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THE FIX-UP
by Diagonal Digital Media, Mold and Machine Company (D2M3)
The time and the place: 1975, Chicago’s Far North Side.Meet LOU - an enforcer for the Chicago Outfit. Lou has also performed the occasional odd job for the CIA’s Miami station AKA "JM/WAVE".When he’s not breaking fingers or smuggling ancient relics, Lou writes thinly veiled tales of his exploits - under a pen name - for a pulp magazine publisher. That would be J.R. NASTE. (Pronounced, “Nast” not “Nasty”. The “E”, as J.R. often reminds others, is silent.)THE FIX-UP is a tale within a tale. There is the story of Lou and J.R., as the two berate, betray, belittle and finally befriend one another. Then there's the story of Lou's exploits. J.R. has convinced Lou these need a little editing - a "fix-up". And if Lou is willing to give J.R. a cut, J.R. will forward the stitched-together bio tell-all to Hugh Hefner, whom J.R. claims is an old pal.The goal - for now: sell Lou’s story of his mentorship under historical gangster JOHN ROSELL
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The Set-Up
Before arriving at JR's apartment for his weekly visit, LOU confides to the viewer in a dream he had about two mysterious strangers who visited JR. Later, LOU tells JR about his first meeting with Chicago crime boss, SAM G.
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The Blow-Up
JR receives a phone call from the FREDS. LOU waxes philosophically, sharing some thoughts on the soul, German engineering and the end of the world (as he recites “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost). And there's the matter of a couple of dead bodies that need disposal . . . .
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The Shoot-Up
LOU goes looking for EARL and finds nothing but trouble. Ever have one of those days?
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The Grown-Up, Part Two
In this episode of THE FIX-UP, Lou discusses death, the troubadours, and the new waitress at Roller's Soda Fountain. Meanwhile, J.R. has been hiding something from Lou - and it's not Dolly. Johnny Roselli, narratively speaking, remains at large.
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The Grown-Up, Part One
In this episode of THE FIX-UP, LOU describes to J.R. his introduction to the Outfit-owned business, Alla-Round Vending, where YOUNG LOU quickly excels at fixing slot machines and laundering the dimes and quarters (literally) that are sticky from spilled drinks and other fluids not to be named....
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The Screw-Up, Part Two
In this episode of THE FIX-UP, LOU begins telling his origins tale of The Life to men's adventure magazine mogul, J.R. NASTE, a story that falls somewhere between Hammer's KISS ME, DEADLY and Horwitz' THREE STOOGES.
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The Screw-Up, Part One
In this episode of THE FIX-UP, we meet LOU, an aging enforcer for the Chicago Outfit. Lou has a story or two to tell. Pulp magazine publisher, J.R. NASTE (the "E" in his name is silent) wants to hear - and publish - them all. Particularly, if they can help him get out of his gambling debt to Lou's superior, mob boss, SAM GIANCANA. SAM is more concerned about the whereabouts of his longtime business associate, JOHN ROSELLI. After testifying before a Senate Intelligence Committee on the matter of joint CIA-Mafia paramilitary operations, ROSELLI has gone missing. SAM wants LOU to find him.
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The time and the place: 1975, Chicago’s Far North Side.Meet LOU - an enforcer for the Chicago Outfit. Lou has also performed the occasional odd job for the CIA’s Miami station AKA "JM/WAVE".When he’s not breaking fingers or smuggling ancient relics, Lou writes thinly veiled tales of his exploits - under a pen name - for a pulp magazine publisher. That would be J.R. NASTE. (Pronounced, “Nast” not “Nasty”. The “E”, as J.R. often reminds others, is silent.)THE FIX-UP is a tale within a tale. There is the story of Lou and J.R., as the two berate, betray, belittle and finally befriend one another. Then there's the story of Lou's exploits. J.R. has convinced Lou these need a little editing - a "fix-up". And if Lou is willing to give J.R. a cut, J.R. will forward the stitched-together bio tell-all to Hugh Hefner, whom J.R. claims is an old pal.The goal - for now: sell Lou’s story of his mentorship under historical gangster JOHN ROSELL
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