The Girls Page #4

of our strength.

Set fire to their skirts, men!

Empty your pots over them, girls,

so they cool down!

I'll kick you

where it hurts!

Stuff it, you old bag!

Darlings! I'll be home soon.

Miss you. Mamma.

Pluck the old hens!

Kick them in the butt!

Can I have these, please?

You can have anything

you like, darling.

- I should be happy then.

-And you are happy.

Yes, very.

Anything else you want?

No. I've got everything

I ever wanted.

- I'm so happy.

-Well, then...

Here you are.

Stephan, a little gentleman

in corduroy.

The whole suit costs 19.75 kronor.

The shirt...

... is priced at 9.75.

Also available in blue and red.

See how well the tie matches.

We have another show at 6.30 pm

when you're all welcome to our

children's fashion department.

-Why the water, you witches?

-Why the torches, old men?

-You'll see the flames!

-And you'll see them quenched!

- Don't talk back, you cow!

- I can say what I want!

I'm free!

- I'll heat you up!

-You need awash. Get the soap!

-A wash? You b*tch!

-You stink!

Ready for you on stage.

-Set their hair on fire!

- Pour water on the old fools!

-I'm glad you enjoyed it.

- We liked it very much.

You got something from it?

Oh,yes. Of course. Definately.

Wait!

Don't go.

Plaese come back

and sit down for a moment.

I know it's not usual

for an actress to say anything

apart from the play but...

I was watching you tonight

and thought that...

If you had the chance,

you'd want to talk to us

about what you've seen.

I mean... discuss how you

perceived the play.

Well, now's our chance.

You can't collect your bags and

shoes and hats and gloves yet.

The cloakroom is closed for another

I know we all want to go home,

have a bite and go to bed

but aren't there things

more important than food and sleep?

I mean, this is something

that concerns us all.

Is it possible to change people

and the world we live in?

You tell me.

Can we change ourselves?

That's why Aristophanes

wrote this play.

To get things moving,

to make people care...

and to make us...

...to stop us sitting around,

believing we can do nothing.

There are things we can do!

Above all he wants us

to stop thinking

that we're so marvellous.

You're sitting here now, completely

satisfied with yourselves.

What you've just seen was a trifle.

A comedy nothing to take seriously.

A real classic, scholarly and nice,

but nothing you give athought.

You sit as if you were made of wood.

Say something!

Don't you see?

We have to talk!

Stop being so embarrassed

and critical.

People have to be able to talk.

Don't you understand that it's we

who make the world what it is?

What? Another revolt

among the women?

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