The Creatress (2019)

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- <i>So, Ms. Bellow--</i>
- <i>No relation.</i>

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<i>That was my first</i>
<i>question, beat me to it.</i>

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<i>Big reading you</i>
<i>have ahead of yourself</i>

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<i>- at Book Smart Downtown</i>
<i>later today?</i>

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<i>Yeah, that is the sentence.</i>

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<i>Well, I don't think it'll be that bad.
Book readings aren't known to end</i>

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<i>with the audience</i>
<i>eating the author.</i>

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<i>Oh,</i>
<i>but I do like that visual.</i>

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<i>Someone trying to appease a room full of cannibals with chick lit.</i>

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<i>I mean,</i>
<i>I can't say that's the best category or the strongest genre to tackle</i>

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<i>- that sort of room, but...</i>
- <i>Well, if not chick lit,</i>

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<i>what genre do</i>
<i>you consider yourself?</i>

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<i>I don't know, I guess</i>
<i>I don't like to be tied down.</i>

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<i>Categories are for</i>
<i>agents and bookstores</i>

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<i>as a shortcut when your job</i>
<i>is selling books all day long.</i>

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<i>You know,</i>
<i>readers alphabeticalize.</i>

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<i>We look at books differently.</i>

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<i>They influence and</i>
<i>authors end up pigeonholed.</i>

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<i>I mean the moral of the story is the good life is reserved for the readers.</i>

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<i>Explore the store,</i>
<i>have fun, be curious.</i>

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<i>Uh huh,</i>
<i>so is irony your favorite?</i>

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<i>Well, the madness is,</i>
<i>in today's world, no one can know anymore.</i>

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- Seriously?
- <i>Well, what you say--</i>

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It sounds like
you're having a meltdown.

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If you let them
think you're crazy,

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they're going to
think that I'm crazy.

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And if I'm crazy,
I can't help you.

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I can't even help me myself
and we both lose.

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Whoa!

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What the-- What was that about?

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<i>Well, that sounds like work.</i>

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<i>It's less</i>
<i>work than social media.</i>

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<i>I mean, Facebook, Instagram,</i>
<i>Twitter, those are work.</i>

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<i>But if people scroll</i>
<i>and scroll all day long,</i>

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<i>I mean even when they're</i>
<i>in movies that they paid to see</i>

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<i>or with people that they love,</i>

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<i>it's like get off your phones!</i>

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<i>If we had a way to track how many words people read on average today,</i>

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<i>I bet you it's more than</i>
<i>War and Peace cover to cover</i>

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<i>worth of scrolling every year.</i>

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<i>Which, you know, when you think about it,</i>
<i>it's actually really impressive.</i>

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<i>You hand someone a 1,000 or a 1,300-page book,</i>
<i>tell them to take a year,</i>

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<i>for some reason,</i>
<i>they get scared.</i>

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<i>It only works out to about</i>
<i>five pages a day, by the way.</i>

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<i>But people read</i>
<i>280 characters at a time.</i>

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<i>Well, no,</i>
<i>read one sentence at a time.</i>

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So I said to him post-postmodernism is so over.
Come on, tricks are for kids.

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Can you write something truthful for God sakes?

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Also, and I'm going to have to use some pictures from you.
I got to give something

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to the publisher.
Nobody's writing blank million dollar checks anymore.

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Oh, I'm sorry, do you mind?

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No, not at all.
I'm just going to be down there.

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Okay, okay.

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Carrie here.

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No, you listen to me first!

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My client said he hates fucking
three of them, his words!

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Well, did your
stupid artist even read

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what the title of the book is?

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No, no, no, no,
he's done this before to me!

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When I see him, I'm going
to personally strangle him.

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Oh, so I'll
strangle his attorney, too.

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Oh, that's a fun one.

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Written in high school,
published years later.

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Pretty pure stuff.

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They went no picture.

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And it didn't matter,
still did well.

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Better when that happens.

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Did you like it?

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It's an authentic debut.

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We'll see when the
next one shows up here.

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They all do.

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You make this place
sound like it's a pound.

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Well, some do tend to get
adopted quicker than others.

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Thank you.

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I don't like that cover.

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It's all wrong!

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Why?

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Because it appears

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as if you're
trying to overcompensate

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for the sentences and the book
- deserves better than that.

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<i>Hey,
listen I usually only check voicemail twice a day when taking a dump</i>

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<i>on a good day.</i>
<i>If you think I'm an animal,</i>

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<i>you're the one still</i>
<i>leaving me voicemail, text.</i>

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Hey, you know what?
I think we got a bestseller!

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Well, they haven't read it yet and half
of them haven't even bought it yet, so.

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All right, so can you
please be in the moment

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and appreciate how
special this all is?

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Just try and put
on your happy face.

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- Turn the frown upside down.
- Mm-hmm.

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And, also, do not talk anyone
out of buying the book.

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- I know, I know.
- Thank you, thank you.

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Hi, there.
Actually super disappointed

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this mic doesn't
have any feedback on it.

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Going to have to
break the ice myself now.

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So, guess this is what
an AA meeting feels like.

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I'm Eryn Bellow.

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I've been in
sentence construction

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for over a decade now.

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I hope this adds something.

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- Hey, I really love what you wrote.
- Oh, thanks.

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But do you get some kind of thrill out of trying to hurt us with the story?

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Um...

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I'm asking out here because
I figured you wouldn't want me

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- to ask in there with everyone.
- Right.

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Well,
it's not being done at you.

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I guess, I thought we were

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just trying to work
on something together.

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Eryn, come on, come on!

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If you don't like it,
you can walk away, right?

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But thank you for coming.

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Thank you.

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Sweetie,
just wanted to tell you,

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you were great, great today!

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No, no, no, I just,
I thought were you coming.

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Oh, no, you know,
I have this

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such a boring dinner with
my boss and the three amigos.

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You can come, welcome to join.

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No, I'm good.

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Smart you.

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- Hi.
- <i>Hi.</i>

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- How you doing?
- <i>Tired, long day.</i>

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Yeah, tell me about it.
How'd it go?

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- <i>It was good.</i>
- Yeah, what'd you read?

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Same old.

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Good old Misnomer, the rant

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about words
bouncing off their target.

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Yeah,
at least when code doesn't work,

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I get instant
feedback when the app crashes.

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<i>God, that sounds so good.</i>

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<i>I get it down and then</i>
<i>I've got to wait ten years</i>

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<i>to see if it mattered.</i>

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Not if you win a Pulitzer.

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Right,
name the last five winners.

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<i>Anyway, listen.</i>

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There's a reason that I
wanted to video chat with you.

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Oh, yeah?

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Well, look
what I was just eyeing.

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<i>Keli Onherback romp</i>
<i>is not Kosher, yowza!</i>

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Oh, all right, yeah.

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<i>I don't know if,</i>
<i>uh, hey, I don't know</i>

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<i>if that's funny or offensive.</i>

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Anyways.

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<i>Yeah, anyway.</i>

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I, seriously,
I want you to say hi to Lacey.

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- What?
<i>- Now, hear me out. Hear me out.</i>

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- What is, what is she doing there?
- She showed up here.

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I told her right away that I was completely uncomfortable with it.

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<i>- Yeah, yeah, me, too.</i>
- See, the thing is that's why

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I was putting this all out in the open
because I don't want you to think that

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I'm hiding anything because there's nothing to hide here.

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<i>Wait, so why are you</i>
<i>saying all that like that?</i>

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<i>Because she showed up.</i>
<i>She wanted to talk.</i>

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- About?
- Not about that.

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<i>About moving, missing us.</i>

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About how we made a mistake?

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Maybe.

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Why didn't you answer
when I called earlier?

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Because we were talking.

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Right, I want to talk to her.
- Yeah, good.

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That's why I wanted
to video chat with you

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because that way
you can just go ahead

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and say whatever,
say whatever, say whatever

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you want to say.

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Here.

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Hi, Eryn.

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Hi.

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- You okay?
- Yeah. No, yeah, I'm good.

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It's just, it's been rough.

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Yeah, are you drinking a beer?

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- Yeah.
- So, what you just popped by?

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I don't think I'm going
to be here when you get back.

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Right, well,
I have a meeting tomorrow,

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but I should be
back in a day or two.

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No, well, with the way
they've been flying you around.

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Look, you're moving, Lacey.
No one's dying.

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Yeah, I know. I'm just, I don't know.

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Anyway, I got to head out.

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Okay, let me call you back?

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Wait, what, why?

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Well, what, you want me
to put you on the windowsill,

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so you can watch her out?

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Fine, call me back.

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Okay.

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Shit!

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Hello?

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I'll be down in a minute.

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Oh, God.

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So just tell him
to go fuck himself.

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And then when he realizes
I don't like fucking myself,

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I want you to do it for me,

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then, you will get Theo back.

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Do it!

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- This is all day.
- God.

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Okay.

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All right.

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What is this?

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Oh, it's a hangover cure.

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The best, the best.

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Hi, there, the usual.

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- Here.
- I just need a macchiato.

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No, no, this is much better.
It's a plant-based straw,

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and I'll take the usual, too.

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I don't know,
should I be worried?

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I mean, is this some
kind of a drinking problem?

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Nnn nnn.

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- Hi, good morning.
- Yes, hi.

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Yes, I'm here with Eryn.

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Uh... Yes,
I have you here, Mrs?

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Yes, yes.

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Mrs. Yes, right.

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Mr. Williams is
telling me that we need to wait

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until Ms. Freeman is ready.

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Oh, how long
is that going to be?

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She's usually 10 minutes behind.

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You know what?
That is actually probably going to be better for us

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'cause I, it's like a
literal ball and chain.

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Shame, shame!

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Are you going to be okay for this meeting?

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Please don't yell at me.

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Hey, Carrie, we're ready.

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Doubtful.

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Hi, Eryn, I'm Gregg.

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Okay.

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So, Eryn,
congratulations on your novel.

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I love where it took me.

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Such a departure
from your debut.

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And I want to thank you both for coming here and making time for us

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because I know that
you're at the end of your trip.

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And, a little birdie
told me that you had been

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taking other
production meetings thus far,

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so I know that you
have choices, options.

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I also heard
something about a series?

233
00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:18,429
Yes, well,
that's why we're interested

234
00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:21,032
in hearing what
you all have to say

235
00:13:21,034 --> 00:13:23,868
because I'm interested
in getting on with lunch.

236
00:13:23,870 --> 00:13:26,237
Lunch? Oh, well,
who are you lunching with?

237
00:13:26,873 --> 00:13:28,439
With Eryn.

238
00:13:28,441 --> 00:13:30,141
Ah!

239
00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:32,076
- Probably not eating.
- 86 it.

240
00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:36,181
We're thinking of
Cruise for the lead.

241
00:13:36,183 --> 00:13:40,318
But the antagonist is 25.

242
00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,087
I happen to know Tom Cruise very well and I think if he wants to do it,

243
00:13:43,089 --> 00:13:48,159
- we can age him down.
- Hmm, so it wouldn't be the character that changes.

244
00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:50,061
It would be the actor.

245
00:13:50,063 --> 00:13:53,364
Having him play 25 again
would be a great press move

246
00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:55,500
and I think it would
up the value of the project

247
00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:57,235
to twofold if not more.

248
00:13:57,237 --> 00:13:59,938
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm.

249
00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:02,173
Wait, who's that?

250
00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:03,374
It's me!

251
00:14:03,376 --> 00:14:06,244
Hey! Down, sit down!

252
00:14:06,246 --> 00:14:09,080
You wanted me to give
her the risky business, right?

253
00:14:09,082 --> 00:14:12,050
- Did we offend her?
- No, no, no.

254
00:14:12,052 --> 00:14:15,019
She's just a
little under the weather.

255
00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:18,122
But I'm sure that
she'll feel much better

256
00:14:18,124 --> 00:14:20,892
if you can get your
offer into the mid-sixes.

257
00:14:21,962 --> 00:14:23,394
So, I'll be off.

258
00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:25,163
Good day.

259
00:14:25,165 --> 00:14:29,267
- Fire that little brat!
- You're fired.

260
00:14:34,908 --> 00:14:36,975
This is so good.

261
00:14:36,977 --> 00:14:39,177
- How do you know?
- How do I know?

262
00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:41,412
That bottle cost a hundred
bucks, that's how I know.

263
00:14:43,350 --> 00:14:45,516
Mmm, oh!

264
00:14:46,987 --> 00:14:49,621
Now, they told me that you
opted out for tomorrow's meeting

265
00:14:49,623 --> 00:14:51,623
because you want to
take the red-eye home?

266
00:14:51,625 --> 00:14:53,057
Yeah, I feel like you
don't need my help picking

267
00:14:53,059 --> 00:14:54,592
who's going to
fuck it up the least.

268
00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:56,327
Well, you got that right.

269
00:14:56,329 --> 00:14:57,662
I got stuff I
got to get home to.

270
00:14:57,664 --> 00:15:01,566
- Writing?
- Maybe.

271
00:15:02,502 --> 00:15:04,936
Come on now, you know, I don't
want to be a pain in the ass,

272
00:15:04,938 --> 00:15:07,272
but there is a
deadline on the horizon

273
00:15:07,274 --> 00:15:10,208
- and I know I don't need to remind you.
- Yeah, no, I know, I know.

274
00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:14,178
I just, I've got some
ideas that I'm noodling.

275
00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:17,282
Oh, good, good!

276
00:15:17,284 --> 00:15:19,017
- Good, good, good, what?
- Yeah.

277
00:15:20,186 --> 00:15:23,054
I'm still working on them,
so I don't want to--

278
00:15:23,056 --> 00:15:24,555
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

279
00:15:24,557 --> 00:15:27,492
You can tell me,
friend to friend.

280
00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:32,931
Okay,
so I'm thinking it's a sci-fi

281
00:15:32,933 --> 00:15:35,199
set in the '90s with rap music.

282
00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:36,968
- Oh, no.
- What?

283
00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:39,203
- No, no, no.
- No, why?

284
00:15:39,205 --> 00:15:41,639
No, because
historical sci-fi doesn't work

285
00:15:41,641 --> 00:15:43,374
unless you
happen to be steampunk.

286
00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:45,510
Wait, so we
call this gangster-steam.

287
00:15:45,946 --> 00:15:47,979
Nobody reads steampunk

288
00:15:47,981 --> 00:15:50,581
except for the few
people that read steampunk.

289
00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:52,083
Okay.

290
00:15:52,085 --> 00:15:54,118
No, it's not okay.

291
00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,354
The publisher offered you

292
00:15:56,356 --> 00:15:58,589
mid-six figures advance.

293
00:15:58,591 --> 00:16:01,960
That tells you that
they want a lot of people

294
00:16:01,962 --> 00:16:05,396
to read your books,
not just those people.

295
00:16:06,199 --> 00:16:07,432
What do you mean those people?

296
00:16:07,434 --> 00:16:08,466
What do you mean,
what do you mean?

297
00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:09,467
You know what I mean.

298
00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:10,969
It's such a small demographic.

299
00:16:10,971 --> 00:16:12,637
It's a niche demographic.

300
00:16:12,639 --> 00:16:14,372
- That's a thing!
- Niche, shmiche.

301
00:16:14,374 --> 00:16:16,274
Okay, it's a road trip story.

302
00:16:16,276 --> 00:16:18,009
Two best friends
are going to Argentina,

303
00:16:18,011 --> 00:16:19,711
except they can't
go to the next country

304
00:16:19,713 --> 00:16:21,546
until they have sex with someone
in the country that they're in.

