Drool

Imogene Cochran: "So, um, was that your husband leaving the house this morning?"

Anora Fleece: "Uh, yeah. He works at a rubber factory outside of Tulsa."

Imogene Cochran: "Rubber. As in condoms?"

Anora Fleece: "Oh, uh, no. They make inner tubes, pool linings, that kind of thing."

Imogene Cochran: "Made of rubber."

Anora Fleece: "Oh, yeah."

Imogene Cochran: "Huh. Interesting, I guess."

Anora Fleece: "Not really."

Imogene Cochran: "Nah, I was just being polite."

Anora Fleece: "Uh, what does your husband do?"

Imogene Cochran: "He don't do nothing, he dead."

Anora Fleece: "Oh. Must be nice."

Drool is a rather bizarre but comical movie, in the beginning scene alone the viewing audience is subjected to seeing Anora fantasising about her husband Chebb being a groomed, affectionate and pleasant man to be around instead of the grumpy, racist, unkempt, selfish man she ended up with. Anora often lives in her own fantasy land to get over her drab, menial, repetitive routine of each day. She has two children who she seems to leave to their own devices as they are both old enough between right and wrong. She has teenage Tabby who is incredibly artistic and just wants to fit in at school, who has a crush on Denny who she ends up briefly dating before her untrustworthy friend encourages her to break up with him for her benefit. She also has Pete aka Little Pete who is a somewhat confused adolescent boy, he wants to be like his father but he doesn't really share the same thoughts, interests and values as his dad besides his blatantly prefers his older sister. Chebb rules the house with an iron fist resorting to violence if he feels he needs to. He does as he likes when he likes even being intimate with his wife is when he feels like it whether she's actually enjoying it or not, it doesn't seem to bother him that she is often fantasising about her dream man as she does it, nor that his children may be able to hear him as he's not exactly quiet. 

Tabby Fleece: [voice over] "God, I can't believe I was one of those girls who fell for that "I had a dream about you" crap. But then again, I had a real thing for boys like Denny. Those dreamy eyes made my heart race around the block. And in my hometown of Catoosa, Oklahoma, sometimes that's all you had to look forward to - your favourite boy telling you he had a dream about you, if you know what I mean. Anyway, as most people already know, your hometown isn't always where your heart is. It's just where your parents got stuck. So it's where you get stuck until something sets you loose upon the world. The world. I didn't know anything about the world back then."

Anora's life changes for the better and gets more interesting when Imogene moves in next door and befriends her. Imogene sells Kathy Kay Cosmetics and often gives Anora free samples or will do the face mask, pedicures/manicures or make regimes with her. This initially seems fine and Anora seems to come out of her timid shell until Little Pete decides to tell his father about his Mother's new found friendship and that Imogene was in the house. This fuels Chebb to kick off as Imogene is African American and he neither wants her in his house nor for his wife to be socialising with her all due to her not being Caucasian. The two continue to be friends initially with Anora just going to Imogene's house instead but they soon venture back to Anora's house. This would be fine except Chebb catches them not only in his house but in his and Anora's room kissing no less. This is when the trouble begins, Chebb slaps her across the face and goes to beat up Imogene when Anora shoots he repeatedly. Which both shocks and frees her from his domestic abuse and to live the life she would like to lead, just one issue what are they gonna do with Chebb's body. 

With Little Pete, Tabby and Imogene in tow the four of them embark on a journey to bury Chebb somewhere safe and fitting for him. The feeling of contempt and utter disgust that Tabby once had for Imogene rapidly disappears as she realises that she isn't all that bad if she just gives her a chance. Little Pete soon warms to Imogene too, especially when she lets him use some of her samples on the doll that he accumulated when they stopped off at a deserted park. They soon find refuge at Imogene's friends humble abode, where the two sibling decide to put there now deceased Father Chebb in make-up before burying him.  

Tabby Fleece: [voice over, writing in diary] "Dear Gully. Forget everything I said about Mama and Imogene. Please look over them and all of us. Oh, and take care of Daddy, 'cause without him, we never would have been set loose and ended up here. Amen."