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QUICK CUT to Mrs Drexler She spins around and claps her hands She whaps her speculum on the floor three times and a thin kid with chocolate-colored hair and slate eyes sweeps aside his curtain She crows: But wait, we haven’t opened Doooooor Number Three! Hello, Thomas Walker! Six foot even, Swiss /Polish—ooh, practically Russian! How exotic! I se sperm count a spectacular 29man! Allow me to shake your hand!
Sylvie jittered back and forth as the filne settled her stomach A little Thomas spun her around shyly as the music flourished He had a ro so interested in the ani on in the Plains States His voice eet and a little rough and fine, fine, this one is fine, it doesn’t e with me and watch the bombs fall on the sheet with the hole in the corner Close your eyes, spin around three tiet it over with
IRIS TRANSITION to Mrs Drexler doing a backflip in her sequined dress She lands in splits Mr and Mrs Wells and Walker invite you to the occasion of their children’s wedding!
Sylvie pulled the red, thornless rose and snowdrops from her hair and tied their ribbon around Thomas’s rod She remembered to smile Thomas himself kissed her, first on the forehead and then on thenow The ht Maybe I can still see Clark today It takes ti
Voices buzzed and spiked behind her M
rs Drexler was hurrying over; her face was dark
ZOOM on Mrs Drexler: Wait, sorry, wait! I’! It appears Thomas and Sylvie here are a little too close for comfort They should never have been paired at the same Announcement Our fault, entirely! Sylvie’s Father has been such a boon to the neighborhood! Doing his part! Unfortunately, the great nation of the United States does not condone incest, so you’ll have to trade Door Nu a littledoes happen! That’s e keep such excellent records! CROSS-REFERENCING! Thank you! Mrs Drexler bows Roses land at her feet
Sylvie shut her eyes The strip juddered; she was crying tracks through her Spotless Corp Pressed Powder and it was not a fil a conservative brown suit with a gold dove-shaped pin on the lapel and waving a long-stemmed peony for masculine bravery Thomas was her brother, somehow; there had been a eirls in a ballroom with her stared and pointed, paired off safely Sylvie looked up at Tho and sad and confused The snowdrops and roses had fallen off his rod onto the floor Red on white Bouffant was practically clilas Owens 25 million per milliliter like a tree
In four years Sylvie would be Mrs Charles Patterson 19 an to dance Charles was a swell dancer He pro and they wereas nore The quintet struck up Mendelssohn
Sylvie pulled her silence over her and it was good
Fade to white
CLOSE-UP of a nice-looking Bobby, a real lantern-jaw, straight-dealing, chiseled type [Note to Casting: maybe we should consider VP Kroc for this spot Hair poraphic Those idiots at Brylcreem want to corner the Paternal market? Fine Let them have their little slice of the pie Be a nice bit of PR for the reelection can too Humanize the son of a bitch Ray Kroc, All-American, Brother to the Comet the idea Talk to Copy] Bobby’s getting dressed in the , towel around his healthy, o with Kroc here we’ll have to find a body double] Looks at himself in the mirror and strokes a five-o’clock shadow
FEMALE VOICE OVER: Do you wake up in theto a sink full of disappointment?
PAN DOWN to a clean white sink Clumps of hair litter the porcelain [Note to Art Dept: Coo overboard No more than twenty strands] Bobby rubs the top of his head His expression is crestfallen
VOICE OVER: Well, nopower of lead, All-New Formula Samson Brand Hair Pomade can make you an All-New Man