The Displaced Person Part 2 (1977)

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Adapted from the short story The Displaced Person by Flannery O'Connor. The film presents a tense conversation between characters discussing the implications of bringing a Polish immigrant, Mr. Gack, into their community. The dialogue reveals deep-seated prejudices and moral dilemmas regarding race, immigration, and responsibility. The speaker expresses frustration over the idea of having to accommodate Mr. Gack, emphasizing their belief that they owe more to those who have served their country than to newcomers. The narrative highlights themes of exclusion, economic hardship, and the struggle for acceptance in a changing society.

Keywords
immigration, prejudice, race, responsibility, community, economic hardship, exclusion, moral dilemma

Complete Record: Adapted from the short story The Displaced Person by Flannery O'Connor. The film presents a tense conversation between characters discussing the implications of bringing a Polish immigrant, Mr. Gack, into their community. The dialogue reveals deep-seated prejudices and moral dilemmas regarding race, immigration, and responsibility. The speaker expresses frustration over the idea of having to accommodate Mr. Gack, emphasizing their belief that they owe more to those who have served their country than to newcomers. The narrative highlights themes of exclusion, economic hardship, and the struggle for acceptance in a changing society. Keywords immigration, prejudice, race, responsibility, community, economic hardship, exclusion, moral dilemma

