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>> SO, BARRY'S IN MEETINGS ALL DAY, TOMMY'S AT SCHOOL,
SO IT'S JUST US...
JUST US GIRLS.
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>> THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A GUY, A WRITER,
AND ANOTHER GUY, ALSO A WRITER,
AND A DAD-- THE FIRST GUY'S DAD--
IN THE PLAY THAT THE FIRST GUY WROTE,
AND THE PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD
WHO WANTED TO TURN THAT PLAY INTO A MOVIE.
MY DAY JOB TO SUPPORT BEING A PLAYWRIGHT
IS WRITING "THE FLASH" FOR DC COMICS.
>> I READ THIS MORNING ON THE SUBWAY.
>> AND?
HOW DID IT READ? >> EFFORTLESSLY, BRO.
IT'S GOT FLOW. >> AWESOME.
>> BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REWRITE IT.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE THE GOOD NEWS OR THE NOT-SO-GREAT NEWS FIRST?
>> WELL, I'M PRETTY EMOTIONALLY RAW RIGHT NOW SO...
MAYBE THE GOOD NEWS.
>> I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE NOT-SO-GREAT NEWS,
WHICH IS THE OFFER ON YOUR SCREENPLAY HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
>> ARE YOU A WRITER?
BECAUSE IT LOOKS-- IT LOOKED, WHILE I WAS GETTING MY COFFEE,
LIKE YOU WERE ACTUALLY WRITING.
YOUR LIPS WERE MOVING, YOU WERE GESTURING TO YOURSELF.
>> I WAS? >> IT LOOKED LIKE
YOU WERE HAVING A VERY INTENSE CONVERSATION WITH YOURSELF.
>> I AM SO INCREDIBLY MORTIFIED RIGHT NOW.
>> DON'T BE.
IT WAS... VERY CUTE, ACTUALLY.
>> NOW YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.
>> NO, I'M TRYING TO MAKE YOU THINK I'M CHARMING.
>> REMEMBER, I SAID I HAD GOOD NEWS.
>> BETTER THAN "STEVEN SPIELBERG AND TOM HANKS
"WANT TO MAKE MY MOVIE"? >> DIFFERENT NEWS...
WHICH IS ANTICIPATING THESE KIND OF STUDIO SHENANIGANS,
I SLIPPED YOUR SCREENPLAY TO ANOTHER DIRECTOR,
WHO READ IT AND LIKES IT AND MAYBE WANTS TO DO IT.
>> "MAYBE."
WHAT'S UP WITH THIRD-DEGREE?
WHY ARE WE AT SEARS, ANYWAY?
I MEAN, THE ONLY TIME YOU EVER BROUGHT ME HERE
IS WHEN WE HAD TO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL TALK AWAY FROM THE FAMILY...
DAD?
>> I DON'T THINK I LOVE YOUR MOTHER ANYMORE.
I LOVE...
I'M IN LOVE WITH...
SOMEONE ELSE.
>> IT'S A SLIGHTLY FAMILIAR STORY,
BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE NOBODY LIKES ANYTHING
THAT'S TOO ORIGINAL OR CHALLENGING,
I EVENTUALLY CAME TO DISCOVER.
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