Saturday, November 28, 2020

"Murder on the Moose Jaw Express" script, Scene K

Later in the Girls' Compartment...

Not counting minor differences, the first notable change in the script for Scene K is "They try to hug, but the bag makes it difficult," while on camera the girls hug closely anyway.

We lost this part when Laverne is trying to think like the killer:

LAVERNE
But I miss, pinning her cheap scarf to the wall.

SHIRLEY
You sure borrow that cheap scarf enough.

We also lost the very last line of the scene, Shirley's "You don't want me.  I'm just a stump in a suit bag."

For an eight-page scene, this is remarkably faithful.  Oddly enough, this scene closes out "Act One," even though J opened "Act Two."  Maybe they weren't sure how to number things for a two-parter.

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