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ActI BLUESURGE 9

SANDY(overlapping).It'sinsultingwhenpeoplecomein
hereandtheyinsultmyprofessionandtheythinkI'ma
whore.
CURT.Okay,I'msorry.I'mreallysorry.(Beat.)SoI
guessI'lljusttakethefifteen-dollarone.
SANDY.What?
CURT.Yousaidtherewasafifteen-dollarone?
SANDY.Oh.Youmeanthebackmassage?
CURT.Yeah.
SANDY.Oh.Okay.(Smallbeat.)Iguessyoubettergeton
thetable.
CURT.Yeah.
SANDY.Okay.(CURTgetsonthetable.It'snotareal
massagetable,sohehastoholduphishead.SANDY
turnsandlooksvaguelyattheshelfbehindher.)Letme
justfindsomeoilhere.(Shetakesdownabottleand
opensit.Tryingtobenice;asifnothinghappened.)So.
Whatdoyoudo?
CURT.Iworkconstruction.
SANDY.Ohyeah?(Sheclumsilysquirtsalotofoilon
him.)Oops.
CURT.Doyoumindnotputtingsomuchonme?Idon't
wantmyshirttosticktome.
SANDY.Sorry.(Shewipestheoiloffwithatowel.)
CURT.What'sthatsmell?
SANDY.Theoil.It'scalled"spice."
CURT.ItsmellslikeBENGAY.
SANDY.Yeah.Iwaswonderingwhatitsmelledlike.
CURT.Doyouhaveanythingelse?
SANDY.Wehaveonesmellslikecoconut.(Shegetsthe
bottleforhim,letshimsmellit.)Italwaysremindsme
ofPanamaCity.

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ActI BLUESURGE 11

SANDY.I'vebeenamassagetherapistforthreemonths.
CURT.Howoldareyou?
SANDY.Twenty-one.
CURT.Noyou'renot.(Shethinksaboutthisthenshe
pokeshim.)Ow.
SANDY.Didthathurt?
CURT.Yes.
SANDY.There'saknotinyourback.Rightthere.(She
pokesatit.)
CURT.Ow!
SANDY.Howdoyouthinkthathappened?
CURT.It'satensionthing.
SANDY.Wellyouneedtorelax.
CURT.Wellcouldyouhelpmerelax?
SANDY.Iam.I'mgivingyouamassage.
CURT.Noyou'renotyou'rejustpokingme.(Smallbeat.)
SANDY.Sorry.(Sherubshisneck.)Isthatbetter?
CURT.Yeah.(Sherubs.)
SANDY.Howcomeyou'resotense?
CURT.Idon'tknow.Myjob.
SANDY.Maybeyoushouldfindsomeotherlineofwork.
CURT.Idon'tknowhowtodoanythingelse.
SANDY.Maybeyoushouldlearn.
CURT.Ineverwenttocollege.Idon'tknowwhatelsel'm
goingtodo.(Beat.)Sometimes,IgetsotenseIcan't
movemyhead.
SANDY.That'sawful.
CURT.Yeah.Whenithappens,IfeellikeIhaveabig
stumponmyshoulders.(Smallbeat.)WhichIpretty
muchdo.Haveabig,scowlingstumponmyshoulders.
SANDY(laughs,thinks).Okay.Igotjustthethingforyou.
CURT.Ohyeah?

