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- Son of a bitch.

God dammit.

What's the matter?

- You and that goddamn TV.

Tony, you mad at me?

- No.

I didn't get up in time.

Yeah I know, but I went back to sleep.

- That's not the first time, ya know.

Yeah, I know.

- I got us some franks and beans.

- God, I'd love some steak.

- Well honey, maybe if you'd get a job

we could afford some steak.

Here we go again.

- Well, baby, I told you when you moved in here

you have to help out.

Now it's been three months and I ain't seen

a goddamn nickel yet.

- What do you want me to, go out and hustle?

Is that what you want?

I can get you some money that way.

- I will, don't push me.

- Dusty, I cannot afford the two of us.

Will you turn off that goddamn TV set?

- Look, I can't just go to work like

all these creeps around here.

I gotta like a job or I can't do it.

- Dusty, you're a grown woman now.

You just can't roam through life doing

exactly what you wanna do.

- Look, baby, I like you, I really do.

You're a good kid, you got a lot up on the ball,

you understand?

But you got a lot of freaky habits.

I mean shit, I don't like to go to work,

but you got to, and no one's gonna stand

on a corner and give me somethin' for nothin'.

That's what life is all about, you understand?

- Of course you do.

- Well it's not enough.

I want you to be more of a person.

Honey, I know I'm no great shakes, but,

well I'd like you to be better for us some day.

- Look, Tony.

When I moved in with you, you said

there'd be no trouble between us.

You said we'd shack up together and that's all.

And I said I'd help out with the money

as soon as I found a job and got on my feet.

Don't think I don't appreciate what you've

done for me, Tony, because I do.

But you get more than your share of ass.

There isn't one night that you haven't come

home from that shit hole where you work in

and wake me up in the middle of the night

because you want a piece of ass.

Alright, I do my part, so get off my back.

- Alright, I'll make a deal with you.

The minute you bring some money in this house,

I wouldn't lay a hand on you unless you want it.

I didn't know you didn't like me to touch you.

I always thought you liked to have sex with me.

- I do, I do like it with you.

I just thought that that was enough.

There's not much else I can give you but that.

- Well maybe you're right.

Maybe I was expecting too much.

Just take a look at this joint.

Sheets haven't been cleaned since I met you.

Look baby, I don't like to bitch at ya,

but would you mind keeping the place a little cleaner?

- I'd go back to where you picked me up.

That shit hole?

That fuckin' joint is the dope hang out.

Look, you're on pills already.

You hang around there, you'll be on the hard stuff.

- I don't go for that scene.

- Honey, with your head, you'd be on it in no time.

- Like hell I would.

- It's getting late, I gotta go.

- No, I'll get it later.

- It'll only take a minute.

- No honey, nevermind.

Look, would you do me a favor?

- Depends on what it is.

- Would you clean the place up a little bit?

- Yeah, I'll try.

- I said I'll try.

- Look honey, when I come home tonight,

I want the place clean.

Now if it is not clean, you better start

to look for another joint.

- Just like that.

- Look, I am not asking for too much.

But this time, I mean it.

- Now come on, you're not gonna

get around me like that.

Now look, I got a friend who owns an employment agency.

Maybe he can get you a job next week.

- I hate office jobs.

- Dusty, stop it.

Leave me, come on, I gotta get down to work.

Oh, no.

- Now, now, leave that.

- Oh, you're getting a hard on.

- Yeah, I know.

- Ooo, come on, come on, we got time.

- Alright, but we'll have to make it fast.

Thanks.

- About five.

- I'll try not to.

- Tony, you got a couple dollars you could lend me?

I thought take in that show at the AMCO.

I'll pay you back next week when I get that job.

- Will you clean the place up a little bit?

- Sure.

- See you later.

- Not if I see your first.

Son of a bitch.

Sammy?

Sammy, where are you?

- Can't even take a piss around here.

What do you want?

- I got some stuff for you.

- Cops have been around, I gotta be careful

the next few weeks.

- Well this stuff you don't have to worry about.

The guy isn't gonna say anything about it missing.

- A transistor, a TV.

And some jewelry.

- TV set.

It ain't worth much.

- You always say that.

- Well look at it, it's an old model.

I couldn't get much for that.

- It's cheap.

Boy, you sure know how to pick 'em.

Can't you ever take anything worth while?

- Shit.

What about this?

- Well, that's junk.

- It ain't all junk.

What about that?

That's not much.

- 40 bucks.

- For all this.

- It ain't worth that.

- Look, the TV works fine.

Plug it in and I'll show you.

- I've give you 30 bucks. - I want more.

- Well you be a nice girl, you go down the block,

maybe they'll give you more.

- Look, Sammy, you can get at least 40 dollars

just for the TV.

- Sammy, I really need it.

Couldn't you do a little better?

- Maybe.

- Maybe.

- I wouldn't ask ya if I didn't need it.

- I told you, 40 bucks.

