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DaveKellett |
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2011-03-29 14:33:35 |
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| Panel 1 |
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THE HOUSE (Living room) |
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Living Room (In Gramp's chair) |
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Chair (Gramp sitting in chair) |
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Lamp |
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GRAMP (reading) |
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ARTHUR (sitting on a lamp, talking to Gramp, thought occuring): |
Seriously? Moby Dick is the greatest novel in the English language?? Seriously? |
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| Panel 2 |
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THE HOUSE (Living room) |
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Living Room (In Gramp's chair) |
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ARTHUR (sitting on a lamp, talking to Gramp, thought occuring): |
It goes on for 40 pages about how sails are tied!
I mean, jeez. I GET IT. It's symbolism and metaphor. But ain't nobody wantin' to read 40 pages of THAT. |
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THE HOUSE |
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Living Room (In Gramp's chair) |
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Chair (Gramp sitting in chair) |
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Lamp |
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GRAMP (talking to Arthur): |
Lots of people want to read that! |
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ARTHUR: |
Are you joking? Six doctoral candidates at Yale want to read that!! And everyone else checks out. I bet even MELVILLE checked out. |
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nonspecific (white background) |
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Herman Melville (Writing): |
"And the sail is tied ever thusly: Over, under, over, under, left, right, over, under..." |
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Herman Melville (Thinking): |
Good Lord |
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