LA VERDAD SOBRE EL LUGAR DEL ARTISTA LATINOAMERICANO

A gargoyle secretary sits typing a document.

        The office door opens in the background and a short middle-

        aged man in a dark suit emerges.

        To his secretary:

                               EXECUTIVE

               I'm eating on the lot today –

        He notices Barton.

                               EXECUTIVE

               ...Who's he?

        The secretary looks over from her typing to consult a slip 

        of paper on her desk.

                               SECRETARY

               Barton Fink, Mr. Geisler.

                               GEISLER

               More please.

                               BARTON

               I'm a writer, Mr. Geisler. Ted Okum 

               said I should drop by morning to see 

               you about the –

                               GEISLER

               Ever act?

                               BARTON

               ...Huh? No, I'm –

                               GEISLER

               We need Indians for a Norman Steele 

               western.

                               BARTON

               I'm a writer. Ted O –

                               GEISLER

               Think about it, Fink. Writers come 

               and go; we always need Indians.

BARTON FINK, Screenplay By Ethan Coen & Joel Coen