Dr Jew by Crayola Robert

Author:Crayola, Robert [Crayola, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-09-17T16:00:00+00:00

XXIX.

Philip's a good composer and I knew he was getting worse, if not through the dark circles around his eyes then by the shoddy quality of his music on this film (yes, I allow my self to call it music in my head, not atmospherics – ghastly term). Of course I want him well. Of course. But I never expected –

"You have to hear this! You'll love it, Sergio."

"I… will?"

And he put the headphones on and I heard in that strain the milky shadows of undiluted emotion that I first knew when he played his music for me in college, as a teenager. It was like seeing an old friend for the first time in years.

"Phil, this is good. This is beyond good."

"I know. I can hear it. I've had my ears reborn."

"What happened? You look great."

"I look like the second guy in a before/after advertisement. I don't recognize the man in the mirror. It's that stuff Dr. Jew gave me. Has to be. I went back to ask him what it was but he only wanted to talk about movies and music."

"Dr. Jew?" I said. "Where have I heard that name?"

"That quack Johnny referred me to, remember? Gave me some stuff. Amazing. Yeah, he said he sent you a script at one point."

Oh yes. That script. The one we passed around and laughed over for its melodramatic posturing and tacky dialogue. I knew I'd heard that name before. Dr. Jew.

So it was with some trepidation that I found myself knocking and waiting at a door in the Richmond district. It slid open instantly and behind that ancient desk sat that man, that Dr. Jew, a creature whose filthy nature seemed anathema to everything medical. His nervous, gleeful energy sucked me toward him. I could feel his happiness on seeing me. I could see his feeble attempt to conceal his joy from me.

"Well, look what the cat dragged in! Mreeeeow! If it isn't Sergio Simpatico! My, my, my, my. I do declare. To what do I owe this honor? Imagine my joy as my heart goes aflutter, meeting the great director at last. You are certainly the last person I ever expected to find at my doorstep. How… eh… how goes your cinematographic endeavor? Coming along, I hope…?"

"Oh yes, it's doing nicely. Should have it wrapped any day now."

"You Hollywood types!Wrapped! Ha ha ha. Yes, well, I hope to be first in line when it's released. That is – unless I was invited to an advance screening, wink wink nudge nudge, eh?"

"I'll look into that. After all, your help may prove invaluable. And Philip has already told me what you did for him."

"Glassdick? Posh, 'twas nothing! I am but a humble servant. By the by, did you get the script I sent your office some time ago?"

"Uh… yes. Yes, we did. Unfortunately we had already greenlighted my script and it was… too late to go back."

"I see."

"But, Dr. Jew, I'm here for your skill as a doctor. Not for me. For my wife.

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