Shave Slowly - Limited TV Series - Episode #10

 


          INT. AMY'S CLUB - DAY SHIFT


          Amy is tired but knows the SHOW must go on. First into the

          club to see her was DELIVERYMAN, but soon followed one

          regular after another putting the pressure on Amy to spend

          quality time with all of them.


                              NARRATOR

                    Oh so tired but the show must go

                    on...right? Just couldn't get off

                    the carnival ride today...round and

                    round the club carousel I went and

                    as usual with no idea how I'd get

                    off or how all my regulars who

                    showed up were going to get on and

                    spend some quality time with me.

                    First up today was DeliveryMan. I

                    knew he wanted dances right away so

                    the pressure was on as another

                    regular, FirefighterMan walked in

                    at exactly the same time...and,

                    yes, followed by

                    HyperBusinessMan...then, right on

                    his heels, CommercialRealEstateMan,

                    who was a VIP regular--WHAT'S A

                    GIRL TO DO, THERE'S ONLY ONE OF ME,

                    GUYS! HyperBusinessMan is also a

                    dependable VIP regular, but he is

                    also the most difficult of all my

                    clients to manage. So, my

                    bank-teller brain got to work

                    calculating how best to service

                    them all and I started with

                    DeliveryMan, getting his dances out

                    of the way. Next, I took the time

                    to say hello to them all. I'd

                    already lost

                    CommercialRealEstateMan to

                    GlitterGirl who pounced when she

                    saw I was busy in the private dance

                    area. Knowing I had to take more

                    drastic action, I approached

                    HyperBusinessMan.


                              AMY

                    I am so so sorry, but can you

                    please be patient, it won't be long

                    now...will you wait for me?


                              HYPERBUSINESSMAN

                    I don't know...It's been months

                    since I've seen you and this is the

                    best you can do for me.


                              NARRATOR

                    Of course he had to be an ass about

                    it, complaining, and all but being

                    rude. I was irritated but

                    professional and went off to do

                    some dances with FireFighterMan who

                    was next on my club triage list. As

                    soon as I finished

                    CommercialRealEstateMan got out of

                    VIP and came right over to me. A

                    quick 'Let's go,' and we were

                    having a simple, uncomplicated VIP.

                    Meanwhile HyperBusinessMan had

                    picked out another girl to sit

                    with, someone I like, so I didn't

                    horn in. She's oldeer but works

                    hard at keeping herself looking

                    good, she has class and can carry

                    on a good conversation...refreshing

                    in my line of work. Off they went

                    to do a VIP. It didn't take long

                    and you could hear him from back in

                    the secluded VIP way out to the

                    front of the club. He's so fucking

                    loud and says such disturbing

                    things. And he's so grabby that he

                    had her squealing. Actually it's

                    hard not to laugh because he's so

                    ridiculous. Meanwhile the

                    Applejacks show up so I sit with

                    them and we all listened to the

                    shenanigans going on back in VIP.

                    When he was finished I made my

                    move.


                              AMY

                    So, did you have fun in there?


                              HYPERBUSINESSMAN

                    Well...not like with you, but

                    then...you were busy.


                              NARRATOR

                    He just had to go there...be

                    obnoxious, but we managed to get

                    into a playful back-and-forth

                    banter pushing each other's

                    buttons.


                              AMY

                    Look...you just have to come in

                    more often if you expect special

                    treatment. I mean, I'm sorry I

                    wasn't available but you know I

                    care about you and you know I want

                    to spend time with you.


          Amy is patting him on the leg and rubbing his arm while at

          the same time trying to calm him down. He gets up to use the

          restroom.


                              HYPERBUSINESSMAN

                    When I get back let's do a VIP...


                              NARRATOR

                    Then, my phone started buzzing...a

                    text from one of the Applejacks.


                              POLACK

                    Why the long face?


                              NARRATOR

                    I trotted over there quickly to

                    explain.


                              AMY

                    In the whole goddamned world this

                    is the worst guy to have in VIP.

                    You've heard him earlier, well

                    it'll be worse with me.


          HyperBusinessMan gets back and with Amy on his arm they head

          to VIP.


                              NARRATOR

                    The thing about him he's actually

                    pretty cute. He dresses well,

                    always showing up wearing a suit.

                    He's sort of like a Ken Doll, but

                    all that said he's absolutely

                    crazy...but you've just got to love

                    him, regardless. The VIP begins and

                    he starts right up.


                              HYPERBUSINESSMAN

                    I want to marry you first, then,

                    get you real pregnant.


          He's yelling at the top of his lungs right into the back of

          Amy's head as she's rubbing her ass right through his dress

          pants onto his seriously hard erection.


                              NARRATOR

                    I'm rubbing my ass right through

                    his dress pants and onto his

                    seriously hard erection at the same

                    time that he's yelling at the top

                    of his lungs right into the back of

                    my head.


                              HYPERBUSINESSMAN

                    I want to fuck you so bad...and

                    yes, I'll use a condom, baby!


                              NARRATOR

                    Again, he's blaring all this out

                    for everyone in the club to hear

                    and anyone who didn't know better

                    would think we were having sex

                    right in the VIP booth. And as if

                    that wasn't enough he's latching

                    onto my hips so hard that I have to

                    slap his hands off. But then he'll

                    put his hands on my shoulders and

                    slam my body down onto him so hard

                    that he's actually left bruises.

                    The verbal water-boarding finally

                    over, he calmed down and

                    surprisingly wanted to do some

                    private dances with me and the

                    other dancer he'd had in VIP before

                    me.


                              AMY

                    So so sorry...I didn't have a

                    chance to warn you about him, but

                    he wants to do some dances with us.


                              VIP DANCER

                    You're kidding, right? That guy is

                    ridiculous!


                              AMY

                    Yeah...I'm usually the only one who

                    deals with him. These days he's

                    actually much better than he used

                    to be.


                              VIP DANCER

                    Well...I don't know...I promised

                    some dances to another customer.


