:11:02
- from which, I'm afraid,
I've never quite recovered.
- How do you do?
:11:05
- Hello. Hi.
- Hello.
:11:18
Is this a private reverie
or can an old lady join you?
:11:22
Sure.
:11:25
You and Ted haven't known
each other long, have you?
:11:30
- Actually, no.
- I've never heard him speak
of you until this morning.
:11:35
But it's always a thrill for a mother
to hear that sort of excitement...
:11:38
in her son's voice.
:11:42
So I hope you
won't misunderstand...
:11:44
what I have to say.
:11:48
I want you to know, Rose, that
we're a very liberal family...
:11:51
- I couldn't believe what she was telling me.
- and we know several very...
:11:54
- charming Oriental people.
- It was straight out
of some awful racist movie...
:11:56
- It's just that Ted
is going to be working...
- like The World of Suzie Wong.
:11:59
with his father in the company,
and, uh, he's going to be...
:12:01
judged by people
of a different standard:
:12:04
publishers, authors,
critics and their wives.
:12:09
And they won't be
as understanding as we are.
:12:14
Mrs. Jordan, you sound as if
Ted and I are getting married.
:12:19
That's hardly the case.
:12:21
Oh, I know, dear, it's just that, well,
the way the world is.
:12:25
How unpopular Vietnam was.
:12:28
I'm not Vietnamese.
I'm American.
:12:31
Of course you are.
It's just--
:12:34
I understand you.
That's all I'm trying to say.
:12:37
- Do you understand?
- Mom?
:12:40
- Hello, darling.
We're having a wonderful visit.
- "Hello, darling"?
:12:43
You know, you know,
I always knew you were a jerk.
:12:47
But, shit, this is the first time
in my life I am ashamed of you.
:12:52
How dare you
use that language.
:12:54
I think you better
apologize right now.
:12:58
I'm sorry, Mom, you made
a fuckin' asshole out of yourself...