The Old Neighborhood by David Mamet

Author:David Mamet [Mamet, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Drama, General
ISBN: 9780307817624
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1998-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Middle of the night. BOB and JOLLY.

JOLLY: “If you don’t want it …”

BOB: “No, no, no, I like it.”

JOLLY: “Waal, if you don’t like it, you can take it back.”

BOB: “Hike it.”

JOLLY: “Waal. If you don’t. If you find …”

BOB: “No, I Like it. I do. I think that it’s …”

JOLLY: “Waal, your mother and I, only want to say …”

BOB: “I think that it’s …”

JOLLY: “You take it back. We ‘saved the slip’ … and …”

BOB: … fucking right I’m going to take it back. Because what would I do with it?

JOLLY: You remember the skis?

BOB: The skis.

JOLLY: I remember the skis. I wanted the skis. (Pause) I wanted skis that year.

BOB: You don’t ski, Jol.

JOLLY: Why don’t I ski? Bobby? (Pause) Oh shit. (Sighs) I just, you know, the thing of it, the thing of it is, I just wanted some skis. Would it have killed them to’ve given me a pair of skis? Was that so ludicrous? A monster like myself? Was that so … (Pause)

BOB: (Softly) … yes …

JOLLY: Christmas Day. (Pause) Christmas Day.

BOB: I know.

JOLLY: She …

BOB: Wait, wait, I remember.

JOLLY: You …?

BOB: I remember …

JOLLY: You remember what?

BOB: Christmas Day. A plaid … a … a plaid something.

JOLLY: A …

BOB: … that they gave me.

JOLLY: … yes?

BOB: A plaid …

JOLLY: A reversible raincoat.

BOB: That’s right.

JOLLY: A reversible raincoat.

BOB: … what did I do?

JOLLY: Monday morning. Took it back to Fields.

BOB: I took it back to Fields.

JOLLY: And traded it in.

BOB: That’s right.

JOLLY: For what?

BOB: I …? What? No, I’ve forgotten. Oh, my God. Jol. For what, then, a year …?

JOLLY: … easily … easily …

BOB: For a year. “Where is that raincoat, Bubby …?”

JOLLY: “… we gave you for Christmas. That you liked so much?”

BOB: “I left it at the …” Ah. Ah. Wait. Wait. Jol. Wait, wait, wait. I went back to Fields.

JOLLY: Um hmm.

BOB: TO SEE COULD I BUY BACK THAT COAT.

JOLLY: That’s right.

BOB: … could I buy back the raincoat.

JOLLY: That’s right, Buuby.

BOB: Could I buy back the Fucking Raincoat to stop the questions as to where was the raincoat. That I was so grateful for.

JOLLY: … that’s right.

BOB: That stupid raincoat. And that woman at Fields. Sent to fucking Germany to see, could they replace that raincoat.

JOLLY: That’s right, Bobby.

BOB: And calling her back. And calling her back Thursday, and oh, what a pathetic fucking thing. (Pause) My plaid. My Plaid Reversible Raincoat. (Pause)

JOLLY: And, you know, I’m thinking, all of this, “If you don’t like it, you can take it back …” If they had loved us. Mightn’t they have known what we might want? I know what my kids want. (Pause) I know what my kids want. It’s not that difficult. It’s Just Not. I’m sorry. Carl says … Carl, say what you will. I’m sorry, every weekend, Every weekend. You know what we did last weekend? They had friends sleep over. We made popcorn. We made fudge. Next morning we made pancakes. You know, you know, I turned into a fine cook.

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