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Former track star Joseph Douaihy, who has now had to give up running because of several injuries and illnesses, is in his doctor’s office after just having received a spinal tap. His doctor, Doctor Manor, has informed him that he must stay laying down for a while. His brother, the sassy Charles, is sitting waiting with him. Charles is holding onto Joseph’s phone, and Joseph gets a text message from his boss, the kooky Gloria Gurney, about a new idea for a book she has--one based on the mnemonic
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Joseph: Just turn it off.
Charles (reading the phone message): “Libya looks like an ice cream cone with a bite taken out of it. Xo Gloria.”
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Charles: "Western Sahara looks like a revolver. xo Gloria."
Joseph: Where is Western Sahara?
Charles: South of Morocco.
For full extended scene, please refer to the clip or the script edition cited here: Karam, Stephen. Sons of the Prophet. Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL. 2012, pp. 73-77.
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