:06:02
Don't give me that!
I never heard of black pearls.
:06:06
Just 'cause you never heard of somethin'
don't mean it don't exist.
:06:08
What do you think I am? Some kind
of chump? They're black, for God's sake.
:06:12
- They probably came
from defective oysters.
- The pearls ain't sick.
:06:17
Black pearls, they're supposed--
What? They're supposed to be black!
:06:21
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Don't be that way.
You know I'm nuts about you.
:06:24
If you're nuts about me, Nickie,
why don't you get me out
of this lousy chorus line?
:06:29
I came to New York to be an actress.
That's where my gifts are.
:06:32
You will, baby. You'll be a great
actress. A promise is a promise.
:06:36
- Yeah, l--
- Come on. Get yourself dressed.
I'm takin' you to Harlem.
:06:41
- The Cotton Club?
- Yeah, baby. [ Chuckles ]
:06:44
[ David ] I'm telling you,
they read my play, they love it.
But they're afraid of it.
:06:48
- [ Man ] It's irrelevant.
- It's not irrelevant!
:06:50
The point
I'm making is that...
:06:53
no truly great artist has ever
been appreciated in his lifetime.
:06:57
- Not one?
- No, no.
:06:59
- Flender.
- Take, uh, uh... Van Gogh
or Edgar Allen Poe.
:07:05
Poe died poor and freezing
with his cat curled on his feet.
:07:09
David, don't give up on it.
Maybe it'll be produced posthumously.
:07:12
You know, l-l-l have never
had a play produced-- That's right.
:07:16
- And I've written one play every
year for the past 20 years.
- That's because you're a genius.
:07:21
The proof is that both common
people and intellectuals find
your work completely incoherent.
:07:24
- It means you're a genius.
- We all have our moments of doubt.
:07:28
I paint a canvas every week, take one
look at it and slash it with a razor.
:07:34
- Well, in your case that's a good idea.
- I have faith in your plays.
:07:38
- She has faith in my plays
because she loves me.
- Also because you're a genius.
:07:42
Ten years ago, l-l-l kidnapped
this woman from a very beautiful...
:07:45
middle-class life in Pittsburgh, and
I made her life miserable ever since.
:07:48
Hey, Ellen, as long
as he's a good man, keep him.
:07:51
You know, I think the mistake
we women make is we fall
in love with the artist--
:07:55
- Hey, you guys, are you listening?
- Yes, yes.
:07:57
- We fall in love with
the artist, not the man.
- I don't think that's a mistake.