                              NARRATOR

                    She wouldn't commit to the

                    double-dances and I didn't blame

                    her, so I ended up going back there

                    with him by myself, but he was

                    strangely calm and only wanted me

                    to sit on his lap, which I did, and

                    just rubbed his shoulders and

                    chest, and also stroking his face

                    gently along with hugs. For some

                    reason he was totally subdued, like

                    someone who was finally able to

                    relax but only after a violent

                    epileptic seizure--think Mr. Hyde

                    transitioning into Dr. Jekyll. A

                    big long hug goodbye, a

                    take-care-of-yourself kiss on the

                    cheek, and he was out the door for

                    probably another four months.


          INT. AMY'S CLUB - DAY SHIFT


          The Applejacks are waiting for Amy to spend some time with

          them.


                              NARRATOR

                    The Applejacks were waiting for me,

                    I sat down and leaned on the

                    Polack's shoulder and soon the top

                    of my head felt his empathetic

                    kiss.


                              POLACK

                    How are you doing?


                              AMY

                    Exhausted...I suppose you heard all

                    of that madness...I am so

                    embarrassed.


                              POLACK

                    Like why...I'm just sorry you have

                    to put up with that kind of thing.


                              AMY

                    ...thanks...thanks for caring.


                              NARRATOR

                    Another unfricking believable

                    day...


          INT. AMY'S CLUB - A NEW DAY


          Amy's ValentineMan is coming in.


                              NARRATOR

                    It's not February, but I'm about to

                    have another Valentine's Day

                    celebration. Yes, in my business

                    society's holiday calendar schedule

                    doesn't apply...because my

                    ValentineMan was coming n and that

                    meant it was another chance to

                    celebrate love-lusty affection in

                    all its forms, but to get my day

                    started ElectricianMan sent me a

                    text wondering if I was at th club.

                    Now, I can't always count on him

                    but to be safe I let him know about

                    my early afternoon appointment.

                    When ElectricianMan did show up I

                    sent a text to ValentineMan to

                    confirm and give him the head's up.

                    He texted me back.


                              VALENTINEMAN

                    Go make your money...I'll be there

                    around two and I'll wait for you.


                              NARRATOR

                    He's so sweet and understanding

                    about everything I have to go

                    through to provide intimate

                    services to my many regulars. I

                    finished a VIP with ElectricianMan

                    and good timing my ValentineMan

                    walks in. He's tall, good-looking,

                    knows how to use his hands, and is

                    a huge tipper, not to mention huge

                    in that other private

                    department...hey, we know!


          Amy sits down with ValentineMan and they talk. When finished

          after a long hug he leaves.


                              NARRATOR

                    He's such a good listener, focused

                    on every word, especially when I

                    told him about my Boob Fest book

                    signing and the jewelry show in

                    Madison. You can tell when someone

                    really cares and he does. For no

                    particular reason he'll text me

                    messages like, 'I think about you

                    every day,' or 'Hope all is well'

                    and 'Miss you, love you, please

                    keep in touch.' And unlike so many

                    other clients he's not about

                    graphic sexual innuendos, just

                    sweet schoolgirl-crush sentiments.

                    When I get to a place like that

                    with a client I feel I'm doing

                    something right, that my brand of

                    special attention and club time is

                    worth their hard-earned money.

                    After a long, warm, sincere hug

                    goodbye my ValentineMan walked out

                    the door...until the next

                    Valentine's Day at the club!


          INT. AMY'S CLUB - A NEW DAY


          A new day, a Monday at the club. Amy describes attending her

          man's father's birthday party on Saturday, and the

          uncomfortable MOTHER'S DAY when Jehovah's Witnesses

          typically don't celebrate any holidays, but she did end up

          taking her man's mother out for brunch.


                              NARRATOR

                    Sitting in my club spot at the bar

                    on a quiet Monday I couldn't help

                    but recall the weekend, celebrating

                    my man's father's birthday who had

                    reached one of those milestones in

                    life. I wore heels and a pair of

                    brand new jeans, a white see

                    through sweater with a tank top

                    underneath for modesty, the same

                    tank top I wore during the Boob

                    Fest contest and while making small

                    talk with the family my mind was

                    racing back to the crazy mayhem of

                    that great night at the lesbian

                    bar. I needed the distraction as

                    most of the people at the birthday

                    party were at least twice my age. A

                    few hors d'oeuvres, some cake, a

                    few goodbye hugs and kisses later

                    and it was all over. Sunday was

                    Mother's Day but since the JW's

                    don't celebrate any holiday I

                    didn't call her. Anyway, we're just

                    not that close, I love her and all,

                    but she probably didn't know it was

                    Mother's Day anyway. At least we

                    took my man's mother out for brunch

                    to make up for not seeing my

                    mother. Today at the club I sat

                    around until OlympianMan showed up

                    just after noon. Next my sweet

                    CowboyMan came in and we did some

                    dances. After they both left the

                    rest of my earning day was a wash,

                    but at least the Applejacks showed

                    up and I passed the rest of the

                    afternoon hanging out with them.

                    This time I managed to stop my

                    drinking early enough so I could

                    drive home safely.


          INT. FASHION SHOW #2 - MONDAY - EVENING


          LunchGuy picks up Amy and they head to another FASHION SHOW

          where he's supplying the jewelry again. After the show the

          couple goes to an elegant restaurant.


                              NARRATOR

                    Another runway and though this time

                    I wasn't on it I sure did enjoy

                    attending a fashion show on the arm

                    of my sweet LunchGuy. Only the

                    VIP-best for us, seats right on the

                    end of the path where themodels

                    would be weaving in between the

                    aisles. I met LunchGuy in our usual

                    spot and we drove together. He was

                    supplying the jewelry again for

                    this production. The show featured

                    local designers and some of them

                    were modeling their own clothes.

