The Gatsby Project
SeaBass for Michaelis
Male, late 20's, Greek
Michaelis is the owner of a small diner in the Valley of the Ashes, who sees Myrtle's death and tries to talk down George afterward. I am looking for someone who has a shred of innocence that working life is slowly stripping away.
(RELAYING A HIT AND RUN, IN SHOCK)
There was two cars, one comin’, one
goin’, see? One goin’ each way. Well, she—she
ran out there an’ the one comin’ from N’York knock right
into her goin’ thirty or forty miles an hour.(TALKING DOWN A MAN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN)
You ought to have a church, George, for times like this.
You must have gone to church once. Didn’t you get married in a church? Listen, George, listen to me. Didn’t you get
married in a church?(CONTINUING TO TALK DOWN)
You’re morbid, George, This has been a
strain to you and you don’t know what you’re saying. You’d
better try and sit quiet till morning.