- Well.

Maybe we can make a deal.

- You come in the back room with me,

I'll give you 50 bucks.

what's the matter, Sammy,

your wife holdin' out on you again?

Why the fuck don't you get a divorce?

- Nice Jews don't divorce.

- Well if she's not giving you anything, you might as well.

I don't see what good she is if she don't put out.

- 55.

- That's a lot of money.

- That's a lot of ass.

- I like you, Dusty, I really like you--

- 55.

- Okay, okay, it's a deal.

I'll lock the front door.

Seven years, come on.

- You give her all those trips to Miami

and she still don't put out?

- Come on, Dusty, come on.

- She must cost you a pretty penny

just to keep her in clothes.

- Yeah, look, we ain't got much time.

- You know, I only saw her once.

That one day when she came in the shop.

It must've cost her a fortune just to keep

that blonde hair of hers up.

- Alright, shit.

- I gotta go to the toilet.

I'll only be a couple of minutes.

You make yourself comfortable.

- Listen, Sammy.

Don't put any soap on it like you did last time.

Boy, that burns.

Listen, if you're gonna wash it,

don't put any soap on it.

Sammy, what are you hangin' up your pants for?

I'm not gonna be here all day?

- I don't want 'em to get dirty.

They cost me 20 bucks.

Hanniman Orbox.

They were on sale.

- Come on, Sammy, let's get it over with.

Christ, Sammy, wait a minute.

- Don't peek now.

Here.

- I'm starving.

Hey, you got-- - No.

- Well I haven't eaten anything since last night.

- Why don't you go and bring us back something?

- No, I'll take you to lunch.

- No, because I gotta make a phone call.

I'll make it across the street at that luncheonette

and you can bring us back something

and I'll meet you back in 10 minutes.

- You can use the phone here.

- No, that's alright, I wanna use the one there.

Okay?

- Okay.

You want your coat?

- Yeah.

Thank you.

What would you like for lunch?

- Surprise me.

Milk, no sugar.

- Surprise me.

I'll see you back here in about 10 minutes, okay?

Cherry, Cherry, oh!

- I've been lookin' all over for you.

- Don't let the niggers hear you.

Since the last time I saw you, you were running

off to Boston with that creep from New Jersey.

- You ever know anyone from New Jersey that wasn't?

- Come on, I'll buy you some coffee.

Well when did she die?

- About two months ago.

Did you go to her funeral?

You ain't seein' me at no funeral of some junkie.

Every time something like that happens,

there are cops all over the place.

Peaches went to a funeral once and had her picture took.

Some drag queen she used to live with named Hope Diamond.

It's gettin' so you can't suck a cock in this town

without some cop lookin' over your shoulder.

- Cherry, you haven't changed a bit, have you?

You're a little more paranoid, maybe,

but you never looked better.

- Yeah.

- It's called hollow beige.

This hair bender over in Brooklyn does it for me.

He has got a cock on him as big as a horse.

He's so big, he can't get it up half the time.

I used to go with him.

But every time I'd go home with him,

I'd fall asleep waiting for him to get it up.

- I'd throw my arms around it, hug it and cry.

What would I do, oh really?

- She threw me out.

I guess she got tired of my usin' all of her hairspray.

- Some hole in the wall over on the Lower East Side.

It ain't much to look at, but it's rent controlled.

I can't keep much food there.

Every time I get somethin' in,

the cockroaches mug me for it.

It ain't easy bein' a sex symbol.

- Me.

- Well.

I always wanted to have a sister.

- Well you've got a whole block of 'em out there.

- Yeah, but that ain't the real thing.

- 40 a month.

I've been trying to make the landlord

for the past two months.

I figure, if I can corner him just once

I can live rent free 'til my lease expires.

- Listen honey, you gotta get what you can

out of this life.

I don't wanna wind up like my mother

without a pot to piss in while I'm her age.

America ain't no place for old folks.

I bet in 10, 15 years, they'll be suggesting

cams for the aging.

But if Nixon gets in again, it'll probably

be a police state, anyway, so what difference does it make?

Didn't you hear?

- He's in jail.

He went up for five years.

- He hit a cop.

- Yeah.

One night, we're all standin' around

in front of Grants, mindin' out our own business

when all of a sudden, this cop comes along

and tells us to move along.

We say we aren't doing anything.

Then Hal comes in and tries to be nice to the prick

and the cop gives him a shove.

You know, Hal can't stand anyone giving him a shove,

let alone a cop.

Before I know it, Hal is shovin' the cop,

the cop is falling down and we are trying

to get Hal the hell out of there.

All of sudden these cops appear from out of nowhere.

They beat the shit out of Hal

and threw him into the backseat of one of their cars.

Those sons of bitches.

They wouldn't even let us see him in jail.

One of the queens who was in the tombs at the time

said that they messed him up, but good.

Broken jaw, left cheek bone.

