Sonrisas; No. 3; Room for Us

<v Children>Singing: Smiles are Called Sonrisas <v Blondie>It takes rhythm and dues. <v Ruben>Dues? <v Blondie>Right, you got to pay your dues. Practice makes perfect. <v Sapo>[Singing]. <v Elizabeth>Here it is! <v Elizabeth>Oh come on, and take

<v Elizabeth>a look! Take a look Enrique! <v Garvin>Mira quien viene! <v Sapo>It's Bess! <v Elizabeth>Come on Cheo. <v Ruben>Quien seran enos muchachos que trai. <v Elizabeth>My come on. <v Enrique>No! <v Elizabeth>Oh come on. <v Enrique>No! <v Elizabeth>Hey, you guys. Garven. <v Elizabeth>I'd like you to meet my new friends Enrique and Cheo. <v Garven>Are you from the neighborhood? <v Elizabeth>What difference does that make? <v Garven>You answer my question first. Que te pasa a ti, tu eres mudo? <v Blondie>Hi, my name is Car, but they all call me Blondie. <v Blondie>Any of you guys know how to twirl a baton? <v Elizabeth>Come on, guys. Blondie, let's show 'em around. <v Garven>Que nadie se mueva! Los son del barrio, o no los son? <v Elizabeth>Hey, King Kong, you own this place or somethin'.

<v Garven>If you were a man, I'd make you eat those words. <v Garven>It so happens that Dona Rosaria doesn't want any delinquents at her place. <v Ruben>That's right. <v Sapo>We got to watch our step. <v Enrique>No somos mala gente, somos nuevos en este barrio. <v Enrique>Y mas somos nuevos en este pueblo. <v Sapo>Oye, tu eres extrano, de donde vienes? <v Enrique>I'm from Miami, Florida. But my parents are Cubans. <v Garven>To tell me that eres Cubano. <v Cheo>I'm not Cuban. I'm Puerto Rican. <v Cheo>Oye vamonos. Aqui va haber rebulu. Esquema pesar un purgante. <v Garven>What was that Korean? <v Cheo>So long Elizabeth. I don't think your friends like us and I like to be where I'm not wa <v Cheo>nted. <v Elizabeth> Don't mind frankenstein. He is just our Mascotte. <v Elizabeth>Besides, he's got no more rights here than you or I. <v Sapo> No te dijes. <v Sapo>No te dijes. <v Ruben>Aqui estamos en el cuadre lato en la pelea <v Ruben>de campeonato entre Garven. <v Ruben>Aleaco y Bess! <v Garven>No ver Sapo vamonos.

<v Garven>El enemigo esta practicar. Please please don't hit us with your batons! <v Cheo>Con el pasos el typo. <v Blondie>He carries a chip on his shoulder. <v Elizabeth>Yeah. His brain. <v Enrique>I wouldn't want to mess with him. He looks as if he has muscles between his toes. <v Blondie>Look, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. <v Garven>Como te dije. <v Garven>Tenemos que cuidar lo nuestro. <v Garven>De otra manera, los vamos a quedar sin los chivos y el mecate. <v Ruben>Sigue hablarno. <v Ruben>Que vas a perder. Jaque. <v Don Millo>Howdy, partner. <v Don Millo>Como ven estoy aprendiendo hablar como los nativos. <v Don Millo>Who's winning? <v Garven>I'm winning, of course, I'm older and more experienced. <v Garven>Que estas ganando? Estas loco.

<v Garven>Te tengo en la jaque. <v Don Millo>Mijo no te des por vencido. <v Don Millo>cuando yo era de tu edad en Cuba, le gane a varios senores que eran mayores que yo. <v Ruben>Pero Don mio, soy yo el que esta ganando. <v Garven>After I beat Ruben Don Millo, I'd like to see how quickly I can beat <v Garven>you. <v Don Millo>My boy. In Miami, they say don't count your chickens <v Don Millo>before the eggs crack. <v Garven>Oh, boy. All of a sudden, I smell rotten eggs.] <v Garven>His time will come. Just you wait.] <v Garven>Darte jaque. <v Garven>pierdes tu garna yo. <v Garven>Don Millo juega conmigo. <v Don Millo>Lo siento campeon. <v Don Millo>Sera otra dia. I promised Dona Roasario that I would fix her closet door. <v Don Millo>Yo soy un hombre de palabra] Don Millo

