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don't be foolish
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Cut!
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Elsa
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you're playing the words - don't deliver the line,
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deliver what's behind it
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That's not how the line was yesterday
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Yesterday doesn't exist
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the line could be from a tooth powder
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I want what's underneath
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alright back to one. Camera
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camera rolling
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sound
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sound rolling
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Action!
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don't be foolish
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Cut!
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I need that touch to be slower
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more delicate
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that touch comes from the feeling
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and you just told me to play the subtext
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if I slow it down it won't be real
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then make it real slower
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so, feelings have a speed limit?
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only when they're in close up
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funny, I thought you wanted authenticity
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not choreography
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the lens doesn't care about your sincerity
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if the gesture looks like a slap in a soft focus
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then perhaps the lens should direct
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and we can all go home early
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alright
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slower, more delicate and real, if that pleases you
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camera!
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camera rolling
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Sound!
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sound rolling
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action!
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don't be foolish
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cut!
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quieter Elsa
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it's a close up not a Broadway matinee
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what was that?
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there are roosters on stage 7
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we have a problem
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alright five minute break
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Makeup freshening
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is this for reverse angles?
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honey I don't know
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hello again
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we're not sure yet if it's the reverse coverage
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or still the same shot
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but I'll freshen you up just in case
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you were absolutely fantastic
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partnering Miss Rosenthal
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I couldn't take my eyes off you!
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I'll quickly adjust the tone,
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add a touch of blush and we'll be all set
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taking down a bit of shine with this blotting paper
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They always overwrite these scenes
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How am I supposed to concentrate on the character?
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I know
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The rewrites, the rushed takes—I hate it as much as you do
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Do you?
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Because it feels like I’m discovering a new script every morning with my coffee
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Listen. It’s not me.
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Blue Lamp is breathing down our necks. They have five films in post...
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tiding up your brows just a bit
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Ah, yes. The mighty Blue Lamp Pictures.
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Should I act faster too, so we can produce three more films this week?
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No need to act faster, Elsa. Just… quieter
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Quieter, faster. Anything else?
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Perhaps I should mime the part to save time on dialogue?
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Honey, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to…
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you know how much we all love you! you are our star.
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Blue Lamp is outperforming us. But they don’t have you
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And that’s why we’re not making five films a week—we’re making this one count.
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Flattery won't fix the script, you know.
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Give me lines that stay the same for longer than a day.
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now touch your pancake to even things out
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don't worry just smoothing, not layering
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Elsa, I’ve been watching the rushes. I need more suspense there
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Not just the words—let the space between them feel heavier
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It’s not what you say. It’s what you don’t.
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And when you speak it’s more of a whispering.
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is the blue lamp whisper too?
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or is it just our grand new philosophy?
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I’m sure if we whisper first,
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they'll do the same. Look at last year
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we have 'Marble and Steam' -
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Blue Lamp follows with ‘Daughters of Athena.’
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We produce ‘The Harpy’s Mercy,’
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they counter with ‘Adrift Without Wings.’
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We release “Pirates in Disguise”,
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they roll out “Jester in disguise”.
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brilliant. What’s next?
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We make a film about mirrors, and they release one about reflections.
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just a sweep of powder
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a sweep of Rouge
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I think we're done
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and now I'll go to another star
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I might go back to you
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we have another person to fix your hair
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but I think you don't need it
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it's pretty well
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but even if no one comes I can help with your hair
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right
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first two lamps are still heating up
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which ones?
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stage left near the entrance
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they're cooking the extras
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throw some diffusion over them
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and another thing: those rugs for the train set,
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they sent us wrong color, should we send them back?
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no, no time for that
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I'll deal with it, I have someone
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oh and sound department
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say there's not enough space to hide the microphones
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when we get to the train set
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I'll have a look, but remind them
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it's their job
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to find the space, not mine.
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sure
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there's a censorship problem with the script
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they flagged the part where they talk about the outline
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it's absurd!
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They say it’s too suggestive,
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might be interpreted as anti-authority.
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it's just a coded phrase between spies!
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they don't want codes,
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they are saying if we don't change it
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we'll lose part of the funding
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and where do they expect us to cut now?
