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After discovering that Paul has returned coatless, barefoot
and somewhat inebriated, Corie asks, "What have you been
doing?" Paul slurs, "What do you think I've been doing? I've
been walking barefoot in the goddam park."
Dramatics Club enacts Broadway play
On the evening designated to bring together Corie's mother and the
Bratters' neighbor, Victor Velasco (Donald Gratz}, only Corie and Victor
have the energy and spirit to enter into a chorus of "Shama shama!. ..."a
song learned during their hours at a Greek restaurant on Staten Island.
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When Velasco explains to Mrs. Banks that the "doctor"
who removed her clothes the night before was not an
M.D. but a Doctor of Philosophy they both break into
gales of laughter, much to Corie's agitation.