Mr. Orton, success means... well, it means a respect for the public. Besides one of the...
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Brian Epstein:
[discussing Joe's screenplay for a movie starring The Beatles]
If the boys are all in bed with Susan, this means, as I understand it, that they are all in bed with each other. No, no, no, no, no, no. Joe Orton:
Why? Brian Epstein:
Why? Because these are normal, healthy boys. Joe Orton:
I take it they all sleep together. Brian Epstein:
They do not. Joe Orton:
Oh, they're all very pretty. I imagined they just had a good time. Sang, smoked, fucked everything in sight, including each other. I thought that was what success meant. Brian Epstein:
Mr. Orton, success means... well, it means a respect for the public. Besides one of the boys is happily married
[discussing Joe's screenplay for a movie starring The Beatles]
If the boys are all in bed with Susan, this means, as I understand it, that they are all in bed with each other. No, no, no, no, no, no. Joe Orton:
Why? Brian Epstein:
Why? Because these are normal, healthy boys. Joe Orton:
I take it they all sleep together. Brian Epstein:
They do not. Joe Orton:
Oh, they're all very pretty. I imagined they just had a good time. Sang, smoked, fucked everything in sight, including each other. I thought that was what success meant. Brian Epstein:
Mr. Orton, success means... well, it means a respect for the public. Besides one of the boys is happily married
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Second point If the boys are all in bed with Susan
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this means as I understand it that they are all in bed with each other
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No no no
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Why
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Why Because these are normal healthy boys
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I take it they all sleep together
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They do not
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But they're all very pretty
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I imagined they just had a good time
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Sang smoked fucked everything in sight including each other
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I thought that was what success meant
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Movie Summary
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
