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Blanche and her daughter Nora have not spoken to each other for almost a week. Nora is upset that Blanche won’t let her audition for a Broadway show. But more than that, Nora is angry that her mother won’t make any decisions, but instead defers to Kate (Blanche’s sister) or Kate’s husband Jack--even when the decisions are about her own children. Now, Nora has returned home from a date, and Blanche takes the chance to reassert herself as a parent and earn back Nora’s respect.
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BLANCHE: I want to talk to you.
NORA: Now? It’s late.
BLANCHE: I know it’s late. We could have talked earlier if you didn’t come home a twelve o’clock at night.
[... … …]
End:
BLANCHE: How can I answer that without you thinking I’m still depriving you?
NORA: I don’t know … Maybe you just did.
BLANCHE: I hope so, Nora. I pray to God it’s so.
For full extended scene, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Neil Simon, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Samuel French, 1984, pp. 93-96
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