<v Elizabeth>Before you go, I'd like you to meet our new friend. <v Garven>What do you mean our new friends? <v Garven>I never said I wanted 'em. <v Elizabeth>One is Cuban. <v Elizabeth>The other is Puerto Rican. Can you guess which is which? <v Garven>Uno es payaso. <v Garven>Y el otro es un titere. <v Elizabeth>You're always picking on my friends. <v Elizabeth>You don't own this carriagehouse! <v Garven>Neither do you Florence Nightingale. <v Don Millo>Ruben. Bring me some paper. <v Don Millo>I am going to show you how we are all neighbors and as neighbors. <v Don Millo>We should be good to each other. <v Don Millo>Gracias amigo. Muchachos, vengan. <v Don Millo>This it's like looking at a map, mira. <v Don Millo>Texas. <v Don Millo>Mexico, el gulfo de Mexico mas aca, la Florida.

<v Don Millo>Cuba. <v Don Millo>Jamaica. <v Don Millo>Santo Domingo. <v Don Millo>Y bien cercuita Puerto Rico. <v Don Millo>From Cuba, you don't see Puerto Rico, but it's there <v Don Millo>sharing the same winds and currents and sometimes hurricanes. <v Don Millo>From Mexico you don't see Jamaica. <v Don Millo>But they are there. And what affects one affects the other. <v Don Millo>We're all neighbors and should not quarrel. <v Don Millo>Otherwise, the whole neighborhood becomes a battlefield. <v Elizabeth>If you don't mind me saying so, Don Millo, that's a very

<v Elizabeth>nice little message, but I don't see how it solves our problem any. <v Don Millo>What problem? <v Elizabeth>Garven? He's trying to take over the place. <v Don Millo>Perhaps you're exaggerating a little un poquito. <v Blondie>Absolutely not. <v Ruben>He's not trying to take over! <v Elizabeth>Oh yeah? What do you know about it? <v Garven>I know I don't want them here! <v Ruben>Me either! <v Sapo>Throw them out, Blondie too! <v Elizabeth>Quit it! <v Sapo>Bess too! Out! <v Children>[Yelling over each other.] <v Don Millo>Children, please. <v Don Millo>Let's be civil. I just showed you on the map how we're all neighbors. <v Don Millo>We're Bretheren. <v Don Millo>And already you're fighting like cats and dogs. <v Garven>Don't you tell me to shut up. <v Ruben>Why don't you shut up? <v Sapo>Why don't you, and your compadres, split. <v Sapo>You know, jump out. Take a long walk down a short pier? <v Sapo>Scram? Beat it? <v Sapo>vamoos? Sure thing can do?. <v Enrique>It's fine by me. Come on Chuyo. <v Cheo>I wanted to go a long time ago Bess. Thanks anyway.

<v Garven>Aw, you're going so soon.? <v Sapo>Get lost. Beat it. <v Sapo>Hit the road, Jack. Make tracks. <v Cheo>Man you're so funny you belong on a stage. <v Sapo>Yeah [film skipping] one leave in ten minutes. <v Don Millo>Muchachos muchachos por favor. Porque no pueden ser amigos? <v Don Millo>Son hermanos. <v Garven>Look, you ain't from around here So I'll tell you straight. <v Garven>Don't mess with me. <v Sapo>He ain't kidding you. <v Garven>Otherwise I have to hurt you. <v Ruben>De veras? <v Enrique>You make me tremble. You make me shake. <v Enrique>[Blows rasberry]. <v Garven>Mira te soy diciendo. <v Don Millo>Muchachos ya basta! Escucha un momento-. <v Garven>Alla esta la puerta! <v Sapo>?unintelligible? <v Elizabeth>Don't. Don't go. <v Blondie>Really. Or otherwise it'll be like we can't do anything here and only they can. <v Cheo>Bueno perdoname pero si me quedo voy a pegar a ese. <v Garven>Yo tambien! <v Elizabeth>Okay. Okay. Just don't go! <v Don Millo>Nadie tiene que irse. Esta cochera para todos. <v Don Millo>Porque no pueden comprender esto? <v Sapo>Because they're jerks! <v Blondie>They aren't jerks! <v Sapo>Don't you push me! <v Elizabeth>Don't you push her! <v Don Millo>Hey, get them off! <v Children>Hey [talking over each other].

