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00:00All right, let's go over the schedule, shall we?
00:058 a.m. to 10 a.m., Nassim covers the front desk.
00:09Shadwiga, you cover the lobby.
00:11I'm sleeping in.
00:1210 a.m. to noon.
00:14Shadwiga covers the desk.
00:16Nassim fixing the banister.
00:18Mavis sleeping in.
00:21Now, are there any questions?
00:22Well, what if there's an emergency?
00:24I don't know.
00:26I don't know.
00:27There won't be.
00:28Because if I even dream that somebody's about to disturb me on my day off, I'm fine.
00:33I'm fine.
00:35So, so wait.
00:36We will do all the work and you will do nothing?
00:38Yeah.
00:40This will take some adjusting.
00:43Good day, everyone.
00:44Hey.
00:45Hey, Mayrae.
00:46What you think of my gig, girl?
00:49Any of my...
00:50Horse fly or house fly?
00:54Mavis, I've been thinking.
00:55It's time for Rita to meet mother and father.
00:57What the hell for?
01:00We're at that stage of our relationship.
01:02Yeah, you know, it's not just sex 24-7 anymore.
01:06Now we're doing stuff.
01:07Like talking.
01:10So now it's sex 23-7.
01:12You know?
01:15You know what?
01:15I don't know.
01:16And I don't want to know.
01:18Mother is going to love you.
01:20Oh, wait a minute now.
01:21Why are you going to lie to the girl like that?
01:23My mother's going to hate you.
01:25Mavis.
01:26Yeah, it's true.
01:27Come on now.
01:27My mother's mean.
01:28The woman is mean.
01:30No one accidentally runs over that many dogs.
01:32You always sing the negative.
01:35Well, I've got good reason.
01:37Remember when my song went to number one?
01:38What is she saying?
01:39Oh, you better save your money, Mavis, because it's never going to happen again.
01:43Bitch.
01:43Granted, Mother had a strong point of view and a temper, and all times she could be critical
01:50and disagreeable, and we couldn't have guests over to our house, but don't you think you're
01:54seeing the cup is half empty?
01:56Listen, when you get down to Florida and you meet my mom for the first time and she looks
02:00at you like she's smelling some funky cheese, just know you're the funky cheese.
02:08Oh, Courtney, I don't want to be no one's funky cheese.
02:11Rita, you're wonderful cheese.
02:13Thank you, baby.
02:14Mavis, stop upsetting her, and we're not going to Florida.
02:16They're coming here to see us.
02:18They're coming here?
02:19That's right.
02:20Mother and father are coming here to see us.
02:22Well, where are they staying?
02:25Oh, no.
02:26No, no, no, no, no.
02:27I told you what the rules were.
02:29No checks, no pets, no parents.
02:30No.
02:32I reserve them a room.
02:33They're coming this afternoon.
02:34When the hell were you going to tell me?
02:35I was hoping you would start drinking before I had to break the news.
02:39Well, then I've got some catching up to do.
02:41Whoopay.
02:51Whoopay.
02:53So should we do anything special in anticipation of your mother's arrival?
02:57Yeah, get a bucket of water and hide Toto.
03:01Mavis.
03:03This is the woman who carried you for nine months.
03:06I know, and I liked her a lot better when I was on the inside.
03:09You know, in the Middle East, we honor our parents
03:13no matter how poorly they behave.
03:15I mean, look at Saddam's daughters.
03:17Still faithful, and he had their husbands killed.
03:21But you gotta figure that next family reunion
03:23was a little tricky.
03:25You know, because they'd be like,
03:27Dad, I really liked him.
03:31Well, that may be, but growing up,
03:32I loved my mother more than anything,
03:35although I saw her very little.
03:37Really? Was she away?
03:38No, she wore many veils.
03:41Let me see her eyes.
03:43You're a good one.
03:45I have to tell you, though,
03:46when my mother gets here, you watch.
03:47The first thing out of her mouth is gonna be critiques.
03:50She's gonna cheat the clothes, the hotel.
03:52She's just gonna be out of her mind.
03:53We're here!
03:57You look fantastic.
