Laszlo confronts his cousin Attila about his new Americanized identity and business name while providing a blunt critique of the showroom's furniture. The scene highlights the tension between artistic integrity and the pragmatic survival of immigrants in post-war America.
ATTILA: Come and take a seat at my desk.
ATTILA: Is it smaller than you expected?
LASZLO: What?
ATTILA: The shop.
LASZLO: No, not at all. I had no expectation. Who is Miller?
ATTILA: I am Miller.
LASZLO: You are Molnar.
ATTILA: Not anymore.
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