Human Nature Page #25

LILA:

Oh, Rosie.

ROSE:

Let's get you out of here. Come stay

with me until you get your strength

back.

(cheerily)

Free electrolysis, if you want it!

We'll get that face of yours cleared

up in no time.

Lila mulls it over. She looks back at the hotel room. It's

depressing. She sniffs in her snot.

LILA:

Yeah. I gotta get myself together. I

want to look good. If I'm gonna f***

with Nathan, and I am, I want him to

want to f*** me when I do it.

DISSOLVE TO:

MONTAGE SEQUENCE

This sequence is Lila getting her strength back, both

emotional and physical. It is intercut with scenes of Nathan

and Gabrielle taking Puff on the lecture circuit.

1) Lila eating a good breakfast.

2) Lila struggling to do push-ups.

3) Lila getting electrolysis on her face.

4) Lila reading Nietzsche.

5) Lila jogging.

CUT TO:

INT. LECTURE HALL - DAY

A bearded psychologist addresses a crowd of bearded

psychologists.

BEARDED PSYCHOLOGIST

...and so without further ado, I

give you Dr. Nathan Bronfman and

Puff.

The room bursts into applause as Nathan and Puff walk out

onstage, both in tuxes. Nathan stands behind a podium, Puff

sits casually, legs crossed, in a chair.

NATHAN:

Thank you. Let's get right to it.

Here we have Puff the day of his

capture.

A video of Puff naked in his Lucite case, clawing at it,

shrieking like a banshee, and neurotically hopping up and

down, is projected onto a screen behind Nathan. There is a

collective gasp from the audience. Puff watches the video

with amused detachment. The video stops.

NATHAN:

And here he is today, a scant three

months later.

Puff stands, bows slightly to the audience. They burst into

vigorous applause.

NATHAN:

Puff, why don't you say a few words

to the assemblage.

PUFF:

It would be my pleasure, doctor.

(behind podium)

Distinguished gentlemen and ladies

of the psychological community, I

stand before you today, a living

testament to the amazing skill of

Dr. Nathan Bronfman. To say that he

took me from crayons to perfume would

be a vast understatement. Dr. Bronfman

took me from playing with my own

feces, then to crayons, and then to

an appreciation of the complex works

of Franz Kline, Joseph Beuys, and

Marcel Duchamp. From compulsive

masturbation to...

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. BACKSTAGE - A BIT LATER

Gabrielle waits in the wings.

PUFF (O.S.)

And, so, goodnight, adieu, until we

meet again, au revoir.

The audience bursts into thunderous applause. Gabrielle joins

in. Nathan and Puff hurry off stage. Gabrielle embraces

Nathan.

GABRIELLE:

You were wonderful!

NATHAN:

Was I? I wasn't a tad stiff?

GABRIELLE:

Don't be silly!

(hugs Puff)

And you were wonderful, too! I loved

the way you said " au revoir."

Puff and Gabrielle exchange a look. She discreetly pinches

Puff's butt, smiles, winks. Nathan doesn't see this. He puts

his arm around Gabrielle.

NATHAN:

Come on, you two. Let's go celebrate!

Nathan and Gabrielle walk on ahead. Puff tags behind, watching

Gabrielle's delightful walk.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. HOTEL ROOM - LATER

Puff sits up on his bed, looking dejected. He listens to the

sounds of Nathan and Gabrielle having sex in the adjoining

room. He looks at his watch, gets up, gets dressed.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. X RATED BOOKSTORE - LATER

A sweaty, sick-looking Puff watches a porno film in a little

booth. It ends. He steps out into the fluorescent glare of

the store. He walks out past several skulking degenerates.

CUT TO:

EXT. STREET - CONTINUOUS

Puff exits the bookstore, walks down the street checking out

the tawdry hookers. He chooses one. She leads him into a

dark alley.

CUT TO:

MONTAGE:

6) Lila in a Tai Chi class.

7) Lila doing jumping jacks.

8) Lila reading The Art of War.

9) Lila doing stomach crunches.

10) Lila doing chin ups.

11) Lila swimming laps.

12) Lila getting more electrolysis.

CUT TO:

INT. LECTURE HALL - DAY

Puff is on stage demonstrating his ballroom dancing technique.

He is waltzing with Gabrielle. Nathan stops the music, and

picks up a microphone.

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