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1 00:00:09,632 00:00:11,998 (HARP MUSIC) (HARP MUSIC)
2 00:00:13,136 00:00:18,136 Provided by explosiveskull https://twitter.com/kaboomskull M_I_SForEver Provided by explosiveskull https://twitter.com/kaboomskull M_I_SForEver
3 00:00:39,671 00:00:43,371 I grew up in a quiet suburban town just north of New York. I grew up in a quiet suburban town just north of New York.
4 00:00:43,405 00:00:46,638 On special occasions, my dad would take me into the city On special occasions, my dad would take me into the city
5 00:00:46,672 00:00:50,104 and we would go and get dessert at the Waldorf or the Plaza. and we would go and get dessert at the Waldorf or the Plaza.
6 00:00:50,138 00:00:53,205 I loved watching the people around us. I loved watching the people around us.
7 00:00:53,240 00:00:55,139 They seemed to have interesting lives. They seemed to have interesting lives.
8 00:00:56,373 00:00:57,839 I wanted to be one of them. I wanted to be one of them.
9 00:00:57,873 00:00:59,806 I wanted to write novels, I wanted to write novels,
10 00:00:59,839 00:01:02,541 and speak five languages and travel. and speak five languages and travel.
11 00:01:04,174 00:01:05,641 I didn't want to be ordinary. I didn't want to be ordinary.
12 00:01:08,174 00:01:09,742 I wanted to be extraordinary. I wanted to be extraordinary.
13 00:01:12,975 00:01:15,443 Those memories came storming back to me last year Those memories came storming back to me last year
14 00:01:15,476 00:01:18,577 when I came to visit my best friend in New York. when I came to visit my best friend in New York.
15 00:01:18,610 00:01:20,644 I was only supposed to stay a few days, I was only supposed to stay a few days,
16 00:01:20,678 00:01:22,177 and then return to Berkeley, and then return to Berkeley,
17 00:01:23,010 00:01:24,877 where my boyfriend was waiting on me. where my boyfriend was waiting on me.
18 00:01:28,111 00:01:29,178 But something shifted. But something shifted.
19 00:01:30,145 00:01:31,944 I wanna stay in New York for a while. I wanna stay in New York for a while.
20 00:01:33,045 00:01:34,212 A while? A while?
21 00:01:34,246 00:01:36,613 KARL: What do you mean a while? What about your semester? KARL: What do you mean a while? What about your semester?
22 00:01:36,646 00:01:37,845 Yeah, but see that's just it, Yeah, but see that's just it,
23 00:01:37,879 00:01:40,113 I don't want to analyze other people's work anymore, Karl. I don't want to analyze other people's work anymore, Karl.
24 00:01:40,147 00:01:40,980 I wanna write. I wanna write.
25 00:01:42,013 00:01:43,248 KARL: In New York? KARL: In New York?
26 00:01:43,281 00:01:44,113 Yeah. Yeah.
27 00:01:47,114 00:01:47,947 In New York. In New York.
28 00:01:49,981 00:01:51,915 Isn't that what aspiring writers did? Isn't that what aspiring writers did?
29 00:01:51,948 00:01:55,049 Live in cheap apartments and write in cafes? Live in cheap apartments and write in cafes?
30 00:01:56,517 00:02:00,016 Yeah, I know, but it's what I wanted. Yeah, I know, but it's what I wanted.
31 00:02:00,050 00:02:03,217 (PLAYFUL PIANO MUSIC) (PLAYFUL PIANO MUSIC)
32 00:02:22,220 00:02:24,887 (BRETT HUMMING) (BRETT HUMMING)
33 00:02:33,822 00:02:37,590 My boss says we're going paperless, all emails. My boss says we're going paperless, all emails.
34 00:02:37,624 00:02:39,424 It's driving me nuts It's driving me nuts
35 00:02:39,457 00:02:41,524 with everyone writing about nothing, with everyone writing about nothing,
36 00:02:41,557 00:02:44,692 answering thanks or worse, you're welcome. answering thanks or worse, you're welcome.
37 00:02:44,725 00:02:47,259 My colleague sends me emails to ask me My colleague sends me emails to ask me
38 00:02:47,292 00:02:48,359 when I'm having lunch. when I'm having lunch.
39 00:02:48,392 00:02:51,492 I hope this is just a trend that will phase out. I hope this is just a trend that will phase out.
40 00:02:51,526 00:02:53,226 I miss your rants. I miss your rants.
41 00:02:54,125 00:02:56,193 Everyone in Berkeley is so serious, Everyone in Berkeley is so serious,
42 00:02:56,226 00:02:58,760 and the jogging and wearing Tivos. and the jogging and wearing Tivos.
43 00:02:58,794 00:02:59,993 Fucking Tivos? Fucking Tivos?
44 00:03:01,528 00:03:04,994 I'm like this big cloud of East Coast irony haunting Southern California. I'm like this big cloud of East Coast irony haunting Southern California.
45 00:03:05,027 00:03:07,162 Turning everything into Ash. Turning everything into Ash.
46 00:03:08,195 00:03:09,027 That's me. That's me.
47 00:03:10,495 00:03:12,229 Does Karl feel the same? Does Karl feel the same?
48 00:03:16,129 00:03:17,929 Um, it's not really the same for him Um, it's not really the same for him
49 00:03:17,962 00:03:20,431 'cause he's been there for a couple of years 'cause he's been there for a couple of years
50 00:03:20,464 00:03:24,497 and the university sorta treats him like a star. and the university sorta treats him like a star.
51 00:03:24,531 00:03:25,398 Huh, well- Huh, well-
52 00:03:26,398 00:03:27,231 Hey, Jenny. Hey, Jenny.
53 00:03:29,031 00:03:31,299 I don't know exactly how long I'm gonna be staying I don't know exactly how long I'm gonna be staying
54 00:03:31,333 00:03:32,166 in New York. in New York.
55 00:03:33,166 00:03:36,499 Don't worry, just keep making yourself at home. Don't worry, just keep making yourself at home.
56 00:03:36,533 00:03:37,567 Eat anything. Eat anything.
57 00:03:39,966 00:03:40,801 Okay. Okay.
58 00:03:49,068 00:03:53,103 RECRUITER: MA in English literature, University College in London, RECRUITER: MA in English literature, University College in London,
59 00:03:53,136 00:03:55,470 I suppose that would make you more appealing I suppose that would make you more appealing
60 00:03:55,503 00:03:58,704 to some publishers, less to most. to some publishers, less to most.
61 00:04:00,003 00:04:02,805 You published poetry? You published poetry?
62 00:04:02,837 00:04:05,870 Yes, yes, in the Paris Review. Yes, yes, in the Paris Review.
63 00:04:05,904 00:04:08,272 I just won their student contest. I just won their student contest.
64 00:04:08,305 00:04:10,938 Leave that out. Publishers avoid wannabe writers. Leave that out. Publishers avoid wannabe writers.
65 00:04:10,971 00:04:15,740 Oh, that is what I want to do though. Eventually. Oh, that is what I want to do though. Eventually.
66 00:04:16,872 00:04:19,207 Oh, I got it. Oh, I got it.
67 00:04:19,240 00:04:23,808 Not a publisher. How about a literary agency? Not a publisher. How about a literary agency?
68 00:04:26,141 00:04:26,973 Great. Great.
69 00:04:27,007 00:04:29,642 The oldest in New York. Do you type? The oldest in New York. Do you type?
70 00:04:29,675 00:04:32,509 Uh, I took typing in seventh grade. Uh, I took typing in seventh grade.
71 00:04:32,543 00:04:33,509 Of course you don't type. Of course you don't type.
72 00:04:33,543 00:04:34,743 She's gonna ask you if you can type She's gonna ask you if you can type
73 00:04:34,776 00:04:35,875 and you are gonna say? and you are gonna say?
74 00:04:37,810 00:04:38,842 Yes. Yes.
75 00:04:40,043 00:04:40,976 60 words a minute 60 words a minute
76 00:04:48,645 00:04:50,877 But do you type on a typewriter? But do you type on a typewriter?
77 00:04:51,945 00:04:55,146 It's very different from typing on one of those computers. It's very different from typing on one of those computers.
78 00:04:56,280 00:04:57,113 Yes. Yes.
79 00:04:59,846 00:05:01,181 What do you like to read? What do you like to read?
80 00:05:04,947 00:05:05,847 Everything. Everything.
81 00:05:07,148 00:05:10,682 Laurie, Hammet, Donald Westlake. Laurie, Hammet, Donald Westlake.
82 00:05:10,716 00:05:14,083 I just finished "A Sentimental Education" and I loved it. I just finished "A Sentimental Education" and I loved it.
83 00:05:14,116 00:05:16,616 It was so contemporary, I was amazed It was so contemporary, I was amazed
84 00:05:16,650 00:05:20,684 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) but to be in this field, (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) but to be in this field,
85 00:05:20,718 00:05:23,617 you'll need to read authors who are alive. you'll need to read authors who are alive.
86 00:05:23,651 00:05:24,883 I love Flamel. I love Flamel.
87 00:05:25,784 00:05:28,851 I like Westlake. He's funny. I like Westlake. He's funny.
88 00:05:31,186 00:05:33,753 I guess you can start after Christmas. I guess you can start after Christmas.
89 00:05:33,786 00:05:35,519 We'll talk about Jerry then. We'll talk about Jerry then.
90 00:05:35,553 00:05:36,753 Ah, Jerry. Ah, Jerry.
91 00:05:36,786 00:05:38,354 I'm sure you've heard that he's crazy I'm sure you've heard that he's crazy
92 00:05:38,387 00:05:41,620 or senile or a misanthrope, all lies. or senile or a misanthrope, all lies.
93 00:05:41,654 00:05:43,088 He's not the problem. He's not the problem.
94 00:05:43,121 00:05:46,154 It's these people who relentlessly call for his address, It's these people who relentlessly call for his address,
95 00:05:46,188 00:05:49,456 his phone number, asking to be put in touch with him. his phone number, asking to be put in touch with him.
96 00:05:49,489 00:05:51,422 Or even with me. Or even with me.
97 00:05:51,456 00:05:55,855 Reporters, students, university deans, producers. Reporters, students, university deans, producers.
98 00:05:55,888 00:05:58,990 They can be persuasive, manipulative, They can be persuasive, manipulative,
99 00:05:59,024 00:06:03,990 but you must never ever give out his address. but you must never ever give out his address.
100 00:06:04,291 00:06:06,125 Do you understand? Do you understand?
101 00:06:06,957 00:06:08,857 I understand. I understand.
102 00:06:08,890 00:06:12,326 Good, remember, there's no shortage Good, remember, there's no shortage
103 00:06:12,359 00:06:15,193 of college graduates who want this job. of college graduates who want this job.
104 00:06:17,460 00:06:19,960 Be prepared for long hours. Be prepared for long hours.
105 00:06:19,993 00:06:21,661 Pam will give you a key Pam will give you a key
106 00:06:22,728 00:06:24,161 Pam, okay. Pam, okay.
107 00:06:25,295 00:06:26,295 Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
108 00:06:26,328 00:06:28,695 I can't tell you how honored and thrilled I am. I can't tell you how honored and thrilled I am.
109 00:06:28,729 00:06:32,029 No need to be honored, thrilled maybe. No need to be honored, thrilled maybe.
110 00:06:32,062 00:06:33,496 Margaret is pretty thrilling. Margaret is pretty thrilling.
111 00:06:37,030 00:06:38,230 I'm Daniel by the way. I'm Daniel by the way.
112 00:06:51,399 00:06:52,332 That Jerry. That Jerry.
113 00:06:59,500 00:07:02,967 JOANNA V.O.: I didn't know yet what a literary agency was, JOANNA V.O.: I didn't know yet what a literary agency was,
114 00:07:03,000 00:07:06,900 but it felt like I'd stepped closer to the world of writers. but it felt like I'd stepped closer to the world of writers.
115 00:07:07,801 00:07:12,802 I was to be surrounded by god-like literary names. I was to be surrounded by god-like literary names.
116 00:07:13,069 00:07:15,837 No doubt their proximity would inspire my own writing. No doubt their proximity would inspire my own writing.
117 00:07:22,838 00:07:26,971 Well, Congratulations on your new job. Well, Congratulations on your new job.
118 00:07:27,004 00:07:28,405 Here's your key. Here's your key.
119 00:07:29,538 00:07:31,339 Do not lose it. Do not lose it.
120 00:07:31,373 00:07:34,639 We will expect you at 8:00 AM sharp, January 8th. We will expect you at 8:00 AM sharp, January 8th.
121 00:07:38,740 00:07:40,440 I never went back to Berkeley. I never went back to Berkeley.
122 00:07:40,474 00:07:43,274 New York was to be my new home, writing my new life New York was to be my new home, writing my new life
123 00:07:43,308 00:07:45,274 with a coveted job to pay the rent. with a coveted job to pay the rent.
124 00:07:45,308 00:07:46,141 Hi. Hi.
125 00:07:46,174 00:07:46,975 DON: Hey. DON: Hey.
126 00:07:47,008 00:07:50,209 Hey, come, come, come join us. Hey, come, come, come join us.
127 00:07:51,342 00:07:52,142 Hi. Hi.
128 00:07:52,175 00:07:53,809 This is Joanna. This is Joanna.
129 00:07:54,676 00:07:56,009 This is Mark, this is Lisa. This is Mark, this is Lisa.
130 00:07:56,043 00:07:58,143 They just got engaged, so- They just got engaged, so-
131 00:07:58,176 00:08:01,944 Oh wow. Oh my goodness, congratulations. Oh wow. Oh my goodness, congratulations.
132 00:08:01,977 00:08:03,678 Sit down. Sit down.
133 00:08:05,478 00:08:07,345 The office is incredible. The office is incredible.
134 00:08:07,379 00:08:10,145 It's like nothing's changed since 1927, It's like nothing's changed since 1927,
135 00:08:10,178 00:08:13,746 and I'm guessing my boss represents- and I'm guessing my boss represents-
136 00:08:13,779 00:08:14,912 - Anne Rice. - The Pope. - Anne Rice. - The Pope.
137 00:08:14,946 00:08:15,979 Thomas Pynchon. Thomas Pynchon.
138 00:08:16,012 00:08:17,947 J. D. Salinger. J. D. Salinger.
139 00:08:17,980 00:08:19,680 - No way. - He's still alive? - No way. - He's still alive?
140 00:08:19,713 00:08:21,748 Yeah, he is, he lives up in New Hampshire Yeah, he is, he lives up in New Hampshire
141 00:08:21,781 00:08:24,014 in basically total isolation. in basically total isolation.
142 00:08:24,048 00:08:26,348 Reporters are always trying to ambush him in the local diner Reporters are always trying to ambush him in the local diner
143 00:08:26,382 00:08:28,115 or try to sneak onto his property. or try to sneak onto his property.
144 00:08:28,148 00:08:29,115 I love "Catcher In The Rye", I love "Catcher In The Rye",
145 00:08:29,148 00:08:30,849 but "Franny and Zoe" is my favorite. but "Franny and Zoe" is my favorite.
146 00:08:30,882 00:08:33,683 My friend Kat used to work at his publishers. My friend Kat used to work at his publishers.
147 00:08:33,716 00:08:35,316 And one night, she was working late. And one night, she was working late.
148 00:08:35,349 00:08:38,816 Like 1:00 AM late, and the phone rings in the office Like 1:00 AM late, and the phone rings in the office
149 00:08:38,851 00:08:40,350 and keeps ringing. and keeps ringing.
150 00:08:40,384 00:08:43,650 So she picks it up and she heard someone screaming. So she picks it up and she heard someone screaming.
151 00:08:43,684 00:08:45,852 The manuscript is okay! The manuscript is okay!
152 00:08:45,884 00:08:49,651 I saved the manuscript from the fire. I saved the manuscript from the fire.
153 00:08:49,685 00:08:51,018 Salinger? Salinger?
154 00:08:51,052 00:08:52,753 His house had burned down His house had burned down
155 00:08:52,786 00:08:54,652 and he called in the middle of the night and he called in the middle of the night
156 00:08:54,686 00:08:57,120 assuming someone would be at the office. assuming someone would be at the office.
157 00:08:57,153 00:08:58,253 Isn't that crazy? Isn't that crazy?
158 00:08:58,286 00:08:59,286 I read that he's still writing, I read that he's still writing,
159 00:08:59,320 00:09:00,754 but that he doesn't wanna publish. but that he doesn't wanna publish.
160 00:09:00,787 00:09:02,588 Writing makes you a writer, not publishing. Writing makes you a writer, not publishing.
161 00:09:02,620 00:09:03,987 Publishing is commerce. Publishing is commerce.
162 00:09:04,020 00:09:06,254 Such a crock of shit, Don. Such a crock of shit, Don.
163 00:09:06,287 00:09:08,155 This is some preemptive strike argument This is some preemptive strike argument
164 00:09:08,188 00:09:11,255 in case he never sells a novel, if you ever finish writing. in case he never sells a novel, if you ever finish writing.
165 00:09:11,288 00:09:14,022 I will, but today is about Joanna I will, but today is about Joanna
166 00:09:14,056 00:09:15,523 and her crossing to the dark side and her crossing to the dark side
167 00:09:15,556 00:09:18,289 with the book munchers, cheers. with the book munchers, cheers.
168 00:09:18,323 00:09:19,890 Cheers. Thanks. Cheers. Thanks.
169 00:09:20,990 00:09:23,591 I had met Don days earlier in a socialist bookstore I had met Don days earlier in a socialist bookstore
170 00:09:23,624 00:09:24,891 where he worked part time. where he worked part time.
171 00:09:27,158 00:09:29,358 Haven't seen you around here before. Haven't seen you around here before.
172 00:09:29,392 00:09:32,059 Let me guess, you're an intern at the New Yorker. Let me guess, you're an intern at the New Yorker.
173 00:09:33,292 00:09:34,760 Besides fighting materialism Besides fighting materialism
174 00:09:34,793 00:09:37,960 and raising class awareness, Don was into boxing, and raising class awareness, Don was into boxing,
175 00:09:37,993 00:09:39,694 Norman Mailer, and? Norman Mailer, and?
176 00:09:39,727 00:09:41,026 I'm writing a novel. I'm writing a novel.
177 00:09:41,060 00:09:43,627 He was straightforward about being a writer. He was straightforward about being a writer.
178 00:09:43,660 00:09:45,194 I admired his confidence. I admired his confidence.
179 00:09:45,228 00:09:47,829 Do you know the Panama Cafe? Do you know the Panama Cafe?
180 00:09:47,863 00:09:50,695 It's on Avenue Way, it's kind of like a writers' hangout. It's on Avenue Way, it's kind of like a writers' hangout.
181 00:09:50,728 00:09:51,928 I do actually. Yeah, they have poetry- I do actually. Yeah, they have poetry-
182 00:09:51,962 00:09:52,830 Poetry reading. Poetry reading.
183 00:09:55,496 00:09:57,797 Love is the one who's hard to find, Love is the one who's hard to find,
184 00:09:57,830 00:10:00,163 love's the one who knows your mind, love's the one who knows your mind,
185 00:10:00,196 00:10:02,498 love's the one who feeds your soul, love's the one who feeds your soul,
186 00:10:02,531 00:10:05,431 love's the one to have and hold. love's the one to have and hold.
187 00:10:05,464 00:10:07,832 But hold a minute, hold how, But hold a minute, hold how,
188 00:10:07,866 00:10:10,265 there's a hundred hungry ways to hold her up there's a hundred hungry ways to hold her up
189 00:10:10,298 00:10:11,465 or hold her down. or hold her down.
190 00:10:11,499 00:10:13,800 Will she still be able to get around. Will she still be able to get around.
191 00:10:13,833 00:10:16,032 Will she be able to hold her breath (VOICE FADES). Will she be able to hold her breath (VOICE FADES).
192 00:10:24,567 00:10:25,869 Where the hell were you? Where the hell were you?
