Love After Love Page #3

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I am so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

- You okay, buddy?

- I'm... I'm... I'm okay.

Yeah?

Then, they..

That's..

It's good.

Someone's gonna carry him

home tonight.

You okay, man?

Chris, what are you doing?

Chris!

Stop it.

Jesus! Are you..

- Get outta here!

- Damn it!

What are you doing?

- Oh, sh*t.

- Mom!

Okay, I'm going!

- I am sorry to you.

- Sit down.

- I'm so sorry.

- Whoa!

I... I'm...

Uh, it was like

a dog food commercial.

Oh, no.

It was

a dog food commercial

and, um, I was a..

- Wet or dry?

- Um..

Didn't get that far. That

was in the callback.

- You didn't get that far?

- Yeah, they had, like, plastic dog food.

And I was, like,

a dog owner

and I was supposed

to be with my dog, like

"You like it? I like it."

And, um, it was

so humiliating, right?

'Cause it was, like,

plastic dog food.

- Yeah.

- Was there a real dog?

No. It was a f***ing

shaggy puppet dog.

And I went.. I slumped over visibly.

I was just like..

[sighs]

And he put his hand on my

shoulder and he was like

"I know, man. I know."

- Oh, man, Chris.

- And then, that's it. That was..

Were you supposed to make a

face, like, you didn't like it?

- Or you liked it?

- No, you were supposed to like it.

It was, like, "Can you give me one where

you just really love this stuff?"

I don't understand

this commercial.

- Yeah, it doesn't make sense.

- The commercial is...

Yeah, it's their fault.

They're a bunch of idiots.

I came in

as a true artist.

It sounds like it's actually a

snack for dogs and, and humans.

I read the proposal, but for the

benefit of my colleagues here

can you explain, um, how you

see it as a hybrid of memoir

and, and history

of Shepard Stuyvesant?

Uh, well, it intersperses chapters

that are taken from my own life.

Yet I think, there's also a historical

and critical element that, um..

...that really, I think, kinda

marries itself to the memoir section

in a way that's unique and I

think will speak to readers.

Do you think

it will upset..

[elevator dings]

- They're all their life?

- I think so.

And I think that I'm trying

to speak to that line.

You're.. Are you

straddling that line?

I think I'm on the line.

- You're on the line?

- I am the line.

You are the line. Okay.

And besides yourself, what other

characters feature in the book?

Well, there's historical

figures, so there's James Weeks

who founded

the Weeksville settlement.

Um, there's

my roommates, who..

Um, I don't know, it's really a..

That's a Diego question.

Or Rebecca. She's in..

Uh..

Well,

by day's end at least.

No, I... I... I like it,

too. I just..

No, but that's... that's what I'm saying.

I like it too.

I just can't go

any further until

we have a... a... proper

conversation about it.

No, with everybody.

[laughing]

- Knock, knock.

- Hey! Nick said you were here.

- He's stuck on the phone.

- Oh. Come in, come in.

Honestly, I... I... I don't even

care if it is. That's your problem.

Yeah, I heard that.

All set?

Okay.

[chuckles]

- Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

[indistinct chatter on TV]

[music continues]

Suzanne, they're ready

for you downstairs.

Okay, I'll be right down.

"Yes, we shall live,

Uncle Vanya.

"We shall live all through the

endless procession of days

"ahead of us and through

the long evenings.

"We shall bear patiently the

burdens that fate imposes on us.

"We shall work without rest for

others, both now and when we are old.

"And when our

final hour comes..

"...we shall meet it

humbly..

"...and there,

beyond the grave

we will say that we have known

tears and suffering ..."

Okay. very good.

Um, Thank you, Ashleigh.

Uh, that's, uh..

Who... who wants

to go first?

- Suzanne?

- I have nothing to say.

- Is that good?

- No.

O... okay. Is that all

you're gonna say?

We've done this once a semester

for three years, Ashleigh.

Done what?

This is not the outfit of someone who

takes herself or her work seriously.

- Oh, come on, Suzanne.

- Excuse me.

I take this very,

very seriously.

And I'm trying

really hard.

Oh, Lord, help me.

Why are you so mad?

If you want me to wear

a sweater, I will.

I don't want you

to do anything.

- Why are you yelling at me?

- I'm not yelling...

Yes, you are.

- You're yelling at me.

- I'm not yelling at you.

I'm trying to help you.

Okay, um..

- Suzanne, I think your point's been made.

- Scott! Stop it.

Let's just move on.

Karen. What?

- Stop undermining me.

- Oh, okay.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, Karen.

- It's okay.

- Go ahead.

I... I don't think the

outfit is, is that bad.

If we're approaching this

practically, we have to be open

and... and supportive of the

possibility that, in some cases

and certainly for a beginning

actor, especially for a woman

there is a certain value placed

on physical appearance...

I don't know

what I'm doing here

if I can't expect support

from my colleagues.

Oh, I'm not dismissing

your point...

I hate the way that

you are speaking to me.

- Either of you! F***!

- Suzanne.

- F***!

- Suzanne.

It's alright.

It's alright.

[sighs]

[laughing]

It's alright.

- Sorry.

- It's okay. Really.

Crazy, but it's okay.

I said, "One more tantrum

and that's it."

So..

...sure enough,

10 minutes in

he starts going off

on Jane...

Were you in on the cooking

at all? No?

I just said, I stopped the

meeting and I said, "Excuse me."

And I said, you know, "Tim,

can we go out in the hall?"

We walked out,

about five feet down

and I just... just, I may

have said a word to him

but I swiveled back

in the room

and I locked the door.

And I just continued

the meeting.

We had a pretty

long agenda.

You know, we got the..

How we doing tonight,

folks? Alright.

How are you tonight? 102, right

straight through, please.

[instrumental music]

Okay. At the end of their life.

[crowd cheering]

[sneezes]

Sorry.

Foul! Foul! Foul!

[crowd booing]

You're outta your mind.

You're outta your mind.

No! Come on,

get your act together!

[laughing]

Defense!

Defense!

Oh, the kiss cam!

The kiss cam.

Maybe it'll be..

We are we are

Washington High

[grunting]

- It's not bad. It's good.

- Well.. Pretty good.

It's rich, you know.

It's got a lotta hops.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, it does.

No doubt about it.

I'm not a beer connoisseur

or anything, but..

You can say somethin'.

What?

We can talk, you know.

I don't... I don't know

what to say.

I feel like I'm,

I'm havin' an affair.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

Hey. I'm, uh, brewing

some tea. You want some?

- Yeah, that sounds nice.

- Okay.

You can, you can take

your coat off.

Oh, I'm gonna go soon.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

[instrumental music]

Bet it hurt a ton 'til they

pissed where he was bitten

I remember

what you said

What you said to me

I remember

what you said

What you said to me

[music continues]

[laughing]

Hey.

Hey. You're here.

I just walked in.

What's going on?

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