He was so delirious, he didn't even recognize Pinkie.

Remember Pinkie?

That colored drag I used to run around with?

Where's Hal now?

- Upstate somewhere.

They never would tell us where.

Let's see, what other good news have I got for ya?

- I was hoping Hal could sort of pimp for me.

He's so good at that.

- Yeah.

He had real class.

- Yeah.

You broke?

You need some money?

- Oh, ten more and we've got last month's rent.

Come on, we'll take a cab.

I haven't been in a cab since they raise the fare twice.

Oh.

The place needs a good cleaning.

Here, give me those.

- Oh, right through there.

Just move the stockings aside if they're in your way.

- Ooo, do I feel better.

- Me, too.

- Well I'd like you to stay out 'til

at least midnight during the weeks,

and I'd like to be able to bring tricks back

until at least two on the weekends.

If you don't mind.

- Oh, sure, hon.

Hey, listen, I've got an idea.

Why don't we sort of join forces?

We could both turn quite a few each night

if we play our cards right.

- Fabulous.

You know, I got quite a few numbers who want girls.

Instead of me, I mean.

Maybe I could introduce you to 'em.

I'll bet you get a lot more than I do.

- Sure.

It'll be a lot easier to keep the place clean

with two of us livin' here.

Maybe I'll even come home once in a while.

We could invite some of the kids up for dinner maybe.

- Oh I don't know about that.

You know how most of them are.

One of them gets thrown out for not paying his rent

and before you know it, they're

all pounding at your door.

I really don't think it's a good idea

to have anyone here.

- Yeah, I guess you're right at that.

And friends can be a great deal of work.

Oh, now who the fuck is that?

Jimmy.

What the hell are you doin' here?

- Well I got a hard on.

You'll take care of me?

- Oh, well, we were supposed to meet tomorrow night,

don't you remember?

- I got a hard on.

What do you want me to do?

Slam a window on it?

- Well I've got a guest here right now,

I can't talk, you know what I mean?

- Not a he, it's a she.

Like me.

See?

You didn't tell me anything about her.

You didn't tell me anything at all about her.

My name's Jimmy.

Yeah, I gather as much.

- Gee, she ain't too friendly.

- Oh I am, with gentlemen.

- Take it for what it's worth.

- Hey, I like her.

- She's my competition.

- Oh, it ain't the same thing.

- Why don't I go, hon, I'll come back in about an hour.

- Let Cherry call the shots.

- I pay well.

- With that, he does.

- It's up to Cherry.

- I'll tell you what, Jimmy.

Dusty and I have to have a little conference,

but we'll be right back.

You wait right here.

Come on, hon.

You want him?

- Well he's not bad looking.

- He's that way all over.

- Well I usually get 20.

- Well you could get more than that.

- Honey, if I had what you've got,

I'd be a millionaire today.

I could roll him for everything he's got.

- Don't you dare.

It's taken me years to build up my tricks

to come into my door instead of me goin' to them.

You get what you can and tell him it's the last time

you'll be able to fix him up.

I don't wanna lose him to ya.

- Yeah.

- Oh that's good.

- Well they're just a lot safer that way.

With the single guys, you never know

what they're gonna spring on you.

- Well you've gotta get in there before

he loses interest in ya.

- Okay.

Oh.

He is a little weird.

- Well, knowin' you used to like to shack up with Hal,

there ain't nothin' you can't handle.

Bye.

Bye, Jimmy.

Come here.

I said come here.

- I say when, man, and it's not now.

- Well Cherry likes it that way.

- Well I'm not Cherry.

- I want it on the bed, like two civilized animals.

- Okay.

You bitch.

You bitch.

Turn over.

I said turn over.

You alright?

- Well.

Sort of got carried away with myself.

- I know how to handle myself.

You're married, huh?

- Yeah.

- Nah.

I'm lucky if I get a piece of ass from her.

- Three years.

Why?

- Just wondering.

What religion is she?

- Irish Catholic.

- Figures.

- Well I haven't a person that was

Irish Catholic yet that wasn't fucked up.

- Well that's a rather broad statement.

- Well look at you.

- You like sex in the sort of mixed up way.

That's how you get your kicks.

Does she like it that way?

- No, of course not.

- Yeah, once in a while.

- You know,

I don't understand you American men.

You all let your wives run all over

and then you complain that it's her fault

because she isn't interested in sex.

When you want it, you've gotta train her

in the habit of giving because it's very

easy for a woman to go through life

saying no all the time when half the time she means yes.

You guys have gotta stick up for your rights more often.

Oh, it's stupid even to talk about it,

it won't do any good.

- Once.

- Four months.

That's not a very long time.

What happened?

- Well for one thing, I was too young.

I was 16.

- Stupid, I guess.

My mother let me do it.

- Some mother.

- Yeah.

Well I was very selfish and I had to have my way.

My mother let me do whatever I want,

so she let me marry the guy.

- 18.