193 00:10:26,701 00:10:28,268 Cut the goddamn grass today Cut the goddamn grass today
194 00:10:28,301 00:10:30,535 or else I'm selling your K car, you hear? or else I'm selling your K car, you hear?
195 00:10:31,502 00:10:34,569 (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
196 00:10:40,137 00:10:43,138 Dear Mr. Salinger, I read your book, Dear Mr. Salinger, I read your book,
197 00:10:43,171 00:10:45,705 "The Catcher In The Rye" three times now. "The Catcher In The Rye" three times now.
198 00:10:45,738 00:10:48,204 It's a masterpiece, and I hope you're proud of it. It's a masterpiece, and I hope you're proud of it.
199 00:10:48,238 00:10:49,839 I mean, you certainly should be. I mean, you certainly should be.
200 00:10:51,539 00:10:54,906 Most of the crap that's written today is so uncompelling Most of the crap that's written today is so uncompelling
201 00:10:54,939 00:10:56,473 it makes me sick. it makes me sick.
202 00:10:56,507 00:10:58,173 I mean, not too many people write anything I mean, not too many people write anything
203 00:10:58,206 00:10:59,673 that even approaches sincerity. that even approaches sincerity.
204 00:10:59,707 00:11:01,473 And I don't mean to say that everyone And I don't mean to say that everyone
205 00:11:01,507 00:11:02,940 who reads your book gets it. who reads your book gets it.
206 00:11:02,974 00:11:06,674 Not at all, lots of people don't. Not at all, lots of people don't.
207 00:11:06,708 00:11:08,941 I mean I can give you plenty of idiotic examples, I mean I can give you plenty of idiotic examples,
208 00:11:08,975 00:11:09,809 but I won't. but I won't.
209 00:11:12,009 00:11:14,909 (CHUCKLES) Hell, you might be laughing out loud right now (CHUCKLES) Hell, you might be laughing out loud right now
210 00:11:14,942 00:11:17,443 at the thought but I think I get it. at the thought but I think I get it.
211 00:11:18,510 00:11:19,343 Maybe I don't. Maybe I don't.
212 00:11:24,477 00:11:25,310 Wow. Wow.
213 00:11:42,614 00:11:45,281 MARGARET: Well, you are here. MARGARET: Well, you are here.
214 00:11:45,314 00:11:46,615 I am. I am.
215 00:11:46,648 00:11:48,915 We know you can type, hooray We know you can type, hooray
216 00:11:48,948 00:11:50,982 but have you ever used a dictaphone? but have you ever used a dictaphone?
217 00:11:52,982 00:11:54,282 At ease. At ease.
218 00:11:54,315 00:11:56,150 It can be tricky at first, It can be tricky at first,
219 00:11:56,183 00:11:58,116 but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it. but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.
220 00:11:59,517 00:12:04,351 Play, rewind, and I think those control speed. Play, rewind, and I think those control speed.
221 00:12:04,384 00:12:05,819 - Hugh can help. - Hugh? - Hugh can help. - Hugh?
222 00:12:05,852 00:12:07,685 You can get started with these. You can get started with these.
223 00:12:11,385 00:12:16,253 This is our technological area. It is all very new. This is our technological area. It is all very new.
224 00:12:16,286 00:12:18,854 This is a Xerox machine you'll use to make copies This is a Xerox machine you'll use to make copies
225 00:12:18,888 00:12:20,287 of my correspondence. of my correspondence.
226 00:12:20,320 00:12:23,855 I believe that is the button you press to make a copy. I believe that is the button you press to make a copy.
227 00:12:23,889 00:12:25,320 Did she give you her speech Did she give you her speech
228 00:12:25,354 00:12:27,355 about the evils of the digital age yet? about the evils of the digital age yet?
229 00:12:27,388 00:12:29,488 Max, this is Joanna, my new assistant. Max, this is Joanna, my new assistant.
230 00:12:29,522 00:12:31,856 Hello, Joanna. Nice to meet you. Hello, Joanna. Nice to meet you.
231 00:12:34,955 00:12:36,322 So there are no computers? So there are no computers?
232 00:12:36,356 00:12:38,956 We choose not to use computers. We choose not to use computers.
233 00:12:38,990 00:12:40,090 I've seen them in action. I've seen them in action.
234 00:12:40,123 00:12:43,024 They just make more work for everyone, wasting time. They just make more work for everyone, wasting time.
235 00:12:44,892 00:12:47,324 All right, as you can see, All right, as you can see,
236 00:12:47,358 00:12:50,826 we have a relaxed, cordial environment. we have a relaxed, cordial environment.
237 00:12:50,859 00:12:53,292 We ask that you don't wear dungarees, sneakers, We ask that you don't wear dungarees, sneakers,
238 00:12:53,325 00:12:56,592 T-shirts, sweatshirts, especially the kind with hoods. T-shirts, sweatshirts, especially the kind with hoods.
239 00:12:56,626 00:12:58,293 No open-toed shoes, No open-toed shoes,
240 00:12:58,326 00:13:01,326 but it's perfectly fine to wear trousers if you're a woman, but it's perfectly fine to wear trousers if you're a woman,
241 00:13:01,360 00:13:04,161 and no need to wear stockings in the summer. and no need to wear stockings in the summer.
242 00:13:04,194 00:13:06,027 Bare legs are perfectly fine. Bare legs are perfectly fine.
243 00:13:06,060 00:13:08,528 And if Jerry calls you just say, And if Jerry calls you just say,
244 00:13:08,561 00:13:11,529 "Yes, Jerry, I will let my boss know." "Yes, Jerry, I will let my boss know."
245 00:13:11,562 00:13:12,462 Jerry Salinger? Jerry Salinger?
246 00:13:12,495 00:13:14,363 Well of course, Jerry Salinger. Well of course, Jerry Salinger.
247 00:13:15,329 00:13:17,764 And above all, you never ever call him. And above all, you never ever call him.
248 00:13:17,798 00:13:20,631 (LAUGHS) Why would I call Jerry Salinger? (LAUGHS) Why would I call Jerry Salinger?
249 00:13:20,664 00:13:22,831 Jerry doesn't wanna hear about how much you love Jerry doesn't wanna hear about how much you love
250 00:13:22,864 00:13:24,464 "The Catcher In The Rye". "The Catcher In The Rye".
251 00:13:24,497 00:13:27,265 And he doesn't want to read your stories. And he doesn't want to read your stories.
252 00:13:27,298 00:13:28,331 Don't have stories. Don't have stories.
253 00:13:28,365 00:13:31,498 Good, writers make the worst assistants. Good, writers make the worst assistants.
254 00:13:32,332 00:13:33,166 Get to work. Get to work.
255 00:13:47,702 00:13:51,602 MARGARET ON TAPE: The proprietor hereby grants to the publisher. MARGARET ON TAPE: The proprietor hereby grants to the publisher.
256 00:13:51,636 00:13:52,869 (TAPE REWINDING) (TAPE REWINDING)
257 00:13:52,903 00:13:54,502 Starting from the day... Starting from the day...
258 00:13:56,402 00:13:58,870 I'm Hugh, you must be Joanna. I'm Hugh, you must be Joanna.
259 00:13:58,904 00:14:00,970 Yes, hi. Nice to meet you. Yes, hi. Nice to meet you.
260 00:14:01,004 00:14:03,337 If you need anything, I'm right here. If you need anything, I'm right here.
261 00:14:03,371 00:14:08,138 I take care of contracts, legal, copyrights, the fun stuff. I take care of contracts, legal, copyrights, the fun stuff.
262 00:14:09,839 00:14:13,006 Salinger's letters, fan mail. Salinger's letters, fan mail.
263 00:14:13,039 00:14:16,972 You need to answer them using these. You need to answer them using these.
264 00:14:18,039 00:14:20,073 There's one for each type of inquiry; There's one for each type of inquiry;
265 00:14:20,107 00:14:22,474 adaptation, autobiography, adaptation, autobiography,
266 00:14:22,507 00:14:26,374 autograph, photograph, interview, celebrity auction. autograph, photograph, interview, celebrity auction.
267 00:14:30,975 00:14:31,975 Mr. Salinger does not wish Mr. Salinger does not wish
268 00:14:32,009 00:14:33,476 to receive mail from his readers. to receive mail from his readers.
269 00:14:33,509 00:14:36,176 Thus we cannot pass your kind note onto him. Thus we cannot pass your kind note onto him.
270 00:14:36,209 00:14:37,943 1963? 1963?
271 00:14:37,976 00:14:40,611 That's the year he stopped responding himself. That's the year he stopped responding himself.
272 00:14:40,645 00:14:44,077 You need to take the new one based exactly on this verbatim. You need to take the new one based exactly on this verbatim.
273 00:14:44,111 00:14:45,211 No change. No change.
274 00:14:46,646 00:14:48,344 So Salinger doesn't get any of his mail? So Salinger doesn't get any of his mail?
275 00:14:48,378 00:14:51,446 Not one. You shred them in the shredder. Not one. You shred them in the shredder.
276 00:14:51,479 00:14:53,012 You should always read them. You should always read them.
277 00:14:53,045 00:14:55,079 Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed.
278 00:14:55,113 00:14:56,680 - Just in case. - Just in case. - Just in case. - Just in case.
279 00:14:57,713 00:14:59,113 In case of what? In case of what?
280 00:14:59,146 00:15:00,246 We've been extra careful We've been extra careful
281 00:15:00,280 00:15:02,648 since the Mark David Chapman thing. since the Mark David Chapman thing.
282 00:15:02,681 00:15:04,649 John Lennon's assassin. John Lennon's assassin.
283 00:15:04,682 00:15:06,347 When the police arrived at the Dakota, When the police arrived at the Dakota,
284 00:15:06,381 00:15:08,916 they found Chapman calmly sitting on the sidewalk they found Chapman calmly sitting on the sidewalk
285 00:15:08,948 00:15:10,916 reading "Catcher In The Rye". reading "Catcher In The Rye".
286 00:15:10,948 00:15:12,348 At his trial Chapman said, At his trial Chapman said,
287 00:15:12,382 00:15:15,583 that the big part of him was Holden Caulfield? that the big part of him was Holden Caulfield?
288 00:15:15,616 00:15:17,617 And the small part of him was, And the small part of him was,
289 00:15:20,884 00:15:21,784 the devil. the devil.
290 00:15:27,852 00:15:30,251 Did Chapman write to Salinger? Did Chapman write to Salinger?
291 00:15:30,285 00:15:33,019 We'll never know, since we throw away the mail. We'll never know, since we throw away the mail.
292 00:15:34,620 00:15:37,020 Read everything thoroughly. Read everything thoroughly.
293 00:15:37,053 00:15:38,386 Use your judgment. Use your judgment.
294 00:16:06,625 00:16:09,158 I think about Holden a lot. I think about Holden a lot.
295 00:16:09,192 00:16:10,759 When I first think about him, When I first think about him,
296 00:16:10,792 00:16:12,827 I get a stupid grin on my face, you know? I get a stupid grin on my face, you know?
297 00:16:13,726 00:16:16,059 Thinking about what a funny guy he is and all. Thinking about what a funny guy he is and all.
298 00:16:18,226 00:16:20,227 But then I usually get depressed as hell But then I usually get depressed as hell
299 00:16:21,294 00:16:22,794 'cause I only think about Holden 'cause I only think about Holden
300 00:16:22,828 00:16:24,628 when I'm feeling very emotional and, when I'm feeling very emotional and,
301 00:16:26,394 00:16:28,361 I can get quite emotional. I can get quite emotional.
302 00:16:31,395 00:16:33,729 I can get quite emotional. I can get quite emotional.
303 00:16:35,863 00:16:38,429 This boy is so earnest. This boy is so earnest.
304 00:16:38,464 00:16:40,130 A major loser is what he is. A major loser is what he is.
305 00:16:41,498 00:16:43,631 - Hey, he is not. - He is. - Hey, he is not. - He is.
306 00:16:43,665 00:16:44,798 He's very sweet. He's very sweet.
307 00:16:46,131 00:16:47,964 He's a little funny, but he's sweet. He's a little funny, but he's sweet.
308 00:16:47,997 00:16:48,933 And he cares so much. And he cares so much.
309 00:16:48,965 00:16:50,132 I can't send him a letter that says, I can't send him a letter that says,
310 00:16:50,165 00:16:53,365 "Dear kid, Mr. Salinger has no interest in you. "Dear kid, Mr. Salinger has no interest in you.
311 00:16:53,399 00:16:54,867 So please fuck off." So please fuck off."
312 00:16:55,999 00:16:57,500 Look, this one is from the Netherlands. Look, this one is from the Netherlands.
313 00:16:57,533 00:17:01,033 Me and my wife trace Holden's steps around New York. Me and my wife trace Holden's steps around New York.
314 00:17:01,066 00:17:02,100 Did you know that the ducks Did you know that the ducks
315 00:17:02,134 00:17:04,602 in Central Park stay through winter? in Central Park stay through winter?
316 00:17:04,634 00:17:07,869 My God, literally a bunch of obsessive freaks. My God, literally a bunch of obsessive freaks.
317 00:17:13,870 00:17:16,803 I haven't read "Catcher In The Rye". I haven't read "Catcher In The Rye".
318 00:17:16,837 00:17:18,571 You're kidding. You're kidding.
319 00:17:18,604 00:17:20,369 I haven't read any Salinger. I haven't read any Salinger.
320 00:17:23,270 00:17:26,472 Wow, everybody's read Catcher at the very least. Wow, everybody's read Catcher at the very least.
321 00:17:26,505 00:17:29,338 Yeah, well, at the risk of disappointing you, Yeah, well, at the risk of disappointing you,
322 00:17:29,371 00:17:33,072 there are actually a few writers that I've yet to read. there are actually a few writers that I've yet to read.
323 00:17:33,105 00:17:34,272 Well, I'm shocked. Well, I'm shocked.
324 00:17:35,640 00:17:38,973 Okay, look, this girl is ready to go to bed with him. Okay, look, this girl is ready to go to bed with him.
325 00:17:39,006 00:17:41,508 He's 70 something. Don't be naive. He's 70 something. Don't be naive.
326 00:17:41,541 00:17:44,173 Good literature is a powerful aphrodisiac. Good literature is a powerful aphrodisiac.
327 00:17:47,341 00:17:49,742 I never had that teenage Salinger moment. I never had that teenage Salinger moment.
328 00:17:49,776 00:17:51,943 We never read "Catcher In The Rye" at school. We never read "Catcher In The Rye" at school.
329 00:17:51,975 00:17:56,810 And later I was interested in difficult, gritty fiction. And later I was interested in difficult, gritty fiction.
330 00:17:56,844 00:17:58,777 BRETT: Hey, hun. BRETT: Hey, hun.
331 00:17:58,810 00:18:00,845 Jenny's not here right now. Jenny's not here right now.
332 00:18:00,878 00:18:03,177 Oh, I'll be in the kitchen. Oh, I'll be in the kitchen.
333 00:18:03,211 00:18:04,778 MARGARRET V.O: I imagine Salinger's books MARGARRET V.O: I imagine Salinger's books
334 00:18:04,811 00:18:09,779 to be insufferably cute, quirky and precious. to be insufferably cute, quirky and precious.
335 00:18:11,480 00:18:12,813 I didn't want to be entertained. I didn't want to be entertained.
336 00:18:12,847 00:18:14,178 I wanted to be provoked. I wanted to be provoked.
337 00:18:15,346 00:18:18,947 (LIGHT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (LIGHT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
338 00:18:37,149 00:18:40,817 My shoulder hurts from carrying all those manuscripts. My shoulder hurts from carrying all those manuscripts.
339 00:18:40,851 00:18:42,050 - Hey, Joanna. - Hi. - Hey, Joanna. - Hi.
340 00:18:43,818 00:18:46,318 Oh, I found a writer for Max out of the slush pile. Oh, I found a writer for Max out of the slush pile.
341 00:18:46,352 00:18:48,519 The stories are so good, I read them last night The stories are so good, I read them last night
342 00:18:48,552 00:18:50,018 and I was sobbing by the end. and I was sobbing by the end.
343 00:18:55,986 00:18:57,520 What's the slush pile? What's the slush pile?
344 00:18:57,553 00:18:59,253 The slush pile? The slush pile?
345 00:18:59,286 00:19:00,920 Okay, it's like the most amazing Okay, it's like the most amazing
346 00:19:00,954 00:19:02,921 and most horrible part of our job. and most horrible part of our job.
347 00:19:02,955 00:19:04,855 The stack of manuscripts nobody wants to read. The stack of manuscripts nobody wants to read.
348 00:19:04,888 00:19:07,322 Basically it's all the unsolicited query letters. Basically it's all the unsolicited query letters.
349 00:19:07,355 00:19:10,255 People with no referral who write to agents cold. People with no referral who write to agents cold.
350 00:19:10,288 00:19:12,656 The slush pile is like 99% crazy shit. The slush pile is like 99% crazy shit.
351 00:19:12,690 00:19:15,189 Though some of it is seriously hilarious. Though some of it is seriously hilarious.
352 00:19:15,223 00:19:19,491 But very, very occasionally you find something amazing. But very, very occasionally you find something amazing.
353 00:19:21,624 00:19:23,224 Your boss doesn't let you read? Your boss doesn't let you read?
354 00:19:24,358 00:19:26,090 I'm available to read manuscripts, I'm available to read manuscripts,
355 00:19:26,123 00:19:27,658 should that be something that you're interested in should that be something that you're interested in
356 00:19:27,692 00:19:29,359 at home or my free time of course. at home or my free time of course.
357 00:19:30,659 00:19:31,826 Manuscripts? Manuscripts?
358 00:19:33,726 00:19:34,992 No. No.
359 00:19:38,560 00:19:41,794 Tabs wrong, margins wrong, Tabs wrong, margins wrong,
360 00:19:41,827 00:19:45,294 proper names wrong, really, everything wrong. proper names wrong, really, everything wrong.
361 00:19:45,328 00:19:47,994 You can start retyping today. You can start retyping today.
362 00:19:48,027 00:19:51,863 And here as a bonus is today's dictation. And here as a bonus is today's dictation.
363 00:19:53,229 00:19:56,029 Forget about manuscripts. Forget about manuscripts.
364 00:19:56,063 00:19:58,364 You need to get that right. You need to get that right.
365 00:20:01,965 00:20:02,831 Is it on? Is it on?
366 00:20:06,499 00:20:09,799 As you know, I believe that computers make work As you know, I believe that computers make work
367 00:20:09,832 00:20:11,466 rather than alleviate it. rather than alleviate it.
368 00:20:11,500 00:20:14,165 But I agreed to install one in the office But I agreed to install one in the office
369 00:20:14,198 00:20:15,833 on a trial basis because- on a trial basis because-
370 00:20:15,867 00:20:18,367 It came in an elegant black. It came in an elegant black.
371 00:20:18,400 00:20:21,767 Because Hugh discovered that people, Because Hugh discovered that people,
372 00:20:21,801 00:20:23,133 I don't know who these people are I don't know who these people are
373 00:20:23,167 00:20:24,702 and why they don't have more important things and why they don't have more important things
374 00:20:24,735 00:20:25,869 to do with their lives, to do with their lives,
375 00:20:25,902 00:20:30,001 but people have been publishing whole Salinger stories but people have been publishing whole Salinger stories
376 00:20:30,034 00:20:32,803 on their personal e-webs. on their personal e-webs.
377 00:20:32,836 00:20:34,769 Web blogs. Web blogs.
378 00:20:34,803 00:20:36,303 Web blogs, ridiculous. Web blogs, ridiculous.
379 00:20:36,337 00:20:38,837 This is blatant copyright infringement. This is blatant copyright infringement.
380 00:20:38,871 00:20:42,805 And we're going to have to scour the worldwide web And we're going to have to scour the worldwide web
381 00:20:42,837 00:20:44,170 to put an end to it. to put an end to it.
382 00:20:44,203 00:20:47,572 And that is all the computer is to be used for. And that is all the computer is to be used for.
383 00:20:47,606 00:20:50,171 Sorry to interrupt. Just passing through. Sorry to interrupt. Just passing through.
