:07:01
lt's a factory town like Detroit
or Birmingham or Schaffhausen.
:07:07
Because the cheap element of the town
has been so overly advertised...
:07:11
...it becomes an insult to remind
a man he's from there.
:07:16
They're not talking about the people
who work there...
:07:19
...and that try to do
something worthwhile.
:07:21
They're talking about the whores
when they mention Hollywood.
:07:25
You know what that word means,
don't you, Ralph?
:07:29
-Sure.
-Sure.
:07:33
Whores have to sell the one thing that
shouldn't be for sale in the world.
:07:37
And that's love.
:07:39
Of course, there are other kinds of whores
than the floozies you frequent, Ralph.
:07:44
There are whores who sell words
and ideas and melodies.
:07:50
l know what l'm talking about because
l've done a little hustling in my time.
:07:55
A hell of a lot more
than l'd like to admit to.
:07:59
And what l sold when l was whoring
l'll never get back.
:08:05
What l'm trying to say, it's the whores
who put Hollywood up as a big target.
:08:13
Sure.
:08:25
Hell, John, l didn't realize you
were such a hometown boy.
:08:30
-Well, l am, kid. l am when l'm in Africa.
-Yeah.
:08:35
No, l'm serious. lt took Africa
to bring all this out in me.
:08:39
Africa and the smell
of my first wild elephant.
:08:47
lt's a shame Kivu couldn't have heard
you say that, John.
:08:50
Oh, Kivu knows. Kivu knows
without being told.
:08:54
John, why don't you ask Kivu to go
back to Hollywood with you?
:08:58
Not a bad idea, kid. He could be
mighty useful around there.