:E3530


          (E)  - /en2/ /en5/ /en8/
        TIME CODE: 35:30

        The threesome go to the bar.

                        LYLLA
                I'll put it on.

        She puts the video cassette in the VCR at the bar.

                        JACK (to Brad)
                I can't believe what a wimp you are.

                        BRAD
                Come on, man.

                        JACK
                We'd've been home free if you hadn't've
                chickened out.

                        LYLLA
                Will you two cool it, please?  Let's watch the
                tape.

        They watch the tape.  TIME CODE: 36:30

        ON THE TAPE:

        The tape, of amateur quality but still good enough so we can
        make out most of what is going on, begins in a wooded area.
        It's obvious the cameraman is hiding, taking the film without
        the subjects knowing.

        The subjects are in the woods, wearing sheets and skins,
        primitive ritualistic clothing.  They are dancing, as if in
        the middle of some ritual.  It becomes obvious that one
        woman, who is Maxine but whom we never see quite clearly
        enough to identify her (she might be wearing a half-mask, for
        example), is the object of the dance, the center of the focus
        of the movement -- she is being prepared for something.

        Finally a blanket is spread out, very formally, and Maxine
        lies down on it on her back.  Dancers dance all around her.

        One dancer brings out a large phallus-like object, which is
        waved over Maxine's body like a magic wand: this, in fact, is
        an impregnation rite.

        Another dancer joins the one with the phallus-like object but
        this one carries a syringe -- perhaps other medical
        paraphenalia is around as well.  The syringe and phallus
        dance over Maxine's body in a strange duet.

        Finally the dancer with the syringe goes down to his knees.
        Bodies may block what is happening from our clear view --
        this, in fact, is the impregnation of Maxine, surrogate
        mother, with a donor's sperm.  This is an impregnation ritual
        taking place out in the woods, and the impregnation is
        literal if "artificial," impregnating the church's surrogate
        mother, who is Maxine.

        When the sperm is injected, a great frenzy of dancing happens
        now, perhaps great fans are waved over Maxine, as if to
        comfort her.  Finally she is put on a stretcher and carried
        off, still fanned, still pampered, as the frenzied dancers
        follow her away.

        Some confusion of camera angles now, as the camera tries to
        follow Maxine and the dancers but is lost, or perhaps the
        film runs out -- at any rate, the tape being shown is over.

        The entire running time of the tape should be FIVE MINUTES.

        TIME CODE: 41:30  /h2/ /h5/ /h8/

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