:22:00
Nobody knows what happened to them.
:22:02
But our tribes are descended
from these proud ancestors.
:22:06
Don't laugh, Mr. Shaft.
:22:07
Your survival depends
on how much you can remember.
:22:10
Who's laughing?
:22:12
I was just thinking,
they made us study Shakespeare in school.
:22:15
Was he ever a Johnny-come-lately...
:22:17
...compared to your cats grooving
on poetry a thousand years ago.
:22:21
Sure blow their minds at P.S. 64!
:22:28
Our officials fall into two categories.
:22:30
Macha. Tulama.
:22:33
Not bad. You are progressing.
:22:36
Why don't you get rid of
that Jolly Giant there...
:22:39
...so that you and I can get down
to the finer strokes?
:22:44
Ossiat has guarded me since I was a child.
:22:47
Sometimes I think of him
as my living chastity belt.
:22:51
Damn!
:22:55
Man that size, baby.
That's a whole lot of chastity.
:22:59
I'm still in my first age-grade.
We call that Fareita.
:23:03
No one is permitted to marry
while they're in Fareita.
:23:06
What do you do for relaxation?
:23:09
I enter Chela, my second age-grade,
this February.
:23:13
Then, even the Emir's daughter
may have sex and marry.
:23:16
After my clitoridectomy.
:23:19
Your what?
:23:21
My clitoridectomy, female circumcision.
:23:26
You mean, when they cut off your....
:23:29
Are you afraid to say the word?
My clitoris?
:23:33
Yes.
:23:33
That's what they do in the time of Chela.
:23:38
Hell, no wonder the natives get restless.
:23:42
The emphasis in our marriages
is not upon sexual pleasure...
:23:46
...but upon the rearing of children.
:23:51
Listen, baby....
:23:54
February's just around the corner.
:23:57
How are you going to know
what you're missing unless...