Paris - When It Sizzles
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An indication to the audience
of the tremulous beginnings of love.

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And then, conflict!
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We can tell by the music
how deeply fraught with danger

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the whole situation is.
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And now... our first switch.
:09:17
The audience gasps when they realise
they've been fooled.

:09:20
Things are not what they seem.
Not at all.

:09:24
In fact, the whole situation
is completely reversed,

:09:28
involving
the magnificently ingenious

:09:32
switch... on the switch.
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Amazed by the sudden turn of events,
:09:41
the boy and girl realise how gravely
they've misjudged each other.

:09:49
At that moment,
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the music turns ominous once more.
:09:54
They become aware of the danger
that they're in and the chase is on!

:09:59
Screaming tyres, rooftops,
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long shots of tiny figures racing
through the fear-gripped city.

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When suddenly in a deserted alley
we see, seated on a garbage can,

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licking its wet rain-bedraggled fur,
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close shot, the cat!
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Now, as we build
step by step to the climax,

:10:18
the music soars.
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And there, totally oblivious
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of the torrential rain
pouring down upon them,

:10:25
the two fall happily and tenderly
into each other's arms.

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And as the audience drools
with sublimated sexual pleasure,

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the two enormous and highly paid
heads come together

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for that ultimate
and inevitable moment.

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The final, earth-moving,
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studio-rent-paying, theatre-filling,
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popcorn-selling...
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...kiss.
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Fade out. The end.
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That's it. 138 pages. Why make it
longer? We'd only have to cut later.


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