Cradle Will Rock Page #5

- Really?

There I go again

jumping the gun,

ruining a perfectly civil conversation

on art by getting to the point.

Eh, Margherita?

I must confess, I'm more interested in

the oil in paint than the oil in derricks.

Ah, bravo! Bravo!

- I understand you know Diego Rivera.

- Mmm.

Paris, wild times.

- I am to see him today.

- Ah.

- Any tips?

- Swing left, stay sober.

He was once a cannibal,

you know.

- What?

- Yes.

Never before has the link

between government and industry...

been so obvious

and so dangerous.

Five dead.

Two shot in the back.

Twenty-seven injured...

by the blackjacks and fists

of the strike breakers.

And who were the attackers?

- Thugs? Pinkertons?

- No! No!

No, ladies and gentlemen. The murderers

last night were government employees!

Policemen killing and beating

the very citizens who pay their wage.

Lending their nightsticks...

and guns to the industrialists,

to the strike breakers!

I think it's time...

- What is your play about?

- What are your plays about? What's Threepenny Opera about?

- What is your play about?

- It's about a prostitute, uh, poverty.

That's survival. That is not enough.

What about

the other prostitutes?

You don't have to be poor to be

a whore. Look around you.

In the mansions, in the churches,

in the universities.

Everyone is corruptible,

even your union leaders.

- The cradle of power is rocking!

- Yeah!

Now who's the dummy?

- Now who's the dummy?

- Now who's the dummy?

- Now who's the dummy?

- Now who's the dummy?

- Now who's the dummy?

- Stop!

You want to use...

the back of your mouth.

Try again.

Now who's the dummy?

Now... who's the dummy?

- Now who's the dummy?

- Now who's the dummy?

- Now...

- Cut!

Your mouth is moving.

If your mouth is moving,

the effect is ruined.

Try to keep your lips

immobile.

Mmm, mmm, the dummy?

Now who's the dummy?

"Federal Theater's touring show, Broadway

Bandwagon, rolled into Peoria last night,

and for two hours,

gaiety and glamour...

obscured thoughts of drought

and other financial worries. "

Peoria Star.

They performed Dubuque, Waterloo,

Eau Claire, Sheboygan,

Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids.

And I saw it in a high school

in Manitowoc.

with live actors. It was very exciting.

I just got a letter from the director

of the Portland, Oregon, project.

Their debut was a resounding success.

Sold-out shows every night.

Denver's a week away from opening Rakes

Progress. That'll be Colorado's debut.

- It Can't Happen Here?

- It is happening.

It Can't Happen Here

is a steamroller.

We have a commitment

from the Detroit project.

Also, the Seattle

Negro Company's in.

And Brooklyn is doing

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