384 00:20:51,873 00:20:53,205 Don't mean to cause a fuss. Don't mean to cause a fuss.
385 00:20:56,707 00:20:58,073 We can turn it off now. We can turn it off now.
386 00:20:58,106 00:21:00,341 Uh, it's already off. Uh, it's already off.
387 00:21:00,374 00:21:01,407 Okay, good. Okay, good.
388 00:21:01,441 00:21:03,007 And then maybe the little coat that goes over it, And then maybe the little coat that goes over it,
389 00:21:03,040 00:21:04,975 I've seen it in pictures. Thank you, Max. I've seen it in pictures. Thank you, Max.
390 00:21:05,007 00:21:07,408 MAX: I'm afraid we don't have... MAX: I'm afraid we don't have...
391 00:21:07,442 00:21:09,642 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) (TYPEWRITER CLACKING)
392 00:21:09,675 00:21:12,643 MARGARET V.O: There were hundreds of us, thousands maybe, MARGARET V.O: There were hundreds of us, thousands maybe,
393 00:21:12,676 00:21:17,344 all girls working at literary agencies or publishing houses. all girls working at literary agencies or publishing houses.
394 00:21:17,377 00:21:19,444 We answered calls for our bosses, We answered calls for our bosses,
395 00:21:19,477 00:21:22,577 ushered in the writers, fetched them water. ushered in the writers, fetched them water.
396 00:21:22,611 00:21:23,811 Never belying the fact Never belying the fact
397 00:21:23,844 00:21:26,311 that we wanted to be writers ourselves. that we wanted to be writers ourselves.
398 00:21:27,278 00:21:29,246 We whispered about the lucky ones, We whispered about the lucky ones,
399 00:21:29,279 00:21:31,346 the ones who were mentored by their bosses, the ones who were mentored by their bosses,
400 00:21:31,379 00:21:35,012 who were allowed to take on books or clients. who were allowed to take on books or clients.
401 00:21:35,045 00:21:37,480 The ones who broke the rules to show initiative. The ones who broke the rules to show initiative.
402 00:21:40,881 00:21:42,814 The ones who wanted it badly enough. The ones who wanted it badly enough.
403 00:21:43,715 00:21:45,915 Please find two copies of the contract Please find two copies of the contract
404 00:21:45,948 00:21:48,449 with St. Martin publishing. with St. Martin publishing.
405 00:21:49,616 00:21:52,649 Let's face it. I was a secretary. Let's face it. I was a secretary.
406 00:22:04,784 00:22:07,452 (PHONE RINGING) (PHONE RINGING)
407 00:22:19,554 00:22:20,654 Hello? Hello?
408 00:22:20,687 00:22:22,487 Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?
409 00:22:22,521 00:22:23,654 Hello. Hello.
410 00:22:23,687 00:22:26,788 Speaking to? It's Jerry. Speaking to? It's Jerry.
411 00:22:28,021 00:22:29,955 Hello, Mr. Salinger. Hello, Mr. Salinger.
412 00:22:29,989 00:22:31,623 Who is this? Who is this?
413 00:22:31,656 00:22:33,356 This is Joanna. This is Joanna.
414 00:22:33,389 00:22:34,923 Who? Who?
415 00:22:34,956 00:22:37,824 I'm Joanna, I'm Margaret's new assistant. I'm Joanna, I'm Margaret's new assistant.
416 00:22:37,857 00:22:40,357 Oh, Margaret's new assistant. Oh, Margaret's new assistant.
417 00:22:40,390 00:22:41,624 Nice to meet you, Susanna. Nice to meet you, Susanna.
418 00:22:41,657 00:22:42,824 How do you like your job? How do you like your job?
419 00:22:42,857 00:22:44,123 I love it. I love it.
420 00:22:44,157 00:22:45,358 Good to hear. Good to hear.
421 00:22:45,391 00:22:47,492 I'm calling to speak to your boss. I'm calling to speak to your boss.
422 00:22:47,525 00:22:49,826 Unfortunately, she's not in right now. Unfortunately, she's not in right now.
423 00:22:49,859 00:22:51,425 Can I leave her a message? Can I leave her a message?
424 00:22:51,459 00:22:53,993 Oh, no. I'll call back. Oh, no. I'll call back.
425 00:22:54,025 00:22:55,360 Well, I'm sure you have a lot of work. Well, I'm sure you have a lot of work.
426 00:22:55,393 00:22:57,827 It was very nice talking to you, Susanna. It was very nice talking to you, Susanna.
427 00:22:57,860 00:23:00,628 I'm looking forward to meeting you in person. I'm looking forward to meeting you in person.
428 00:23:00,661 00:23:01,494 You too. You too.
429 00:23:03,361 00:23:04,327 Have a great day. Have a great day.
430 00:23:04,361 00:23:05,295 Goodbye. Goodbye.
431 00:23:10,795 00:23:12,663 I never say have a great day I never say have a great day
432 00:23:12,696 00:23:13,496 Jerry? Jerry?
433 00:23:14,997 00:23:17,464 He's deaf, explosion during the war. He's deaf, explosion during the war.
434 00:23:17,496 00:23:20,096 - She just left? - Yes. - She just left? - Yes.
435 00:23:20,130 00:23:21,030 Better go tell her. Better go tell her.
436 00:23:28,798 00:23:29,632 Quicker. Quicker.
437 00:23:34,332 00:23:36,400 Margaret. Sorry. Margaret. Sorry.
438 00:23:37,333 00:23:38,133 I'm sorry to disturb you, I'm sorry to disturb you,
439 00:23:38,166 00:23:39,367 we just got a call from, we just got a call from,
440 00:23:40,433 00:23:42,001 your client just called. your client just called.
441 00:23:42,033 00:23:44,001 (CHUCKLES) I wonder which one. (CHUCKLES) I wonder which one.
442 00:23:44,835 00:23:46,501 I have to take this. I have to take this.
443 00:23:46,535 00:23:48,801 Go ahead, boss. I'll wait for you at the restaurant. Go ahead, boss. I'll wait for you at the restaurant.
444 00:23:50,168 00:23:51,769 You did the right thing. You did the right thing.
445 00:23:51,802 00:23:54,303 Salinger wants to publish a book. Salinger wants to publish a book.
446 00:23:57,370 00:23:59,304 The press is gonna go nuts. The press is gonna go nuts.
447 00:23:59,337 00:24:02,304 No press, no one must know, that's our job. No press, no one must know, that's our job.
448 00:24:03,170 00:24:04,271 So it's true. He's been writing. So it's true. He's been writing.
449 00:24:04,304 00:24:06,105 Well, no, it's an old story. Well, no, it's an old story.
450 00:24:06,138 00:24:08,438 Hapworth, publisher. Hapworth, publisher.
451 00:24:08,472 00:24:11,239 Clifford Bradbury approached him to publish it Clifford Bradbury approached him to publish it
452 00:24:11,273 00:24:13,506 as a standalone book. as a standalone book.
453 00:24:13,540 00:24:16,339 He has been thinking about it for eight years. He has been thinking about it for eight years.
454 00:24:16,373 00:24:19,007 The publisher wrote to him back in '88. The publisher wrote to him back in '88.
455 00:24:19,039 00:24:22,340 Jerry liked the fact that he wrote on a typewriter. Jerry liked the fact that he wrote on a typewriter.
456 00:24:22,374 00:24:24,141 How did he get Jerry's address? How did he get Jerry's address?
457 00:24:24,174 00:24:25,941 He addressed it to J.D. Salinger, He addressed it to J.D. Salinger,
458 00:24:25,974 00:24:27,508 Cornish, New Hampshire. Cornish, New Hampshire.
459 00:24:27,542 00:24:28,808 Postman delivered it. Postman delivered it.
460 00:24:28,842 00:24:31,609 (LAUGHS) That's brilliant. (LAUGHS) That's brilliant.
461 00:24:31,643 00:24:33,342 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, Margaret. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, Margaret.
462 00:24:33,376 00:24:35,676 What kind of publisher is this? What kind of publisher is this?
463 00:24:35,709 00:24:37,644 It can't be Little Brown or any major house, It can't be Little Brown or any major house,
464 00:24:37,677 00:24:38,677 they would have just called you. they would have just called you.
465 00:24:38,710 00:24:40,577 Oh boy, you're gonna love this, Max. Oh boy, you're gonna love this, Max.
466 00:24:40,610 00:24:45,111 It is a tiny press in Virginia, kind of a one-man operation. It is a tiny press in Virginia, kind of a one-man operation.
467 00:24:45,144 00:24:47,678 Marygold press. Marygold press.
468 00:24:47,711 00:24:49,279 Mary Bell's Press? Mary Bell's Press?
469 00:24:49,312 00:24:52,779 Yes, that's it. You know them? Yes, that's it. You know them?
470 00:24:52,812 00:24:56,179 They publish poetry and I like a few of their poets. They publish poetry and I like a few of their poets.
471 00:24:56,213 00:24:59,281 (WHEEZING) Are you fucking kidding me? (WHEEZING) Are you fucking kidding me?
472 00:24:59,314 00:25:02,247 A one-man press is going to publish the first book A one-man press is going to publish the first book
473 00:25:02,281 00:25:04,948 from Salinger in three decades? from Salinger in three decades?
474 00:25:04,981 00:25:06,081 That's fucked. That's fucked.
475 00:25:06,115 00:25:09,482 Publishing Salinger is different than publishing poetry. Publishing Salinger is different than publishing poetry.
476 00:25:09,515 00:25:10,415 Thank you. Thank you.
477 00:25:10,448 00:25:12,516 Obviously, we have to proceed carefully. Obviously, we have to proceed carefully.
478 00:25:12,550 00:25:16,583 Find out everything we can about this Clifford Bradbury. Find out everything we can about this Clifford Bradbury.
479 00:25:16,616 00:25:17,683 I'll call 'em. I'll call 'em.
480 00:25:17,716 00:25:21,117 I won't mention Salinger and I'll ask for his catalog I won't mention Salinger and I'll ask for his catalog
481 00:25:21,150 00:25:22,817 and a sample for our records. and a sample for our records.
482 00:25:22,851 00:25:24,751 Good thinking. Good thinking.
483 00:25:24,784 00:25:27,718 Hugh, get me the contract with the New Yorker, please. Hugh, get me the contract with the New Yorker, please.
484 00:25:32,052 00:25:33,286 What's Hapsworth? What's Hapsworth?
485 00:25:34,486 00:25:37,487 It was published in the New Yorker in '65. It was published in the New Yorker in '65.
486 00:25:37,520 00:25:39,854 Took up almost the whole magazine. Took up almost the whole magazine.
487 00:25:40,787 00:25:42,854 Pretty common in those days. Pretty common in those days.
488 00:25:42,887 00:25:45,488 Esquire did it, Cosmo. Esquire did it, Cosmo.
489 00:25:45,521 00:25:47,521 That's where I got my start, That's where I got my start,
490 00:25:47,555 00:25:50,122 buying stories for a magazine. buying stories for a magazine.
491 00:25:50,155 00:25:52,289 For Cosmo? For Cosmo?
492 00:25:52,322 00:25:53,990 For Playboy. For Playboy.
493 00:25:55,356 00:25:57,390 How did you end up working for Playboy? How did you end up working for Playboy?
494 00:25:58,356 00:26:00,291 Enough chit chat, Joanna. Enough chit chat, Joanna.
495 00:26:00,324 00:26:01,190 Back to work. Back to work.
496 00:26:02,057 00:26:03,691 Hi, is this Clifford Bradbury? Hi, is this Clifford Bradbury?
497 00:26:04,958 00:26:06,824 Hi, this is Joanna Rakoff. Hi, this is Joanna Rakoff.
498 00:26:06,858 00:26:09,292 I work for ANF Literary Management. I work for ANF Literary Management.
499 00:26:09,325 00:26:11,859 The job of an agent is to open up opportunities The job of an agent is to open up opportunities
500 00:26:11,892 00:26:13,459 for their clients. for their clients.
501 00:26:13,493 00:26:18,160 But when it came to Salinger, the logic was reversed. But when it came to Salinger, the logic was reversed.
502 00:26:18,193 00:26:20,961 We had to shield him from the outside world, We had to shield him from the outside world,
503 00:26:20,994 00:26:24,962 bolstering his reputation as a complicated recluse. bolstering his reputation as a complicated recluse.
504 00:26:26,061 00:26:27,495 But publishing Hackworth was going But publishing Hackworth was going
505 00:26:27,528 00:26:29,662 to get a lot of attention. to get a lot of attention.
506 00:26:29,695 00:26:31,563 Nobody understood his change of heart. Nobody understood his change of heart.
507 00:26:32,663 00:26:33,964 Night, Jerry. Night, Jerry.
508 00:26:33,997 00:26:37,363 Maybe I thought I understood. Maybe I thought I understood.
509 00:26:37,397 00:26:39,463 Maybe he realized that what he wanted Maybe he realized that what he wanted
510 00:26:39,497 00:26:40,965 wasn't what he wanted at all. wasn't what he wanted at all.
511 00:26:43,464 00:26:44,598 JENNY: Are you serious? JENNY: Are you serious?
512 00:26:44,631 00:26:48,698 You're like, yeah, (INDISTINCT) visiting me in my room. You're like, yeah, (INDISTINCT) visiting me in my room.
513 00:26:48,731 00:26:52,499 (JENNY TALKING INDISTINCTLY) (JENNY TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
514 00:27:32,539 00:27:34,941 What are you writing? What are you writing?
515 00:27:34,974 00:27:38,540 Writing a very bad poem. (CHUCKLES) Writing a very bad poem. (CHUCKLES)
516 00:27:42,207 00:27:45,841 Listen, Brett and I were talking and, Listen, Brett and I were talking and,
517 00:27:49,009 00:27:52,776 look, when you first got back to New York look, when you first got back to New York
518 00:27:52,809 00:27:55,143 and I said that you could stay here, and I said that you could stay here,
519 00:27:55,176 00:27:59,144 to be honest, I thought you'd go back to Berkeley with Karl. to be honest, I thought you'd go back to Berkeley with Karl.
520 00:28:01,311 00:28:03,277 You're kicking me out? You're kicking me out?
521 00:28:03,311 00:28:07,412 No, like I'm happy to have you here. No, like I'm happy to have you here.
522 00:28:07,445 00:28:10,013 And you can stay if you want. And you can stay if you want.
523 00:28:10,047 00:28:13,880 But what did you plan on doing, what are your options? But what did you plan on doing, what are your options?
524 00:28:19,280 00:28:20,846 We disinfected the apartment We disinfected the apartment
525 00:28:23,114 00:28:26,114 'cause the man before had seven cats, 'cause the man before had seven cats,
526 00:28:27,181 00:28:29,782 but young, married, couple like you but young, married, couple like you
527 00:28:30,815 00:28:32,816 take better care of it, yeah? take better care of it, yeah?
528 00:28:32,849 00:28:34,482 We're not married. We're not married.
529 00:28:34,516 00:28:36,917 The man next door, he takes care of little things The man next door, he takes care of little things
530 00:28:36,951 00:28:38,283 if you need it. if you need it.
531 00:28:40,216 00:28:45,217 He's Mexican, he drinks, but he works hard. He's Mexican, he drinks, but he works hard.
532 00:28:45,852 00:28:46,785 How much? How much?
533 00:28:47,886 00:28:51,118 - 560. - We'll think about it. - 560. - We'll think about it.
534 00:28:51,152 00:28:52,887 No, we'll take it. No, we'll take it.
535 00:28:53,719 00:28:57,453 Oh, good deal. You're Jewish, yeah? Oh, good deal. You're Jewish, yeah?
536 00:28:57,486 00:28:58,921 - Me? - Mm? - Me? - Mm?
537 00:28:58,955 00:28:59,787 No. No.
538 00:28:59,820 00:29:02,454 I like very responsible (INDISTINCT). I like very responsible (INDISTINCT).
539 00:29:05,287 00:29:07,822 Let's sign the paper. Let's sign the paper.
540 00:29:07,855 00:29:10,255 The lease is gonna be under her name. The lease is gonna be under her name.
541 00:29:10,288 00:29:11,122 Hm? Hm?
542 00:29:13,722 00:29:15,924 Could just given ourselves a day to think about it. Could just given ourselves a day to think about it.
543 00:29:15,958 00:29:17,523 This is New York city, young lady. This is New York city, young lady.
544 00:29:17,556 00:29:18,523 The big time. The big time.
545 00:29:18,556 00:29:20,257 I barely make $300 a week. I barely make $300 a week.
546 00:29:20,290 00:29:22,490 No, wait, we split the rent, booba. No, wait, we split the rent, booba.
547 00:29:22,524 00:29:23,490 I'm gonna pay my half. I'm gonna pay my half.
548 00:29:23,524 00:29:25,858 I just have to avoid the credit check. I just have to avoid the credit check.
549 00:29:27,658 00:29:30,192 Look, I'll take care of the furniture, all right? Look, I'll take care of the furniture, all right?
550 00:29:30,225 00:29:31,159 There's no sink. There's no sink.
551 00:29:32,893 00:29:33,759 What? What?
552 00:29:33,793 00:29:35,492 There's no sink in the kitchen. There's no sink in the kitchen.
553 00:29:35,526 00:29:37,093 I knew that there was something off about the apartment I knew that there was something off about the apartment
554 00:29:37,126 00:29:37,994 but I couldn't put my finger on it. but I couldn't put my finger on it.
555 00:29:38,027 00:29:40,527 And there's no sink in the kitchen. And there's no sink in the kitchen.
556 00:29:40,560 00:29:43,161 We just signed a lease for an apartment with no sink. We just signed a lease for an apartment with no sink.
557 00:29:43,194 00:29:44,795 But we can do the dishes in the bath tub, But we can do the dishes in the bath tub,
558 00:29:44,828 00:29:46,194 it's no big deal. it's no big deal.
559 00:29:46,227 00:29:47,796 There's a tub. Trust me. There's a tub. Trust me.
560 00:30:00,663 00:30:03,230 (BRIGHT MUSIC) (BRIGHT MUSIC)
561 00:30:07,198 00:30:11,067 Dear Mr. Salinger, please forgive my bad English. Dear Mr. Salinger, please forgive my bad English.
562 00:30:11,099 00:30:12,967 I work much at night and I like it I work much at night and I like it
563 00:30:13,000 00:30:16,299 because I don't have to talk to people so much. because I don't have to talk to people so much.
564 00:30:16,333 00:30:20,167 My heart is troubled, just like Holden Caulfield- My heart is troubled, just like Holden Caulfield-
565 00:30:20,200 00:30:22,935 Holden is like my grandfather, you know? Holden is like my grandfather, you know?
566 00:30:22,969 00:30:24,467 A no-bullshit man. A no-bullshit man.
567 00:30:24,500 00:30:28,069 He taught me a lot about human nature. He taught me a lot about human nature.
568 00:30:28,101 00:30:30,903 He warned me, I will be disappointed by most people. He warned me, I will be disappointed by most people.
569 00:30:30,936 00:30:32,436 We would be very honored We would be very honored
570 00:30:32,469 00:30:35,135 if you would serve as our commencement reader next year. if you would serve as our commencement reader next year.
571 00:30:35,169 00:30:37,669 We would, of course provide you with accommodation We would, of course provide you with accommodation
572 00:30:37,703 00:30:40,805 in a very fine inn where your privacy, in a very fine inn where your privacy,
573 00:30:40,838 00:30:42,838 which I know is important to you, which I know is important to you,
574 00:30:42,871 00:30:45,072 would be scrupulously respected. would be scrupulously respected.
575 00:30:45,104 00:30:48,671 The fishing helps me, a nice refuge from my nightmares. The fishing helps me, a nice refuge from my nightmares.
576 00:30:50,172 00:30:52,172 It's been 27 years since Vietnam. It's been 27 years since Vietnam.
577 00:30:53,439 00:30:55,606 They just keep getting worse. They just keep getting worse.
