"Next." "May I?" "Yes." "What's the matter with you?" "Do you know, a cough." "Cough?" "Strong cough?" "Yes." "A dry cough, or do you have phlegm?" "Dry." "I'm literally choking." "Alright, I understand." "Are you undressed?" "Proceed to the stand." "Do you smoke?" "Yes." "Smoke a lot?" "Mmm, yeah." "Dearie me, you gotta quit smoking." "Yes, I know." "Inhale." "Hold your breath." "Alright, you can breathe." "Obstructive bronchitis..." "Pneumonia..." ""STILYAGI aka BOOGIE BONES"" ""Moscow, 1955"" "Ivan, Klim, Nikolay..." "Go in from this side." "Elena, Slava - here." "Luba, the instrument, please." "How disgusting." "It's a raid!" "Skedaddle!" "Cut 'em, cut 'em!" "Mels!" "Can you walk?" "It hurts!" "Can you walk?" "Hang on, I'll go get someone." "Don't." "I probably broke it." "It's all because of you." "Alright..." "Get up." "Get up, get up." "What's your name?" "Mels." "Yours?" "Polina." "Polly." "To those who know me, Polza (in Russian:" "Benefit)." "Why Polza?" "You'll find out." "Now you know." "Come to Broadway." "It has its benefits." "What a night..." "Why don't people want to live normal lives?" "How could this happen, Mels?" "I didn't catch her." "You?" "Faculty champion?" "I'm telling you, Katya..." "I tripped, and fell in." "It could happen to anyone." "I don't understand, how can you say it so lightly: "Didn't catch her!"?" "We're not playing Tag here, Mels." "Every one of those Stilyagi is a potential criminal." "It's only one step from a saxophone to a knife!" "You know what, Commissioner..." "How about I write a report tomorrow?" "About how I ran, tripped, fell in." "Come on, Mels, don't be like that." "I'm saying this as your friend." "Don't worry about it." "We'll get that Stilyaga harlot, she won't get away." "A man and a cat are crying, crying at the window," "Grey rain is falling down right on the window glass." "For that man and for that cat, an ambulance is coming," "For you see, that poor, poor man, done gone lost his mind." "The doctor, he is coming, through the snowy plains," "Bringing a curative powder to all the people here." "The man and the cat are going, going to take that powder," "And their woes will go away, their sorrows disappear." "The man and the cat, they count their, count their days off sadly," "A grey ceiling's all they get instead of a blue sky." "The man and the cat can fly, but only in the nighttime," "Their dreams, they never come true, they don't get any wings." "The doctor, he is coming, through the snowy plains," "Bringing a curative powder to all the people here." "The man and the cat are going, going to take that powder," "And their woes will go away, their sorrows disappear." "Where, oh where, oh where, now where are you, white chariot," "That's what the man is shouting, inside the bathroom walls." "But the walls can't hear him, the pipes, they are like veins there," "And the cistern's beating madly like a heart." "The doctor, he is coming, through the snowy plains," "Bringing a curative powder to all the people here." "The man and the cat are going, going to take that powder," "And their woes will go away, their sorrows disappear." "Where have you been all night?" "At work." "Come here, sit down." "Mom, don't start..." "Don't you understand, they'll fire me..." "I'll be a street sweeper, assuming they even trust me a broom..." "How can I command people, when..." "I raised a... a spy... in my own home." "In the ten years since your father died, I never said..." "Word one." "Where are your godddamn things?" "Where's your American crap!" "I'm throwing it all out!" "I'll burn it all!" "You slut!" "I'll throw you out naked into the street!" "Haven't I provided for you?" "What more do you need?" "You ungrateful filth." "Is this why I raised you?" "!" "So you could flash your underwear at people?" "!" "What are you looking at!" "What are you looking at, you little slut!" "I didn't whip you enough, did I?" "I should have whipped you so hard you couldn't walk!" "Tanya, come to Broadway with us." "I've asked you a hundred times." "No, no, come on, I can't." "Settle down, people!" "This isn't a circus!" ""Broadway"" "Well, would you look at that." "He came himself." "Hey dudes, got any scissors?" "We oughta return the favor." "Ah, he doesn't even have anything to cut off." "Even a mangy sheep has a tuft of wool." "I was invited." "Who invited you?" "Polly." "She asked, I came." "Hello, then." "Hey." "You're not sick, are you?" "No." "I thought you lost your footing yesterday." "Just your