Keyword: #OUTTAKES
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GOOD NEWS, EVERYBODY. πβπ πΊβππ’ππ β πΉππππ π‘πππ is coming along swimmingly. Artistic differences are being resolved, and we believe we shall have the book completed in record time. In the meantime, hereβs a glimpse backstage.
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NARRATOR: On and on went the farmerβs sing-song chant, his call, the summons. βTaste them and try! Currants and gooseberries, bright-fire-like barberries, figs to fill your mouth, citrons from the South, sweet to tongue and sound to eye! Come buy, come buy.β
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SULTANA DIETRICH, AUTHOR AND BON VIVANT: Cut! Cut.
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NARRATOR: . . .
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SULTANA: The script reads, βbarberries.β
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NARRATOR: I π πππ, βbarberries.β
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SULTANA: I know what you said. Iβm not deaf. But what are barberries?
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NARRATOR: I donβt know. Iβm just reading the scriptβ
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SULTANA: (π‘πππ π€πππππ¦ ππ πβπππ) Hello? Yeah, Fitz? Fitz, no. Shut up a mβYes, Iβm in studio. TheβRight, thatβs today. Where are you? I thought you were going to be here a halfβNo, I donβt want a cockatoo. Please pay attention. What is a barberry? A barberry. B-A-R-berry. Right. No, itβs right in the script, pageβNo, πΌ didnβt write it. πππ’ wrote it. Are you sure? I donβt remembβFine. Iβll check the poem. Alexa, find me Christina Rosettiβs Goblin Market poem. No, Fitz, Iβm talking to Alexa. Letβs see. Hold on, I have to put youβRight, I have it. βDamsons and bilberries, Taste them and try: Currants and gooseberries, Bright-fire-like barberries, . . .β
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NARRATOR: Can I go on break? I have to use theβ
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SULTANA: (π βππ’π‘πππ) STAY RIGHT THERE, YOU. Fitz? It says barberries. Well, I donβt know what a barberry is. I thought you were doing the research. No, I didnβt. πβππ‘ππ£ππ.
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NARRATOR: I really have to goβ
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SULTANA: (ππππ’π π‘π βππ π‘π’ππππ ππππ π ππ’πππ¦) DONβT LOOK AT ME DIRECTLY. And if you take ONE STEP, I am going to rip your eyes out and feed them to my new cockatoo! Fitz!
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