Transcript

QUESTA - Act 1 · Table Read

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Speaker 1: One, two, three.
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Speaker 2: Taylor Reid.
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Speaker 3: Cuesta.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 5: Yes.
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Speaker 6: Cuesta by Victor Bumbalow. Fade in. Black postcard. It reads 1991. Exterior,
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Speaker 6: New York City, Chelsea.
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Speaker 7: Evening.
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Speaker 6: A quiet residential area. Brownstones and small apartment buildings. It's
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Speaker 6: an hour after the rain. The street, fairly deserted, is
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Speaker 6: glistening with colored lights reflecting off it. For a second,
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Speaker 6: the street sparkles with a make-believe look to it. This
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Speaker 6: image is interrupted as Paul turns the corner. He is attractive, thin,
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Speaker 6: and in his early 30s. He is running, scared. He
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Speaker 6: instantly slows down when he sees a woman coming down
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Speaker 6: the block toward him. He crosses the street, trying to
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Speaker 6: control his heavy breathing. Paul and the woman pass each
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Speaker 6: other on opposite sides of the street. When he is
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Speaker 6: sure she can no longer see him and no one
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Speaker 6: else is on the street... He rips off his baseball-like jacket,
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Speaker 6: wipes his shirt with it, and buries it in a
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Speaker 6: street corner garbage bin that is already filled. He cleans
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Speaker 6: his dirty hands on his jeans. A car turns a corner.
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Speaker 6: Paul shies away from it. He then turns another corner
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Speaker 6: onto a heavily trafficked street and picks up his pace.
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Speaker 6: Exterior street continuous. Paul passes a store window and sees
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Speaker 6: his reflection. His face and shirt have blood on them.
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Speaker 6: He stares at himself. Dissolve to exterior, head of a
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Speaker 6: young man, same time. The young man is perhaps 21.
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Speaker 6: Some blood drips from his mouth. His head lies in
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Speaker 6: a pool of blood coming from the back of his skull.
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Speaker 3: Red.
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Speaker 6: Such a vivid red, in contrast to the pale face
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Speaker 6: and the dark concrete. The face is attractive. The face
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Speaker 6: of an all-American boy. The eyes are still open, startled.
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Speaker 6: two old and worn shoes step into the frame. Cut
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Speaker 6: to exterior street a moment later. Paul is running. Exterior,
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Speaker 6: a deserted alley a second later. Daniel, early 40s, is
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Speaker 6: staring at the body. He is a black street person, very,
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Speaker 6: very thin. Daniel is effeminate when he wants to be
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Speaker 6: and ever so butch when he needs to be. The
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Speaker 6: real Daniel disappeared years ago.
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Speaker 1: Don't touch anything.
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Speaker 6: He slowly backs away from the body. Exterior, in front
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Speaker 6: of Trucking, a gay bar in the village, moments later.
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Speaker 6: A few people in front of the bar watch Daniel
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Speaker 6: as he walks into Trucking. Interior Trucking, continuous. Daniel enters
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Speaker 6: the bar. It is the weekend, so it's fairly crowded. Immediately,
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Speaker 6: a bartender comes over to Daniel.
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Speaker 1: Somebody just got killed in the alley, and I saw
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Speaker 1: who did it.
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Speaker 6: That grabs the customer's attention. Word spreads. Some laugh, like
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Speaker 6: it might be a joke. Some folks leave, maybe to
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Speaker 6: take a look. Some just study Daniel.
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Speaker 1: Shouldn't someone call 911?
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Speaker 6: The bartender just stands there.
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Speaker 1: If you won't prove, go look for yourself.
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Speaker 6: The bartender backs away from Daniel to do just that.
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Speaker 6: Exterior Chelsea, a little later. Paul is hurrying down another street,
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Speaker 6: trying to be invisible to a passerby. He turns a
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Speaker 6: corner and runs up the steps of a brownstone and
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Speaker 6: rings the intercom. The intercom answers.
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Speaker 8: It's me. Are you alone?
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Speaker 3: Yes.
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Speaker 9: Why?
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Speaker 6: Interior, one-bedroom apartment in the Brownstone building, moments later. Susan, mid-twenties,
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Speaker 6: whose open-heartedness can be intimidating, goes to answer the door.
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Speaker 6: As soon as she opens the door, Paul pushes past
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Speaker 6: her and starts ripping off his clothes.
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Speaker 2: What the hell?
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Speaker 6: Paul is half out of his mind, hyper and desperate.
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Speaker 6: His speech is rapid and disjointed.
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Speaker 8: We've got to get rid of these.
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Speaker 10: What happened?
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Speaker 8: Give me something to wear. No, I better shower first.
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Speaker 8: When will Nicholas be back?
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Speaker 2: In a few minutes.
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Speaker 8: I don't want him to see this. Get me a
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Speaker 8: plastic bag.
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Speaker 6: Susan runs out of the room to get a plastic
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Speaker 6: bag for his clothes.
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Speaker 2: Then a drink.
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Speaker 8: I need a drink.
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Speaker 2: You shouldn't.
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Speaker 8: I need one.
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Speaker 6: Susan comes into the room with the plastic bag. Paul
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Speaker 6: grabs it out of her hands and starts throwing his
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Speaker 6: bloodied clothes into it.
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Speaker 2: What happened? The drink.
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Speaker 6: Paul is now down to his underwear. He checks his
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Speaker 6: body for blood. Susan goes to a cabinet and pours
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Speaker 6: Paul a drink.
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Speaker 8: I think he's dead. Who? The man in the alley.
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Speaker 2: Oh, Jesus fucking Christ.
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Speaker 6: Paul grabs the drink out of Susan's hand and gulps it.
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Speaker 6: He keeps aimlessly moving around the room.
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Speaker 2: What alley?
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Speaker 8: I didn't mean it. You believe me, don't you?
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Speaker 2: Paul, what are you talking about?
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Speaker 8: I killed him. What? I could have stopped, but I didn't.
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Speaker 8: I kept hitting, banging his head.
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Speaker 6: Susan, in shock, is just staring at Paul.