- That was stupid.

- Well when people are young, they're very selfish.

They can only think of one thing, themselves.

They're not ready for anything like sharing.

All they can think of is me, me, me.

- Well lots of people get married when they're young.

- And they spend the rest of their lives

hating their kids, their husbands,

and just about everything.

And then if they have a weak husband

who never says no to them, they wind

up in an institution after menopause.

I'm tellin' ya, I don't know your wife.

But if you don't start trainin' her right,

you're gonna end up with a pretty sick handful

when she gets older.

- Well you don't know anything about me or wife,

so how could you say something like that?

- Just remember what I told ya.

- Well listen, I don't wanna talk about it anymore.

Wanna make a hundred bucks on Friday?

- Well there's a bunch of us that get together then--

- No gangbangs.

- No, no, no.

That's not what I was gonna say.

Now there's four of us that get together

every Friday night to play cards.

Now we thought that one time, someone like you

could sort of take care of us.

Know what I mean?

- Yeah, I know what you mean.

It's not worth it.

- Oh, not very old.

I think the oldest one is about 32.

They're not dogs, if you know what I mean.

Of course, they're not as good looking as I am.

- But then most people aren't.

- Well I didn't mean it that way.

- Well that's the way it sounded.

- You know, you really know how to hurt a guy.

- You really know how to hurt a girl.

- Alright, I deserved it.

Listen, how much to you want?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, yeah.

- 200.

- I can't afford it.

How 'bout 150?

- I can only stay an hour.

- That's only 15 minutes a piece.

I don't know if they guys'll go for that.

Listen, we had a queer lined up.

We were gonna pay him 30 bucks for the night.

Now these guys don't really have any hang ups.

- I'll write it down for ya.

Here.

- Seven o'clock.

- Oh, you better tell 'em to be on time,

because I'm not doing any re-runs.

- I like you.

What's wrong?

- Nothing, just a reflex.

- Oh, before I forget.

Here.

Well what's the matter?

- Well I'm not Cherry, you know.

- Well I only have to give Cherry 20.

- Yeah, but you're not just ordinary sex.

- Alright.

Here you go.

- Every little bit helps.

I didn't come back too soon, did I?

- No, honey.

Listen, you got a real nice friend here.

I'll see you in about a week.

And maybe I'll bring home that trick

I was telling you about.

- Ooo.

Next week's my birthday.

- Well last month was your birthday.

- Oh, better start keepin' a calendar.

My tricks have too good a memory.

- Yeah, well listen.

I'll see you next week.

- If he's as talented as you say so.

- More so.

- Ooo.

Hallelujah.

- Well listen, bye bye Dusty.

Bye, Cherry.

- Oh, 30.

I would've thought he'd give you more than that.

Here.

When we go out later I'll split this

and give you half.

- Well you don't have to give me half.

- Oh it's the least I can do, hon.

Put it towards the rent.

- I'll tell you what, let's do.

Let's go out to dinner tonight.

We'll stop in at the club, see if some of the kids

are there, then we'll take in the double horror

bill at The Lyrics, Torture Dungeon

and Blood Thirsty Butchers, okay?

- Yeah, I am sort of hungry.

Hey, maybe we can get a steak at Phoebe's.

- Yeah.

How'd you like him?

The number you just had.

Jimmy, how'd you like him?

- Him.

Oh he's alright, I guess, but I don't

dig that SM bit too much.

- Yeah, he does lean that way a bit, but

then I like my men rough.

- Yeah, he told me.

What else did he tell ya?

I don't want him tellin' you all my trade secrets.

- Don't worry.

He just said you liked it rough.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, if you are.

- Let me just take a piss, I'll meet you at the club.

Oh, baby how are you?

Listen, do you wanna come to Carl's?

Cherry's gonna meet me there. - Sure.

- I'll buy you a beer.

How you been?

- Good.

- Hey Mac, bring some drinks.

Well what'll it be, Billy?

Beer.

- Beer for Billy.

And what do you want Dusty?

Usual for Dusty and the same for me.

So, Billy, how you been?

How's your mother?

- Still bitching.

- Maybe if you got a job, she wouldn't bitch so much.

- Look who's talking.

I work.

My office stretches from upper Broadway

to the end of Christopher Street.

A good woman like me you can't keep cooped up.

She's gotta roam.

I haven't see you for a coon's age.

- Don't let the niggers hear ya.

Well I was cleaning house with

some bartender in Queens.

- The usual, the walls closed in.

- We did okay.

I'll pay you back as soon as I can.

Things not going too well?

- Sorta.

- Oh sure, here.

Take this.

- I don't need that much.

- Keep it.

- Oh shit, here come the Simmons sisters.

- Remember, hon, charity begins at home.

- I'll bet you didn't know that Lane Bryant made minis.

- Look, I'm warning you, Cherry.

Don't start up with me, I've had a hard day.

- And a hard night from the looks of it.