imagination." "Alright, then." "Bye." "Careful, you'll get poisoned." "Watch the car, you hear?" "Hey." "Hey." "Glad to see you." "Hey there, dudette." "Hey, what's going on here, huh?" "Leave him alone, he's just a harmless little runt." "Let's go to the Cock!" "Dryn!" "Leave him alone!" "Let's go." "Dudes!" "I'm coming!" "You, from the height" "Of your beauty" "Don't notice me." "But, I can do" "Something that" "Will make you know me." "Today I might be a nobody," "They can tell you I'm all wrong for you," "But!" "Give me this day," "Give me this night," "At least give me one chance," "And you'll understand" "I'm just what you need." "Give me this day," "Give me this night," "At least give me one chance," "You won't fall asleep," "While I am near you." "Can I interest you in something?" "The rest - at this address." "The password is:" ""Does Uncle Yosya work here?"" "The response:" ""Uncle Yosya retired long ago."" "The keyword is: "Nolik sent me." I am Nolik." ""Nolik sent me, I am Nolik."" "I'm Nolik." "You were sent by Nolik." "Hey," "You should be sorry" "That you never met anyone" "Like me before." "Excuse me." "Does Uncle Yosya work here?" "Uncle Yosya retired long ago." "But for you," "I will change myself" "And start over." "Today I might be a nobody," "They can tell you I'm all wrong for you," "But!" "Give me this day," "Give me this night," "At least give me one chance," "And you'll understand" "I'm just what you need." "Give me this day," "Give me this night," "At least give me one chance," "You won't fall asleep," "While I am near you." "Let me go, you have no right!" "Quiet, don't make a fuss." "Don't be afraid." "What's your name?" "Bob." "What?" "Boris." "Boris Moyeseyevich Toyter." "My name's Mels." "Listen, Bob..." "Could you do me a favor?" "Teach me how to dance in style." "Get lost." "You have to understand, I don't know any of you guys except for you." "Isn't that something." "It's been nice knowing you, I gotta say." "Come on, is it that hard?" "Two taps, three claps." "Listen, Bob." "You know I'm not going to leave you alone." "Bob, you'll see me in your worst nightmares, Bob." "Understand?" "What is dance, as such?" "Dance is the rhytmical motion of bodies." "For instance, the Viennese, or Classical Waltz." "Dislocated spine..." "Whose spine?" "Doesn't matter." "A three-beat progressive motion with simultaneous rotation around the partner." "Jazz, unlike the Classical style..." "Let's pick up the pace." "There are three main styles:" "Atomic, Canadian and Double Hamburg." "How about we skip the theory." "Alright." "You're the male partner, I'm your female partner, let's go!" "Watch those hands!" "Save that for the ladies." "What should I do?" "This." "Start off like this, watch where you put those hands." "Or any ol' chicky will sock you in the mouth." "Start with the right leg, keep yourself straight, come on!" "Move your legs and don't open your maw!" "Looser." "Like this." "Play sports?" "Yes." "Third rank, adult." "Now crouch lower, and twist!" "This isn't better-faster-stronger." "You need... drive." "You know, energy." "From in here." "I love the boogie-woogie, I do the boogie-woogie every day." "To become a true Stilaga," "You gotta dance properly, buddy." "You gotta know what the Canadian style's all about," "This is serious business, this ain't polka or square dancing." "There's Atomic, there's Triple Hamburg." "Try to keep up with them all." "You love the boogie-woogie." "You love the boogie-woogie." "You love the boogie-woogie." "You love the boogie-woogie." "You love the boogie-woogie." "You do the boogie-woogie every day." "Hello." "Son..." "What is it you're doing here while we're gone?" "We were only dancing." "In a country where you can't sneeze too loud without breaking the law..." "He's only dancing." ""Idolization of the West" is still a crime, you know." "Please, just take a look in the mirror..." "Even your hairdo is guilty of that." "Alright..." "Who was that young man?" "A friend of mine." "Why are you so trusting?" "Borya..." "That young man has the pleasant exterior of an NKVD agent." "Why do you have to suspect every single person?" "Do you know what that is, and why it's standing there?" "That's everything a person needs in preliminary incarceration." "Your uncle Adolf did time just because his name wasn't politically correct." "They took your aunt Fira away..." "Because she put up a portrait of Stalin across from the toilet." "They couldn't even explain to me what I was in for." "But those