This is a piece of Dialouge from the play Angels in America by Tony Kushner "also an HBO mini-series by th same name".
Roy Cohn, a McCarthyist attorney" He's a real character" is now diagnosed with AIDS, and is offering a job in Washington to his clerk lawyer Joe who is hesitant about it because of his wife's condition.
here Roy is talking with Joe trying to convince him,
Roy:How long.... How long we known each other? Since 1980. -Right. That's a long time. I feel close to you, Joe. Do I advise you well?
-You've been an incredible friend, Roy.
-I wanna be family. Famiglia... as my ltalian friends call it. La famiglia. Lovely word. It's important for me... to help you, like I was helped.
-I owe practically everything to you, Roy.
-I'm dying, Joe. Cancer.
-Oh, my God.
-Please, let me finish. Few people know this. I'm telling you this because.... I'm not afraid of death. What can death bring that I haven't faced? I've lived. Life is the worst. Listen to me, I'm a philosopher. Joe, you must do this. You must, must. Love, that's a trap. Responsibility, that's a trap, too. Like a father to a son, I tell you this. Life is full of horror. Nobody escapes. Nobody. Save yourself. Whatever pulls on you... whatever needs from you, threatens you. Learn at least this:. What you are capable of... Iet nothing stand in your way.
3 comments:
3dl bosh-haab, nice dialogue
we want more ;) !
interesting
but how in your opinions love a trap ??
and if it is .. who sets it ?? do people set it for them selves ?
Ahmad,, thank you 3ammi,,i put another piece from the play and wrote a proluge about just because you said,,
NAda,
for a person like Roy Cohn, he sees love as well as responsibilty as traps,
he was infamous about his role in prosecuting against the Rosenbergs and many historian said that Ethel Rosenberg was excuted just because she was her husband's wife,,
he was charged "by federal laws" to be involved with several professional misconducts,,
that could explain why he saw love and reponsibility as traps,,
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