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Hattie Mae: LINDA!

[ Over television ] A 9‐YEAR‐OLD METRO GIRL HAS A NEW LEASE...

LINDA!

YOU HEAR ME CALLING YOU.

LINDA! LINDA! LINDA! LINDA! LINDA!

LIN!

YES, MAMA?

ARE YOU IGNORING ME?

NO, I WASN'T IGNORING YOU.

WELL, DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME SAYING, "LINDA, LINDA, LINDA, LINDA"?

YEP.

WELL, DID YOU ANSWER?

NOPE.

THEN THAT'S WHY I SAID YOU'RE IGNORING ME.

DON'T DO THAT, YOU HEAR?

YEAH, OKAY.

THEN SAY YOU SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

OKAY, GOOD.

LINDA?

YEAH?

HOW YOU FEEL?

I'M FINE, MAMA.

OKAY, GREAT.

LINDA.

YES, MAMA?

HOW MANY MONTHS ARE YOU, BABY?

THE SAME NUMBER I WAS WHEN YOU ASKED ME YESTERDAY.

OKAY, GREAT.

HOW MANY MONTHS WAS THAT, LINDA?

SIX‐A!

I'M GONNA NEED YOU

TO TAKE SOME OF THAT IX‐A... OUT OF YOUR VOICE‐A

WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU‐A.

THEN STOP ASKING ME THE SAME QUESTION EVERY DAY‐A.

WAIT A DAMN MINUTE‐A.

BEFORE YOU GET CHOKED THE HELL OUT‐A.

BABY, I WAS JUST CONCERNED.

[ SCOFFS ]

WHATEVER, MAMA.

WHY YOU SO DAMN GROUCHY?

I'M NOT GROUCHY.

I WAS ONLY TRYING TO BE NICE.

NO, YOU WEREN'T.

YES, I WAS.

YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW FAR ALONG I AM

SO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA BE

BEFORE ME AND THIS BABY GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE.

OKAY, YOU GOT ME ON THAT ONE.

RIGHT. SO, STOP.

I'M JUST COUNTING THE DAYS

TILL THAT BIG OLD BUNDLE OF JOY GET HERE.

YEAH, YOU'RE COUNTING THE DAYS

TILL ME AND THE BIG OLD BUNDLE OF JOY MOVE OUT OF HERE.

OKAY, YOU GOT ME AGAIN.

MAMA? WHAT, LIN?

I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.

NOPE.

BUT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA ASK.

WELL, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA ASK

WHEN I ALREADY KNOW MY ANSWER IS NO

BEFORE YOU GO TO ASKING ME.

CAN YOU AT LEAST HEAR THE QUESTION?

I HEAR MY ANSWER IS NO.

OKAY.

I WAS THINKING.

DAMN.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE.

GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. GET YOUR FEELINGS HURT.

MAMA, I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD STAY HERE

FOR A LITTLE WHILE AFTER THE BABY'S...BORN?

SOMEBODY AT THE DOOR?

I COULD'VE SWORE I SEEN SOMEBODY ON MY DAMN PORCH.

GET AWAY FROM MY MAILBOX!

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

‐‐Captions by VITAC‐‐ www.vitac.com

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NO. NO, LINDA. UNH‐UNH, NOW.

MNH‐MNH.

MAMA, DID YOU HEAR ME?

YEAH.

THEN ANSWER ME.

NOPE.

WHY NOT?

'CAUSE I'M IGNORING YOU THE SAME WAY YOU IGNORED ME.

YOU HEARD ME UP THERE SAYING,

"LINDA! LINDA! LINDA! LINDA‐A‐A!"

ACTED JUST LIKE YOU AIN'T HEARD A DAMN WORD I SAID.

AND I WAS SCREAMING TO THE TOP OF MY LUNGS.

MAMA, DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?

YEP.

AND?

AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT.

I'VE SAID EVERYTHING I NEED TO SAY

ON THAT SUBJECT RIGHT THERE.

MAMA, YOU'D BETTER ANSWER ME.

WHY?

BECAUSE IT'S THE NICE THING TO DO.

NO, PRECIOUS, THE NICE THING TO DO WOULD'VE BEEN

NOT TO ASK ME A QUESTION LIKE THAT.

COME ON, MAMA.

I ALREADY ANSWERED YOU, LINDA.

NO, YOU DIDN'T.

YOU SEE, THIS HOW PEOPLE GET SHOT, RIGHT HERE.

BY NOT PAYING ATTENTION, NOT LISTENING.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, MAMA?

YOU DIDN'T ANSWER ME.

