Smash Notes
S2E6 - 'Casino Etoile, Amsterdam'
The night is young(ish) for Belinda as she heads to an exclusive casino and encounters a potential new Russian client, Grigor Calanski...
Notes
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They went to a casino and ran into Grigor Calanski, a Russian entrepreneur. He asked why Peter and his female friend were ignoring him. It is not specified if Belinda is still naked or not.
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In the Casino Etoile chapter read on My Dad Wrote a Porno, Belinda recoils at the grease Grigor's lips left, then recovers at once. Her next thought is that a Russian entrepreneur surely needs pots and pans, and that Russia is a big place that needs pans. She also decides her luck is in because she is in a casino. Grigor calls her English, which the hosts treat as an insult, and introduces Laura as his "so to speak" right-hand man, along with Peter. Belinda sits opposite him, crosses her legs, and tries to let her posture say what she will not say out loud.
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He calls her English, her new nickname, and says that she suits black and that her breasts are better than Laura’s— his assistant with him in the casino. This is another time when stating Belinda’s breasts are better than another character’s.
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At the Casino Etoile, Grigor tells Laura not to wave Belinda off. Peter has said she demands respect, she is a sales director, and the company needs her. Laura nods and says yes, they do, "even if they are English. Beautiful but stupid." The hosts call that outrageous. Grigor then invites Belinda and Peter to the tables, orders four dry martinis, and asks whether her cookware company has any representation in Russia or its confederacy. Belinda says they have considered the region, and that fragmentation has kept them from appointing anyone.
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She states how it’s a geographic region they had been considering, but they are unable to appoint a suitable distributor or designate a sales outlet.
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He states how she may be keen of his sexual fantasies and that his aim to make any woman he wants his own. Peter states he needs to seduce Laura and leave Belinda’s needs alone for another time.
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Russia is not a continent, despite what Belinda may think.
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He is stating females having vaginal lids, which are actually known as lips. It’s a very closed-open situation of how Rocky thinks of it, and far from what he imagines it to be. Really, nothing changes from its exterior appearance.
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“My auntie is sick.” A voice then asks, “What is wrong with her?” Grigor states, “She has harpes,” probably should be written as "herpes" instead.
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In season 2, episode 6 of My Dad Wrote a Porno, the chapter Casino Etoile, Amsterdam reaches its last beat in the casino. Belinda asks who Zara is and says she seems intimidating. Grigor looks across the room and answers, "I think you're about to find out." The hosts call it the first cliffhanger of the book. The story has jumped from ordinary business meetings in Amsterdam to this meeting with the Russians, and Jamie says he is actually on the edge of his seat, which he rarely is. The next chapter, they tell listeners, is Chapter 7, The Countess Zara.
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Just based off of their names and the introduction of the Duchess from the previous book, the Duchess sounds like she was from ancient aristocracy. Whereas, the Countess sounds like riff raff.
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