regina is sitting in a grey chair in her manager's office. everything in her manager's office is gray. there are ansel adams prints in silvery-gray frames on the walls and gray venetian blinds on the windows. regina's manager's name is ken. she finds this funny because he is a less attractive, leathery-tan, super-sized version of barbie's boyfriend. regina is holding a can of diet pepsi because she has publicly endorsed diet pepsi even though the taste of it reminds her of sawdust and makes her feel like vomiting all over the dove-gray carpet in ken's office. ken has emptied two cans of diet pepsi since regina came in, and is now working on his third. he does this because he is very enthusiastic about pushing his clients' endorsements. ken asks regina why she isn't wearing more bronzer. regina reaches into her purse and pulls out a compact of nars bronzer and a kabuki brush. ken calls regina his little starlet. regina thinks about how much she hates the word starlet. she crosses and uncrosses her legs.

ken tells regina that he has a new script for her. he hands her a photocopied manuscript. the cover page is pale blue and the words little miss darkness are printed on it. ken tells regina that the script is about a moody gothic teenager named celeste who is transformed into a pageant princess by her fairy godfather. ken says that sean hayes is signed on to play the fairy godfather and nick jonas is going to play celeste's love interest. ken is very excited. beads of sweat are racing one another down his reddening face. when ken's face turns red it begins to look purple because it is so tan. regina thinks that she would rather have all of her fingernails pulled out by sean hayes while listening to a jonas brothers playlist on repeat than be in this movie. regina wants to start taking serious roles but susan tells her that no one will take her seriously. ken listens to susan even though susan knows nothing about acting. ken tells regina that her mother has already approved the script. regina takes a sip of diet pepsi. she feels like vomiting all over the dove-grey carpet in ken's office. instead she smiles and says that she can't wait to start shooting. ken begins to talk about the possibilities of a sequel and action figures. regina feels like she doesn't exist.

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