305
00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:24,015
It's Country Country, Bang Bang!

306
00:16:24,017 --> 00:16:25,083
Oh, I don't know.

307
00:16:25,085 --> 00:16:27,518
Come up with something else.

308
00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,355
That doesn't
singe me like that dress.

309
00:16:30,357 --> 00:16:32,623
Sibling rivalry drama,
brother and sister.

310
00:16:32,625 --> 00:16:34,993
They're both in
love with the same girl.

311
00:16:34,995 --> 00:16:39,464
Believe it or not, I heard
a very similar pitch last week.

312
00:16:39,466 --> 00:16:41,632
- What?
- Same snatch, different day.

313
00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:45,269
How about this?
A coalition of religious leaders discovers the cure to cancer

314
00:16:45,271 --> 00:16:46,771
which reinstores
value in modern faith

315
00:16:46,773 --> 00:16:49,207
only to reveal the
science behind the coalition.

316
00:16:49,209 --> 00:16:52,276
I got Tiger Portal to move up,
so you should stay 'til tomorrow.

317
00:16:52,278 --> 00:16:55,313
- What, you didn't like those guys today?
- We could get more.

318
00:16:55,315 --> 00:16:57,749
Well, what about a remake?

319
00:16:57,751 --> 00:17:00,651
That goes fast and then
you won't get writer's block.

320
00:17:00,653 --> 00:17:02,153
Yeah, especially
if I'm plagiarizing.

321
00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:04,255
No, we wouldn't do it like that.

322
00:17:04,257 --> 00:17:06,557
I just want
something that's quick.

323
00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:09,127
Something honest,
something truthful.

324
00:17:09,129 --> 00:17:11,229
Well, I need to have something that I feel like is worth the paper.

325
00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:13,131
It's not being printed.

326
00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:15,066
- It's on digital.
- Oh, my God!

327
00:17:15,068 --> 00:17:16,534
It's like an
old-fashioned detective story,

328
00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,736
but the detective is an amnesiac

329
00:17:18,738 --> 00:17:21,272
and the criminal has
a photographic memory.

330
00:17:21,508 --> 00:17:23,341
You know,
there is a Swedish fairy tale

331
00:17:23,343 --> 00:17:24,709
that I've always loved,

332
00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:26,611
The Prince Without a Shadow.

333
00:17:27,414 --> 00:17:29,547
We want something
that people actually know.

334
00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:31,049
People know fairy tales.

335
00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:34,419
Not Swedish ones, honey,
not even the Swedes.

336
00:17:34,421 --> 00:17:36,387
The poster had
nothing to do with the story.

337
00:17:36,389 --> 00:17:39,057
Well, at least they
knew chartreuse was green.

338
00:17:39,059 --> 00:17:41,359
The Salem witch trials,

339
00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:45,430
but set in modern day.

340
00:17:45,432 --> 00:17:47,198
Why don't you do a memoir?

341
00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,167
- That's a good idea.
- What, no!

342
00:17:49,169 --> 00:17:50,535
'Cause then you could
write about what you know.

343
00:17:50,537 --> 00:17:52,070
I'm not even 30, that's stupid.

344
00:17:52,072 --> 00:17:54,172
And they want to
sell it in the US.

345
00:17:54,174 --> 00:17:56,240
Nobody here is
going to want a fairy tale

346
00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:59,077
that doesn't have a happy ending.
You can thank Disney for that.

347
00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:02,647
What about a bunch
of girls, all tweens--

348
00:18:03,483 --> 00:18:08,319
No, I hate it.
I haven't even heard it and I hate it.

349
00:18:08,321 --> 00:18:11,456
Well, that's all I had.
I thought you'd come up with the rest.

350
00:18:11,458 --> 00:18:14,625
- A remake is a chance to set the record straight.
- Pass.

351
00:18:14,627 --> 00:18:16,761
- Why?
- Because it's not what they want.

352
00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:20,331
- Well, what do they want?
- They want something that they already like.

353
00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:24,702
- Oh, my...
- You don't want to wait until somebody salacious comes along

354
00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:26,637
and writes his
own version of it.

355
00:18:26,639 --> 00:18:30,274
And you know that they will, and
they always make money at it.

356
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:33,611
There's used bookstores just filled with whole sections of that crap.

357
00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:37,115
- Memoir, it's terrifying no matter who writes it.
- Thank you.

358
00:18:37,117 --> 00:18:39,183
- Here's your macchiato.
- It's probably better it's not me.

359
00:18:51,431 --> 00:18:54,165
I'm always struck
by that responsibility

360
00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:57,168
that the writer has
because they have such power

361
00:18:57,170 --> 00:18:58,603
and, as we know,
with great power

362
00:18:58,605 --> 00:19:00,872
- comes great responsibility.
- Yes, indeed.

363
00:19:00,874 --> 00:19:03,608
You have the power
to determine the fates

364
00:19:03,610 --> 00:19:06,244
of everyone in this world
that you've created.

365
00:19:06,246 --> 00:19:09,380
It is the power that we
all lack in our own universe,

366
00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:11,682
but the writer completely
controls in his universe.

367
00:19:16,422 --> 00:19:19,190
<i>Ladies and gentlemen,
we are preparing the cabin for landing.</i>

368
00:19:19,192 --> 00:19:20,858
<i>Please place your</i>
<i>seats and tray tables</i>

369
00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:23,828
<i>in the upright position and</i>
<i>we'll be on the ground shortly.</i>

370
00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:26,764
<i>Thank you for flying</i>
<i>with us and have a nice day.</i>

371
00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:01,832
<i>¶ So good how you call my shit</i>
<i>The blue chip ¶</i>

372
00:20:01,834 --> 00:20:03,768
<i>¶ Tell me what you want</i>
<i>You want to tap it like that ¶</i>

373
00:20:03,770 --> 00:20:05,937
<i>¶ You want</i>
<i>To smack it like that ¶</i>

374
00:20:05,939 --> 00:20:08,472
<i>¶ Bitch don't worry</i>
<i>This right here is durable ¶</i>

375
00:20:08,474 --> 00:20:10,775
<i>¶ Stay energized</i>
<i>And I go on and on ¶</i>

376
00:20:10,777 --> 00:20:11,709
<i>¶ Turn on the genuine ¶</i>

377
00:20:21,621 --> 00:20:22,887
Oh, you look so good.

378
00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:24,555
Thank you, so do you.

379
00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:28,659
Wow, it's been a while.

380
00:20:28,661 --> 00:20:29,594
Yeah.

381
00:20:30,697 --> 00:20:32,263
Thank you.

382
00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:33,764
It certainly feels like it.

383
00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:37,868
- So..
- So?

384
00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:40,471
- Are they going to adapt it?
- Um...

385
00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:43,407
I don't know, I guess
I'd prefer that they didn't.

386
00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:47,011
Oh, come on, what about the fatty check that'll
pay off the new house before escrow closes?

387
00:20:47,814 --> 00:20:50,348
Yeah, I'm not sure I'm
going to go through with that.

388
00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:54,385
I thought you said your bungalow wasn't big enough for the two of you?

389
00:20:59,559 --> 00:21:01,025
Are you guys breaking up?

390
00:21:02,462 --> 00:21:03,394
Are--

391
00:21:06,532 --> 00:21:07,999
Did you guys sleep
together the other night?

392
00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:09,033
No.

393
00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:16,340
No, I just wanted to
say goodbye in person.

394
00:21:18,278 --> 00:21:20,444
I didn't know I'm not allowed
over unless you're home now.

395
00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:21,412
- It's not that.
- You know what?

396
00:21:21,414 --> 00:21:23,681
Maybe you were right.

397
00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:25,583
Sleeping together was a mistake.

398
00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:31,789
Yeah, I just thought maybe they'll get
it out of their system while I'm around.

399
00:21:32,959 --> 00:21:34,825
And now I'm moving.

400
00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:36,794
So what?

401
00:21:37,930 --> 00:21:39,397
So you won't have to worry.

402
00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:17,735
Rand.

403
00:22:42,995 --> 00:22:43,928
Ow.

404
00:22:46,599 --> 00:22:47,765
Rand!

405
00:22:51,571 --> 00:22:52,837
Okay, ow, no!

406
00:23:04,617 --> 00:23:06,083
Okay, okay.

407
00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:09,787
Damn it!

408
00:23:11,657 --> 00:23:13,991
Okay, okay.

409
00:23:26,672 --> 00:23:27,605
Rand?

410
00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:33,077
Rand?

411
00:24:01,474 --> 00:24:02,673
Oh, Jesus.

412
00:24:04,710 --> 00:24:05,643
Ow.

413
00:24:16,522 --> 00:24:18,889
So you're seriously
you're not going to believe me?

414
00:24:19,492 --> 00:24:22,226
Eryn, we didn't do anything.

415
00:24:22,228 --> 00:24:24,929
I just need you to help me
pack my stuff in the morning.

416
00:24:28,801 --> 00:24:30,634
I mean, could you at
least go sleep on the bed?

417
00:24:30,636 --> 00:24:31,836
No, I can't.

418
00:24:44,116 --> 00:24:46,650
Well, now you don't
have to get rid of this place.

419
00:24:46,652 --> 00:24:48,052
I always gonna miss it.

420
00:24:49,121 --> 00:24:52,189
I don't know how you
could be so illogical!

421
00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:56,026
Well, that's why you
write code and I write prose.

422
00:24:59,065 --> 00:25:01,866
I hope that in time you realize

423
00:25:01,868 --> 00:25:03,567
I was telling you the truth.

424
00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:05,803
The way you remember it

425
00:25:05,805 --> 00:25:07,171
or the way it actually happened?

426
00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:16,333
Through,
straighten the back leg.

427
00:27:16,335 --> 00:27:18,636
Very slowly press
down to the left leg.

428
00:27:26,846 --> 00:27:29,179
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

429
00:27:29,181 --> 00:27:31,248
Come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on.

430
00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:32,216
No, no, no, no, no.

431
00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:33,350
No, no.

432
00:27:33,352 --> 00:27:34,752
No.

433
00:27:34,754 --> 00:27:35,786
No!

434
00:27:35,788 --> 00:27:38,689
No!

435
00:27:46,732 --> 00:27:49,700
Inhale with the right leg
parallel to the Earth.

436
00:27:50,102 --> 00:27:53,804
Then you go through the right
foot through the palms. Stay--

437
00:28:42,321 --> 00:28:46,256
- You're kidding me.
- I'm hardly a kidder. I'm earnest.

438
00:28:46,258 --> 00:28:47,758
That's probably
not the right word.

439
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,961
Um, fine,
I will take one of these.

440
00:28:50,963 --> 00:28:51,895
We're closed.

441
00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:53,964
Ring it up in the morning.

442
00:28:53,966 --> 00:28:56,800
- That bag is $24.
- What?

443
00:29:57,897 --> 00:30:00,798
Never hire that asshole actor.

444
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,466
Whoop. Okay.

445
00:30:02,902 --> 00:30:03,934
Carry on.

446
00:30:04,336 --> 00:30:05,469
Get back.

447
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:12,543
Print the pages,
print the pages.

448
00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:20,918
Where's the rest?

449
00:30:24,356 --> 00:30:26,390
Oh, God.

450
00:30:27,092 --> 00:30:28,525
<i>I have Eryn on two.</i>

451
00:30:28,527 --> 00:30:31,028
<i>She can't wait to talk to you.</i>

452
00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:32,529
I'll go get your Xanax.

453
00:30:33,966 --> 00:30:35,833
- Hey.
- So?

454
00:30:35,835 --> 00:30:37,000
There's nine pages.

455
00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:38,836
- Yeah.
- That's it?

456
00:30:38,838 --> 00:30:40,404
I just wanted you to get an idea

457
00:30:40,406 --> 00:30:41,572
of what track I was on.

458
00:30:41,974 --> 00:30:43,974
- So, there's no more?
<i>- No.</i>

459
00:30:43,976 --> 00:30:46,043
- Okay, good.
- Just good?

460
00:30:46,045 --> 00:30:48,178
No, the pages suck, honey.

461
00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:50,080
Well, I thought you
wanted me to write a memoir?

462
00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:52,850
It's so depressing.

463
00:30:52,852 --> 00:30:53,984
Thank you.

464
00:30:53,986 --> 00:30:55,419
<i>Sorry.</i>

465
00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:57,988
I mean,
it's a little bit embellished.

466
00:30:57,990 --> 00:31:00,224
Look, you can't
purposely set out

467
00:31:00,226 --> 00:31:02,526
to write a fake memoir.

468
00:31:02,528 --> 00:31:04,394
Well, at least I'm
being upfront about it.

469
00:31:04,396 --> 00:31:06,029
It's like I dare you
to find the truth in it.

470
00:31:06,031 --> 00:31:08,365
Okay, you know what,
forget the memoir.

471
00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:10,033
I'll get a biographer.

472
00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:11,635
You'll have full approval,

473
00:31:11,637 --> 00:31:14,872
- and profit participation.
- What?

474
00:31:14,874 --> 00:31:18,175
Sweetie, you got to get used to the idea that you're a public figure.

475
00:31:18,177 --> 00:31:20,978
- You're a brand, people know you.
- Are you telling me

476
00:31:20,980 --> 00:31:23,380
the only thing you don't
want me to write about is me?

477
00:31:23,616 --> 00:31:26,984
Yes. No fake memoirs.

478
00:31:26,986 --> 00:31:29,119
No Nordic fairy tales.

479
00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:30,387
No gangster-punk.

480
00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:32,456
Something else, fast!

481
00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:35,058
The publishers
are waiting for pages.

482
00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:39,229
And if they don't get them soon,
they're going to sit their asses down and write you a letter

483
00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:42,399
in the language that
they love most, legalese.

484
00:31:42,401 --> 00:31:44,201
Think about it. Bye.

485
00:31:56,482 --> 00:31:59,116
<i>Welcome,</i>
<i>welcome to the autumnal edition of</i> BookWorm.

486
00:31:59,118 --> 00:32:02,953
<i>I'm your host, Will Foresight.</i>
<i>I'll be sharing these five or so megabytes</i>

487
00:32:02,955 --> 00:32:06,556
<i>with the critic for Califoreigner Monthly,</i>
<i>Theo Mencken.</i>

488
00:32:06,558 --> 00:32:08,325
<i>- Theo, welcome.</i>
- <i>Thanks for--</i>

489
00:32:12,631 --> 00:32:14,264
It's open.

490
00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:16,166
Oh, in paperback.

491
00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:17,367
Your very own.

492
00:32:17,369 --> 00:32:20,070
- Oh.
- Hi, Nana.

493
00:32:20,072 --> 00:32:23,173
Oh, I still like this one best.

494
00:32:24,076 --> 00:32:26,977
Doesn't give you a clue
what's on the inside,

495
00:32:26,979 --> 00:32:29,246
which makes me curious.

496
00:32:29,648 --> 00:32:31,281
That's why I love you.

497
00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:32,616
We'll be
discussing a number of topics

498
00:32:32,618 --> 00:32:35,185
today including
readership going up,

499
00:32:35,187 --> 00:32:36,520
the return of long form.

500
00:32:37,056 --> 00:32:39,289
But first,
something we were discussing

501
00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:42,426
before we started recording
and I said, Theo, hold on.

502
00:32:42,428 --> 00:32:43,293
This is good stuff.

