleven o'clock, huh?

CHARLIE:

Mm hm.

JACK:

The last guy sleep here?

CHARLIE:

Yeah, he uh, liked to take nap in between shows.

JACK:

What happened to him?

CHARLIE:

He died.

JACK:

Overwork, probably.

CHARLIE:

He committed suicide. He was disgraced.

JACK:

What did he do? Miss a changeover?

CHARLIE:

The projectors are very old, so you have to treat them like a

woman.

JACK:

With love?

CHARLIE:

No, with patience.

SCENE 14Jack sings a Japanese song.

SCENE 15

CHARLIE:

What did you say to her?

JACK:

I don't know. It's in the third reel of the movie...Hey, who was

that?

CHARLIE:

No one worth knowing.

JACK:

Are you kidding?

CHARLIE:

She's not your type.

JACK:

Oh, she's your girlfriend or something.

CHARLIE:

Oh, no, no, no, no. Just a girl.

JACK:

Just a girl! She's beautiful.

CHARLIE:

She's my sister.

JACK:

Wait a minute. You told me that your sister had a face like a

plate of steamed dumplings.

CHARLIE:

You should see her without makeup.

JACK:

You said that she was four foot tall and squat.

CHARLIE:

I've got a lot of sisters.

JACK:

We're asking her to lunch.

CHARLIE:

No, no, no. Listen. She's Japanese, Jack. We'll find you a

nice American girl.

JACK:

Uh, hi. I'm uh, Jack. I work with your brother Charlie. Are

you Dulcie?

CHARLIE:

Lily. Dulcie's my other sister.

JACK:

Hi, Lily.

LILY:

Hello.

JACK:

Uh, we were just wondering if maybe you would join us for lunch?

CHARLIE:

He was wondering.

LILY:

What?

CHARLIE:

Don't come with us...(TO JACK): Look, I'm in a hurry. She's

busy. Let's go.

LILY:

I can have lunch. (TO MR. MATSUI): Can I take my lunch now, Mr.

Matsui?

MATSUI:

Sure. Go ahead.

LILY:

Thank you. (TO JACK): I can.

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