memories will..." "Last me the rest of my life." "But Dad, you can't live like this!" "With this locked door, with this damned suitcase!" "You're a doctor, you have to understand!" "This endless opression of the mind can drive a person insane!" "Borya..." "What, Mom?" "If you don't care about yourself, at least spare me and your father." "Son, do those pants fit okay?" "You could try that..." "Silicate glue." "What if there's rain?" "Or a street-cleaning car?" "It'll all... fall apart." "Mels." "What?" "Have you lost your mind?" "What's the matter?" "US economic crisis." "Are you going to go out on the street like that?" "Of course." "I haven't been uloading train cars at night for nothing." "Dad, tell him!" "What's the matter?" "I like it!" "We used to dress up in the country too, to scare the girls." "We'd get so lathered up, we'd scare the people on the street." "Hi." "Hi, Misha." "Hi." "Hello." "Hey, Vitek." "I won't stand for a Stilyaga!" "Alright, Lena, we'll see what happens when you need to fix your bike." "Stilyaga!" "Stilyaga!" "Stilyaga!" "Stilyaga!" "Stilyaga!" "Stilyaga!" ""Cocktail Hall (The Cock)"" "Hey guys, who are we waiting for, huh?" "Dudes... huh?" "Look at that..." "He actually looks normal." "Like the bourgeois writer Chekhov said..." "Out of yourself you must squeeze, drop by drop..." "The asshole." "Hey, dude!" "Dude!" "Made in Tambov?" "I think I have one lying around." "You can have it." "Fred." "Mels." "Betsy." "Mels." "You walked here alone?" "We usually go in pairs." "It's easier to fend off the assholes." "Dryn." "Mels." "Mels." "Mel." "Mel." "There's no room!" "Everything's paid for." "Settle, people, they have a reservation." "They're with me, everything's paid for." "That's it, there's no more room." "She's with us." "Why are you late?" "Wanna go lay down some atomic?" "Are you always so overbearing?" "I'm not overbearing, just persistant." "I'm not some trophy that gets passed down." "What should I do?" "Hey, Stilyagi, hello, we're hanging out at Broadway" "Leaving all the boring assholes behind" "You heard from me about Jazz and freedom" "Tied a stylish tie on your chest in a knot" "Oh, my little baby" "Spend some time with me," "Oh, my little baby" "I'm your playboy," "Oh, my little baby" "Don't ever leave me," "Oh, my little baby" "My sweet little bird" "Hey, Stilyagi, follow me!" "Through the forbidden doorway" "If they catch us, I'll figure something out" "If you can't find a place to be alone with your dudette" "I'll let you borrow the keys to my place" "Oh, my little baby" "Spend some time with me," "Oh, my little baby" "I'm your playboy," "Oh, my little baby" "Don't ever leave me," "Oh, my little baby" "My sweet little bird!" "Oh, my little baby" "Oh, my little baby" "My sweet little bird!" "Easy, dudes, easy." "We're at the Broad." "Mel, your friends are here." "Hey there, guys." "Good evening, Katya." "What is the meaning of this, Mels?" "Nothin'." "Hello, commissioner, it's me!" "Only the costume's different." "You're wearing one." "I'm wearing another." "Just a different costume, Katya." "You're worse than our enemies, Mels." "You're a traitor." "Hey, Kat, don't start." "Katya..." "Let's go." "Kat..." "At ease, gentlemen." "Whew." "Didn't even have to call my dad." "Hey, dude, you know where I can pick up a sax?" "How about a machine gun?" "So you want a sax?" "I do." "Only don't blame me if it's not the kind you want." "That Stilyaga over there is asking about a saxophone." "Hello." "Good day." "How old are you, young man?" "Twenty." "And you still don't know what an amazing country we live in?" "We can play the bayan, but not the accordion." "The clarinet - that's a respectable instrument." "But having a saxophone is like carrying a blade." "Why don't you come back in ten years." "When Jazz is something you play the kids in kindergarten." "Then we can talk." "Look, I get it." "But I need one now." "I have money." "Mambo and twist," "Jimmy, foxtrot and tango" "All of these I have played many times" "I am the high-ranking captain" "Of the rotten ship called The Jazz." "In this country, it would have been better off as a submarine" "Better off as a submarine!" "Jazz cannot sail in this country's waters." "Jazz cannot sail!" "I flooded the hatches with wine and vodka" "Vodka!" "But I could never, ever change course." "I know what these good times are all about!" "The tune, the rhythm, the drive." "When you become one with your saxophone." "But if you want to find out about all this yourself" "And