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ARTHUR MUTT
(confused)
um, do you talk about me to other patients?
Psychiatrist
grabs boxing nun and puts it on her hand.
PSYCHIATRIST
(using cartoon voice) Sister Francis
didn't know Arthur was a lawyer?
Arthur
grabs a small Rabbi Puppet.
ARTHUR MUTT
(mocking) Rabi Herzel didn't
know his psychiatrist came from the land of make believe.
PSYCHIATRIST
(Getting into it) Do you think it
was wise for Arthur to go off his medication despite his psychiatrists recommendation against it?
ARTHUR MUTT
Well, the drugs did get him so
depressed he stopped bothering to go to the restroom. Plus, I hear
his psychiatrist already put his medication to her own good use.
Psychiatrist
puts down puppet abruptly and smiles courteously.
PSYCHIATRIST
Ok, So! What exactly is the problem?
ARTHUR MUTT
I've been hallucinating.
PSYCHIATRIST
Well yeah, your
sick, what am I supposed to do about it.
Arthur
pauses disturbed by her asking this
question. The pause is fairly long.
PSYCHIATRIST
Are you seeing something right now?
ARTHUR MUTT
(ANGRY) No! (PAUSES) But I
can't function with these hallucinations. I keep feeling
presences. Things moving around, black ominous things hovering over
my head. Sometimes its like...
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