578 00:30:57,340 00:30:59,808 You know, seeing your dead friends, You know, seeing your dead friends,
579 00:30:59,841 00:31:01,274 having their guts ripped out. having their guts ripped out.
580 00:31:02,707 00:31:04,574 I'm sure you must have similar type dreams I'm sure you must have similar type dreams
581 00:31:04,608 00:31:05,608 being a veteran who- being a veteran who-
582 00:31:05,641 00:31:08,108 Does not wish to receive mail from his readers. Does not wish to receive mail from his readers.
583 00:31:08,141 00:31:11,275 Thus, we can not pass along your kind note to him. Thus, we can not pass along your kind note to him.
584 00:31:11,308 00:31:14,743 We thank you for your interest in Mr. Salinger's book. We thank you for your interest in Mr. Salinger's book.
585 00:31:14,776 00:31:16,911 My daughter died from leukemia. My daughter died from leukemia.
586 00:31:16,944 00:31:19,011 She was a talented young writer. She was a talented young writer.
587 00:31:19,044 00:31:21,845 I'm founding a small literary magazine in her memory, I'm founding a small literary magazine in her memory,
588 00:31:21,878 00:31:24,577 and I'd like permission to call it Banana Fish. and I'd like permission to call it Banana Fish.
589 00:31:24,611 00:31:25,845 The Salinger was her- The Salinger was her-
590 00:31:25,878 00:31:28,813 (SHEDDER WHIRRING) (SHEDDER WHIRRING)
591 00:31:43,480 00:31:45,015 Titles can't be copyrighted? Titles can't be copyrighted?
592 00:31:45,048 00:31:46,147 Absolutely, Jerry. Absolutely, Jerry.
593 00:31:46,181 00:31:48,248 I could write a novel and call it "The Great Gatsby" I could write a novel and call it "The Great Gatsby"
594 00:31:48,281 00:31:49,248 if I wanted to. if I wanted to.
595 00:31:49,282 00:31:52,750 So yes, she can call her magazine Banana Fish. So yes, she can call her magazine Banana Fish.
596 00:31:52,783 00:31:54,315 Great. Great.
597 00:31:54,349 00:31:57,984 But the agency can't advise her. But the agency can't advise her.
598 00:31:59,784 00:32:01,317 - Really? - Yup. - Really? - Yup.
599 00:32:01,351 00:32:03,985 I'm just telling you this for your own edification. I'm just telling you this for your own edification.
600 00:32:04,018 00:32:06,086 Send the form letter and finish shredding. Send the form letter and finish shredding.
601 00:32:06,118 00:32:07,052 That's absurd. That's absurd.
602 00:32:07,086 00:32:08,019 MARGARET: Well, of course, you're right. MARGARET: Well, of course, you're right.
603 00:32:08,052 00:32:09,285 She's gonna start yelling at me She's gonna start yelling at me
604 00:32:09,318 00:32:10,853 the minute she's off the phone. the minute she's off the phone.
605 00:32:12,219 00:32:15,152 MARGARET: Pleasure to talk to you, Jerry, as always. MARGARET: Pleasure to talk to you, Jerry, as always.
606 00:32:15,186 00:32:16,119 Goodbye. Goodbye.
607 00:32:17,453 00:32:19,088 Crap sandwich. Crap sandwich.
608 00:32:19,120 00:32:20,021 Hugh? Hugh?
609 00:32:20,054 00:32:20,887 Yes. Yes.
610 00:32:20,921 00:32:22,922 Do you have the Salinger contract ready? Do you have the Salinger contract ready?
611 00:32:22,955 00:32:24,354 Yes, almost there. Yes, almost there.
612 00:32:24,387 00:32:26,154 Ask Pam to call a messenger Ask Pam to call a messenger
613 00:32:26,188 00:32:29,488 so we can get it over to the New Yorker before 6:00. so we can get it over to the New Yorker before 6:00.
614 00:32:29,521 00:32:31,923 - The New Yorker? - Yes. - The New Yorker? - Yes.
615 00:32:31,956 00:32:34,356 Probably best if I just bring it myself then, no? Probably best if I just bring it myself then, no?
616 00:32:38,156 00:32:40,423 I grew up reading the New Yorker I grew up reading the New Yorker
617 00:32:40,457 00:32:42,457 following my father's ritual. following my father's ritual.
618 00:32:42,490 00:32:44,257 He would start with the movie reviews He would start with the movie reviews
619 00:32:44,291 00:32:46,358 and then turn to the talk of the town, and then turn to the talk of the town,
620 00:32:46,391 00:32:47,692 and then the features. and then the features.
621 00:32:48,659 00:32:51,459 In college, everyone was into The New Yorker. In college, everyone was into The New Yorker.
622 00:32:53,827 00:32:56,827 (PHONE RINGING) (PHONE RINGING)
623 00:32:56,860 00:32:58,326 Hi. Hi.
624 00:32:58,360 00:32:59,493 My boss wanted me to make sure My boss wanted me to make sure
625 00:32:59,526 00:33:01,526 this was delivered right away. this was delivered right away.
626 00:33:01,560 00:33:02,394 Thank you. Thank you.
627 00:33:08,295 00:33:10,261 Can I help you with something else? Can I help you with something else?
628 00:33:10,295 00:33:11,763 No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no.
629 00:33:11,796 00:33:13,495 That was it. Thanks. That was it. Thanks.
630 00:33:29,331 00:33:32,966 I was at the Algonquin serving him a martini. I was at the Algonquin serving him a martini.
631 00:33:33,000 00:33:36,800 Anyway, I used my Cosmo ID to get in the room. Anyway, I used my Cosmo ID to get in the room.
632 00:33:36,834 00:33:40,001 I recognized the agent, he did not recognize me. I recognized the agent, he did not recognize me.
633 00:33:40,034 00:33:41,835 And we spent the evening talking And we spent the evening talking
634 00:33:41,868 00:33:45,102 about William's tragic death and the agency. about William's tragic death and the agency.
635 00:33:45,134 00:33:46,102 MAX: And? MAX: And?
636 00:33:46,134 00:33:48,969 And I lost my job at Cosmo for not showing up And I lost my job at Cosmo for not showing up
637 00:33:49,003 00:33:49,869 the next morning. the next morning.
638 00:33:51,435 00:33:54,637 But I kept the man's card, and a year later, But I kept the man's card, and a year later,
639 00:33:54,670 00:33:57,903 I gave him a call at the agency. I gave him a call at the agency.
640 00:33:57,937 00:33:59,436 Hi. Hi.
641 00:33:59,470 00:34:02,005 And he hired me, and the rest is history. And he hired me, and the rest is history.
642 00:34:02,038 00:34:04,170 Joanna, what is it? Something wrong? Joanna, what is it? Something wrong?
643 00:34:04,204 00:34:05,337 No. No.
644 00:34:05,371 00:34:09,171 She was walking by looking cold and hungry and forlorn. She was walking by looking cold and hungry and forlorn.
645 00:34:09,205 00:34:10,606 And I invited her in. And I invited her in.
646 00:34:10,640 00:34:11,573 Joanna, please sit down. Joanna, please sit down.
647 00:34:11,606 00:34:12,773 I really don't want to interrupt. I really don't want to interrupt.
648 00:34:12,806 00:34:13,640 Don't be silly. Don't be silly.
649 00:34:14,840 00:34:15,641 This is my wife, Helen. This is my wife, Helen.
650 00:34:15,674 00:34:17,306 Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
651 00:34:17,339 00:34:18,239 We were just reminiscing, We were just reminiscing,
652 00:34:18,272 00:34:19,941 telling tales about the lost generation. telling tales about the lost generation.
653 00:34:19,974 00:34:20,941 Hemingway, Fitzgerald. Hemingway, Fitzgerald.
654 00:34:20,974 00:34:22,775 Do you know the agency represented Fitzgerald? Do you know the agency represented Fitzgerald?
655 00:34:22,808 00:34:23,842 Of course, yes. Of course, yes.
656 00:34:23,875 00:34:27,141 And Dylan Thomas, Langston Hughes, Agatha Christie. And Dylan Thomas, Langston Hughes, Agatha Christie.
657 00:34:27,174 00:34:29,308 And you've read all their work, of course And you've read all their work, of course
658 00:34:29,341 00:34:32,676 I have, however, my boss suggests that I read writers I have, however, my boss suggests that I read writers
659 00:34:32,709 00:34:33,909 that are alive. that are alive.
660 00:34:33,943 00:34:36,342 Speaking of living writers, Speaking of living writers,
661 00:34:36,376 00:34:38,243 are you familiar with Rachel Cusk? are you familiar with Rachel Cusk?
662 00:34:38,276 00:34:39,611 Don't take the bait, Joanna. Don't take the bait, Joanna.
663 00:34:39,645 00:34:41,310 DANIEL: I am. Yes, I am, I am. DANIEL: I am. Yes, I am, I am.
664 00:34:41,343 00:34:44,277 Her first novel, "Saving Agnes" was huge. Her first novel, "Saving Agnes" was huge.
665 00:34:44,311 00:34:45,778 It won the Whitbread, I think? It won the Whitbread, I think?
666 00:34:45,811 00:34:48,979 And everyone that I knew in London was reading it. And everyone that I knew in London was reading it.
667 00:34:49,013 00:34:52,013 It was our lives basically, or it was my life. It was our lives basically, or it was my life.
668 00:34:52,046 00:34:53,145 What is it about? What is it about?
669 00:34:55,647 00:34:58,014 Well, it's a coming-of- age tale, definitely. Well, it's a coming-of- age tale, definitely.
670 00:34:58,047 00:34:59,848 I guess it's about the ways in which women I guess it's about the ways in which women
671 00:34:59,881 00:35:03,347 need to get over this self -loathing of their bodies say. need to get over this self -loathing of their bodies say.
672 00:35:03,381 00:35:07,281 I'd say it's more about how the patriarchy imposes rigid I'd say it's more about how the patriarchy imposes rigid
673 00:35:07,314 00:35:10,348 and terrifying ideas of femininity onto young women. and terrifying ideas of femininity onto young women.
674 00:35:10,382 00:35:14,616 How that paralyzes them, and strips them of their dignity. How that paralyzes them, and strips them of their dignity.
675 00:35:14,650 00:35:16,483 I don't know, it doesn't feel quite that didactic to me. I don't know, it doesn't feel quite that didactic to me.
676 00:35:16,517 00:35:19,018 It's a very introspective novel. It's a very introspective novel.
677 00:35:19,051 00:35:20,751 It doesn't really read like social commentary. It doesn't really read like social commentary.
678 00:35:20,784 00:35:24,019 Okay, Joanna meet Rachel Cusk. Okay, Joanna meet Rachel Cusk.
679 00:35:25,317 00:35:26,785 - Hello. - No, no. - Hello. - No, no.
680 00:35:27,985 00:35:29,519 - I'm so sorry. - It's okay. - I'm so sorry. - It's okay.
681 00:35:29,552 00:35:31,451 It's lovely to meet you. It's lovely to meet you.
682 00:35:31,485 00:35:33,285 You're a novelist yourself? You're a novelist yourself?
683 00:35:33,319 00:35:36,319 Joanne is my assistant. I don't hire writers. Joanne is my assistant. I don't hire writers.
684 00:35:36,352 00:35:38,353 I'm very particular about it. I'm very particular about it.
685 00:35:38,387 00:35:39,220 Really? Really?
686 00:35:39,253 00:35:40,855 I thought all publishing assistants I thought all publishing assistants
687 00:35:40,887 00:35:42,453 were writing novels at their desk. were writing novels at their desk.
688 00:35:42,487 00:35:43,755 If you can write a novel at your desk If you can write a novel at your desk
689 00:35:43,788 00:35:45,821 while fetching coffee for a tyrant like Margaret, while fetching coffee for a tyrant like Margaret,
690 00:35:45,855 00:35:47,321 good luck. good luck.
691 00:35:47,354 00:35:48,589 Well, you really have to love it. Well, you really have to love it.
692 00:35:48,622 00:35:51,188 You have to want it more than anything in the entire world. You have to want it more than anything in the entire world.
693 00:35:51,222 00:35:55,490 More than a boyfriend or a closet full of pretty dresses, More than a boyfriend or a closet full of pretty dresses,
694 00:35:55,523 00:35:59,156 or a fancy job that makes everyone jealous. or a fancy job that makes everyone jealous.
695 00:35:59,189 00:36:02,324 You need to be okay with saying no You need to be okay with saying no
696 00:36:02,357 00:36:04,157 when you're invited to a party, when you're invited to a party,
697 00:36:04,190 00:36:05,492 and you really need to be okay and you really need to be okay
698 00:36:05,525 00:36:08,191 with having your mother and father hate you. with having your mother and father hate you.
699 00:36:08,225 00:36:10,992 Joanna, don't you have some dictation to finish? Joanna, don't you have some dictation to finish?
700 00:36:11,026 00:36:12,760 - Yes, I do. - Margaret. - Yes, I do. - Margaret.
701 00:36:12,793 00:36:14,760 Those St. Martins contract memos Those St. Martins contract memos
702 00:36:14,793 00:36:16,326 need to go out immediately. need to go out immediately.
703 00:36:16,359 00:36:18,127 - Absolutely. - Okay. - Absolutely. - Okay.
704 00:36:18,159 00:36:19,661 It was nice to meet you all, thank you. It was nice to meet you all, thank you.
705 00:36:19,694 00:36:21,961 - Bye. - Lovely to meet you. - Bye. - Lovely to meet you.
706 00:37:01,968 00:37:02,801 Hi. Hi.
707 00:37:04,702 00:37:08,136 You got a letter from your high school sweetheart, Karl. You got a letter from your high school sweetheart, Karl.
708 00:37:11,603 00:37:13,335 Does he know about us? Does he know about us?
709 00:37:15,970 00:37:17,169 Yeah, I'm sure I mentioned it. Yeah, I'm sure I mentioned it.
710 00:37:17,202 00:37:18,971 Joanna, did you break up with him? Joanna, did you break up with him?
711 00:37:19,004 00:37:20,104 Like a proper breakup? Like a proper breakup?
712 00:37:20,138 00:37:22,104 "Dear Karl, it's not you it's me. "Dear Karl, it's not you it's me.
713 00:37:22,138 00:37:25,505 I'm sorry, it's over," you know, the normal stuff? I'm sorry, it's over," you know, the normal stuff?
714 00:37:25,538 00:37:27,672 We haven't talked in three months We haven't talked in three months
715 00:37:27,705 00:37:30,271 and he knows that I'm not going back to California. and he knows that I'm not going back to California.
716 00:37:33,372 00:37:35,974 Did you talk to the landlady about the heating? Did you talk to the landlady about the heating?
717 00:37:37,372 00:37:38,774 Why do you need a heater? Why do you need a heater?
718 00:37:38,807 00:37:40,675 Your love should keep you warm. Your love should keep you warm.
719 00:38:11,513 00:38:13,345 I was hoping you might find the time to write back, I was hoping you might find the time to write back,
720 00:38:13,379 00:38:16,147 but I bet you must be getting a lot of letters. but I bet you must be getting a lot of letters.
721 00:38:17,380 00:38:19,514 But I feel like writing again, But I feel like writing again,
722 00:38:19,547 00:38:20,414 if you don't mind me doing so if you don't mind me doing so
723 00:38:20,447 00:38:23,213 'cause well, I feel depressed as hell. 'cause well, I feel depressed as hell.
724 00:38:24,548 00:38:26,347 And I figured it's the honest thing to do. And I figured it's the honest thing to do.
725 00:38:27,815 00:38:30,149 Your characters are the only ones in literature Your characters are the only ones in literature
726 00:38:30,181 00:38:31,516 who are truly like me. who are truly like me.
727 00:38:32,449 00:38:33,417 I mean, they take action. I mean, they take action.
728 00:38:33,450 00:38:35,417 They don't sit around contemplating suicide. They don't sit around contemplating suicide.
729 00:38:35,450 00:38:38,617 They pick up a gun and they shoot themselves in the head. They pick up a gun and they shoot themselves in the head.
730 00:38:38,650 00:38:40,451 He's challenging Jerry. He's challenging Jerry.
731 00:38:40,484 00:38:42,918 It's a game and you're falling for it. It's a game and you're falling for it.
732 00:38:42,951 00:38:45,018 I feel this boy just deserves a proper response, I feel this boy just deserves a proper response,
733 00:38:45,052 00:38:46,585 not our usual bullshit. not our usual bullshit.
734 00:38:46,619 00:38:47,452 Bullshit? Bullshit?
735 00:38:49,352 00:38:53,952 You are confusing judgment with empathy. You are confusing judgment with empathy.
736 00:38:53,986 00:38:56,787 I have read hundreds of letters just like this one. I have read hundreds of letters just like this one.
737 00:38:57,887 00:39:01,621 It can get overwhelming, but just do your job. It can get overwhelming, but just do your job.
738 00:39:14,723 00:39:15,690 Did you send my letter to Mr. Salinger? Did you send my letter to Mr. Salinger?
739 00:39:15,723 00:39:17,323 Did you send my letter to Salinger? Did you send my letter to Salinger?
740 00:39:17,357 00:39:19,957 You have no right to keep my letter. You have no right to keep my letter.
741 00:39:19,991 00:39:20,791 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
742 00:39:20,824 00:39:23,358 You can't read other people's mail. You can't read other people's mail.
743 00:39:23,391 00:39:26,092 I wat at least expecting a confirmation. I wat at least expecting a confirmation.
744 00:39:26,125 00:39:29,359 (LIGHT DRAMATIC MUSIC) (LIGHT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
745 00:39:38,894 00:39:41,828 JOANNA V.O.: Dear Mr. Salinger, I hate school. JOANNA V.O.: Dear Mr. Salinger, I hate school.
746 00:39:42,861 00:39:44,928 Especially English class. Especially English class.
747 00:39:44,961 00:39:47,995 "Catcher In The Rye" is the only book I liked. "Catcher In The Rye" is the only book I liked.
748 00:39:48,028 00:39:50,328 My teacher is going to make me flunk. My teacher is going to make me flunk.
749 00:39:50,362 00:39:51,796 She says I'll have to repeat my year She says I'll have to repeat my year
750 00:39:51,829 00:39:54,430 and that's gonna be so embarrassing. and that's gonna be so embarrassing.
751 00:39:55,430 00:39:57,730 So I asked her, "What can I do?" So I asked her, "What can I do?"
752 00:39:57,763 00:40:00,130 "Write a letter to J.D. Salinger," she told me. "Write a letter to J.D. Salinger," she told me.
753 00:40:00,164 00:40:02,631 "And make it so good that he'll write back. "And make it so good that he'll write back.
754 00:40:02,664 00:40:04,632 If he writes back, I'll give you an A." If he writes back, I'll give you an A."
755 00:40:06,131 00:40:09,498 Please write back, so I can get an A. Please write back, so I can get an A.
756 00:40:13,166 00:40:17,167 An A earned by trickery means absolutely nothing. An A earned by trickery means absolutely nothing.
757 00:40:17,199 00:40:19,001 You'll soon find out that young women You'll soon find out that young women
758 00:40:19,034 00:40:22,200 are often held to double standards when it comes to success. are often held to double standards when it comes to success.
759 00:40:24,968 00:40:27,835 You need to prove to yourself and to your peers You need to prove to yourself and to your peers
760 00:40:27,868 00:40:29,968 that you do not need special treatment. that you do not need special treatment.
761 00:40:31,201 00:40:33,969 If you desire an A or a passing grade, If you desire an A or a passing grade,
762 00:40:34,003 00:40:36,904 you must do the work assigned to you. you must do the work assigned to you.
763 00:40:36,937 00:40:40,404 And if you want to uphold the spirit of Holden, And if you want to uphold the spirit of Holden,
764 00:40:40,438 00:40:43,504 try not to care too much about how people judge you. try not to care too much about how people judge you.
765 00:40:43,538 00:40:45,805 This might mean being more humble, This might mean being more humble,
766 00:40:45,838 00:40:48,138 but it's the only way. but it's the only way.
767 00:40:48,172 00:40:50,639 Sincerely, Joanna Rakoff. Sincerely, Joanna Rakoff.
