Scenes with Adele Corners
7 scenes
Adele Corners Will you tell me more about California?
Yeah, I guess so. Let's see. One thing, people think faster out there on the account of all that warm weather. Cold weather makes people stupid. That's a fact.
Adele Corners I guess that explains why there's so many stupid people around here.
It sure does. You know what else? You never have to buy no fruit on account it's all on the trees everywhere you turn. And they ain't got no speed limits. I hear your first month's rent is free, state law. So I'm thinking till we get settled we'll just move around from month to month. How will that be with you, momma?
Adele Corners What are we going to do out there, Early?
By God the first thing we're going to do is get us a couple of six-packs of Lucky Lager and we're going to climb up to that famous Hollywood sign. We're going to howl at the moon, goddamn it. [howls] Yeah, just like that.
Adele Corners I heard once that there ain't nothing on that old moon except some little golf balls the astronauts left behind.
Nah, that ain't right. That's bullshit. The government be sending people there all the time. Just don't want us to know about it.
Adele Corners Know what, Brian? One night when we was stayin' up late we was talkin' 'bout how much bad luck he must have comin' from all those mirrors he broke, and I swear we came to 449 years it would take for him to work it all off, and he'd have to - after he died - he's gonna have to keep comin' back to earth over and over and over again.
Adele Corners What?
Karma. You know, when you do something bad to someone and fate pays you back by something bad happening to you.
Adele Corners [blowing a bubble]
Is that French?
Adele Corners My God, Carrie. If Early ever saw me in a picture like that I'd be black-and-blue for a week.
You shouldn't let him do that to you.
Adele Corners You think Early's mean to me? Well, he's not. He may punish me once in a while, but he's not mean. Um, when I was 13 there was these three boys and they raped me in the back of this truck. They hurt me so bad that I was in the hospital for, like, four months. And I feel safe with Early 'cause most of the time he treats me really nice. I know that he'd never. He would never let anything like that ever happen to me again.
[at the sound of a gunshot]
What was that?
Adele Corners [nervously]
Nothing, Brian. It was just the thunder. Oh my God.
[to Early who's dragging Carrie along]
Hey, Early, what the **** are you doing? We talked about this.
Oh, Brian. You gonna like this one. Get in. Big fella you riding shotgun. Adele, you drive. [throws Carrie into backseat with him]
What's going on? What are you doing?
Come on bud, let's go. Get us out of here momma.
[they drive off]
What happened back there?
[crying]
Oh my God. He shot him. He shot him in the head.
Who shot who in the head?
Adele Corners No, he didn't Carrie.
Everybody just shut up! Goddamn, bitch, quit squawking. Nothing's changed. I'm gonna get you there, safe, to California. [chuckles] That is, if Adele don't kill us with her driving first.
[after shooting two cops]
Got them both on the dead run.
Adele Corners No! No, no, no Early!
Come on, momma. [Walks over to Brian who is standing over the wounded cop] Tell me that don't hurt. Here. [Hands Brian a gun while pointing another one at his head]
Gotta put that crippled dog out of his misery. You wanna know about it, you gotta do it, son. Shoot him. Come on, lay it on in there. Come on, mean boy. Come on, mean boy. Do it! Shoot him! Shoot the dog! Time to live, boy. Shoot him. Come on. Go! Go, mean boy.
[Brian drops the gun]
You ****.
Look at his face! It's not your father. Look at him!
I know that, you idiot. That's police in a world of hurting. This here's a mercy killing.
[He kills the cop]
Oh God!
You haven't even said thank you.
Adele Corners Thank you.
Thank you for what, Adele?
Adele Corners I don't know, Early.
Well, Adele, it's for saving your **** life back there! Goddamn! You were this close, momma, from spending the night in the county morgue.
He wasn't going to shoot her, you murdering son of a bitch!
What are you **** insane?
God, why are you so **** blind, Brian? He's a murderer for crying out loud.
Momma? What are you crying for? I'm the one who got hit.
Adele Corners Cos I decided, Early, I'm not gonna climb up that Hollywood sign with you.
Adele Corners Cos you're mean, Early.
Adele Corners You hurt those people, Early. I don't wanna do it with you. I loved you, Early. You just be quiet. You are mean.
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