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[ David ] Listen, Flender,
I'm completely mixed up.
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Ellen, Ellen. I love Ellen.
She's been with me the whole time.
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Stuck by me. I knew she'd
be happier back in Pittsburgh.
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- We've had a great relationship.
- Right.
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- I love her dearly. And yet--
- Yeah. Yes. Get to the point.
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What is the problem here? It's always
been clear that you've loved Ellen.
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I've become involved with
Helen Sinclair, and I feel terrible.
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But I can't help myself.
She's so charismatic, and
she's brilliant and beautiful.
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I mean, a real artist, and--
and we speak the same language.
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- You're wracked with guilt.
- I'm wracked with guilt.
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- You're wracked with guilt.
You are wracked with guilt.
- I don't know whether--
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- I can't sleep.
- Guilt is petit bourgeois crap.
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- An artist creates
his own moral universe.
- I know that. I know--
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Well? What is the problem then?
I'm gonna give you some advice.
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The same advice that was
given to me many years ago when
I had a very similar dilemma.
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- Similar to mine. To--
- Yes. Yes.
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What did you do?
What?
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You gotta do
what you gotta do.
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##
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# Hot ginger and dynamite #
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# There's nothing
but that at night #
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# Back in Nagasaki where
the fellas chew tobaccy #
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# And the women
wicky wacky woo #
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- # The way they can entertain #
- [ Nick ] She's great in the show, huh?
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- # Would hurry a hurricane #
- [ Marx ] Oh, the best.
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- # Back in Nagasaki #
- She'll take Broadway by storm.
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- # And the women wicky wacky woo ##
- The part is modest. Still--
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Listen, when she gets here, tell her
you're gonna give her some new lines.
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- You know, like we discussed.
- Yeah.
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Let me level with you, Mr. V.
Do you mind if I call you Nick?
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You see, Nick, you don't
fiddle with a winning show.
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Every script reaches a point where,
in the professional judgment...
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of the producer, the director,
you're finished.
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You can't distort the plot.
[ Chuckles ]
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Now, we're about ready to open.
Changes could be harmful.
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No, the show is
basically frozen.
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- Let's avoid confusion.
- Sure.
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She'll get some new
fuckin' lines...