768 00:40:57,673 00:41:00,774 You've become quite the expert in what Salinger would say. You've become quite the expert in what Salinger would say.
769 00:41:02,207 00:41:05,275 "If you want to uphold the spirit of Holden", "If you want to uphold the spirit of Holden",
770 00:41:05,308 00:41:06,775 have you read Catcher yet? have you read Catcher yet?
771 00:41:09,376 00:41:10,543 You haven't? You haven't?
772 00:41:13,109 00:41:13,943 Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
773 00:41:21,144 00:41:23,011 Brett got accepted at Case Western. Brett got accepted at Case Western.
774 00:41:24,044 00:41:25,511 I thought he's going to Brooklyn Law. I thought he's going to Brooklyn Law.
775 00:41:25,545 00:41:27,112 He's from the Midwest. He's from the Midwest.
776 00:41:27,145 00:41:28,312 He misses it, you know? He misses it, you know?
777 00:41:29,479 00:41:31,779 So you'll stay here until he's done? So you'll stay here until he's done?
778 00:41:31,813 00:41:35,246 Of course not. I'm going with him. Of course not. I'm going with him.
779 00:41:35,280 00:41:36,513 We're engaged, remember? We're engaged, remember?
780 00:41:38,047 00:41:40,514 Wait, you're moving? Wait, you're moving?
781 00:41:43,347 00:41:45,315 I thought you loved your work? I thought you loved your work?
782 00:41:45,348 00:41:48,615 I do, but Cleveland is a cool city. I do, but Cleveland is a cool city.
783 00:41:48,649 00:41:51,049 We're already looking for a place in Shaker Heights. We're already looking for a place in Shaker Heights.
784 00:41:52,550 00:41:55,316 Wow. Suburbs. Wow. Suburbs.
785 00:41:58,350 00:41:59,817 Have you been writing lately? Have you been writing lately?
786 00:42:02,051 00:42:03,617 I don't really write anymore. I don't really write anymore.
787 00:42:05,318 00:42:08,186 I know we used to say that we wanted to become writers I know we used to say that we wanted to become writers
788 00:42:08,218 00:42:10,319 but that was more your thing. but that was more your thing.
789 00:42:11,152 00:42:12,386 I kind of grew out of it. I kind of grew out of it.
790 00:42:16,520 00:42:20,253 You make it sound like a teenage phase. You make it sound like a teenage phase.
791 00:42:20,287 00:42:21,854 Isn't that what it was? Isn't that what it was?
792 00:42:21,887 00:42:23,321 I don't understand. I don't understand.
793 00:42:23,354 00:42:24,521 You're dropping everything for Brett's project? You're dropping everything for Brett's project?
794 00:42:24,555 00:42:26,122 Whoa, Joanna stop. Whoa, Joanna stop.
795 00:42:27,190 00:42:28,788 I don't wanna be a writer. I don't wanna be a writer.
796 00:42:28,822 00:42:31,255 You keep saying you want to write, but you work long hours You keep saying you want to write, but you work long hours
797 00:42:31,289 00:42:35,256 for other writers while Don is at home writing his novel. for other writers while Don is at home writing his novel.
798 00:42:35,290 00:42:36,690 Oh, we both write, Oh, we both write,
799 00:42:36,724 00:42:38,290 and we're supportive of each other's work. and we're supportive of each other's work.
800 00:42:38,323 00:42:40,124 Well, then I'm happy for you guys. Well, then I'm happy for you guys.
801 00:42:40,990 00:42:42,324 Please be happy for me. Please be happy for me.
802 00:42:46,991 00:42:47,825 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
803 00:42:53,926 00:42:56,827 Why don't we go to the Waldorf and get dessert? Why don't we go to the Waldorf and get dessert?
804 00:42:57,927 00:42:59,727 I'll have the $12 cheesecake. I'll have the $12 cheesecake.
805 00:42:59,760 00:43:00,993 Maybe we'll catch my boss Maybe we'll catch my boss
806 00:43:01,027 00:43:02,661 on her martini ones or something. on her martini ones or something.
807 00:43:03,627 00:43:04,462 I gotta get back to work. I gotta get back to work.
808 00:43:17,597 00:43:18,963 Everything to your liking? Everything to your liking?
809 00:43:18,996 00:43:20,430 Yes, thank you. Yes, thank you.
810 00:43:22,697 00:43:25,531 (CLASSICAL MUSIC) (CLASSICAL MUSIC)
811 00:44:09,672 00:44:11,639 May I get you a cab? May I get you a cab?
812 00:44:11,672 00:44:13,840 It's such a nice day, I think I'll walk. It's such a nice day, I think I'll walk.
813 00:44:13,873 00:44:16,606 It is a beautiful day. You enjoy it then. It is a beautiful day. You enjoy it then.
814 00:44:16,639 00:44:17,474 Thanks. Thanks.
815 00:44:27,775 00:44:28,742 JOANNA: Hello. JOANNA: Hello.
816 00:44:28,775 00:44:31,143 JERRY: Hello, Susanna. How are you today? JERRY: Hello, Susanna. How are you today?
817 00:44:31,176 00:44:32,309 I'm great. How are you? I'm great. How are you?
818 00:44:32,342 00:44:33,909 How's the weather in Cornish? How's the weather in Cornish?
819 00:44:33,943 00:44:35,577 It's very pleasant. It's very pleasant.
820 00:44:35,610 00:44:37,177 Tell me something, Susanna. Tell me something, Susanna.
821 00:44:37,211 00:44:40,810 I was looking at those books from this fellow, Clifford, I was looking at those books from this fellow, Clifford,
822 00:44:40,844 00:44:43,611 in Virginia, Mary Bells Press. in Virginia, Mary Bells Press.
823 00:44:43,644 00:44:44,444 Yes. Yes.
824 00:44:44,478 00:44:46,478 What do you think of them? What do you think of them?
825 00:44:46,511 00:44:49,278 Honestly, I think the design isn't great. Honestly, I think the design isn't great.
826 00:44:49,312 00:44:52,445 I think they'd really benefit from hiring a designer. I think they'd really benefit from hiring a designer.
827 00:44:53,546 00:44:56,813 But as far as the books themselves, I've only read a few. But as far as the books themselves, I've only read a few.
828 00:44:56,847 00:44:59,947 I do like some of the poets they publish though. I do like some of the poets they publish though.
829 00:44:59,980 00:45:01,280 Well, you read poetry? Well, you read poetry?
830 00:45:01,314 00:45:03,082 I do, yes. A lot. I do, yes. A lot.
831 00:45:03,116 00:45:04,681 Do you write poetry yourself? Do you write poetry yourself?
832 00:45:04,714 00:45:05,548 I do. I do.
833 00:45:06,381 00:45:08,116 Oh, I'm very glad to hear that. Oh, I'm very glad to hear that.
834 00:45:08,149 00:45:11,282 Poetry is food for the soul. Never forget that. Poetry is food for the soul. Never forget that.
835 00:45:12,382 00:45:13,750 Susanna. Susanna.
836 00:45:13,783 00:45:15,850 Food for the soul, I've got it. Food for the soul, I've got it.
837 00:45:17,184 00:45:19,584 Susanna, it's important to write every day. Susanna, it's important to write every day.
838 00:45:19,617 00:45:20,450 You know that? You know that?
839 00:45:21,884 00:45:23,152 I'll keep that in mind. I'll keep that in mind.
840 00:45:24,119 00:45:26,152 Jerry wants to meet Clifford. Jerry wants to meet Clifford.
841 00:45:27,153 00:45:30,619 Gosh, gotta find somewhere discreet. Gosh, gotta find somewhere discreet.
842 00:45:30,652 00:45:32,153 Well, it won't be. Well, it won't be.
843 00:45:32,186 00:45:34,953 Jerry's driving down to Washington on Wednesday. Jerry's driving down to Washington on Wednesday.
844 00:45:34,986 00:45:38,286 They're meeting in a cafeteria at Georgetown University. They're meeting in a cafeteria at Georgetown University.
845 00:45:38,320 00:45:40,188 That's awful. Awful. That's awful. Awful.
846 00:45:41,321 00:45:44,287 Do we trust this Clifford fellow? Do we trust this Clifford fellow?
847 00:45:44,321 00:45:45,688 I don't know. I don't know.
848 00:45:45,721 00:45:50,288 So we're presuming he's not gonna tip off The Post So we're presuming he's not gonna tip off The Post
849 00:45:50,322 00:45:52,157 that the world's most reclusive writer that the world's most reclusive writer
850 00:45:52,190 00:45:53,356 who barely leaves his home, who barely leaves his home,
851 00:45:53,389 00:45:55,823 who hasn't given an interview in decades, who hasn't given an interview in decades,
852 00:45:55,857 00:46:00,857 will be having lunch at Georgetown University on Wednesday? will be having lunch at Georgetown University on Wednesday?
853 00:46:01,457 00:46:02,424 Yeah. Yeah.
854 00:46:02,457 00:46:05,758 You have mentioned this possibility to Jerry? You have mentioned this possibility to Jerry?
855 00:46:05,791 00:46:09,060 I have not. Jerry thinks of Clifford as a pal. I have not. Jerry thinks of Clifford as a pal.
856 00:46:09,093 00:46:10,993 If I say anything negative about him, If I say anything negative about him,
857 00:46:11,026 00:46:13,326 Jerry will not take it kindly. Jerry will not take it kindly.
858 00:46:13,359 00:46:14,793 That's it. Back to work. That's it. Back to work.
859 00:46:16,760 00:46:17,693 Oh, Joanna. Oh, Joanna.
860 00:46:18,926 00:46:20,594 Tell me what you think of this. Tell me what you think of this.
861 00:46:23,694 00:46:25,062 Judy Blume? Judy Blume?
862 00:46:25,095 00:46:27,261 - You've heard of her? - Of course, I have. - You've heard of her? - Of course, I have.
863 00:46:28,096 00:46:29,895 I read all of her books as a kid. I read all of her books as a kid.
864 00:46:29,928 00:46:31,395 I love her. Everyone loves her. I love her. Everyone loves her.
865 00:46:31,429 00:46:34,462 She was a client of my predecessor, Claire. She was a client of my predecessor, Claire.
866 00:46:34,496 00:46:36,497 She's not written a book in a long time. She's not written a book in a long time.
867 00:46:36,530 00:46:38,430 Have you ever read Judy Blume? Have you ever read Judy Blume?
868 00:46:38,463 00:46:41,232 No, I don't read children's literature. No, I don't read children's literature.
869 00:46:41,264 00:46:43,098 But they're so wonderful. But they're so wonderful.
870 00:46:43,132 00:46:46,032 I'm sure, Claire had impeccable taste. I'm sure, Claire had impeccable taste.
871 00:46:48,099 00:46:48,999 You wanna go out? You wanna go out?
872 00:46:50,199 00:46:51,000 We're broke. We're broke.
873 00:46:52,167 00:46:54,967 So? We'll split a beer. So? We'll split a beer.
874 00:46:57,167 00:46:58,867 It's open mic night at the KGB. It's open mic night at the KGB.
875 00:47:01,534 00:47:03,701 - What? - You can bring a poem. - What? - You can bring a poem.
876 00:47:04,868 00:47:06,301 They'll love you. They'll love you.
877 00:47:06,335 00:47:08,970 - You're not funny. - I'm not trying to be. - You're not funny. - I'm not trying to be.
878 00:47:11,003 00:47:12,603 Your poems are good. Your poems are good.
879 00:47:13,870 00:47:15,937 I have a Judy Blume manuscript to read. I have a Judy Blume manuscript to read.
880 00:47:15,971 00:47:16,836 Judy Blume? Judy Blume?
881 00:47:18,470 00:47:20,037 Judy fucking Blume? Judy fucking Blume?
882 00:47:21,104 00:47:23,837 I loved "Then Again Maybe I Won't". I loved "Then Again Maybe I Won't".
883 00:47:23,871 00:47:25,438 You liked Judy Blume? You liked Judy Blume?
884 00:47:25,471 00:47:28,805 Yeah, I mean, I was a kid once and like a hero, Tony, Yeah, I mean, I was a kid once and like a hero, Tony,
885 00:47:28,838 00:47:30,272 my parents were working class my parents were working class
886 00:47:30,305 00:47:31,939 and moved to middle-class area. and moved to middle-class area.
887 00:47:31,973 00:47:35,672 - It's about social class. - No, it's not. (LAUGHS) - It's about social class. - No, it's not. (LAUGHS)
888 00:47:37,340 00:47:40,274 It turns you on that I like pedestrian stuff, doesn't it? It turns you on that I like pedestrian stuff, doesn't it?
889 00:47:51,609 00:47:54,610 (KEYBOARD CLACKING) (KEYBOARD CLACKING)
890 00:47:57,777 00:47:59,978 To be given Judy Blume's new book was like To be given Judy Blume's new book was like
891 00:48:00,011 00:48:03,012 going from sitting in the stands to hitting a home run. going from sitting in the stands to hitting a home run.
892 00:48:04,544 00:48:06,311 I felt lucky to be on the inside. I felt lucky to be on the inside.
893 00:48:09,146 00:48:11,312 - Well? - I like it. - Well? - I like it.
894 00:48:11,346 00:48:12,845 Really? Really?
895 00:48:12,880 00:48:14,213 But what do you make of it? But what do you make of it?
896 00:48:15,679 00:48:17,479 I'm not sure what you mean. I'm not sure what you mean.
897 00:48:17,513 00:48:18,981 Well, it's not a kid's book, is it? Well, it's not a kid's book, is it?
898 00:48:19,014 00:48:22,647 No, no. It's about kids for grownups. No, no. It's about kids for grownups.
899 00:48:22,680 00:48:23,781 It's about female friendship. It's about female friendship.
900 00:48:23,814 00:48:28,314 But will adults buy a book about kids? Can I sell it? But will adults buy a book about kids? Can I sell it?
901 00:48:31,883 00:48:35,251 Lots of books have child protagonists, "Oliver Twist". Lots of books have child protagonists, "Oliver Twist".
902 00:48:35,283 00:48:38,885 This is not Oliver Twist, but you would buy it? This is not Oliver Twist, but you would buy it?
903 00:48:39,885 00:48:40,717 I would. I would.
904 00:48:43,018 00:48:43,985 Many people would. Many people would.
905 00:48:45,886 00:48:47,253 There's the nostalgia factor. There's the nostalgia factor.
906 00:48:47,285 00:48:50,019 You know, my entire generation grew up on Judy Blume. You know, my entire generation grew up on Judy Blume.
907 00:48:51,519 00:48:53,519 - Maybe. - Definitely. - Maybe. - Definitely.
908 00:48:57,787 00:48:59,686 All right, you've had your fun. All right, you've had your fun.
909 00:49:04,221 00:49:06,855 I've put new tapes on your desk. I've put new tapes on your desk.
910 00:49:06,889 00:49:07,789 Close the door. Close the door.
911 00:49:15,322 00:49:17,891 (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC)
912 00:49:20,590 00:49:23,858 Judy, Margaret's expecting you. Judy, Margaret's expecting you.
913 00:49:25,691 00:49:26,525 PAM: Coffee? PAM: Coffee?
914 00:49:27,959 00:49:29,691 That's very exciting. Yes. That's very exciting. Yes.
915 00:49:30,993 00:49:32,425 What is it? What is it?
916 00:49:32,459 00:49:33,960 - Judy Blume's here. - Shit. - Judy Blume's here. - Shit.
917 00:49:35,459 00:49:37,194 Michael, hold on one second. Michael, hold on one second.
918 00:49:38,293 00:49:39,895 That's today? That's today?
919 00:49:39,928 00:49:41,493 I thought we had more time. I thought we had more time.
920 00:49:42,528 00:49:44,461 She's going to blow this, isn't she? She's going to blow this, isn't she?
921 00:49:44,494 00:49:45,327 I think so. I think so.
922 00:49:47,163 00:49:50,797 Hey, we've been renovating, moving everything around Hey, we've been renovating, moving everything around
923 00:49:50,830 00:49:54,595 which is why your books are down there and out of order. which is why your books are down there and out of order.
924 00:49:55,630 00:49:56,530 Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.
925 00:49:56,563 00:49:58,463 I'm Joanna, I'm Margaret's new assistant. I'm Joanna, I'm Margaret's new assistant.
926 00:49:58,496 00:50:00,596 I'm such a huge fan of yours. I'm such a huge fan of yours.
927 00:50:00,630 00:50:02,131 That's very sweet of you. That's very sweet of you.
928 00:50:02,165 00:50:03,198 Really nice to meet you. Really nice to meet you.
929 00:50:03,231 00:50:07,199 Judy, how lovely to see you. Come into my office. Judy, how lovely to see you. Come into my office.
930 00:50:08,166 00:50:10,833 (PLAYFUL MUSIC) (PLAYFUL MUSIC)
931 00:50:18,801 00:50:21,467 (CLEARS THROAT) (CLEARS THROAT)
932 00:50:23,169 00:50:25,802 (PHONE RINGING) (PHONE RINGING)
933 00:50:38,137 00:50:42,938 Joanna, why don't you answer your phone? Joanna, why don't you answer your phone?
934 00:50:42,971 00:50:45,571 There's someone at the reception who wants to see you. There's someone at the reception who wants to see you.
935 00:50:45,604 00:50:46,437 Me? Me?
936 00:50:55,107 00:50:57,573 - Are you Joanna Rakoff? - Yes. - Are you Joanna Rakoff? - Yes.
937 00:50:57,606 00:50:58,506 Is that your real name? Is that your real name?
938 00:50:58,540 00:51:00,208 'Cause it's so ridiculous, it sounds fake. 'Cause it's so ridiculous, it sounds fake.
939 00:51:02,809 00:51:05,641 You have no right to keep my letter from J.D. Salinger. You have no right to keep my letter from J.D. Salinger.
940 00:51:05,674 00:51:07,675 I'm sorry. Who are you? I'm sorry. Who are you?
941 00:51:07,707 00:51:09,608 Because of you, I'm going to fail English. Because of you, I'm going to fail English.
942 00:51:09,642 00:51:10,608 Is everything all right here? Is everything all right here?
943 00:51:10,642 00:51:11,776 - No. - Yes. Yes. - No. - Yes. Yes.
944 00:51:11,810 00:51:12,642 No. No.
945 00:51:13,843 00:51:15,376 Why don't we go downstairs and get a coffee, okay? Why don't we go downstairs and get a coffee, okay?
946 00:51:16,309 00:51:17,144 Joanna. Joanna.
947 00:51:19,977 00:51:21,745 Aren't you supposed to be in school? Aren't you supposed to be in school?
948 00:51:21,778 00:51:22,912 Who do you think you are? Who do you think you are?
949 00:51:22,945 00:51:25,311 It's my job here to answer Jerry's mail. It's my job here to answer Jerry's mail.
950 00:51:25,344 00:51:29,013 Oh, it's Jerry to you. Is he your sugar daddy? Oh, it's Jerry to you. Is he your sugar daddy?
951 00:51:29,046 00:51:32,579 No, I've never even met him, okay? No, I've never even met him, okay?
952 00:51:32,612 00:51:35,312 Mr. Salinger does not want to receive his mail. Mr. Salinger does not want to receive his mail.
953 00:51:35,345 00:51:37,847 So instead you lecture me like you're my mother. So instead you lecture me like you're my mother.
954 00:51:39,147 00:51:41,513 You're right, okay? You're right, okay?
955 00:51:41,547 00:51:44,681 I'm sorry. I apologize. I'm sorry. I apologize.
956 00:51:44,715 00:51:46,081 Your letter was different Your letter was different
957 00:51:46,115 00:51:47,749 and I thought you deserved a real response and I thought you deserved a real response
958 00:51:47,782 00:51:49,348 instead of our, I'm sorry, instead of our, I'm sorry,
959 00:51:49,382 00:51:52,415 we can not pass along your kind note bullshit. we can not pass along your kind note bullshit.
960 00:51:52,448 00:51:54,383 So I wrote you something more personal. So I wrote you something more personal.