<v Garven>Cinco, seis, siete, ocho, <v Garven>nueve, zeta, uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco, seis. <v Senor Gutierrez>Asi, asi, que los olympianos vienen. <v Garven>Boy! I'm too mad. I think I'll do <v Garven>17000 to calm myself. <v Senor Gutierrez>Que pasa? <v Garven>Bastante, oye, bastante. <v Garven>Bess brought two new kids. <v Senor Gutierrez>Bueno, y que? <v Garven>So? <v Garven>Is that I have to say. <v Garven>What if Ruben brings in two new kids and Sapo and Ratocito <v Garven>And Jackie and Blondie, even me. <v Garven>How many kids do you think that would be? <v Senor Gutierrez>Y que? <v Garven>That's 14 new kids. OK. <v Garven>What if those 14 new kids brought another two kids to the carriage house? <v Garven>See what I'm driving at?

<v Senor Gutierrez>Francamente no se lo que me quieres decir. <v Garven>Sobre poblacion Senor Gutierrez. <v Garven>Como, una playa de ratas. <v Senor Gutierrez>Restas exagerando un poco. <v Garven>No, I don't think I'm exaggerating. <v Garven>And there's another question. <v Garven>Aren't you senior citizens always selling us that "one rotten apple can spoil the <v Garven>bunch?". <v Senor Gutierrez>Rancilizate. <v Senor Gutierrez>Pero ese que demasciado television. <v Garven>Asi? <v Senor Gutierrez>Basta de los cosas que hacer. <v Garven>OK, if I'm wrong how come every country in the world has immigration <v Garven>laws? You can't let everyone into your territory and still feel <v Garven>at home. <v Senor Gutierrez>Look Garven, the carriage house is not your territory. <v Senor Gutierrez>And the question of accepting new members into the carriage house is not to be decided by <v Senor Gutierrez>either you or me or by anybody else, but by the majority. <v Senor Gutierrez>Now, that's called democracy. <v Garven>Yeah like might makes right. <v Senor Gutierrez>I've never known anyone who can twist things around the way you do. <v Garven>What am I supposed to do? Keep my mouth shut and say Yes sir to everything?

<v Garven>I'm not built that way. <v Garven>I see something wrong. And I say it. <v Senor Gutierrez>Well what's wrong, for Pete's sake? <v Garven>One, two, three, four, five, six, <v Garven>seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, <v Garven>thirteen. <v Enrique>You think it's safe to go back downstairs yet? <v Don Millo>Quien sabe, the way that they know the <v Don Millo>way that all of you were work just now, everybody fighting, nobody <v Don Millo>listening. <v Enrique>The way it's been ever since I left home. <v Don Millo>Cuba? <v Enrique>No, Miami. <v Don Millo>You never got into fights in Miami? <v Enrique>Nunca. <v Don Mllo>Muchacho, have boys really changed that much since I was one? <v Don Mllo>Well, to be very honest with you, that was a very long time ago.

<v Enrique>Well, I got in some fights, but with kids I knew, kids <v Enrique>like me, Cubanos, no como estos.] <v Enrique>Entiendo. <v Enrique>No es facil ser un extranjero. How do you say, an outsider? <v Don Millo>No, it's not easy, especially when you have to move <v Don Millo>twice in a year. <v Enrique>Yeah. Union City, New Jersey. <v Enrique>And now this dump. <v Don Millo>Sabes que? <v Don Millo>Quizas nos podemos sufritar todo eso. <v Don Millo>By sticking together, just you and me. <v Don Millo>Como un par de viejitos Cubanos de Camaguey. <v Don Millo>And the rest of the kids, they can go and uh, como se dice? <v Don Millo>Do their own thing.