                    The event was elegantly produced

                    with bright silver gift bags on the

                    backs of all the chairs. We were in

                    a good spot to not only watch the

                    models in person but also enjoy

                    seeing them prance on the big

                    screen monitors. I was wearing a

                    designer gown and looked as good as

                    any of the models...if I do say so

                    myself! LunchGuy couldn't take his

                    eyes off of me, turning his head to

                    check me out time after time after

                    time. In my heels I was much taller

                    and that intimidating perspective

                    can be a bit overwhelming for a

                    man, but also a turn-on. The show

                    over I was treated to some fine

                    dining at an elegant restaurant and

                    another Monday with my sweet

                    LunchGuy became another cherished

                    memory.


          INT. AMY'S HOME - WEDNESDAY - MORNING


          Amy isn't feeling well and is SOAKING in a hot sudsy tub,

          candles lit, music softly playing, but still ends up having

          a PANIC ATTACK. Her dog senses a problem and is scratching

          frantically on the bathroom door. Pulling herself out of the

          tub she made it to the toilet where she got sick and then

          just sits there breathing deeply until the panic attack

          subsides after which Amy, using the walls for support, makes

          it to her bed.


                              NARRATOR

                    Woke up and just wasn't feeling

                    well...I knew I was stressed and it

                    had me queasy. To relax I filled a

                    tub with hot water, lots of suds,

                    candles lit, music softly playihng

                    in the background, and eased my

                    anxious body into the soothing

                    liquid. Now, this usually calms me

                    right down but this time the

                    anxiety I was feeling escalated

                    into a full-blown panic attack.

                    Completely overwhelmed I began

                    hyperventilating and soon my body

                    shut down to the point where I

                    couldn't even move. The dog knew

                    something was wrong and I could

                    hear him scratching frantically at

                    the bathroom door trying to get in.

                    For some reason I lost it after

                    getting a text from my editor about

                    wrapping up the recordings for my

                    memoir. I'd begun the recordings

                    which were transcribed into the

                    book three years earlier and whole

                    point was to transition to a

                    different professional life,

                    primarily so I could start a

                    family, but some powerful force,

                    one I don't really understand, is

                    holding me back. I just don't feel

                    close to ending what I do at the

                    club and I'm certainly not ready to

                    change my life dramatically right

                    now and the conflict is triggering

                    these damned panic attacks. The

                    other red flag, I'm not at all

                    where I wanted to be at this point

                    in my life and the sense of failure

                    is crushing at times, but hey, shit

                    happens, setbacks dump on everyone,

                    don't they. No excuses though--it's

                    all up to me. Still in the grip of

                    the panic attack, the dog still

                    scratching feverishly at the door,

                    I managed to p ull myself out of

                    the tub and crawl over to the

                    toilet where I got sick, then, just

                    sat there on the bathroom floor

                    wrapped in a towel. I knew enough

                    to breathe deeply in and out until

                    the attack subsided and finally I

                    was able to get up, drink some cold

                    water, and using the walls for

                    support shuffled onto my bed.


          EXT. WEDNESDAY - DAY 


          Amy decides to take the day off from the club but still

          wants to make some money and so agrees to spend the day with

          one of her REGULARS. They meet at the OLIVE GARDEN, have

          dinner, and talk.


                              NARRATOR

                    After the disastrous morning did I

                    ever need a day off from the club.

                    CowboyMan had been asking to take

                    me to dinner, I'd been putting him

                    off, but desperate to have a calm

                    quiet day and still make some

                    decent money I called him.


                              AMY

                    So...do you still want to have

                    dinner?


                              COWBOYMAN

                    Absolutely...what did you have in

                    mind.


                              AMY

                    Well, I'm free this afternoon. I'll

                    spend the good part of the day with

                    you for what you usually spend on a

                    VIP at the club. Does that work for

                    you?


                              COWBOYMAN

                    Why yes...gladly...when and where

                    do you want to meet?


                              AMY

                    Meet me at the Olive Garden in an

                    hour.


                              COWBOYMAN

                    I'll be there...


          Amy and CoboyMan meet at the Olive Garden, but it isn't open

          so they roam around a pet store before returning to the

          Olive Garden to have dinner and talk.


                              NARRATOR

                    He agreed and was I ever looking

                    forward to getting some sun and

                    fresh air. For May it certainly

                    wasn't warm, but I still wore my

                    sexy flip-flops. We met at the

                    Olive Garden but it wasn't open yet

                    so we went to a pet store where I

                    saw some cute cats up for adoption,

                    walked around, looked at the fish,

                    and joked before heading back to

                    the Olive Garden. After dinner I

                    had to listen to another sad story

                    of personal grief and loss.


                              COWBOYMAN

                    Thank you for this time together,

                    since my wife passed with brain

                    cancer, no less, the loneliness has

                    been hard to manage.


                              AMY

                    I can imagine...when did she pass?


                              COWBOYMAN

                    Last month...


                              AMY

                    I'm so so sorry for your loss...


                              COWBOYMAN

                    Thank you...thank you...but if that

                    wasn't enough, my oldest son is

                    struggling with epilepsy and the

                    doctors aren't sure just how to

                    help him.


                              AMY

                    Not good...but you have to be

                    strong for him...can you do that?


                              COWBOYMAN

                    I know you're right...I will...I

                    will...


          Dinner over, the club couple went for a DRIVE and PARKED by

          a lake.


                              NARRATOR

                    Done talking, we went for a drive

                    in his Mustang and parked by a

                    lake. Feeling like two innocent,

                    inexperienced high school kids out

                    on a first date I just held his

                    hand as we talked and talked and

                    talked. The professional imbalance

                    was apparent in our conversation as

                    he opened up about every last

                    detail and secret in his life,

                    while I was much more guarded about

                    what I told him about mine. I know

                    this is one of the obvious ongoing

                    sources of conflict and stress in

                    my personal and professional life.

                    To keep up the illusion, the

                    fantasy, the possibility that if a

                    customer pursues me I might fall

                    for them, and yet no one knows that

                    I'm actually not available. I know

                    it has to be this way but I can't

                    help feel guilty leading on these

                    sweet guys who actually fall for

                    me.


                              COWBOYMAN

                    So, Amy, thank you again for this

                    time together. I want us to be

                    friends and I'm hoping we can get

                    even closer.


