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Sam and Willie discuss the art of ballroom dancing in this opening scene of the play. Sam gives Willie advice on how to dance--and how to treat his partner, Hilda. To help Sam demonstrate dancing, Willie begins by singing Thomas Wayne’s “Scandalizing My Name,” and ends by singing Count Basie’s “You’re the Cream in my Coffee.” This scene sets up the play’s metaphor of ballroom dancing as a way for people to cooperate and work together, without being impeded by the racism of apartheid.
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WILLIE: (singing as he works) “She was scandalizin’ my name,
She took my money
She called me honey
But she was scandalizin’ my name.
Called it love but was playin’ a game ….”
[... … …]
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WILLIE: A-n-d … (singing)
“You the cream in my coffee.
You the salt in my stew.
You will always be my necessity.
I’d be lost without you …”
Athol Fugard, “MASTER HAROLD” … and the boys, Vintage Books, 2009, pp.4-9.
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