961 00:51:56,217 00:51:57,784 What makes you think your advice is better What makes you think your advice is better
962 00:51:57,818 00:51:59,284 than some bullshit response? than some bullshit response?
963 00:52:02,517 00:52:03,885 I'm going to summer school. I'm going to summer school.
964 00:52:04,819 00:52:06,985 So thanks a lot, Ms. Rakoff So thanks a lot, Ms. Rakoff
965 00:52:22,221 00:52:24,520 You sent a personal letter to one of the fans You sent a personal letter to one of the fans
966 00:52:24,554 00:52:26,055 and she came storming in here? and she came storming in here?
967 00:52:29,421 00:52:30,322 Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.
968 00:52:32,256 00:52:33,156 Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.
969 00:52:35,322 00:52:37,723 Do you have any idea how many times Do you have any idea how many times
970 00:52:37,757 00:52:39,291 when I was answering Salinger's letters when I was answering Salinger's letters
971 00:52:39,323 00:52:41,025 I wanted to write my own one back? I wanted to write my own one back?
972 00:52:41,991 00:52:44,058 - Really? - Of course. - Really? - Of course.
973 00:52:44,091 00:52:46,725 "Dear Sir, obsess over another writer. "Dear Sir, obsess over another writer.
974 00:52:46,759 00:52:49,259 I hear Kurt Vonnegut answers his own fan mail." I hear Kurt Vonnegut answers his own fan mail."
975 00:52:50,193 00:52:51,559 I mean sometimes you just wanna go, I mean sometimes you just wanna go,
976 00:52:51,592 00:52:53,027 "Hey, loser." "Hey, loser."
977 00:52:54,326 00:52:59,161 And then others, they're so engaging. And then others, they're so engaging.
978 00:52:59,195 00:53:01,727 You just want to champion them, you know? You just want to champion them, you know?
979 00:53:01,761 00:53:03,195 Yes, yes, exactly. Yes, yes, exactly.
980 00:53:06,460 00:53:08,428 But you've crossed the line. But you've crossed the line.
981 00:53:08,461 00:53:12,629 It's a huge rabbit hole ethically and legally. It's a huge rabbit hole ethically and legally.
982 00:53:12,663 00:53:14,896 I'm taking you off Salinger's mail. I'm taking you off Salinger's mail.
983 00:53:14,930 00:53:17,164 No, no, Hugh, please? No, no, Hugh, please?
984 00:53:17,197 00:53:18,396 I love these letters so much, I love these letters so much,
985 00:53:18,429 00:53:20,864 I promise you this won't happen again, I promise. I promise you this won't happen again, I promise.
986 00:53:22,164 00:53:22,965 Judy? Judy?
987 00:53:28,598 00:53:30,166 - It's all over. - Judy? - It's all over. - Judy?
988 00:53:30,200 00:53:33,133 - She's leaving us. - For whom? - She's leaving us. - For whom?
989 00:53:33,166 00:53:34,667 Does it matter? Does it matter?
990 00:53:34,700 00:53:36,333 I were Judy, I would have left too. I were Judy, I would have left too.
991 00:53:37,600 00:53:38,433 Joanna. Joanna.
992 00:53:39,801 00:53:40,634 Why? Why?
993 00:53:42,835 00:53:44,968 Tell me, I'm curious. Why would you leave? Tell me, I'm curious. Why would you leave?
994 00:53:45,001 00:53:46,334 No, I'm really, really sorry. No, I'm really, really sorry.
995 00:53:46,367 00:53:48,401 I didn't mean that, I just... I didn't mean that, I just...
996 00:53:48,434 00:53:52,169 I'm just sad to see her leave, that's all. I'm just sad to see her leave, that's all.
997 00:53:52,203 00:53:55,736 Well, until you can articulate a reason Well, until you can articulate a reason
998 00:53:55,770 00:53:57,137 that will enlighten us, that will enlighten us,
999 00:53:57,170 00:53:59,604 you can go back to typing your dictation you can go back to typing your dictation
1000 00:53:59,637 00:54:02,971 and fetch Daniel's prescriptions when you're done. and fetch Daniel's prescriptions when you're done.
1001 00:54:05,470 00:54:06,306 Close the door. Close the door.
1002 00:54:09,972 00:54:13,973 (MARGARET TALKING INDISTINCTLY) (MARGARET TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
1003 00:54:27,508 00:54:29,175 Okay, you think that when a man falls in love Okay, you think that when a man falls in love
1004 00:54:29,209 00:54:31,276 he doesn't look at another woman, hm? he doesn't look at another woman, hm?
1005 00:54:31,310 00:54:33,643 But I have news for you, every man in this world But I have news for you, every man in this world
1006 00:54:33,677 00:54:36,342 is looking at every woman in this world and deciding whether or not- is looking at every woman in this world and deciding whether or not-
1007 00:54:36,375 00:54:38,010 He wants to fuck her. He wants to fuck her.
1008 00:54:38,944 00:54:41,144 She's sexy, right? She's sexy, right?
1009 00:54:42,376 00:54:45,477 Don, I think you might be in a hole. Don, I think you might be in a hole.
1010 00:54:45,511 00:54:46,779 You maybe wanna stop digging. You maybe wanna stop digging.
1011 00:54:46,812 00:54:49,946 You think women don't look at other men? We do. You think women don't look at other men? We do.
1012 00:54:49,979 00:54:51,378 We even look at other women. We even look at other women.
1013 00:54:52,546 00:54:54,880 We just don't drool while we do it. We just don't drool while we do it.
1014 00:54:57,479 00:55:02,480 Booba, booba. I drool exclusively for you. (SMOOCHES) Booba, booba. I drool exclusively for you. (SMOOCHES)
1015 00:55:05,015 00:55:06,815 - Hey. - White wine? - Hey. - White wine?
1016 00:55:06,849 00:55:09,481 No, thanks. I'm gonna go. No, thanks. I'm gonna go.
1017 00:55:10,348 00:55:12,348 (JOANNA MIMICS SOBBING) (JOANNA MIMICS SOBBING)
1018 00:55:12,381 00:55:17,482 I know, I actually came to give you this. I know, I actually came to give you this.
1019 00:55:17,517 00:55:20,084 What's this? It's from Karl. What's this? It's from Karl.
1020 00:55:20,117 00:55:22,985 He's coming to Washington for a concert. He's coming to Washington for a concert.
1021 00:55:23,018 00:55:24,318 He really wants you to go. He really wants you to go.
1022 00:55:25,484 00:55:27,418 You've been in touch with Karl? You've been in touch with Karl?
1023 00:55:27,451 00:55:29,786 He wrote you a letter but you never answered. He wrote you a letter but you never answered.
1024 00:55:35,220 00:55:37,787 - Wednesday in DC. - Yeah. - Wednesday in DC. - Yeah.
1025 00:55:40,453 00:55:41,287 What is it? What is it?
1026 00:55:42,255 00:55:43,821 Someone should go to the meeting Someone should go to the meeting
1027 00:55:43,855 00:55:46,421 in Washington with Clifford Bradbury. in Washington with Clifford Bradbury.
1028 00:55:46,454 00:55:47,889 Make sure that he's prepared, Make sure that he's prepared,
1029 00:55:47,922 00:55:50,489 and walk them to the agency's protocol. and walk them to the agency's protocol.
1030 00:55:52,523 00:55:54,422 He did sound jittery on the phone. He did sound jittery on the phone.
1031 00:55:55,690 00:55:58,490 I can't leave New York, but I suppose I could send- I can't leave New York, but I suppose I could send-
1032 00:55:58,524 00:55:59,356 Me! Me!
1033 00:56:00,456 00:56:01,291 - You? - Me. - You? - Me.
1034 00:56:03,525 00:56:04,357 Why? Why?
1035 00:56:05,658 00:56:07,925 Take notes and assist Clifford. Take notes and assist Clifford.
1036 00:56:09,458 00:56:11,192 Just let me do this for the agency. Just let me do this for the agency.
1037 00:56:15,093 00:56:17,459 You are to go to Washington, You are to go to Washington,
1038 00:56:17,493 00:56:19,594 be the agency's eyes and ears. be the agency's eyes and ears.
1039 00:56:19,627 00:56:21,828 Find out who this Clifford person is. Find out who this Clifford person is.
1040 00:56:21,861 00:56:23,328 You are to meet with him beforehand You are to meet with him beforehand
1041 00:56:23,360 00:56:24,595 and debrief him afterward. and debrief him afterward.
1042 00:56:24,628 00:56:26,895 But you are not to meet with Jerry. But you are not to meet with Jerry.
1043 00:56:26,928 00:56:29,863 Jerry must think they are meeting on their own, understood? Jerry must think they are meeting on their own, understood?
1044 00:56:30,829 00:56:32,395 You will not regret this. You will not regret this.
1045 00:56:32,429 00:56:33,530 We'll see about that. We'll see about that.
1046 00:56:37,964 00:56:38,797 Hey! Hey!
1047 00:56:40,865 00:56:43,631 I've got a gift for you. I've got a gift for you.
1048 00:56:43,664 00:56:45,332 My birthday was two months ago. My birthday was two months ago.
1049 00:56:47,098 00:56:48,832 Well, birthdays are for Hallmark. Well, birthdays are for Hallmark.
1050 00:56:49,999 00:56:52,333 It's, it's my novel. It's, it's my novel.
1051 00:56:54,365 00:56:55,267 You finished it? You finished it?
1052 00:56:56,933 00:56:57,967 Don't you wanna read it? Don't you wanna read it?
1053 00:56:59,534 00:57:00,934 Oh, of course I do. Oh, of course I do.
1054 00:57:02,767 00:57:03,802 Thanks. Thanks.
1055 00:57:06,002 00:57:06,835 Congrats! Congrats!
1056 00:57:09,102 00:57:14,036 ♪ Need to surround myself with beautiful things in ♪ ♪ Need to surround myself with beautiful things in ♪
1057 00:57:15,770 00:57:20,770 ♪ The hope they help ♪ ♪ The hope they help ♪
1058 00:57:22,972 00:57:27,105 ♪ I turn my good side to the sun ♪ ♪ I turn my good side to the sun ♪
1059 00:57:27,138 00:57:31,973 ♪ Its healing vibes, they burn inside out ♪ ♪ Its healing vibes, they burn inside out ♪
1060 00:57:41,307 00:57:42,174 Mr. Bradbury? Mr. Bradbury?
1061 00:57:43,275 00:57:44,175 Yes. Joanna? Yes. Joanna?
1062 00:57:44,208 00:57:45,975 - Hi. - Hi. - Hi. - Hi.
1063 00:57:46,008 00:57:47,642 - Nice to meet you. - And you. - Nice to meet you. - And you.
1064 00:57:47,675 00:57:50,742 I've widened the spine see, to give the book some length I've widened the spine see, to give the book some length
1065 00:57:50,775 00:57:51,876 because it's too thin. because it's too thin.
1066 00:57:52,776 00:57:54,776 I also retyped it all from the New Yorker. I also retyped it all from the New Yorker.
1067 00:57:54,810 00:57:56,576 I didn't scan it and good thing too, I didn't scan it and good thing too,
1068 00:57:56,610 00:57:58,477 because there were a few small typos. because there were a few small typos.
1069 00:57:59,711 00:58:01,510 New Yorker doesn't make typos. New Yorker doesn't make typos.
1070 00:58:01,544 00:58:04,645 Oh yes, small ones but typos still. Oh yes, small ones but typos still.
1071 00:58:04,678 00:58:07,246 Salinger is such a stickler for details. Salinger is such a stickler for details.
1072 00:58:07,279 00:58:09,613 - I made two mock-ups. - Wow. - I made two mock-ups. - Wow.
1073 00:58:09,646 00:58:11,312 Do you think I should have made more? Do you think I should have made more?
1074 00:58:11,346 00:58:12,646 No. (CHUCKLES) No. (CHUCKLES)
1075 00:58:12,679 00:58:14,980 Oh, I think I should've made more, yeah. Oh, I think I should've made more, yeah.
1076 00:58:15,013 00:58:18,081 Mr. Bradbury, it's gonna go very well. Mr. Bradbury, it's gonna go very well.
1077 00:58:18,114 00:58:20,147 Just forget everything that you've heard Just forget everything that you've heard
1078 00:58:20,181 00:58:21,381 about Mr. Salinger. about Mr. Salinger.
1079 00:58:21,414 00:58:24,147 I think that you'll find that he's very straightforward. I think that you'll find that he's very straightforward.
1080 00:58:24,181 00:58:26,282 It's important that you just be yourself. It's important that you just be yourself.
1081 00:59:02,621 00:59:05,455 (CLASSICAL MUSIC) (CLASSICAL MUSIC)
1082 00:59:56,463 00:59:57,631 What happened? What happened?
1083 00:59:58,963 01:00:01,497 Jerry Salinger paid for my lunch. Jerry Salinger paid for my lunch.
1084 01:00:01,530 01:00:02,530 But how did it go? But how did it go?
1085 01:00:04,198 01:00:06,798 - We agreed on everything. - That's great. - We agreed on everything. - That's great.
1086 01:00:09,698 01:00:11,165 Because I just missed him then, huh? Because I just missed him then, huh?
1087 01:00:11,199 01:00:13,933 - Except the typos. - What do you mean? - Except the typos. - What do you mean?
1088 01:00:13,966 01:00:15,933 He did not want me to correct them. He did not want me to correct them.
1089 01:00:15,966 01:00:18,100 Yeah, he seemed peeved that I fixed them. Yeah, he seemed peeved that I fixed them.
1090 01:00:18,133 01:00:19,467 You know, I thought at one point he'd say You know, I thought at one point he'd say
1091 01:00:19,500 01:00:21,401 let's just forget the whole thing, you know? let's just forget the whole thing, you know?
1092 01:00:21,434 01:00:22,302 Did he say why? Did he say why?
1093 01:00:23,501 01:00:25,968 He wants it printed exactly as it ran in the New Yorker He wants it printed exactly as it ran in the New Yorker
1094 01:00:26,002 01:00:28,736 as if the typos were actually intentional, as if the typos were actually intentional,
1095 01:00:28,769 01:00:30,569 it makes no sense. it makes no sense.
1096 01:00:30,602 01:00:34,069 Hey, don't fix any more typos. Hey, don't fix any more typos.
1097 01:00:34,103 01:00:35,737 Don't tell anybody about the book. Don't tell anybody about the book.
1098 01:00:35,770 01:00:36,837 No interviews. No interviews.
1099 01:00:36,870 01:00:38,637 That would ruin the whole deal. That would ruin the whole deal.
1100 01:00:38,670 01:00:41,170 Yeah, we don't want to do that. Yeah, we don't want to do that.
1101 01:00:41,204 01:00:42,338 Great work, Mr. Bradbury. Great work, Mr. Bradbury.
1102 01:00:42,372 01:00:44,471 My boss is going to be very pleased, okay? My boss is going to be very pleased, okay?
1103 01:00:45,605 01:00:46,438 Bye. Bye.
1104 01:01:10,377 01:01:12,876 (SOMBER FLUTE MUSIC) (SOMBER FLUTE MUSIC)
1105 01:01:35,314 01:01:36,146 - Jo! - Hi. - Jo! - Hi.
1106 01:01:41,215 01:01:43,048 You got my invitation. You got my invitation.
1107 01:01:43,881 01:01:44,714 Yeah. Yeah.
1108 01:01:46,715 01:01:50,782 I'm so glad you're here. You look great. I'm so glad you're here. You look great.
1109 01:01:50,815 01:01:51,649 So do you. So do you.
1110 01:01:58,983 01:01:59,851 I'm glad you're here, Jo. I'm glad you're here, Jo.
1111 01:01:59,884 01:02:01,617 I've been wanting to go apologize. I've been wanting to go apologize.
1112 01:02:02,550 01:02:03,386 What? What?
1113 01:02:04,685 01:02:06,618 I was angry when I sent you the letter. I was angry when I sent you the letter.
1114 01:02:06,652 01:02:08,451 I wrote stuff I didn't mean. I wrote stuff I didn't mean.
1115 01:02:08,485 01:02:10,586 No, don't apologize. You should be angry. No, don't apologize. You should be angry.
1116 01:02:10,619 01:02:13,819 I'm angry at you for not being angry at me. I'm angry at you for not being angry at me.
1117 01:02:13,853 01:02:17,288 Well, I'm not angry and that's absurd by the way. Well, I'm not angry and that's absurd by the way.
1118 01:02:20,322 01:02:23,454 You hurt me, and I needed to unleash. You hurt me, and I needed to unleash.
1119 01:02:23,488 01:02:26,755 I deserved a proper breakup, you know? I deserved a proper breakup, you know?
1120 01:02:28,455 01:02:29,822 "Karl, I'm leaving you." "Karl, I'm leaving you."
1121 01:02:30,956 01:02:31,789 The usual stuff. The usual stuff.
1122 01:02:35,989 01:02:37,124 The usual stuff. The usual stuff.
1123 01:02:38,823 01:02:40,757 (INDISTINCT) felt depressing when you left. (INDISTINCT) felt depressing when you left.
1124 01:02:43,258 01:02:45,359 I didn't read, I didn't read your letter. I didn't read, I didn't read your letter.
1125 01:02:46,692 01:02:47,525 Why? Why?
1126 01:02:52,026 01:02:53,493 I couldn't make it past Jo. I couldn't make it past Jo.
1127 01:02:56,027 01:02:57,494 Nobody else calls me Jo, so... Nobody else calls me Jo, so...
1128 01:03:01,494 01:03:03,694 I want you back in my life. I want you back in my life.
1129 01:03:04,994 01:03:07,162 You know, even if it's just a phone call You know, even if it's just a phone call
1130 01:03:07,195 01:03:08,628 every once in a while. every once in a while.
1131 01:03:09,762 01:03:11,696 You were my best friend. You were my best friend.
1132 01:03:14,462 01:03:15,696 I miss you, Jo. I miss you, Jo.
1133 01:03:20,165 01:03:23,265 (SOMBER FLUTE MUSIC) (SOMBER FLUTE MUSIC)
1134 01:03:45,834 01:03:47,269 I miss you too. I miss you too.
1135 01:04:28,442 01:04:32,110 I've learned that as phony as it may be, I've learned that as phony as it may be,
1136 01:04:32,144 01:04:33,809 you can't go around revealing you can't go around revealing
1137 01:04:33,842 01:04:36,610 your goddamn emotions to the world. your goddamn emotions to the world.
1138 01:04:36,643 01:04:38,344 Most people don't give a flying hoot Most people don't give a flying hoot
1139 01:04:38,377 01:04:40,111 about like what you think about like what you think
1140 01:04:40,145 01:04:42,945 and feel most of the time, I guess. and feel most of the time, I guess.
1141 01:04:44,477 01:04:45,678 And if they see a weakness, And if they see a weakness,
1142 01:04:45,711 01:04:50,645 I mean why for God's sake is showing emotion a weakness? I mean why for God's sake is showing emotion a weakness?
1143 01:04:51,779 01:04:53,946 Boy, do they jump all over you, right? Boy, do they jump all over you, right?
1144 01:04:55,546 01:04:58,315 They seem to get right in your goddamn face They seem to get right in your goddamn face
1145 01:04:58,348 01:05:01,248 and revel in the fact and revel in the fact
1146 01:05:01,281 01:05:03,382 that you are actually feeling something. that you are actually feeling something.
1147 01:05:09,050 01:05:09,882 Is it good? Is it good?
1148 01:05:11,683 01:05:12,516 JOANNA: What? JOANNA: What?
1149 01:05:12,549 01:05:14,017 The manuscript, is it good? The manuscript, is it good?
1150 01:05:17,318 01:05:18,284 It's interesting. It's interesting.
1151 01:05:19,583 01:05:20,750 But you hate it? But you hate it?
1152 01:05:24,118 01:05:26,451 I don't hate it, or maybe I do hate it I don't hate it, or maybe I do hate it
1153 01:05:28,985 01:05:30,253 and that's why it's good. and that's why it's good.
