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Bruce: What are you hiding?
Bejan: Nothing.
Bruce: [curious] What are you hiding?
Bejan: Behold...
[removes his hands from the salsa competition flyer on the bulletin board]
Bejan: Santo Vito!
Bruce: Yeah, what... it's just another salsa night. So what?
Bejan: "So what"? Look at it, squashy chumps! It's a competition!
[tones down his voice]
Bejan: Sorry... Don't you see, this is your time, Bruce. This is the Goonie time. Do you know about the Goonie time?
Bruce: Yeah, of course I know about the Goonie time. My watch runs on Goonie time.
Bejan: So then you know, that it's *their* time up there, but it is *our* time down here. You can do this, Bruce. You can win this mother-funkie, and you can show the world what you're really made of. Think about it, what do you've got to lose?
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[after Bruce has given an intensive performance during the half-final round of the dance competition]
Bejan: You can win this, Bruce.
Bruce: [panting] I haven't got much more left in me.
Bejan: Have a...?
Bruce: Huh?
Bejan: [holds up a soft drink bottle with a straw in front of Bruce's face] Drinkie?
Bruce: Nah, I don't wanna...
Bejan: [insisting] Drinkie!
[Bruce obediently takes some sips from the bottle]
Bejan: Eye of the tiger, Bruce. Eye of the tiger!
Kieran Gaffney
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