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DESSI
A dollar and some change.
TILDA
Girl. Where you work?
DESSI
The Cotton Club.
TILDA
Stop lying. You ain’t yellow enough to work at the Cotton Club.
DESSI
Not onstage. I wash dishes.
TILDA
Oh. You like it?
DESSI
What you think? It’s white folks’ dishes.
The girls laugh again and Tilda looks at Dessi, assessing, head to toe.
TILDA
You dance, Bama?
DESSI
I do.
TILDA
Lindy?
DESSI
I can do ’em all.
TILDA
I might have something better than white folks’ dirty dishes. Ever been to the Savoy?
DESSI
Couple of times.
TILDA
I’m a hostess there. We looking for new girls.
DESSI