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Jason description: He has a black eye and

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Jason description: He has a black eye and white supremacist tattoos inked across his face

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About Brucie: Once he started messing with

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About Brucie: Once he started messing with that dope, I don’t recognise the man

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Stan: You could wake up tomorrow and all

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Stan: You could wake up tomorrow and all your jobs are in Mexico, whatever, it’s this NAFTA bullshit

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Tracey: What the fuck is

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Tracey: What the fuck is NAFTA? Sounds like a laxative

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Tracey: Your Puerto Ricans are burning

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Tracey: Your Puerto Ricans are burning shit down all over Reading, you gotta know.

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C’mon! Gimme another drink! You gave

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C’mon! Gimme another drink! You gave her a drink, why can’t I have one?

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Cynthia: Shit, you wanna be fifty and standing on you feet

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Cynthia: Shit, you wanna be fifty and standing on you feet for ten hours a day? Titties sagging into the machines. I got bunions the size of damn apples.

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Jason: I mean… I didn’t

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I mean… I didn’t do shit

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Jason: You are a fing a**hole. F

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Jason: You are a fing a**hole. F you, n*!… (less committed) F you!

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Jason: I dunno. I dunno. The whole time inside, I pushed

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I dunno. I dunno. The whole time inside, I pushed what happened, you know, Chris, all of it, outta my head. Then he was… I dunno

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Chris: It’s like I’m circling

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It’s like I’m circling in a traffic pattern, just circling

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Chris: That question’s a barbed

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Chris: That question’s a barbed-wire fence, can’t go over it, can’t get around it

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Chris: My fingernails dig into the palm of my hands

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Chris: My fingernails dig into the palm of my hands and then it just happens…weird…we’re hugging.

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Stan: Olstead’s grandson is the same brand of

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Stan: Olstead’s grandson is the same brand of a**hole as all of ‘em, stuffing his pockets, rather than improving the floor.

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Stan: They find it offensive to be on the floor

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Stan: They find it offensive to be on the floor with their Wharton MBAs…they don’t wanna get their feet dirty, their diplomas soiled with sweat…

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F***ing union got all our money

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F**ing union got all our money tied up in benefits and sht.

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Chris: I got accepted into

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Chris: I got accepted into the teaching program at Albright.

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Jason: Wait…wait, no way. Dude,

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Jason: Wait…wait, no way. Dude, what the f**k you saying? Why didn’t you tell me?

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Chris: No offense, but I’m f***ing sick of jacking. Phomp.

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Chris: No offense, but I’m fing sick of jacking. Phomp. Phomp. Phomp. The machines are so fing loud I can’t even think.

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Chris: Well, they got buttons now,

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Chris: Well, they got buttons now, BOOP, that can replace all of us. Boop. Boop.

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Don’t matter. They’ll all shit

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Don’t matter. They’ll all shit on us in the end.

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TRACEY and CYNTHIA dance together

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TRACEY and CYNTHIA dance together with the intimacy of close friends who’ve shared many adventures.

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CYNTHIA It’s like looking at a map, and discovering

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CYNTHIA It’s like looking at a map, and discovering that you’re only a few miles away from the ocean. But you didn’t know because it was on the other side of the damn mountains.

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Stan: I’m in the hospital for nearly two

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I’m in the hospital for nearly two months. I can’t walk. Can’t feel my toes. Not one of those Olstead f**kers called to check on me.