play this music," "Play it without fear - you'll never sink." ""NEW YORK"" "Kim." "Kim!" "What's the matter?" "Everybody else has a regular brother, and I have a Stilyaga." ""FRED'S PLACE"" "Hello." "Why, hello there." "Would you look at the weather." "Beautiful." "Fedya, there's food in the refridgerator." "I made you your favorite cutlets..." "I made you salad, your university shirts are washed and ironed, in the closet..." "You need to study, you have an exam coming up." "Practice that English." "All right, Mom." "Poor thing." "Hey, Fyodor, when you practice that English..." "Try not to make as loud this time, udnerstand?" "Okay." "Thanks." "Good luck!" "You see, ladies..." "Oh, Mel!" "Hey, Mel!" "How are you?" "Huh?" "All right, I'll catch up with you." "So, Mel, here's how it is." "There's three kinds of girls." "There's the true dudettes." "Not too many of those." "Among them you have the swingers." "They're the ones that... swing with us." "You know what I'm talking about." "Even fewer of those." "Want a puff?" "Then there's the goody two-shoes." "Goody two-shoes?" "Uh huh." "Their moms won't let them dress in style, but they're awful curious." "You get me?" "I get you." "Oh, and there's the squares." "I know." "All right, then." "Well..." "Ther's also twisters, wet rags, hot-rodders..." "Which one is Polza?" "Polza is Polza." "All right, you're on your own." "Duke Ellington." "Dislocated jaw..." "That usually happens when you yawn too wide..." "Or bite off half an apple in one bite." "Pardon me." "Come here." "Come on, come here." "Beautiful, isn't it?" "I've been going around..." "Looking for you..." "Why?" "I need to tell you something." "I love you." "I mean it." "A lot..." "All right." "I want to kiss you." "All right." "Stop." "What?" "I need to see Sir John." "Who?" "The toilet." "Oh..." "I'll be right back." "Hold your head up high now, Mama, we're all cheering for Dynamo!" "Don't be so glum." "Fred, is there some other guy?" "Here's my advice:" "If you're not really serious, find a less serious girl." "I'm serious." "Look..." "Any one of those guys..." "And a hundred more would say they've been with her." "And they'd all be lying." "Every one of them tried, and they all..." "got shot down like clay pigeons." "How about you?" "Me?" "There's no hope for me." "My dad's a diplomat, I'm studying to become one myself." "I have a car, I have this apartment." "And she..." "She's Polza." "She does the exact opposite of what everyone does." "Hey, uh..." "Have you ever... swung?" "Look, you've got the girl in bed." "Now what do you do with her?" "It's not that complicated." "You're a simple one." "Seriously, do I have to educate all of you?" "Here, read this." "Might do you good." "But only at home, behind locked doors." "Worst comes to wosrt, you eat it." "Like a spy does with stolen documents, you understand?" ""The Advanced Geometry of Plane Curves and Their Applications"" ""KAMA SUTRA"" ""The Advanced Geometry of Plane Curves and Their Applications"" "Is anybody in there?" "Come on, people are waiting!" "Go on." "Come on, come on!" "I see..." "I see your eyes again." "They show the reflection" "Of my love." "The whole world," "I jokingly turned it" "Into you" "I see you everywhere I go." "I wish that everything would work out just the way you want it," "I wish your eyes would light up like they always did," "I'll be with you again tonight," "And the next night, come to think of it," "If you want me, you can have me back." "I don't care" "What day it is, or what time." "Time has stopped," "There's only the sky and the light in your eyes." "I'm happy and free," "And this is a song about" "How we found out life could be so wonderful." "Believe me now, later you'll understand." "I wish that everything would work out just the way you want it," "I wish your eyes would light up like they always did," "I'll be with you again tonight," "And the next night, come to think of it," "If you want me, you can have me back." "My friends, my brothers," "I'll share my joy with you." "There's enough to go around," "I know, I'm not afraid to lose it." "And maybe one day, on this stage," "These words I'm singing to you," "Anyone could sing them," "Words of love." "I wish that everything would work out just the way you want it," "I wish your eyes would light up like they always did," "I'll be with you again tonight," "And the next night, come to think of it," "The next night!" "If you want me, you can have me back." "The train, dudes!" "Let's