Goldberg Street by David Mamet

Author:David Mamet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

The Dog

The Dog, Film Crew, and Four A.M. were first presented at Jason's Park Royal in New York as part of the Three by Three program on July 14, 1983, with the following cast directed by Joe Cacaci:

The Dog

Film Crew

Four A.M.

John Savoia

Brian Smiar

Bill Cwikowski

John Savoia

Michael Wikes

Talk about a dog! Talk about a precious animal! A little fluffball. A furry little nothing. But ballsy as a paratrooper.

He's tough, but I'm tougher. Benjy may be tough but I'm yet tougher.

Go after dogs twice his size. Three, four times his size. Go right up to ‘em. Sniff ‘em. Smell ‘em up and down . . .

He growls, bares his teeth.

He scares ‘em. He's little, but goddamn it if he's not a scrapper. And they know it. Damn right they do, too.

Sensitive?

He's more sensitive than most people. Makes most people look sick, he's so sensitive. In tune like a human.

He picks up on things, too.

I come home, he meets me at the door. Grinning, breathing fast, he's glad to see me.

I go to hang up my coat, and what do I find? The little pisser has shit on the floor! He's crossed me. My best friend has crossed me.

So I go over to him, he's grinning like a sonofabitch, and I say sit. And he sits down and cocks his head, wondering what's up.

I make a fist, and lean over and whack the shit outta him. He goes clear across the room and just lays there on his side.

So then I say get up and he gets up. And I say sit and he sits down again and I walk over to him.

So he's purebred, he's no dummy. And he figures maybe I'm going to knock him around again, and he's a little scared.

But he hangs right in there.

I say stay. And it's like he's glued to the floor. He'd sit there for a year if I didn't tell him different.

So I go over and get a chair and bring it back and put it right in front of him. I sit down, lean back, and cross my legs.

I look at him. He looks at me.

After a minute or so, I lean forward and say, very reasonable and soft, I say “Don't shit on the floor. Now, get outta here.”

And I never have to say a word on the subject again.

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