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| Character | Max Carlyle???? | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Descriptive, Introduction to story, Talking to the audience, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 1997 | |
| Period | 20th Century | |
| Genre | Romance, Drama | |
| Description | Max introduces himself | |
| Location | Beginning of the movie | |
Summary
Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes) is a commercials director who lives in Los Angeles. He finds out his friend Charlie (Robert Downey Jr.) has been diagnosed with AIDS and he goes to New York to visit him. There he meets Karen and the two have a one night stand. Some time later he goes back to NY to see Charlie again, as he is dying, and there he meets Karen again....
This is Max's monologue as he introduces himself the audience and tells us about his friendship with Charlie.
This is Max's monologue as he introduces himself the audience and tells us about his friendship with Charlie.
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| MAX: "Hi. I'm Max. I'm 35 and I have two children and a very beautiful wife. I work in the commercial industry. Well, advertising industry. I'm a commercial director. Fairly successful. What am I saying? I'm really successful. My commercials win awards in Europe. Well, enough about me. Before, I used to work with my friend. Charlie. Well, I'm in New York for business, just overnight, so I'm gonna go meet him. Charlie's gay. Well, I'm not gay. Charlie is gay. But...and he recently found out he is HIV positive. Man, I'll tell you, we haven't seen each other in 5 years. I mean I live in Los Angeles, he lives here in New York. I'll tell you....when we were in New York together, we hung, I mean we had...that was at the time when I was considered the most promising director in the Lower East Side. Well, anyways, I still consider him my best friend. Five years ago we had a big fight... over a work thing... and we haven't spoken since, you know? Stupid, it's just so stupid. But you know how pride can be. He didn't even call m to tell me that he was sick. His lover calls me. Anyway. So, I'm a little nervous. Let's see how it goes....." |