go!" "Come on, hurry up!" "No music, and don't use the bath." ""The apartment that Nolik handed Mels the keys to"" "My make up's smeared, my dress is rumpled," "I forgot all about school, my mom, and shame." "And my stocking has a run in it." "I'll scoff if you tell me what I can't do," "I can't be bothered with strict rules," "You're the only one I can tell about my true self." "Official badges on grey suits," "And on their faces, fear or boredom," "I was just like the rest before I met you." "But life will change now," "We'll walk through that door together," "And be together, no matter the cost." "The spinning of the minute hand, the neighbors behind the wall," "The world will never be the same." "Everything will be different because you're with me now," "We need each other like we need water and air." "Oooh, eighth-grader..." "Hello, Mels." "Hi, Commissioner." "I have a name, or have you forgotten?" "Hello, Katya." "And what would you people call me?" "Kathy?" "I wouldn't know." "Are you waiting for someone?" "You." "Can you do a favor for an old friend?" "Our record player broke, and I gather you know your way around a record player." "How is it you people say?" ""Always prepared!"" "That's a Stilyaga!" "They should put him in a cage, to frighten children!" "A nice girl like you, how can you walk next to him?" "You could at least take off your Komsomol badge." "Don't torture yourself." "I'll cross the street, we'll meet at your place." "Don't do that." "I just want to understand, what do you feel when people look at you like that?" "I like it!" "It's hilarious!" "You'll fall!" "Ain't it great, Katya, when all people are different?" "I'm me, she's her, you're someone completely different." "Get down from there!" "Can't you walk like a normal person?" "I don't want to be different." "Why not?" "Because I don't think I'm better than everybody else." "Not better or worse, just different." "You know?" "Katya, do you have a thin screwdriver?" "Let me check." "Will this do?" "You're beautiful, Kat." "It's my mother's." "Do you like it?" "I like it." "You actually look like a girl." "Gee, thanks." "Come on, I didn't mean it like that." "Look." "Look how pretty you are." "Look." "See?" "So much has happened!" "Can you imagine, Semyon took on an armed robber, one on one." "At the depot." "He had a knife, and Semyon just grabbed it right by the blade!" "Now he's got a cast, and the paper did a story on him." "I thought you only chased us around." "Knock it off!" "And Ivan got married." "You know her." "Lyuba." "The large one." "She was shot putter at the Spartakiad." "Remember?" "Do you actually care about any of this?" "Of course." "Let's have another drink." "Let's." "What are we drinking to?" "You." "Would you like me to play some music?" "Your, what do you call it..." "Boogie in-your-bones music?" "Yes." "Play it." "Kat, what are you doing?" "Katya!" "Kat, come on!" "What if your parents show up?" "They won't, I sent them to the theater." "Kat, have you lost your mind?" "That's all you need from her, anyway." "Am I that much worse?" "So you've decided to rescue me?" "I don't need rescuing." "I'm all right." "You said I was pretty." "You're beautiful, Kat." "But I love her, you understand?" "Who?" "That slime?" "That whore?" "You don't even know her." "I'm just dying to get to know her!" "Okay, look, Kat, I'm gonna go." "I'm sorry, Kat." "Get out of here!" "Get lost!" "I'm sorry, Kat!" "Get out!" "I'm going." "Get out, you bastard!" "Get out!" "Get out!" "Stop torturing the poor animal." "Let's have a word in my office." "Uh huh, in a second." "Fyodor, I call ahead whenever I leave the dacha, right?" "You have plenty of time to clean up?" "Yeah." "So why is it that, in my own office," "I find this piece of battle gear?" "Hmm?" "Betsy's a wild one." "Sorry, Dad." "I understand how she could leave a barette, or a scarf..." "I guess I'm just naive, I'm sorry." "I just don't understand how she could leave without her bra." "You have to understand, Fyodor, one of these days your mother will find it." "And then, knock on wood..." "I'll be the one in trouble." "Understand?" "Okay." "I'll inspect every girl that leaves personally." "Wait." "I need to talk to you." "Did you take any?" "Absolutely not." "I'll kill you." "Now let's get serious." "Put that thing away!" "Fyodor, I've always tried to convince the minister, I'll try something myself..." "You're getting sent on an internship in the United States..." "What?" "America?" "Hang on." "I want you