:53:00
Uh...
:53:01
uh, let's see...
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we've heard about hotels
:53:04
in, uh, Syracuse, Philadelphia,
:53:07
Boston...
:53:08
Washington now.
:53:09
That seems to be
all he can remember.
:53:11
Not the White House
:53:13
or the capitol building
:53:14
or the Lincoln Memorial.
:53:16
And you're wondering
why that is.
:53:18
It's because I'm a rotten father.
You're right.
:53:20
I drag him
all over the country
:53:23
for my own
selfish reasons.
:53:24
Fred! Is Josh falling behind
in his schoolwork?
:53:27
He is,
:53:28
but I'm more concerned about
other things...
:53:31
like his
friendships.
:53:32
- There's a problem there?
- Possibly.
:53:34
Well, is there or isn't there?
:53:36
Mr. Waitzkin...
:53:38
I'm sure he's very good
at this chess thing,
:53:40
but that isn't
really the issue--
:53:42
Chess thing.
:53:43
I'm sorry?
:53:44
Chess thing.
:53:45
I'm sure he's good at it,
but I'm worried.
:53:48
To make an analogy--
:53:49
if it was like, say...
:53:51
oh, I don't know...
:53:53
um, cards,
:53:54
pinochle.
:53:55
Pinochle.
:53:56
For instance.
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Pinochle.
:53:58
Fred...
:54:01
Bonnie...
:54:02
She's comparing chess
to pinochle.
:54:04
What am I supposed
to say to that?
:54:06
She's trying
to make a point.
:54:08
Maybe we should listen.
:54:10
Vinnie thinks he's spending
too much time at it, too.
:54:13
Vinnie? Vinnie's a drug addict.
:54:16
I'm supposed to listen to his
opinion, too?
:54:19
I'm sorry,
but your analogy
:54:21
is a very bad one.
:54:23
If you want to make
a comparison to something,
:54:25
have it make sense.
:54:27
Compare it to math
or music or art,
:54:29
because otherwise it belittles him
and it and me.
:54:32
I don't mean
to belittle you--
:54:34
Oh, but you are,
even the way you're looking at me.
:54:38
Mr. Waitzkin,
I think perhaps--
:54:40
I'll tell you how good he is.
He's better at this
:54:43
than I've ever been
at anything in my life.
:54:47
He's better at this
than you'll ever be at anything.
:54:51
My son has a gift.
:54:53
He has a gift,
and once you acknowledge that,
:54:56
then maybe
:54:58
we'll have something
to talk about.