1:02:05
- Which word is that, sir?
- Hollywood.
1:02:09
I realize it's the name of a place, but
the way you say it has an added meaning.
1:02:15
Like an insult.
1:02:17
- Well, I didn't mean it like that.
- Don't contradict me, Ralph.
1:02:20
I've heard it all before.
1:02:23
In the Army, in New York...
1:02:24
...in the theater.
Hell, I've heard it everywhere.
1:02:28
People say Hollywood
when they want to insult you.
1:02:32
Well, really Hollywood is just a place
where they make a profit.
1:02:36
It's a factory town like Detroit
or Birmingham or Schaffhausen.
1:02:42
Because the cheap element of the town
has been so overly advertised...
1:02:46
...it becomes an insult to remind
a man he's from there.
1:02:51
They're not talking about the people
who work there...
1:02:54
...and that try to do
something worthwhile.
1:02:56
They're talking about the whores
when they mention Hollywood.
1:03:00
You know what that word means,
don't you, Ralph?
1:03:04
- Sure.
- Sure.
1:03:08
Whores have to sell the one thing that
shouldn't be for sale in the world.
1:03:12
And that's love.
1:03:14
Of course, there are other kinds of whores
than the floozies you frequent, Ralph.
1:03:19
There are whores who sell words
and ideas and melodies.
1:03:25
I know what I'm talking about because
I've done a little hustling in my time.
1:03:30
A hell of a lot more
than I'd like to admit to.
1:03:34
And what I sold when I was whoring
I'll never get back.
1:03:40
What I'm trying to say, it's the whores
who put Hollywood up as a big target.
1:03:48
Sure.