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Speaker 8: We were in the alley near trucking. Sex sometimes goes
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Speaker 8: on there. Don't look at me like that. It's the
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Speaker 8: only kind of sex I can handle these days. He
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Speaker 8: was younger than me. Bigger.
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Speaker 4: Drunk.
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Speaker 8: He was finishing peeing. I looked at him and he smiled.
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Speaker 8: He started calling me names. Then he started hitting me.
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Speaker 10: Hard.
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Speaker 8: Somehow I tripped him or he tripped. There was blood
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Speaker 8: coming from his head. He must have fallen on a
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Speaker 8: rock or something. And I jumped on him. And I
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Speaker 8: grabbed him by the shoulders and kept banging him. Then
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Speaker 8: somebody came towards us and I ran.
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Speaker 2: Maybe he's still alive.
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Speaker 1: He's not.
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Speaker 2: We've got to call the police now. It was an accident. Self-defense.
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Speaker 6: Susan quickly goes over to the phone and picks it up.
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Speaker 8: Did you hear me? I kept banging his head.
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Speaker 6: Susan looks at Paul's pleading body and puts down the phone.
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Speaker 6: Interior shower. Minutes later, Paul is scrubbing his skin violently.
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Speaker 6: Interior Susan's living room, a moment later. Susan's husband, Nicholas,
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Speaker 6: comes into the room with a grocery bag. He's an
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Speaker 6: early 30s New Yorker man on the move.
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Speaker 3: One grocery store and two delis later. Natural cashews.
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Speaker 6: He looks over to his upset wife.
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Speaker 3: Hey, what's the matter?
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Speaker 10: It's my brother.
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Speaker 2: He's in the shower.
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Speaker 3: Why is he in our shower?
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Speaker 6: Exterior, street in front of trucking, same time. The scene
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Speaker 6: is lit from the lights of cop cars and an ambulance.
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Speaker 6: The young man is now in a body bag. He's
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Speaker 6: being placed in the ambulance. Daniel, holding court, is with
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Speaker 6: detectives and some onlookers. Interior, Susan's living room, moments later.
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Speaker 6: Susan is with her husband. Paul comes into the room
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Speaker 6: and looks at them.
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Speaker 1: Paul, this is serious.
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Speaker 8: You told him?
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Speaker 3: That you got hit drunk and got sick all over yourself?
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Speaker 6: Paul is relieved that his sister has lied. They exchange
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Speaker 6: a look.
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Speaker 8: I'll bring your clothes back tomorrow.
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Speaker 3: You told us you weren't drinking anymore. You said AA
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Speaker 3: was working for you.
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Speaker 6: Interior Police Station, night. Detective Ralph Salvadori, a 45-year-old with
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Speaker 6: a weight problem, and his younger partner, Detective Bernadette Kronick,
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Speaker 6: are with Daniel, who is enjoying a cup of coffee
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Speaker 6: and a donut. Daniel is giving instructions to the sketch artist, Jason.
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Speaker 1: Are you being cooperative tonight? It's a kinder, gentler me.
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Speaker 11: What were you doing back there?
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Speaker 4: Pee.
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Speaker 1: It's my pissoir.
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Speaker 12: Anyway, the two boys were fighting. I thought I'd better
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Speaker 12: take a look. What a good citizen I am. His
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Speaker 12: nose is whiter.
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Speaker 6: The sketch looks nothing like Paul. In fact, it looks
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Speaker 6: more like the dead young man.
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Speaker 1: Do you think I could have another donut? Maybe a cigarette?
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Speaker 1: He had thicker, blonder hair. Straight.
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Speaker 6: Paul's hair is not blonde. Chronic hands Daniel a donut.
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Speaker 1: Many, many thanks, darling. What a cute little body you have.
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Speaker 6: Interior, Susan's bedroom, later that night. Susan and Nicholas are
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Speaker 6: getting ready for bed. Susan looks out of it.
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Speaker 3: Your brother's using Kevin as an excuse to drink. He's
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Speaker 3: playing the widower again.
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Speaker 6: Let's just go to bed.
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Speaker 3: It's been two years since Kevin died.
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Speaker 2: You have some compassion.
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Speaker 3: Kevin was my best friend. I lost someone, too.
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Speaker 4: I know.
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Speaker 6: Susan goes into the bathroom to get away from her husband.
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Speaker 6: Interior bathroom continuous. Susan closes the door and tries to
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Speaker 6: control her shaking. Dissolved to interior Paul's studio apartment that night. Paul,
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Speaker 6: looking like a frightened child, is sitting up in bed
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Speaker 6: in his darkened apartment. He is dazed and clutching his pillow. Interior,
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Speaker 6: close-up of Lori's face a few days later. Lori is
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Speaker 6: a sensual-looking woman in her early to mid-forties. She looks
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Speaker 6: tired and appears almost drugged. She is staring at something.
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Speaker 6: Dissolved to Interior St. Anthony's Church a second later. Lori,
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Speaker 6: wearing black, is staring at the coffin holding her son.
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Speaker 6: It is in the aisle next to her. Near the
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Speaker 6: coffin is a smiling picture of a young man. It
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Speaker 6: is the dead boy from the alley. the muffled sounds
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Speaker 6: of the mass ending, and the organ playing are heard.
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Speaker 6: Next to Lori are her sister, her brother-in-law, and her
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Speaker 6: uncomfortable teenage nephew. Father Dunn, in his late 70s, is
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Speaker 6: blessing the coffin. He is assisted by Father James, a
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Speaker 6: younger priest in his 40s. Father Dunn and Father James
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Speaker 6: lead the coffin, wheeled by the pallbearers, down the aisle
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Speaker 6: to the church's exit. Lori and her family take their
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Speaker 6: place behind the coffin. The rest of the people file
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Speaker 6: behind the family. It's a very small group of mourners. Interior,
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Speaker 6: Lori's kitchen, late that evening. Lori is wandering around the
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Speaker 6: room aimlessly. Father James sits at her kitchen table in
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Speaker 6: a t-shirt and pants. He exudes too much sexuality for
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Speaker 6: a priest.
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Speaker 9: Father Dunn's eulogy was ridiculous. It has nothing of will
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Speaker 9: in it.