03:59Oh, oh, and the hotel looks fantastic.
04:05And you, you must be Nadine.
04:07Nadine, you look fantastic.
04:12Hello, sweetie.
04:13Hey, what's wrong with her?
04:15Darling, I'd like to have something cool to drink, please.
04:17Oh, Madame Nadine, please follow me.
04:18Come to the kitchen.
04:19It's fantastic.
04:23What the hell's going on?
04:24What happened to the beast you were married to?
04:27What was her name?
04:28Oh, yeah, Mom.
04:29Ah, your mom's changed.
04:31She's living life to the fullest.
04:32She's hanging out with her friends.
04:33She's taking a pottery class.
04:34Wait, wait, wait.
04:35Pop, pop, pop.
04:36Did you say friends?
04:38Mm-hmm.
04:39You mean like friend friends?
04:41Like people you go off for social occasions with,
04:43and they know they're with her?
04:45Yes.
04:46Oh, my God.
04:49Mavis.
04:50Yes?
04:50What have you done to the kitchen?
04:53I haven't done anything to the kitchen.
04:54Oh, there's something different.
04:57Oh, yeah, something's definitely different.
04:59Mother.
05:00Father.
05:00Oh, my baby.
05:01It's so great seeing you.
05:03Ah, Courtney.
05:06You look good, son.
05:08Dad.
05:09Hmm?
05:09$20?
05:11This isn't necessary.
05:14Yeah, Mom's birthday's coming up.
05:15Get her something nice.
05:20Honey, come on.
05:24She's being shy.
05:25Mother, father, allow me to introduce my girlfriend,
05:28Miss Rita Nash.
05:29Rita, may I present my parents,
05:32Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ray.
05:34Uh-uh, Courtney, you wrong.
05:36How are you gonna bring these two youngsters up in here
05:38and try to front like they're your parents?
05:44Sweetie, these really are my parents.
05:47Mama Ray, Papa Ray,
05:49holla!
05:57Penny for your thoughts.
06:01She's a lovely girl.
06:04And now I see where my boo gets his charm
06:06and his class.
06:08Mama Ray, you really putting it down, girl.
06:11My goodness.
06:12Listen, Courtney.
06:13Yes?
06:13I think you found the right thing.
06:15You've got to keep her.
06:16I feel like I'm in a horror movie.
06:20Son, will you help me with the luggage?
06:21My pleasure.
06:22How's the Buick running?
06:24Like me.
06:25Trouble getting started,
06:27but it gets your mother where she wants to go.
06:28Oh, don't forget my makeup case.
06:33Mavis, your mother is the bomb.
06:37Until she goes off on you.
06:41Mama Ray?
06:42What you doing tomorrow, girl?
06:46We should go to the spa.
06:47Oh, you know, a ladies' day.
06:48That's a wonderful idea.
06:50I'd rather walk through hell
06:52in a gasoline panty and bronze set.
06:57Sitting on Arnold Schwarzenegger's head,
07:00breastfeeding Gary Cole.
07:02Mavis, darling, that's a lot to do in one day.
07:14Q-U-A-R-K.
07:16Quark.
07:17Double word score.
07:18Yeah, yeah.
07:19You never did like throwing a ball, did you, son?
07:23Hey, how was Ladies' Day?
07:26Oh, just peachy.
07:28Mom and Rita were like two peas in a pod.
07:30I hate peas.
07:31Now, please, Pop,
07:34I've been asking you and asking you,
07:36tell me, what the hell is wrong with Mom?
07:39Remember when you were growing up
07:40and I told you drugs were bad?
07:41Yeah.
07:42Well, I may have been wrong.
07:47Oh, hell yeah, you was wrong.
07:49No, he wasn't.
07:50Oh, shut up.
07:51Kids,
07:52sometimes people need something
07:55to help them get through the day,
07:56and, well,
07:58your mom's on Zolox.
08:00Antidepressants?
08:02Oh, thank you, God.
08:03It's about time.
08:05Mother's taking a serotonin reuptake inhibitor?
08:10A good drug.
08:11Yeah.
08:12Just because Mother has a lot of personality
08:14doesn't mean she needs to take mind-altering drugs.
