Come from Away (2021)

Paul Whitty: Oz Fudge and others

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• Oz Fudge and others : And that time of day, people are in a bit of a rush to get to work and stuff, so normally I sit there and run my radar. And if they're speeding, I'll stop 'em and write out a warning ticket. I'll write "STFD"... "Slow The **** Down."

• Oz Fudge and others : I get a call from Beulah looking for anything 700 people from around the world might need. So, I go down to Shoppers, and the manager says to just take what I want off the shelves. Toothbrushes, floss, mouthwash, deodorant. And I'm back at the school when Beulah says...

  Beulah Davis and others : You know those planes probably got some babies on them.

  Oz Fudge and others : So I'm back to Shoppers for diapers. And we're unpacking them when Annette says...

  Annette, Beverley Bass and others : You know those babies are probably going to be hungry.

  Oz Fudge and others : So I'm back to Shoppers for formula and baby food, and when I get back Beulah says...

  Beulah Davis and others : You know those planes are probably filled with women of child-bearing age.

  Oz Fudge and others : So...?

  Beulah Davis and others : ...so I'm back to Shoppers to pick up as many pads and tampons as they have.

• Hannah O'Rourke and others : [Bus screeches to a stop]  Now there's the reason I drive slow.

  Oz Fudge and others : That there, in the middle of the road?

  Oz Fudge and others , Hannah O'Rourke and others : Yeah. That's a moose.

  Hannah O'Rourke and others : [Everyone stares incredulously]  She'll move when she's good and ready.

• Garth, Kevin Tuerff and others : It's hot outside, so we stay in the bar and make small talk with Matty, the owner, and his wife, Brenda.

  Ali, Kevin Jung and others : But we're not sure how much to say. You just don't know where the red states are in a foreign country, right?

  Garth, Kevin Tuerff and others : But we had been drinking all afternoon and I accidentally say something like Kevin and I have been together for almost five years.

  Ali, Kevin Jung and others : In business. We've been together in business. I'm his sexy-tary. Secretary!

  Garth, Kevin Tuerff and others : [pause]  It feels like the entire bar goes silent.

  Ali, Kevin Jung and others : I'm like, oh God.

  Garth, Kevin Tuerff and others : And then Matty says...

  Oz Fudge and others : You're... gay?

  Ali, Kevin Jung and others : I'm about to pass out.

  Garth, Kevin Tuerff and others : But then Matty says...

  Oz Fudge and others : Well praise be to God. My daughter's gay.

  Garth, Kevin Tuerff and others : And then Brenda says...

  Diane Gray and others : Sure, my sister's gay. And the woman across the road just ran off with her best friend.

  Garth, Kevin Tuerff and others : And then Brenda's brother says...

  Claude Elliott and others : Our uncle is 68 years old, and he just told us he's a bixsexual.

  Garth, Kevin Tuerff and others : [pause]  We somehow ended up in the gayest town in Newfoundland. Kevin and I are looking at each other; I even think I say, There must be something in the water. And then Brenda's brother says...

  Claude Elliott and others : That's why I only drink the beer.

• Oz Fudge and others : There's a man here in town; he's lived here nearly his entire life. He heard that there was a rabbi diverted here, and he came to find me and tell me his story.

  Claude Elliott and others : I was born in Poland, I think, and my parents... they were Jews. They sent me here before the war started; I still remember some of the prayers they taught me. As a boy, I was told I should never tell anyone I was Jewish, even my wife. But after what happened on Tuesday... so many stories gone, just like that... I needed to tell someone.

• Oz Fudge and others : Jesus, that's a jumbo. There's gotta be to 250 or 300 on her. That's a fairly large one, there's got to be 200 on her. Now, I am adding this up - we've got 38 planes, we've got 200, 300 people on the average.

  [pause] 

  Oz Fudge and others : Holy shit.