- I'm warnin' ya.

- You didn't tell me where you were for the last

two months, where were you?

- I was with some guy in Queens.

- Well there's such a thing as a subway, you know,

you could've used it, you know.

- Susie uses it all the time.

Don't ya, hon?

Only she just uses the toilet.

If you ever wanna find her, just go to

the 14th street IRT toilet.

She's the second one from the door.

- You'll get a fist full of knuckles.

- Hey, you two.

Every time you two get together, you start to fight.

Well, you're gonna do that, you go out on the street.

How are you Billy, how's your mother?

Still bitching.

- Hey, that number I saw you with last night,

I sure could've gone for him.

- If he'd have gone with you, he would've been the goner.

One plunge on you and timber.

- Over in the Lower East Side.

You can't afford any other place in this goddamn city.

- Ah ah ah, mustn't swear.

He might take away your calories.

- What do you mean, I lost ten pounds.

Get an operation?

- Fuck you.

- It would be the best dose you ever had.

- Now stop it you two.

Listen, I'm going home if you two

can't stop bitching at each other.

- Hey, Susie and I got an offer to do one of

them double off Broadway shows.

- We got to sing a song for an audition.

- Yeah, this director, I think he's a fag.

He says why don't we gets together

something campy for our audition,

so I says, "how 'bout a torch song?"

He says, "no, wouldn't work."

So he says, why don't we go home and think about something,

so we came up with this one.

You ready?

Yeah, okay.

♫ On the good ship

♫ Lollypop

♫ It's the sweet trip

♫ To a candy shop

♫ Where elephants play

♫ On the road to Peppermint Bay

Wasn't that fun?

- I've got an idea.

Why don't you get a flesh colored rubber band

and tie it between you?

Then you could just sit there like Siamese twins.

Barnum made a fortune off of his fat lady freaks.

- Why don't you behave yourselves and act like ladies?

Especially you Cherry.

What did I do?

- Just sit down and shut up and behave yourself.

I don't know why I ever quit the marines.

Why?

- I got a date at seven.

It's about 7:15.

- Oh shit, I gotta run.

Thanks again Dusty.

- Let me know when you're through with him.

I could always use a new number.

Oh.

- I like Billy.

He never has an unkind word to say about anyone.

- Yeah, you'd think some people would

learn from it, wouldn't ya?

- Yeah, sort of like a sick cat in heat.

But it must be just my imagination.

- You ain't got one, look what you've got on.

- I'm warning you Cherry, don't start up with me.

- No.

Stop it you two.

He looks like he's lost.

He doesn't belong in this place.

- He looks straight.

I'll toss you for him.

- You'd toss anything for anyone.

- This one's mine.

- Ooo.

He doesn't look as if he knows where he's at.

- He looks like a cop to me.

That suit's too clean to be a cop.

They always look like they slept in.

- Yeah, and you always have to stay down

wind of them or the smell of the piss gets to ya.

- Well if anyone should know, it's you two,

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb.

The Tim's twins.

- Go ahead Dusty, he's all yours.

- Well that's mighty white of you.

- Don't let the niggers hear you.

- Yeah.

- Cherry, why don't you get some new material?

- Why don't you plug up your hole so

we don't all catch a cold?

- Hi.

- Bob.

- I could ask you the same thing.

- I asked you first.

- Well I needed a drink so I came to

the first place I could find.

- No, Staten Island.

That's not even in New York state.

- Yeah, a couple times.

I took the ferry over and got one look and came right back.

- Hm, well you didn't give it half a chance.

You should really see it sometime.

- Yeah.

Is that an invitation?

- Okay.

Let's go.

Did you see that?

- She didn't even talk to him for more

than two minutes and they're off.

- Dusty knows how to operate.

She acts like she's on roller skates.

- She's got class, real class.

Something the two of you will never know anything about.

South ferry.

- Oh, look at that view, isn't it fantastic?

- Yeah.

Hey, but not like the view from the boat, huh?

- Oh yeah, but I've seen that one.

- Oh, that's right, you said that before, didn't ya?

You want some coffee, I'll put some on.

I made a fresh pot this morning.

- Sure.

- Hey, give me your coat, I'll hang it up.

- Oh no, that's alright.

- Come on, give it to me.

- Wow, this is some house you've got.

- My mother used to be an amateur decorator.

House looks it, doesn't it?

- I sort of like it.

Except maybe that.

- Oh, the statue.

You're just jealous.

Well I've got a better figure than that.

- Well I should hope so.

- She's got a pretty face.

- Well so have you.

But yours is much prettier.

- I bet you say that to all the statues.

- You're funny.

- So you're thinking of selling this place, huh?

- I've been thinking about it.

- Oh, I don't know.

I haven't thought too much about that.

The change might do you good.

- Well I don't know.

Just changes are good for people now and then.

- For you, that's what we're talking about, isn't it?

- I think it's time we did some talking about you,

don't you?