08:17I mean, sometimes the side effects
08:18are worse than the actual affliction.
08:19Come on, man.
08:20Life is full of side effects,
08:22and drugs can be taken safely
08:24if under the supervision of a licensed physician
08:26or a bass player.
08:29Why is all of America on drugs?
08:32I mean, they used to be for sick people,
08:33not every Tom, Dick, and Harry
08:34looking for an easy escape from life's challenges.
08:36Yeah, like your friend Rush Limbaugh.
08:41He has a problem, Mavis.
08:43Show some compassion.
08:45Yeah, because he would.
08:46How long has this been going on?
08:50A few months.
08:51It started with her refusing to stop at red lights.
08:55Then she lost interest in sex.
08:57Kids, a couple of fender benders I can handle,
09:00but when your mother refuses to perform...
09:02Unnecessary visual, Dad!
09:08Mavis, there is something missing from my room.
09:14Oh.
09:15Shanay, nay!
09:15I'm sorry, Mom.
09:16I thought I had this nipped in the bud.
09:18You called me?
09:19Yeah.
09:19Are you stealing again?
09:21Not from the hotel.
09:24We talked about this.
09:26I had a bag from the drugstore
09:28on the sink in my bathroom.
09:32Oh, my God, your pills.
09:35Did you see it?
09:36I saw a bag on the floor,
09:37but I assumed it was garbage and threw it away.
09:39Oh, my God.
09:43You didn't just throw out the trash, Shaloop Lute.
09:47You threw out my new mommy.
09:54Mavis?
09:55Yes?
09:55I don't know why there is an H
09:57on the faucet in my bathroom.
09:59It's not as though we have hot water in this hotel.
10:02You might as well put an L for lukewarm.
10:05I don't know.
10:07Mom, is that you?
10:11Mavis, what are you talking about?
10:12And is there anything to eat in this hotel?
10:16Are we gonna brush the crumbs off of your sweater
10:18so I can have some breakfast?
10:21Mommy, I missed you.
10:24I missed you.
10:25Corny, Corny, look.
10:26Mommy's back.
10:28What are you talking about?
10:29Mother's been here all week.
10:30Good morning.
10:32Oh.
10:35Tell me, what do you think of, uh, Courtney's tie?
10:39Well, well, he'll never get a job wearing that.
10:44You look fat.
10:45So, my brother, does she need some medication?
10:54Maybe just to take the H off.
10:55Okay.
11:00Tell me again what it says in my job description
11:02I should scrounge around in a dumpster
11:03looking for your mother's pills.
11:04Yeah, check the one-ins tomorrow.
11:06I'm sure you'll see it there.
11:08Well, why don't you just get that prescription refilled?
11:10I tried.
11:12The doctor won't be reachable until Monday.
11:16And by then, one of us is gonna be dead.
11:20Oh, look, look, look, look.
11:21Tell me it's the pills.
11:22Oh, it's no.
11:22Last week's Chinese food.
11:24Remember?
11:24Yeah.
11:25Oh, pork.
11:27Good times.
11:28Hey, hey, hey.
11:29You throw out a perfectly good egg roll.
11:32Wait a minute.
11:33Wait a minute.
11:36Jackpot.
11:36Oh, thank you.
11:37I found the pills.
11:42Davis.
11:43Hey, Pop, how's it going?
11:45She won't take them.
11:46What?
11:47She won't take the pills.
11:48I even gave her my high-turner look.
11:51She just laughed.
11:55Really?
11:55No, no, Pop, I'm sorry.
11:56Where you going?
11:57Where you going?
11:58To play golf.
11:59It's 12 degrees outside.
12:00All the golf courses are closed.
12:02Not in North Carolina.
12:04Oh, hell no, you not.
12:06Yeah, yeah.
12:07You know what?
12:08I'm gonna take these pills into her.
12:09And either the pills are going down or she is.
12:14Mom, what are you doing?
12:16You don't have to do that.
12:17You don't live here.
12:18Live here?
12:19Ha!
12:20Who could live here?
12:22Okay, look.
