Nightmare Alley
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:03:00
- Kind of a surprise to see you hanging around that act, young man.
- Why?

:03:03
Hasn't got a skirt in it.
:03:06
- Geek guy fascinates me.
- You aren't the only one.

:03:09
That's why we got him in the show.
:03:12
How do you get to be a geek?
Is that the only one?

:03:15
- I mean, is a guy born that way?
- Let me tell you something, kid.

:03:18
When you've been around this carny longer,
you'll learn to quit asking questions.

:03:25
- Come on, Pete.
- He gonna be able to work?

:03:27
Pete's okay. I've got him sobered up.
:03:45
- What's the matter, Stan?
- Nothing.

:03:51
What's the boss
been razzing you about?

:03:54
I was just asking him about that guy
that does the geek business.

:03:58
- That's always a sore point in a carnival.
- Why?

:04:00
The geek is one of our biggest draws...
:04:03
but a lot of performers
won't work a show that carries one.

:04:06
I can't understand how anybody
could get so low.

:04:09
It can happen.
:04:11
- I wanna thank you, Zeena.
- Me?

:04:13
- Uh-huh.
- What for?

:04:16
For being so nice to me,
helping me with my spiel and everything.

:04:19
- Well, I think you've got something, Stan.
- Honest?

:04:22
- You like this racket, don't you?
- Oh, lady, I was made for it.

:04:26
I had all kinds of jobs
before this one came along...

:04:30
but none of'em
were anything but jobs.

:04:32
But this gets me.
I like it. All of it.

:04:35
The crowds, the noise,
the idea of keeping on the move.

:04:39
You see those yokels out there,
it gives you sort of a superior feeling...

:04:43
as if you were in the know
and they were on the outside looking in.

:04:46
Kinda hard to explain,
but I like it.

:04:51
I like you too, Zeena.

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