- Oh, I think your coffee's ready.

- Sit down, I'll be right out.

Hey, I've got some chocolate cake in the refrigerator,

would you like a piece?

- Oh, no thanks, I'm on a diet.

What for?

- Well I'm always more or less on a diet,

it's easier to keep in shape if you always think about it.

- Well I think you have a very pretty body.

- Yeah, I know, you said that before.

Cream and sugar?

- Cream, no sugar.

Thanks.

Um,

where do you sleep?

- That came out of nowhere.

- I didn't mean it to sound that way.

- I did.

- I know.

- You're gonna spend the night with me, aren't ya?

- Well I don't know about that.

Why don't we just have our coffee

and get down to business, okay?

- Well I mean, I like you, Bob.

I'd like to have sex with you, but,

well I can't stay too long, I have to get back.

My friend worries about me if I don't get back.

- I just thought maybe you'd stay the night with me.

I've never had anybody stay in the house before.

I'd like for you to be the first.

What'd you do that for?

- I don't want you to look too deep.

- Well I'm not looking for perfection.

I have too many imperfections to go through life doing that.

I just wanna look at you, can't I?

- I suppose.

What do you see?

- I see a girl that's been around.

I see a very pretty girl that's probably

seen more than most.

I see a girl that I'm very comfortable with.

Want me to go on?

- You do have a way with words.

- I haven't started yet.

Not here.

Upstairs, please?

Comfortable?

- Yeah.

Maybe too comfortable.

- Nothing.

- No.

- No.

- You fit just right.

- You don't know anything about me.

- That's right.

- Not necessarily.

- I don't understand you.

We're very comfortable with one another.

You please me very much in sex,

and I hope the feeling is mutual.

- It is.

- I hustle for a living.

- So do I.

Everyone in this life does.

Unless you're born into it, and then

they're too miserable to appreciate anything.

- That's not what I mean.

- I know that.

- I make my living hustling.

You're worth every penny of it.

- Oh, don't make fun of me.

That's one thing I can't stand.

- I'm not making fun of you, I'm completely serious.

If you want money, you can have it.

- I don't want money, not from you.

I just told you that because,

oh shit, I don't know why I told you that.

- Well I'm glad you told it to me.

I want you to always be honest with me.

A relationship can't exist without

honesty as a foundation to build on.

- It's human nature not to always tell the truth.

Most people can't face that so they lie to themselves.

- And one another.

- Yeah.

- Well look at it this way, if you've

already told me you were a hustler,

well what else could you say that could top that?

I mean, all we can do is go backwards

from that, you know what I mean?

- Don't expect too much from me.

- Why, are you planning to stay in my life for a while?

I'd like that.

- I'd say it did.

- I can't think right now.

- Then go to sleep, I am.

- Sure.

- Good night.

♫ Day my prince will come

♫ Someday--

- Son of a bitch.

Hello?

Dusty?

Where the hell are ya?

I was worried about ya.

I was just about to come out lookin' for ya.

Staten Island?

Well wait a minute, what's all this Bob bit?

Dishes?

Clean up?

Are you sick or somethin'?

Get your ass over here.

- Bob's the guy I met last night.

He's great, Cherry.

I really think I like him.

I made him breakfast this morning

and he gave me a set of keys to the house,

and then he went off to work--

He gave you the keys to his house?

Well take what you can, hon, and run.

Take a cab.

I'll meet you at south ferry to help you with the things.

We could use a television set here at the house.

It might keep us off the streets more.

- No, hon, you don't understand.

I like the guy, I don't wanna take anything from him.

I like him.

Look, I'll tell you all about him when I meet you.

Now where should I meet you and when?

- Get your ass over here, pronto.

I can see right now I'm gonna have to play mother to ya.

Didn't your mother ever tell ya,

you shouldn't go out with strange men?

Didn't your mother ever tell ya

you shouldn't sit on a seat where they've been

sittin' or you'll get pregnant and have a little one?

Didn't your mother ever tell ya that good girls

go to Heaven and bad girls go to Tiffany's?

- Oh, come off it, hon, I'm serious.

Look, I can't talk right now.

I'll meet you at the end of Christopher Street

in about an hour.

We'll have a picnic like we used to, remember?

It's a nice day and spring's in the air to ra la la la.

Bye, hon.

- I'm stuffed.

I'm not used to having a big breakfast

and then lunch right after.

- Tell me all about it.

- Well I've told you practically everything.

- The vital statistics.

- Is that all you're interested in, and while we're eating?

- I can see, this is gonna be a white wedding.

I'll have to go to Franklin Simon for my white shoes.

- He just wants us to live together for a while

until we feel we know each other.

- Honey if you don't each other after last night,

I don't know what I can tell ya.

I don't mean to throw cold water on ya,

but you've gotta be careful.

I can see right now, you've got no discipline

where your men are concerned.

You've gotta love 'em and leave 'em.

