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Start: You know what I really want? I w...

Arnold Beckoff

Torch Song Trilogy

Harvey Fierstein

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Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act One, Scene One
Time & Place
Dressing room, late 1970s
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Mature Audiences (M)

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You know what I really want? I want the International Stud. No, not the bar. The man. A stud. A guy who knows what he wants and ain’t a’scared to go out and get it. A guy who satisfies his every need, and don’t mind if you get what you want in the bargain.

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But in all those beds not once has someone said, “Arnold, I love you …” that I could believe. So, I ask myself, “Do you really care?” And the only honest answer I can give myself is, “Yes, I care.” I care be… (He catches himself.) I care a great deal. But not enough.

Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy, in Out Plays: Landmark Gay and Lesbian Plays of the Twentieth Century, ed. Ben Hodges, 2008. pp.411-412.

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