(Mommie) Clean up this messsss! (Tina) But how? (mommie) You figure it out!…….(Tina) Jesus Christ….
1) CLEAN UP THIS MESS! 2) How? 1) YOU figure it out!
1. Christina, you havent hardly touched your lunch. 2. But its raw.. its got all these red juices that come out when i press on it. 3. its not raw. its rare. rare meat is good for you. the doctor said so.
1. Did you clean the bathroom today? 2. Yes, Mommy. 1. Yes, Mommy what? 2. Yes, Mommy dearest. 1. When I taught you to call me that, I wanted you to mean it.
1. There’s a liquor store to the right. 2. I should’ve know you’d know where to find the boys and the booze!
1. Why can’t you give me the respect that I’m entitled to? Why can’t you treat me like I would be treated by any stranger on the street? 2. Because I am NOT one of your fans!
1. Why did you adopt me? 2. Because I wanted someone to love, someone to hold in my arms. Maybe I wanted a little extra publicity. That’s not true. You know that’s not true. 1. Maybe just a little true?
Ah…but nobody ever said life was fair Tina…I’m bigger and I’m faster: I will ALWAYS beat you.
And for Christ sakes, don’t hock ’em
Bakar mon chiree. That’s what he calls you when he can’t remember your name.
Barbara, barbara, please…Leave us alone Barbara. If you need anything, ask Carol Ann. Oh, this is wonderful..this is wonderful! You deliberatly embarass me in front of a reporter, a reporter! You know how important this is to me, I told you!!!
Because I’m DAMN MAD AT YOU!
BECAUSE I’M DAMN MAD!
Chrisssstopherrr,Christinaaaaa,daaamnit!!!
Christina, bring me the ax!
Christina, Christopher…..damn it!
dammit, farinos is MY place.
Don’t fuck with me fellas. This ain’t my first time at the rodeo.
Don’t fuck with me, fellas. This isn’t my first time at the rodeo.
Don’t you dare judge me!!!
Don’t you EVER use that tone of voice with me MISSY! Who do you think you’re talking to!!! I’ll tell you what you’re gonna do…you’re gonna march yourself upstairs to your room and you will stay there until I tell you to come out!
Greg: If your career is in trouble, it has nothing to do with him. Joan: Then, what is it? Greg: You were always the shopgirl who fought her way to the top, made a great success. Well, you’re not a little shopgirl anymore. Now, that’s the truth you have to deal with to survive. The truth is, you’re getting old. Joan: Yeah, you’re just one of those rotten, slimy lawyers, supplying the grease that makes this shitty movie business work. There isn’t one dirty cover-up that I don’t know about, and your hand is in every one of them, you rink of it!
Hauling me over to Mayer’s table like some picked-up floosy, or one of those starlets. A nice time out with the boys, is that what you think of me?
Helga, when you polish the floor, you have to move the tree. If you can’t do something right, don’t do it at all!
Helga, when you polish the floor, you have to move the tree. If you can’t do something right, don’t do it at all…
I don’t ask much from you girl.
I don’t want her growing up a spoiled Hollywood brat….just because she’s Crawford’s daughter.
I feel that discipline mixed with with love is such a good recipe.
I have had a lot of school work.
I’d rather you go bald to school than looking like a tramp!!!
I’m not mad at you Helga. I’m mad at the dirt…
I’m not mad at you! I’m mad at the dirt!
I’m on the board of directors of this lousy company!
I’ve had to let Helga go.
If she doesn’t like you, she can make you disappear.
If you’re acting, you’re wasting your time. If you’re not, you’re wasting mine.
Is this an institution of learning or a teenage brothel!!?
J: Why do you deliberately defy me? C: Why did you tell her I got expelled? J: BECAUSE YOU DID GET EXPELLED! C: That…is…a lie.
(2 smacks) J: You love it, don’t you? You love to make me hit you! REPORTER: Joan! J: Barbara, Barbara, please, Barbara. Leave us alone, Barbara. If you need anything, ask Carol Ann. (pause) Oh! This is wonderful! This is wonderful! You…you deliberately embarrass me in front of a reporter…a reporter….I told you how important this is to me, I told you! C: Why did you adopt me? J: WHAT? C: Why did you adopt me? J: Because I wanted a child, because I wanted someone to love. C: Don’t you ACT for me. I wanna know…why did you adopt me!!! J: Maybe I did it for a little extra publicity. Tina, that’s not true, you know that’s not true! C: Maybe just a little true. J: I don’t know what to do with you….I don’t know what to do with you! C: Why not?! J: I don’t ask much from you, girl. Why can’t you give me the respect that I’m entitled to? Why can’t you treat me like I would be treated like any stranger on the street? C: BECAUSE I AM NOT ONE OF YOUR FANS!!!!!!
