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Uccvnitiun t>y NcrinuQ Au'.h.ui
The Pure Bad Woman
A tragedy in several cerebrations. By FRANK M. DAZEY
Scene: Interior of the large and well jiimislied brain of a successful scenarioist. Nicely balanced on t/ie cerebrum is the idea of a large box-shaped something like a child's penny savings bank. Standing on the Medulla Oblongata, rather ill at ease, are the nude figures of Art and Knowledge. Gazing at them with all the complacency of a happy bride who has brought two potential sweethearts together is the Eternal It of the scenarioist himself.
Scenarioist. So happy to be able to bring you t wo together. Knowledge, I want you to meet Art. Art, this is Knowledge.
Knowledge. Why, we're old friends. I don't know why people nowadays always think of us as strangers.
Art. Charmed to see you here. Knowledge.
ScEN.-VRioiST. I daresay you hardly expected to meet each other here. Well, I've always been known as daringly different, and this time I'm going to be more daring and more different than ever before. I'll let you in on a secret. (.Art and Knowledge bend forward as Scen.arioi.st continues impressively) Pres. Oodlesovitz of the Great Jazz Film Co. has asked me to WTite a new picture and I want to put both of you into it.
Knowxedce. This is a bit unusual, but we're always willing to oblige.
Scenarioist. Oodlesovitz wants the picture to be about a
bad woman who reforms and makes good; they never fail — the pictures I mean.
Art and Knowledge, (looking uncomfortable and speaking almost simultaneously) Sorry, but it's quite late. I think we'd better take this up another time.
Scenarioist. No! No! Please stay! Oodlesovitz was most insistent. Aren't there any thoughts you can give me?
Knowledge, (after some hesitation selects a thought and hands it gingerly to Scenarioist) Well, if she's a bad woman I suppose the man is neither her first nor her last.
Art. (enthusiastically) Fine!
Scenarioist. (takes thought and examines it critically) Thanks, I'll see what I can do with this. (He goes toward the idea box.)
Knowledge. What's that?
Scenarioist. That's the Bo.x Office Idea. I'll have to see if this fits into it.
Knowledge and .Art. (rather taken aback) Oh!
(After some trouble Scenarioist crams the thought into box.)
Scenarioist. (sighs and turns towards .\rt) And you, .\n?
Art. (speaking brightly and much encouraged by Knowledge's success, hands Scenarioist a small but glittering piece of truth) And He will gain no happiness, nor She. citherl
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