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Speaker 1: I should have done it. I'm sorry.
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Speaker 13: Oh, and his idea of angels, it.
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Speaker 14: Father Dunn's spirituality has a touch of Disney to it.
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Speaker 13: How the hell did those people get my number?
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Speaker 1: Your name was in the paper?
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Speaker 9: They called it another gay bashing. I told them they
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Speaker 9: won't be calling here again. My son was not one
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Speaker 9: of them. He wasn't gay. You know that.
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Speaker 13: But I think some of the police think he was.
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Speaker 1: No, they don't.
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Speaker 15: The way his car was parked, the witness said he
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Speaker 15: was just back there peeing.
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Speaker 13: Gay, my ass. How we would laugh whenever I made
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Speaker 13: fun of my boss, Richard.
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Speaker 1: You gotta get some sleep.
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Speaker 13: Why did God do this to me?
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Speaker 8: Was it because of us?
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Speaker 1: I doubt it.
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Speaker 13: Can you stay all night?
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Speaker 1: You know I can't do that. But I'll stay a while.
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Speaker 9: Your collar is very selective in what kind of comfort
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Speaker 9: it can give.
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Speaker 6: Exterior, Chelsea Street, Day. Celia, a white drag queen whose
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Speaker 6: name is Carl when he's not in drag, is sitting
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Speaker 6: on a stoop. Next to him is Daniel. They are
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Speaker 6: sharing a sandwich, watching the traffic, and giving the once-over
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Speaker 6: to the various nannies wheeling their white babies.
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Speaker 10: If I was the witness, I'd at least gotten myself
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Speaker 10: on television.
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Speaker 1: As what? The ugliest bitch around?
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Speaker 10: As the cutest boy there ever was.
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Speaker 1: You were that once, darling.
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Speaker 10: But I preferred a dress.
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Speaker 1: Hmm. I lied.
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Speaker 12: My murderer looked nothing like the description I gave.
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Speaker 10: I saw the flyers. He looks like Brad Pitt.
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Speaker 1: You got it. That's who I was describing. I love
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Speaker 1: that little white boy.
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Speaker 5: I'm over him.
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Speaker 10: I'm on to the Johnny Deep.
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Speaker 1: Dab?
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Speaker 10: Whatever.
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Speaker 1: You got no loyalty. It's a severe character flaw.
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Speaker 10: Why'd you lie?
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Speaker 1: I had my reasons.
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Speaker 10: He give you money?
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Speaker 4: No.
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Speaker 13: Who do you think I am, a criminal?
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Speaker 6: Celia is watching a couple of nannies wheeling their babies.
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Speaker 10: It's an explosion of babies.
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Speaker 1: Everybody's getting them these days. Old people, gay people, lesbian people.
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Speaker 6: Interior Paul's studio apartment day. Paul sits on a high
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Speaker 6: stool near his kitchen counter. He is as disheveled as
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Speaker 6: his apartment is. The room is fairly large. One can
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Speaker 6: see what an attractive space this once was, or could
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Speaker 6: be again. Susan is straightening up the room.
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Speaker 8: You don't have to do this.
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Speaker 6: Susan's not paying attention to him.
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Speaker 8: Why do you think he did it?
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Speaker 9: Who?
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Speaker 8: The witness. His description. You've seen the flyers. They look
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Speaker 8: nothing like me. Maybe he's going to blackmail me.
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Speaker 2: Maybe he wasn't a witness. Just somebody who's looking for attention.
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Speaker 8: Maybe I should just go to the police.
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Speaker 10: No.
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Speaker 7: No.
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Speaker 2: It might be too late for that.
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Speaker 12: The mother.
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Speaker 8: I read he's a hairdresser in the village. But the
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Speaker 8: funeral's in Jersey at St.
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Speaker 7: Anthony's.
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Speaker 2: Please, please stop it.
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Speaker 8: I can't. I've been thinking. Thinking. It's a blur to me.
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Speaker 8: I was in such a rage. I need to know
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Speaker 8: if he was dead when I jumped on him. What
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Speaker 8: the hell difference would that make?
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Speaker 2: It was self-defense.
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Speaker 8: But I kept pounding.
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Speaker 6: Silence. Susan sits down, holding in her tears.
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Speaker 8: I should have gone right home after it happened. I
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Speaker 8: should have never told you.
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Speaker 4: You had to. We never kept secrets from each other.
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Speaker 4: All we have is each other.
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Speaker 8: You have Nicholas now.
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Speaker 2: I know, but I can't help it.
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Speaker 4: I need you more. Remember all those dreams we had
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Speaker 4: after Mommy and Daddy died?
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Speaker 2: They were always so similar.
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Speaker 4: When we used to tell them to each other... some
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Speaker 4: of our loneliness would disappear, remember? Let's... Let's pretend we
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Speaker 4: both had a similar nightmare.
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Speaker 13: That this was.
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Speaker 4: That what this was was just a nightmare.
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Speaker 6: Paul sits at the edge of his bed, holding his head.
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Speaker 6: The phone starts ringing. The machine kicks in.
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Speaker 1: Hi, it's me.
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Speaker 8: Shit, get it.
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Speaker 6: Susan, who is nearer to the phone, gets it. Paul
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Speaker 6: stands up and tries to get himself together.
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Speaker 10: Hello?
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Speaker 9: Hello?
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Speaker 10: Hey, it's Ron.
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Speaker 2: Oh, hi, Ron. How have you been?
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Speaker 1: I'm good. It's my birthday.
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Speaker 2: Well, happy birthday to you.
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Speaker 15: Thank you.
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Speaker 8: Tell him I'm dressing.
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Speaker 2: He's dressing. He's dressing. I heard that the restaurant is great.
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Speaker 10: Yeah. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Things are going good.
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Speaker 6: Paul goes over to get the phone from Susan.
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Speaker 8: Sorry I'm running late.
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Speaker 1: That's all right. Just get here when you can.
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Speaker 10: All right.
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Speaker 4: All right.
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Speaker 8: I'll meet you there. Let me go. I'll see you
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Speaker 8: in a few.
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Speaker 6: He hangs up.
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Speaker 2: You are not in shape to go to a birthday party.