                              NARRATOR

                    I've heard it all before and

                    suspect that many of my regulars

                    are lonely. I don't think CowboyMan

                    has much to hold onto in his

                    personal life, but at least I'm

                    nice to him and he's holding onto

                    that. Yes, I mean more to him than

                    he means to me, but that doesn't

                    mean I don't genuinely care for

                    him. After a pleasant day we parted

                    ways. It went well and I think I'll

                    see him again.


          INT. AMY'S CLUB - A NEW DAY - DAY SHIFT


          Amy is about to celebrate a regular's BIRTHDAY at the club.

          After she does a few dances they go to VIP where she gives

          him a MASSAGE, they talk, and plenty of hugs.


                              NARRATOR

                    I do like birthdays at the club,

                    especially when a VIP with me is

                    the customer's present to himself!

                    My PostMan's actual birthday was in

                    two days but I certainly understood

                    the concept of a birthday week.

                    After waiting for me to finish a

                    few dances, I was all  his, giving

                    him the special

                    blow-out-the-candles treatment, a

                    thorough massage and plenty of

                    hugs. Such a decent guy with a wife

                    and kids, the whole bit, just in

                    the club for a little

                    out-of-the-ordinary spice time.


                              COWBOYMAN

                    Well, Amy, as always, thank you

                    thank you thank you, but I'm off to

                    coach a softball game my son is

                    playing in!


          After CowboyMan leaves Amy gets a TEXT from her editor

          asking if he can use SHELLBIE'S name in the manuscript of

          her memoir. This hits her hard and she starts downing SHOTS,

          sitting with the AppleJacks.


                              NARRATOR

                    I guess this guy was living the

                    American Dream of family and

                    professional fulfillment and yet it

                    still meant something to include me

                    in a celebration to honor his life.

                    After the PostMan left I got a text

                    from my editor who rattled me by

                    asking if he could us Shellbie's

                    name in the manuscript. He knew I'd

                    avoided using her actual name until

                    slipping up and yes, mentioning it

                    during a recording. Suddenly my

                    mood changed and sitting with the

                    Applejacks I started knocking back

                    shots with a vengeance. To the

                    Applejacks I was outwardly happy,

                    laughing and kidding around with

                    them, when I was really plotting to

                    get so drunk that I'd forget that

                    Shellbie was actually gone.

                    Thinking about her still makes me

                    crazy angry. Why did she have to

                    die in the prime of her life, it

                    wasn't right or fair and I was

                    pissed. I wish I could fucking get

                    over this. If Shellbie were here

                    she'd slap me silly for taking her

                    passing so hard and she say, Amy,

                    knock it off...suck it up...get

                    past it!


          Amy is called to the STAGE, finishes her tip walk, and it's

          time for the shift change. The NIGHT GIRLS are trickling in.


                              NARRATOR

                    Usually I can't wait to escape the

                    club but although I was only

                    pretending to be having a good time

                    with the Applejacks I didn't want

                    that buzz to end. It was also the

                    bartender's shift change. The

                    day-shift bartender knows to pour

                    me light shots so I don't get too

                    drunk, but the night guy, I never

                    knew what he was going to do, but

                    he started pouring me regular shots

                    and after pounding down four of

                    them I slipped into a fucking

                    downward get-shit-faced spiral and

                    that translated into feeling awful,

                    yet I was still having fun flirting

                    with my AppleJack boy-toys. Finally

                    it was time to leave so I headed

                    back to the dressing room to

                    change. I was so drunk I could

                    barely get my street clothes on.

                    Before leaving I stopped back in

                    the bar, did one more shot that was

                    waiting for me before turning to

                    head for the doors.


          EXT. AMY'S CLUB - EVENING


          Amy is drunk and STUMBLES outside where HouseMom was having

          a smoke. Amy lights up and joins her. Both APPLEJACKS and

          one of the dancers come out to join them.


                              NARRATOR

                    When I got outside HouseMom was

                    having a smoke so I decided to join

                    her and lit up. Then, both

                    Applejacks and one of the other

                    dancers they'd been sitting with

                    came out to join us. I was still

                    talking to the Polack when the

                    night DJ came strolling past us on

                    his way to the front doors.


                              NIGHT DJ

                    Is it now okay for the dancers to

                    be making out with customers in the

                    parking lot?


                              NARRATOR

                    Was he teasing...or was he serious?

                    He must have been joking but I was

                    still drunk as a skunk.


                              AMY

                         (speaking to the Polack)

                    Do you know what he's talking

                    about?


          The Polack points to their truck, I turn and see the German,

          sloppy-drunk making out with a dancer.


                              AMY (CONT'D)

                    Yuck!


          Amy looks down and sees a spent CONDOM on the pavement. Amy

          is grossed out but also feels the whole scene is hilarious

          and gives the Polack a HUG before leaving.


                              NARRATOR

                    I was grossed out but it was a

                    Sarah-Silverman hilarious moment at

                    the same time, so I burst into a

                    fit of laughter at the comedy of

                    club-circus efforts taking place

                    all around me. Back at the front

                    doors I finish my cig before

                    hugging the Polack goodbye. As the

                    Polack gave me a kiss goodbye on

                    the cheek one of the night

                    HouseDads came out looking for a

                    confrontation.


                              HOUSEDAD

                    You guys need to get the fuck out

                    of here!


                              NARRATOR

                    Suspecting he was probably reacting

                    to the DJ telling him about the

                    dancer making out with a customer

                    in the parking lot, and realizing

                    that I, too, was in the wrong for

                    being so friendly with the Polack

                    outside of the club, I turned.


                              AMY

                    Goodnight, gentlemen.


          With that Amy quickly heads for her CAR, gets in, and drives

          away hoping to have diffused the situation.


                              NARRATOR

                    Heading down the road it occurs to

                    me that the HouseDad and my Polack

                    just might get into it over my

                    perhaps inappropriate club

                    friendship with him. I knew the

                    Polack had a temper, but her wasn't

                    the one I was worried about. With a

                    military background and training in

                    karate and even knew how to deliver

                    a kill hit with just his bare

                    hands--no, I was worried about

                    HouseDad. That thought sobered me

                    right up, so about half way home I

                    called him.


