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ACT ONE
SCENE THREE
INT. NORTHRIDGE STUDENT UNION - THE NEXT DAY (D.4)
(TIFFANY AND JIM ARE PLAYING CHESS. SHE IS STRESSED, INTENSELY LEANING OVER THE BOARD. HE IS HAPPY AND RELAXED, READING A BOOK. HE LOOKS AT HER)
JIM
You're so beautiful.
TIFFANY
Quiet. You're
distracting me.
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(SHE MOVES)
JIM
I love spending time
with you. Let's go to
the opera tonight.
They're doing "La
Traviata."
TIFFANY
(BY ROTE)
"La Traviata."
Opera in three acts by
Giuseppe Verdi. Text
by Piave after Dumas'
"La Dame aux
Camelias." Produced in
eighteen-fifty-two.
JIM
Eighteen-fifty-three.
I'll pick you up at
seven.
TIFFANY
Seven exactly. You're
always perfectly on
time. It's so cute.
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(JIM MOVES A PIECE ON THE CHESS BOARD)
JIM
(CHEERFULLY)
Checkmate.
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(HE KISSES HER ON THE CHEEK AND EXITS.
TIFFANY COLLAPSES ON THE COUCH)
--written by
Nell Benjamin
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