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Manhattan (1979) - Isaac Davis

Why is life worth living? It's a very good question. Um... Well, There are certain things I guess that make it worthwhile. uh... Like what... okay... um... For me, uh... ooh... I would say... what, Groucho Marx, to name one thing... uh... um... and Wilie Mays... and um... the 2nd movement of the Jupiter Symphony... and um... Louis Armstrong, recording of Potato Head Blues... um... Swedish movies, naturally... Sentimental Education by Flaubert... uh... Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra... um... those incredible Apples and Pears by Cezanne... uh... the crabs at Sam Wo's... uh... Tracy's face...

Oh really, he was a genius, Helen's a genius and Dennis is a genius. You know a lot of geniuses, y'know. You should meet some stupid people once in a while, y'know, you could learn something.

This is so antiseptic. It's empty. Why do you think this is funny? You're going by audience reaction? This is an audience that's raised on television, their standards have been systematically lowered over the years. These guys sit in front of their sets and the gamma rays eat the white cells of their brains out!

No, I didn't read the piece on China's faceless masses, I was, I was checking out the lingerie ads.

My analyst warned me, but you were so beautiful I got another analyst.

It's brown water! I'm paying seven-hundred dollars a month, I got rats with bongos and a, and a frog and I got brown water here.

Donnie, your analyst? I call mine Dr. Chomsky, y'know, he hits me with a ruler.

Jesus, I'm... I'm shocked. I'm... I'm shocked. I'm surprised. I'm stunned. I mean, I'm in a state of... Somebody should
throw a blanket over me. You know, I'm... This is shaping up like a Noel Coward play. Somebody should go make martinis.