The concept brings to mind the idea that with everything that's been already been said and done, anything we write (or indeed, every idea we have) is just clever plagiarism. I work at the movie theater, and part of my job is checking the theaters partway through movies to make sure everything is working and people aren't rowdy. I'm going to start writing down the first line I hear as I walk in. If anybody is guilty of cliche phrases or unoriginality, it would be Hollywood. I'm going to collect these lines and see what sort of beauty manifests itself--either in the direct random addition of one line onto another, or after a bit of tinkering. We'll see how creative Hollywood can be.
Lines so far:
What did
you do, Mack?
Bring him
in.
Do you
have problems with this system?
They werd
off my path, so I never dared
Well,
you're going to have to decide what's more important, baby?
What lies
beyond?
Well,
this is inhuman--even for you
Why me?!
Cup of
tea?
It's not
quite what I expected
Hey,
don't ask me about my life
I travel
light, only the barest essential
Come back
I'd lay
down my life for my country
Are you
paying attention?
His
parents died last year
Hey, let
me read that
You don't
seriously think I did this?
You kook
really great too
Get up
Look at
you
Follow me
Oh, I
don't like sandwiches
Now is it
true you've been injecting yourself with semen from baby pigs?
In love
you
Over here
That'd be
the one
What're
you doing here?
Why don't
you put your head down, TeX?
The moon
is sinking fast
Hey, you
ready to go?
If you
fire Allan, well then you'll have to fire me too
I am
lucky to have you
Stop the
cars
Its going
to be okay
Come on,
don't talk about it.
It has
begun
A guy
with a pin to burst your bubble
Sounds
glorious
Is that a
threat?
And you
don't think that qualifies you as a certified prodigy?
That
wasn't an accident
What
makes you think they're from here?
I know it
isn't ordinary, but...I never liked ordinary
How can
you be so calm about this?
Don't
tell my wife, she might tipped that number
I need an
analysis on this
We've got
to present this properly
We are
not dead
Are you
recording?
Some
advice about keeping secrets: its a lot easier if you don't know them in the
first place
Aw, give
up
Leave the
light on
What's
going on?
It should
have a vertical reach of about 250'
There's
only one thing in this world that matters now, understand?
Too much?
These
children are starving
Her arms
aren't swinging--she's carrying something.
Put your
arms behind your back
And it's
had a tremendous effect on her knees
You can't
tell them about the attack
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