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Speaker 8: I have to. Bradley's going to be there. He just
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Speaker 8: got out of the hospital and I have to talk
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Speaker 8: to him. It's important.
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Speaker 6: Paul starts rushing, looking for something to wear.
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Speaker 8: Please don't worry about me, okay? I'll figure something out.
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Speaker 8: But I have to see Bradley. I do. I just
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Speaker 8: wish it wasn't such a blur. Why can't I see it?
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Speaker 6: Interior, an upscale Tribeca restaurant, evening. Ten gay men of
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Speaker 6: various ethnic origins are seated at a table. Eight of
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Speaker 6: them seem to be having a good time. The group
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Speaker 6: includes Ron, who is in his 30s and seems to
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Speaker 6: be its leader. Paul is sitting next to Bradley, who
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Speaker 6: obviously has AIDS, given the lesions on his face. They
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Speaker 6: are out of sync with the rest of their friends,
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Speaker 6: having a serious conversation. They get up and head for
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Speaker 6: the men's room. The other men notice, pause for an instant,
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Speaker 6: Then resume their conversations. A man at the next table
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Speaker 6: has been staring at Bradley. Paul and Bradley enter the
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Speaker 6: men's room. Interior men's room continuous.
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Speaker 8: I'm sorry. I just couldn't walk into a hospital again.
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Speaker 4: I know.
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Speaker 1: I shouldn't have been mad at you.
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Speaker 5: But I felt like shit and I was bored.
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Speaker 14: And I thought we could distract ourselves by talking about
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Speaker 14: old movies. Our gang would know the difference between Joan
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Speaker 14: Crawford and Golda Meir.
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Speaker 8: I didn't want to see you there.
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Speaker 1: Well, after Kevin died, you volunteered at GM's... At the YMCA?
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Speaker 10: Okay.
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Speaker 14: After Kevin died, you volunteered at GM's... I.
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Speaker 8: Don't want to say that motherfucking H!
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Speaker 1: All right. What was the thing that you had trouble
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Speaker 1: with last night? Stanima.
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Speaker 10: Stanima.
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Speaker 2: He's got great stanima.
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Speaker 14: After Kevin died, you volunteered at GMHC. You were in
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Speaker 14: the hospital all the time taking care of people. I
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Speaker 14: thought it was so great given what you've been through.
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Speaker 8: That great guy is gone.
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Speaker 1: No, he's not. He's standing right in front of me.
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Speaker 10: But....
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Speaker 14: I'm not the last person you love who's going to
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Speaker 14: be in the hospital with.
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Speaker 1: This fucking disease. You do love me.
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Speaker 10: Maybe.
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Speaker 13: I should be more understanding.
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I really am.
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Speaker 8: No, no... I should have been there for you. I'm
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Speaker 8: the one who's sorry.
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Speaker 1: Are we in competition?
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Speaker 8: Of course.
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Speaker 6: They look at each other and instantly hug. There's a
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Speaker 6: knock on the door.
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Speaker 1: We'll be right out.
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Speaker 6: Bradley opens the door. The guy races in, really having
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Speaker 6: to go.
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Speaker 4: Sorry.
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Speaker 2: Do I know you?
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Speaker 12: No.
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Speaker 1: Well, you've been staring at me all night.
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Speaker 7: I'm Bradley.
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Speaker 6: All Bradley's friends are watching. The man turns away from Bradley.
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Speaker 6: The woman at the table bends her head.
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Speaker 1: You people aren't very friendly.
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Speaker 6: Paul proudly watches Bradley as some of the guys at
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Speaker 6: their table begin laughing. The man raises his hand.
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Speaker 4: Check.
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Speaker 6: Interior, Richard's Beauty Salon, the next day. It's the last
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Speaker 6: holdout in the village. An old-fashioned beauty salon in an
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Speaker 6: area that is getting trendier. It's a favorite of local people.
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Speaker 6: A mixed crowd. Richard is the owner. He's a well-put-together
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Speaker 6: gay man in his mid-40s. Shy and soft-spoken, he is
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Speaker 6: a kind-hearted survivor. Lori is one of his employees. His
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Speaker 6: other employee is Beth, a purple-haired girl in her 20s.
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Speaker 6: Lori is cleaning her station.
19:23
Speaker 5: I went to the demonstration the other night.
19:26
Speaker 6: It's ridiculous.
19:27
Speaker 13: My son was not gay.
19:29
Speaker 5: But the killer thought he was.
19:33
Speaker 13: Let's not talk about it.
19:34
Speaker 1: I'll leave you alone.
19:36
Speaker 13: I didn't say I want to be left alone, Richard.
19:37
Speaker 8: I just don't want to talk about my son.
19:39
Speaker 10: I'm sorry.
19:41
Speaker 6: On Richard, not knowing what to say next.
19:44
Speaker 13: Just distract me, okay?
19:48
Speaker 5: I went to the club this weekend. The boys were
19:51
Speaker 5: so young. I thought I was the oldest guy there.
19:55
Speaker 5: You're either invisible to them or they resent you for
19:57
Speaker 5: taking up space. I'm at a loss. I don't know
20:00
Speaker 5: what I should do. Any ideas?
20:02
Speaker 6: Laurie has not been paying attention to him.
20:05
Speaker 13: There's my next customer.
20:07
Speaker 6: She leaves Richard, who's feeling helpless. Interior stairway to Paul's apartment,
20:12
Speaker 6: early evening. Paul is carrying a bag of groceries up
20:15
Speaker 6: the stairs. In front of him, also climbing the stairs,
20:18
Speaker 6: is Mrs. Marente, a woman in her mid-70s.
20:21
Speaker 11: Damn that elevator. Honey, you look tired.
20:27
Speaker 8: Haven't been sleeping well lately. Me either.
20:30
Speaker 2: Miss my Tony so much.
20:32
Speaker 13: I know.
20:33
Speaker 2: Well, I know you know, darling. It's a bitch being alone.
20:39
Speaker 7: But I've got my daughter, you've got your sister, your friends.
20:45
Speaker 3: We're lucky.
20:47
Speaker 11: So they say.
20:49
Speaker 8: So they say.
