Jeff, a photographer confined to a wheelchair, pleads with his editor to give him an assignment to escape his 'swamp of boredom.' They engage in a cynical debate about the merits of marriage versus the freedom of his dangerous career, establishing Jeff's fear of domesticity.
GUNNISON: Read some good books.
JEFF: I've been taking pictures so long I don't know how to read anymore.
GUNNISON: I'll send you some comic books.
JEFF: Listen - if you don't pull me out of this swamp of boredom - I'll do something drastic.
GUNNISON: Like what?
JEFF: I'll - I'll get married. Then I
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