                              AMY

                    Hay...what's going on...everything

                    all right?


                              POLACK

                    Yeah...I got right out of there.


                              NARRATOR

                    I'd learned that HouseDad pushed

                    him, which made him furious, but he

                    kept his temper in check for the

                    sake of our relationship. Yes, he

                    thinks, he hopes we might have a

                    future together.


                              AMY

                    The important thing is you didn't

                    put him down, so thank you...thank

                    you for that.


          Amy is DRIVING home while reviewing what just happened,

          calls Polack, then continues home, goes inside, acts like

          nothing happened, draws a hot BATH, watches some TV, and

          falls asleep.


                              NARRATOR

                    The incident was over...no harm no

                    foul, but I knew there would be

                    repercussions if I kept pushing the

                    boundaries both the club and I have

                    always set with customers. I'd hate

                    to have the Applejacks banned from

                    the club and yet it might be the

                    best thing for everyone. What's

                    wrong with me, I don't fuck up like

                    this. I know the rules. Now, the

                    German Applejack with that dancer,

                    she's new but she'll find out fast

                    that she fucked up, but how could I

                    have been so stupid. After all that

                    almost went down I'm feeling

                    horrible but pull into my driveway

                    and have to go into the house and

                    pretend that everything was just

                    peachy. I make a point to always do

                    that and it's not just to protect

                    my man, if I brought difficult

                    incidents like that up I'd have to

                    relive the shit storms all over

                    again...when i get home I need

                    peace, quiet, and most of all I

                    need to feel safe. I'll often bath,

                    relax, watch some mindless TV

                    letting 30 Rock push all the

                    madness to the back burner...so

                    that's exactly what I'm going to do

                    and hopefully there won't be any.


          INT. RESTAURANT - LUNCH


          Amy is enjoying a GIRL'S day and night out with LatteGirl,

          starting out with LUNCH, then a MASSAGE.


                              NARRATOR

                    Today is going to be a much needed

                    girl's day and night out with a

                    calm-my-frazzled-soul massage

                    thrown in for good measure...and

                    did I ever need one. Woke up still

                    feeling guilty for what could have

                    happened yesterday with the Polack

                    and HouseDad, but today is a new

                    day and I'm meeting LatteGirl for

                    lunch. Over crispy coconut shrimp

                    we talked about, what else, man

                    troubles.


                              LATTEGIRL

                    My guy left his phone on the

                    counter and when he was taking a

                    shower I took a look and found a

                    bunch of texts and sex photos to

                    some girl so I kicked him out right

                    then and there.


                              AMY

                    That's a downer...you know I'm good

                    with my man, but at the club, you

                    know, the Polack, I feel so guilty

                    about flirting with him when I know

                    it won't be going anywhere.


                              NARRATOR

                    Done gabbing LatteGirl was feeling

                    frisky as a result of her sudden

                    single status.


                              LATTEGIRL

                    You know, I want to go out...what

                    are you doing tonight?


                              NARRATOR

                    She delivered the question with the

                    emphatic overtone of I want to go

                    out and you do too! Clubbing plans

                    settled we hit the mall after which

                    I headed for my massage

                    appointment.


          INT. MASSAGE THERAPIST - AFTERNOON


          Amy DISROBES and stretches out on the massage table. After a

          hug the masseuse gets to work on Amy. In the middle of the

          MASSAGE she spends extra time on Amy's behind.


                              NARRATOR

                    My masseuse is disarming on a

                    number of levels, beginning with

                    her charming, thick Lithuanian

                    accent. The embodiment of a 

                    mother's love, her large-breasted

                    hugs will transport you right back

                    to your childhood. Oozing through

                    her fingertips is everything

                    soothing, comforting, calming about

                    being human. During every session

                    she puts me right to sleep and the

                    being rocked-in-a-cradle effects

                    last the rest of the day. I love

                    her to death and I think sh e has a

                    crush on me.


                              MASSEUSE

                    Vat butiful bod you have...it like

                    cake.


                              NARRATOR

                    She speaks in her thick accent and

                    not always sure exactly what

                    English word to use to convey her

                    meaning.


                              MASSEUSE

                    I see on web that some vomens you

                    can hire to eat food off of...now

                    you good for dessert...but just

                    dessert.


                              NARRATOR

                    See what I mean...how damn cute and

                    there's more. She began spending

                    more time on my butt than usual,

                    now I know it's pretty freakin'

                    fabulous, but I've never had a

                    masseuse stay there that long.


                              MASSEUSE

                    You put anything in your butt...you

                    know like vomens put in their

                    breasts?


                              NARRATOR

                    Yes, even strippers can blush and

                    hearing her I felt my face turn

                    bright beet red.


                              AMY

                    No...but thank you for asking.


                              NARRATOR

                    Only to me...shit like this

                    happens...my masseuse hitting on

                    me. I'm not complaining as I'd do

                    almost anything to be able to drift

                    into the safe quiet space she

                    creates on my own with her hot

                    rocks, steaming towels, and magical

                    oiled fingertips whenever I need

                    it. She doesn't charge enough so I

                    always tip her handsomely and she

                    always complains I'm giving her too

                    much.


                              AMY

                    You know, not all you massage

                    therapists are created equal...I

                    know I'm a caring person, with my

                    words, with my body, and I can feel

                    whether other people really care

                    about me or not, especially during

                    a massage...anyway, I can tell that

                    you care.


                              NARRATOR

                    I've been to many a masseuse over

                    the years...more of a necessity

                    than a luxury in my line of work.

                    Some are tentative and afraid to

                    hurt me, something they sometimes

                    need to do to get down to the base

                    of the physical and emotional toxic

                    sludge that needs to be flushed

                    from my tissues. I know I'd be a

                    good masseuse because I'd care

                    enough to connect and do what needs

                    to be done. So much of what my

                    customers at the club respond to is

                    the simple but powerful effects of

                    physical touch.


