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Teach is a volatile associate of Don, a pawn shop owner. Teach overhears Don planning the robbery of a valuable coin collection and wants in on the job. He finds out that Don is going to send Bob, Don’s somewhat stupid, drug-addicted gopher, to do the robbery with him and convinces Don to bring Teach along for the robbery instead of Bobby. In this scene, Don has just told Bob he’s not needed for the robbery and sent him home. Now that Teach is in on the robbery, he begins to probe Don for
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TEACH: You’re only doing the right thing by him, Don. (Pause). Believe me. (Pause). It’s best for everyone. (Pause). What’s done is done. (Pause). So let’s get started. On the thing. Tell me everything.
DON: Like what?
TEACH . . . the guy . . . where does he live . . .
[... … …]
TEACH: (It would be unnatural I wasn’t tense. A guy who isn’t tense. I don’t want him on my side.)
DON: (No.)
TEACH: (You know why?)
DON: (Yeah.)
TEACH: (Okay, then.) It’s good to talk this stuff out.
Mamet, David, American Buffalo, Concord Theatricals, pp. 44-47.
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