:26:01
The hopes and dreams
of the common man
:26:05
are as noble as those of any king.
:26:07
The stuff of life--
:26:09
Why shouldn't it be
the stuff of theater?
:26:12
Why should that be
such a hard pill to swallow?
:26:15
Don't call it new theater, Charlie.
:26:17
Call it real theater.
:26:18
Call it our theater!
:26:20
I can see you feel
pretty strongly about it.
:26:24
I don't mean to get up
on my high horse,
:26:27
but why shouldn't we
look at ourselves up there?
:26:30
Who cares about
the fifth Earl of Bastrop
:26:32
and Lady Higginbottom
:26:34
and...
:26:35
and who killed Nigel Grinch-Gibbons?
:26:38
My butt's getting sore already.
:26:40
Exactly.
You understand what I'm saying
:26:42
a lot more than some
of these literary types
:26:45
because you're a real man.
:26:47
I could tell you some stories--
:26:50
Sure, you could,
:26:51
yet many writers insulate themselves
from the common man,
:26:54
from where they live,
:26:56
from where they trade
and fight and love
:26:58
and converse and--
:27:00
and...
:27:03
So, naturally, their work suffers
:27:05
and regresses into
empty formalism and...
:27:07
Well, I'm spouting off again,
:27:09
but to put it in your language--
:27:12
the theater becomes
as phony as a $3 bill.
:27:14
That's a tragedy right there.
:27:16
You're all right, Charlie.
:27:20
I'm glad you stopped by.
:27:23
I know sometimes I run on.
:27:25
Well, Christ, if there's
any way I can contribute
:27:28
or help or whatever...
:27:29
You can help by just being yourself.
:27:32
Well, I can tell you some stories.
:27:35
Now, look...
:27:36
I'm sorry about
the interruption.
:27:38
Too much revelry late at night,
:27:40
you forget there's other people
in the world.