12:24I need you to take these pills.
12:27As you used to say, I don't want to.
12:31Why not?
12:33Because you just want me to take this pill so you can get me to shut up.
12:39No, I want you to take the pills because you're acting like a biatch.
12:42I am not acting like a biatch.
12:49Oh, yeah, you are.
12:50Let me tell you a little story, Mom.
12:51A couple of days ago, this incredibly wonderful woman came into my hotel.
12:55A woman I could actually like.
12:57And you know what?
12:57She came with a husband who was never happier.
13:00I just want to get you back to that.
13:03That's all.
13:04Take the pills.
13:08I don't feel like taking a damn pill.
13:11If you wasn't my mother, I would slap the black off you.
13:26So I hear your mom won't let you drug her into a stupor anymore.
13:38What am I going to do with her?
13:39Yeah, what can you do?
13:40She's your mother.
13:41You can't kill her.
13:42Yeah, and the jury's always side with the dead parents.
13:46What's she on?
13:47Zolox.
13:48I take Triverical.
13:50What's it do?
13:51It replaces neurotic anxiety with everyday discontent.
13:57Why is this such a big deal?
13:58Hasn't your mom always been like this?
14:00Yeah, but when she came into the hotel, she was as happy as a hoe on the intrepid.
14:08Yeah, that's happy.
14:09Yeah, yeah.
14:09Why don't y'all just gang up on her?
14:13Well, because, you know, she's not a racehorse.
14:15I can't put the tube in her mouth and blow the pill down her throat.
14:18Can't or won't?
14:21All I know is I resisted when my kids tried to help me,
14:24but now I'm glad I went through the electroshock.
14:27Well, that explains your sunny disposition.
14:30Yeah, I resisted when my kids tried to help me,
14:32but now I'm glad I went through the electroshock.
14:39Dust.
14:42Dust everywhere.
14:44Do I have to speak slowly so that you can understand what I am saying?
14:50I will have you know I speak five languages.
14:52Oh, great.
14:53Then learn to speak English and you'll speak six.
14:55I picked.
14:58What?
14:59I picked.
14:59Chintuiga, what is it?
15:01Have you lost your mind?
15:02What are you pissing off the help for?
15:03The help?
15:05What you're running here is a refugee camp.
15:07You know what?
15:08I have had...
15:08Come here.
15:09Come here.
15:09Wait, what?
15:10Come here.
15:10Where?
15:11Go in the kitchen.
15:11You see the way she treats her mother?
15:13I will beat you unless you get in.
15:15Oh, God.
15:16I was just leaving.
15:16Oh, no, no, no.
15:17Nobody's leaving.
15:18Come sit down.
15:20Ma, sit down, please.
15:22Listen, everybody at this table loves you.
15:25Everybody loves you.
15:26You've got to take the pills.
15:29You really must take the pills.
15:32All of you just go straight to hell.
15:37Mother, we can't go to hell.
15:41You know why?
15:42Because we're already there.
15:47Mother, it isn't your fault.
15:48You were blessed with a strong personality.
15:50Yeah, so strong they asked us to leave the country club.
15:54Leave it alone.
15:55You're just making it worse.
15:57Don't tell me I'm making it worse.
15:58I understand that, but see, you're making it worse because you're arguing.
16:01I am not arguing.
16:02You are arguing.
16:03Mavis, don't talk to Dad like that.
16:04Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
16:06What, what, what you want?
16:07What, you want a piece of me, Tom?
16:09I got a crazy woman all in my face.
16:11You want to mess with me, too?
16:12It's that imbecilic bellicosity that has mother in the predicament that she's in right now.
16:19Hold up.
16:20Wait a minute.
16:23Mama Ray, you know, I was reading some serious stuff that said you write about the family thing being a problem.
16:28What?
16:29Let her talk.
16:30She's a medical professional.
16:32If she pushes a button on an MRI machine, she might as well be working at Kinko's.
16:38Don't listen to her.
16:40Go on, Rita.
16:41All right.
16:42Anyway, it was some research saying that other people inflict depression.
16:46I remember hearing that.
16:47I remember hearing it on the doctor show.