I ALREADY ANSWERED YOU, LINDA.

DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME SAY NO

BEFORE YOU EVEN ASKED ME THE QUESTION?

THEN WHY ARE YOU SAYING NO, MAMA?

LINDA, LINDA, LINDA, LINDA.

HERE WE GO.

NAH, BABY, I LOVE YOU. YOU KNOW THAT, LIN.

YEAH, MAMA, I LOVE YOU, TOO.

[ SIGHS ]

LET ME SEE, BABY.

I'M GONNA TRY TO FIGURE OUT A QUICK WAY TO SAY THIS TO YOU.

I'M SICK OF YOUR DAMN ASS.

BUT MAMA!

YOU'VE STAYED TOO LONG ALREADY.

MAMA, I'M YOUR DAUGHTER.

AND YOU'RE 40 YEARS OLD.

AND?

AND IF YOU STAY HERE ANY LONGER, 20 YEARS FROM NOW,

WE'RE GONNA STILL BE PILED UP IN HERE

WITH A HOUSE FULL OF CATS, JUST MEAN AND EVIL.

WELL, YOU ALREADY GOT ALL THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

ALL YOU NEED IS THE CATS.

I'M ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE YOU KNOW, LINDA.

SAYS WHO?

LINDA, YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU'RE THE VERY REASON MY ATTITUDE IS THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

GO AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER WITH PHILIP.

BUT, MAMA, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE FOR ME.

I'M GOING TO BE THERE FOR YOU AT PHILIP HOUSE.

COME ON, MAMA.

WHAT IS THIS REALLY ABOUT?

IT'S ABOUT ME STAYING HERE.

CAN'T BE.

WHY NOT?

'CAUSE YOU LOVE PHILIP.

YEAH, I DO.

AND...YOU MOVING IN WITH PHILIP.

YES, I AM.

AND WHY DO YOU NEED TO STAY HERE WITH ME AND NOT WITH PHILIP?

WELL ‐‐ GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.

TUNE YOUR LIPS UP TO TELL THAT LIE.

IT CAN'T BE ABOUT THE FURNITURE,

'CAUSE THAT MAN DONE GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANTED.

I KNOW, MAMA. AND HE DID IT ALL FOR YOU.

I KNOW.

SO, WHAT IS THIS REALLY ABOUT?

I'M SCARED.

SCARED?

GIRL, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS COOK THAT MAN A COUPLE MEALS,

HUNCH ON HIM A FEW TIMES.

THAT'S ALL MARRIAGE IS REALLY ABOUT.

OOH. OOH. OOH.

WHAT? THE BABY COMING?

NO, BUT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BABY, NOT THE HUNCHING.

WHAT? [ LAUGHS ]

WHAT YOU SAID?

MAMA, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAD A NEWBORN.

WELL, YOU HAD ONE SINCE BEFORE I HAD ONE.

WELL... THAT'S NOT ALTOGETHER TRUE.

AND WHAT THE HELL THAT'S SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

WELL, WHEN I HAD DANNY, YOU WERE THERE FOR ME.

I WAS.

AND YOU HELPED ME WITH HIM...ONCE.

OR TWO, THREE. OR TWO, THREE.

I DID. AND THAT MEANS MY JOB IS DONE.

MAMA!

WHAT? GIRL, IT'S JUST LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE.

ONCE YOU POP YOUR HAPPY HIPS ON THAT SEAT,

AND GET TO TURNING,

YOU'LL BE RIDING AGAIN IN NO TIME.

BUT, MAMA, I NEED YOU.

NO, YOU DON'T.

YOU'RE LIKE ‐‐ YOU'RE LIKE MY TRAINING WHEELS.

AND LET PHILIP BE YOUR TRAINING BRA.

BUT, MAMA, PHILIP WON'T HELP ME LIKE YOU WILL.

LINDA.

BABY, LISTEN TO ME.

THERE COMES A TIME IN YOUR LIFE

WHERE YOU'VE JUST GOT TO TAKE OFF, TAKE WINGS.

BABY, DO IT. YOU'RE PREPARED FOR THIS.

I'VE RAISED YOU WELL.

MAMA?

WHAT?

I'M NOT LEAVING.

LINDA, YOU TELLING A DAMN LIE.

WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO THROW ME OUT.

AND THAT CAN BE ARRANGED.

YOU WOULD THROW ME OUT BAREFOOT AND PREGNANT?

JUST AS QUICK AS YOU CAN SAY "BAREFOOT AND PREGNANT."

WELL, I'M NOT LEAVING.

LINDA, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE HELL UP OUT OF HERE.