          While Amy is narrating the scene shifts to her at the CLUB

          gently STROKING a client's legs, arms, and back.


                              NARRATOR (CONT'D)

                    So much caring comes through her

                    fingers. Hey, maybe it's me who has

                    a crush on her! I'm good at

                    providing my special brand of club

                    therapy and yet my biological clock

                    is ticking like a time bomb and I

                    can't see myself in the biz as a

                    mother...time to seriously start

                    considering other pay-the-bills

                    options. So much of what I'm going

                    through, what I'm feeling, I can't

                    really tell anyone. I would be

                    worth the investment of a good

                    therapist if they could actually

                    help me move my life forward and

                    put the club in the rear view

                    mirror once and for all.


          INT. DANCE CLUB - EVENING


          Amy gets home, takes a nap, DRESSES seductively to go out

          dancing, and enters the first club. As Amy remembers going

          there in her youth the scene shows that simulation, Amy in

          TIGHT JEANS, tank top, push-up bra, combat boots, getting on

          the SWINGS, DANCING on the bar


                              NARRATOR

                    The first club was familiar party

                    turf from my wild youth. On a

                    regular basis I'd slip into my

                    tightest jeans, add a tank top,

                    push-up bra, combat boots, and get

                    Coyote-Ugly crazy on the dance

                    floor. They had swings hanging from

                    the ceiling and girls would get up

                    on the bar and dance. The DJ both

                    was my spot to bust loose. I'd

                    leave the club just dripping with

                    sweat. Walking in I cold see the

                    place had changed ownership.

                    Renamed and remodeled it was like

                    the inside of a log cabin with a

                    more country atmosphere, but the DJ

                    was playing old throwback

                    fun-to-dance-to music. After

                    standing on the perimeter sipping

                    our drinks and sizing up the crowd,

                    we didn't waste much time working

                    our way to the dance floor. Early

                    on two guys locked on, they didn't

                    come up, say hi, or offer to buy us

                    a drink, they just stood there

                    gawking, too intimidated to act on

                    their attraction to us. When we

                    were ready to leave, on our way out

                    on purpose we walked right past

                    them.


          Amy leans in and WHISPERS something in the ear of the guy

          was watching me the whole night, then walks away, after

          which embarrassed his jaw drops.


                              AMY

                    ...you're welcome...


                              NARRATOR

                    His jaw dropped with a

                    you-caught-me-leering look accented

                    with both a smirk and I'm

                    embarrassed, but totally

                    entertained smile.


          INT. DANCE CLUB #2 - EVENING


          Amy and LatteGirl leave the first club and head across the

          street to another, the girls order bottles of water and hit

          the DANCE FLOOR, but the crowd did not like the DJ's

          selections, let him know, he picked better songs, and the

          dance party resumed. While dancing a short GREEK MAN

          approached Amy, put his hand on her, she rebuffs his

          advance, goes back to dancing, and he comes up again putting

          his head right on her BREAST as she is towering over him in

          her heels.


                              NARRATOR

                    Across the street was another club

                    I'd been in to many many times in

                    the past before settling into

                    gentleman's club life. My man used

                    to work there as a bouncer. Already

                    buzzed, after grabbing a couple

                    bottles of water we worked out way

                    to the dance floor settling into a

                    good spot under a speaker by the DJ

                    booth. Sadly, the DJ didn't know

                    what he was doing and his

                    selections froze the dancers at

                    times or worse cleared the floor.

                    It didn't take long before people

                    started yelling at him to play

                    better music, he did and the dance

                    floor filled up again! Before long

                    this short little man, Greek I

                    think, approached me, his belt

                    buckle only coming to the middle of

                    my thigh, but he was all GQ'd out

                    in his Polo shirt, flipped-up

                    collar, Mohawk haircut, and tight

                    jeans held up with that big belt. I

                    was dancing with my hands held up

                    to about shoulder level when he

                    made his move. Using the cold,

                    clammy hand he'd just taken off of

                    his iced drink he grabbed onto

                    mine. Are you freaking kidding me,

                    I responded disdainfully by

                    squeezing his hand really hard

                    before pushing it away, before

                    proceeding to wipe my hand off on

                    my jeans...YUCK! Not deterred,

                    after we went back to dancing he

                    came up again planting his face

                    right up to my boob as that's as

                    far up my body as he could reach,

                    as in my heels I was towering over

                    him. I wasn't looking or acting

                    approachable, but that didn't keep

                    him from pressuring me.


                              GREEK MAN

                         (drunk...slurring his words)

                    You ladies having fun tonight?


                              AMY

                         (responding without a hint of

                         a let's-talk smile)

                    Yep...


                              GREEK MAN

                    You ladies want to dance?


                              AMY

                    Nope...


                              GREEK MAN

                    You ladies lesbians?


                              AMY

                    Yes...yes we are.


                              GREEK MAN

                    So then why don't you want to dance

                    with me?


                              AMY

                    I don't do that...I don't dance

                    with boys...I don't like dick.


                              NARRATOR

                    LatteGirl is getting a big kick out

                    of my first-class bitch act...boys

                    can be so stupid sometimes. This

                    guy just wouldn't quit and

                    continued his pitch.


                              GREEK MAN

                    Can we exchange numbers?


                              AMY

                    NO!


                              GREEK MAN

                    Why not?


                              AMY

                    Cuz I DON'T DO THAT!!


                              NARRATOR

                    He kept blathering on and at one

                    point sent spittle onto my boob. I

                    wiped it right off.


                              AMY

                    Why don't you go talk to those

                    short girls over there...we're done

                    here!


          Amy pushes him away.


                              NARRATOR

                    I shoved the little guy with my

                    hands, he was drunk, and dumb, and

                    embarrassed himself, but it was fun

                    toying with him. We kept dancing

                    even as the dance floor got more

                    and more crowded.


          LatteGirl is being hemmed in by a rude crowded dance floor.

          Amy decides to do something about it, ELBOWING a few dancers

          out of the way to make space for LATTEGIRL.


