:56:04
You needed to hear it
on its feet, and now this.
:56:07
It's no longer tepid
and cerebral.
:56:10
It's full of life!
It's full of passion!
:56:14
It reeks with humid sexuality!
It's carnivorous at last!
:56:18
- You thought my first draft
was cerebral and tepid?
- Only the plot and dialogue.
:56:22
- But this--
- Was-Was-Was there nothing
in the original draft...
:56:26
that you feel
is worth saving?
:56:28
The stage directions were lucid.
Best I've ever seen.
:56:32
- And the color of the binder.
Good choice.
- Thank you.
:56:34
I always had a flare
for stage directions.
:56:37
I went back and reread your
earlier plays. They suffered
from the same problem.
:56:41
- [ Sighs ]
- Good ideas, but
too contrived, no real guts.
:56:45
It's like you
finally happened.
:56:47
- Helen, I have a confession to make.
- Yes?
:56:49
[ Inhales Deeply ]
:56:52
- I--
- Don't speak!
:56:54
No, no, don't speak.
I know you wanna deprecate yourself.
:56:57
I know you do, but you're
going to take this town by storm.
:57:05
I didn't...
:57:09
realize what
an inspiration...
:57:12
you've been
to my writing.
:57:14
Oh, David.
:57:16
Dear, dear David.
:57:19
Pungent,
seething artist.
:57:22
The cocoon
has opened.
:57:30
I would give my body freely to
the man who wrote those words.
:57:34
Those glorious,
powerful words.
:57:38
- Helen--
- No, don't speak.
:57:40
- [ Mumbling ]
- Don't speak. Don't speak.
No. Silence. Silence.
:57:43
- Don't speak.
- [ Mumbles ] Please.
:57:49
[ David ] September 28.
The play is working much better now.
:57:53
Helen has been getting on more
pleasantly with Eden, and I
believe she likes Mr. Woofles.
:57:57
- [ Barking ]
- Back! Back! Back! Back!