1154 01:05:32,253 01:05:34,486 - It's weirdly addictive. - But? - It's weirdly addictive. - But?
1155 01:05:35,653 01:05:37,720 I don't want to read about his sex life. I don't want to read about his sex life.
1156 01:05:37,753 01:05:39,586 No one wants to read about his sex life. No one wants to read about his sex life.
1157 01:05:42,188 01:05:44,422 Maybe I'm just annoyed by his nonchalance. Maybe I'm just annoyed by his nonchalance.
1158 01:05:46,356 01:05:47,189 Or because? Or because?
1159 01:05:52,822 01:05:54,157 He's writing and I'm not. He's writing and I'm not.
1160 01:05:56,290 01:05:59,191 (CALM PIANO MUSIC) (CALM PIANO MUSIC)
1161 01:06:29,363 01:06:30,196 I understand. I understand.
1162 01:06:37,264 01:06:38,164 What's going on? What's going on?
1163 01:06:39,198 01:06:41,863 Well, keep us posted and thank you. Well, keep us posted and thank you.
1164 01:06:49,932 01:06:51,433 Apparently he shot himself. Apparently he shot himself.
1165 01:06:53,100 01:06:54,599 Wait, who, who shot himself? Wait, who, who shot himself?
1166 01:06:54,633 01:06:58,368 Daniel, Joanna. Daniel committed suicide. Daniel, Joanna. Daniel committed suicide.
1167 01:06:59,766 01:07:00,600 The Daniel? The Daniel?
1168 01:07:01,701 01:07:05,767 In the living room while Margaret was in the bedroom. In the living room while Margaret was in the bedroom.
1169 01:07:05,801 01:07:07,501 This can't be right. This can't be right.
1170 01:07:07,535 01:07:09,070 Daniel is a beautiful man. Daniel is a beautiful man.
1171 01:07:09,103 01:07:11,003 He's sweet, he's kind. He's sweet, he's kind.
1172 01:07:13,270 01:07:15,903 This can't be happening. This can't be happening.
1173 01:07:15,937 01:07:17,404 But he looked fine. But he looked fine.
1174 01:07:17,438 01:07:21,172 He was bipolar, Margaret took care of him all these years. He was bipolar, Margaret took care of him all these years.
1175 01:07:21,205 01:07:22,503 He was her brother? He was her brother?
1176 01:07:22,537 01:07:25,838 Lover, for 20 years. Lover, for 20 years.
1177 01:07:27,638 01:07:30,006 Wait, are we talking about the same Daniel? Wait, are we talking about the same Daniel?
1178 01:07:30,039 01:07:32,772 Daniel was married to Helen whom you've met. Daniel was married to Helen whom you've met.
1179 01:07:32,806 01:07:35,174 He lived half the week with Helen He lived half the week with Helen
1180 01:07:35,207 01:07:37,307 and the other half with Margaret. and the other half with Margaret.
1181 01:07:37,341 01:07:40,342 They shared his care. They shared his care.
1182 01:07:41,541 01:07:42,641 They shared him. They shared him.
1183 01:07:46,507 01:07:49,343 Margaret shared a man with another woman? Margaret shared a man with another woman?
1184 01:07:50,343 01:07:53,476 Joanna, if anyone calls, tell them she's working from home Joanna, if anyone calls, tell them she's working from home
1185 01:07:53,509 01:07:54,476 and take a message, and take a message,
1186 01:07:54,509 01:07:58,011 and no mention of this. and no mention of this.
1187 01:07:58,044 01:07:59,311 What about if it's Jerry? What about if it's Jerry?
1188 01:07:59,345 01:08:01,445 Especially, if it's Jerry. Especially, if it's Jerry.
1189 01:08:12,280 01:08:15,280 (SHREDDER WHIRRING) (SHREDDER WHIRRING)
1190 01:08:29,848 01:08:33,416 Can you please do that some other time? Can you please do that some other time?
1191 01:08:33,450 01:08:34,284 Fine. Fine.
1192 01:08:38,817 01:08:39,650 Thanks. Thanks.
1193 01:08:55,619 01:08:58,753 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) (TYPEWRITER CLACKING)
1194 01:09:03,654 01:09:06,055 JOANNA: Margaret's office, Joanna speaking. JOANNA: Margaret's office, Joanna speaking.
1195 01:09:06,089 01:09:08,322 JERRY: Hi, Joanna, it's Jerry. How are you? JERRY: Hi, Joanna, it's Jerry. How are you?
1196 01:09:08,356 01:09:10,190 Hi. I'm well, how are you? Hi. I'm well, how are you?
1197 01:09:11,090 01:09:12,290 How's the weather down there? How's the weather down there?
1198 01:09:12,323 01:09:13,489 Muggy. Muggy.
1199 01:09:13,522 01:09:15,157 Is your boss around? Is your boss around?
1200 01:09:15,191 01:09:17,257 No, I'm afraid she's out. No, I'm afraid she's out.
1201 01:09:17,291 01:09:19,191 She's been out a lot lately. She's been out a lot lately.
1202 01:09:20,091 01:09:23,958 Yeah, she's very busy. Lots of meetings. Yeah, she's very busy. Lots of meetings.
1203 01:09:24,958 01:09:27,059 Is there anything I can help you with? Is there anything I can help you with?
1204 01:09:27,093 01:09:28,293 Let me ask you something. Let me ask you something.
1205 01:09:28,326 01:09:32,559 This Clifford Bradbury fellow. This Clifford Bradbury fellow.
1206 01:09:32,592 01:09:33,393 Sure. Sure.
1207 01:09:33,426 01:09:34,659 what do you make of him? what do you make of him?
1208 01:09:34,692 01:09:36,260 I like him. I like him.
1209 01:09:36,294 01:09:38,127 Sometimes I think he can overthink things, Sometimes I think he can overthink things,
1210 01:09:38,160 01:09:40,861 but he just doesn't wanna let you down. but he just doesn't wanna let you down.
1211 01:09:42,128 01:09:44,494 Have you been writing every day? Have you been writing every day?
1212 01:09:44,527 01:09:46,329 A lot of days. A lot of days.
1213 01:09:46,363 01:09:48,562 They've given me more responsibility around here. They've given me more responsibility around here.
1214 01:09:48,595 01:09:51,130 So I've been reading manuscripts. So I've been reading manuscripts.
1215 01:09:52,297 01:09:55,163 You're a writer, Joanna, aren't you? You're a writer, Joanna, aren't you?
1216 01:09:55,197 01:09:58,464 Not an agent, not a secretary? Not an agent, not a secretary?
1217 01:10:00,264 01:10:01,098 I don't know. I don't know.
1218 01:10:02,164 01:10:04,865 Sorry, I missed that. I'm a little bit deaf. Sorry, I missed that. I'm a little bit deaf.
1219 01:10:06,366 01:10:08,466 Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
1220 01:10:10,333 01:10:11,665 I'm a writer. I'm a writer.
1221 01:10:11,698 01:10:16,467 To write, even if it's just 15 minutes in the morning, To write, even if it's just 15 minutes in the morning,
1222 01:10:16,499 01:10:19,334 protect that sanctuary, okay? protect that sanctuary, okay?
1223 01:10:19,368 01:10:22,801 Don't get stuck answering the phone, Joanna. Don't get stuck answering the phone, Joanna.
1224 01:10:22,835 01:10:23,700 You're a poet. You're a poet.
1225 01:10:26,802 01:10:29,370 (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC)
1226 01:10:37,004 01:10:38,471 ♪ Riding on any wave ♪ ♪ Riding on any wave ♪
1227 01:10:38,503 01:10:40,404 ♪ That is the luck you crave ♪ ♪ That is the luck you crave ♪
1228 01:10:40,437 01:10:42,238 ♪ They don't believe it now ♪ ♪ They don't believe it now ♪
1229 01:10:42,271 01:10:44,338 ♪ They just think it's stupid ♪ ♪ They just think it's stupid ♪
1230 01:10:44,372 01:10:46,338 ♪ So got anything ♪ ♪ So got anything ♪
1231 01:10:46,372 01:10:48,306 ♪ Anyone could have done ♪ ♪ Anyone could have done ♪
1232 01:10:48,339 01:10:52,572 ♪ Who would've cared at all, not you ♪ ♪ Who would've cared at all, not you ♪
1233 01:10:52,605 01:10:57,074 ♪ Another heart has made the trade ♪ ♪ Another heart has made the trade ♪
1234 01:10:57,108 01:11:00,174 ♪ Forget it, forget it, forget it ♪ ♪ Forget it, forget it, forget it ♪
1235 01:11:00,208 01:11:03,607 ♪ I don't understand how a heart is a spade, ♪ ♪ I don't understand how a heart is a spade, ♪
1236 01:11:03,640 01:11:08,541 ♪ But somehow the vital connection is made ♪ ♪ But somehow the vital connection is made ♪
1237 01:11:10,010 01:11:12,110 What's it like working for the New Yorker? What's it like working for the New Yorker?
1238 01:11:13,310 01:11:15,642 Well, why don't you come by the office one day, Well, why don't you come by the office one day,
1239 01:11:15,676 01:11:16,777 we'll show you around. we'll show you around.
1240 01:11:18,478 01:11:19,811 I would like that very much. I would like that very much.
1241 01:11:20,711 01:11:21,945 Do you write yourself? Do you write yourself?
1242 01:11:24,611 01:11:27,212 It's okay, we won't tell your boss. It's okay, we won't tell your boss.
1243 01:11:28,179 01:11:30,313 I published two poems in the Paris Review, I published two poems in the Paris Review,
1244 01:11:30,346 01:11:32,446 I'm working on some new material. I'm working on some new material.
1245 01:11:33,313 01:11:35,480 Well, we'd be happy to take a look at your material Well, we'd be happy to take a look at your material
1246 01:11:35,512 01:11:36,780 when you feel it's ready. when you feel it's ready.
1247 01:11:37,947 01:11:40,447 That would be great. That would be really great. That would be great. That would be really great.
1248 01:11:41,448 01:11:42,848 - Well, let's cheers to that. - Okay. - Well, let's cheers to that. - Okay.
1249 01:11:43,849 01:11:45,915 It's satirical stuff I like. It's satirical stuff I like.
1250 01:11:45,949 01:11:48,483 I know, but the New Yorker's fiction is a joke I know, but the New Yorker's fiction is a joke
1251 01:11:48,515 01:11:52,783 and that soppy talk of the town thing, (MIMICS RETCHING) and that soppy talk of the town thing, (MIMICS RETCHING)
1252 01:11:52,816 01:11:53,615 Don. Don.
1253 01:11:53,648 01:11:55,250 Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry.
1254 01:11:55,283 01:11:56,616 I know you love that shit, that, I know you love that shit, that,
1255 01:11:56,649 01:11:58,917 "Oh, let's all go meet up at the Algonquin. "Oh, let's all go meet up at the Algonquin.
1256 01:11:58,951 01:12:01,917 I do so wish you can join us" bullshit. I do so wish you can join us" bullshit.
1257 01:12:05,818 01:12:06,985 So when's the wedding? So when's the wedding?
1258 01:12:12,453 01:12:15,420 It's Columbus Day weekend, right? It's Columbus Day weekend, right?
1259 01:12:15,453 01:12:17,787 Or am I making that up? Or am I making that up?
1260 01:12:18,687 01:12:20,587 It's next weekend, Don. It's next weekend, Don.
1261 01:12:20,620 01:12:22,155 Joanna, you're coming, right? Joanna, you're coming, right?
1262 01:12:23,255 01:12:25,155 Yeah, yeah. Exciting. Yeah, yeah. Exciting.
1263 01:12:28,822 01:12:30,922 You're an asshole. You know that, right? You're an asshole. You know that, right?
1264 01:12:32,622 01:12:34,957 (DON BURPS) (DON BURPS)
1265 01:12:36,324 01:12:38,224 I knew that if I told you about it, you'd start planning I knew that if I told you about it, you'd start planning
1266 01:12:38,257 01:12:41,258 like let's rent a car, let's stay in this B&B. like let's rent a car, let's stay in this B&B.
1267 01:12:41,291 01:12:42,258 What am I gonna wear? What am I gonna wear?
1268 01:12:42,291 01:12:43,924 And then you'd buy that dress And then you'd buy that dress
1269 01:12:43,958 01:12:45,158 and you'd make all these plans, and you'd make all these plans,
1270 01:12:45,191 01:12:46,658 and then you'd flip out at me when I told you and then you'd flip out at me when I told you
1271 01:12:46,692 01:12:48,092 that I wanted to go alone. that I wanted to go alone.
1272 01:12:52,493 01:12:55,027 You wanna go to your best friend's wedding alone? You wanna go to your best friend's wedding alone?
1273 01:12:55,993 01:12:58,961 Listen, I don't need to justify myself to you, all right? Listen, I don't need to justify myself to you, all right?
1274 01:12:58,994 01:13:01,228 - Really? - Really, booba. - Really? - Really, booba.
1275 01:13:01,261 01:13:03,061 All my bros from Hartford are gonna be there. All my bros from Hartford are gonna be there.
1276 01:13:03,094 01:13:04,395 It's gonna be the end of an era, It's gonna be the end of an era,
1277 01:13:04,428 01:13:05,795 and I don't wanna have to worry and I don't wanna have to worry
1278 01:13:05,828 01:13:07,763 about whether you're having fun or not. about whether you're having fun or not.
1279 01:13:12,463 01:13:15,764 Right, maybe you'll meet some hot blonde Right, maybe you'll meet some hot blonde
1280 01:13:15,797 01:13:17,064 that wants you to rip her panties off that wants you to rip her panties off
1281 01:13:17,097 01:13:18,630 and fuck her up the ass and fuck her up the ass
1282 01:13:18,663 01:13:20,664 and write an unreadable story about her. and write an unreadable story about her.
1283 01:13:21,664 01:13:24,232 What, where's this coming from? What, where's this coming from?
1284 01:13:24,265 01:13:26,465 Where is the sweet naive girl I met last Christmas, Where is the sweet naive girl I met last Christmas,
1285 01:13:26,499 01:13:28,799 'cause you know what, I'd like her back, please booba. 'cause you know what, I'd like her back, please booba.
1286 01:13:28,832 01:13:31,066 Stop calling me, booba, okay? Stop calling me, booba, okay?
1287 01:13:31,099 01:13:32,466 I'm not a child. I'm not a child.
1288 01:13:32,500 01:13:34,466 I call you booba because I love you. I call you booba because I love you.
1289 01:13:35,334 01:13:37,300 It's what my grandmother calls my mom. It's what my grandmother calls my mom.
1290 01:13:40,334 01:13:41,934 - You love me? - Of course. - You love me? - Of course.
1291 01:13:43,101 01:13:44,869 I mean, would I be here if I didn't? I mean, would I be here if I didn't?
1292 01:13:46,201 01:13:47,835 I told you I've never lived with a girl before, I told you I've never lived with a girl before,
1293 01:13:47,869 01:13:48,802 you changed me. you changed me.
1294 01:13:51,870 01:13:55,137 You love me, but you don't want me to go to Mark's wedding? You love me, but you don't want me to go to Mark's wedding?
1295 01:13:55,170 01:13:56,437 Correct. Correct.
1296 01:14:04,505 01:14:06,439 Look, I am older than you. Look, I am older than you.
1297 01:14:06,472 01:14:09,906 I try not to remind you of this, but it is true, all right? I try not to remind you of this, but it is true, all right?
1298 01:14:09,939 01:14:11,040 And one day when you are my age, And one day when you are my age,
1299 01:14:11,073 01:14:12,839 you will realize that two people can love each other you will realize that two people can love each other
1300 01:14:12,873 01:14:15,073 and not agree on everything, and not agree on everything,
1301 01:14:15,106 01:14:17,041 and not have to do everything together. and not have to do everything together.
1302 01:14:28,776 01:14:31,542 (CLASSICAL MUSIC) (CLASSICAL MUSIC)
1303 01:14:34,010 01:14:36,777 Do you think I should pack a tie? Do you think I should pack a tie?
1304 01:14:39,144 01:14:41,078 Booba? You're good with this kind of thing. Booba? You're good with this kind of thing.
1305 01:14:41,111 01:14:44,645 Like I don't even have a suit, so you think, Like I don't even have a suit, so you think,
1306 01:14:44,678 01:14:47,179 you think just the shirt and a tie? you think just the shirt and a tie?
1307 01:14:49,845 01:14:50,813 You're depressed. You're depressed.
1308 01:14:53,147 01:14:55,946 I swear, I mean I recognize the symptoms. I swear, I mean I recognize the symptoms.
1309 01:14:55,980 01:14:57,747 I get like that when I'm emotional. I get like that when I'm emotional.
1310 01:14:58,814 01:15:01,615 Well, I can get quite emotional. Well, I can get quite emotional.
1311 01:15:03,314 01:15:04,314 I'm not depressed. I'm not depressed.
1312 01:15:06,748 01:15:07,948 I'm a very happy person. I'm a very happy person.
1313 01:15:08,948 01:15:09,783 What? What?
1314 01:15:11,349 01:15:12,183 Nothing. Nothing.
1315 01:15:13,450 01:15:16,283 (CLASSICAL MUSIC) (CLASSICAL MUSIC)
1316 01:15:18,617 01:15:20,084 Getting a kiss goodbye? Getting a kiss goodbye?
1317 01:15:29,285 01:15:34,286 All right, goodbye Joanna. All right, goodbye Joanna.
1318 01:16:02,924 01:16:04,358 I think about Holden a lot. I think about Holden a lot.
1319 01:16:05,691 01:16:06,492 When I first think about him, When I first think about him,
1320 01:16:06,526 01:16:08,759 I get a stupid grin on my face. I get a stupid grin on my face.
1321 01:16:08,793 01:16:13,093 You know, thinking about what a funny guy he is and all. You know, thinking about what a funny guy he is and all.
1322 01:16:13,126 01:16:15,760 Then I usually get depressed as hell Then I usually get depressed as hell
1323 01:16:16,794 01:16:18,261 because I only think about Holden because I only think about Holden
1324 01:16:18,294 01:16:20,194 when I'm feeling very emotional. when I'm feeling very emotional.
1325 01:16:22,161 01:16:24,262 I can get quiet emotional. I can get quiet emotional.
1326 01:16:30,929 01:16:34,430 That's what I had become, quiet emotional. That's what I had become, quiet emotional.
1327 01:16:47,265 01:16:48,765 Dear boy from Winston-Salem. Dear boy from Winston-Salem.
1328 01:16:50,699 01:16:54,599 My most profound apologies for taking so long to reply. My most profound apologies for taking so long to reply.
1329 01:16:55,933 01:16:58,367 I've been thinking about your letters for months. I've been thinking about your letters for months.
1330 01:16:59,700 01:17:00,535 I suppose that I suppose that
1331 01:17:01,867 01:17:06,436 I too can get quite emotional about things sometimes. I too can get quite emotional about things sometimes.
1332 01:17:09,636 01:17:10,470 But you're right. But you're right.
1333 01:17:12,336 01:17:15,336 Can't go around revealing your goddamn emotions to the world Can't go around revealing your goddamn emotions to the world
1334 01:17:16,870 01:17:20,271 but if you can't reveal your emotions to the world, but if you can't reveal your emotions to the world,
1335 01:17:20,304 01:17:22,472 then what are you supposed to do with them? then what are you supposed to do with them?
1336 01:17:22,505 01:17:23,371 How do you go on? How do you go on?
1337 01:17:26,105 01:17:29,338 'Cause I feel like crying all the time. 'Cause I feel like crying all the time.
1338 01:17:32,640 01:17:35,474 (CLASSICAL MUSIC) (CLASSICAL MUSIC)
1339 01:18:21,648 01:18:23,948 Joanna, what is it? Joanna, what is it?
1340 01:18:23,981 01:18:25,581 Has something happened at the agency? Has something happened at the agency?
1341 01:18:25,614 01:18:27,282 No, no, no, everything's fine. No, no, no, everything's fine.
