Inanna - Book Haven!


(Inanna and Ninshubar enter a book store named Book Haven.  Ninshubar marvels at the stacks of books around her while Inanna pores over her iPad Pro).


NINSHUBAR:  Books, glorious books!  Row upon row!  Column next to column!  A body could LOSE herself in such literary wealth for centuries!


INANNA:  Mmm. Nice.


 (Ninshubar deftly removes a thick volume from the shelves).


NINSHUBAR:  Take for example this volume by Petronius Arbiter!  The restored work of The Satyricon!  This is a treasure.  What a find!


INANNA:  Treasure, yeah.


NINSHUBAR:  Or this tome by Dante Alighieri, the Divine Comedy!  The poet's ascent from the Inferno to-- are you paying attention, Nonny?


INANNA:  Sort of.


NINSHUBAR:  Inanna, unglue that nose of yours from that digital doo-dad and look at something tangible.  Trace your fingers along this fine grain paper.  These are the unabridged verses of Hesiod.  A rare find that only--


INANNA:  Got it.


NINSHUBAR:  What?


INANNA:  Downloaded it just now.


(Ninshubar peeks over Inanna's shoulder).


NINSHUBAR:  I don't believe it.


INANNA:  You were talking about a rare something or other?


(Ninshubar harrumphs and takes a slim, well illustrated volume from another shelf).


NINSHUBAR:  Inanna, feast your eyes on this beautifully illustrated work of a great mythological heroine.


INANNA:  Who?


NINSHUBAR:  A great mythological heroine.  Can you guess who?


INANNA:  Wonder Woman?


(Ninshubar takes Inanna gently by the chin and guides her gaze to the book).


NINSHUBAR:  It is YOU, Inanna.  Someone took the time to illustrate your adventures.


INANNA:  Me?  How flattering!  Hang on a second...


(Inanna taps on the screen of her iPad Pro).


NINSHUBAR:  Ugh.  That silly tablet of yours.  I doubt that contraption could do justice to the glorious renderings in this book--


INANNA:  There, got it.


(Ninshubar peers over Inanna's shoulder and gapes).


NINSHUBAR:  Wait.  You're robbing this fine establishment of business by purchasing your books from some impersonal conglomerate like Amazon, or--


INANNA:  Nope.  Purchased it directly from the store.


NINSHUBAR:  Which store?


INANNA:  Book Haven.


(The sound of an electronic register CHIMES).


CASHIER:  Thank you for your patronage.


INANNA:  No problem!


NINSHUBAR:  Inanna, are you aware that we actually ARE in Book Haven?


INANNA:  We are?  Great!  Now I don't have to wait for delivery!


(Ninshubar throws her hands up in the air and marches towards the exit in a huff).


(Inanna turns to the cashier).


INANNA:  Where do you keep your manga?


CASHIER:  Young Adult section downstairs.


INANNA:  Awesome.  You know, there's nothing like a glossy CMYK cover resting in your hands!


(Ninshubar returns and swats Inanna’s head with a newspaper).

INANNA:  Hey!


NINSHUBAR:  You are impossible!


END!

Comments

  1. SuzeDecember 28, 2021 at 11:03 AM

    Looks like a shot of the Hastings library! 📚
    Also, I’d like the play the cashier if we ever shoot it.

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    1. John Joyce BakerDecember 28, 2021 at 11:10 AM

      I'm sure the library staff of Hastings would be amused if they saw two men in drag going through their book collection!

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    2. SuzeDecember 28, 2021 at 2:27 PM

      By this summer we’ll likely purchase a new tall bookshelf and can shoot at home.

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    3. John Joyce BakerDecember 31, 2021 at 8:13 AM

      Let's see if Tym is willing to take a drive to Postmark Books in Rosendale, NY in order to shoot the Book Haven episode.

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