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Hey, Edith, I know you think Irv loves you.

The Cell Confession · American Hustle (2013)

Hey, Edith, I know you think Irv loves you.

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I know you think you know him.

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1Hey, Edith, I know you think Irv loves you.
2I know you think you know him.
3You think that he sees the world as this
4cold, dark place, and he cares about nobody but a very few people on a shortlist.
5His son, his father, Rosalyn and you.
6And you think you're on the top of that list.
7What if you're not? What if you're not on that list?
8What if you're not even on that list at all?
9He'd be in here right now if he took the check, but no, you did.
10God, it's so clear to me.
11It's so... It's clear to me, but it's not clear to you.
12He uses you, Edith, to protect himself, to protect his son and his wife in Long Island.
13No? Yes, he put a ring on her finger.
14He adopted her son.
15They have a huge house, they have two cars.
16What does she do all day? I'll tell you what she does.
17She plays with her nails, she watches TV, and she spends your money, the money that you make.
18I don't like that you're in jail while he's going free.
19I don't like any of that. I want to help you.
20All the razzle-dazzle that he does, it's not good, it's not real, it's fake, it's not real.
21Who you are is who you are, between you and God, you and your soul. That's what matters.
22That's what counts, that's what I'm about, and that's what I see in you.
23Tell me you didn't feel it the first time we saw each other.
24Am I crazy? I don't think so.
25I'm not supposed to be talking like this, but I don't care, I'll break the rules.
26Okay, Edith, Edith, I want to help you.
27I like you.

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The speech tightens from analysis to open pressure, then ends with a repeated confession that sounds both tender and coercive.

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