Elaine Pownall: [wheelchair-bound] Good morning, dear. Your father is terribly angry with you.
Ben Pownall: Good morning to you too.
Elaine Pownall: Anthony...
[beckons away her assistant]
Elaine Pownall: I don't give a rat's ass if your father is angry. A lot of things make him angry. Like the fact that a woman who can't walk insists on buying six hundred dollar shoes. You know what he called me the other day?
Ben Pownall: What?
Elaine Pownall: "Bitch on wheels."
Ben Pownall: That's actually pretty funny.
Elaine Pownall: I thought so too. You know why it was okay? Because it was behind closed doors. Family rule: You can say whatever the hell awful thing you want in private, but in public...
[smiles]
Elaine Pownall: This is the face that keeps Mommy in nice shoes.
Ben Pownall: I get it.
Elaine Pownall: No, I don't think you do. Because if you did, you'd show up. You'd flash that famous Pownall charm. And you wouldn't leave your father up on the stage with his pants around his ankles.
Ben Pownall: You know what, Mom? If you guys want to put a show on for the whole town, that's your business. But I... I don't wanna have anything to do with it. I have other things to worry about.
