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Daisy Werthan (72) has crashed her three week old Packard into the neighbor's garage while backing it out of the garage. Her son, Boolie, realizes she is no longer capable of driving safely and insists that she hires a chauffeur. Hoke Coleman takes up the position but Daisy wants nothing to do with him. She is fiercely independent, stubborn, and prejudiced against African Americans. Daisy refuses to let him drive her or do anything around the house despite his helpful suggestions. Finally, she
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START: HOKE: Mornin鈥� Miz Daisy.
DAISY: Good morning.
HOKE: Right cool in the night, wadn鈥檛 it?
DAISY: I wouldn鈥檛 know. I was asleep.
HOKE:Yassum. What yo plans today?
DAISY: That鈥檚 my business.
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END: HOKE: Ain鈥� no need to be so hard on yoseff now. You cain鈥� drive but you cain鈥� probably do alota of things I cain鈥� do. It all work out.
DAISY: (Callilng offstage) I鈥檓 gone to the market, Idella.
HOKE: (Also calling) And I right behind her.
Alfre Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy, Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1987, pp. 10-12.
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