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Montana I figure this here alien come from a tribe we don't know nothing 'bout, do we? Anything we say'd just be pure speculation. But I tell you what I reckon. I reckon that alien don't mean no harm at all. I reckon he just took hisself down here to have a look-see at the land and the peoples on it. In the spirit of exploration. See, I don't look on a feller alien all suspicious-like. No, he ain't American. No, he ain't a creature of God's green Earth, but he's a creature of somewheres, and so are we. Now, let's show the old feller some hospitality, and if he turns out to be a dirty dog, which I reckon he ain't, well, that'll be a job for the United States armed forces, and they ain't never lost a war yet. Thanky-do.

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Augie Steenbeck I still don't understand the play.

Schubert Green Doesn't matter. Just keep telling the story.

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Augie Steenbeck You can't wake up if you don't fall asleep

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Augie Steenbeck Why does Augie burn his hand on the Quickie Griddle?

Conrad Earp Well, I don't even know myself, to tell you the truth. I hadn't planned it that way. He just sort of did it while I was typing. Is it too extraordinary for you?

Augie Steenbeck I guess the way I read it, he was looking for an excuse why his heart was beating so fast.

Conrad Earp Oh. Oh, what an interesting sentiment. I love that idea. Maybe he should say it. It's a very good line. No, I suppose not. Not necessary.

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The Alien [behind the scenes] I don't play him as an alien, actually. I play him as a metaphor. That's my interpretation.

Augie Steenbeck Metaphor for what?

The Alien I don't know yet. We don't pin it down.

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Midge Campbell I mean, I think I know now what I realize we are. Two catastrophically wounded people who don't express the depths of their pain because we don't want to. That's our connection.

Augie Steenbeck Uh-huh.

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Midge Campbell I do a nude scene. You want to see it?

Augie Steenbeck Huh? Did I say yes?

Midge Campbell You didn't say anything.

Augie Steenbeck Uh, I mean yes. My mouth... My mouth didn't speak.

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Pandora I'm a Vampire!

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J. J. Kellogg What's the cause? What's the meaning? Why do you always have to dare something?

Clifford I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm afraid, otherwise, nobody'll notice my existence in the universe.

J. J. Kellogg Dare you what?

Motel Manager Yes, dare you what?

Clifford To climb that cactus out there.

J. J. Kellogg Lord, no. No.

Motel Manager Please don't.

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Augie Steenbeck I don't like the way that guy looked at us.

Midge Campbell What guy?

Augie Steenbeck The alien.

Midge Campbell Oh. How did he...? How did he looked at us.

Augie Steenbeck Like we're doomed.

Midge Campbell Maybe we are.

Augie Steenbeck Ah!

Midge Campbell What d'you just do?

Augie Steenbeck I burned my hand on a Quickie Griddle.

Midge Campbell Why?

Augie Steenbeck It's not clear.

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Midge Campbell We're just two catastrophically wounded people who don't express the depths of our pain because... we don't want to.

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Actress I'm not coming back, Augie. Then you take a picture and start crying, and I say..."I hope it comes out".

Augie Steenbeck And I say: "All my pictures come out".

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Host Am I not in this? Excuse me. I'm not in this.

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Augie Steenbeck Time heals all wounds. No. Maybe it can be a Band-Aid.

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Augie Steenbeck Ah, it's you, the Wife who played my Actress.

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Clifford You dare me?

J. J. Kellogg Dare you what?

Clifford To press that button.

J. J. Kellogg I will break your neck.

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Stanley Zak In my loneliness, and perhaps because of it, I've learned not to judge people, to take people as I find them, not as others find them. And most of all, to give complete and unquestioning faith to the people I love.

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Tupperware Ashes. 1 of 3.

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[after man has its first encounter with an alien lifeform]

Augie Steenbeck The, uh, alien stole the asteroid.

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Sandy Borden You were very good in the one about the tramp in the brothel...

Midge Campbell Thank you.

Sandy Borden ...who gets amnesia...