503
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:44,628
Save it for the podcast.

504
00:32:45,431 --> 00:32:47,230
Are you seeing anyone?

505
00:32:47,232 --> 00:32:49,166
- Nana.
- You should be.

506
00:32:49,168 --> 00:32:51,101
- Well, so should you.
- I am.

507
00:32:51,103 --> 00:32:53,470
And if you were around more,
you'd know that.

508
00:32:56,675 --> 00:32:58,575
It's much better for me

509
00:32:58,577 --> 00:33:01,078
to talk about my
great grandkids than it is

510
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,613
to listen to somebody
else talk about their uncle.

511
00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:04,548
Nana.

512
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:07,584
You need to visit more.

513
00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:09,386
I have, like, zero time.

514
00:33:09,388 --> 00:33:11,355
You make of time what you want.

515
00:33:11,357 --> 00:33:15,158
And if you don't
make time, young lady,

516
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,995
I'm going to tell
this journalist, or whoever,

517
00:33:17,997 --> 00:33:20,597
that you were
selling drugs in high school.

518
00:33:22,434 --> 00:33:23,367
Don't you dare.

519
00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:26,003
Don't you dare.

520
00:33:26,005 --> 00:33:27,404
So, a few minutes ago,
you were espousing

521
00:33:27,406 --> 00:33:30,273
on a new theory on
young adult readers?

522
00:33:30,275 --> 00:33:32,509
Yes. Who are they,
these young adults?

523
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:34,344
It's code for easy.

524
00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:36,246
Adults get to feel young again

525
00:33:36,248 --> 00:33:38,482
and the young get a
taste of the sourness

526
00:33:38,484 --> 00:33:40,317
that awaits them as adults.

527
00:33:40,319 --> 00:33:42,719
It's easy,
moves fast, and no big words.

528
00:33:42,721 --> 00:33:45,422
Well, I got news for you,
pizza can be great,

529
00:33:45,424 --> 00:33:49,426
- but they don't award Michelin stars to pizzerias.
- No.

530
00:33:49,428 --> 00:33:52,162
Simply because it will never be the greatest meal in the world.

531
00:33:52,164 --> 00:33:54,398
And what about Eryn Bellow?

532
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:55,432
Well, who gives a shit?

533
00:33:55,434 --> 00:33:57,567
Wait, why?

534
00:33:57,569 --> 00:33:59,336
Well, she's inauthentic.

535
00:33:59,338 --> 00:34:02,606
She's trying to
decode and decipher our world

536
00:34:02,608 --> 00:34:05,409
from the position of
a quarter-life crisis.

537
00:34:05,411 --> 00:34:08,211
That her publishers
sell her on her last name

538
00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:10,113
where like she's in
the category of O'Conner,

539
00:34:10,115 --> 00:34:11,748
or a little Rand.

540
00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:13,283
Well, pardon me,
but I'm not buying.

541
00:34:13,285 --> 00:34:14,651
Why?

542
00:34:14,653 --> 00:34:16,653
Well,
she's about as erudite

543
00:34:16,655 --> 00:34:19,256
as my five-year-old
showing off her new dive,

544
00:34:19,258 --> 00:34:21,758
but unlike my child,
she doesn't belly flop.

545
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,261
She misses the goddamn pool.

546
00:34:24,263 --> 00:34:27,697
And the concrete is hard
especially from those heights.

547
00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:29,533
What are you looking at me
like that for? What, what--

548
00:34:29,535 --> 00:34:34,438
- That doesn't seem fair.
- What's the worst that's going to happen to her, a concussion?

549
00:34:35,307 --> 00:34:39,476
She'll live,
hopefully with enough amnesia to forget writing.

550
00:34:56,328 --> 00:34:57,828
It's a bit early,
don't you think?

551
00:34:58,230 --> 00:35:00,397
Well, hello to you, too.

552
00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:02,299
It's earlier here.

553
00:35:02,301 --> 00:35:03,300
I'm allowed to be cranky.

554
00:35:03,302 --> 00:35:04,734
Are you okay?

555
00:35:05,304 --> 00:35:07,437
Yeah, no,
there's a really nice soft bush

556
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:09,272
outside the window
of my one-story balcony.

557
00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:11,141
I don't own any rope,
and I don't cook enough

558
00:35:11,143 --> 00:35:12,375
to keep my knives sharp, so--

559
00:35:12,377 --> 00:35:13,844
All right, listen, you got to go

560
00:35:13,846 --> 00:35:17,647
- to Los Angeles right away.
- Why?

561
00:35:17,649 --> 00:35:21,384
- Because I booked you on Perspective.
- Why?

562
00:35:21,386 --> 00:35:24,688
Because I want you
to shut those critics up

563
00:35:24,690 --> 00:35:26,456
and I want you
to set it straight

564
00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:28,758
and tell everybody your story.

565
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,760
Now, you'll be
flying on my expense account.

566
00:35:30,762 --> 00:35:33,130
While you're at it,
my husband never shuts up

567
00:35:33,132 --> 00:35:35,799
about this
Korean-Persian restaurant.

568
00:35:35,801 --> 00:35:37,634
I said it's Asian fusion.

569
00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:39,169
It's not the
of course,

570
00:35:39,171 --> 00:35:41,705
but I'm dying to have you try--

571
00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:46,510
Fine.

572
00:35:46,512 --> 00:35:47,777
<i>¶ Money that pop in that boy ¶</i>

573
00:35:47,779 --> 00:35:49,613
<i>¶ Go ahead and gag ¶</i>

574
00:35:49,615 --> 00:35:52,182
<i>¶ My kicks are flawless</i>
<i>I live by my rules ¶</i>

575
00:35:52,184 --> 00:35:54,217
<i>¶ No doubt I am lawless</i>
<i>Don't matter them haters ¶</i>

576
00:35:54,219 --> 00:35:55,886
<i>¶ Them chicks is just mad</i>
<i>You bitches washed up</i>

577
00:35:55,888 --> 00:35:58,588
<i>¶ Just like Trinidad</i>
<i>But we want to party ¶</i>

578
00:35:58,590 --> 00:36:00,290
<i>¶ Their chicks at my brother's</i>
<i>Is me and my woes ¶</i>

579
00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:02,359
<i>¶ Sexy is this</i>
<i>Thick as a bitch ¶</i>

580
00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:04,628
<i>¶ Smart as a what? Sexy as fuck</i>
<i>So we make it hot ¶</i>

581
00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:05,795
<i>¶ For these chicks to keep up ¶</i>

582
00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:06,763
<i>¶ Buzz it's time ¶</i>

583
00:36:06,765 --> 00:36:08,365
<i>¶ For you to step up ¶</i>

584
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:10,433
<i>¶ Walk up then</i>
<i>Make like she love me ¶</i>

585
00:36:10,435 --> 00:36:11,668
<i>¶ But like oh, my ¶</i>

586
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:12,602
<i>¶ Flies, hell ¶</i>

587
00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:16,940
Can you help set the table?

588
00:36:16,942 --> 00:36:18,642
Dinner's ready.

589
00:36:18,644 --> 00:36:19,709
Of course.

590
00:36:21,213 --> 00:36:22,345
You should go.

591
00:36:23,248 --> 00:36:24,948
Trips always shake things up.

592
00:36:26,251 --> 00:36:27,651
Good for Ulysses.

593
00:36:46,405 --> 00:36:47,337
People, five minutes.

594
00:36:47,339 --> 00:36:48,772
You can do me up.

595
00:36:48,774 --> 00:36:50,640
Keep going,
don't be scared of me.

596
00:36:50,943 --> 00:36:52,842
It's Vivian Mosswood.

597
00:36:52,844 --> 00:36:55,812
Oh, she's my
favorite designer, British.

598
00:36:55,814 --> 00:36:57,447
Oh, on set.

599
00:36:57,449 --> 00:36:58,715
Hey, Jessica.

600
00:36:59,518 --> 00:37:00,483
You look amazing.

601
00:37:00,485 --> 00:37:01,785
Oh, it's so good to see you.

602
00:37:01,787 --> 00:37:03,253
Good to see you, too.

603
00:37:03,255 --> 00:37:06,656
- You know, I loved <i>Misnomer.</i>
- Oh.

604
00:37:06,658 --> 00:37:09,426
Incredible length. How did you
get all that in there?

605
00:37:09,428 --> 00:37:13,430
Thank you so much.
That means the world to be coming from you.

606
00:37:13,432 --> 00:37:16,566
I tore through <i>Trophy Life.</i> I mean,
I finished it in the middle of the night.

607
00:37:16,568 --> 00:37:18,335
Caffeine did not even
cross my mind once.

608
00:37:18,337 --> 00:37:20,770
Oh, my God. The faster you turn
them, the happier they are.

609
00:37:20,772 --> 00:37:24,674
You know,
I just get afraid for when the page scrolling metrics start shoving up,

610
00:37:24,676 --> 00:37:26,977
- tracking how fast people scroll.
- Right?

611
00:37:26,979 --> 00:37:28,945
They'll throw
that back in our faces.

612
00:37:28,947 --> 00:37:31,648
So-and-so gets them to read
them at 400 words per minute.

613
00:37:31,650 --> 00:37:33,416
Yeah, so no big words.

614
00:37:33,418 --> 00:37:35,485
And just a list of actions.

615
00:37:35,487 --> 00:37:37,554
I mean, I, for one, would love
it if you did some sort of,

616
00:37:37,556 --> 00:37:39,289
like, cool,
mass market paperback.

617
00:37:39,291 --> 00:37:40,490
I do love it when a book

618
00:37:40,492 --> 00:37:41,891
can fit into my back pocket.

619
00:37:41,893 --> 00:37:42,892
Right, I love that.

620
00:37:42,894 --> 00:37:43,994
So good to see you.

621
00:37:43,996 --> 00:37:45,595
So good to see you, too.

622
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:47,497
Thank you so much
for coming on the show.

623
00:37:47,499 --> 00:37:49,399
We never thought
we could get you on.

624
00:37:49,401 --> 00:37:50,700
Pleasure to meet you in person.

625
00:37:50,702 --> 00:37:52,636
Put a face to the page proofs.

626
00:37:52,638 --> 00:37:54,838
Oh, I never realize you
you covered that genre.

627
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,340
I've been doing
literary for years.

628
00:37:57,776 --> 00:37:59,776
All right,
shall we all be seated, yes?

629
00:38:03,715 --> 00:38:05,615
<i>What famous singer is on...</i>

630
00:38:10,489 --> 00:38:11,788
<i>She was so pleasant, pleasant.</i>

631
00:38:13,392 --> 00:38:15,292
Please hurry,
please, please hurry.

632
00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:19,696
<i>And three, two, one.</i>

633
00:38:19,998 --> 00:38:23,967
Good evening and welcome to <i>The Writer Perspective.</i>
I'm your host, Gwen Ginsberg.

634
00:38:23,969 --> 00:38:26,703
- I can't keep--
- Excuse me, Carrie, clients are on.

635
00:38:26,705 --> 00:38:30,073
All right.
Can you please do something?

636
00:38:30,075 --> 00:38:32,776
Joining me on the stage,
Jessica Morrison.

637
00:38:32,778 --> 00:38:34,611
Most famous for <i>Writes A Wrong,</i>

638
00:38:34,613 --> 00:38:36,513
but most recently, <i>Trophy Life.</i>

639
00:38:37,382 --> 00:38:38,581
And then--

640
00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:43,086
And author and screenwriter

641
00:38:43,088 --> 00:38:45,622
of <i>Everyone Loves</i>
<i>Buffoons,</i> Theo Mencken.

642
00:38:45,624 --> 00:38:49,092
And of course,
we are very lucky and grateful

643
00:38:49,094 --> 00:38:53,730
to have her, a very rare
public appearance, Eryn Bellow

644
00:38:53,732 --> 00:38:55,465
who is going to
get my first question.

645
00:38:55,467 --> 00:38:58,668
<i>Why Chartreuse?</i>

646
00:38:58,670 --> 00:38:59,903
Still can't hear them.

647
00:38:59,905 --> 00:39:01,404
Oops, shh.

648
00:39:01,406 --> 00:39:03,506
Well, it is a pale
green French liqueur

649
00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:06,509
made from 150 herbs.

650
00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:08,044
It's like wheatgrass alcohol.

651
00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:12,015
Well, not
what is it scientifically,

652
00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:15,552
but it's been over a year and
no one can agree on the title.

653
00:39:15,554 --> 00:39:17,420
- It's up to the reader.
- Oh.

654
00:39:17,422 --> 00:39:18,988
<i>Like it's the first...</i>

655
00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:20,056
Oh, look at her!

656
00:39:20,058 --> 00:39:21,891
Oh, isn't she beautiful!

657
00:39:21,893 --> 00:39:24,527
Oh, oh, and look at those legs,
she looks terrific.

658
00:39:24,529 --> 00:39:26,129
- She looks good, right?
- She does.

659
00:39:26,131 --> 00:39:26,996
- No, she looks--
- Yes.

660
00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:28,598
That's my stylist.

661
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,034
I mean, when I remember endings,

662
00:39:31,036 --> 00:39:33,770
I usually don't
remember the rest of the novel.

663
00:39:33,772 --> 00:39:37,707
And to me a novel is a journey,
it's not a result.

664
00:39:37,709 --> 00:39:41,444
And so if a book
doesn't end, but fades out,

665
00:39:42,547 --> 00:39:43,747
I don't know, it makes the stuff

666
00:39:43,749 --> 00:39:45,115
in the middle more important.

667
00:39:46,685 --> 00:39:48,818
Risky.

668
00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:50,587
- So far so good.
- Yeah, look how

669
00:39:50,589 --> 00:39:51,588
- composed she is.
- Yeah.

670
00:39:51,590 --> 00:39:53,056
So, Ms. Queen of

671
00:39:53,058 --> 00:39:55,492
Suspense and Book Club Fiction.

672
00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:57,026
- Hate that.
- What, book clubs?

673
00:39:57,028 --> 00:40:00,630
No, sorry, I love that people
are reading it, it's just

674
00:40:00,632 --> 00:40:03,666
when it's categorized like that,
I mean, you don't need

675
00:40:03,668 --> 00:40:06,503
a support group to read it.
You just read it.

676
00:40:06,505 --> 00:40:08,138
Yeah, I mean,
it's not like it even paints it

677
00:40:08,140 --> 00:40:10,006
in a certain light.
It's like more like--

678
00:40:10,008 --> 00:40:11,541
- Like a shadow?
- Yeah.

679
00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:14,010
And misconceptions,
they stick on books,

680
00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:15,145
color our judgment.

681
00:40:16,047 --> 00:40:18,014
This is the future
of picture watching?

682
00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:19,983
Danielle Steele
and Jackie Collins?

683
00:40:19,985 --> 00:40:21,117
And Ann Welty.

684
00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:23,052
Oh!

685
00:40:23,054 --> 00:40:24,854
The most graphic of them all.

686
00:40:24,856 --> 00:40:25,855
She's just punchy.

687
00:40:25,857 --> 00:40:27,490
She has my heart.

688
00:40:28,059 --> 00:40:31,494
Theo, funny feeling,
she's not yours.

689
00:40:31,496 --> 00:40:32,462
Oh, no.

690
00:40:32,464 --> 00:40:33,797
I can appreciate Welty.