<v Enrique>Yeah. <v Enrique>But what about Bess? <v Don Millo>Well, she's not exactly a Cubano muchacho. <v Enrique>She's been pretty nice to me. <v Don Millo>Pero if we are going to get together? <v Don Millo>The only Cubans, you see what I mean? <v Enrique>Aren't you almost finished with that thing?] Si. <v Enrique>Well, maybe we ought to be getting back downstairs, Don Millo. <v Don Millo>Whatever you say. Enrique, let me just <v Don Millo>finish this here. <v Cheo>[Playing drums].

<v Garven>Sera que voy como un Puertorriqueno. [Mocks] La selve rotumbo en me pecho. <v Garven>Ah, that was good. <v Ruben>Yeah. <v Garvin and boys>[Dancing and grunting in a mocking manner]. <v Cheo>[Plays drums]. <v Ruben>[Tarzan roar]. <v Garven>Have no fear Tarzan is here! <v Ruben> <v Ruben>Guarde los scueros mi socio. <v Ruben>No venimos aqui para ser descarga. Garamba chico porque te como la gente. <v Cheo>Como que te has pasar lo enemigo. <v Blondie>What are you getting so angry about? <v Blondie>Oh, you're sensitive. <v Cheo>Go ahead and laugh. <v Cheo>Every time they call you Blondie, they're making fun of you, and you don't even know it. <v Blondie>They're not making fun of me.

<v Blondie>They're my friends. <v Blondie>And that's more than I can say for you. <v Don Millo>Enrique, deja lo que se tranqueliza ve? <v Garvin>Hope you learned your lesson Bess. <v Garvin>Don't try and fill this place with baton twirlers. <v Elizabeth>What you did to Cheo was wrong. <v Garven>You even tried to turn Ruben into a baton twirler, once you had your people in the <v Garven>majority, you were taken over. <v Elizabeth>OK, OK, you win. <v Elizabeth>I hope you're satisfied. <v Ruben>Can I ask you a question Garven? <v Garven>Shoot. <v Ruben>Why are you always doing push ups? <v Garven>Well, my mental processes are clear when I'm in the prone. <v Garven>It also clears my sinuses.

<v Senor Gutierrez>What's going on? Why is Cheo so upset? <v Don Millo>Te quiero ser un pregunta, Garven. <v Don Millo>What do you think you've just accomplished? <v Don Millo>Win another game of chess. <v Don Millo>You think life is a chess game? <v Don Millo>If it is, I have news for you. <v Don Millo>You've lost. And you don't even know it. <v Garven>Nada de eso entiendo yo. <v Don Millo>Don't you win at chess when you've isolated your opponent. <v Garven>Seguro. <v Garven>Como lo hice a Blondie y a Bess. Y a los dos extranjeros. <v Don Millo>You didn't isolate them. You've isolated yourself. <v Garven>Wrong, I have the pieces. <v Senor Gutierrez>Chess's not pieces, Garven, but positions and people are not pieces

<v Senor Gutierrez>but feelings, sentiments and reasons. <v Senor Gutierrez>Garbin, you have a few moves left before you're in checkmate, completely isolated from <v Senor Gutierrez>everyone. Would you like to see how the game is going to end? <v Garven>Sure. I'm up for another win. <v Senor Gutierrez>OK, everybody, we're going to have a vote. <v Senor Gutierrez>Garven, you remember, I tell you that the majority decides who joins the clubhouse. <v Garven>Yeah. <v Senor Gutierrez>OK, let's have a vote here, everybody, for Cheo and Enrique to join the clubhouse. <v Senor Gutierrez>Raise your hands. <v Senor Gutierrez>Don Millo, you can vote too. <v Don Millo>. Well, truly, I don't know. <v Senor Gutierrez>You're part of the group, Don Millo. You helped us get this place. <v Senor Gutierrez>OK, that's four against three Enrique can't vote 'cause we're <v Senor Gutierrez>voting for him. <v Senor Gutierrez>That's it. The majority wins Enrique and Cheo are in. <v Senor Gutierrez>That's it. <v Garven>Hey, no, that's- you just don't. Vote it that easy, right? <v Garven>Do we do we?