to get this straight, this is not a vacation." "This is the first step of your career." "If all goes well, you'll go back, finish your studies, then start working there." "Assistant to the embassy's Third Secretary." "Do you accept?" "Dad, are you serious?" "Do you accept, or don't you?" "I do." "And you're prepared to do anything you need for this to happen?" "Of course." "Okay." "There are three conditions." "You're out of that clown suit tomorrow, and back into normal Soviet clothes." "Then you're off to the barber's, and you're trading in that fabulous ducktail" "For an ideologically sound bowl cut." "Another thing." "Tomorrow you're going to see your friends for the last time." "I hate to be so cynical, but there are rules." "You either live by them, or you can go lathe screws in a factory." "I used to dance around in saloons too, when I was your age." "And trust me, this silly back and forth of yours" "In Broadway is a sad parody of what we used to do." "You need to get your childhood disases over with while you're a child." "What's the third condition?" "And, we're rolling." "Oh, it's nothing." "You just have to get married." "The Dudettes' Farewell, take one." "Marry who?" "Girls, you're up." "Well, Betsy, but..." "Betsy?" "Are you off your rocker?" "Betsy..." "Eyes blazing, stomachs and behinds sucked in..." "How about that scholar's daoughet, what's his name, Kupryanov." "She's been making googly eyes at you since high school." "Most important, you gotta emote." "Though we're doing fine, your mother and I, aren't we?" "He doesn't need an American wife!" "He doesn't need an American wife!" "He doesn't need an American wife!" "My dear friend!" "You're leaving, farewell." "I've always been devoted to you." "You've shown me a new world, a new paradise," "And now you're slipping out of it." "You'll be a common Soviet diplomat," "As if you've forgotten your past." "But brother, we're still waiting for you," "Deep down you're the same Stilyaga you always were." "He doesn't need an American wife!" "He doesn't need an American wife!" "He doesn't need an American wife!" "I'll toss my expensive shoes in the corner," "I'll leave the Cock's greasy hairdos behind," "But I won't shed a single tear." "Farewell, my lovely, lovely man!" "You've made your choise." "Right on, dude!" "You're hitting the road, following Daddy's footsteps," "It's a shame you have to leave this way." "I'm sorry, but it seems we're a bit different." "He doesn't need an American wife!" "He doesn't need an American wife!" "He doesn't need an American wife!" "You'll probably get lots of things in return" "From the generous dudette we call Life." "But one thing you'll never get back is your freedom," "And I doubt your stylish youth will ever return." "He doesn't need an American wife!" "He doesn't need an American wife!" "Let's begin." "Sit down, comrades, we're starting." "Today on the agenda we have Komsomol member Biryukov." "...see, the saxophone resembles a phallus..." "Mels, stand up!" "Once he was Mels, Soviet student..." "But standing before us now is Mel, the Stilyaga." "Only a letter's difference." "Isn't that so, comrades?" "Such a trifle." "But let's try to remember the meaning of the name Mels." "An abbreviation of names we hold sacred." "Marx..." "Engels..." "Lenin..." "Stalin." "Now let's see..." "What does that discared 'S' stand for?" "He lived among us, we all marched in rank," "He was an honest lad, a simple hero," "But we can't hide the truth, the time has come," "And now we can see his animal grin," "Now we can see his animal grin." "We're linked by a single chain," "Joined by a single cause." "Linked by a single chain," "Joined by a single..." "You dare to trespass against the holy of holies," "Where are your ideals, did you toss them aside?" "You've joined cause with the enemy for some colorful rags," "Carelessly parted with your conscience and pride," "But you cannot win, our chain can't be broken!" "We're linked by a single chain," "Joined by a single cause." "Linked by a single chain," "Joined by a single cause." "Don't you dare dance to the fat cats' music," "Dare not betray us by twitching around," "The likes of you shuoldn't even be near us," "As we march single-file." "Our mother is the Party, our father - the Komsomol." "You there, stop!" "Attaboy!" "We won't sing to the sound of a stranger's tune," "The call of the bugle is our reveille!" "We're linked by a single chain," "Joined by a single cause." "Linked by a single chain," "Joined by a