20:51
Speaker 6: They smile at each other. They are now standing in
20:53
Speaker 6: front of Mrs. Marente's apartment door.
20:55
Speaker 9: Mrs.
20:55
Speaker 6: Marente opens her door.
20:57
Speaker 11: Give her here.
20:58
Speaker 8: Mrs.
20:58
Speaker 6: Marente takes her grocery bag.
21:01
Speaker 11: What would I do without you?
21:02
Speaker 6: She kisses Paul on the cheek.
21:05
Speaker 11: Come in for a cup of coffee.
21:07
Speaker 8: I'm just going to crash.
21:10
Speaker 7: You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to
21:12
Speaker 7: make you some of those almond paste cookies that you
21:15
Speaker 7: and Kevin like so much.
21:17
Speaker 2: Knock on my door later.
21:18
Speaker 11: I'll have some for you.
21:19
Speaker 8: That would be great.
21:20
Speaker 6: Tony could take a little.
21:23
Speaker 11: He didn't have a sweet tooth.
21:26
Speaker 8: But I do.
21:27
Speaker 11: I know, darling.
21:29
Speaker 6: Interior. Basement of a church.
21:31
Speaker 2: Evening.
21:31
Speaker 6: The homeless in the area are being fed. Three long
21:34
Speaker 6: tables are set up. About 12 people are eating. The
21:38
Speaker 6: food looks like the worst kind of cafeteria food. Daniel
21:42
Speaker 6: and Celia are being served. After they get their food,
21:45
Speaker 6: they head to an empty table.
21:46
Speaker 10: You like my new shoes?
21:48
Speaker 1: Where'd you get them?
21:48
Speaker 10: Robbed them off a cunt and called me a name.
21:51
Speaker 5: Pretty.
21:52
Speaker 6: They sit.
21:54
Speaker 1: I have a confession to make.
21:56
Speaker 10: You want to do drag?
21:57
Speaker 12: Never. I seen my little killer before. In that alley?
22:04
Speaker 12: He's the kind of man I've always been a sucker for.
22:06
Speaker 12: You know, The quiet, polite type. He used to smile
22:10
Speaker 12: at me when I said hello. I offered myself to
22:14
Speaker 12: him a couple times.
22:15
Speaker 10: Surprise, surprise.
22:17
Speaker 1: He said, no thank you. Real polite, though. I followed
22:23
Speaker 1: him home once.
22:25
Speaker 10: Girlfriend, you've got to get some help.
22:27
Speaker 12: I've followed boys home before. It's just curiosity. I want
22:31
Speaker 12: to know something about their lives away from the alley.
22:35
Speaker 12: I don't know his name yet.
22:37
Speaker 1: But I'll find out.
22:38
Speaker 10: I don't want to hear any more about him. I
22:42
Speaker 10: don't want to be one of those accessories.
22:46
Speaker 1: I bet he thinks about Will, the dead boy, all
22:49
Speaker 1: the time.
22:49
Speaker 10: Are you going deaf? What did I just say?
22:52
Speaker 1: I'm just making conversation.
22:54
Speaker 10: I wish they could find a goody-goody who could cook.
22:58
Speaker 6: Celia looks over to the smiling, kind-hearted, overweight woman who
23:02
Speaker 6: stands behind the serving table. She is obviously the cook.
23:05
Speaker 6: The woman catches Celia looking at her and smiles. Celia
23:08
Speaker 6: smiles back.
23:10
Speaker 10: Better yet, a fussy fag.
23:13
Speaker 1: It's fuel, baby. Just fuel.
23:16
Speaker 6: Exterior. A street in front of a library in Working
23:19
Speaker 6: Class Queens.
23:20
Speaker 10: Morning.
23:21
Speaker 6: It's a bright, clear day. People on the street seem
23:23
Speaker 6: to be enjoying it. Interior. Queensborough Hill Library. A moment later.
23:28
Speaker 6: Paul is picking books out from a shelf and putting
23:31
Speaker 6: them on a cart. Joan Ziff, the head librarian and
23:34
Speaker 6: Paul's boss, approaches him. She is a thin woman in
23:37
Speaker 6: her early 60s, warm-hearted and motherly.
23:40
Speaker 11: Okay, kiddo, what's going on?
23:43
Speaker 10: Nothing.
23:44
Speaker 2: Are you mad at me?
23:46
Speaker 8: Of course not. It's just that I've been sad lately.
23:50
Speaker 8: Another friend of mine is back in the hospital.
23:53
Speaker 11: Let's sneak out and get lunch together.
23:56
Speaker 6: Interior restaurant, lunchtime. Joan is sipping a glass of wine.
23:59
Speaker 6: Paul sits across from her.
24:01
Speaker 11: I'm sorry about your friend.
24:02
Speaker 2: I don't know how you guys do it.
24:04
Speaker 13: I don't know how you do it.
24:06
Speaker 8: Don't make me out to be a hero, because I'm not.
24:08
Speaker 11: Well, excuse me.
24:10
Speaker 8: I'm sorry, I'm not myself. I shouldn't be around people
24:14
Speaker 8: right now.
24:15
Speaker 11: You want to talk about it?
24:17
Speaker 8: Not right now, but I do have a favor to ask.
24:21
Speaker 11: Anything, darling.
24:23
Speaker 8: You might take away that anything after I ask it.
24:26
Speaker 5: We'll see.
24:27
Speaker 8: I have some time coming. I'd like a few days off.
24:32
Speaker 11: You're going to leave me alone with Bill and Charlotte?
24:36
Speaker 8: I know it's a lot to ask, but I just
24:39
Speaker 8: need some time to get myself together. I really, really do.
24:44
Speaker 11: Okay.
24:45
Speaker 6: Joan takes another sip of her wine.
24:48
Speaker 11: I'm sorry, I'm having wine.
24:49
Speaker 8: Oh, that doesn't bother me at all. And I'm about
24:53
Speaker 8: to eat flesh. How long have you been a vegetarian?
24:56
Speaker 11: Oh, about ten years now.
24:59
Speaker 8: I wonder what it was like to eat in a
25:00
Speaker 8: restaurant in the old days.