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ActI BLUESURGE 13

SANDY.Sure.(SANDYpicksupthemoneyheputdown
andcountsoutfifteendollars,holdsouttherest.)Here's
yourchange.
CURT.Keepit.I...tookupyourtime.
SANDY.Thanks.Doyouwantmetodressyou?
CURT.What?
SANDY.Sometimes,clientslikeitifwehelpthemget
dressed?
CURT.No.That'sokay.Icandoit.(Hestartsgetting
dressed.SANDYcleansoffthetable.CURTwatches
her.)Sowhen'sthelasttimeyouwenttoFlorida?
SANDY.Idon'tknow.(Beat.)Senioryear.
CURT.Whenwasthat?
SANDY.Lastspring.Why?
CURT.Noreason.JustmakingconversationwhileIawk-
wardlygetdressed.
SANDY(laughs.Beat).WhenIwasakid,whenmy
mom'dtakemetothedoctor,ifthedoctormademe
takemyshirtoff,mymomwouldtakeitandsitonit.
Becauseitwasalwayssocoldinthedoctor'sofficeand
he'dputthatcoldstethoscopeonyouandall.Then
whentheexaminationwasover,mymomwouldhand
mebackmyshirtandit'dbeallwarm,fromwhereshe
wassittingonit.
CURT.Thatwasnice.
SANDY.Ialwaysthinksomethinglikethatwouldbenice
aroundhere.Maybealittlewarmingovenorsomething.
Orthoseheatlamps,likeinrestaurants.Thenyour
clotheswouldbealltoasty.(CURTsmiles,finishesget-
tingdressed.)
CURT.Thanksforthemassage.
SANDY.I'msorryIpokedyou.

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ActI BLUESURGE 17

SANDY.Yessir.
CURT.Ijustneedyoutoansweronequestion.Didyou
knowIwasacop?(Beat.Shedoesn'tanswer.)Offthe
record.
SANDY.Yeah.
CURT.How?
SANDY.Youdidn'ttakeoffyourunderwear.
CURT(mad).Seriously?
SANDY.That'showweknow.
CURT.BecauseIdidn'ttakeoffmyunderwear?Jesus
Christ.
SANDY.ButthenIwasn'tsure.Imean,youwentahead
andaskedforamassage.
CURT.Ididn'twanttoblowmycover.
SANDY.See?Ididn'tknow.
CURT.Isthatwhyyouweresonice?
SANDY.What?
CURT.Youwerejust...youdidn'thavetodoallthat.The
visualizationthing.
SANDY.Idon'tknow.
CURT.Where'dyoulearnthat?
SANDY.Idon'tknow.
CURT.Isthatwhatyoudo?Inamassage?
SANDY.Iguess.
CURT.Witheverybody?
SANDY.Idon'tknow.Itdepends.(Beat.)SocanIgo?
CURT.Yeah.

(DOUGenters.)

DOUG.Canyoubelievethisshit?Itotallydidnotentrap
thatgirl.

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ActI BLUESURGE 19

CURT.Youforgothowtobustahooker.Iswhatyoufor-
got.
DOUG.Man.Youknow?Shesaidshe'dtakeahundred.
CURT.Shesaidahundreddollarscouldbuyalotoffun.
Shecouldhavemeantpartyhats.Balloons.Aponyride.
Aclown.
DOUG.We'lljustwaitandinacoupleofweekswe'llgo
backandwe'llnailthem.
CURT.Oh,yeah,becausetheywon'tbeexpectingusnow!
DOUG.Whyareyousomadatme?
CURT.Wedrilledandwedrilledandintwominutesyou
fuckeditup!
DOUG.Youdidn'tdoanybetter!
CURT.Ididn'tblowmycover!
DOUG.Sheknewyouwereacop!That'swhyshedidn't
havesexwithyou.Soyoucan'tsayItippedthemoff.
Theywerealreadytippedoff.

(He'shitanerve.CURTsits.Beat.Thedooropensand
BETHenters.Sheisdressedupforaneveningout.
DOUGandCURTimmediatelysitup.)

CURT.Hey.
DOUG.Beth!(Hegoestohugher,shepretendsnottosee
himandmovestoCURT.)
BETH.HiDoug.
CURT.Youlookgreat.(Hegivesherakiss.)
BETH.Thanks.AmIearly?
CURT.No.IjusthavetodoliketwomorethingsbeforeI
canleave.
BETH.Icanwait.Nobody'sgettingthereuntillaterany-
way.