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Angela and Michael Rodriguez are siblings. Michael has just come back home after a year-long stay in a psychiatric hospital and is determined to finally leave the Bronx. After four years in a boring marriage, Angela has just left her husband and wants to live a carefree, independent life. Michael worries that Angela will end up like their mother, Lucy, having nothing and relying on someone else. In this scene, Michael has just returned home from an exhausting new job and got caught up in a
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Start: Angela: You okay? Michael: I’m fine. Angela: Hey you know, Michael, you shouldn’t let them get to you like that.
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End: Angela: Just don’t get your hopes up. Michael: Why not? I’m tired of not hoping. And even if things don’t work out I’ll at least have the satisfaction of knowing I didn’t die on Simpson Street.
Citation: Edward Gallardo, Simpson Street, Arte Publico Press, 1990.
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