The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-17
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NOTHING Z
SPECIAL
BY NINA
BY NINA


This is noisy six-act play
which we will call "Joe TakessMe
to the Moves" a small play
which is enacted 8 in half the
households of the United States
week after week.
When I want to 90 : to l ? the nov
les on Saturday. I begin, pkppa
gandizing on the preceding Mon
day. "'Joe"s I say.e"I want to go
to the movies on Saturday I night
of this. week" What's today"
Joe asks. Monday" | tell him,
Monday" Joe repeats, and holds
up his left hand, fingers SPREAD,
which he starts. to count with his
right hand. To-day is Monday"
he says, and bends down his left
thumb with his right forefipger.
Tomorrow, is Tuesday. Then
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. By that time he
is back to his thumb and has to
raise it in order to tick it off
again to denote Saturday. six
days. Five days from now" he
adds hurriedly, having seen my
mouth fly open to protest his
count. DO you realize all the
things that can happen between
now and. Saturday? We can get
sick, die, be buried and forgotten.
An atom bomb. could be- dropped
on us. Where would we, he
them" l reply that l don't know
and l don't care. All l know is
that / want to go to the movies
on Saturday night. Joe, panied at
what he considers the awful shall
lowness of women's mindsr not
interested in atom bombs, shakes
his head sadly.
On Tuesday | announce, s'That
is going to be a good picture. :"
What picture? Where? What
are you talking about?" asks Joe.
THE movie that will be here on
Saturday night" l explain pa
tiently. Movie? Saturday night?
What movie?" Joe demands. I re-
ply that it is called so-and-so. and
has Tyrone Power as it's star.
I've seen it already" says. Joe,
attempting to close the subject.
mo, you haven't seen it," l con-
tradict. 1T is new picture"
Joe gets irritated- Don't. tell
me l haven't seen it," he protests.
why I remember Tyrone Power
when l was little boy, for heava
ems sake, / sigh. Joe, thsi is
not the old Tyrone. Power. l re-
member him too. He's dead. This
is his son, not the old man" joe
looks hurt Nobody ever told
me the old man died, and Il did
mt know heshad a son. But then. :"
he adds, .H course nobody ever
bothers@ to tell me anything. ;" ;
ON "Wednesday get the CAM
paign going again am pMtlng
a hem in this dfess.a I annqlnel
1T is the one am gping to wear
to the movies Saturday night II
think | am going to be ON duty
Saturday night" says Joe, know
ing very well he isn't going to- do
any such thing.
On Thursday Joe attemsts to
put the final quietus on the pro-
Jected Saturday night movie-go-
ing. Il was talking to man to-
day who saw that picture,syou
want to see and he says it isS aw-
full. " Never mind what he said"
l state firmly. 1--WE will like it, l
am sure" Joe grunts in utter sun
belief, and gives me a look, tell
ing me what he thinks of people
who won't take other peoples
word for things. -
On Friday Joe gallops in with
a wonderful idea. Lets play
some cards tomorrow night. We
can invite so-and-so and sogand-
SO and " "Not tomorrow night"
interrupt, Il want to go to the
movies tomorrow night" .Mo-
Vles! snorts. Joe. Movies! That's
all women ever think aboat. Nov
les! Husbands, homes, childrefl-
everything else can go. to the dev-
IL. Nothing matters but MOVIES"
Now you know very we'll we
haven't gone to the movies in
weeks" l begin, but Joe inter-.