single..." "This is no place for delinquents and reprobates," "Here we pass down our ideals to our children!" "Here we all sing together, to the rowing of oars," "Here we march in step, we love solidarity." "We're just as happy to march without you," "To be!" "Linked by a single chain," "Joined by a single cause." "Linked by a single chain," "Joined by a single cause." "Linked by a single chain," "Joined by a single cause." "Are you going somewhere?" "I have some bad news, Mel." "Yeah, me too." "I have some real bad news." "Yeah, I have some real bad news, too." "What's yours?" "I'm leaving, we have to break up." "What's yours?" "Well, in that case, mine is..." "just a minor inconvenience." "Polina, what's the matter?" "Why aren't you saying anything?" "You can't just decide that by yourself!" "You can't decide for the both of us!" "You can't decide by yourself!" "I'm pregnant, Mel!" "But that's wonderful, Polly." "We're going to have a baby." "It's not your baby, Mel." "It is my baby." "It's mine." "It's my baby!" "My mother kicked me out." "Well, that's something, alright." "At least you two might settle down a bit." "How does that go in math..." "You multiply two negative numbers, and there's your healthy familial unit." "Don't jump up like something bit you." "You heard?" "You're going to have a nephew." "Come on, start moving the beds." "It's so strange..." "Not having to hide from anybody." "Uh huh." "Polly..." "Hm?" "Do you think..." "Do you think it might hurt him?" "If we..." "I don't know." "He's so tiny." "Come on, come on." "Let's go, let's go." "Come on, you're up." ""IN DEFIANCE OF SOVIET IDEOLOGY"" ""Today it's Jazz, tomorrow it's treason!"" ""THE PIED PIPER!"" ""An ape among us!"" ""Jazz is not our music!"" ""A discgrace to the younger generation!"" "And that's a constant." "A constant is fixed." "Because usually..." "My head is spinning." "Let's get some air." "No, I'm okay." "I won't be able to dance at all, soon." "Let's go get a marriage license tomorrow." "Why don't we wait?" "Why wait?" "Just until he's born." "Everybody freeze!" "It's a raid!" "Mels!" "Kat..." "Come on, you're kidding, right?" "Kat, come on, just let her go." "Katya!" "I'm begging you, Katya!" "Don't touch her, you bastards!" "Wow, that's a great style." "Do you curl?" "I was just thinking of getting my hair done." "But the lines are so long." "Why don't you leave your number, I'll see you again." "What do you charge, by the way?" "I'm afraid I can't afford anything fancy." "Could you take a little more off the top, dear?" "A little bit shorter?" "Just a bit shorter than that." "I'll come see you when it grows out." "Hey, come on, where are you going?" "You forgot your tip!" ""WHERE JOHN WAS BORN"" "Come on!" "Fill 'em up!" "Everybody gets one!" "Come on!" "Polina!" "Polina!" "We want to see him!" "Don't just stand there, Daddy!" "Go say hello!" "Come on, Polina, let us see him!" "Get your filthy hands off him!" "Let Gramp..." "Who does he look like?" "Oh my goodness." "He's ours." "He's ours." "He's ours!" "He's ours." "What a big man!" "He's our big man!" "His name was Michael." "Is he from around here?" "No, an American." "He was walking around Sadovy, trying to stop people, ask where he was..." "People ran from him." "Did you love him?" "No, it wasn't like that." "It's like someone from another planet came down, only for a few hours..." "There are so many questions to ask about them, so many things to say about us..." "The minutes pass..." "His rocket home leaves soon." "And we both know we'll never see each other again." "Is that what you wanted to hear?" "Are you happy now?" "The way to settle international tensions..." "Hello." "Hello there, child." "Where do you think you're going?" "Did you get yours, you whore?" "You American slut?" "They fired me, threw me out!" "Ma'am!" "Ma'am, you can't do that!" "Comrades!" "Comrade." "Comrade?" "I'm not your comrade!" "I'll get you all arrested!" "Sent off to Kolyma to die!" "Bastards!" "Bastards!" "Swine!" "Traitorous scum!" "What's the baby's name?" "Ivan." "Like her dad, Vanya." "Let me see him, at least." "He has our eyes." "What's this?" "What have you been feeding him?" "What are you thinking?" "You have a home, and you're keeping him here?" "We have our own room." "And another one, with..." "I know what you have here." "One bathroom for thirty people." "Germs, typhoid, tuberculosis, diarrhea, jaundice." "Let's get you home." "Get your things." "Nobody needs me anymore." "I need you, Mom." "Dudes." "This