The Big One Page #3

the construction people's

gonna be...

Who's got the money to buy it...

if we're all downsized

to $4.75 an hour?

When's it gonna end?

MOORE:
The workers told me

that the manager from PayDay...

was still across the street

in the factory...

so I decided

to pay him a visit.

He said he'd talk to you...

without the camera

if you'll talk to him.

All right, I'll come in.

You stay here. OK?

MOORE:
What is the message

to the American worker?

That if they come here

and work hard and do well...

and because of their hard work

the company does well...

their reward is unemployment?

MAN:
If this place

would've done better...

and would've made more profit...

it would have

had a quicker payback.

You're saying if they had made

a bigger profit here...

the move would've been even

quicker to get out of here?

MAN:
You're right.

MOORE:
If the workers here

had done a worse job...

If the candy bar

hadn't done as well...

there might still be

a candy bar plant here?

- That's true.

- That's insane.

WOMAN:
Centralia, Illinois!

MAN:
That's right!

[People chattering]

[Music playing]

PayDay back to Centralia

where it belongs.

PayDay in Centralia.

I want my job back, insurance.

I need it badly.

Everybody else needs it badly.

We all need our paydays.

- We want our jobs back.

- Yep.

We need our jobs back.

WOMAN:
The whole town

needs these jobs back.

[Music playing]

[Audience applauds]

Hi.

This is my book.

I take the cover off...

because I can't stand

to look at the photo.

[Laughter]

Look at... look...

Who's got the...

Do you have a book down here?

Let me see it.

Look at this.

This is what they did.

Look at my fingernails.

They digitally gave me

a manicure.

[Laughter]

They cleaned my fingernails.

Can you see... Look at that!

And I called them up

at Random House, and I said...

"You know, I mean,

while you were in there...

"if you were gonna be

doing digital things...

"couldn't you take

10 pounds off the face?"

"Oh, no, no, no.

We'll clean your fingernails.

"But then you gotta

still look like this."

[Laughter]

Jeez. Nineteen cities.

I can't bear to look at myself,

thank you, anymore.

Signature only.

Signature, city and date.

"To Meredith,"

signature, city and date.

City and date.

"To Pat and Teresa."

[Woman laughing]

- How's that?

- That's great. Thank you.

- Yes. Thank you.

- Anything else?

Sounds like the next title.

- You'll be there a day ahead.

- Great. Thanks very much.

- OK. Bye.

- Bye! We're off to lowa.

[Country western music playing]

You heard me right

Yeow!

100 cups of coffee,

500 cigarettes

A thousand miles of highway

and I ain't forgot her yet

But I keep on movin'

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