<v Ruben>No, no. <v Garven>We're not just got to accept that just because, you know-. <v Senor Gutierrez>I just count the votes. I just-. <v Elizabeth>I have a question first, why don't you want them here? <v Sapo>Because Garven's my friend. <v Garven>See? <v Elizabeth>It doesn't say anything. <v Elizabeth>Why don't you want them here in our carriage house? <v Senor Gutierrez>Because in other words, you're doing what Garven wants you to do, right? <v Elizabeth>Following along like a puppet. <v Senor Gutierrez>Why are you doing that? Why is he such a big deal? <v Senor Gutierrez>Why? Why does he have so much power over you? <v Senor Gutierrez>Is he just that good of a friend of yours or is it that you just do whatever he says? <v Senor Gutierrez>What is it? <v Sapo>He's my friend! <v Garven>[unintelligible] <v Senor Gutierrez>Let him talk for himself Garven, let him do the talking. Go ahead, Sapo. <v Sapo>Well, we're late. We're a group, aren't we? <v Garven>Yeah, we are. <v Elizabeth>No you're not! You're the leader and y'all two are the followers here, he makes all the <v Elizabeth>decisions. <v Garven>Everybody needs a leader! Just so happens-. <v Senor Gutierrez>But why are you the leader of this group here? <v Garven>I'm the leader of that-. <v Sapo>Why are you the leader? Why can't I be the leader? <v Sapo>Or Ruben?

<v Ruben>Well I'm too small to be the leader. <v Garven>Yeah see-. <v Senor Gutierrez>No you're not. Anybody can be a leader. <v Garven>Okay look, okay look. <v Garven>Who wins every game of chess. <v Boys>[Talking over each other.] <v Garven>Who's the biggest me. Who's the strongest, me. Look at that, you see that? <v Boys>[Talking over each other.] <v Senor Gutierrez>You, you, you. In other words, what he's saying is that because he is better than both of <v Senor Gutierrez>you, that he gets to be the leader. <v Blondie>Ruben, why do you think Enrique and Cheo shouldn't be at the carriage house? <v Senor Gutierrez>Let him talk for himself, Garven! <v Garven>Okay! He's going to answer the same thing! <v Senor Gutierrez>Quit whispering things in his ear. <v Garven>Alright alright I stopped. <v Elizabeth>Alright. <v Ruben>Well, Garven's my friend and I. <v Senor Gutierrez>Is that why you follow him? Because he's our friend. <v Garven>Yeah. <v Senor Gutierrez>Or what? What is the real reason? <v Senor Gutierrez> <v Garven>I know what's going on. <v Sapo>Hey, I think, here, why you are the leader? <v Garven>Just because I am the leader, man. <v Sapo>I want to be a leader too! <v Garven>But no- I'm gonna take turns being leader.

<v Elizabeth>In other words, you're saying that they're worse off than you are. <v Elizabeth>So your leader, because you're biggest and strongest. <v Senor Gutierrez>[unintelligible] and the same. <v Ruben>Are you my friend? <v Garven>Hey man, let's- you don't need to ask something like that, you know you're my friend <v Garven>shoot. <v Senor Gutierrez>Well, tell him why. Why you're the leader then. Why are you always bossing him around? <v Garven>'Cause we stick together. <v Senor Gutierrez>Because like you said, because you're better. <v Senor Gutierrez>You're bigger. You're better at chess. <v Garven>That's why I'm the leader. <v Sapo>But Garven, we could take turns being a leader. <v Garven>You can't- no one- no, you can't take turns being leader. <v Sapo>Why not? Why? <v Garven>Because just not. <v Senor Gutierrez>We're having another-. <v Elizabeth>I think we should have another vote. <v Senor Gutierrez>Okay. What does everybody think? <v Elizabeth>Yeah. <v Senor Gutierrez>All right. <v All>[Talking over each other.]. <v Garven>All right, say it. <v Ruben>Said Garven, I think you could still be leader. <v Ruben>But I mean, we all make decisions together. <v Garven>Yeah we do we do anyway? Right? Don't we make decisions-. <v Sapo>But we're supposed to be tsk- It always. <v Sapo>It can't be always just the same leader. <v Senor Gutierrez>I think things are a little different. Let's take another vote. <v Senor Gutierrez>Let's see. <v Garven>Well they're all gonna say the same thing. They're all gonna say no. Right? See? <v Senor Gutierrez>Would you leave them make up their own minds, please.