is Ivan." "No way, it's John!" "Where's Polza?" "You don't let her go out?" "You men." "You talk about love, then leave us with the diapers." "Betsy!" "Have your own baby, then we'll see!" "Don't say things like that!" "Dude!" "Hey, take it easy, let me have him." "Hey there, Johnny, how's it going?" "He's so beautiful." "He's a real dude!" "I don't know how to hold him." "I love you, baby!" "Here's his Mommy." "You know what?" "Wait around the corner." "I'll be right back." "Here you go." "It's been a while..." "So..." "You like music?" "What kind of music do you like?" "You don't understand..." "Okay." "Let me show you something." "Look." "Look here." "Look what I got." "Look at this." "This is Charlie Parker." "Have you heard about Charlie Parker?" "The best jazzman, you know." "Come on." "This is Miles Davis." "Have you heard this?" "Oh, this cat is great." "Just great." "Now, this is another Charlie Parker." "Do you like Charlie Parker?" "I like." "Oh..." "Quite amazing." "But look at this, you know?" "This is..." "Hey, hey, what's going on?" "Hey, let me go!" "I'm an American citizen!" ""1956 MELS'S MOTHER-IN-LAW'S PLACE"" "Fred..." "Mel." "Fred." "Mel!" "Fred!" "Mel!" "Please, be quiet!" "Freddie." "Polza, Polza!" "Polza." "Keep it down." "Got it." "This is for you and the baby." "Here, this is the imperialists' latest achievement - a no-spill bottle." "Turn it any way you like, doesn't spill a drop." "Why tell him?" "He doesn't know which end the nipple goes on." "He's above that." "See, Fred, Polina thinks that equality means that I have to breastfeed him, too." "Hey, dudes, settle this between the two of you, okay?" "I flew halfway across the world to see you." "I get plenty of this at home." "Come on, let me see the baby!" "We woke him up anyway, come on." "How's the mother-in-law?" "Do you get along?" "Morning parade in the morning, roll call in the evening." "He misses the communal apartment." "The joys of waiting in line for the bathroom." "This one?" "Say, Mel, I think you listened to Charlie Parker once too many." "There, among the slums and the skyscrapers," "Where the billboards are everywhere," "Americans walk around, chewing their chewing gum." "They steal and murder, singing the choo-choo," "And swinga-swinga-swinging with their stylish ladies." "Dude!" "Keep it down!" "I told you to keep it down!" "Have you heard about Bob?" "Can't your daddy do something?" "It's no use." "They took Betsy away." "I know." "And Dryn's in the army." "Yeah..." "That idiot, he reported for duty in full costume." "Dancing shoes, ducktail." "He got five years on a submarine." "Come on, tell me about America." "About America..." "Well, this is the American style." "What style are you talking about?" "You look like an asshole." "What are you talking about?" "This is quality stuff!" "Here, touch this." "Touch it." "There." "And the label?" "It's not what's on the outside that counts, it's what's in here." "Three more free someone is, the more simply they're dressed." "Mel..." "I have some bad news for you." "There aren't any Stilyagi there." "What do you mean, there aren't any?" "There just aren't." "If they let us parade around Broadway, looking the way we do..." "I mean the real Broadway, men in white coats would show up in two minutes." "You have to understand, Mel, there are no Stilyagi there." "Get outta here." "Mel." "Go away." "Mel..." "Get the hell away from me!" "But there's still us." "Don't chase us out of the building, sir," "We won't sing so loud anymore." "We won't drink, curse or smoke." "And if you want to have a go yourself," "Then you better not invite us." "Today we say goodbye to him..." "I thought we had five more years, at least." "I was sure we'd still have time to sip our beer and chat." "But now I see your back, with a stencil that says "Keep it real!"" "At least stay one more day," "Helter skelter." "Farewell, dear friend," "Helter skelter." "You're leaving so suddenly," "Helter skelter." "You're leaving without saying goodbye," "You're leaving unexpectedly," "So farewell, dear friend," "Helter skelter." "You know things pretty well by now." "This style conquers all fears." "This wonderful terrible hilarious time" "Hasn't ground us into dust." "Let us remember these faces." "And the record's sharp edge." "And may Love help us all, helter skelter." "You're leaving without saying goodbye," "You're leaving unexpectedly," "So farewell, dear friend." ""THE END"" "Translated by Victor Flickstein, AKA Darnn."