JS: Yes, you in the…the hat.
Kid: Um. Yeah. So in that book where the two guys work on the farm?
JS: Of Mice and Men.
Kid: Yeah. That thing. Why did that one dude shoot the other dude in the face instead of running away?
JS: Well, that might have been the moral choice in a way. But sometimes it’s more interesting when a character doesn’t make the moral choice, don’t you think?
Kid: Maybe. I don’t know. I just. How come they couldn’t like steal a car and make a break for it? You could have put a chase scene in there.
JS: That’s true. To be honest, I don’t know if that would have served the story, really.
Kid: But wouldn’t it be awesome?
JS: I suppose. I was really looking for more of an emotional climax.
Kid: They could have been crying in the car.
JS: True. Yes, I suppose.
Kid: Um, Mr. Steinbeck? What kind of gun would you put in the movie? Like a cool one? Do you think the guy would hold it sidewise, all gangster, or do you think he’d hold it straight?
JS: I really don’t know. Straight, I imagine.
Kid: That’s what I think too. That’s cool. Hey, how come that one dude was named Curly? That’s not a very tough name. He was supposed to be all hard. Shouldn’t he have a name like Diesel or Iron Mike or something?
JS: It wasn’t. I always thought of Curly as less tough than he thought he was.
Kid: Oh. Hey, what was with that thing where he wore a glove with Vaseline inside? That shit was fucked up.
JS: Haha, oh yeah. That was just to fuck with high school English teachers. Now they have to explain that for the next century. Haha, one of my best ideas.