Murph: There’s also-- you notice that there’s a lot of the people waiting in line are uh-- emotionally walled off young men, that are just kinda standing there like “I don’t care”. And as they walk up to him, Balnor goes “Hey it’s me, Balnor! I’m your dad and I’m proud of you!”
[Emily, Caldwell, and the audience laugh.]
Murph: You see all these dudes just breaking down.
Hardwon (Jake): Shit.
Moonshine (Emily): Y’all this is beautiful. We can’t disrupt this.
Hardwon: Yeah. This is...
Beverly (Caldwell): This is really working.
Balnor (Murph): This guy’s stepping on my-- this is my thing!
Hardwon: And I’ll go-- I'll go talk to him about it!
Jake: Hardwon gets in line.
[All laugh]
Murph: Hardwon gets in line. Hardwon you get to the front.
Fake!Balnor: Hey bud, how’s your day goin?
Hardwon: (standoffish) ’s alright.
Fake!Balnor: Yeah?
Hardwon: Why d’you care?
Fake!Balnor: Was it a tough one?
Hardwon: (long pause) I dunno
Fake!Balnor: It’s okay if it was a tough one
Hardwon: (increasingly emotional) It wasn’t too bad…
Fake!Balnor: Yeah, that’s cause you’re my tough guy, right?
[Audience awws and laughs]
Hardwon: (emotionally) It was-- it was a tough day, Dad.
Fake!Balnor: It’s okay. Tough guys cry. Tough guys cry.
Hardwon: (crying) I’m really fuckin’ tough.
Murph: He brings you in and gives you a big hug.
[Hardwon howl-sobs]
Fake!Balnor: For nineteen dollars you can have a gift bag.
Hardwon: Wait, what?
Jake: Hardwon shakes it off.
Fake!Balnor: It’s nineteen dollars for a gift bag.
Hardwon: (emotionally) Beverly give him the gold.
Caldwell: I give him the shillings.
Murph: (laughs) He takes the shillings, um, and you get a little gift bag. There’s some mulch in there, there’s a Bud Heavy--
Jake: Hardwon walks over to a food stand. I can’t strike this man.
[Cut forward]
Hardwon: That was my first hug from another guy.
[Audience laughs]
(Real!)Balnor: We haven’t hugged?
Hardwon: Bring it in.
Balnor: Hey, hey, yeah, c'mon, right?
Jake: Hardwon starts crying.
Hardwon: (crying) We should do this more.