It's the law of the great white way.

- Shut up or the niggers'll hear ya.

- No, I'm serious.

I'm not nursing any pigeons in my house

who have fallen from their nest.

Look who's serious, Wonder Woman herself.

It seems to me that just about

this time last year, there was a certain girl,

who shall remain nameless, that fell for an Armenian.

She thought it was the love of her life.

Until she found out that he needed a sponsor

to get into the country.

- That's different, that's just a little different.

My position is just a little different than yours.

You're legit, hon, you can get hurt awful bad.

- It's always different when the shoe's on the other foot.

- Well I'm just thinkin' about you, that's all.

- I know you are and that's sweet of you.

Thanks.

- Oh now don't do that.

- You're sort of interesting.

- Thanks, I needed that.

Yeah.

- Well I'm gonna take a look at it.

Why don't you join me?

- Oh, wild horses couldn't keep me from you.

- You join me over there, I'll show you a horse or two.

- That's a promise.

- Boy you work fast.

- I learned from watching you.

- He's waiting.

- Yeah, I know, I've been hard up all day.

- You better hurry.

- Oh, always keep 'em waitin'.

It makes them appreciate you a lot more.

- Well I wouldn't wait too long with this one.

- Yeah, he's the kind of guy you gotta work fast with.

- Yeah.

- I'll be right back.

Hi.

- It's all yours, baby.

- Come on, get to work.

Oh, for Christ's sake.

Get the fuck outta here.

Leave me alone.

What happened?

- I guess he didn't like the color of my wig.

Do I look alright?

- Yeah.

Oh, that son of a bitch.

- Oh I wish you would've let me get that wig.

Ah, mine's gettin' so shop worn.

- Oh, sure, uh huh,

and then when rent day rolls around again,

Cherry's singin' the blues.

It's not that hard to save for a rainy day, you know.

- Yes, and you never see this girl

without an umbrella, that's how rainy my life is.

- You do alright.

- Yeah, I could use a cup.

Hey, you got any of that peach pie

left over from the other day?

- Okay.

- What time are you meetin' this Bob character?

- Tonight.

What time?

- He said any time I feel like it.

- I like the guy, Cherry.

- He must be one hell of a lay.

- It's not only that.

He's really a very nice guy.

I couldn't do much better.

- You know, for a girl who is supposed to have

her head screwed on right, you sound like a high school kid.

- Don't knock it, Cherry.

- It's just because I'm jealous.

- Yeah, sure.

- No, I mean it.

I'd love to have someone to love or someone to love me.

It ain't easy bein' a freak.

- I never heard you talk that way before.

You're happy, aren't you, huh?

Campin' all the time?

Look at me, hon.

I'm no prize package.

I'm a cock sucker.

I'm not even a good one.

I hide from the world behind this get up.

Hide, as if I could hide from anything lookin' like this.

I thought you liked living in drag.

- Oh, I do.

I always like gettin' dressed up in drag.

Even when I was a kid.

My mother used to let me do it, she thought it was cute.

After that, I never let her see me do it.

And I started runnin' around with Pinkie and Snow White.

Peaches, the bunch.

We used to go to Phil Blacks.

That's when drag was really drag.

And then one morning I woke up and I had

more drag in my closet than my regular clothes.

I was quite pretty then.

I made out a lot more then than I do now.

- You make out alright.

- Talk.

I'm a lot of talk.

Big shit comes from a lot of little ones.

Start lookin' like one of those old queens

that hang around subway johns?

Too weird to be called a man and too old

to try and look like one.

- I love you just the way you are.

- Don't.

- Hey, stop it.

The water's hot, I want my tea.

- I'll get it.

- Well since we're on a truth kick,

I've been doing some thinking, too.

- Well I'm gonna try and change a little of myself if I can.

Like how?

- Well I thought I'd try to work something

out with this Bob.

I mean really Cherry, he's the best thing

that's happened to me in a long time.

- So you're gonna play house with him, huh?

- I'm gonna try.

- I just get myself a super room mate,

now she's taken off with some Staten Island sammy.

- Oh no, babe, I'll still keep this place with you.

I'll carry my share of it whether I'm here or not.

- He won't mind.

We did a lot of really heavy talking

and he's a damn good guy.

I'll tellin' you, Cherry, he's a jewel.

Just make sure he ain't no rhinestone.

When are you movin' in with him?

- I'm not.

Well not right away.

I want to take it nice and easy.

He wants whatever I want that way.

- No.

- Don't be a fool.

- I've changed, Cherry, I know it.

I feel it, right here.

- It's your stomach.

You need food, eat.

- I wish you could go.

- They don't want no counterfeit, they want the real thing.

- Well they're just gonna be out of luck.

- I really don't want to.

- We could use the money.

150 bucks is a lot of money just now.

- Just this once.

- 6:35.

Okay, but this is the last time, I hope.

Okay.

- I bet she won't show up.