691
00:40:33,799 --> 00:40:36,032
She ogles the rich
and famous like Collins,

692
00:40:36,034 --> 00:40:38,034
but with more artistic punch.

693
00:40:38,036 --> 00:40:39,469
All are straightforward.

694
00:40:39,471 --> 00:40:40,837
Welty offers more.

695
00:40:40,839 --> 00:40:43,440
She's more <i>spirituelle.</i>

696
00:40:43,442 --> 00:40:45,141
Are you
trying to be nice?

697
00:40:45,143 --> 00:40:47,577
Big ideas don't
come from big words.

698
00:40:47,579 --> 00:40:49,846
Well, while you're
off playing word chess,

699
00:40:49,848 --> 00:40:52,682
- you lose your audience.
- What audience?

700
00:40:52,684 --> 00:40:55,952
Well, maybe if Ann Welty
lived a little off the page,

701
00:40:55,954 --> 00:41:00,123
to me she's too much
wonderment of the banal.

702
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:01,658
But what about John Updike?

703
00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:03,993
Couldn't the same be said
of him? You love him.

704
00:41:03,995 --> 00:41:06,529
Of course. He was <i>risqué.</i>

705
00:41:06,531 --> 00:41:09,032
- Aye.
- Perhaps you could talk about adaptation.

706
00:41:09,034 --> 00:41:11,868
These ladies are going down
that road for the first time.

707
00:41:11,870 --> 00:41:13,136
It's good for business,
but don't bother

708
00:41:13,138 --> 00:41:14,170
writing the script.

709
00:41:14,172 --> 00:41:15,872
Leave that to the wolves.

710
00:41:15,874 --> 00:41:17,474
Books are different
than movies and both

711
00:41:17,476 --> 00:41:19,008
are different than real life.

712
00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:20,777
Listen, a bit on words.

713
00:41:20,779 --> 00:41:23,813
I know populism
is in these days,

714
00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:27,484
appeal to the ruralites,
but words are important.

715
00:41:27,786 --> 00:41:29,752
They must be handled with care.

716
00:41:29,754 --> 00:41:33,089
Ideas are viruses
that can infect us all.

717
00:41:33,091 --> 00:41:35,492
So, when they are
handled recklessly,

718
00:41:35,494 --> 00:41:38,228
and gain an audience,
as both these young ladies

719
00:41:38,230 --> 00:41:41,231
have been so lucky
to have gained,

720
00:41:41,233 --> 00:41:42,599
words really mean something.

721
00:41:42,601 --> 00:41:44,567
They are paid for their words.

722
00:41:44,569 --> 00:41:47,837
They should use them well
as they build sentences.

723
00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:50,273
And the sentences
reach up to form the rafters

724
00:41:50,275 --> 00:41:54,277
so meaning can
harbor safely in its clasp.

725
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:59,015
This shelter is
the church of readers.

726
00:42:00,085 --> 00:42:01,718
Did you adapt that
from here is the church,

727
00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,553
here is the steeple?

728
00:42:03,555 --> 00:42:06,089
Open the doors
then see all the people?

729
00:42:06,658 --> 00:42:08,925
You know,
bad reviews can ruin careers.

730
00:42:09,194 --> 00:42:12,195
- Are you threatening us, Mr. Mencken?
- Just you, Mrs. Bellow.

731
00:42:12,197 --> 00:42:14,998
- Oh, no.
- Oh, God. God, help me. Maybe I shouldn't have done this.

732
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,902
So, I think that things don't have to be incomprehensible to be great?

733
00:42:18,904 --> 00:42:22,105
No, it doesn't,
but it should at least aspire for something.

734
00:42:22,574 --> 00:42:25,542
Irving doesn't write until
he knows the last sentence.

735
00:42:25,544 --> 00:42:27,911
Well, that's great, for him.

736
00:42:27,913 --> 00:42:29,946
But, we're all different souls

737
00:42:29,948 --> 00:42:31,781
and assuming
that's where we write from,

738
00:42:31,783 --> 00:42:33,616
it ought to be different.

739
00:42:33,618 --> 00:42:37,887
And distilling 10,000 hours
into a couple hundred pages.

740
00:42:38,089 --> 00:42:40,256
I mean, you can't hide from
yourself when you're alone

741
00:42:40,258 --> 00:42:44,127
- writing for months and months.
- Or years.

742
00:42:44,129 --> 00:42:46,262
Yeah, and then, a reader
takes it down in a couple weeks.

743
00:42:46,264 --> 00:42:47,196
Or a day.

744
00:42:47,999 --> 00:42:49,666
So the publishers hope.

745
00:42:49,668 --> 00:42:50,867
Better to have that bar lower,

746
00:42:50,869 --> 00:42:53,002
and move on so as not to reveal

747
00:42:53,004 --> 00:42:56,973
there is nothing to your
superficial marriageableness.

748
00:42:57,175 --> 00:43:00,843
You say the word soul,
yet your sentences go nowhere

749
00:43:00,845 --> 00:43:03,079
because they
aspire for so little.

750
00:43:03,281 --> 00:43:04,881
And yes, I'm calling you out.

751
00:43:04,883 --> 00:43:06,983
I heart colloquialisms.

752
00:43:06,985 --> 00:43:09,052
Yeah, well,
it's easy to throw stones.

753
00:43:09,054 --> 00:43:11,721
True.
Not easy to crack that glass.

754
00:43:11,723 --> 00:43:13,323
Now that's just mean.

755
00:43:13,325 --> 00:43:14,357
That's just mean.

756
00:43:14,359 --> 00:43:16,225
Well, why don't you show us how?

757
00:43:16,861 --> 00:43:18,895
Right now,
with all the cameras rolling?

758
00:43:19,965 --> 00:43:22,098
And on that note,
we'll be right back.

759
00:43:24,336 --> 00:43:27,103
Hide the razor blades,
I'm going to kill myself.

760
00:44:19,658 --> 00:44:20,890
His clean collar contrasted

761
00:44:20,892 --> 00:44:22,058
his light amber scruff,

762
00:44:22,060 --> 00:44:24,193
spotless shoes, worn belt holes

763
00:44:24,195 --> 00:44:26,763
showing a recent attention
to fitness, well-tied tie,

764
00:44:26,765 --> 00:44:27,997
perfectly upturned cuff.

765
00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:31,267
All in all,
a well-put together man.

766
00:44:46,151 --> 00:44:47,116
Excuse me.

767
00:44:47,752 --> 00:44:49,152
Are you good at algebra?

768
00:44:49,788 --> 00:44:52,121
Think you could
replace my X without asking Y?

769
00:44:52,123 --> 00:44:54,190
I'm sorry, that sounded
so much better when I read it.

770
00:44:55,727 --> 00:44:56,959
Hi, I'm Brad.

771
00:44:58,063 --> 00:44:59,395
Nice to meet you.

772
00:44:59,397 --> 00:45:01,831
I don't have a
pickup as cheesy as that.

773
00:45:01,833 --> 00:45:02,699
Checkmate.

774
00:45:03,902 --> 00:45:05,034
Excuse me.

775
00:45:05,036 --> 00:45:06,169
Nice try.

776
00:45:06,171 --> 00:45:07,770
Get back in line.

777
00:45:08,773 --> 00:45:10,273
- She's...
- Nina.

778
00:45:10,275 --> 00:45:11,974
...with me, now.

779
00:45:14,245 --> 00:45:15,912
If this is what
she gives up for coffee,

780
00:45:15,914 --> 00:45:18,014
imagine what she gives up
to get into a club.

781
00:45:28,159 --> 00:45:29,092
BRB.

782
00:45:36,935 --> 00:45:38,768
<i>The</i>
<i>tingle bounced off the inside</i>

783
00:45:38,770 --> 00:45:40,503
<i>of her fingertips.</i>

784
00:45:40,505 --> 00:45:42,171
<i>Inbound signals conflict</i>

785
00:45:42,173 --> 00:45:45,174
<i>with outbound,</i>
<i>shaking her hands,</i>

786
00:45:45,176 --> 00:45:48,377
<i>forcing her to hold them</i>
<i>steady with her legs.</i>

787
00:45:48,379 --> 00:45:51,414
<i>Immediately, the electric</i>
<i>moment began to dissipate.</i>

788
00:45:51,416 --> 00:45:55,118
<i>So she spreads her legs,</i>
<i>digs her claws in,</i>

789
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:58,254
<i>grabbing ahold</i>
<i>to savor the moment.</i>

790
00:45:58,256 --> 00:46:02,825
<i>For love at first sight</i>
<i>is a rare, endangered energy.</i>

791
00:46:06,264 --> 00:46:08,197
So, is this your coffee shop?

792
00:46:08,500 --> 00:46:10,833
You mean, do I come here often?

793
00:46:11,836 --> 00:46:13,503
Yes, I'm afraid so.

794
00:46:14,506 --> 00:46:16,305
And we're past the icebreaker.

795
00:46:16,307 --> 00:46:18,374
Yeah,
I realize how that sounded.

796
00:46:18,376 --> 00:46:20,409
I just so badly
wanted to say the right thing,

797
00:46:20,411 --> 00:46:23,179
and in the process of throwing
out all the wrong things,

798
00:46:23,181 --> 00:46:25,248
you know,
don't say that, not that one,

799
00:46:25,250 --> 00:46:28,851
definitely not that,
I guess that one

800
00:46:28,853 --> 00:46:30,553
sort of got overlooked.

801
00:46:30,555 --> 00:46:32,421
I'm sorry.

802
00:46:36,461 --> 00:46:37,727
Not sorry.

803
00:46:37,728 --> 00:46:38,994
Do you think love at
first sight is endangered?

804
00:46:59,918 --> 00:47:01,450
- This is me.
- Oh.

805
00:47:01,452 --> 00:47:03,486
- Where are you parked?
- Um, oh, I walked.

806
00:47:03,488 --> 00:47:05,988
- Oh, cool.
- I'm looking forward to dinner tonight.

807
00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:06,856
Yeah.

808
00:47:06,858 --> 00:47:08,024
- Seven?
- Seven.

809
00:47:08,026 --> 00:47:09,392
- Great.
- Oh.

810
00:47:10,328 --> 00:47:11,894
Sorry, I'm keeping you.

811
00:47:13,598 --> 00:47:15,598
Oh, big day, already.

812
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,434
- Bye.
- Bye.

813
00:47:30,048 --> 00:47:31,981
<i>The garishly</i>
<i>bejeweled dress reeked of</i>

814
00:47:31,983 --> 00:47:34,317
<i>a woman</i>
<i>divorced of money trouble.</i>

815
00:47:34,319 --> 00:47:36,586
<i>She felt set free</i>
<i>beneath the weight,</i>

816
00:47:36,588 --> 00:47:38,955
<i>and, at least for now,</i>
<i>stood tall,</i>

817
00:47:38,957 --> 00:47:40,890
<i>allowing her</i>
<i>financial freedom to shine.</i>

818
00:47:40,892 --> 00:47:42,959
Is there something in
particular I can help you find?

819
00:47:43,595 --> 00:47:45,428
How did you know to ask me that?

820
00:47:45,430 --> 00:47:46,629
It's my job.

821
00:48:01,279 --> 00:48:03,913
You know I do
have a business line.

822
00:48:03,915 --> 00:48:06,249
Um, I'm just
taking a quick break

823
00:48:06,251 --> 00:48:07,884
but I wanted to
call and tell you

824
00:48:07,886 --> 00:48:10,386
- that I am working on something.
- Oh, great.

825
00:48:10,388 --> 00:48:12,488
Don't worry.
It's something everyone knows.

826
00:48:12,490 --> 00:48:14,523
I'm looking for
the truth in tropes.

827
00:48:15,593 --> 00:48:19,462
I'm sure the publisher
will be thrilled!

828
00:48:29,307 --> 00:48:31,307
<i>The</i>
<i>definition of his hard abs</i>

829
00:48:31,309 --> 00:48:35,511
<i>was as angular as the corners</i>
<i>on his cherry red super car.</i>

830
00:48:35,513 --> 00:48:38,114
<i>He shyly explained how</i>
<i>it was cobbled together</i>

831
00:48:38,116 --> 00:48:41,050
<i>for three generations</i>
<i>by a family of mechanics</i>

832
00:48:41,052 --> 00:48:43,052
<i>in the Italian Alps.</i>

833
00:48:43,054 --> 00:48:45,521
<i>He questions the aerodynamics</i>
<i>while grabbing ahold</i>

834
00:48:45,523 --> 00:48:49,358
<i>of the stick and shifting gears,</i>
<i>casually wondering</i>

835
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,461
<i>how much sex</i>
<i>the hood could withstand.</i>

836
00:48:52,463 --> 00:48:53,629
<i>Vroom--</i>

837
00:49:25,630 --> 00:49:27,964
Do you live alone?

838
00:49:27,966 --> 00:49:28,698
I do.

839
00:49:30,401 --> 00:49:31,567
Huh.

840
00:49:33,204 --> 00:49:35,471
So, I'm just realizing this now,

841
00:49:35,473 --> 00:49:39,175
and it's kind of amazing, but
it never came up this morning.

842
00:49:41,245 --> 00:49:44,046
What do you do for a living?

843
00:49:44,048 --> 00:49:46,048
I am in construction.

844
00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:48,651
What?

845
00:49:49,754 --> 00:49:53,155
I'm an architect, journeywoman.

846
00:49:53,157 --> 00:49:56,425
- Oh, wow.
- I don't know about wow.

847
00:49:58,062 --> 00:50:00,730
<i>The ferocity of their fight
allowed all the oldies but goodies to seep out</i>

848
00:50:00,732 --> 00:50:03,032
<i>in their nastiest forms.</i>

849
00:50:03,034 --> 00:50:05,601
<i>Lack of communication was,</i>
<i>"you don't fucking talk to me</i>

850
00:50:05,603 --> 00:50:07,603
<i>about shit anymore."</i>

851
00:50:07,605 --> 00:50:09,672
<i>Turning the kids into</i>
<i>comrades against the other</i>

852
00:50:09,674 --> 00:50:11,640
<i>came out as,</i>
<i>"your son is following</i>

853
00:50:11,642 --> 00:50:13,609
<i>in your asshole footsteps!"</i>

854
00:50:14,145 --> 00:50:16,545
<i>And the familiar, good</i>
<i>old taking the other for granted</i>

855
00:50:16,547 --> 00:50:20,082
<i>as "I'm just here to cook</i>
<i>and drive the kids to school,</i>

856
00:50:20,084 --> 00:50:22,118
<i>and screw,</i>
<i>and we barely do that!"</i>

857
00:50:23,254 --> 00:50:25,721
<i>And this, of course,</i>
<i>presented the solution</i>

858
00:50:25,723 --> 00:50:28,157
<i>which was to do</i>
<i>what they did best.</i>

859
00:50:29,394 --> 00:50:31,260
Two thieves steal a calendar.

860
00:50:32,030 --> 00:50:33,796
They each get six months.

861
00:50:38,136 --> 00:50:40,770
So, how did your
last relationship end?

862
00:50:40,772 --> 00:50:43,572
To be honest,
it's still not over yet.

863
00:50:46,110 --> 00:50:47,576
What does that mean?

864
00:50:47,578 --> 00:50:51,213
Well,
this is all a bit sudden.

865
00:50:51,215 --> 00:50:54,150
Well, I'll say.
But what does that mean?

866
00:50:54,152 --> 00:50:58,754
I've been dating someone, more off than on.
Lately, it's been pretty okay.

