The Joy Luck Club
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:44:01
Great to meet you.
Boy, something smells wonderful.

:44:06
I guess we came to the right
place, huh? Here you are.

:44:09
You know, Waverly has been telling me
that you are the best cook.

:44:23
I think maybe we got her.
:44:29
So many spots on his face.
:44:33
Of course, the night
was still young.

:44:36
Thank god I already prepped
him on the Emily Post of Chinese manners.

:44:40
Hi, Uncle.
How are you?

:44:44
Actually, there were a few things
I forgot to mention.

:44:52
Uh, let me make a toast.
:44:54
- He shouldn't have had that second glass...
- Here's to...

:44:56
- when everyone else had
had only half an inch...
- everyone in the family.

:44:58
just for taste.
:45:04
Shrimp. My favorite.
:45:08
He should have taken only
a small spoonful of the best dish...

:45:11
until everyone had
had a helping.

:45:13
He has good appetite.
:45:19
He shouldn't have bragged
he was a fast learner.

:45:26
But the worst was when Rich
criticized my mother's cooking...

:45:31
and he didn't even know
what he had done.

:45:34
As is the Chinese
cook's custom...

:45:36
my mother always
insults her own cooking...

:45:40
but only with the dishes
she serves with special pride.

:45:43
This dish not salty enough.
:45:47
No flavor.
It's too bad to eat.

:45:50
But please--
:45:53
Oh!
:45:55
That was our cue
to eat some...

:45:59
and proclaim it
the best she'd ever made.


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