pousias [Nol meant on che subway. MARTIN Youre going to giveher a ride on the subway? DoucLas 1 just thought she maybe needed company. Her mom is in the hospital, Martin. way sous. I mean she’s not dying or anything. DOUGLAS So you want to havea drink? Like on the way? wav Sore, great They go. Martin lok at Kate. MARTIN, You okay? kare ‘What do you think, MARTIN? Am Iokay? AM I OKAY? MARTIN, Sonry. ave What an esshole. What a jerk. MARTIN Ye. KATE People think he's a gens whac i so fucking genius about that? MARTIN “That is what I've been saying! ‘Let me give you ride home. The guy's moron KATE ‘Not Douglas, Mastin! Im talking abour Leonard. Leonard isan ‘die! MARTIN ‘Oh, I thoughe you weee aking about Douglas. KATE Did you think that was mare? Did you think him standing there and telling us all that wee fucking loses if we dor' go ro Egypt and smoke water pipes, we'e we're completely irrelevant as human beings if we rad the New York Times, does that seem SMART to you? MARTIN ‘Thats noe relly what he sid. ‘overeducated giel— “Thats nor what he sid kare ‘He said I was sexually inadequate! (MARTIN Hie sald the sory was sexually inadequatekare “How would he know; he dda read more than si words! (MARTIN “Hels not talking about you, he’ talking about the story KATE Astory he base read. ‘MARTIN T mean, we all sat hes right, and watched him KATE Big fcking deel! ‘What is your poine Martin? MARTIN, don't have a point! I just mean that all we get righ? Everybody saysit. Ifyou donk get chem on the frst page, thet all you ge. KATE 1 stood here and got completely humiliated by ‘She disappears into the apartment, yeling back, Martin KATE (of) Everybody acted like, they all said he’s ROUGH bur hes A GREAT. TEACHER BUT I DONT SEE WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT JUST BEING ABUSED. THAT'S NOT TEACHING THAT'S JUST BEING ASHITHEAD. IF TWANT SOMEONE TO "TELL ME I'M WASTING MY TIME I CAN JUST TALK TO MY MOTHER. EVERYONE THINKS ITS SO COOL AND FUN TO BE MEAN TO ARTISTS BUT If WE WEREN'T HERE THERE WOULD BE NOTHING BUT ANARCHY AND IMMORALITY AND CHAOS. WE ARE THE SOUL OF THE (CULTURE AND PEOPLE GAN JUST FUCKING BE NICE TO US ONCE IN A WHILE She reappear, canning bags ofchipe and dit soda and ice ‘ram. She tt down and srt et MARTIN, Whae sre you doing? ware essed and T'm tying to asee myself fel beter that all sight with you MARTIN, Dontrbe depressed. KATE [My sory gotcreamed. Tim depressed. I'm a depressed fea eat. MARTIN Ifyou thick he's stupid what do you cate if he didi ike your sory? KATE 1 ide think he was stupid unl he was stupid co me today MARTIN So ifhelked your story that would male him not stupid? KATE Yes! The liked my story that would make him smart. Okay? Okay? Okay? MARTIN Just wanted to be sure “HERESAREBECK 2bKATE here? Dotigas is out there having drinks withthe ‘why are you hanging our with the loser? [MARTIN ‘Shes not the love of my life are you kidding? KATE Give me a break. MARTIN, Shes a evil kare ‘Yeah, guys hare that. It sucks that she's gorgeous, to. MARTIN Look. She' allright. No, I mean, okay, she's attractive, noone i going ro say she's not artractive. He wars reat, obsessively, evering in sight KATE (Oh my god you should hear yourself. ‘Atractve.' Why dont you just pata gun to your mm head, youl so completely in love with her. Do you think ifs not uttexty obvious to absolutely everyone who sexs you in te same room with her? MARTIN Tam not ‘in love’ with her. She’ clearly got something going with Douglas. How she can even stind to clk co him for more than fiffcen seconds at go, isa mystery. The guy is an unmitigared " Tgive you de? (giv her aide’ to retiority and the exeriorty of the landscape is ith the diasporie esentility of the mimetic sd culture, Maybe thats what he should do. 2 senna kare Dorit kid yourself che would love.a ride wo Yadéo. Dorit eal chipe | wane those. MARTIN Fuck me. Fuck her. Fuck him, Kate [No fuck me! Fim the ore who got creamed. This sucks. Thar story is fantastic, [have been working on that fucking story for sb years, people love tht tory! You love chat story. MARTIN wall, kare Wha? What MARTIN, Nothing KATE You dont love that story ‘MARTIN Ie olay Youve been working on it for sixyeats. KATE “Thats sight I've been working on ie for socyears because people ike it, people~Frank Consoy read it, before he died, he was the in esidence up at Benrington for one month and he ead th and you know what hesid to me? He sid ie as ‘much be ost! Notbetter than most. “Much” bere than mos. MARTIN “Much berter than mos,’ that iso lame, Kate.I He read it when I took thar summer wating class and he sid it had some nice things ini MARTIN Kate do you even hear yourself You know how long you've been working on that sony? Six year— kare MARTIN ‘Why have you been waiting the same story for sx yeats? KATE Because it'sa good etary! Ie really good story. When I was at Benningron— ‘MARTIN Jesus, was thee ever ime when you werent at Bennington? You cxist in an alternate univer called “Bennington” KATE I eamed a lot there, Marcin. MARTIN ‘Whar you lexened was how ro write one lousy story in six yeas A silence. MARTIN ‘That’ not, I didale mean che scory was lousy Kae Fuckyou you did to. 24 semua MARTIN ,, Wel why are you writing the same sory for sh years? KATE Because people pe reling me it was good but that it needed more vworke MARTIN, ‘Well chen Leonard just did you a big favor, didnt he? A beat KATE Meaning? MARTIN, ‘Now you can write something else. A beat KATE You know, this is my apartment, so [ext walk our. Could you walle cour pleas? MARTIN, No no, dart do that. Come on, dorit do that. KATE Wy apartment. Get out, Go, Go, Gee MARTIN, THERESA RIREEK 25MARTIN ‘Scene Three ‘Come on, listen 0 me, Listen. Leonard istahng off bis jacks and car looking a the He takes her bands, She os aves other, sh are sing daviflly around him MARTIN, LEONARD have to tell you something. So who's gor something, who are we stating with today? ‘She loots up at him. He holds her hand. ‘There is silence. No one moves Leonard lughs. kate LEONARD Whar (Come on children we deat: heve all night. What ae we here for? ‘Am [a fucking ‘MARTIN Tm geting kicked out of my apartment beca the rent. Can I say here? T mean, you got And is free! Who knew it was fee? Lean ‘She lake abi, Lexy twitbes, nerous, Blackont ia vee story. T dida'e know if Douglas nd Iwas thinkiag maybe they would wane ro go, ‘or maybe Kate has something else— kare Ne. izzy (Olay, well, Ido have something (handing i over) havent been working on it very long. Ijus sarted i, Aboura ‘week afew days ago, LEONARD Yeah Teaa tll 2s sewn Hers nec