25:03
Speaker 11: If you're expecting me to answer... I'll belt you.
25:08
Speaker 8: You know what I mean. When not every other person
25:12
Speaker 8: was in a program. When nobody knew what the hell
25:15
Speaker 8: cholesterol was.
25:16
Speaker 6: It was easier.
25:18
Speaker 11: But I'm sure they died earlier.
25:23
Speaker 8: So it's for health reasons.
25:25
Speaker 11: And spiritual.
25:27
Speaker 8: Tell me about that.
25:30
Speaker 13: Not when we're about to eat.
25:31
Speaker 8: Please, it won't bother me.
25:33
Speaker 10: Well, I.
25:35
Speaker 11: I read somewhere that when you eat flesh....
25:40
Speaker 13: Not now.
25:41
Speaker 8: That in your next life you become the animal?
25:43
Speaker 10: No.
25:44
Speaker 7: That you digest the fear and horror the animal experienced
25:49
Speaker 7: at the moment of its death.
25:52
Speaker 6: Paul takes a moment to take that in, then suddenly
25:55
Speaker 6: gets up.
25:56
Speaker 11: Where are you going?
25:57
Speaker 8: To change my order. A salad. That's what I'll have.
26:01
Speaker 8: It'll be good deed for the day. I need to
26:03
Speaker 8: do good.
26:04
Speaker 6: Joan, worried, watches Paul as he looks for the waiter.
26:08
Speaker 6: Interior hallway evening. Lori is getting out of the elevator
26:12
Speaker 6: and heading for her apartment. She opens the door. Interior,
26:15
Speaker 6: Lori's kitchen, continuous. Father James, not in his priest gear,
26:19
Speaker 6: is in her kitchen cooking supper. Lori's surprised to see him.
26:23
Speaker 10: Well, hello. I got here an hour ago.
26:28
Speaker 1: I thought I'd surprise you with supper.
26:31
Speaker 3: I'm counseling a couple tonight, so I have I have
26:34
Speaker 3: to leave early.
26:36
Speaker 8: Sweet kids.
26:38
Speaker 3: I'm marrying them next week. It's great that you.
26:42
Speaker 1: Live in this building.
26:43
Speaker 5: Why?
26:44
Speaker 1: Well, they're mostly Jewish. They have no idea who I am.
26:49
Speaker 6: Lori removes her shoes.
26:51
Speaker 13: Lucky us.
26:53
Speaker 1: You look tired.
26:55
Speaker 13: Can't sleep. Maybe I should see a doctor. Get some pills.
27:01
Speaker 1: That wouldn't be a bad idea.
27:03
Speaker 6: Lori notices Father James' gym bag.
27:05
Speaker 13: Does Father Dunn really believe you go to the gym
27:08
Speaker 13: every day?
27:09
Speaker 3: Poor old guy is getting so forgetful.
27:13
Speaker 13: Lucky you. I called Detective Salvadori today.
27:19
Speaker 12: And?
27:19
Speaker 13: Nothing yet. But they're working on it. They're never going
27:24
Speaker 13: to find him.
27:25
Speaker 6: Lori starts removing some of her clothes.
27:30
Speaker 13: Do you feel guilty about our fucking.
27:32
Speaker 1: What brought that up?
27:34
Speaker 13: I'm curious.
27:37
Speaker 1: Sometimes.
27:37
Speaker 13: But not all the time.
27:39
Speaker 1: No.
27:40
Speaker 6: Laurie leaves the kitchen. Interior of Laurie's bedroom continuous. Laurie
27:44
Speaker 6: goes into her bedroom to finish changing her clothes.
27:48
Speaker 9: I guess you don't take your vows too seriously.
27:51
Speaker 1: Well, some would say that I don't.
27:54
Speaker 8: But you think you do?
27:57
Speaker 10: For the most part.
27:59
Speaker 6: Laurie stares at a photo of her son.
28:02
Speaker 3: You might not believe it, but I'm a good priest.
28:06
Speaker 8: But by your own rules.
28:08
Speaker 6: Lori tears herself away from the photo and leaves to
28:10
Speaker 6: join Father James. Interior, Lori's kitchen, continuous. Father James is
28:15
Speaker 6: now setting the table. Lori helps him.
28:20
Speaker 13: I wonder where Will's father is.
28:23
Speaker 1: When was the last time you saw him?
28:25
Speaker 13: Before Will was born. I wonder if you can grieve
28:29
Speaker 13: for a child you never met.
28:31
Speaker 6: Lori opens a bottle of wine and pours herself a glass.
28:35
Speaker 13: I broke a promise I made to you. I told
28:38
Speaker 13: Will about us.
28:39
Speaker 3: Don't worry.
28:40
Speaker 13: He's the only one I told.
28:41
Speaker 9: The scheduling was just getting too complicated.
28:46
Speaker 13: I thought it would make it easier. Now it's... It's
28:50
Speaker 13: real easy, isn't it? He had a good laugh.
28:54
Speaker 1: I thought it was funny.
28:56
Speaker 6: Lori is sipping her wine.
28:57
Speaker 13: I'm going to weigh it is. You know, I used
29:03
Speaker 13: to enjoy my work. Now I hate it. Pity vomits
29:08
Speaker 13: out of those boys. I know what they're thinking. He
29:10
Speaker 13: was gay and she just can't accept it. Such queer bullshit.
29:15
Speaker 13: I started calling them names under my breath.
29:19
Speaker 1: What can I do for you?
29:21
Speaker 6: Laurie walks over to Father James.
29:24
Speaker 13: Forget dinner. Have sex with me before you go. It's
29:27
Speaker 13: the only time I feel something other than this pain.
29:30
Speaker 6: Lori kisses Father James passionately as the evening light streams
29:34
Speaker 6: into the kitchen window. Interior, Paul's apartment.
29:38
Speaker 2: Evening.
29:39
Speaker 6: The only lights in the apartment come from the television
29:42
Speaker 6: and a spill from the bathroom. Paul, who is alone,
29:45
Speaker 6: is pouring himself a cup of coffee. The phone rings.
29:48
Speaker 6: Paul does not answer it. The answering machine clicks on.
29:51
Speaker 8: Hi, it's Paul. You know what to do.