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the train set
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seriously?
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what else?
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Miss Rosenthal wants to reshoot the dinner scene
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really?
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she locked herself in her dressing room
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won't answer
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tell her I'll replace her
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she's got a contract for three more pictures
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not a problem
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oh and tell her to quit lifting her chin
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like she's in a silent picture
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we're past those days
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Miss Bleumir is ready for rehearsal
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she's in makeup now, hair is nearly done
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But since they’re are both in the scene, what do we do?
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who's on makeup today?
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Annie
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ask Annie to sit in for Elsa
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there's barely any dialogue
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she just needs to take the spot
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sure
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Alright everyone! let's get back to it, this is a rehearsal
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not a performance
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but let's pretend we know the difference
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the low murmur of the room shifts
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eyes are drawn to the entrance
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as the countess strides in
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wrapped in a midnight blue silk gown
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she moves like...
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Where's my dress?
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right where's the blue silk gown?
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the blue silk gown? it's... in an hour or two
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she moves like she owns the place
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exuding the kind of presence that commands attention
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without a word, she sweeps her gaze across the room
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and upon spotting Celine and SW
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makes her way toward them
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Ah! just two people I hope to find!
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don't just say the line
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you were hoping to find this person
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I need to see this in your eyes
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this is the only one who matters right?
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okay
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Of course
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Ah! just two people I hope to find!
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very good but don't disregard Celine
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we can't let the audience suspect she's in the way
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just... you know
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right
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Ah! just two people I hope to find!
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she reaches the table
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placing her gloved hand on the back of an empty chair
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before tilting her head slightly
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um tell me
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will you both be taking the Cairo Rxpress as well?
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SW
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why do you ask?
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because I do love a good journey
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and something tells me
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this one will be particularly eventful
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she signals a waiter
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with a graceful flick of her fingers
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champagne darling!
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no matter where one he's headed
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one should travel in style
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very good now
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very good now
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one more time without my corrections
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right from... just the two people
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from jus#jhnio8i9800-
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from 'just the two people i hoped to find'
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yeah
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Ah! just two people I hope to find!
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tell me
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will you both be taking the Cairo Express as well?
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stop! what's wrong with that light?
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uh it's been flickering all day
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problem solved
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now let's do from... let's start from... from the beginning
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yeah
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okay yeah
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Ah! just two people I hope to find!
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Dinner break!
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I suppose we have a break
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does this outline need to be so obvious?
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Elsa!
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it's 'have to be obvious' not 'need to be' - that's the line
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yes but 'have' feels too stiff, 'need' is softer, it's better
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don't you agree ?
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it's supposed to be stiff
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the character is biting a little not caressing
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maybe she should caress a little?
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people remember softness more than stiffness
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just say the line fine
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fine
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and drop your chin
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does this outline have to be so obvious?
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too loud
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it's a rehearsal, we're not recording sound
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No. But I can still hear you with my eyes
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does this outline have to be so obvious?
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Elsa you're yelling
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does this outline have to be so obvious?
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this is not about the outline
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does this outline have to be so obvious ?
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what was that?
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does this outline have to be so obvious?
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better but still not quite... whatever keep going...
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does this outline have to be so obvious?
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now you're just torturing it
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you are torturing me!
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the line isn't the problem Elsa
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it's the spirit behind it
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does this outline have to be so obvious?
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better but now your sarcasm is too loud
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does this outline have to be so obvious
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if we stretch this out any longer
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we'll be rehearsing straight into next week
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we've got a train set waiting for us
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you know time is money
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this is because of you not me!
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the studio's got a peculiar taste and it's casting
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I say that much ...
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Alright take 5 - if you wanna run the lines now's the time
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excuse me may I help you with the rehearsal?
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alright I'll do all the parts and you do you
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you you your part
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interior: private club night
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haze of cigar smoke lingers
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beneath the gilded chandeliers
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the air hums with quiet conversations
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the clink of crystal glasses
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and the occasional burst of laughter
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from figures draped in evening finery
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At a corner table, CELINE and SW sit
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in the dim glow of a table lamp,
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their posture casual but their eyes ever-watchful.
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alright your text
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this isn't the safest place for conversations
