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Arnold鈥檚 mother (Ma Beckoff) is visiting him. Their relationship is
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Arnold: Yoo hoo, Mrs. Bloom! It鈥檚 safe to come out. David and Ed went for a walk and we鈥檝e got the whole place to fight in.
Ma: (off) Enjoy yourself. I鈥檓 going to bed.
Arnold: Ma, I鈥檓 sorry I lost my temper.
Ma: Ha! I鈥檓 glad you鈥檙e sorry.
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Arnold: 鈥� But if you can鈥檛 respect me 鈥� Then you鈥檝e got no business being here.
Ma: You鈥檙e throwing me out?
Arnold: What I鈥檓 trying to 鈥�
Ma: You鈥檙e throwing me out! Isn鈥檛 that nice? Listen, Mister, you get one mother in this world. Only one. Wait. Just you wait.
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy, in Out Plays: Landmark Gay and Lesbian Plays of the Twentieth Century, ed. Ben Hodges, 2008. pp.507-510.
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