fearless
Henry is in the basement, watching home movies of the family many years ago. Claudia comes halfway down the stairs and sits down, watching from there.
Claudia: Bunch of clowns.
Henry: Ah look at that. Clown family. [both laugh softly]
Claudia comes and sits next to her dad.
Henry: Ok,here's what I'm thinkin.
Claudia: OK...
Henry: I always settled for less.
Claudia: Not true, not true.
Henry: I let stuff get in my way. I did it with my work. I did it with my pleasure.
Claudia:: Dad, please, you don't have to explain.
Henry: Yes, I do. Cause all of a sudden, one day you're sittin in the cellar,lookin at pictures on the wall...and you think: That wasn't me at all. That was some other guy. Some other guy with a smaller waistline dancing with Adele. And the way we fit together...
Claudia: You'd open a vein for that lady.
Henry: She'd open it for me. heh
Henry: Do you remember that day. You kids and your mother -- all the 5 of us -- all standing down on that tarmac at the airport on my lunch hour...
Claudia: [Shaking her head no]
Henry: Where they don't allow normal people. Right almost on the goddamned runway! But I have my maintenance pass and my kids are squirts.The fog is lifting. Your mother'sgot a vice grip on my arm, and the ground is shaking. And Tommy and Joanne areholding onto my pants for dear life.
And VRROOOOM! Here it comes. That brand-new 727 lookin like some kind of ... whatever.
And when that sucker takes off. There you are, holding onto no one. Eyes wide open - just like your dad.
Henry: Ah You were fearless, huh? Huh? Fearless.
Henry: Great moment of my life. Great. 1969. Ten seconds, tops.
Claudia: Drop in the bucket.
Henry: I wish I had it all on tape.
fearless
Henry is in the basement, watching home movies of the family many years ago. Claudia comes halfway down the stairs and sits down, watching from there.
Claudia: Bunch of clowns.
Henry: Ah look at that. Clown family. [both laugh softly]
Claudia comes and sits next to her dad.
Henry: Ok,here's what I'm thinkin.
Claudia: OK...
Henry: I always settled for less.
Claudia: Not true, not true.
Henry: I let stuff get in my way. I did it with my work. I did it with my pleasure.
Claudia:: Dad, please, you don't have to explain.
Henry: Yes, I do. Cause all of a sudden, one day you're sittin in the cellar,lookin at pictures on the wall...and you think: That wasn't me at all. That was some other guy. Some other guy with a smaller waistline dancing with Adele. And the way we fit together...
Claudia: You'd open a vein for that lady.
Henry: She'd open it for me. heh
Henry: Do you remember that day. You kids and your mother -- all the 5 of us -- all standing down on that tarmac at the airport on my lunch hour...
Claudia: [Shaking her head no]
Henry: Where they don't allow normal people. Right almost on the goddamned runway! But I have my maintenance pass and my kids are squirts.The fog is lifting. Your mother'sgot a vice grip on my arm, and the ground is shaking. And Tommy and Joanne areholding onto my pants for dear life.
And VRROOOOM! Here it comes. That brand-new 727 lookin like some kind of ... whatever.
And when that sucker takes off. There you are, holding onto no one. Eyes wide open - just like your dad.
Henry: Ah You were fearless, huh? Huh? Fearless.
Henry: Great moment of my life. Great. 1969. Ten seconds, tops.
Claudia: Drop in the bucket.
Henry: I wish I had it all on tape.