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"Oh well, we'll make some sort
of a profit on it, maybe turn it into
a television series, so what's the
difference? As long as we come out
ahead in the end."

"But do we?"

"I'm afraid that's your problem.
Nobody forces you to go to movies.
And you yourself said it's not really
bad."

"Want to quote me in your ads?
Look, I'm serious, the public
expects more from you. Have you
even thought about the future?"

"You better believe we have,"
he said with enthusiasm. "In the
works for next year is this film
about these three wacky Naval
surgeons, real practical jokers, who
meet up with this sweet girl from
Wellesley. She falls in love with all
three, but her happiness is short-lived
when all of them contract bubonic
plague and die. In the end, we see
this courageous girl cry in the arms
of her estranged mother while the
helicopters fly her lovers' bodies
away in the background. The flick
will have everything—laughs, tears,
sex—boy, will it have sex: not one,
not two, but all three guys get the
girl in the sack. Now, if we only
had a title...

"How about 'Gang Bang?' "

"Not bad, but too violent. Peace
is the big thing today. It sells better
than anything," he explained.

"How about 'D*O*V*E Story?' "

"Hey, I like it! But to be on the
safe side, let's call it 'Dove Talc.' "

His phone rings, but he
continues talking to me.