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RONALD TAVEL
Jo
(long pause):
What did you say, dear?
MIKIE:
I said I went to a shower this afternoon, Jo.
Jo
(long pause):
Oh, how nice.
MIKIE:
Yes, it was nice.
Jo
(long pause):
What happened at the shower, dear?
MIKIE:
I had sex with someone in the shower.
Jo
(long pause, abstractly):
With the water running?
MIKIE:
Yes, with the water running.
Jo
(long pause):
Oh, how nice.
MIKIE :
Yes, it was nice, Jo.
Jo
(long pause):
Whom did you have sex with in the shower, dear?
MIKIE:
With Joe.
Jo: Joe? Which Joe?
MIKIE:
The other Joe.
Jo
(long pause):
Oh. How nice.
MIKIE:
Yes, it was nice.
Very long pause.
Jo: Did you scrub each other's backs?
MIKIE:
No, we just massaged.
Jo
(long pause):
Each other's backs?
MIKIE:
No, each other's fronts.
Jo
(long pause):
Oh, how nice.
MIKIE
(quickly):
Yes, it was nice. We massaged and massaged and
massaged each other's fronts!
Growing very excited, jumping off the commode and rushing
over to the
FILMMAKER,
att empting to massage him while
speaking very rapidly.
You know, Harvey, massaging is a system of remedial treatment
consisting of kneading and kneading and rubbing and rubbing and
pressing and pinching and pressing and pulling and pushing and
mushing and squeezing the other person's body!! !
FILMMAKER
(tickled, indulging him):
Oh, stop it, Eddie, and get
back on your bowl.
MIKIE
obeys; long pause.
Jo: Oh, how nice.
MIKIE
(ferociously) :
Yes, it
is
nice! Would you like me to massage
you?
Jo: What did you say, dear?
MIKIE:
I said would you like me to massage you?
