And picking up where we left off with Scene 35:
MRS. JOHNSON Willie, where do you get these crazy ideas?
WILLIE (anger rising) They're not crazy!
She sighs wearily.
(CONTINUED)
Revised 2/28/90
35 CONTINUED: (2)
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And that's where Tuesday's quote -
Page 20/Scene 35 - Willie: 'I found these books, see... They're all in codes and weird poems... but I figured it out... The stuff is in a secret room in the family tomb.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
A beat as she stares at him, aghast:
MRS. JOHNSON Willie, I don’t want to hear anymore of this.
He grabs her.
WILLIE I’m tellin’ ya! The jewels were buried by one of the guys in those pictures out there!
He points toward the Great Hall.
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Which brings things to Wednesday's quote -
Page 20/Scene 35 - Willie: 'It was during the Revolution... you know, that big war we had in the 1700s... well this guy... Barn-abas an' his old man... they hid the family jewels... to keep 'em safe. (a grin) In the tomb.'
- followed by Thursday's quote -
Page 20/Scene 35 - Mrs. Johnson: 'Willie... I just wish you'd do what you're supposed to do around here instead of acting like a fool with all this scheming. It can only lead to trouble.'
- and then Friday's quote -
Page 20/Scene 35 - Willie: 'Okay! But when I blow this joint with a pile of dough, we'll see who's laughin'.'
- whereupon the script ends the scene with -
And turning, he walks out of the kitchen.
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- but that's not the end of the sequence in the script. And more on that in the next post. But before we leave this post, the differences here are that Mrs. Johnson doesn't sigh after Willie insists his ideas aren't crazy - Willie actually says "I found these books, okay... And only they're all in these codes and weird poems... but I figured it out... The stuff is in a secret room in the family tomb" - Willie doesn't grab Mrs. Johnson after she says she doesn't want to hear anymore - Willie then actually says "I'm tellin' ya! The jewels were buried by one of them guys in them pictures out there!" though he doesn't gesture toward the Great Hall - next Willie actually says "It was during the Revolution... that's this big war we had back in the 1700s... well, anyway, this guy... Barn-abas an' his old man... they buried the family jewels... to keep 'em safe. (a grin) In the tomb" - then Mrs. Johnson actually says "Willie... I just wish you'd do what you're supposed to do around here instead of acting like a fool with all these schemes. It'll only lead to trouble" - to which Willie actually finally says "Okay! Okay! But when I blow this joint on a pile of dough, we'll see who's laughin'." And I love how Willie nervously and violent pulls at his hat as he says that - which is not a direction that appears in the script - but it adds so much to the moment. And Willie doesn't so much as walk out of the kitchen as storm out, slamming the door behind him.