                              NARRATOR (CONT'D)

                    LatteGirl was hemmed in, every time

                    she tried to move from her spot she

                    got bumped back by some thug on the

                    dance floor. Upset by this I made a

                    move to switch places with her, now

                    it was me he was continuing to

                    bully so I began elbowing the

                    mosh-pit-mentality jerk out of the

                    way. He gave me a you-bitch look

                    and I returned a

                    you're-welcome-pussy smirk...but

                    basically all in good fun. Said

                    farewell to a few people we knew

                    and were out the door just after

                    midnight. Got a goodbye hug from

                    LatteGirl.


          Amy gets a long, meaningful HUG from LatteGirl, thanking her

          for the good time and good friendship.


                              NARRATOR (CONT'D)

                    In my line of work there are many

                    different degrees of hugs and the

                    meanings they carry. Rarely is it I

                    really like you and I'm glad we

                    spent time together, but that

                    heartfelt message was in

                    LatteGirl's extended goodnight hug.


          INT. AMY'S HOME - MEMORIAL DAY - DAY


          Amy is home alone on a rainy holiday. After taking a WALK,

          she begins worrying about that almost happened at the club.

          Amy is seen flirting with the Polack, but then the scene

          shifts to her imagining him breaking into her house and

          SHOOTING her, leaving her man alive, in a fit of rage when

          he sees him.


                              NARRATOR

                    Memorial Day has to be a good day,

                    a holiday, right? Lazed around in

                    my PAJAMA PANTS, only getting out

                    to take a walk. It was one of those

                    rainy days that makes you feel like

                    hibernating from the gray dawn to

                    an even darker dusk. I got up still

                    worried about the mess I was in at

                    the club. I wasn't worried about

                    club management, it was this guy

                    I'd been flirting with, Polack, and

                    what he might do when he finally

                    finds out that I'm not really

                    available. The guilt was eating me

                    up. I give him so much

                    attention...because he needs

                    it...because I need it...but he's

                    not happy. I crave having a crush

                    on him at the club, he's someone I

                    look forward to seeing without

                    being paid...more like a real

                    relationship you'd have in the

                    outside world. Besides the upside,

                    the guilt got me obsessing about

                    what he might actually do in a fit

                    of anger, like breaking into the

                    house and shooting me. I don't

                    really think he would, but just the

                    possibility has me worried. It's

                    more, though, about hurting his

                    feelings, or my man's feelings, not

                    that I've slept with anyone, yet I

                    know I'm already guilty of

                    emotional infidelity. Is that

                    grounds for divorce in Wisconsin? I

                    was home alone when all these

                    disturbing distractions began

                    bombarding me. Usually a good

                    distraction, LunchGuy texted me and

                    sent me a picture.


          Amy is looking at her PHONE and see a picture of some

          patriotic art. At first she is delighted, but then starts to

          become unhinged thinking about how needy her club REGULARS

          are. But then she thinks about her many regulars and how in

          many cases she cherishes them as much as they do her.

          Recalling aspects of her childhood, she forgives herself for

          being so needy for the affection she gets from her club

          regulars. While talking about how much her regulars mean to

          her, there are scenes of her HUGGING several club regulars,

          some at the bar, others in VIP, and last as they're leaving

          the club.


                              AMY

                    So...tell me more about the pic?


                              LUNCHGUY

                    When my mother was younger she

                    created this patriotic art

                    incorporating eagles, flags, that

                    sort of thing, and she won first

                    prize at the state fair the year

                    she submitted it. LunchGuy felt

                    like sharing that with me, as he

                    always does,so many personal

                    touching intimate details of his

                    life. At first I smiled then,

                    without warning, I started feeling

                    trapped, the pressure of so many

                    people depending on me to be there

                    for them. My club regulars count on

                    me to provide them with a sense of

                    being part of a meaningful, caring

                    relationship. What would happen to

                    those men if I were no longer in

                    their lives, so how can I ever just

                    walk away from what I'm doing at

                    the club.I provide them with moral

                    support and genuine affection. They

                    ask my advice on just about

                    everything important going on in

                    their lives. In many cases I

                    validate their existence and

                    choices. It's a heavy burden to

                    carry, but the real reason is that

                    for many of them the genuine

                    affection works both ways. How

                    could anyone come through my

                    childhood, neglected, abandoned,

                    and not have a fucked-up sense of

                    their worth as a human being. Every

                    day at the club my loyal,

                    appreciative regulars remind me

                    that I'm beautiful, desirable, and

                    most of all deserve to be loved.

                    More than the money I'm just not

                    sure I'm healthy enough to survive

                    my own fragile emotional skin

                    without their constant hugs of

                    validation. As these weighty

                    worries continued to pile on top of

                    me I reached a tipping point where

                    I felt like I was inside a box, a

                    psychological coffin and the lid

                    was being lowered. The pressure

                    erupted into a full blown panic

                    attack right in what should be the

                    safety of my kitchen. I start

                    hyperventilating, my chest gets so

                    tight you think you're having a

                    heart attack. Weak in the knees, I

                    have to hold on to the counter to

                    keep from falling down. Still able

                    to think clearly, I grabbed an ice

                    pack from the frig, drank some

                    water, and sat in a chair before

                    slowly calming back down. My

                    precious pooch helped snap me back

                    to sanity b y feverishly licking my

                    face. Maybe I do need a therapist

                    to get all this crap off my

                    chest...know any good ones?


          INT. AMY'S HOME - MEMORIAL DAY


          Amy, feeling better, has to get ready to host a BARBECUE

          gathering at her home. Amy goes into the store and draws

          disapproving GLANCES from wives and mothers with children

          because of what she's wearing, but then she encounters a

          stock boy.


                              NARRATOR

                    Memorial Day...got up, got dressed,

                    but didn't shower because I had to

                    stock up for a holiday barbecue we

                    were hosting later in the

                    afternoon. I just realized that I'm

                    always the one who trudges off to

                    the store at times like this...that

                    probably should change, but then

                    there's something in me that likes

                    to play house, run errands,do for

                    the family and friends. I feel good

                    when I'm making other people happy.

