MISSY: Memory is a tricky thing. You nee...

The Arithmetic of Memory

Missy Claudine

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MISSY: Memory is a tricky thing. You need a system to remember things, especially if you're going to be deliberate about it - if you're going to hold onto it long term.

CLAUDINE spots a picture and laughs. She speaks to MISSY and the audience as if they’re a friend.

MISSY only nods and smiles in response, as she works with her note cards.

CLAUDINE: Oh Lord, look at that hair! He always had that hair on him.

MISSY's objective is the memory game. She constantly turns the cards as she speaks.

MISSY: A system. A story. A mnemonic device.

CLAUDINE: You couldn't get scissors near that hair, I tell you.

MISSY: The more outlandish the story or the device, the better.

CLAUDINE: One time, he hid an entire bag of Swedish fish in that hair.

CLAUDINE laughs some more as she looks through the photos.

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