Mephisto Page #10

806

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Alwa ys problems with the old statues.

Shall we tear them down or not?

807

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As if that were important

for our future.

808

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I'd like to sculpt

a bust of you, Hfgen.

809

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What sort of man are you? Your own

face differs amazingly from Mephisto.

810

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I n private life, you look rather shy.

811

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I'll do a bust of you,

but in cla y or in bronze?

812

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- What is your face made of?

- Perhaps a mixture.

813

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I very much enjo yed your Mephisto.

I only had e yes for you.

814

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I'm preparing an e xhibition.

815

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The General wants a pre view.

Try to come. Here's my number.

816

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If you ha ve time, give me a ring

and come to my studio.

817

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You can relax while I model you.

How strange your face is.

818

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A German face yet it

changes e very moment.

819

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That's acting.

The rest is humility and hard work.

820

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I've disco vered your secret.

It's the surprise effect, right?

821

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The une xpected.

822

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I've been watching the wa y you

appear on stage. Alwa ys different.

823

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Sometimes quick, erratic.

824

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Then slow, suddenly,

when the a udience is lulled.

825

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But alwa ys surprising

and unpredictable.

826

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Thus you create the feeling

of something original...

827

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...e ven if the spectator

knows your lines by heart.

828

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And your glib tongue, your deliberate

pa uses, your precise emphasis.

829

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I think I'm learning from you.

830

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It's important to be unpredictable.

831

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Spectators needn't know what

my ne xt step is or where I'm going.

832

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- The y're not prepared, it's a shock.

- Exactly.

833

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Yet it was only a change of pace,

or a slightly longer pa use.

834

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I n the theater it's the others

who make the king a king.

835

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Building the role is all important;

pianissimo alternating with fortissimo.

836

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Naturally, you need a

certain flair, artistic talent...

837

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...and as I usually sa y,

a high degree of culture.

838

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When I hear the word culture,

I reach for my re volver.

839

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Bourgeois nonsense! Bolshe viks

preach it to win o ver school teachers.

840

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To sa y nothing of artists.

Isn't that so?

841

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I wasn't untouched by

Bolshe vik trends, either.

842

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And I must admit that for a while

I flirted with the left.

843

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Well, anyone can get

involved in some folly.

844

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Those were troubled times.

Let's ha ve a drink.

845

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General, other deserving artists

committed the follies I did.

846

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I don't forget those pa ying for sins for

which I've been generously pardoned.

847

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I'm pleading for a certain person,

for a friend.

848

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I guarantee he's reformed.

I'm pleading for Otto Ulrichs.

849

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Otto Ulrichs? Who's he?

850

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He ran the communist cabaret,

'The Storm-Bird'.

851

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Well... he must be

a pretty bad fellow.

852

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No, he's not bad.

853

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A bit rash, I admit.

A bit thoughtless, but not bad.

854

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If anything, he's too decent.

Once he gives his word, he keeps it.

855

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I'm back at the State Theater.

856

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The funny thing is,

I simply can't belie ve it.

857

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Just as I can't belie ve

I'm here with you by the window.

858

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I know it's reality, but I don't feel it.

859

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- Great.

- Magnificent, really.

860

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A German work of art.

861

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Not e very German artist is

capable of such work.

862

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It is a courageous work.

863

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Come, Mephisto.

864

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You sign, too.

865

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What did I prophesy?

The e xhibition is a success.

866

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You rascal, so you make

secret visits here.

867

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If I ma y add something personal,

it is a courageous work.

868

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Courageous,

beca use it captures our time...

869

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...the bea uty of strength

without bourgeois snobbery.

870

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Contrasting the degenerate taste...

871

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...of the loud-mouths of culture.

872

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We see muscles and clear-cut

features mankind wants to see.

873

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Strong and bea utiful in his strength.

874

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Warrior-like and victorious

in his struggle.

875

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Hello Hendrik.

That was a wonderful speech.

876

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- You know each other?

- Very well.

877

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You're in Berlin? Since when?

878

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I'm here beca use

I want to dine with you.

879

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I ha ven't seen you for so long.

880

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So where will we go?

881

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Your choice. How's Hamburg?

Surviving without me?

882

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I'm in Berlin to ha ve dinner with you.

Hamburg is history.

883

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You're out of touch. Kroge's in

Switzerland. He just vanished.

884

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Didn't e ven tell his girl. Simply went.

885

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Kroge is a traitor.

886

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Why must you appear with them?

887

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Beca use the y asked me to.

888

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The y ask others, too. You needn't go.

889

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You can't refuse, none of us can.

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