                    Walking into the store I'm getting

                    dirty looks from wives and mothers

                    with children as I'm wearing a long

                    black thin summer dress accented

                    with see-through lace strips along

                    the back and a deep V-neck in

                    front. A little scandalous, I

                    suppose, but hey, if you got

                    it...right! While in the store I

                    kept running into a couple in their

                    early 50s. We'd walk past each

                    other going down an aisle and the

                    man kept giving me the hard

                    once-over and not very discretely.

                    Finally we were in the dairy

                    section, he looked one too many

                    times, and his wife smacked him

                    good. Though I had ice cream on my

                    list I took myself right out of

                    that volatile situation and walked

                    quickly away. I knew it wasn't my

                    fault but I didn't want her to

                    start yelling at me, still, I felt

                    kind of bad for him as he was the

                    kind of guy who might very well

                    come to the club and connect with

                    me professionally. Heading down the

                    chips aisle I saw a stock boy;

                    tall, dark, and rock-star handsome.

                    As I walked by he did the whole

                    turn-a-360, and when I got to the

                    juice aisle he was there

                    straightening a display case that

                    was already in perfect order, and

                    having some OCD tendencies I know

                    order when I see it! As I

                    approached him, sauntering behind

                    my cart full of food, my sleek

                    black dress swaying in my wake, he

                    smiled.


                              STOCK BOY

                    You having a good day?


                              NARRATOR

                    It was one of those situations

                    where he was scared and

                    intimidated, but still had to reach

                    out--and that impulse, of course,

                    is why there are billions of people

                    in the world and why I make so much

                    money as an adult entertainer. I

                    understood his situation and wasn't

                    about to rudely blow him off.


                              AMY

                    Yes...I am having a great day...


                              STOCK BOY

                    ...how did you get to be so

                    beautiful...


                              NARRATOR

                    I acknowledged his cute compliment

                    with a smile of approval as I

                    sashayed past him.


                              AMY

                    ...my momma and my daddy,

                    sweetheart.


          INT. AMY'S HOME - MEMORIAL DAY


          Back from shopping, Amy showers, changes, and gets ready for

          the barbecue.


                              NARRATOR

                    Home now, I showered, changed, and

                    got everything ready for the

                    barbecue. Our friends showed up, we

                    ate, drank, talked, sat around and

                    then decided to go for a walk by

                    the lake. After sitting by the old

                    docks we started walking again and

                    I got separated from the group. I

                    lit up one of my Black N Milds,

                    looked out over the still waters,

                    and breathed in deeply, hoping to

                    calm down from the past couple of

                    days. Once you've had a panic

                    attack you feel they can come on

                    anytime anywhere and you worry it

                    will happen in public. I know I'm

                    never going to move my life forward

                    until I clear my mind of he

                    psychological cancer causing these

                    attacks. Much of it I already know

                    is related to the constant pressure

                    I feel from my club clients, I've

                    opened up genuine lines of

                    communication and given them access

                    to me, so I'm constantly sending or

                    processing text messages and phone

                    calls. Consequently my mind is

                    never at peace. I'm fighting back

                    these anxious thoughts while

                    looking out over the calm waters

                    and letting the tension drain into

                    the endless horizon as a cool

                    breeze help me chill...just chill

                    out completely. I need to wake up

                    in the morning and try harder, push

                    forward to a different life, with a

                    family, a much less complicated

                    life closely tied to he earth on a

                    piece of land so big I can turn in

                    every direction and not see anyone,

                    sit on my porch, and get through a

                    day without touching a smart phone.

                    Sitting on the pier, smoking a cig,

                    thinking these challenging

                    thoughts, of course what do I

                    do...take a picture of myself

                    glammed out in my supermodel

                    sunglasses and send it to my

                    LunchGuy and a few others on my

                    club VIP HIT LIST.


          INT. AMY'S CLUB


          During the NARRATOR's closing narrative, ending Episode #10,

          a series of recycled shots from the episode so far are use

          to sum up Amy's life and her transition to a new life.


                              NARRATOR

                    An entire year of recording my

                    memoir has passed. This is the last

                    journal entry, it was supposed to

                    be a record of my LAST YEAR as an

                    adult entertainer. Since, at

                    present, I'm not yet read to let

                    go, Shave Slowly may indeed blossom

                    into a trilogy. I recently watched

                    the movie Out of Africa with Meryl

                    Streep and Robert Redford, a film

                    I've watched over and over.They're

                    on safari and he's showing her the

                    great pristine natural wilderness

                    of the African Savannah and

                    lamenting that because of

                    development it will soon never be

                    the same. That night they're

                    setting around the dinner table

                    telling stories and sipping on

                    drinks when he suggests it's time

                    she retire saying, 'You need your

                    rest...big day tomorrow.' She asks,

                    'Why, what's going to happen?' He

                    pauses, looks at her sweetly, and

                    with the confidence of knowing a

                    transcendent truth about life,

                    replies, 'I don't exactly know but

                    every day brings some new

                    challenge, now doesn't it?' I

                    always shed a tear after that

                    scene. What challenge will I face

                    tomorrow and tomorrow and next

                    week, month, year, lifetime...only

                    time will tell.


          


          THE END OF SHAVE SLOWLY LIMITED TV SERIES EPISODE #10


          


                              


                              


                              


                              

                    

                    

                    


                              


                              


                              


                              


                              


          

                    


          


                              

                    

                    

                    


                              


                              


                              


          

                    


                              

                    


          

                    


                              

                    

                    


                              

                    


          


                              

                    

                    


          

                    


          


          


                              

                    


          

                    

                    

                    


                              


                              


          


                              


                              

                    

                    


                              

                     


                              

                    


                              


          

                    


          


          


                              

                    


          


          


                              


          

                    


          


                              

                    

                    


          


                              


                              


                              


                              


                              


                              


                              

                    


          

                    


          


                              


          

                    

                    

                    


                              

                    


          


          


          

                    


                              

                    

                     

                    


                              

                    



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