Dim the Fluorescents Page #3

This is important, too. God.

Please?

[scoffs] Okay.

The nerve of some people.

- I'm doing it now.

- [Lillian] Good for you.

- What would you do with it?

- Pour it over something.

- Maybe you've got a broken...

- Tibia? Fibia?

- What do you break in a workplace, exactly?

- Stapler, probably.

Hearts.

We could just show

a really graphic expression

but maybe also, kind of, abstracted

expression of workplace trauma,

so that they just have to

experience it.

And then after a barrage

of that, we go to a title.

Bam. "Workplace Safety."

- So, we're not in it? It's more of a multimedia...

- Google thresher injury.

You'll thank me.

You'll be able to see.

- It'll be wonderful.

- [Lillian] I'm sure it will.

[gasps, screams]

[Lillian] Susan?

Oh, God, Susan!

Legally, they're obligated

to do this every year.

What we've gotta do is give

them something interesting.

- Why?

- Because we can.

We can and we must

fulfill that sacred trust.

- Wait, can it rhyme? Right.

- Mmm, better not.

Professionals.

F***. F***! No good. No good.

Ugh! What're you doing?

So, we see the aftermath first?

Yes, then, maybe, interviews

with the family or something

about the lifetime of suffering

they'll have to deal with.

Then the accident, then the

fatal mistake that led to it.

- Fatal?

- Why not? It's bigger. It gives us more to play.

Are the walls there white?

[gasps]

I like it.

I think we'd be playing with

cliches in an interesting way.

[indistinct conversation]

[gasps]

- Uh, this is for you.

- Oh!

- Hello.

- Thanks.

I thought your performance

today was really outstanding.

- Oh, wow! Thanks so much.

- Yeah. Really incredible.

We don't get that here.

- Outstanding.

- Hey, it's my pleasure.

- Thanks a lot.

- Thank you.

Uh, are you guys back here

at any point?

Uh, well, our schedule's

changing all the time, really.

But, you know,

I'll give you my card.

Sure.

- Here you go. Take care.

- Great.

[people applauding]

[cheering]

- June, oh, my God, that was amazing.

- Hey!

- Thanks so much! We really did it!

- [Lillian] I can't believe it.

I mean, I totally believe it. I've just, I

have never seen anything like this before.

This kind of scale

is just beyond.

- How many people was that?

- Thirteen, not counting the doubled parts.

Did I tell you

it came from a dream?

- No.

- Really? No, that wasn't in the notes.

- Why wasn't that in the program?

- How long did you rehearse?

About 17 weeks.

- [both] Wow.

- We had a grant.

- Do you ever apply?

- I have all these commissions.

The Kingston Foundation.

- Mmm, of course.

- Nick's great.

He's gonna be at this fundraiser

thing tomorrow night.

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