Literary extract: Persepolis

The morning show:

Non-literary body of work Extract:
1.ALEX:-It's humbling to admit when you were wrong, but I care about this show… just
too much 2.to let my bruised ego get in the way. I mean, that's what led me to choose
Bradley in the first 3.place, and obviously that has put us in a very dangerous situation.
All of us.
4.FRED:-She actually thought you would agree to an interview with Mitch?
5.ALEX:-Yes, I know. She did. And she thinks that Mitch has something that could
credibly take 6.you down.
7.FRED:-Unbelievable. I'm astounded. I know Mitch is desperate,
8.but this is beyond the pale.
9.ALEX:- I know, I know. We should have gotten rid of her when she spoke about her
abortion on 10.air, just like you said. And I... I don't know. I don't know, Fred. I… I think I
kinda… I think I kinda 11.lost my mind I really do. And it's... it's embarra… I'm
embarrassed.
12.Bradley:I would've had this conversation with you at work, but it's a little bit sensitive.
And I 13.hope it's not weird that I asked you to come here. But we're friends, right? And I
just… I want 14.you to hear me out as a friend.
15.Cory: Exactly. Yes. I'm all ears, friend.
16.Bradley: Okay. And I also wanna prepare you that what I'm about to say to you could
be really, 17.potentially very dangerous to the well-being of the news division of which
you are in charge.
18.Cory: What an opening. Please, go on.
19.Bradley:Mitch Kessler asked me to interview him on the show.
20.Cory: Really?
21.Bradley: Yeah. And he's a real charming piece of shit. But he somehow has managed
to make 22.himself the victim
23.Cory:in the grand scheme of things. That sounds like boring TV to me.
24Bradley: I agree. But he also claims to have evidence that Fred Micklen silenced
women that he 25.slept with.
26.Cory: He wants to topple the king.
27.Bradley: And if that is of interest to you, that is definitely of interest to me.

28.FRED:Maybe you'll perceive this as convenient. I wouldn't blame you. There was
something 29.about Mitch that always bothered me. I would have dinner with him, play
golf, visit the show. I 30.would... leave his presence and go home and be so deeply
relieved to see Geneva. I had this 31.fear that I had somehow, you know, sullied myself
just by being brought into his orbit. Now, if I 32.had one regret, it wasn't following that gut
instinct that something about him was off. And letting 33.myself believe, even for a
second, you were part of the problem. And that's why I was so angry
34.when you turned on me. It was partially anger at myself.