DAMN!

OH.

LINDA...

HOW YOU JUST GONNA TUNE YOUR LIPS UP

AND SAY YOU AIN'T LEAVING MY HOUSE?

JUST LIKE THIS.

I CAN'T SEE IT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.

YOU DON'T ‐‐ LALALALA...

YOU DON'T HAVE ‐‐ LALALA...

I'M NOT LEAVING! AAH!

LINDA, CAN WE PRAY ABOUT IT?

LET'S JUST ‐‐ THIS ‐‐ I'M GOING ‐‐

I'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE. I'M GONNA GO...

I'M GONNA GO BEFORE THE THRONE A LITTLE WHILE, OKAY?

OKAY, GREAT.

OKAY, GREAT?

OKAY, GREAT.

DAMN!

DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!

HEY, LINDA, I TALKED TO HIM.

AND HE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU TO GET OUT.

HE TOLD ME NO HARD FEELINGS, BUT HE SAID YOU GOT TO GO.

OKAY, GREAT?

OKAY, GREAT.

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HA!

[ SIGHS ]

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME

HOW I ALWAYS GET SUCKED INTO DOING MANUAL LABOR?

BECAUSE DANNY ALWAYS VOLUNTEERS US.

THANKS A LOT, DANNY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THIS ISN'T SO BAD.

[ LAUGHS ]

WOW, DANNY, THIS LOOKS GREAT.

THANK YOU, PHILIP.

NO, REALLY, YOU HAVE A GIFT FOR PAINTING.

I TRY, DAD.

GUESS IT'S KIND OF LIKE

"QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY"?

O‐KAY.

NO. ALTHOUGH I DO ENJOY SOME DECORATING.

WELL, IT ‐‐ IT ‐‐ IT LOOKS GREAT.

WE KNOW, SON, WE KNOW.

DREW, WHAT IN THE HIGH HELL ARE YOU DOING?

OH, YOU MEAN, THIS ISN'T WHAT DANNY'S DOING?

GASP.

YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF PAINTING.

I COULD HELP YOU OUT WITH THE...INS AND OUTS.

OUCH.

WHAT YOU WANT IS SOME LONG STROKES.

I'M TALKING...HEY, LOOSEN UP, LOOSEN UP THAT ARM.

I'M TALKING LONG STROKES.

He's scaring me.

I NEED YOU TO BACK UP, BRUH.

JUST GIVE ME 50 FEET.

SAM WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU.

YEAH, WELL, SAM NEEDS TO HELP HIMSELF TO GETTING AWAY FROM ME.

SAM, IT LOOKS LIKE SHE MEANS IT.

HEY.

All: HEY.

HEY...YEAH.

YOU OBVIOUSLY CAME DRESSED TO HELP US PAINT.

NO, HELL, I DIDN'T, NEITHER.

AW, MISS HATTIE, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME

TO GRAB ONE OF THOSE ROLLERS AND JUST BEGIN ROLLING.

UH, PHILIP, THE ONLY THING I'M GONNA BE ROLLING UP IS A BLUNT.

GRANDMA, WHAT'S WRONG?

DANNY, IT'S YOUR MAMA.

WHAT DID SHE DO NOW?

YOU KNOW SHE'S ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING OR 'NOTHER.

[ LAUGHS ]

WELL, BRACE YOURSELF.

LINDA IS ALWAYS UP TO SOMETHING, PHILIP.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I LOVE HER.

AWW. [ LAUGHS ]

WELL, THAT MAKES ONE OF YOU.

SO, WHAT'S GOING ON, SIR HATTIE?

SHE ASKED ME THE WORST QUESTION YOU COULD POSSIBLY ASK A PERSON.

OH. WELL, WHAT WAS IT?

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

I... YEAH, WHAT IS IT?

I ‐‐ I MEAN, IT MADE ME FEEL SO BAD.

AW.

I MEAN, IT MADE ME FEEL SO SAD.

OH.

WELL, WHAT'D SHE ASK YOU TO MAKE YOU FEEL SO BAD?

JUST PLEASE TELL US.

LINDA ASKED ME IF SHE CAN COME STAY AT MY HOUSE

TILL AFTER THAT BABY BORN.

UH...

WHAT?

YEAH.

GRANDMA, THAT'S NOT SO BAD.

THE HELL YOU PREACH.

IT REALLY ISN'T. IT'S ACTUALLY VERY SWEET.

OKAY, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS.

WHY?

WELL, I'M MARRYING HER,

AND I'M DOING ALL OF THIS FOR HER.

SO, I WANT HER TO BE WITH ME.