Joan Crawford: No wire hangers! What’s wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you no wire hangers?! EVER!!!! I work till I’m half dead and I hear people say she’s getting old! What do I get ? A daughter who cares as much about a beautiful dress I give her as she cares about me. What’s wire hangers doing in this closet?! Answer me! I buy you beautiful dresses and you treat ’em like some dishrag! You threw a 300 dollar dress on a wire hanger! We’ll see how many you got hidden in here, we’ll see! All of this is coming out! Out! Out! Out! Out! We’re gonna see how many wire hangers you got in your closet! Wire hangers. Why? Why? Christina, get out of that bed! Get out of that bed! (picks up hanger and begins to beat Christina) You live in the most beautiful house in Brentwood and you dont care about crease marks from wire hangers, and your room looks like some two dollar unfurnished room in some two- bit backstreet town in Oklahoma! Get up! Clean up this mess! Did you scrub the bathroom floor today? Did you?
life goes by too damn fast, you have to know how to compete and win
Mrs Chadwick: Please, Miss Crawford. When this sort of thing has happened before… Joan: Before? Are you running an institution of learning or a teenage brothel? Mrs. Chadwick: Chadwick has an impeccable reputation. When students break the rules, we curtail their freedom. Joan: Obviously, Christina can not be controlled in this environment. We are leaving, Mrs. Chadwick. My compliments to your school on its impeccable reputation. Christina, come on!!
Mrs. Chadwick: I think you’re overreacting, Miss Crawford!
Joan: And I think you’re UNDERreacting, Mrs. Chadwick!
My compliments to your school on its IMPECCABLE reputation!
No I won’t. No You won’t…YES YOU WILL!
No wire hangers
NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO… WIRE… HANGERS… EVER!!!
Nothings clean
Oh and Mommie Dearest, love your thick eyebrows and your huge shoulder pads.
Oh Pally….that’s what he calls you when he can’t remember your name.
SCRUB,Christina!!!
strap yourself back in
Swell this is really swell, I’m going to tell! Oh I am! I am going to tell!
Tear down that BITCH of a bearing wall and put a window where it OUGHT to be!
Tear down that bitch of a wall and put a window where it OUGHT to be!
That used to make you look sexy. Now it just makes you look drunk.
Then DON’T PUSH ON IT!
There’s no camera in here.
Times are tough, still I treat you to a lovely night out, and I get smart alek BACKTALK!
Tina mocking her mother: Oh yes, it was thrilling. I’m so greatful to you all. My wooonderful fans….who have me me…a STAR.
TINA! Bring me the ax!
Well, something good had to rub off.
What did I do?
What do you mean playing? Pawing through my things? Makin’ fun of me?
What you’re really doing is denying one of your children the opportunity to live a wonderful and advantaged life………..how sad that is.
Why did you adopt me? Because I wanted a child to love. Why did you adopt me? Okay, maybe I wanted a little extra epitoms.
Why do you deliberatly defy me? Why did you tell her I got expelled? Because you DID get expelled! That…is a lie. You love it, don’t you? You love to make me hit you! JOAN! Barbara, barbara, please leave us alone Barbara. If you need anything, ask Carol Ann. This is wonderful…THIS IS WONDERFUL! You deliberatly embarrass me in front of a reporter…a reporter! I told you how important this is to me…I TOLD YOU! Why did you adopt me? WHAT? Why did you adopt me? Because I wanted a child; because I wanted someone to love. Don’t you act for me, I wanna know…why did you adopt me? Maybe I did it for a little extra publicity. Tina, that’s not true. You know that’s not true. Maybe just a little true. I don’t know what to do with you…I don’t know what to do with you. WHY NOT? I don’t ask much from you, girl. Why don’t you give me the respect that I’m entitled to? Why can’t you treat me, like I would be treated by any stranger on the streets? BECAUSE I AM NOT ONE OF YOUR F-A-N-S!!!!!!
wire hangers?
you know christina, flirting can be taken the wrong way… understand?
You lost again! Christina: It’s not fair, you’re bigger than me! It’s not fair to win twice! Joan: Ah, but nobody said life was fair, Tina. I’m bigger and I’m faster. I will always beat you. Christina: Then I’m not gonna play with you anymore, EVER! Joan: Don’t you ever talk to me in that tone, missy! I’ll tell you what you’re gonna do- you’re gonna march yourself upstairs to your room and you will stay there until I tell you to come down! Christina: No, I won’t. Joan: No you won’t? Yes…you…will!!!
You love it, don’t you?! You love to make me hit you!
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