867
00:50:59,557 --> 00:51:04,427
- I'm not one to just walk away from what happened today.
- Because you're a cheater.

868
00:51:04,796 --> 00:51:07,763
- I wouldn't call what we did today cheating.
- Well, you kissed me!

869
00:51:07,765 --> 00:51:10,733
You kissed me back,
which is a lot different than sleeping together.

870
00:51:10,735 --> 00:51:13,569
Oh, there's no sleeping
when I sleep with someone.

871
00:51:16,140 --> 00:51:18,107
Are you even listening to me?

872
00:51:18,109 --> 00:51:19,241
I'm trying.

873
00:51:20,411 --> 00:51:21,343
Oh!

874
00:51:23,748 --> 00:51:26,715
Freaking ice cold!

875
00:51:36,127 --> 00:51:39,695
- Is everything all right?
- Yeah.

876
00:51:39,864 --> 00:51:43,332
Let me just see if I can bring this one back from the brink.
Thanks.

877
00:52:23,608 --> 00:52:25,641
Sir, are you guys done?

878
00:52:25,910 --> 00:52:26,842
No, no.

879
00:52:29,347 --> 00:52:31,747
Yeah, it's just not working out.

880
00:52:53,504 --> 00:52:55,204
Pardon me, sorry.

881
00:53:08,686 --> 00:53:10,753
Yes, mmm hmm.

882
00:53:13,958 --> 00:53:14,890
Oh, oh!

883
00:53:16,928 --> 00:53:17,826
Oh!

884
00:53:23,734 --> 00:53:24,667
Oh!

885
00:53:27,605 --> 00:53:28,537
Oh!

886
00:53:29,941 --> 00:53:33,642
Mmm, mmm, mmm.

887
00:54:37,575 --> 00:54:39,642
Morning.

888
00:54:42,780 --> 00:54:45,281
I don't understand these,

889
00:54:45,283 --> 00:54:49,385
but this one
looks more like you.

890
00:54:52,723 --> 00:54:54,523
But why isn't it red?

891
00:54:55,660 --> 00:54:56,892
What?

892
00:54:59,063 --> 00:55:00,262
The cover.

893
00:55:00,263 --> 00:55:01,462
Wait, what color
is chartreuse anyway?

894
00:55:03,901 --> 00:55:04,833
Uh...

895
00:55:07,071 --> 00:55:08,937
Hey, I didn't
actually realize the time.

896
00:55:08,939 --> 00:55:11,540
I got to get going to work.

897
00:55:14,979 --> 00:55:16,445
Oh, wait.

898
00:55:18,015 --> 00:55:19,515
You want to get coffee?

899
00:55:19,517 --> 00:55:21,517
I'll just have
to drive without it.

900
00:55:21,519 --> 00:55:24,486
Risky, I know,
but it's better than being late.

901
00:55:25,456 --> 00:55:26,789
See you soon?

902
00:55:27,958 --> 00:55:28,891
Yeah.

903
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,535
<i>¶ Well, she's got your smile</i>
<i>When she walks by ¶</i>

904
00:55:39,537 --> 00:55:42,371
<i>¶ She says, damn, I'm good ¶</i>

905
00:55:42,373 --> 00:55:44,907
<i>¶ She looks to you</i>
<i>Like she could cheer you up ¶</i>

906
00:55:44,909 --> 00:55:46,942
<i>¶ And you know she could ¶</i>

907
00:55:46,944 --> 00:55:48,577
<i>¶ She looks my way and says ¶</i>

908
00:55:48,579 --> 00:55:51,747
<i>¶ You don't</i>
<i>Look like you should ¶</i>

909
00:55:51,749 --> 00:55:53,916
<i>¶ So just come along</i>
<i>And sing this song ¶</i>

910
00:55:53,918 --> 00:55:58,520
<i>¶ Called damn, I'm good ¶</i>

911
00:55:58,522 --> 00:56:02,991
<i>¶ I tell myself that 24 hours a day Damn,</i>
<i>I'm good ¶</i>

912
00:56:02,993 --> 00:56:06,795
<i>¶ This life's too short</i>
<i>To have it any other way ¶</i>

913
00:56:06,797 --> 00:56:09,698
<i>¶ Everybody should</i>
<i>Just take the time ¶</i>

914
00:56:09,700 --> 00:56:12,768
<i>¶ To make themselves feel good ¶</i>

915
00:56:12,770 --> 00:56:15,037
<i>¶ Well, just say, good ¶</i>

916
00:56:15,039 --> 00:56:17,673
<i>¶ Damn, I'm good ¶</i>

917
00:56:22,513 --> 00:56:25,080
<i>¶ She says you know</i>
<i>When I'm so bad ¶</i>

918
00:56:25,082 --> 00:56:27,616
<i>¶ I'm so bad, damn, I'm good ¶</i>

919
00:56:28,085 --> 00:56:31,019
<i>¶ Together and maybe you'd be ¶</i>

920
00:56:31,021 --> 00:56:33,589
<i>¶ But I'm telling you ¶</i>

921
00:56:36,427 --> 00:56:38,160
<i>¶ Well, damn, I'm good, I tell ¶</i>

922
00:56:51,008 --> 00:56:53,142
<i>The stalker</i>
<i>paced behind, step for step,</i>

923
00:56:53,144 --> 00:56:54,743
<i>bonded in their</i>
<i>precise distance,</i>

924
00:56:54,745 --> 00:56:56,478
<i>not far, not close.</i>

925
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:59,915
<i>She, the prey, tests their bond,</i>
<i>slow steps then quick.</i>

926
00:56:59,917 --> 00:57:01,750
<i>The stalker kept</i>
<i>in step, holding true</i>

927
00:57:01,752 --> 00:57:04,453
<i>to their conflicted connection.</i>
<i>She panics.</i>

928
00:57:04,455 --> 00:57:07,756
<i>Her panic brings him pleasure.</i>
<i>He forbids her escape.</i>

929
00:57:07,758 --> 00:57:11,193
<i>This was him pawing at</i>
<i>his prey, toying, toying,</i>

930
00:57:11,195 --> 00:57:14,163
<i>fantasizing about</i>
<i>her flailing realization</i>

931
00:57:14,165 --> 00:57:17,633
<i>that she was</i>
<i>powerless here, in public.</i>

932
00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:23,872
All right.

933
00:57:23,874 --> 00:57:24,940
Hey, careful with that ball.

934
00:57:24,942 --> 00:57:27,943
All right, bye. Okay. Bye, guys.

935
00:57:58,209 --> 00:58:00,108
<i>¶ Damn, I'm good ¶</i>

936
00:58:00,110 --> 00:58:02,578
<i>¶ Oh, yeah ¶</i>

937
00:58:11,155 --> 00:58:13,489
<i>¶ There are days</i>
<i>When we don't feel ¶</i>

938
00:58:13,491 --> 00:58:16,024
<i>¶ Just like we should ¶</i>

939
00:58:16,026 --> 00:58:18,861
<i>¶ That's the most</i>
<i>important time to say ¶</i>

940
00:58:18,863 --> 00:58:21,096
<i>¶ I feel good, damn, I'm good ¶</i>

941
00:58:21,098 --> 00:58:24,766
<i>¶ I tell myself that</i>
<i>24 hours a day ¶</i>

942
00:58:24,768 --> 00:58:27,035
<i>¶ Damn, I'm good,</i>
<i>This life's too short ¶</i>

943
00:58:27,037 --> 00:58:29,638
<i>¶ To have it any other way ¶</i>

944
00:58:29,640 --> 00:58:32,774
<i>¶ Everybody should</i>
<i>Just take the time ¶</i>

945
00:58:32,776 --> 00:58:35,677
<i>¶ To make themselves feel good ¶</i>

946
00:58:35,679 --> 00:58:38,080
<i>¶ Well, just say good ¶</i>

947
00:58:38,082 --> 00:58:40,282
<i>¶ Damn, I'm good ¶</i>

948
00:58:40,284 --> 00:58:42,784
<i>¶ Everybody say, good ¶</i>

949
00:58:42,786 --> 00:58:45,120
<i>¶ Damn, you're good</i>
<i>Everybody now ¶</i>

950
00:58:45,122 --> 00:58:47,723
<i>¶ Everybody say good ¶</i>

951
00:58:47,725 --> 00:58:50,592
<i>¶ Damn, I'm good ¶</i>

952
00:59:19,657 --> 00:59:20,856
Go.

953
00:59:20,858 --> 00:59:21,790
Again.

954
00:59:23,127 --> 00:59:24,059
Again.

955
00:59:26,897 --> 00:59:28,630
- I got this part.
- Yeah.

956
00:59:28,632 --> 00:59:29,865
And you want to make it faster.

957
00:59:29,867 --> 00:59:31,133
Yeah, all right.

958
00:59:41,946 --> 00:59:45,047
- You get it? Now then. Go, go.
- All right.

959
01:00:18,349 --> 01:00:20,115
Hey.

960
01:00:20,117 --> 01:00:21,183
What's this all about?

961
01:00:22,052 --> 01:00:22,985
Huh?

962
01:00:34,732 --> 01:00:36,064
You got nothin' on me.

963
01:00:36,300 --> 01:00:37,366
How can you be so sure?

964
01:00:38,669 --> 01:00:39,635
Who are you?

965
01:00:40,137 --> 01:00:41,169
Huh?

966
01:00:42,706 --> 01:00:44,039
Wait,
don't come another step closer.

967
01:00:45,075 --> 01:00:46,675
I have a--

968
01:00:46,677 --> 01:00:48,677
Mmm. Stop!

969
01:00:48,679 --> 01:00:50,212
Oh, babe,
I don't need a rape fantasy

970
01:00:50,214 --> 01:00:51,680
on top of a stalker fantasy.

971
01:00:52,082 --> 01:00:53,248
How'd you know it was me?

972
01:00:54,051 --> 01:00:56,051
Why would anyone investigate me?

973
01:00:56,053 --> 01:00:57,719
Oh, Mr. Innocent, huh?

974
01:00:57,721 --> 01:00:59,688
I'm not an angel.

975
01:01:01,158 --> 01:01:05,127
He had a condom in
his wallet/arm band thing.

976
01:01:05,129 --> 01:01:06,261
It all happened so quick.

977
01:01:14,905 --> 01:01:16,838
So meanwhile were
you getting good stuff?

978
01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:17,806
Yeah.

979
01:01:18,976 --> 01:01:20,776
So, go, have fun, be safe

980
01:01:20,778 --> 01:01:22,744
and bring me pages, would you?

981
01:01:33,957 --> 01:01:38,427
Yeah, so all of sudden this feels so real.

982
01:01:39,697 --> 01:01:40,929
I can't do this.

983
01:01:42,032 --> 01:01:42,964
Do what?

984
01:01:45,302 --> 01:01:47,436
I am in a relationship.

985
01:01:50,941 --> 01:01:51,873
Ha!

986
01:01:52,710 --> 01:01:53,775
So, both of us?

987
01:01:55,412 --> 01:01:58,213
It's kind of a relief, in a way.

988
01:01:58,482 --> 01:02:02,751
I mean, hey, it's
messed up and, I'll be honest,

989
01:02:04,054 --> 01:02:05,454
and I hope you
take this the right way,

990
01:02:07,057 --> 01:02:09,958
I didn't feel bad,
like remorseful, even,

991
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:12,127
but we're never meant
to be together, me and her.

992
01:02:12,129 --> 01:02:15,163
So, do you not
feel the same way?

993
01:02:21,038 --> 01:02:22,204
It's with my cousin.

994
01:02:23,273 --> 01:02:24,906
Your cousin?

995
01:02:25,743 --> 01:02:27,242
My cousin's brother.

996
01:02:28,212 --> 01:02:29,811
So, your cousin?

997
01:02:30,247 --> 01:02:33,381
Yeah, no, no. I don't know.

998
01:02:33,383 --> 01:02:35,851
- What, is it the half-brother?
- Who, what?

999
01:02:35,853 --> 01:02:38,453
To the cousin that you're
in this relationship with.

1000
01:02:41,825 --> 01:02:43,475
Isn't that what
we're talking about here?

1001
01:02:43,476 --> 01:02:45,126
So, you're not bothered by this?
You're just trying to figure it out? Like family tree?

1002
01:02:47,898 --> 01:02:49,765
- Oh.
- What?

1003
01:02:49,767 --> 01:02:51,099
Oh.

1004
01:02:51,101 --> 01:02:53,034
Is this incest fetish?

1005
01:02:56,540 --> 01:02:58,240
Wow, you are something else.

1006
01:02:59,810 --> 01:03:00,809
Oh, my God.

1007
01:03:00,811 --> 01:03:02,344
I can't. I'm sorry.

1008
01:03:14,825 --> 01:03:16,024
Your jacket!

1009
01:03:17,861 --> 01:03:19,528
You're going to catch a cold!

1010
01:03:40,984 --> 01:03:43,351
So what are you saying?
You broke up with him?

1011
01:03:43,353 --> 01:03:46,521
I was crawling into bed with someone who
was willing to entertain an incest fetish.

1012
01:03:46,523 --> 01:03:48,857
Do you have no
concern for my well-being?

1013
01:03:48,859 --> 01:03:53,295
Oh, sweetie, guys are into
much weirder stuff than that.

1014
01:03:53,297 --> 01:03:56,198
I just read about a micro
trend that they're doing it

1015
01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:58,166
with dolphins,
believe it or not.

1016
01:03:58,602 --> 01:04:00,268
You are no help.

1017
01:04:00,270 --> 01:04:02,170
Your problem is you need to have

1018
01:04:02,172 --> 01:04:04,606
a lot more experience with guys.

1019
01:04:04,608 --> 01:04:06,341
Why don't you go on the Tinder

1020
01:04:06,343 --> 01:04:09,177
or, uh, that new one, rumble.com

1021
01:04:09,179 --> 01:04:14,015
<i>or mash.com</i>
<i>or you poke me and...</i>

1022
01:04:14,017 --> 01:04:15,016
Goodbye.

1023
01:04:15,018 --> 01:04:16,885
- Bye.
<i>- I'll poke you.</i>

1024
01:04:37,207 --> 01:04:39,507
So, um, where did you,

1025
01:04:40,077 --> 01:04:41,409
where did you grow up?

1026
01:04:41,912 --> 01:04:43,078
What are you doing?

1027
01:04:43,080 --> 01:04:44,279
Oh.

1028
01:04:51,121 --> 01:04:52,087
So.

1029
01:05:04,401 --> 01:05:05,567
Oh, my God, are you...

1030
01:05:05,569 --> 01:05:06,635
I'm sorry.

1031
01:05:07,471 --> 01:05:10,005
- It's hard for me.
- Here.

1032
01:05:10,007 --> 01:05:11,172
Oh, um...

1033
01:05:13,010 --> 01:05:15,010
I can't, it's just...

1034
01:05:18,682 --> 01:05:22,083
- You're a writer?
- I mean, everyone's a writer, technically.

1035
01:05:22,085 --> 01:05:23,084
I guess, I mean...

1036
01:05:24,588 --> 01:05:25,687
I text a lot.

1037
01:05:25,689 --> 01:05:28,690
- I mean, it's not entirely the same thing.
- No not.

1038
01:05:28,692 --> 01:05:31,059
Tell me about you.
What do you do?

1039
01:05:31,061 --> 01:05:34,129
Um, you know
I like to think of myself

1040
01:05:34,131 --> 01:05:36,231
as more than just an accountant.