She will. 150 bucks is a lot of bread.

- None of those whore are very dependable.

She's not a whore.

- She better be, I want my money's worth.

Already cost me a new jacket.

- She's worth it, I'll telling you, she's great.

I wish she'd get here.

I bet she don't show up.

- No, for Christ's sake.

- I'm telling ya, she will.

Now just hold your horses.

- Long, black hair.

- Yeah, I like long hair.

- How old is she, I bet she's a dog.

She's only 20 and she ain't no dog.

She's a knock out.

- Yeah, I'll bet.

Is there anybody else ready for a beer?

- Yeah, I'll have one.

- Make it two.

I'll get it.

- I'll get it.

Hey, right on time.

- I'm always on time.

- Well let me take that from ya.

No, leave it right here.

- Well let me hang it up for you.

- No it's fine right here.

Let me introduce everybody to ya.

This is Walt, Joe, Cal.

- Yeah I've met Walt before.

Oh yeah?

Walt, you been holdin' out?

I don't believe we've met before.

- Yeah, one night in the White Groves on Eighth Avenue.

- I don't go to any bars on Eighth Avenue.

- Okay, have it your way.

Where's the money?

I'll give it to you later.

- I'd like to have it now if you don't mind.

- Sure, if that's the way you want.

- Please.

Thanks.

Where's the other room?

Okay, who's first?

- I told you, not more than an hour and a half.

Now who's first?

- Me.

See you later guys.

The guy can really move when he wants to.

- I haven't met her before.

Honest, cross my heart, I haven't.

- Yeah, sure.

Boy she's some knock out, ain't she?

- Shit.

I'll send the next one in.

- Dusty.

Did you like it?

Was he big enough for ya?

You sure do like your cock, don't you?

You like this, huh?

Remember last time?

You sure know how to take it, don't you, baby?

- Oh no you don't, you're not gonna start that again.

Where do you think you're goin'?

I'm gonna get the hell out of here.

Get your hands off me!

You and your friends can go fuck yourselves!

Come back here you little cunt.

- 150 bucks, that's a lot of bread.

- I didn't know she liked gang bangs.

- A girl could get cancer that way.

- I don't think you ought to talk about Dusty like that.

What she does is her business.

You don't hear us talking about what we do all the time.

- The whole bar can hear you.

- Oh why don't you go tell your mother, she wants you.

- Dusty's been very good to you, Cherry.

Dusty's been a friend to you.

That's more than you can say about these two.

Mr. Righteous all of a sudden.

- I'll see you around.

- Not if we see you first.

- I think she is a little.

- I think you're right.

Hal used to get pretty rough with his broads.

- Well to each his own.

- She must not have any morals at all.

I mean, taking that guy's wallet like she did?

- Well you should've seen that guy's face

when he was pulling his pants up.

Not as much as she used to.

- Well I don't like havin' to room with anybody,

but she pays her half of the rent.

At least she better, anyway.

I do better than her most of the time, anyway.

- Why don't you get yourself a new room mate?

- Well I will as soon as I get back on my feet.

I need her right now financially.

But then I think I'll ask Peaches to move in with me.

Two drags are more compatible.

- Yeah, they can share all their drag.

- Yeah, and you never know with a whore

what she's liable to come down with.

- Some friend.

- Dusty.

- Thanks a lot.

You sure know how to make friends.

- I was only kiddin'.

How long you been standin' there?

- Long enough.

I'll buy you a drink.

- Take this, you're gonna need this

more than I do.

- Hey, you did alright.

- Until I met you.

- Well fuck you.

- You already have.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Sure, if you want.

- That's what I want.

- I sort of expected you to be here when I got home.

- I gotta be told.

- Yes I did.

You tired?

- Not that tired.

- I was hoping you'd say that.

- Oh.

Dusty?

- Yes.

Do you know how hard it is for me

to say something like that?

- I know.

Come on.

- Wait.

- I got soap in my eyes.

- Wait a minute.

Is that better?

- Oh, much better.

- Ah.

- Yeah, I've been told.

- Oh, ego, ego.

- I didn't mean it that way.

Besides you're pretty pretty, too.

- Oh, so I've been told.

- I bet you have.

- Hey, I wonder what time it is.

- I gotta go to work tomorrow.

- Yep.

Told 'em I'd go in to work on the books.

Not on your life.

- Come on, let's go to bed.

- Oh, not yet.

- Any time with you, Dusty.

- Come on.

Oh, you wanna play games, huh?

- Hey, you don't have to walk me to ferry.

- I want to.

- Well alright.

Here's your coat.

Buckle up warm, I don't want you to catch a cold.

- Yes, daddy.

- Nope.

- Well I'll get you one today.

What color do you like?

- Blue.

- Okay.

Oh my god.

I didn't mean to hit him, he ran right in front of my car.

Do you know who he was?

- No, I never saw him before in my life.

Gotta hurry, I got another customer.