<v Garven>Alright. Alright alright, alright. <v Senor Gutierrez>Alright. Everybody, for Cheo and Enrique joinin' the clubhouse group. <v Senor Gutierrez>Raise your hands. One, two, three, four. <v Garven>Aw come on Sapo! Aw <v Garven>not you, too? What happened to my aw? <v Elizabeth>Come on over here. <v Garven>What happened to my team man? <v Senor Gutierrez>Alright Garven you've done what I said you were gonna do. You've isolated yourself from <v Senor Gutierrez>everybody in the group. You're over there standing by. <v Senor Gutierrez>Just look at us. We're over here. You're over there. <v Garven>It's okay it's cool. I thought you were my friends. I thought you were my friends, but that's what you guys think of <v Garven>me. <v Sapo>We are your friends. But. <v Sapo>We like to be leaders too. <v Sapo>We don't like to be bossed all the time. <v Garven>I don't wanna hear what you've gotta say. I don't care. Alright. <v Garven>I don't care what you- I thought we were going to stay together, we were a team man. <v Senor Gutierrez>We don't mean anything to, you know. I mean, you just don't care about. <v Garven>Oh it seems, the other way around to me. <v Garven>My two friends have left me for the other side. <v Senor Gutierrez>So what are you gonna do? <v Garven>I don't need to do anything man.

<v Garven>I don't need ya. I don't need you. I don't need you. I don't need any of you. <v Garven>I don't need this clubhouse. <v Elizabeth>This is-. <v Garven>I don't- shut up! I don't need you. <v Elizabeth>This is going too far Garven. <v Garven>Oh come on leave me-. <v Elizabeth>We need you! <v Garven>No, you don't. You-. <v Elizabeth>What about the newspaper? <v Garven>All my friends left me. I don't need any of you. <v Garven>I don't need this [unintelligible]. <v Elizabeth>Garven what about the newspaper. <v Enrique>Garven, I can help you with the newspaper. <v Garven>What do you know about newspaper making and all that stuff? <v Enrique>My father used to work in a printing shop. <v Senor Gutierrez>What's your vote? <v Sapo>What's your vote Garven? <v Senor Gutierrez>Quiet, everybody. Quiet. Let him decide. <v Senor Gutierrez>What's your vote? <v Cheo's Mother>Cheo, Cheo come in! <v Cheo's Mother>Your father sent me home.

<v Cheo>Mami, tuve una pelea en la cochera donde fui con Enrique. <v Cheo>Me insultaron, me llamaron mala gente. <v Cheo's Mother>Mira hijo, eso no es tu lugar. <v Cheo's Mother>Your place is with your people. <v Cheo>Pero mami, aqui no es Puertorriquenos. <v Cheo's Mother>Entonces, tu lugar es con tu familia. <v Cheo's Mother>No lloras mijo. <v Feliciano>What is going on here? <v Cheo's Mother>Cheo tuvo una pelea con unos muchachos en la cochera y parece que. <v Feliciano>Serves him right. <v Feliciano>I bet you that little Cuban was behind it. <v Feliciano>Who won the fight? You or they? <v Feliciano>Are you deaf or something? Who won the fight? <v Cheo>It was an argument, Papi. Not really a fight.

<v Feliciano>You should be studying karate instead of hanging around with wetbacks. <v Cheo's Mother>Pero Feliciano, how can you say such a thing? <v Cheo's Mother>Think of all the problems that we had as Puerto Ricans. <v Cheo's Mother>Do you want your son to grow up disliking people because of their color, nationality? <v Cheo's Mother>Not seeing people as people? <v Cheo's Mother>Do what your son to be like the kids who picked on you when you were little? <v Feliciano>No me importa. No quiero que vuelve alla ni que tengo ver nada mi hijo desgraciado. <v Feliciano>Y tu a donde vas? <v Che>Con su permiso a usar el bano. <v Feliciano>As if I didn't have enough troubles at work. <v Cheo's Mother>Tu estas seguro que no eres tu quien hace los problemas. <v Feliciano>Quien sera? <v Garven>Me and my big mouth.

<v Feliciano>Que quieres? <v Garven>Mr. Garcia. We'd like to talk to Cheo. <v Garven>Come on outside. <v Elizabeth>Let's go outside.