The Brave
Lou Snr (Talks native language)
Luis Oh, don’t tell me, don’t tell me. The man is working for the Salavation Army.
Lou Jnr Salvation.
Luis What you say?
Lou Jnr Salvation (talks native language)
Luis (Talks native language) Salavation Army! And tomorrow he’s gonna be out there with a little red bucket, and little company ding-ding-ding. Oh man, fuck that. I know this guy better than that, I mean…
Papa You’re in my chair.
Luis Fucking (Talks native language).
Papa What do you know about my boy, you little turd?
Luis What’re you talking about man?
Papa You know when you get older you loose control of your body, some of your functions?
Luis Yeah, no shit.
Papa It just happened. By the way, I wouldn’t leave my car out there too long. There’s a lot of white people around.
Luis Oh man! (Talks native language)
Raphael & Marta Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, if I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Marta God bless Mummy, Daddy, Frankie and Poppa. Amen.
Raphael Amen.
Rita Amen.
Raphael Good night, sweetheart.
Marta Night.
Raphael Sweet dreams.
Frankie I know… a small one and a big one.
Raphael I think goats have eight toes.
Marta Yeah, it looks like they’re wearing high heels. Thank you Poppa.
Raphael And you take this.
Frankie Holy fucking shit!
Marta Hey.
Frankie What?
Raphael Go on kids. Get on the bus, go on.
Rita Get on the bus. Frankie, Marta.
Raphael Buy yourself a pretty dress for the fiesta, okay?
Larry How. D’you miss me? I missed you. Hey, listen to this… the other day I was driving down the highway. Had the air-conditioner on, smoking my stoagies, listening to some tunes, and this big fat crow, lands on the bill-board. Biggest, fattest crow I ever saw in my life. And I fix on him, and he dropped dead… boom, in the sand. Damndest thing I ever saw. Kinda made me sick. In fact it made me poop. It made me poop my pants. There was a… about a four inch, bell shaped, faeces. Very hard, very firm. Things haven’t been going too good for me. Lost my only friend. I’m so tired. I’m tired. I’m very, very, very, tired. Come here a minute.
Raphael Fuck you.
Larry Come on. I’m not gonna hurt ya. I like ya. “Whizzy”. Hey, I’m… I’m not such a bad guy once you get to know me. You better scoot chief. I’m tired. Whizzy.
Man in suit (Mumbles incoherently)
Lou Snr Oh, man, what a party, eh? I love it. Er, you think they might have any more jobs open at the warehouse?
Raphael I don’t know.
Lou Snr Work is hard to come by, you know how it is. I was thinking, with you being a big-shot there and all. So if like anything comes up, you’d, you know, maybe put in a good word.
Raphael Yeah, I’ll see what I can do.
Lou Snr You mean that? I’m a hard worker, strong as a bull, I ain’t too proud to work.
Raphael I know that. I know. I’ll see what I can do.
Lou Snr …we gotta stick together, you know. Huh?
Maria Get outta here.
Rita You like it?
Raphael Oh, my God. I love it.
Rita Thank you.
Raphael You look like an angel.
Rita Yeah?
Raphael You look like a living breathing doll, you do.
Rita (Talks native language)
Marta I’m having so much fun, Poppa.
Man Come on, man, eat.
Raphael Hold on, hold on tight.
Man in suit (Mumbles incoherently)
Maria Smile, everybody. I love that dress.
Rita You think it looks all right?
Luis Good enough to eat, baby. Good enough to eat.
Papa Not here.
Raphael Just one second. Come on.
Maria Look at the picture, guys. (Talks native language)
Luis Hey, Mommy, why don’t you wait right here for me. Poppy’ll be right back .
Raphael What do you want? I don’t want any trouble today.
Luis Come on, I just want to celebrate your fortune. Nice party, man. Must have cost you a bundle and a bag of chips, all this stuff. Hey, erm, I hear you got a job.
Raphael Yeah, that’s right.
Luis Wow, man, you must be blessed man. God must love you, you know. You must have been blessed or something. That’s what it is, right?
Raphael What’d you mean just now?
Luis You know, I would think, man, that a guy’d wanna share some of that luck with his buddies, you know. Come on, come on, cut me out to the source, what’s going on?
Raphael Fuck you. I ain’t got nothing to give you. What do you want?
Luis You sure about that?
Raphael Yeah.
Luis Well, man, it seems to me, man, that you owe me a favour, man, for when I hooked you up a few months ago, you know?
Raphael Sounds to me like you needed and extra guy.
Luis You know, I coulda asked Julio, coulda asked Papo…
Raphael Yeah, but you didn’t, you asked me.
Luis Come on, Raphie man, what’s the selfish attitude about? You make a big score, and you ain’t gonna turn it on your bro? Plus you making me look bad, man, you making me look bad in front of these people. And those are my people, you know? I mean, people gonna wonder has Luis got the juice? What’s going on?
Raphael Hey, look. I don’t got nothing to give you. Get the fuck outta here.
Luis That’s really too bad, man. You know, just a little something, man, woulda gone a long way keeping things sweet. Just in case the cops come around, you know? But…
Raphael You gonna threaten me now? You fucking threaten me, I’ll put your fucking lights out, man.
Luis Now, let me tell you something… when you fucking go away, your old lady, she gonna come, she gonna work for me, okay? All right? ‘Cos I love you, Raphie.
Raphael You fucking disappear.
Luis Mammy, come on, we gotta go. Raphie…
Raphael Get the fuck outta here.
Luis Raphie, keep a fucking tight ass, I’m gonna be there. Come on, come on, fucking party… I owe you. Come on, let’s go. Hurry up. You mine!
Rita Hi.
Raphael What?
Rita What was all that about?
Raphael Nothing.
Rita What did he want?
Raphael Nothing. Let’s take a walk. You like it?
Rita Yes.