THAT'S THE SAME THING I SAID!

BUT, LIKE, HERE'S THE THING.

A LOT OF WOMEN ACTUALLY WANT TO BE WITH THEIR MOTHERS

WHEN THEIR CHILD IS BORN.

THAT'S THE SAME THING SHE SAID!

[ LAUGHS ] WAIT, SHE WANTED YOU TO HELP HER?

[ LAUGHING ]

[ BOTH LAUGHING ]

WHAT THE HELL YOU LAUGHING AT?

HATTIE, YOU CAN'T HELP NO DAMN BODY.

HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH.

AND, FLOYD, YOU DON'T SHUT THE HELL UP,

YOU AIN'T GONNA HAVE NO BODY.

THIS COMING FROM SOMEBODY WITH AN UNCOMFORTABLE‐BUILT BODY.

I NEED TO GO SEE HER.

THAT'S THE SAME THING I'M SAYING.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, UH, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND,

WILL YOU PLEASE CONTINUE PAINTING?

OH, YEAH. YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY. SUPER.

OKAY, GREAT. CONTINUE PAINTING.

AS YOU WERE.

AS YOU WERE.

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[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

WHO IS IT?

Philip: IT'S YOUR MAN, BABY.

WHICH ONE?

OKAY, DON'T PLAY NOW. DON'T PLAY, FOR REAL.

DON'T PLAY.

HEY, BABY. HEY, BEAUTIFUL.

MWAH.

WHOO.

HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GOOD.

HOW'S THE PAINTING COMING?

GOOD.

I HATE I CAN'T BE THERE TO HELP.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, HONEY.

ALL THE CHEMICALS AND EVERYTHING, I GET IT.

YEAH, THIS BABY HAS MY NOSE SO WIDE OPEN,

YOU COULD DRIVE A TRUCK THROUGH IT.

OOH. HEY.

OOH, I THOUGHT I HAD YOUR NOSE WIDE OPEN.

YOU DO. AND MY HEART.

WATCH YOURSELF NOW. [ LAUGHS ]

KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

WATCH YOURSELF.

SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

ARE YOU GUYS ALL FINISHED PAINTING?

MNH. NO. I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

OKAY. ABOUT WHAT?

YOUR MOTHER CAME BY.

SHUT UP.

HATTIE MAE CAME BY TO HELP PAINT?

HELL, NO.

I DIDN'T THINK SO. MNH‐MNH.

SO, WHY WAS SHE THERE?

UM, SHE SAID YOU WANTED TO STAY AT HOME WITH HER

WHEN THE BABY IS BORN.

YEAH, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. WHY?

WELL, I NEED MY MOTHER.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE I HAD A NEWBORN.

I NEED HER HELP.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT ME?

NO OFFENSE, PHILIP, BUT YOU'RE A GUY.

YEAH, RIGHT, I'M A GUY. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IT MEANS Y'ALL DON'T KNOW NOTHING

ABOUT TAKING CARE OF NO NEWBORN.

OH, YOU'RE STEREOTYPING ME?

NO, I'M JUST TELLING THE TRUTH.

OKAY, WELL, DID YOU ASK ME?

NO, I DIDN'T.

ASK ME.

OKAY.

PHILIP, DO YOU ‐‐ PHILIP, CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF A NEWBORN?

YES, I CAN.

YOU CAN? YES, I HAD TWO, REMEMBER?

WELL, YEAH, BUT I FIGURED YOUR LATE WIFE...

...WAS SICK, AND I DID EVERYTHING.

YES, I TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING.

SO, THIS BABY ‐‐ OUR BABY ‐‐

YOU AND ME, WE'RE GONNA BE JUST FINE, OKAY?

EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE JUST FINE.

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SO, I WANT YOU TO COME ON HOME.

I'VE PREPARED A HOME FOR US.

OKAY?

OH, PHILIP. YEAH, BABY?

ARE YOU SURE?

I'M POSITIVE.

I GOT YOU.

I GOT YOU, BABY.

HMM?

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE LATE‐NIGHT FEEDINGS?

[ SCOFFS ] I GOT YOU.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE EARLY‐MORNING FEEDINGS?

[ SCOFFS ]

I GOT YOU. [ CLEARS THROAT ]

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE MIDDAY FEEDINGS?

I GOT WORK.

NO, SERIOUSLY, I GOT WORK.

[ LAUGHS ]

I GOT YOU. COME ON, HONEY. I GOT YOU, OKAY?

I GOT YOU.

YOU GOT ME? YES.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

I LOVE YOU MORE.

♪♪ I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY ♪♪