"BATMAN RETURNS" by Daniel Waters [with revisions by Wesley ...
"BATMAN RETURNS" by Daniel Waters [with revisions by Wesley ...
"BATMAN RETURNS" by Daniel Waters [with revisions by Wesley ...
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"I'm Catwoman, hear me roar."<br />
Then gaily cartwheels out of the alley, into the night.<br />
INT. STOREFRONT OFFICE BLDG. (CAMPAIGN H.Q.)--NEXT DAY<br />
The Strongman pumps iron, rippling the bellydancers<br />
tattooed on his biceps. An acrobat walks on his hands<br />
across the filthy floor, past ...<br />
Max, walking Penguin down the stairs, one hand over his<br />
protegee's slitted eyes.<br />
MAX<br />
Don't look, Oswald. It's a<br />
surprise.<br />
PENGUIN<br />
A big bag of fan mail? Filthy<br />
lucre? Wait don't tell me ... Is<br />
it a broad?<br />
We follow them down to the spiffy ground floor storefront.<br />
INT. CAMPAIGN H.Q.--DAY<br />
Max lifts his palm off Penguin's puss.<br />
Ta-da.<br />
MAX<br />
Penguin's eyes pop. We reveal the storefront (the window<br />
is draped for secrecy) as Cobblepot For Mayor campaign<br />
headquarters! Bunting, balloons, posters proclaiming Ozzie<br />
vs. the Insiders, desks, MacIntoshes, and fresh-scrubbed<br />
college-kid Volunteers.<br />
Who now burst into CHEERS and APPLAUSE for a speechless<br />
Penguin. Under all that ruckus.<br />
PENGUIN<br />
Bu ... wh ... I ... I mean ...<br />
MAX<br />
Yes, adulation is a cross to bear.<br />
God knows I know. But someone's<br />
got to supplant our standing-in-