:23:00
I'll keep that in mind.
:23:02
What kind of scribbler are you?
:23:04
Newspaperman did you say?
:23:06
No. Actually, I'm writing
for the pictures now.
:23:09
Pictures?
:23:10
Jesus!
:23:14
Aw, I'm sorry, brother.
:23:15
I was just sitting here thinking
:23:17
I was talking to some ambitious
youngster eager to make good.
:23:21
Hell, you've got it made.
:23:23
Beating out that competition?
:23:25
And me being patronizing?
:23:29
Is the egg showing or what?
:23:31
Actually, I'm just starting out
in the movies,
:23:34
though I was well established
in New York,
:23:37
some renown there.
:23:39
Oh, it's an exciting time, then.
:23:41
I'm not the best-read mug on the planet,
:23:43
so it's not surprising
I didn't recognize your name.
:23:47
Jesus, I feel like a heel.
:23:49
That's okay, Charlie.
I'm a playwright.
:23:52
My shows have only played New York.
:23:54
The last one got
a hell of a write-up.
:23:57
Must be why they wanted me.
:23:59
Why not?
Everyone wants quality.
:24:00
What kind of venue...
that is to say,
:24:05
thematically,
:24:06
um...
:24:08
What do I write about?
:24:11
Caught me trying to be fancy.
:24:14
Yeah, that's it, Bart.
:24:15
Well, that's a good question.
:24:17
Strange as it may seem, Charlie,
:24:19
I write about people like you...
:24:22
the working stiff,
the common man.
:24:24
Well, ain't that
a kick in the head.
:24:26
I guess it is, but in a way,
:24:29
that's exactly the point.
:24:30
There's a few people in New York...
:24:33
hopefully our numbers are growing...
:24:35
who feel we have an opportunity
:24:37
to forge something real
out of everyday experience,
:24:40
create a theater for the masses
:24:43
based on a few simple truths,
:24:45
not on some shopworn abstractions
about drama
:24:47
that don't hold true today.
:24:50
I don't guess this means much to you.
:24:52
Hell, I could tell you stories.
:24:55
And that's the point...
we all have stories.
:24:57
The hopes and dreams
of the common man