1342 01:18:29,016 01:18:32,384 I brought you these, and some soup from Mangia. I brought you these, and some soup from Mangia.
1343 01:18:32,417 01:18:34,283 I know you like their mushroom barley. I know you like their mushroom barley.
1344 01:18:35,350 01:18:36,616 That's very thoughtful. That's very thoughtful.
1345 01:18:38,284 01:18:40,017 You do pay attention, don't you? You do pay attention, don't you?
1346 01:18:54,420 01:18:57,087 You did a fine job on those contracts. You did a fine job on those contracts.
1347 01:18:58,421 01:19:00,654 Those electronic clauses, Those electronic clauses,
1348 01:19:01,754 01:19:03,489 they'll be the death of publishing. they'll be the death of publishing.
1349 01:19:06,289 01:19:07,255 On the other hand, On the other hand,
1350 01:19:07,289 01:19:09,988 engaging with Jerry's fans was irresponsible, engaging with Jerry's fans was irresponsible,
1351 01:19:10,022 01:19:12,156 immature and dangerous. immature and dangerous.
1352 01:19:12,190 01:19:13,223 You know about that? You know about that?
1353 01:19:13,256 01:19:15,657 I have fired assistants for less. I have fired assistants for less.
1354 01:19:16,957 01:19:18,890 Why didn't you fire me? Why didn't you fire me?
1355 01:19:18,924 01:19:20,559 Because it's highly unlikely Because it's highly unlikely
1356 01:19:20,591 01:19:23,124 you will make the same mistake twice. you will make the same mistake twice.
1357 01:19:23,157 01:19:24,624 Also Jerry likes you. Also Jerry likes you.
1358 01:19:24,658 01:19:27,991 I am reluctant to alter his routine. I am reluctant to alter his routine.
1359 01:19:28,025 01:19:29,493 I don't wanna be a routine. I don't wanna be a routine.
1360 01:19:37,993 01:19:42,661 I have a couple of stories from long-term clients. I have a couple of stories from long-term clients.
1361 01:19:44,195 01:19:48,829 Read them, and figure out which magazines Read them, and figure out which magazines
1362 01:19:48,862 01:19:51,497 they'd be right for, and send them out. they'd be right for, and send them out.
1363 01:19:57,263 01:19:58,398 What if I don't like them? What if I don't like them?
1364 01:19:58,431 01:20:00,630 Then it's your job to figure out who will. Then it's your job to figure out who will.
1365 01:20:01,498 01:20:02,332 Right. Right.
1366 01:20:03,631 01:20:04,466 Thank you. Thank you.
1367 01:20:07,165 01:20:08,665 Better get back to the office. Better get back to the office.
1368 01:20:09,799 01:20:11,599 Why do you think Judy Blume left? Why do you think Judy Blume left?
1369 01:20:13,033 01:20:14,600 I'm sorry that I said that. I'm sorry that I said that.
1370 01:20:14,633 01:20:15,966 No, please. No, please.
1371 01:20:15,999 01:20:19,034 I would like to know what you think. I would like to know what you think.
1372 01:20:30,169 01:20:34,504 When you met with Judy, did you discuss her writing? When you met with Judy, did you discuss her writing?
1373 01:20:35,337 01:20:38,204 The quality of her writing was never an issue. The quality of her writing was never an issue.
1374 01:20:40,137 01:20:43,671 Maybe she wasn't looking for the perfect sales pitch. Maybe she wasn't looking for the perfect sales pitch.
1375 01:20:45,339 01:20:49,506 Maybe she just wanted to hear what you thought Maybe she just wanted to hear what you thought
1376 01:20:49,539 01:20:52,706 about the story, what it meant to you, about the story, what it meant to you,
1377 01:20:54,773 01:20:57,441 or if you love books the same way that she loves them. or if you love books the same way that she loves them.
1378 01:20:58,941 01:21:00,441 I'm not sure my love of books I'm not sure my love of books
1379 01:21:00,475 01:21:02,509 was relevant to that discussion. was relevant to that discussion.
1380 01:21:03,542 01:21:05,108 Maybe it was relevant to her. Maybe it was relevant to her.
1381 01:21:08,942 01:21:10,175 I know it would be to me. I know it would be to me.
1382 01:21:12,343 01:21:13,176 Oh. Oh.
1383 01:21:16,478 01:21:21,077 You know, I sold my first book when I was in my 20s. You know, I sold my first book when I was in my 20s.
1384 01:21:21,111 01:21:23,144 It was about this young woman journalist It was about this young woman journalist
1385 01:21:23,177 01:21:24,778 in the Spanish Civil War, in the Spanish Civil War,
1386 01:21:24,811 01:21:27,580 and it was actually written by a man. and it was actually written by a man.
1387 01:21:28,846 01:21:32,912 And yet he seemed to understand intimately And yet he seemed to understand intimately
1388 01:21:32,946 01:21:35,746 what it would be like for her as a woman. what it would be like for her as a woman.
1389 01:21:35,780 01:21:38,746 Anyway, I sold the book, Anyway, I sold the book,
1390 01:21:38,780 01:21:43,582 and then my boss said that I should represent the author. and then my boss said that I should represent the author.
1391 01:21:43,614 01:21:45,914 And naturally I said, yes. And naturally I said, yes.
1392 01:21:45,948 01:21:47,449 And then like right away, And then like right away,
1393 01:21:47,483 01:21:51,182 I started to get nervous, almost panicky. I started to get nervous, almost panicky.
1394 01:21:52,250 01:21:56,816 And what if, what if the author disappointed me as a person? And what if, what if the author disappointed me as a person?
1395 01:21:58,418 01:22:00,585 And what if I liked the writing, but not him? And what if I liked the writing, but not him?
1396 01:22:02,617 01:22:04,319 You know, it was about three weeks later You know, it was about three weeks later
1397 01:22:04,352 01:22:07,785 we met for lunch at Elaine's, we met for lunch at Elaine's,
1398 01:22:07,818 01:22:11,353 and at 9:00 PM, we were still there, and at 9:00 PM, we were still there,
1399 01:22:12,686 01:22:16,986 just laughing and talking and sharing just laughing and talking and sharing
1400 01:22:17,019 01:22:19,787 our aspirations and our love of music our aspirations and our love of music
1401 01:22:22,621 01:22:23,955 and our love of books. and our love of books.
1402 01:22:27,754 01:22:28,590 Daniel? Daniel?
1403 01:22:31,089 01:22:31,922 Yeah. Yeah.
1404 01:22:33,656 01:22:34,491 Daniel. Daniel.
1405 01:22:43,757 01:22:45,125 My condolences, Margaret. My condolences, Margaret.
1406 01:22:46,192 01:22:47,992 I'll pull my socks up. I'll pull my socks up.
1407 01:22:53,460 01:22:54,293 Oh. Oh.
1408 01:23:10,095 01:23:13,164 (SOMBER PIANO MUSIC) (SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)
1409 01:23:33,633 01:23:37,501 For months, I had been touched by anonymous fans. For months, I had been touched by anonymous fans.
1410 01:23:37,534 01:23:40,335 Touched by their desire to connect with Salinger. Touched by their desire to connect with Salinger.
1411 01:23:42,834 01:23:44,535 Their letters had changed me. Their letters had changed me.
1412 01:23:48,469 01:23:51,437 The time had come to see for myself what had moved them. The time had come to see for myself what had moved them.
1413 01:24:07,539 01:24:12,273 Salinger's nothing like I thought, nothing. Salinger's nothing like I thought, nothing.
1414 01:24:13,806 01:24:18,807 He's brutal, brutal and funny. And I love it. He's brutal, brutal and funny. And I love it.
1415 01:24:19,040 01:24:20,773 I love Franny the most. I love Franny the most.
1416 01:24:22,040 01:24:24,275 There's that moment when the guy in Princeton There's that moment when the guy in Princeton
1417 01:24:24,308 01:24:26,442 is waiting for Franny at the train station, is waiting for Franny at the train station,
1418 01:24:26,475 01:24:30,209 and he has the letter in his pocket, Franny's letter. and he has the letter in his pocket, Franny's letter.
1419 01:24:30,243 01:24:34,110 And he's read it a thousand times, he knows it by heart. And he's read it a thousand times, he knows it by heart.
1420 01:24:34,144 01:24:37,943 But when she gets off the train and asks, But when she gets off the train and asks,
1421 01:24:37,977 01:24:39,910 "Did you get my letter?" "Did you get my letter?"
1422 01:24:39,943 01:24:42,145 - He says, - "Which letter?" - He says, - "Which letter?"
1423 01:24:47,912 01:24:51,480 (CHEERFUL CLASSICAL MUSIC) (CHEERFUL CLASSICAL MUSIC)
1424 01:26:40,697 01:26:41,797 Hey, booba. Hey, booba.
1425 01:26:43,864 01:26:45,266 Thought you'd be at work. Thought you'd be at work.
1426 01:26:46,665 01:26:47,931 I took the morning off. I took the morning off.
1427 01:26:50,432 01:26:51,932 I missed you, booba. I missed you, booba.
1428 01:26:53,000 01:26:55,267 (SMOOCHES) (SMOOCHES)
1429 01:27:05,035 01:27:06,035 Are you going somewhere? Are you going somewhere?
1430 01:27:08,036 01:27:09,203 I'm leaving you, Don. I'm leaving you, Don.
1431 01:27:12,603 01:27:15,736 (DON SCOFFS) (DON SCOFFS)
1432 01:27:15,769 01:27:17,437 I get it. This is about the wedding. I get it. This is about the wedding.
1433 01:27:17,471 01:27:18,971 Something hit me while you were gone. Something hit me while you were gone.
1434 01:27:19,005 01:27:20,638 Why are you making a thing out of this? Why are you making a thing out of this?
1435 01:27:20,670 01:27:22,472 Listen to me, something hit me while you were gone. Listen to me, something hit me while you were gone.
1436 01:27:22,505 01:27:23,971 But they were never really engaged. But they were never really engaged.
1437 01:27:24,005 01:27:25,738 I didn't miss you. What? I didn't miss you. What?
1438 01:27:25,771 01:27:28,006 I didn't think about you, not for one second. I didn't think about you, not for one second.
1439 01:27:29,772 01:27:33,174 Okay, so you needed some time on your own. I get that. Okay, so you needed some time on your own. I get that.
1440 01:27:33,207 01:27:34,007 You can keep the apartment, all right? You can keep the apartment, all right?
1441 01:27:34,040 01:27:35,574 You need it more than I do. You need it more than I do.
1442 01:27:35,607 01:27:36,974 You're gonna give me the, sorry, it's not you, You're gonna give me the, sorry, it's not you,
1443 01:27:37,008 01:27:38,974 it's me bullshit? it's me bullshit?
1444 01:27:39,008 01:27:41,375 I should have broke up with you before. I should have broke up with you before.
1445 01:27:41,408 01:27:43,774 I'm not in love with you. I'm sorry. I'm not in love with you. I'm sorry.
1446 01:27:57,011 01:28:00,411 ♪ Where you wanna go ♪ ♪ Where you wanna go ♪
1447 01:28:00,444 01:28:04,379 ♪ Who you wanna be ♪ ♪ Who you wanna be ♪
1448 01:28:04,412 01:28:09,413 ♪ Are you gonna get there soon if it don't come naturally ♪ ♪ Are you gonna get there soon if it don't come naturally ♪
1449 01:28:11,679 01:28:15,746 ♪ And if it's not now ♪ ♪ And if it's not now ♪
1450 01:28:15,779 01:28:19,381 ♪ Then when's the time ♪ ♪ Then when's the time ♪
1451 01:28:19,414 01:28:22,915 ♪ There's only so long you can pay no mind ♪ ♪ There's only so long you can pay no mind ♪
1452 01:28:22,948 01:28:27,249 ♪ To the burn inside ♪ ♪ To the burn inside ♪
1453 01:28:27,283 01:28:30,616 ♪ If the numbers don't match ♪ ♪ If the numbers don't match ♪
1454 01:28:30,650 01:28:34,749 ♪ Or you would collapse ♪ ♪ Or you would collapse ♪
1455 01:28:34,782 01:28:38,551 ♪ The only way back isn't on the map ♪ ♪ The only way back isn't on the map ♪
1456 01:28:38,584 01:28:43,418 ♪ You gotta march to the beat of your own ♪ ♪ You gotta march to the beat of your own ♪
1457 01:28:58,354 01:29:01,621 ♪ These are my rules ♪ ♪ These are my rules ♪
1458 01:29:01,655 01:29:05,922 ♪ And I put them on my shelf ♪ ♪ And I put them on my shelf ♪
1459 01:29:05,955 01:29:09,323 ♪ It doesn't take much to adjust to another ♪ ♪ It doesn't take much to adjust to another ♪
1460 01:29:09,356 01:29:12,990 ♪ Holding up themself ♪ ♪ Holding up themself ♪
1461 01:29:13,023 01:29:16,591 ♪ But if you're born to fly ♪ ♪ But if you're born to fly ♪
1462 01:29:16,623 01:29:20,591 ♪ I won't step on your wings ♪ ♪ I won't step on your wings ♪
1463 01:29:20,624 01:29:24,559 ♪ You're the only one and the day has come ♪ ♪ You're the only one and the day has come ♪
1464 01:29:24,592 01:29:29,426 ♪ You gotta dance to the beat of your own ♪ ♪ You gotta dance to the beat of your own ♪
1465 01:29:35,093 01:29:36,327 I knew you could do it. I knew you could do it.
1466 01:29:38,094 01:29:39,261 I knew it! I knew it!
1467 01:29:39,295 01:29:40,195 Come with me. Hugh! Come with me. Hugh!
1468 01:29:41,428 01:29:43,328 Stop doing what you're doing. Stop doing what you're doing.
1469 01:29:43,361 01:29:45,929 Max, we're coming into your sanctum. Max, we're coming into your sanctum.
1470 01:29:45,962 01:29:47,329 I have an announcement to make. I have an announcement to make.
1471 01:29:47,362 01:29:48,396 What is it? What is it?
1472 01:29:48,429 01:29:51,563 Joanna has sold a story I gave her this summer. Joanna has sold a story I gave her this summer.
1473 01:29:51,596 01:29:54,130 Congratulations. (MAX AND HUGH APPLAUDING) Congratulations. (MAX AND HUGH APPLAUDING)
1474 01:29:54,163 01:29:56,397 Not surprised. Good job. You're on your way. Not surprised. Good job. You're on your way.
1475 01:29:56,430 01:29:57,497 Of course she is. Of course she is.
1476 01:29:57,530 01:29:58,897 I knew the moment you walked I knew the moment you walked
1477 01:29:58,931 01:30:01,431 through the door that you were agency material. through the door that you were agency material.
1478 01:30:01,464 01:30:05,132 Now you can start to build your very own client list. Now you can start to build your very own client list.
1479 01:30:05,165 01:30:07,299 A most exciting feeling for an agent. A most exciting feeling for an agent.
1480 01:30:07,332 01:30:08,999 Isn't that right, Max? Isn't that right, Max?
1481 01:30:09,033 01:30:10,966 For once I have to agree with Margaret, yes. For once I have to agree with Margaret, yes.
1482 01:30:10,999 01:30:12,833 We will celebrate at lunch. We will celebrate at lunch.
1483 01:30:12,867 01:30:14,833 Hope you like martinis. Hope you like martinis.
1484 01:30:14,867 01:30:16,501 Oh, she'll learn to like them. Oh, she'll learn to like them.
1485 01:30:22,668 01:30:25,769 (LIGHT STRING MUSIC) (LIGHT STRING MUSIC)
1486 01:30:55,574 01:30:57,706 You know, we have some authors You know, we have some authors
1487 01:30:57,740 01:31:01,107 who would prefer to be with you, I think who would prefer to be with you, I think
1488 01:31:01,141 01:31:02,408 than an old fogy like me. than an old fogy like me.
1489 01:31:03,608 01:31:05,242 Some people I think you'll like. Some people I think you'll like.
1490 01:31:08,275 01:31:09,109 What is it? What is it?
1491 01:31:10,143 01:31:12,043 I'm so grateful. I'm so grateful.
1492 01:31:12,076 01:31:14,077 I'm so, so grateful. I'm so, so grateful.
1493 01:31:19,611 01:31:20,444 You're leaving. You're leaving.
1494 01:31:22,011 01:31:24,745 I was planning on talking to you sometime this week. I was planning on talking to you sometime this week.
1495 01:31:24,779 01:31:26,946 But you're doing so well. But you're doing so well.
1496 01:31:26,979 01:31:31,079 I mean you have it in you to become a really fine agent. I mean you have it in you to become a really fine agent.
1497 01:31:31,947 01:31:35,447 You have good instincts, a good heart. You have good instincts, a good heart.
1498 01:31:35,480 01:31:36,314 Thank you. Thank you.
1499 01:31:38,147 01:31:39,148 Thank you, Margaret. Thank you, Margaret.
1500 01:31:41,648 01:31:42,682 My mind is made up. My mind is made up.
1501 01:31:44,315 01:31:47,682 Of course I'll stay until you can find a replacement. Of course I'll stay until you can find a replacement.
1502 01:31:50,816 01:31:52,783 You have other aspirations. You have other aspirations.
1503 01:31:54,650 01:31:55,483 I do. I do.
1504 01:31:57,917 01:31:59,951 We just never really talked about anything We just never really talked about anything
1505 01:32:01,017 01:32:02,651 other than the agency's business. other than the agency's business.
1506 01:32:04,751 01:32:05,686 It's very true. It's very true.
1507 01:32:12,753 01:32:16,154 But I like working with you. I like working here. But I like working with you. I like working here.
1508 01:32:16,187 01:32:17,588 I really, really do. I really, really do.
1509 01:32:19,154 01:32:22,388 There's just other things I want to do. There's just other things I want to do.
1510 01:32:22,422 01:32:27,022 And I'm afraid that if I don't do them now, I never will. And I'm afraid that if I don't do them now, I never will.
1511 01:32:32,990 01:32:34,157 I understand. I understand.
1512 01:32:38,658 01:32:41,191 (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC)
1513 01:33:39,767 01:33:43,335 Hi, Kevin told me to drop this by at my convenience. Hi, Kevin told me to drop this by at my convenience.
1514 01:33:44,368 01:33:45,902 Would you like to give it to him yourself? Would you like to give it to him yourself?
1515 01:33:45,935 01:33:46,935 I think he's in. I think he's in.
1516 01:33:48,436 01:33:51,336 That would be lovely. Thanks. That would be lovely. Thanks.
1517 01:33:51,369 01:33:53,970 (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC)
1518 01:34:01,706 01:34:05,005 Hey there. Oh, guess who's visiting. Hey there. Oh, guess who's visiting.
1519 01:34:13,173 01:34:17,007 (JERRY SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) (JERRY SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
1520 01:34:22,507 01:34:25,175 (PHONE RINGING) (PHONE RINGING)
1521 01:34:30,677 01:34:32,042 Hello? Hello?
1522 01:34:32,076 01:34:34,876 Listen, I'm thinking, if I was the guy who put myself Listen, I'm thinking, if I was the guy who put myself
1523 01:34:34,910 01:34:37,244 on a paper and it came out as "Catcher In The Rye" on a paper and it came out as "Catcher In The Rye"
1524 01:34:37,277 01:34:39,612 I'd get a bang out of the bastard writing me a letter I'd get a bang out of the bastard writing me a letter
1525 01:34:39,645 01:34:42,744 pretending to be able to do the same, follow me? pretending to be able to do the same, follow me?
1526 01:35:20,818 01:35:24,252 (UPBEAT CLASSICAL MUSIC) (UPBEAT CLASSICAL MUSIC)
1527 01:35:31,687 01:35:34,220 Oh, Jerry. May I introduce you to- Oh, Jerry. May I introduce you to-
1528 01:35:34,254 01:35:37,020 Joanna, it's so good to finally meet you. Joanna, it's so good to finally meet you.
1529 01:35:39,320 01:35:42,688 (UPBEAT CLASSICAL MUSIC) (UPBEAT CLASSICAL MUSIC)
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