1041
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:40,268
I live a very full life
on the weekends.

1042
01:05:40,270 --> 01:05:43,104
Things beyond the numbers,

1043
01:05:43,106 --> 01:05:44,572
things beyond numbers.

1044
01:05:44,574 --> 01:05:46,708
Oh, wow. It's amazing.

1045
01:05:46,710 --> 01:05:50,412
Um, would you like
to go out again sometime?

1046
01:05:50,414 --> 01:05:52,180
Oh, my goodness. Look at you.

1047
01:05:52,182 --> 01:05:53,949
You, yes,
I would love to, actually.

1048
01:05:53,951 --> 01:05:55,684
Gimme your number.

1049
01:06:20,010 --> 01:06:22,277
All right, there you go.

1050
01:06:30,320 --> 01:06:32,654
I really always
wanted to try this, for real.

1051
01:06:32,656 --> 01:06:34,589
Oh, yeah, but cash is dirty.

1052
01:06:35,258 --> 01:06:36,424
Ones are the worst.

1053
01:06:37,094 --> 01:06:38,293
Oh.

1054
01:06:38,295 --> 01:06:39,561
Touched the most hands.

1055
01:06:43,667 --> 01:06:45,367
You really thought of that?

1056
01:06:51,408 --> 01:06:52,607
Ah.

1057
01:07:08,225 --> 01:07:09,624
Yeah, one second.

1058
01:07:11,795 --> 01:07:14,529
- Hi. Is this your dog?
- Yes.

1059
01:07:14,531 --> 01:07:15,497
- Ho--
- Thank you so much.

1060
01:07:15,499 --> 01:07:16,564
- Oh!
- Buckles.

1061
01:07:16,566 --> 01:07:17,766
- Buckles?
- Buckles.

1062
01:07:17,768 --> 01:07:19,467
Yeah, wait, wait I got a treat.

1063
01:07:19,469 --> 01:07:21,236
I got a treat, I got a treat.

1064
01:07:21,238 --> 01:07:23,038
Yes.

1065
01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:25,073
Oh, thank you so much.

1066
01:07:25,075 --> 01:07:28,276
- Look, I don't know how I can repay you.
- You're welcome.

1067
01:07:28,278 --> 01:07:32,080
But can I take you out?
Do you want to maybe come in?

1068
01:07:32,082 --> 01:07:34,215
I would love a glass of water.
That's a heavy dog.

1069
01:07:34,217 --> 01:07:37,152
Cool. And maybe we could
like have sex or something?

1070
01:07:38,355 --> 01:07:39,621
- Maybe some--
- How about a glass of water?

1071
01:07:39,623 --> 01:07:41,456
Yeah. Come on.

1072
01:07:46,630 --> 01:07:47,829
I mean, it was great day.

1073
01:07:47,831 --> 01:07:49,297
Buckles, thank you, awesome.

1074
01:07:49,299 --> 01:07:51,366
- You are so welcome.
- Yeah, fantastic.

1075
01:07:52,069 --> 01:07:53,601
How's that avocado?

1076
01:07:53,603 --> 01:07:55,470
Um, it's good,
I love it.

1077
01:07:55,472 --> 01:07:57,338
- That's good. Those are good fats.
- Thank you, yeah.

1078
01:07:57,340 --> 01:07:58,840
I like guacamole, so.

1079
01:07:58,842 --> 01:08:00,809
- Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. I'm big on the guac.
- Yeah.

1080
01:08:00,811 --> 01:08:03,144
- Oh.
- Had a good workout today.

1081
01:08:03,146 --> 01:08:03,812
Great.

1082
01:08:03,814 --> 01:08:05,213
Yeah.

1083
01:08:05,215 --> 01:08:06,481
Big WAD.

1084
01:08:06,483 --> 01:08:07,415
Big what?

1085
01:08:07,417 --> 01:08:08,650
- WAD.
- Big WAD?

1086
01:08:08,652 --> 01:08:09,551
- Yeah.
- Oh.

1087
01:08:09,553 --> 01:08:10,819
Workout of the day.

1088
01:08:10,821 --> 01:08:12,253
- Oh, workout of the day?
- Yeah.

1089
01:08:12,255 --> 01:08:13,154
I don't think
I've heard that before.

1090
01:08:13,156 --> 01:08:15,090
Yeah, and hit some PRs.

1091
01:08:15,092 --> 01:08:15,757
What's that?

1092
01:08:15,759 --> 01:08:16,724
Personal records.

1093
01:08:16,726 --> 01:08:18,259
- Nice.
- And PBs, PBs.

1094
01:08:18,261 --> 01:08:19,794
- PBs? I get it now.
I get that.

1095
01:08:19,796 --> 01:08:21,529
- Personal best.
- Personal best?

1096
01:08:21,531 --> 01:08:23,298
Yeah, my personal best.
I've always against myself,

1097
01:08:23,300 --> 01:08:24,732
competition
against myself, like--

1098
01:08:24,734 --> 01:08:27,535
I like that you
take care of yourself. That's--

1099
01:08:27,537 --> 01:08:29,804
Hey, without your health,
you don't have anything.

1100
01:08:30,273 --> 01:08:31,840
- Yeah.
- So, yeah.

1101
01:08:32,509 --> 01:08:35,877
Health, my dog
and, you know, a lady.

1102
01:08:40,617 --> 01:08:42,750
Good night.

1103
01:08:42,752 --> 01:08:44,652
Listen,
I can't thank you enough.

1104
01:08:45,822 --> 01:08:48,423
Is this the part where I
say you can thank me in bed?

1105
01:08:48,425 --> 01:08:50,625
I mean, yeah,

1106
01:08:51,128 --> 01:08:53,194
uh, I won't turn you down.

1107
01:08:56,333 --> 01:08:59,367
But that's something that
could wait till the second date

1108
01:08:59,369 --> 01:09:00,635
if you want.

1109
01:09:02,839 --> 01:09:04,606
Thanks for saving Buckles.

1110
01:09:05,609 --> 01:09:07,308
It's just a weird name.

1111
01:09:07,644 --> 01:09:09,277
I'm sorry.

1112
01:09:09,513 --> 01:09:11,813
Listen on second thought,
do you want to just--

1113
01:09:11,815 --> 01:09:13,615
Good night, Seth.

1114
01:09:29,633 --> 01:09:31,166
Everyone, turn 'em over.

1115
01:09:31,768 --> 01:09:34,469
All right.
And down the rows, to the left.

1116
01:09:35,238 --> 01:09:37,272
I'll take those.

1117
01:09:37,274 --> 01:09:39,674
Thank you.

1118
01:09:40,944 --> 01:09:43,478
Good. You guys are
good to go to lunch.

1119
01:10:14,277 --> 01:10:16,444
- Have a good day, guys.
- Good, bye, bye.

1120
01:10:16,446 --> 01:10:18,513
All right, don't forget
to do your homework, all right?

1121
01:10:19,683 --> 01:10:20,615
Okay?

1122
01:10:37,467 --> 01:10:38,466
Fuck.

1123
01:10:55,919 --> 01:10:57,352
Oh, shit.

1124
01:10:57,954 --> 01:10:59,754
Oh, shit, oh, shit, oh, shit.

1125
01:11:32,922 --> 01:11:35,056
- Hi.
- Oh, hey, what's up?

1126
01:11:35,058 --> 01:11:37,058
- Hi.
- Good to see you.

1127
01:11:37,060 --> 01:11:38,760
- You, too. You look great.
- Thanks.

1128
01:11:38,762 --> 01:11:40,595
Do you mind if I sit here?

1129
01:11:40,597 --> 01:11:42,563
Um, yeah, sure. No problem.

1130
01:11:42,565 --> 01:11:44,499
Want to
keep my back to the door,

1131
01:11:44,501 --> 01:11:46,000
so I could just focus on you.

1132
01:11:46,002 --> 01:11:47,302
Nice.

1133
01:11:47,304 --> 01:11:48,670
Ah, I got shots for us.

1134
01:11:48,672 --> 01:11:49,604
Great.

1135
01:11:50,407 --> 01:11:52,006
- Um--
- Gains.

1136
01:11:54,077 --> 01:11:58,646
- So, did you work out today?
- Ooh ah. Just got it in.

1137
01:11:58,648 --> 01:12:00,381
I'm still buzzing.

1138
01:12:00,383 --> 01:12:01,916
- Right.
- Every workout,

1139
01:12:01,918 --> 01:12:03,384
- making through.
- Yeah, nice.

1140
01:12:03,386 --> 01:12:06,587
- Yeah, I hit a major PR today.
- Um--

1141
01:12:06,589 --> 01:12:08,589
- Personal record.
- Right.

1142
01:12:08,591 --> 01:12:09,724
- Yeah, rowing.
- You told me that.

1143
01:12:09,726 --> 01:12:11,726
2000 miles
in under four minutes.

1144
01:12:11,728 --> 01:12:13,628
- I mean, like, I'm bulging.
- Eryn] Yeah.

1145
01:12:13,630 --> 01:12:15,096
Did you know that
when you're working out

1146
01:12:15,098 --> 01:12:18,733
you're actually tearing muscle
fibers like a zipper?

1147
01:12:18,735 --> 01:12:23,404
You have the myosin and the actin,
so like you're tearing them apart

1148
01:12:23,406 --> 01:12:26,441
- and then you rebuild them. Science.
- So, that is science.

1149
01:12:26,443 --> 01:12:28,609
I guess you're
sort of a scientist.

1150
01:12:28,611 --> 01:12:30,411
Yeah, you know,
by proxy, I think so.

1151
01:12:30,413 --> 01:12:31,913
Yeah.

1152
01:12:31,915 --> 01:12:34,716
What does your
diet say about shots?

1153
01:12:34,718 --> 01:12:37,585
- Going into a cheat day, so I say, bring it on.
- Great.

1154
01:12:37,587 --> 01:12:40,755
Bartender,
could we get two more each.

1155
01:12:42,692 --> 01:12:43,775
Whoa!

1156
01:12:43,776 --> 01:12:44,859
For a little girl,
you can really drink.

1157
01:12:44,861 --> 01:12:49,630
- So, what else do you do when you're not working--
- HIIT.

1158
01:12:49,632 --> 01:12:53,101
- HIIT?
- Uh, high intensity interval training. Cardio.

1159
01:12:53,103 --> 01:12:55,737
- Oh.
- Yeah. I'm really looking to get ripped right now,

1160
01:12:55,739 --> 01:12:59,006
so that keeps your metabolism
up, gets you shredded.

1161
01:12:59,008 --> 01:13:00,875
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

1162
01:13:00,877 --> 01:13:02,877
So basically,
my metabolism,

1163
01:13:02,879 --> 01:13:04,779
off the chain right now.

1164
01:13:04,981 --> 01:13:07,014
I'm burning calories
when I'm out of the gym.

1165
01:13:07,016 --> 01:13:08,483
Caloric burn.

1166
01:13:08,485 --> 01:13:10,618
So, do you
ever do yoga or--

1167
01:13:10,620 --> 01:13:12,453
Yeah, I think you, as
much as you build up the muscle,

1168
01:13:12,455 --> 01:13:13,654
- you got to stretch it.
- What the hell is this?

1169
01:13:13,656 --> 01:13:16,824
- Oh, who the hell are you?
- Who the hell are you?

1170
01:13:16,826 --> 01:13:18,059
How about that last shot?

1171
01:13:18,061 --> 01:13:20,728
Oh, my gosh. Gains.

1172
01:13:20,730 --> 01:13:22,163
Look, I know we got
into some weird stuff,

1173
01:13:22,165 --> 01:13:24,499
but this is batshit crazy.

1174
01:13:24,501 --> 01:13:26,968
Oh, eh, don't talk
to the lady like that.

1175
01:13:26,970 --> 01:13:29,404
Dude, I bet you
don't even have a clue.

1176
01:13:29,406 --> 01:13:30,872
Did she tell you what
she did with her cousin?

1177
01:13:30,874 --> 01:13:32,774
No,
what'd she do with her cousin?

1178
01:13:34,644 --> 01:13:36,444
Okay, I think it's time to go

1179
01:13:36,446 --> 01:13:38,146
you and your
little incest story.

1180
01:13:38,148 --> 01:13:40,648
I mean, she clearly moved on
and I think you should leave.

1181
01:13:40,650 --> 01:13:42,717
Yeah, have fun with this guy.

1182
01:14:01,171 --> 01:14:04,639
Oh, oh, excuse me,
oh, is this for me?

1183
01:14:04,641 --> 01:14:06,507
Thank you so much.

1184
01:14:31,901 --> 01:14:33,568
Buckles, sit, sit.

1185
01:14:35,572 --> 01:14:37,672
Hey, you, come here. Hey.

1186
01:14:37,674 --> 01:14:39,207
- Hey.
- Hi.

1187
01:14:39,209 --> 01:14:42,577
I brought you a hangover cure
and a protein shake,

1188
01:14:42,579 --> 01:14:45,546
in case you've already
worked out which knowing you...

1189
01:14:46,649 --> 01:14:47,582
Thanks.

1190
01:14:47,584 --> 01:14:50,585
I'll make sure not to
venture too far from the toilet.

1191
01:14:50,587 --> 01:14:51,786
Smart.

1192
01:14:52,722 --> 01:14:55,223
Look,
I also wanted to apologize.

1193
01:14:55,658 --> 01:14:56,624
Don't worry about it.

1194
01:14:56,626 --> 01:14:58,526
Listen, it's fine.

1195
01:14:58,528 --> 01:15:00,127
All's well that
doesn't end in death.

1196
01:15:01,898 --> 01:15:02,930
I like that.

1197
01:15:04,234 --> 01:15:07,134
Listen,
I got to get ready for the gym,

1198
01:15:07,136 --> 01:15:09,136
unless you want to, uh?

1199
01:15:10,173 --> 01:15:12,206
- Fuck?
- Yeah.

1200
01:15:12,208 --> 01:15:13,207
No, Seth.

1201
01:15:13,209 --> 01:15:15,176
Buckles, come on. Let's go.

1202
01:15:25,288 --> 01:15:29,957
Starting here. This one,
this one, this one, this one.

1203
01:15:30,760 --> 01:15:33,794
- Who is next one, two, eight, eight.
- Oh, my God, are you okay?

1204
01:15:36,199 --> 01:15:39,033
Hey, what?
What are you doing here?

1205
01:15:39,035 --> 01:15:41,536
No, I just, I just wanted
to make sure you were okay.

1206
01:15:41,538 --> 01:15:43,137
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

1207
01:15:43,139 --> 01:15:47,808
- Hey, hey, go to class.
- Oh.

1208
01:15:47,810 --> 01:15:49,277
I told the kids
I had eye surgery.

1209
01:15:49,279 --> 01:15:51,546
Third grade and bar brawls
don't go together.

1210
01:15:52,615 --> 01:15:55,283
Okay, I also,
I wanted to confess.

1211
01:15:55,285 --> 01:15:57,051
Yeah, I don't read that crap.

1212
01:15:58,121 --> 01:15:59,820
I wanted to say that I'm sorry.

1213
01:16:01,658 --> 01:16:08,296
Sorry about what?

1214
01:16:08,298 --> 01:16:10,865
You deserve better
than me and my gimmicks, Brad.

1215
01:16:17,340 --> 01:16:18,673
You should leave.

1216
01:16:23,880 --> 01:16:24,812
Yeah.

