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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-

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