They’ll eat up anything he does

NICHOLAS           They would, and they will! You think people buy art because it's good?

                                    

AMANDA                Yes, I do.

 

NICHOLAS                             You would.

                                    YET EVERYONE ON PLANET EARTH

                                    ASCERTAINS A PAINTING'S WORTH

                                    BY LOOKING IN THE CORNER FOR A NAME.

                                    THERE'S NO CAP TO WHAT THEY'LL PAY

                                    FOR A PAINTING, DRAWING, SKETCH, EVEN ASH TRAY

                                    BY AN ARTIST OF CELEBRITY AND FAME.

                                    AND IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW,

                                    GREGORY HAS BOTH. ERGO:

 

                                    THEY'LL EAT UP ANYTHING HE DOES.

                                    I PROMISE YOU THEY'LL LOVE HIS EARLY WORK.

                                    SHOULD IT FAIL TO GENERATE A BUZZ.

                                    WE'LL PRODUCE A SKETCHBOOK, FOR WHICH THEY'LL GO BERSERK.

                                    

                                    THEY'LL EAT UP ANYTHING HE DOES.

                                    SHOULD THEY SNUB THAT LITTLE SKETCHBOOK, GOD FORBID,

                                    HIS NAPKIN DOODLES, THEN, WILL GIVE THEM PAUSE.

                                    WELCOME BOYS, TO SOUTHEBY'S LET'S START WITH A HANDSOME BID.

                                    

                                    GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, 

                                    SOLD! AT AN ASTRONOMICAL PRICE

                                    TO THE STUNNER IN THE BACK, MY SALOMÉ.

 

                                    (The music continues as NICHOLAS engages a reluctant AMANDA in a sexy dance.)

 

                                    THEY'LL EAT UP ANYTHING HE DOES.

                                    SHOULD THE NAPKIN DOODLES FAIL TO MAKE A SPLASH,

                                    HIS CHILDHOOD DRAWINGS WILL, BECAUSE

                                    CHILDRENS' ART CAN ALWAYS PART A FOOL AND HIS CASH. 

 

                                    IF THAT DOESN'T SELL, WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS AS WELL:

                                    HAIRCUT SNIPPINGS, TOENAIL CLIPPINGS— THE BEAUTY OF IT IS,

                                    THEY'LL EAT IT UP BECAUSE IT'S HIS.

                                    

                                    YOU SEE, WHAT MAN WANTS MORE THAN QUALITY

                                    IS THE FAINTEST TASTE OF CELEBRITY.

                                    AND FOR THAT, MY LOVE, YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE

                                    HOW MUCH A MAN WILL PAY.

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