1217
01:16:42,632 --> 01:16:47,068
Oh, just a phase?

1218
01:16:47,070 --> 01:16:48,369
You can call it that.

1219
01:16:48,371 --> 01:16:50,805
And, phases come and go,

1220
01:16:51,140 --> 01:16:52,873
Sometimes with the season, huh?

1221
01:19:20,389 --> 01:19:22,156
Yet, Nina was relieved.

1222
01:19:22,759 --> 01:19:24,325
She was robbed of nothing.

1223
01:19:25,294 --> 01:19:28,129
Instead, he had set her free.

1224
01:19:28,431 --> 01:19:30,798
It was never going
to be a clean break.

1225
01:19:31,234 --> 01:19:33,534
At least, the licking
flames looked beautiful

1226
01:19:33,536 --> 01:19:37,238
as the curtains fell
just prior to her third act.

1227
01:19:40,476 --> 01:19:42,943
End there,
before it really gets sad.

1228
01:19:47,116 --> 01:19:51,185
Um, how much of it
is really true?

1229
01:19:51,454 --> 01:19:55,856
None of it. It's a book. But I did my research.

1230
01:19:56,259 --> 01:19:59,894
You did a great job.
Thank you very much. You did a great job.

1231
01:19:59,896 --> 01:20:02,363
And now do you think
this will be a new category?

1232
01:20:02,865 --> 01:20:05,466
If it
sells more books, sure.

1233
01:20:05,468 --> 01:20:07,935
Everyone's so busy
constructing universes.

1234
01:20:07,937 --> 01:20:10,237
I'm dabbling in the multiverse.

1235
01:20:10,239 --> 01:20:12,106
There you go then.

1236
01:20:12,108 --> 01:20:14,141
- See, that's right.
- It's very cool.

1237
01:20:17,213 --> 01:20:21,148
Uh, any advice for
an aspiring writer, Theo?

1238
01:20:22,318 --> 01:20:27,354
Well, there can be a living in it if you care
more about it than any other living writer

1239
01:20:28,024 --> 01:20:30,858
and just as much as
all those who came before.

1240
01:20:31,260 --> 01:20:34,028
Did you work
with Eryn Bellow on it?

1241
01:20:34,030 --> 01:20:36,297
Uh, you know,
if you can't read the cover,

1242
01:20:36,299 --> 01:20:38,933
you probably
shouldn't get the book.

1243
01:20:39,435 --> 01:20:42,102
Then why didn't she
just write her own memoir?

1244
01:20:42,104 --> 01:20:44,071
Because then
it'd have to be true.

1245
01:20:46,008 --> 01:20:47,875
Don't forget to
tell your friends.

1246
01:20:52,114 --> 01:20:54,081
Spoiler alert,
the line of defamation

1247
01:20:54,083 --> 01:20:56,550
is tested as Mr. Mencken
trounces his main character

1248
01:20:56,552 --> 01:20:59,153
in the end bringing
to life Burrough's belief

1249
01:20:59,155 --> 01:21:02,056
that heroes and heroines
are meant to be killed.

1250
01:21:02,058 --> 01:21:05,392
In this case not before
the writer wakes from a coma,

1251
01:21:06,095 --> 01:21:08,529
only to discover
she's lost both her hands,

1252
01:21:08,531 --> 01:21:10,397
and thus, her will to write.

1253
01:21:54,110 --> 01:21:56,343
Look, just because
it's a sensation doesn't mean

1254
01:21:56,345 --> 01:21:58,345
we have to go nuts
with the second printing.

1255
01:21:58,347 --> 01:21:59,914
Hey, hey, hey, hey,
sorry to intrude.

1256
01:21:59,916 --> 01:22:01,448
- Oh, oh, hi, Carrie.
- Hi.

1257
01:22:01,450 --> 01:22:03,117
Can you cover this for me?

1258
01:22:03,119 --> 01:22:05,519
- We may be reissuing it.
- Is it any good?

1259
01:22:05,521 --> 01:22:09,356
I don't know.
I have no fucking idea. Ugh.

1260
01:22:10,593 --> 01:22:15,396
Um,
Eryn's in your office.

1261
01:22:15,398 --> 01:22:16,330
Oh?

1262
01:22:22,038 --> 01:22:24,138
All right,
let me know how that goes.

1263
01:22:26,609 --> 01:22:28,509
I didn't know
you were in New York.

1264
01:22:30,513 --> 01:22:31,478
Yeah.

1265
01:22:35,117 --> 01:22:36,550
I don't know what to tell you.

1266
01:22:39,155 --> 01:22:40,421
Tell me something.

1267
01:22:45,294 --> 01:22:48,095
You were a lot less
likable in the first draft.

1268
01:22:50,633 --> 01:22:51,816
Fuck you.

1269
01:22:51,817 --> 01:22:53,000
Come on.
I'm in it, too.

1270
01:22:53,002 --> 01:22:55,669
You didn't lose your hands
and the will to write.

1271
01:22:57,173 --> 01:22:59,506
It's not real, okay?

1272
01:22:59,742 --> 01:23:01,408
It's not real.

1273
01:23:01,410 --> 01:23:04,211
Plus, I sent you the pages.

1274
01:23:04,213 --> 01:23:07,014
I even sent you the ARC to read.

1275
01:23:08,684 --> 01:23:10,417
You know life goes on

1276
01:23:10,419 --> 01:23:15,122
for us working
people in the real world.

1277
01:23:15,124 --> 01:23:16,991
You hijacked my life.

1278
01:23:17,360 --> 01:23:20,694
Those are details you told him.
They could've only come from you.

1279
01:23:20,696 --> 01:23:23,364
All right,
I edited the hell out of him.

1280
01:23:23,366 --> 01:23:25,199
You, I give carte blanche.

1281
01:23:25,201 --> 01:23:27,167
We couldn't agree on a subject.

1282
01:23:29,171 --> 01:23:31,005
When did you become his agent?

1283
01:23:31,007 --> 01:23:33,407
Who do you think got him
on that talk show?

1284
01:23:34,777 --> 01:23:38,178
Listen this,
this is nothing but hype.

1285
01:23:39,782 --> 01:23:42,016
Before you know it,
it's going to be collecting dust

1286
01:23:42,018 --> 01:23:45,486
in those secondhand bookstores
that you love so much.

1287
01:23:45,488 --> 01:23:46,653
Those are an important
part of our ecosystem.

1288
01:23:46,655 --> 01:23:48,188
Okay, fine, I'm sorry.

1289
01:23:48,190 --> 01:23:49,523
I didn't mean to insult you

1290
01:23:49,525 --> 01:23:52,726
or your
secondhand bookstore buddies.

1291
01:23:52,728 --> 01:23:55,329
Why can't you just
think of this as a straw man.

1292
01:23:55,331 --> 01:23:57,765
You're, you're,
you're more than welcome

1293
01:23:57,767 --> 01:23:59,566
to knock it down
whenever you want.

1294
01:24:00,269 --> 01:24:04,304
Can't you just write something

1295
01:24:04,306 --> 01:24:05,672
even if it has imperfections.

1296
01:24:05,674 --> 01:24:07,408
They'll say
you're going Kerouac.

1297
01:24:07,410 --> 01:24:10,477
Just gimme a masterpiece
for God sakes.

1298
01:24:11,213 --> 01:24:14,815
Three years,
three years past due.

1299
01:24:17,053 --> 01:24:18,519
You're fired, Carrie.

1300
01:24:21,590 --> 01:24:23,424
What?

1301
01:24:23,426 --> 01:24:24,758
Really?

1302
01:24:24,760 --> 01:24:25,692
Really.

1303
01:24:28,764 --> 01:24:30,464
How the hell am I'm
supposed to work with you?

1304
01:24:30,466 --> 01:24:32,066
You exploited me.

1305
01:24:33,069 --> 01:24:35,702
Oh, God, so typical.

1306
01:24:36,305 --> 01:24:37,638
I've exploited you.

1307
01:24:37,640 --> 01:24:40,074
I've been
freaking breathing life

1308
01:24:40,076 --> 01:24:43,310
into your wasting career,

1309
01:24:43,612 --> 01:24:45,546
keeping you on life support.

1310
01:24:45,548 --> 01:24:48,082
Why can't you
just give me something?

1311
01:24:48,584 --> 01:24:50,851
I can put your
career back on track.

1312
01:24:50,853 --> 01:24:53,420
I can get you
freaking published.

1313
01:24:53,422 --> 01:24:55,289
You're not the only
person who can do that for me.

1314
01:24:55,291 --> 01:24:57,224
Yes, I am, actually.

1315
01:25:00,096 --> 01:25:02,696
Are you going to give the publishers back their advance money?

1316
01:25:03,599 --> 01:25:04,765
And how about me?

1317
01:25:05,801 --> 01:25:07,601
Where's my 10 %?

1318
01:25:09,572 --> 01:25:11,505
I've been doing my job

1319
01:25:12,341 --> 01:25:14,708
and quite creatively,
I might add.

1320
01:25:20,316 --> 01:25:21,882
Your mom always listened to me.

1321
01:25:22,685 --> 01:25:24,818
You're making a mistake.

1322
01:26:01,657 --> 01:26:04,591
You know every time
you look at a memory,

1323
01:26:04,593 --> 01:26:07,194
it changes just a little bit.

1324
01:26:08,664 --> 01:26:10,531
Never stays the same.

1325
01:26:12,801 --> 01:26:14,735
But it can be for the good,

1326
01:26:16,272 --> 01:26:17,804
like anything else.

1327
01:26:19,175 --> 01:26:20,174
Right?

1328
01:26:26,282 --> 01:26:27,781
It can, baby.

1329
01:27:32,781 --> 01:27:34,481
Hey, you have something for me?

1330
01:27:34,717 --> 01:27:36,583
I need you to send me
the uncorrected proofs.

1331
01:27:37,453 --> 01:27:39,419
Uh, well,
that's a little hard to do

1332
01:27:39,421 --> 01:27:41,455
before you send it to me.

1333
01:27:41,457 --> 01:27:42,656
No, Mencken's.

1334
01:27:43,392 --> 01:27:44,725
Why?

1335
01:27:44,727 --> 01:27:46,026
<i>Before you cut him back.</i>

1336
01:27:46,996 --> 01:27:48,495
<i>Why,</i>
<i>what are you going to do?</i>

1337
01:27:49,398 --> 01:27:50,864
Reply, in kind.

1338
01:27:51,567 --> 01:27:54,735
- Either that or sue your company.
- The publisher?

1339
01:27:54,737 --> 01:27:58,005
For defamation. Although I'm pretty sure,
I can prove collusion, too.

1340
01:27:58,007 --> 01:27:59,840
Just send me the proofs.

1341
01:27:59,842 --> 01:28:01,975
Okay.

1342
01:28:02,378 --> 01:28:05,379
Literary revenge, I like it.

1343
01:28:05,381 --> 01:28:08,015
You see, this is why I told them

1344
01:28:08,017 --> 01:28:10,050
not to take
your advance back yet.

1345
01:28:10,052 --> 01:28:12,419
I knew you'd get
struck by something.

1346
01:28:12,621 --> 01:28:16,423
They were thinking
lightning but I bet book.

1347
01:28:17,660 --> 01:28:18,725
Sweetie?

1348
01:28:20,062 --> 01:28:20,994
Sweetie?

1349
01:28:26,502 --> 01:28:27,668
Hi.

1350
01:28:27,836 --> 01:28:28,769
And you.

1351
01:28:54,463 --> 01:28:55,929
Hi, is this your dog?

1352
01:28:56,598 --> 01:28:58,699
Yes, ah, Buckles.

1353
01:28:58,901 --> 01:29:02,569
- Thank you so much for finding Buckles.
- That is such a cute name.

1354
01:29:02,571 --> 01:29:04,838
Listen, I don't know
how could I repay you?

1355
01:29:04,840 --> 01:29:06,807
Maybe with some sex?

1356
01:29:07,976 --> 01:29:09,042
Yeah? To the bed.

1357
01:29:09,044 --> 01:29:10,844
Bellow.

1358
01:29:13,649 --> 01:29:15,082
Is that a caramel macchiato?

1359
01:29:15,918 --> 01:29:17,584
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought
that's what you ordered.

1360
01:29:17,586 --> 01:29:18,752
No, I ordered a macchiato.

1361
01:29:18,754 --> 01:29:19,953
It's just foam and espresso.

1362
01:29:22,991 --> 01:29:24,174
With caramel.

1363
01:29:24,175 --> 01:29:25,358
Yeah, but I'm looking for
just foam and espresso.

1364
01:29:25,361 --> 01:29:26,593
- That's it.
- No, it's in the name,

1365
01:29:26,595 --> 01:29:28,762
- caramel macchiato.

1366
01:31:34,556 --> 01:31:36,690
Oh, wait! Hey!

1367
01:31:37,593 --> 01:31:40,660
- Wait, stop, stop!
- Oh, what the--

1368
01:31:40,662 --> 01:31:42,796
- What the?
- Shit, open it!

1369
01:31:42,798 --> 01:31:43,997
Open it!

1370
01:31:43,999 --> 01:31:45,165
Holy shit.

1371
01:31:45,167 --> 01:31:46,099
Yeah.

1372
01:31:48,837 --> 01:31:51,972
Nina? What are you doing?
The sensor's broken.

1373
01:31:51,974 --> 01:31:52,906
Got it.

1374
01:31:52,908 --> 01:31:54,107
And it's Eryn.

1375
01:31:55,511 --> 01:31:56,243
Come on.

1376
01:32:02,117 --> 01:32:03,049
To drink.

1377
01:32:03,051 --> 01:32:04,017
I'm fine.

1378
01:32:04,019 --> 01:32:05,719
Whatever, they're cheap.

1379
01:32:05,721 --> 01:32:06,786
I'm just going to
leave it right here

1380
01:32:06,788 --> 01:32:08,221
in case you change your mind.

1381
01:32:10,759 --> 01:32:13,827
I can't believe
you're not a Nina.

1382
01:32:13,829 --> 01:32:16,763
I can only see you as a Nina.

1383
01:32:16,765 --> 01:32:19,099
Don't you think
you shouldn't change my name

1384
01:32:19,101 --> 01:32:21,101
to something
better in your version?

1385
01:32:21,103 --> 01:32:22,636
What's your fancy?

1386
01:32:23,205 --> 01:32:26,006
Something like Bartholomew.

1387
01:32:27,242 --> 01:32:28,575
It's a good famous name.

1388
01:32:28,577 --> 01:32:30,210
No, it is a shit name.

1389
01:32:30,212 --> 01:32:32,779
You are terrible with names.
That's as bad as Buckles.

1390
01:32:32,781 --> 01:32:34,314
Oh, do you think we
should reiterate the fact

1391
01:32:34,316 --> 01:32:35,949
that you got me drunk

1392
01:32:35,951 --> 01:32:37,784
which is why I lost that fight?

1393
01:32:38,120 --> 01:32:39,819
That and we're supposed
to see that other guy

1394
01:32:39,821 --> 01:32:43,089
- as the good guy and I'm the--
- Dick.

1395
01:32:44,026 --> 01:32:47,060
Now, you are talking.
You're taking the words right out of my mouth.

1396
01:32:47,663 --> 01:32:50,297
Do you think you could
like craft up a little passage

1397
01:32:50,299 --> 01:32:54,067
about, you know, in like
Charles Dickens-like detail

1398
01:32:54,069 --> 01:32:58,905
about the size, and girth,
and beauty of my ...