Midge Campbell Thank you.

Sandy Borden ...and becomes a pediatrician. You were very authentic.

Midge Campbell That's actually maybe my favorite character I've ever played.

Sandy Borden I don't know why nobody else liked it.

Midge Campbell Oh. Yes. Me, neither. Thank you. Some people liked it.

Sandy Borden Oh, I'm sure. I did. Who hit you?

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Dr. Hickenlooper I never had children. Sometimes I wonder if I wish I should've.

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Shelly [looking at Rorschach inkblots] That's an alien eating an apple. That's an alien doing jumping jacks. That's an alien in a top hat. That's an alien climbing a ladder. That's an alien on a racehorse. That's an alien...

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Midge Campbell I prefer to play abused, tragic alcoholics, and one day I'll probably be discovered lifeless in an overflowing bathtub with an empty bottle of sleeping pills spilled all over the floor, but... the sad thing is I'm actually a very gifted comedienne.

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Stanley Zak I didn't love you.

Augie Steenbeck You didn't think I was worthy.

Stanley Zak We're saying the same thing.

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General Gibson 20 years passed at the speed of a Dream.

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Augie Steenbeck I need some fresh air.

Schubert Green You won't find any.

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Motel Manager Is the boy in distress?

Sandy Borden He's thirsty.

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Augie Steenbeck Stop helping us. We're in Grief.

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Detective #1 Alleged Alien!

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General Gibson It's been Inventoried.

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Dinah [reading his pendant] Brainiac, huh?

Woodrow Yeah, brainiac.

Dinah It sort of goes without saying, doesn't it? Everybody already knows we're abnormally intelligent.

Woodrow That's true. My mother made it for me. It's supposed to be funny, according to her sense of humor. But it's not as hilarious as it was originally.

Dinah Oh, really. How come?

Woodrow Because she was alive then. Now she's dead.

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Midge Campbell Are you married?

Augie Steenbeck I'm a widower, but don't tell my kids.

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Woodrow It's today, again.

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Host There is little Entertainment to be had in watching a man type.

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Augie Steenbeck The Meaning of Life!

Schubert Green Maybe there is one!

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Montana Sounds like a Toad Swindle.

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Dinah I love her, but I'm sick of her face! She should do more Radio.

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Host [narrating] Schubert Green, born Shylock Grzworvszowski. Director, immigrant. Known for his limitless energy, his voracious enthusiasms. A well-known actress described him sexually as an animal, specifically a rabbit.

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Stanley Zak I'm not in any hurry. I like the desert. I like aliens.

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Billboard Death of a Narcissist.

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Woodrow I don't believe in God any more.

Stanley Zak Fair enough.

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Augie Steenbeck 5 Flapjacks and a Black Coffee.

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Midge Campbell It says he shouts and screams. So shout and scream.

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Stanley Zak I hope you're still Episcopalian.

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[first lines]

Host Tonight's program takes us backstage to witness firsthand the creation, start to finish, of a new play mounted on the American stage. Asteroid City does not exist. It is an imaginary drama created expressly for this broadcast. The characters are fictional, the text hypothetical, the events an apocryphal fabrication. But together they present an authentic account of the inner workings of a modern theatrical production.

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Midge Campbell I wish I felt guilty at least, but I don't experience that emotion, if I understand it correctly. I've played it, of course.

Augie Steenbeck So you're saying you never feel guilty in real life?

Midge Campbell Not to my knowledge.

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Woodrow Is she interested in astronomy - your mother?

Dinah Not exactly. She's interested in stardom. I don't mean that as a criticism, by the way. It's her job to be famous. Anyway, I'm sick of her face, but love her voice. She should do more radio.

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Augie Steenbeck Mind if I crack open a window?

Conrad Earp Uh, not at all. It's sweltering, isn't it? Even the daisies and buttercups are drooping...

[Augie tries to open the window]

Conrad Earp That window sticks a bit. That window sticks a bit! You broke my window.

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