:55:00
...her life in America
with its crime, consumerism and vulgarity.
:55:02
All those loud, badly-dressed fat people...
:55:05
...watching their 80 channels of TV
and visiting shopping malls.
:55:08
The plastic, throw-everything-away
society with its violence and racism.
:55:12
And finally, the total lack of culture.
:55:16
It's a problem.
:55:17
Ramon's very clever because he never said
anything opposing Ted directly.
:55:21
He didn't even mention
that thing about the ants.
:55:24
He pointed out how Montserrat would be
separating from family and friends forever.
:55:28
Even if she came back every year...
:55:30
...her children would be Americans,
eating hamburgers.
:55:33
Finally, Montserrat was sobbing,
what he described was so bleak.
:55:37
She's dumped Ted and gone back
to Ramon because of some conversation?
:55:43
That's just it. She just wanted
to have a serious talk with Ted...
:55:47
...but the way he acted
practically forced her into Ramon's arms.
:55:50
She is in the arms of Ramon?
:55:52
No.
:55:54
I don't know.
:55:55
When you were in Rhode Island,
was the crime and vulgarity so bad?
:56:01
Great.
:56:12
- What's going on?
- I'm getting canned.
:56:15
But you're the best they've got.
You always say so.
:56:18
I know. This jerk Dickie Taylor
is calling the shots now.
:56:22
I don't know how Jack let it happen.
:56:24
God!
:56:27
And on top of that thing with Montserrat.
:56:29
Are you sure you know what you're doing?
:56:31
Marta said you practically forced her
back into Ramon's arms.
:56:35
She said that?
:56:36
I don't know what happened.
Everything was going so well.
:56:39
Then she never showed up that night
after going for her things at Ramon's.
:56:43
They talked until dawn
and she slept on his sofa...
:56:48
...which, for all I know, is true.
:56:50
Marta said he laid it on thick with
the violence and racism in the USA.
:56:54
It wouldn't change everything this way.
Something spooked her.
:56:58
As if I had crowded her.
I was really playing it cool, too.