29:56
Speaker 10: Paul, it's Ron.
29:57
Speaker 1: I'm getting really pissed.
30:00
Speaker 10: Get off your ass and give me a call.
30:02
Speaker 6: Paul picks up the phone.
30:03
Speaker 9: Hi.
30:03
Speaker 8: Where the hell have you been? I can't talk now.
30:07
Speaker 4: Why?
30:08
Speaker 8: I've got company.
30:10
Speaker 1: Company? As in company?
30:13
Speaker 12: Yes.
30:14
Speaker 6: Holy shit.
30:15
Speaker 1: I'm calling entertainment tonight.
30:17
Speaker 8: I'll talk to you later.
30:18
Speaker 1: I want details, not the graphic ones. Who the hell
30:21
Speaker 1: am I kidding?
30:21
Speaker 8: I want the graphic ones.
30:22
Speaker 15: Later.
30:23
Speaker 1: Have a good one. Be safe.
30:25
Speaker 6: Paul hangs up the phone.
30:27
Speaker 10: Liar, liar. Pants on fire.
30:29
Speaker 6: Exterior, Susan's building, morning. It is a crisp, clear New
30:33
Speaker 6: York day. Interior, Susan's small kitchen. Susan's making coffee. Nicholas
30:38
Speaker 6: walks into the room in his boxer shorts and t-shirt.
30:41
Speaker 1: Mmm, morning, Mom.
30:43
Speaker 6: He kisses her.
30:44
Speaker 2: Paul will be over.
30:46
Speaker 6: To dinner tonight. Nicholas embraces her.
30:49
Speaker 4: Do you think we can start.
30:51
Speaker 2: Thinking of names?
30:52
Speaker 3: No, no, I don't want to label the kid yet.
30:55
Speaker 3: Let's just dream about being parents.
30:59
Speaker 6: Interior, Susan's small bedroom, minutes later. Susan and Nicholas are
31:03
Speaker 6: finishing dressing and can't help the naming conversation.
31:07
Speaker 3: Okay, no family names. Something special and unique.
31:12
Speaker 2: But nothing odd or trendy.
31:14
Speaker 1: Or common. But a real name.
31:16
Speaker 3: I mean, not water, river, breeze, peace, ocean, apple, pear.
31:22
Speaker 6: They fall onto the bed together.
31:24
Speaker 2: I can't wait to tell Paul.
31:27
Speaker 11: Why haven't you told him yet?
31:29
Speaker 6: Susan starts getting off the bed. Dissolved to interior Susan's
31:33
Speaker 6: living room, evening. Susan, Nicholas, and Paul are sitting around
31:37
Speaker 6: the table finishing dinner. There is an awkward silence.
31:43
Speaker 8: That's great news. It's really great. Why'd you wait this
31:48
Speaker 8: long to tell me that you were expecting?
31:51
Speaker 3: I have no idea.
31:53
Speaker 2: It's only been a couple weeks. I was just waiting
31:56
Speaker 2: for the right happy moment.
31:59
Speaker 8: I see.
32:00
Speaker 11: So how are you doing?
32:03
Speaker 8: I'm going back to meetings.
32:04
Speaker 3: That's great. And how's work?
32:06
Speaker 8: I haven't been there for a few days. Taking some
32:10
Speaker 8: personal time.
32:12
Speaker 1: For what?
32:14
Speaker 8: Clearing my head. Taking care of some stuff.
32:17
Speaker 1: Hey, you alright?
32:19
Speaker 4: You look tired.
32:20
Speaker 8: I haven't been sleeping too well, that's all.
32:24
Speaker 9: Um....
32:26
Speaker 8: How long are you going to continue teaching?
32:29
Speaker 2: Until the end of the semester. I don't want to
32:32
Speaker 2: desert my third graders. And then I'll be about seven months.
32:36
Speaker 2: It'll be time.
32:37
Speaker 3: I wish you would stop sooner.
32:39
Speaker 2: That's soon enough.
32:41
Speaker 8: Have you thought of any names? Not yet.
32:44
Speaker 2: Any suggestions?
32:45
Speaker 8: If it's a boy, how about Kevin?
32:49
Speaker 3: I don't want to name him after somebody who's dead.
32:52
Speaker 8: You're bound to. At least it would be somebody you
32:55
Speaker 8: knew and He was your best friend.
32:57
Speaker 2: Kevin is a lovely name. I hadn't thought of that.
33:01
Speaker 8: Consider it.
33:04
Speaker 3: Is this some kind of test?
33:06
Speaker 15: Maybe.
33:07
Speaker 10: Here we go again.
33:08
Speaker 2: The war of the widowers.
33:09
Speaker 3: What are you talking about?
33:10
Speaker 2: Your pissing contest. Who's grieving more?
33:13
Speaker 4: You've got to stop using Kevin to get at each other.
33:15
Speaker 6: A lid has been put on both Nicholas and Paul.
33:18
Speaker 3: We don't do that.
33:20
Speaker 10: Right.
33:22
Speaker 15: Sorry.
33:24
Speaker 10: Me too.
33:26
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just looking for a new beginning.
33:28
Speaker 8: I'm not there yet, buddy.
33:31
Speaker 4: I understand.
33:31
Speaker 8: I better go. Jesus, I am cranky. Guys, forgive me.
33:41
Speaker 8: I bet Nicholas is worried that that kid might inherit
33:43
Speaker 8: my moods. I'm so happy for you guys.
33:48
Speaker 3: And you. The baby is going to be a blessing
33:51
Speaker 3: for all of us, Uncle Paulie.
33:55
Speaker 6: Nicholas looks lovingly at Paul as he returns the look. Exterior,
33:59
Speaker 6: street in front of Susan's apartment, a bit later. Paul
34:02
Speaker 6: comes out of the building. Daniel emerges from the shadows
34:06
Speaker 6: and starts following him. Cut to exterior in front of
34:09
Speaker 6: Richard's salon, day. Paul is looking in the window. He
34:13
Speaker 6: catches glimpses of Lori. Interior, Richard's beauty salon, moments later.
