Enconters

LUCY Are you saying it's not a hat?
MARK No, it is a hat-
LUCY Then what's your problem?
MARK No, I mean {inhales) look at it, it doesn't make sense, I
mean how is the audience supposed to piece together that I'm a
a{flips back through script) "A flawed Private Investigator s1ash
Vigilante with a drinking problem, schizophrenia, a child he never
gets to see, a life of regret and a no-funny-stuff boss"? [LUCY
begins to interject] It's cringe-worthy, like
LUCY (gesturing towards audience) They'd figure most of that out
for themselves throughout the course of the play but (obvious sarcasm)
thanks for the spoilers-
MARK I really don't think they would, I mean if it weren't for the
character description, I'd only pick up on_not even half the stuff
I'm supposed to be-
LUCY Okay, alright, let's hope they're smarter than you are-
MARK And it's the name as well-
LUCY Right okay, the name, I suppose I should take out a notebook
at this point, what's wrong with the name?
MARK "Noir 2000"? I mean c 'mon like, "Noir 2000"?
LUCY Yes, I'm listening, enlighten me-
MARK Noir 2000 sounds like an old B-Movie, how do you come up with
a title like that and think "Oh yeah, that's an interesting title"?
What really surprised me is how many people you've managed