Brian : Okay so what’s your real name
Action : Action Monroe.
Brian : *laughs slightly * No I mean the name your parents or guardian’s
gave you
Action : Action Monroe.
Brian : Yeah, okay.
Action : Hey I aint lyin’. Dats me real name. What’s yers?
Brian : Brian Denton
Action : * laughs slightly * No I mean the name yer parents er
guardian’s gave you.
Brian : * gets irritated * Are you mocking me?
Action : Does it sound like I’m mocking you?
Brian : Lets just get on with the questions okay?
Action : Sure, jist as soon as you tell me yer real name.
Brian : Action, stop it
Action : okay
Brian : Now , how does a girl get a name like Action?
Action: I bet you’d like ta know you dirty ol’…
Brian : Excuse me ?
Action : Never mind.
Brian: Okay, so tell me a little about yourself.
Action : Okay, so I admit it , I aint no saint. Sure I swindle and cheat
just about everyone who crosses paths wit’ me but dats what’s so great
about who I am.
Brian : Really?
Action : Don’t start wit me Denton. Anyway I been lyin’ so long , I
don’t even know da truth nomore. I’m from Chicago – or was it Brooklyn ?
Some times I’m from out west, but most the time I’m from Chicago. I
think I’m 15 maybe 16 – 13 if you’re an old lady.
Brian : *Looks at her awkwardly *
Action : Told ya, I lie a lot
Brian : I thought you were kidding though.
Action : I never kid.
Brain : Tell me, why did you come to New York with Skweekers, that’s
her name right?
Action : Yeah , but I jist call her Skweeks.
Brain : Really ?
Action : No, not really * rolls eyes * Anyway, New York is the
trashiest dirtiest hottest city dere is …. Dats why I love it so much !
Everywhere ya go ya find action , da good kind. I’m talkin’ craps,
poker, races, bettin’, fights and any odder doyt that let a goyl like
me get into.
Brian : SO that’s how you got the name Action.
Action : NO!!! My mother died when I was born and me fadder named me
Brian : Oh, why would he name a kid Action ?
Action : Why do you wear dorky little bow ties?
Brian : * Adjusts bow tie * Next question.
Action : How many you gonna ask me?
Brian: I don’t know yet, you seem very interesting.
Action : Thanks, but I could o’ told you dat.
Brian : So, why be Newsies?
Action : Why not ? * shrugs * Actually , me and Skweeks were runnin’ dis
huge crap game- lots a dough- anyway I got caught usin’ my “special
dice” by this leader guy in Brooklyn.
Brian : You mean Spot Conlon?
Action : * Shudders * Please don’t ever say dat name around me again.
Brian : Why ?
Action : It involves, me , a trash can, 5 big guys from Jersey and dat
rat Conlon.
Brian : You and a trash can….I don’t get it?
Action : Well lets jist say when I got caught cheatin’ Skweeks, bein’ da
brave one she is, jumped over da Brooklyn Bridge . She says because she
was gonna trip over her feet but…Anyway, Spot and dem boys chased me
down. I ran to hide in dis alley where I found a trash can. I crawled in
hopping they wouldn’t see me.
Brian : Did they ?
Action: Yeah. Den dey felt it necessary ta role me down main street in
my newly aquired trash can. It was quite painful really.
Brian : * laughing * That was you ? Wow, you made front page of THE
NEW YORK SUN. They blamed it on harsh winds.
Action : Yeah well , ya loyn sumptin’ new every day. Now if you’ll
excuse me I got places ta go and people ta cheat.
Brian: Thank you for your time.
Action : yeah….hey Have you seen Skweeks?
Brian: Yes , she went after some guy for money he owed her
Action : * grins * oh, you mean Sparky. 5 to one he tries to pull that
whole he died three days ago stunt again. Dat lady didn’t even look like
his mother.
Brian : Sparky….Jason Reed right?
Action : Yeah dats his name why ?
Brian : He was found dead three weeks ago.
Action : Boy, now I feel bad fer deckin’ dat old lady. * Puts her hat on
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