Meryl Streep - Everybody Rides The Carousel (1976) — Transcript
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- 0:02[Music]
- 0:15This is the sixth ride. Young adulthood.
- 0:19The possibility of intimacy,
- 0:23[Applause]
- 0:27love and friendship. learning to share
- 0:30self with another
- 0:34and the possibility of the loneliness of
- 0:37isolation.
- 0:42[Music]
- 0:44What more can I say?
- 0:49[Music]
- 1:06Just step in from the bottom of the
- 1:07boat. That's I I can do it. I know you
- 1:09can do it.
- 1:12Okay. No, don't tip. Just balance your
- 1:14weight. All right. Okay. It's flat
- 1:16bottom, so it won't catch.
- 1:18You better do it.
- 1:21Roll. You're cold. Mhm. You want my
- 1:24jacket? Yeah. Oh, me. Wait a minute. If
- 1:26you don't mind. No, I don't mind at all.
- 1:28No, you don't. Be careful. I will.
- 1:31There's a duck. Where? Right over there.
- 1:34Oh no. Look at him. Oh, look at him. Oh
- 1:38gosh.
- 1:41I got a slipper. What? The ore. Oh no.
- 1:45Let me see. Wait a minute. Wait a
- 1:47minute. It's okay. No, it'll get
- 1:49infected. Let me see. Are you sure? Come
- 1:51here. This that it's really in deep. But
- 1:52we don't squeeze it. You have to
- 1:54squeeze. Come on. Don't get excited. I'm
- 1:56not getting excited. Wait a minute. I
- 1:57have a safety pin. Give me your lighter.
- 2:00Give me your lighter. Don't be a baby.
- 2:03All right. I'm not being a baby here.
- 2:06All right. I'll let it. All right. This
- 2:08is to sterilize it. I know it's to
- 2:10sterilize it. Wait. Okay. Now, are you
- 2:13Have you done this? Are you sure? Wait.
- 2:15Maybe I ought to do it. I've done it for
- 2:17my little brother a million times. Just
- 2:19hold still. Hold still. Hold still. All
- 2:20right. If you move, I'm going to prick
- 2:22you and then you better not. You will
- 2:25die.
- 2:27That's not funny. Wait a minute. Come
- 2:29on. Oh, no. That's See, now I see what
- 2:32you did. I I'm bleeding now. Look, it's
- 2:36out. See?
- 2:39See? Yeah, I see. Big deal.
- 2:44You like it?
- 2:46I uh Yeah.
- 2:49Not quite sure. Why don't you tell me
- 2:51about it first?
- 2:56I wanted to surprise you. It'll grow
- 2:58back. When? 2 years. My hair grows fast.
- 3:06Can you wait around that long? I can
- 3:08wait 2 years.
- 3:11How about you?
- 3:15You really think we'll be together that
- 3:17long?
- 3:20Oh yeah. Oh, never mind. I wasn't uh No,
- 3:22no, no. I think that's
- 3:25that's a fair stupid question. No, it's
- 3:27not a stupid question.
- 3:29I mean, how can you look ahead that far?
- 3:31Too soon, too soon. That's something I
- 3:35can think about maybe in a few years,
- 3:37but not now. Too early for me. My job
- 3:40might take me halfway across the world.
- 3:42Who knows?
- 3:44That's not a bad idea.
- 3:47What does that mean? I don't know what
- 3:49kind of decision. I mean a lot of stuff.
- 3:53I mean, we haven't really now you can
- 3:55see it more.
- 3:57[Laughter]
- 4:02Damn it.
- 4:04There's a lot of things that are coming
- 4:06up in my future and I don't know if he's
- 4:08important. I I don't know. I don't know.
- 4:14[Music]
- 4:47I wanted to surprise you. It'll grow
- 4:49back when two years. My hair grows fast.
- 4:54[Laughter]
- 4:56Can you wait around that long? I can
- 4:59wait two years.
- 5:02How about you?
- 5:06You really think we'll be together that
- 5:08long?
- 5:11Oh, yeah. Oh, never mind. I wasn't. No,
- 5:13no, no. I think that's
- 5:16that's a fair stupid question. No, it's
- 5:18not a stupid question.
- 5:20I mean, how can you look ahead that far?
- 5:23Do we have a future together? Do we have
- 5:26a future, you and I?
- 5:31Yeah.
- 5:33Yes. I'm glad you said that. You make me
- 5:36embarrassed.
- 5:44What would you like me to do?
- 5:47Um,
- 5:49touch me.
- 5:57I mean, really, not just my hands.
- 6:03I wanted you to say that
- 6:07cuz I love you.
- 6:09I love you, too.
- 6:33[Music]
- 7:17Heat. Heat.
- 7:22[Music]
- 7:41[Applause]
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