1399
01:33:17,693 --> 01:33:20,293
But it's unique. Fine. The first
thing I'm going to share

1400
01:33:20,295 --> 01:33:22,596
is slightly different
than what you're used to.

1401
01:33:46,655 --> 01:33:47,721
Come in.

1402
01:33:50,792 --> 01:33:51,725
Hi.

1403
01:33:53,962 --> 01:33:55,095
Hi.

1404
01:33:55,097 --> 01:33:56,396
Do you have a minute?

1405
01:33:56,398 --> 01:33:58,098
- Nina, uh--
- Eryn.

1406
01:34:00,168 --> 01:34:02,202
This is my place of work.
You can't be here.

1407
01:34:02,204 --> 01:34:06,006
Yeah, I thought this was
a better job for you, okay?

1408
01:34:06,274 --> 01:34:07,807
Still anything we'd discuss here

1409
01:34:07,809 --> 01:34:10,176
is probably not
going to be appropriate.

1410
01:34:10,846 --> 01:34:11,845
It's true.

1411
01:34:13,081 --> 01:34:15,281
- Come on.
- Where are we going?

1412
01:34:15,283 --> 01:34:17,150
Mrs. Ortiz,
I'm going to grab a coffee.

1413
01:34:17,152 --> 01:34:19,986
- I made it.
- I need it strong.

1414
01:34:19,988 --> 01:34:21,755
If I make it any stronger
it'll kill you.

1415
01:34:33,135 --> 01:34:34,901
I can't believe
your name's not Nina.

1416
01:34:37,039 --> 01:34:39,706
I am known by many names.

1417
01:34:44,913 --> 01:34:46,846
I can't believe
you're not really a teacher.

1418
01:34:47,215 --> 01:34:49,082
Well, in my defense,
you never asked.

1419
01:34:50,352 --> 01:34:52,385
Subbing for a teacher
on maternity leave

1420
01:34:52,387 --> 01:34:54,454
isn't something I bring up
on first dates.

1421
01:34:54,456 --> 01:34:57,190
See, this is why backstories
should never be overlooked.

1422
01:34:57,726 --> 01:35:00,226
That and I don't
fancy sympathy lays.

1423
01:35:01,329 --> 01:35:04,230
You're right. Role-playing
should never be depressing.

1424
01:35:04,766 --> 01:35:07,167
Stalker-rape on the
second date is pretty extreme.

1425
01:35:07,169 --> 01:35:11,771
Yeah, I thought so, too. But, I mean,
at least you won the fight, right?

1426
01:35:11,773 --> 01:35:13,139
Yeah.

1427
01:35:13,141 --> 01:35:15,108
Do you think they were
rooting for me, too?

1428
01:35:17,145 --> 01:35:19,813
I think that was the design.

1429
01:35:21,483 --> 01:35:23,349
So where from here?

1430
01:35:28,056 --> 01:35:29,856
Do you think it's possible for things to get convoluted

1431
01:35:29,858 --> 01:35:31,458
past the point of no return?

1432
01:35:31,893 --> 01:35:33,893
You mean, if we have a chance?

1433
01:35:33,895 --> 01:35:36,362
Yeah, well, like, I mean,
I know you're not real but--

1434
01:35:36,364 --> 01:35:37,297
I'm not.

1435
01:35:38,166 --> 01:35:39,966
And yet, here you are.

1436
01:35:39,968 --> 01:35:41,334
So, whatever.

1437
01:35:41,336 --> 01:35:42,736
There's no going back.

1438
01:35:42,738 --> 01:35:44,437
This ship only moves forward.

1439
01:35:45,073 --> 01:35:46,973
They invented rewind for VCRs.

1440
01:35:46,975 --> 01:35:48,875
Oh boy, there's something
I'm not nostalgic for.

1441
01:35:50,812 --> 01:35:53,747
Wait. Is there anything
that you would change?

1442
01:35:54,182 --> 01:35:55,515
Let me see it.

1443
01:35:59,888 --> 01:36:01,821
This is dangerous.

1444
01:36:01,823 --> 01:36:02,756
Yeah.

1445
01:36:08,430 --> 01:36:10,263
What if I kidnapped you?

1446
01:36:10,799 --> 01:36:12,832
More research for your sequel?

1447
01:36:13,468 --> 01:36:15,301
Stockholm syndrome.
Like Bonnie and Clyde

1448
01:36:15,303 --> 01:36:18,338
but in a steampunk setting
with gangsters.

1449
01:36:18,340 --> 01:36:20,473
I mean, I think we're
really getting somewhere here.

1450
01:36:20,475 --> 01:36:23,143
Let me just tell Ortiz I quit.

1451
01:36:34,823 --> 01:36:36,856
But in the end,
we're from two different worlds.

1452
01:36:39,461 --> 01:36:41,294
Mine's a more perfect universe.

1453
01:36:49,838 --> 01:36:51,838
If I can control it,
it's not real.

1454
01:36:56,211 --> 01:36:57,410
Goodbye, Brad.

1455
01:37:02,050 --> 01:37:03,116
Bye, Eryn.

1456
01:37:04,219 --> 01:37:05,285
Thank you.

1457
01:37:41,489 --> 01:37:44,557
So have you found a new place?
- I'm really still looking. Yeah.

1458
01:37:44,559 --> 01:37:49,462
I have a few options that
I'm going to decide between.

1459
01:37:49,464 --> 01:37:52,465
I can show you if you want to help.
I could use some, a little bit of help

1460
01:37:52,467 --> 01:37:56,970
- deciding honestly. Yeah.
- I'd love to, yeah.

1461
01:38:04,980 --> 01:38:08,214
What about like a period
love story, like pre-cellphone.

1462
01:38:08,216 --> 01:38:10,049
There's a lot of
places that I can go with that.

1463
01:38:10,051 --> 01:38:14,087
But that's like,
uh, that's what '80s

1464
01:38:14,089 --> 01:38:16,489
or like 1800s?

1465
01:38:16,925 --> 01:38:19,659
Or like I do an 1800s thing
with cell phones.

1466
01:38:20,362 --> 01:38:21,427
Like a mashup.

1467
01:38:21,429 --> 01:38:28,568
- Sci-fi set in the '90s with rap music.
- No.

1468
01:38:28,570 --> 01:38:30,336
And a little
birdie told me that you

1469
01:38:30,338 --> 01:38:32,639
have been
meeting other productions

1470
01:38:32,641 --> 01:38:35,508
and I know you have
your pick of who you want

1471
01:38:35,510 --> 01:38:38,044
to make this book
into a film, so...

1472
01:38:40,582 --> 01:38:41,514
Oh.

1473
01:38:56,932 --> 01:38:58,598
Oh, that's a fun one.

1474
01:38:59,200 --> 01:39:01,567
Written in high school,
published years later.

1475
01:39:02,337 --> 01:39:03,403
Pretty pure stuff.

1476
01:39:03,405 --> 01:39:06,239
It's like two
totally different things.

1477
01:39:06,241 --> 01:39:08,074
- I don't do well--
- Yeah but you like nice things.

1478
01:39:08,076 --> 01:39:09,375
I like nice things but--

1479
01:39:09,377 --> 01:39:10,710
Well,
you got to pay for them.

1480
01:39:10,712 --> 01:39:12,045
- Whoa.
- What the--

1481
01:40:12,774 --> 01:40:16,376
<i>¶ Happily ever after ¶</i>

1482
01:40:16,378 --> 01:40:20,413
<i>¶ Is only a story ¶</i>

1483
01:40:20,415 --> 01:40:23,383
<i>¶ I'm ready to find ¶</i>

1484
01:40:23,385 --> 01:40:28,454
<i>¶ My true glory ¶</i>

1485
01:40:30,191 --> 01:40:34,260
<i>¶ We dress up in fancy drawers ¶</i>

1486
01:40:34,262 --> 01:40:38,131
<i>¶ In order to sleep and cope ¶</i>

1487
01:40:38,133 --> 01:40:42,635
<i>¶ Nothing is how we remember ¶</i>

1488
01:40:42,637 --> 01:40:44,570
Meanwhile,
as soon as this is over,

1489
01:40:44,572 --> 01:40:48,141
- let's have a drink together.
- Let's do that as a possible.

1490
01:40:48,143 --> 01:40:51,210
<i>¶ We have one another ¶</i>

1491
01:40:53,648 --> 01:40:55,314
<i>¶ As we write our story ¶</i>

1492
01:40:55,316 --> 01:40:57,450
- I do.
- I do.

1493
01:40:57,652 --> 01:41:00,653
¶ Together ¶

1494
01:41:12,834 --> 01:41:16,402
- Hi, can I get you some Chartreuse?
- Oh, is that what that is?

1495
01:41:16,404 --> 01:41:18,538
- Uh-huh.
- I wondered why it was green.

1496
01:41:18,540 --> 01:41:19,472
Yes.

1497
01:41:21,643 --> 01:41:23,743
Hello to you,
you son-of-a-bitch.

1498
01:41:23,745 --> 01:41:25,711
Hello to you, baby.

1499
01:41:25,713 --> 01:41:29,315
- Looking good for a shotgun wedding.
- Uh, no baby.

1500
01:41:29,384 --> 01:41:33,286
Honeymoon first. I mean,
aren't you the one who accused me of liking perfect order?

1501
01:41:33,288 --> 01:41:35,822
Or maybe by baby I
meant your next book.

1502
01:41:36,758 --> 01:41:40,793
- Hmm. They are my babies.
- I have to say having me here

1503
01:41:40,795 --> 01:41:42,829
is a bit of a stretch, isn't it?

1504
01:41:42,831 --> 01:41:44,130
No.

1505
01:41:44,132 --> 01:41:47,533
I think I can even make
you fit into my happy ending.

1506
01:41:52,173 --> 01:41:54,841
- Hi, you.
- Hi.

1507
01:41:56,144 --> 01:42:00,847
Now you know, I'm not into
costumes or characters

1508
01:42:00,849 --> 01:42:04,150
or theme weddings,
and yet here I am.

1509
01:42:04,152 --> 01:42:06,786
You got to have your way with me,
why don't I get to have my way with you?

1510
01:42:06,788 --> 01:42:09,322
I guess I don't
have any choice now, do I?

1511
01:42:09,591 --> 01:42:10,490
No.

1512
01:42:17,866 --> 01:42:19,799
You know what I wish
you talked to me about more?

1513
01:42:19,801 --> 01:42:21,801
What, honey?

1514
01:42:22,904 --> 01:42:24,137
My mother.

1515
01:42:27,175 --> 01:42:28,141
And my father.

1516
01:42:28,376 --> 01:42:30,476
Yes, your mama.

1517
01:42:30,845 --> 01:42:37,884
You know,
before she met your dad she was into my Frank.

1518
01:42:37,886 --> 01:42:41,888
- I know.
- She liked him, but he liked me

1519
01:42:41,890 --> 01:42:44,690
and that made things a little
bumpy between me and her,

1520
01:42:44,692 --> 01:42:46,559
you know, the girlfriend thing.

1521
01:42:47,629 --> 01:42:51,764
But then she met your father
and they fell madly in love.

1522
01:42:52,634 --> 01:42:54,534
And they made you.

1523
01:42:54,536 --> 01:42:56,669
It was such a happy time.

1524
01:43:52,827 --> 01:43:56,295
I will always wonder

1525
01:43:58,733 --> 01:44:01,300
- if that's the reason.
- No.

1526
01:44:01,302 --> 01:44:02,401
Why you helped me publish.

1527
01:44:02,403 --> 01:44:06,806
No, no, I told you I love it.

1528
01:44:06,808 --> 01:44:09,475
And how many times
did I say it to you?

1529
01:44:09,477 --> 01:44:11,310
That I'm the only one
that can bring them back.

1530
01:44:11,312 --> 01:44:12,912
Exactly.

1531
01:44:12,914 --> 01:44:14,580
You know them so well.

1532
01:44:14,582 --> 01:44:16,983
Oh, God know that
they're up in heaven

1533
01:44:16,985 --> 01:44:19,352
smiling down on you, so proud.

1534
01:44:19,854 --> 01:44:21,354
And you know what?

1535
01:44:21,356 --> 01:44:23,422
Stories never die.

1536
01:44:23,424 --> 01:44:25,258
So now they're immortalized.

1537
01:44:25,260 --> 01:44:28,461
Isn't that great how life works?

1538
01:44:31,733 --> 01:44:33,933
Thank you.

1539
01:44:33,935 --> 01:44:35,868
Love you, honey.

1540
01:44:35,870 --> 01:44:36,802
Mmm.

1541
01:44:37,572 --> 01:44:38,838
Sweet girl.

1542
01:44:38,840 --> 01:44:40,439
Now be happy.

1543
01:44:40,441 --> 01:44:42,508
This is a great day.

1544
01:44:54,055 --> 01:44:55,721
¶ No need for apology ¶

1545
01:44:55,723 --> 01:44:57,556
¶ Manifesting destiny ¶

1546
01:44:57,558 --> 01:44:59,625
¶ You can get the best in me ¶

1547
01:44:59,627 --> 01:45:01,494
¶ Rewriting my history ¶

1548
01:45:01,496 --> 01:45:02,862
¶ Ya, ya ¶

1549
01:45:02,864 --> 01:45:05,931
¶ Rewriting my history Ya, ya ¶

1550
01:45:05,933 --> 01:45:08,367
¶ Was meant to be,
what shall it be ¶

1551
01:45:08,369 --> 01:45:09,435
¶ Ya, ya ¶

1552
01:45:12,774 --> 01:45:16,075
¶ Baby, I'm a fortune for honey
They know that I run it ¶

1553
01:45:16,077 --> 01:45:18,010
¶ We move in this work
that I done it ¶

1554
01:45:18,012 --> 01:45:19,979
¶ But I don't want to build,
now I'm stand ¶

1555
01:45:19,981 --> 01:45:22,548
¶ Gee, your record's good
Now, my edge bitch want it ¶

1556
01:45:22,550 --> 01:45:24,016
¶ Girl I run it ¶

1557
01:45:33,061 --> 01:45:33,993
I'm sorry.

1558
01:45:35,663 --> 01:45:37,363
Easy to say here.

1559
01:45:38,933 --> 01:45:41,000
There's no place more public.

1560
01:45:41,669 --> 01:45:43,602
Your subconscious?

1561
01:45:45,740 --> 01:45:46,772
It's part of the job.

1562
01:45:48,676 --> 01:45:50,076
My lady?

1563
01:45:50,078 --> 01:45:52,611
- Congratulations.
- Thanks.

1564
01:45:52,613 --> 01:45:55,047
- Got to dance.
- Cheers.

1565
01:46:13,468 --> 01:46:16,936
<i>Some accuser of a concussed state,</i>
<i>whatever state it might be,</i>

1566
01:46:16,938 --> 01:46:19,472
<i>she still felt the</i>
<i>work was counterfeit,</i>

1567
01:46:19,474 --> 01:46:21,507
<i>merely a play in a play,</i>

1568
01:46:21,509 --> 01:46:23,809
<i>a scattered</i>
<i>reflection of real life,</i>

1569
01:46:23,811 --> 01:46:26,946
<i>iteration,</i>
<i>degradation, circuitous routes</i>

1570
01:46:26,948 --> 01:46:28,814
<i>in the pursuit of happiness.</i>