16:49What's the name?
16:50Dr. Phil?
16:50No, I never thought Phil.
16:51Famous, it was a medical journal.
16:53Yes, it was.
16:53It was the Reader's Digest, girl.
16:54That's right.
16:55The Reader's Digest.
16:55I saw it myself.
16:56I saw it.
16:56I read it myself.
16:57And remember, it said that families, especially husbands and children, cause the majority of depression in America.
17:06That's right.
17:08That's right.
17:08That's right.
17:09That's right.
17:10And I read that and I thought to myself, oh my God.
17:12I hope I didn't do that to my mother.
17:16Well, girl, I think you did.
17:18Oh, my Lord.
17:20My brother, my mother.
17:23I feel that I pray for you.
17:26I hope that these pills are strong enough to combat the hurt and sadness that I have caused you.
17:34Please.
17:35Please.
17:35You know, it's much easier for me now that I understand that you realize that this is your fault.
17:44Oh, yeah.
17:45That's all right.
17:46Just go ahead, Mom.
17:47Go ahead.
17:48You know something?
17:50I read Reader's Digest.
17:52Do you?
17:52Yeah.
17:53Mm-hmm.
17:53And I don't remember ever reading anything about some survey.
17:58Woman, would you take the damn pills?
18:01Who are you talking, you little two-bit tart?
18:05I mean, you're not even good enough to marry my son.
18:07Much less good enough to tell me what's good enough for me.
18:10Oh, my dear.
18:14Mother.
18:15Did I say something to hurt her feelings?
18:18I'm stunned.
18:19I was really looking forward to Rita meeting you.
18:22And I told her how I looked up to you and how proud I am that you've made me the man I am today.
18:27Well, right now, I'm not proud.
18:29You're just an old Looney Tuney, ain't you?
18:37Mavis.
18:37Ah.
18:59Oh, Mavis, how can I ever think it was fantastic?
19:05Good.
19:06And, Courtney, you have to come down to Florida, visit, bring Rita.
19:09And if Courtney can't make it, Rita, you come by yourself.
19:14Lawrence!
19:16Yeah, have a good time, y'all.
19:18I'll see you soon.
19:19Goodbye, darling.
19:20Bye-bye.
19:20Nice meeting you.
19:21Love you.
19:22Bye.
19:22Love much, love.
19:23Pooch, yeah.
19:25You know, Mavis, when Dad first told us about Mother taking Zolox,
19:29I wasn't sure it was the right thing.
19:31Hmm.
19:32But after watching Mom's behavior, I've had an epiphany.
19:35Yeah.
19:36Now, I never did epiphany.
19:44But, you know, sometimes you just gotta say, yeah.
19:48I've learned there are some people who might benefit from medication.
19:51Yeah.
19:52Like Mother.
19:52Yeah.
19:53Or you.
19:55I'm sorry, what?
19:57Seriously, Mavis.
19:59Examine how you respond to things.
20:01Okay, well, examine this.
20:04How about you and White Lightning get on out the hotel?
20:07Because for me, that would be fantastic.
20:10That's exactly the kind of mood swing I'm talking about.
20:12I'm gonna swing again if you don't back out of here.
20:15Just putting it out there.
20:16That's fine.
20:16Just back out.
20:17Back out.
20:18Oh, and Rita, since we're talking about pills, make sure you're on them.
20:2223-7.
20:32Wait a minute, wait a minute.
20:34Is that the one where...
20:35It's not like we have some hot water in this hotel.
20:41You might as well put L.
20:42Might as well.
20:43So I hear you.
20:45I hear a...
20:46Oh, f***.
20:49You Americans.
20:51You're from the USA.
20:53All of you.
20:55Whoop, whoop, whoop.
20:56Whoop-a-ha.
20:59We're gonna take it out.
21:01You're from the USA.
21:01What you needarbeiters.
21:02What you need.
21:03Whoop.
21:03Whoop.
21:05Whoop-a-ha.
21:08Whoop-a.
21:10What you need.
21:12Whoop-a-ha.
21:15What you need.
21:24What you need.
21:27My Muse.
21:27Come out.
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