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Jessie: Tracey's been going around town whispering
Jessie: Tracey's been going around town whispering that the only reason Cynthia got the job is cuz she's black.
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Cynthia: I was trapped in a room of 'supervisors', all of 'em had
I was trapped in a room of 'supervisors', all of 'em had passionate ideas about how the floor could be run more efficiently, yet none of those donkeys have actually operated a machine.
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Cynthia: I smell the oil and metal dust, I
I smell the oil and metal dust, I hear the machinery churning and feel the energy of the room.
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Jessie: We were gonna do Alaska, camp, live
We were gonna do Alaska, camp, live clean, you know, and save enough money to get to India....Istanbul, Tehran, Kandahar, Kabul, Peshwar, Lahore, Kathmandu'
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Jessie: I guess I got caught
Jessie: I guess I got caught in the riptide, couldn't get back to shore.
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Jessie: I think about that Jessie on
I think about that Jessie on the other side of the world and what she wouda seen.
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Brucie: Don't let them bring those
Brucie: Don't let them bring those temps in - fight it. Because once they do, you're out.
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No machines,
No machines, no jobs.
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Tracey: She grows antsy. She needs
She grows antsy. She needs a fix. Jason extends the money, and she snatches it from him, desperate.
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Cynthia: Don't get it mixed
Cynthia: Don't get it mixed up. You're staying here.
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Tracey: Well, f*k you! F*k them! I ain't going down
Well, f*k you! F*k them! I ain't going down without a fight. You can tell those bastards I will burn this factory down before I let them take my life.
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Cynthia: On a cruise, Panama Canal. That's where
On a cruise, Panama Canal. That's where I'd like to be right now. Poolside, pina colada in my hand. High and happy.
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Cynthia: If I walk away, I'm giving up
If I walk away, I'm giving up more than a job, I'm giving up all that time I spent standing on line waiting for one damn opportunity.
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Tracey: You want us to
Tracey: You want us to feel sorry for you?
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Chris: You looked like warriors, arms
Chris: You looked like warriors, arms linked, standing together.
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Oscar: he woke up every morning at four a.m
he woke up every morning at four a.m because he wanted a job in the steel factory, it was the American way, so he swept f*cking floors
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Stan: You stay put for too long, you
Stan: You stay put for too long, you get weighed down by things, things you don't need.
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Stan: This place is for shit. Sure, it used
This place is for shit. Sure, it used to be something. But nolstagia's a disease, I'm not gonna be one of those guys that surrenders to it.
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Jason: Women cost money. All the shit
Women cost money. All the shit they want these days, it's too much. You gotta sew your pockets shut.
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Tracey: Hey Jason, he's heading
Tracey: Hey Jason, he's heading out to cash your check.
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Oscar: New Crowd. We get
Oscar: New Crowd. We get a lot of college kids since the plant closed.
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The four men, uneasy in
The four men, uneasy in their bodies, await the next moment in a fractured togetherness.
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My Christmas presents under the tree are gone... AND my
My Christmas presents under the tree are gone... AND my fish tank with my expensive new tropical fish, gone.
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Freddie Brunner
He burned his fucking house down
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JASON: I plan on retiring from the plant when
I plan on retiring from the plant when I'm like fifty with a killa pension and money to burn, buy a condo in Myrtle Beach, open a Dunkin' Donuts and live my life.
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Tracey's grandfather
My grandfather was German, and he could build anything. Cabinets, fine furniture, anything.
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CYNTHIA: I was set. And when I got my union card
I was set. And when I got my union card, you couldn't tell me anything. Sometimes when I was shopping I would let it slip out of my wallet onto the counter just so folks could see it. I was that proud of it.
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Cynthia's jealousy - fingernails
Stone Age. Prehistoric. T-Rex. And I know what it means, Brucie knows what it means, but this bitch doesn't. Boobs leans over and whispers something into Brucie's ear. That's it. You just grab this chick's tits, and dig your fingernails in as hard as you can.
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Shit, I remember when I sat down
Shit, I remember when I sat down at the bar I knew I didn't want the same flat-ass beer that Stan always poured.
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I'm out there on the picket line every morning. I shout
I'm out there on the picket line every morning. I shout 'fuck you' at a bunch of pathetic hungry guys. I feel good and superior about it all, for like five minutes, then reality hits. They're inside. And then I think about my pops. Who wants that shit?

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