Burning Palms

Book cover: "5 TALES OF MADNESS!!!" (0:00)

The Green-Eyed Monster Chloe Marx tells her father Dennis, "No... way, you frigid twat."
”My god, what a nightmare.” (0:02)

Chloe tells Dennis’ fiance Dedra Davenport, "Dream the impossible dream." (0:26)

Chloe tells Dedra, referring to Chloe’s friend’s sister, "... and she was, like, a total retard." (0:08)

Chloe tells Dedra, referring to her mother, "Apparently, she was, like, madly in love with my dad..."
Dedra appears to gesture her mother cutting her own wrist to kill herself. (0:10)

Dedra: "... I’m just an uptight prude, Dennis..." (0:12)

Dedra: "... can you say basket case?" (0:14)

Dedra tells Chloe, "No worries." (0:17)

Dedra, in a bathtub, appears to bleed. (0:24)

This Little Piggy Ginny Bai and her boyfriend Chad Marx engage in heavy drinking. (0:29)

Lecturer: "... to identify the syndrome..." (0:31)

Ginny obsessively scrubs her finger. (0:34)

Chad asks Ginny, "You going for a little Michael Jackson thing?" (0:35)

A woman leaves a message for Ginny: "We very worried." (0:38)

Chad tells Ginny, referring to himself and Tammy Lynn, "We’re worried about you."
Tammy: ”Everyone’s so worried about you.” (0:39)

In a hospital corridor, a woman appears to inject Ginny. (0:41)

Ginny answers a doctor, "Everybody thinks I’m crazy."
Doctor: ”Do you think you’re crazy?”
Ginny: ”I can smell it all the time, but they keep telling me it’s not there.” (0:41)

Ginny’s father asks Chad, "Are you crazy?" (0:42)

Ginny hallucinates Jesus talking to her. She amputates her finger. (0:43)

Buyer’s Remorse His life partner Gerry: "Take a... Xanax, Tom." (0:48)

Gerry asks Tom, referring to their adopted daughter Mahogany, "Why doesn’t she say anything?"
Tom: ”She’s just a little shy.” (0:53)

Gerry: "We love your mute black child." (0:58)

Tom: "This is unacceptable behavior, Mahogany." (1:00)

Gerry tells psychotherapist Dr. Shelly, referring to Mahogany, "... she doesn’t speak, ever..."
Psychotherapist: ”... very common for a child coming from an emotionally malnourished environment.”
Gerri: ”We didn’t spend over $15,000 African mute...” (1:01)

Gerry appears to insufflates a drug. (1:04)

Tom finds Mahogany apparently intoxicated. (1:06)

Tom tells Gerry, referring to Mahogany, "She’s cracked out of her mind... You gave our daughter crystal meth. How in the hell did she get her hands on narcotics?" (1:06)

Kangaroo Court Sitter Mary Jane, lighting a roach, tells the boys, "... she... freaked..." (1:12)

Nicholas tells the sitter, "Be cynical, if that gets you through the day, Mary Jane." (1:15)

Dr. Shelly tells Nicholas, "I only use the chair when I’m engaging clients in free association."
Nicholas: ”I had a dream about them.” (1:15)

Nicholas asks maid Blanca Juarez, "Are you crazy?"
Mary Jane: ”Am I tripping on acid right now...?” (1:17)

Nicholas tells the others, referring to Blanca, "She is crazy. She should be committed." (1:18)

Nicholas, as judge: "There will be no outbursts of emotion in this courtroom."
Mary Jane lights a marijuana cigarette.
Nicholas, referring to Blanca’s baby’s father: ”He was cheating on her.” (1:19)

The boys see Blanca’s lifeless body hanging by the neck. (1:24)

Man Eater Sarah Cotton tells Robert Kane, referring to the news, "... it just depresses me."
”... the new people that they have working here are not that motivated...”
”I’m nervous.”
Robert: ”I’m just really confused right now. I can’t even tell you how confused I am.” (1:36)

Sarah tells Robert, "I have The Little Mermaid on DVD... What about Big?" (1:41)

Robert tells Sarah, "... I don’t know what kind of a... head case you are..."
”You... crazy bitch.”
Sarah: ”Hurt me. Hurt me. Hurt me.”
Robert: ”... crazy bitch.” (1:43)

Robert tells Sarah, "You crazy bitch." (1:45)

"She’s cracked out of her mind... You gave our daughter crystal meth..." (1:46)