Setting up today's new scene:
122 INT: DOWNSTAIRS CORRIDOR - COLLINWOOD - DUSK 122
We see Maggie coming down the corridor toward the dining room. As she passes the stairs, she sees Roger descending.
ROGER Maggie, we'll be having dinner in a few minutes. Everyone else is in the gallery. Have you seen David?
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And that's when today's first quote -
Page 52/Scene 122 - Maggie: 'He was terribly upset after the funeral. I told him he could take a nap. I'll go and get him.'
- comes up, followed by today's second quote -
Page 52/Scene 122 - Roger: 'No, never mind. Let him be. This has been a shattering experience for him. Somehow children think that only old people die -- never someone like Carolyn.'
- coming up, followed in the script by:
He is choked up and trying not to show it.
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And when it comes to the dialogue, the descriptions, and the directions, unlike how the scene is scripted to open, Maggie is too occupied checking mail -
- and doesn't become aware of Roger until he calls out to her, at which point she stops as waits as Roger -
- comes into sight as he descends the stairs - and when Roger reaches Maggie he delivers his unquoted dialogue exactly as written, whereupon Maggie actually replies with "Yes, he was terribly upset after the funeral, so I suggested he take a nap. I'll go and get him if you'd like" - and Roger actually replies to that with "No, never mind. Let him be. It's been a shattering experience for him", with the "Somehow children think that only old people die -- never someone like Carolyn" dropped - and given the manner that Roger has been behaving up to this point, it's a surprise to see that Roger -
- does actually feel emotion and can empathize with anyone...