[00:00.01]23-2 ACT II
[00:03.39]There is a way, Malcolm.
[00:05.24]We get our friends to roll their sleeves up and get to work.
[00:09.12]It's certainly a good idea.
[00:11.48]If I could take a look at the place,
[00:13.53]I could probably tell what it requires to fix it up. 。
[00:17.56]How much paint, how many hours of work ...
[00:21.72]That's what I came to ask you to do, Malcolm.
[00:24.68]If you would supervise the refurbishing,
[00:27.24]I'll find the people to help do it.
[00:30.61]I'll help too, Mr. Baker.
[00:32.53]I can get some of my friends to go around the neighborhood
[00:35.46]and collect the furniture we need.
[00:37.62]I'll help.
[00:39.27]Tomorrow. Yes. We'll meet tomorrow morning, right here.
[00:43.52]Can we help?
[00:44.59]I'd really like to.
[00:45.56]Sure.
[00:46.44]We might need you to come through with your friends, Robbie.
[00:49.01]Not just to go around the neighborhood asking for furniture,
[00:51.64]but to help with the paint job.
[00:54.71]That's backbreaking work and may be too much for us.
[00:58.37]I'll do it. I'll talk to them.
[01:00.91]And tomorrow morning we'll all meet here to discuss the plan?
[01:04.44]Tomorrow morning it is.
[01:26.91]Come in, come in. Please, come in.
[01:38.45]I'd like you to meet my friend Malcolm Stewart.
[01:41.29]Malcolm, this is Joanne Thompson. Malcolm
[01:44.06]Hello, Joanne. Nice to meet you.
[01:45.72]My pleasure, Malcolm.
[01:47.20]And this is Abe Lucas. You must remember Abe.
[01:50.62]He ran the drugstore
[01:51.96]and used to play drums with the jazz band on weekends.
[01:54.70]Oh, sure I do. Hi, Abe.
[01:56.60]Hello, Mr. Stewart.
[01:57.81]Malcolm, please.
[01:58.92]Hello, Malcolm.
[02:00.54]Sit down, sit down. Have some coffee.
[02:02.53]And I've got some delicious Danish pastry for you.
[02:06.60]Where's your grandson Robbie and his friend Alexandra?
[02:09.64]Weren't they going to be here this morning?
[02:11.73]I thought so, too.
[02:15.62]I'm surprised they're not here.
[02:17.56]Robbie left early this morning to meet Alexandra.
[02:21.47]Frankly, I thought they'd be here, but ...
[02:25.60]It's OK. I'm sure they meant well,
[02:27.90]but they probably had other things on their minds.
[02:30.68]I understand you used to be in the construction business, ,
[02:34.25]Malcolm.
[02:34.94]I was, indeed.
[02:36.17]I wonder if you would take a look at the old library
[02:39.14]and make sure that it is in good condition
[02:41.79]so that we don't have to worry about any structural problems.
[02:46.23]When can I do that? I'd be happy to.
[02:48.70]We've got permission to go inside the old building
[02:51.50]during the week--
[02:53.01]Tuesday or Wednesday.
[02:55.41]That's fine with me. I can do it either day.
[02:57.79]That would be very helpful.
[02:59.84]I think the building just needs a good cleaning.
[03:02.61]And a good paint job.
[03:05.18]Then we have to furnish it.
[03:07.15]I wish Robbie and Alexandra had come to this meeting.
[03:10.92]They had some ideas about getting the place fixed up.
[03:13.82]Perhaps they'll show up. In the meantime, ,
[03:17.08]let me give you some additional thoughts and ideas I have.
[03:21.20]OK.
[03:23.14]Go ahead, Joanne.
[03:24.97]As I said, mostly the building just needs a good cleaning.
[03:30.51]This place can be developed
[03:32.23]with one real intergenerational program.
[03:36.42]That's an idea I like.
[03:38.43]A community center
[03:39.99]with the kinds of programs that fit everyone.
[03:42.63]And programs that don't leave anyone out.
[03:46.17]It's asking a lot.
[03:47.97]But we can't do it without talking to the young people.
[03:50.95]Finding out what they want.
[03:52.82]If only Robbie and Alexandra were here.
[03:55.27]Don't be upset, Malcolm.
[03:57.15]We'll have a chance to talk to them later.
[03:59.98]It's not like Robbie.
[04:02.44]If he says he's going to be here, he's here.
[04:06.09]I wonder what the problem is.