34:18
Speaker 6: Lori is dyeing the hair of a 50s or 60s
34:21
Speaker 6: overweight man. His name is Sam, a wonderful queen. who
34:25
Speaker 6: does have the tendency to talk too much. With each procedure,
34:29
Speaker 6: Lori's hostility seems to mount. She tries covering her feelings,
34:33
Speaker 6: but they are leaking. While Sam is rambling on, Paul
34:36
Speaker 6: can be seen entering the salon, saying a few words
34:38
Speaker 6: to Beth, the other stylist, and then taking a seat.
34:42
Speaker 6: Paul picks up a magazine, pretends to be thumbing through it,
34:45
Speaker 6: but keeps glancing at Lori.
34:47
Speaker 15: Oh, you have no idea what I've been through. No
34:50
Speaker 15: idea whatsoever. They want me for this benefit. They always
34:53
Speaker 15: want me for the benefits. But what can I say?
34:56
Speaker 12: No.
34:57
Speaker 5: I should thank the Lord that I'm still popular.
35:00
Speaker 15: But I'm not sure what benefit this is for. I
35:03
Speaker 15: don't think it's for the plague that I wouldn't mind.
35:05
Speaker 15: I think it's for another cause.
35:08
Speaker 1: Who knows?
35:09
Speaker 15: Gay boys with babies or lesbians with hula hoops. It
35:12
Speaker 15: makes you feel like you're killing gay people if you
35:14
Speaker 15: don't say yes. I don't give a shit that you
35:17
Speaker 15: have no money and they are loaded. Yeah, but you
35:21
Speaker 15: do it for free for the cause. Just because you're
35:24
Speaker 15: a faggot entertainer. Ask these same people if they'll do
35:27
Speaker 15: your taxes for free. Write your will for free. Clean
35:31
Speaker 15: your teeth.
35:33
Speaker 12: But if you're an.
35:34
Speaker 15: Entertainer, do it for free or you're a sleazebag.
35:39
Speaker 1: It is a bitch.
35:40
Speaker 6: Paul, still in the background, looks uncomfortable. He gets up,
35:43
Speaker 6: seems to be saying a few apologetic words to Beth,
35:46
Speaker 6: and then leaves.
35:51
Speaker 1: I'm so much happier as a blonde.
35:53
Speaker 14: I really am.
35:55
Speaker 1: There's a certain hotness there.
36:00
Speaker 15: And the color's right. But honey, I hate to criticize.
36:06
Speaker 15: The last time the color had too much white in it.
36:09
Speaker 10: Be careful, please. Okay?
36:14
Speaker 13: Okay.
36:14
Speaker 1: I mean, you have no.
36:16
Speaker 15: Idea what it's like to be in my business. How
36:18
Speaker 15: difficult it is if your wig isn't right. If the
36:21
Speaker 15: color isn't perfect, if the dress isn't drop dead, if
36:26
Speaker 15: your song isn't a home run.
36:28
Speaker 13: Why don't you get yourself a real life?
36:35
Speaker 1: I have a real life.
36:36
Speaker 9: You really think that being a blonde is going to
36:38
Speaker 9: make you more desirable?
36:40
Speaker 1: What are you getting at?
36:42
Speaker 12: Now?
36:46
Speaker 1: Don't be mean.
36:48
Speaker 13: That's what you want.
36:50
Speaker 9: You want to be younger so you can get laid
36:52
Speaker 9: like that's really going to happen.
36:54
Speaker 1: I don't need this. I don't need this today.
36:58
Speaker 13: I don't give a shit if this dye makes you bald.
37:01
Speaker 6: By this time, everyone in the salon is listening to
37:04
Speaker 6: Lori and Sam.
37:05
Speaker 10: What the hell are you doing?
37:07
Speaker 6: All eyes are on Lori. She's gathering her things. Sam
37:10
Speaker 6: sits with his hair half done, wanting to disappear.
37:13
Speaker 5: Apologize.
37:14
Speaker 6: Lori goes into the back room.
37:16
Speaker 5: Beth, take care of Sam.
37:17
Speaker 6: Richard follows Lori as Beth tries to comfort Sam. Interior,
37:22
Speaker 6: backroom continuous, Lori is getting the rest of her things.
37:26
Speaker 10: You hurt him.
37:27
Speaker 9: That fat queen is as hard as nails.
37:30
Speaker 5: That's not true.
37:31
Speaker 13: He's some pathetic throwback.
37:33
Speaker 9: Today I couldn't stand looking at him, couldn't stand listening
37:35
Speaker 9: to him, and I have to tell you, I hated
37:37
Speaker 9: touching him.
37:39
Speaker 13: Why a man would want to act like that?
37:41
Speaker 5: He does a lot for our community.
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Speaker 13: So he's a fucking saint.
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Speaker 5: He's a beautiful guy.
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Speaker 12: Ha!
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Speaker 8: Where's the beauty?
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Speaker 5: He's totally reinvented himself.
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Speaker 13: That is one useless invention.
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Speaker 5: Lori, I know you're very angry.
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Speaker 13: I shouldn't work here anymore. Stop booking me. I'll come
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Speaker 13: back tomorrow and finish out the week. I hate coming
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Speaker 13: here and I'm beginning to hate you.
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Speaker 5: Please don't say that.
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Speaker 13: Don't give me your martyrdom. I'm a good person.
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Speaker 5: Look.
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Speaker 13: Why don't you call me a bitch? Why aren't you
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Speaker 13: yelling at me? Are you frightened?
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Speaker 9: Are you consumed with so much pity for me that
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Speaker 9: you can't think?
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Speaker 8: What is it?
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Speaker 5: You're my friend, and you need help.
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Speaker 14: And that stupid fat queen doesn't... Lori leaves the room.
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Speaker 6: Richard follows her. Interior, Richard's beauty salon, continuous. Beth is
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Speaker 6: with Sam, who is truly upset, trying to finish his
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Speaker 6: hair and calm him down. Lori rushes through the salon
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Speaker 6: to the front door. Richard is following her.
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Speaker 1: Is she gonna say she's sorry? Are you firing her?
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Speaker 13: Kiss my straight ass!
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Speaker 6: Richard suddenly stops following her. End of Act One.