STAND-IN ENNIS~%%my dream come true! I always wanted to get a speaking part in a real show, what a lucky break!
I sure hope nobody answers the Casting Call for Ennis # 6. I am gonna tear down all those adverts as soon as this scene is over.%%
((flips the pages of the script and whispers Ennis' next line one more time before tucking the tattered script into his jeans. Glides onto the stage over to stage right, beside the fake river; crouches down, picks up blue speckled enamelware coffee pot))
**From the Screenplay, page 71:**ENNIS
High-class entertainment.
%%phew!! I did it! Sure as hell ain't my fault that Daniel is not following the script; he
shoulda said the line before mine:
JACK
All I'm sayin' is, what's the point to
makin' it? If the taxes don't get it, the
inflation eats it all up. You should see
Lureen, punchin' numbers into her adding
machine, huntin' for extra zeros, her
eyes gettin' smaller and smaller, it's
like watchin' a rabbit tryin' to squeeze
into a snakehole with a coyote on it's
tail.
....What-ever... thinks he's too Goddam special...... %%