Characters cut from movies meet once a year in a bar near the studio lot. A pirate with no lines buys drinks for a background astronaut. A romantic lead deleted for pacing swaps notes with a singing tree. They toast to the audiences who never met them. At midnight, they project their lost moments on a brick wall, reclaiming seconds stolen by editors. In the morning, they fade, promising to crash blooper reels wherever they can.
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