Bill’s been in Hollywood for years. He hasn’t found work in awhile and his agent, Deb, is very apologetic about that. But she has a new script she wants Bill to take a look at.
“Revolutionary stuff, right? Philosophical. People like to think. This’ll get people thinking, keep ‘em guessing. Because it’s so self-conscious, so real. Reality is doubting reality.”
“So I’m playing myself and doubting that I’m real, right?”
“Better.” Deb raised an eyebrow. “Read it again. See, you’re not just playing yourself, you’re playing yourself, playing yourself. You’re in the movie as yourself, and in the movie, you’re hired to play yourself in a movie.”
Bill laughed. “That’s what I thought it said. It seemed so silly, I thought I was reading it wrong.”
“Oh, no,” Deb said, looking very serious . . .
Find out how Bill and Deb blur the lines between reality and fantasy, between lucidity and confusion, between what is serious and what is very, very funny. “Blowing Up the Space Needle”, brought to you by apt.
