The Critics Tried to Kill Me, but I’m Still Here (Dialog)

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[TINA, spoken] How could you do this to your only child? [GINGER, spoken] The same way my mother did it to me! [SYLVIA, spoken] Your mother is so proud of you [GINGER, spoken] My mother is dead! [SYLVIA, spoken] Am I? The critics tried to kill me, but I'm still here! [GINGER, spoken] I don't understand, Sylvia [SYLVIA] No, my child, not Sylvia -- The name's DelMarco! (Sylvia whips off her wig) Ruth DelMarco! [GINGER] Why didn't you tell me any of this before?! [SYLVIA] Oh, I didn't want you to think I was hanging around, trying to get a part in one of your shows just because I'm your mother... or anything [GINGER] You are going to be in my new show! [TINA] What about me? [GINGER] Sorry to disappoint you, but the part's been cast [TINA] Does she need an understudy? [GINGER and SYLVIA] Here we go again! (Ginger and Sylvia laugh) [TINA] I want that part! [GINGER] You're not ready for it. Sure, you got rid of the competition once, but have you any idea how many people you have to destroy to make it in this business? [TINA] I can learn. Teach me?