Transcription

[Music] I want to talk to you [Applause] Mr gack you would bring this poor innocent child over here and try to marry her to a half-witted black thie [ __ ] what kind of a monster are you my cousin she 12 here first communion 16 now Mr gack that [ __ ] cannot have a white wife from Europe you can't talk to a niggga that way you'll excite him and besid it can't be done maybe it can be done in Poland but it can't be done here and you'll have to stop it's all foolishness that [ __ ] don't have a grain of sense and you're excited she come your cousin cannot come over a marry one of my negr she's 16 years from Poland Mama die Papa die she V in Camp three Camp She mama she di in two Camp Mr gach I will not have my [ __ ] upset I cannot run this place without my [ __ ] I can run it without you but I cannot run it without them and if you mention the girl to Suk again you won't have a job with me understand I cannot understand how a man who calls himself a Christian could bring a poor innocent girl over here and marry other something like that I cannot understand it she know care black she en Mr gak I don't want to have to speak to you about this again if I do you'll have to find another place yourself do you understand this is my place I say who will come here and who won't y I'm not responsible for the world's misery yeah you have a good job you should be grateful to be here but I'm not sure you are yeah [Applause] they all the same whether they come from Poland or Tennessee I've handled herings and ring fields and short and I can handle a goach all my life I've been fighting the world overflow and now I have it in my form of a oh you're just like all the rest only smart and Thrifty and energetic but so am I and this is my place oh I'm under no moral obligation to keep him I'm under no moral obligation to keep him we were talking about purgatory the souls in purgatory thank you I'm under no obligation to keep him what did you say dear lady have you any questions about all this the souls and Purgatory listen I'm not theological I'm practical I want to talk to you about something practical Mr gak's not satisfactory he's extra he don't fit in I have to have somebody who fits in give him time he'll learn to fit in where is that beautiful bird of yours ah I see him Mr gak's very efficient I'll admit that but he doesn't understand how to get on with my nigers and they don't like him I I can't have my [ __ ] run off and I don't like his attitude he's not in the least grateful for being here I have to be off now I tell you if I had a white man who understood the [ __ ] I'd have to let Mr gak go he has no place to go I know you well enough dear lady to know you wouldn't turn him out for a trifle I didn't create this situation of course Christ will come like that it's not my responsibility that Mr gek has no place to go but I don't find myself responsible for all the extra people in the world Transfiguration Mr gack didn't have to come here in the first place he didn't have to come in the first place he came to redeem us oh I have to go dear lady goodbye [Music] [Applause] well where's Miss shortley she was God's Own Angel she was a sweetest woman in the world where is she day it no she had herself a stroke on the she left out of here you don't say so I figure that pole killed her she seen through him from the first she known he come from the devil she told me so you know the place now no you want your job back is the pole still here yes but I'm going to fire him on the first of the month I'll give him his 30 days notice and then you can have your old draw back in the dairy in the meantime you can do farm work I just soon had my job back in the dairy right off but uh I'll be willing to wait a month it will give me satisfaction to see the po leave the place it will give me a great deal of satisfaction I made a mistake bringing him here I should have been content with the help I had in the first place and not been reaching into other parts of the world I never cared for foreigners since I was in the war and seen what they were like I recall the face of one man who throwed a hang grenade at me that man had round little eyes exactly like Mr qux Mr gak is a pole he's not a German it ain't a great deal of difference in them two kinds [Applause] [Music] hand me that there where right [Applause] there why don't you go back to Africa that's your country ain't it I ain't going there they might eat me up well if you behave yourself ain't no reason you can't stay here cuz you didn't run away from nowhere your granddaddy was bought he didn't have a thing to do with coming it's a people run off and where they come from I ain't got no use for well I never felt no need to travel well if I was going to travel again it' either be China or Africa you go to either of them two places and you can tell right away what the difference is between you and them you go to those other places and the only way you can tell is if to say something then you can't always tell because about half of them knows the English language that's where we made a mistake letting all them people on to English it'd be a heap less trouble if everybody only knew their own language my wife said knowing two languages was like having two eyes in the back of your head she you couldn't put nothing over on her sure couldn't she was fine she was sure fine I never know the fin a white woman than her [Music] I've had a hard time getting over me shortless death anyone would think she was Ken to me I've been tricked by that priest and I agreed to bring the gach here he said there was no legal obligation to keep them here they weren't satisfactory after he gets him here he has to bring up a moral obligation my moral obligation as I said is to Mr sha to fought in the War for his country not Mr gack who going to come over here to take advantage of whatever he can I'm not going to have to have it out with that priest before I can [Applause] [Music] fireing the first is come and gone I know but the priest hadn't called again well I still ain't got my dirt job back I should have known all along no woman was going to do what she said she was when she said she was I don't know how long I can afford to put up with her shilly sh come on in here give me a hand will you [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] when God sent his only begotten son Jesus Christ Our Lord as a redeemer to mankind is a redeemer to all father fle I want to talk to you about something serious as far as I'm concerned Christ was just another DP I'm going to let this man go I don't have any obligation to him my obligation is to the people who've done something for the country not to the ones who just came over to take advantage of what they get I've been hanging on to this place for 30 years ever since the judge died all always just barely making it against the people who came from nowhere and were going nowhere and didn't want anything but an automobile and I have found out that they are the same whether they come from Poland or Tennessee when the gacks get ready they won't hesitate to leave me the people who look rich are the poorest of all because they have the most to keep up how do you think I pay my feed bills I'd like to have my house done over but I can't afford it I can't even afford to restore the monument on my husband's grave would you like to guess what my insurance amounts to in a year do you think I made of money [Applause] all right sh I've decided to give Mr gack his 30 days notice the first of next mon have you notice that the pole and his family are getting fat the hollers have all come out of their cheeks they save every scent they make yes and one of these days she'll be able to buy and sell you out I'm just waiting for the first there's nothing for me to do but to wait too but I ain't going to wait with my mouth shut I worry to death about all bills I've got fa in me heal I'll sleep at night and when I do I dream about that this place p one night I dreamed Mr gjack and his family were moving into the house I was moving in Mr Shorty I sleep for several nights after that then one night I dreamed that the priest came to call and he said to me dear lady I know that your tender heart won't suffer you to turn the poor man out think of the ovens and the box cars and the camps and the sick children and Christ the Lord but I said to him he's extra he upsets the balance around here and I'm a logical practical woman and there are no ens here no camps and know Christ Our Lord and when he leaves he'll make more money just one too many I say it [Applause] [Music] you're good Mr gak I can hardly meet my obligations now I have bills to pay I too much bills little money this is my place all of you are extra each and every one of you are extra yeah sometimes a man who's fought and bled and died in the service of his native land don't get to consideration of one of them like he was fighting I ask you is that right I gone over there and I fought and bled and died and I come back over here and find out who's got my job just exact who I've been fighting was a hang grenade come back near to killing me and I seen who thought it was a little man with eyeglasses exactly like his he might have bought him in the same store small world I've been telling my story to one and all who will listen and everybody black and white thinks I'm in the right [Music] I've never had to discharge anyone before they've all left me screw [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] don't get to be do this [Music] good [Music] Gooden for [Music] he [Music] he [Music] oh oh [Music] she had any visitors no sir you're about the only one ever comes to see the poor thing now where did we leave off last week Purgatory yes I think by now we have a clear idea of that you know I am 8 years old I've been a priest for 55 years how many prayers I've said for the souls in purgatory yes I think we have a clear idea now about the souls in paragor although I wish I could question you sometimes see what you know and don't know still we were speaking of prop paratory a temporary State although it can go on for centuries those Souls which have not yet been cleansed for hell are doomed to Hell these Souls have not yet attained a noncorporeal state therefore Purgatory must be a place but where one thing is clear whatever Purgatory may be souls and it benefit for the prayers of the living be fruitful to from the cism such Souls [Music] oh [Music]


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