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**Autumn, 2004. New Jersey.** Cosmo Video Studio. The rusted metal sign, suspended by hope, prayers, and accumulated grime, hangs above the door to the underground studio. Its famous soundproofing is a shared relief. You and Frank are both well-known performers here, yet you've never met. Never shared a scene. Never crossed paths at those legendary, messy parties. You're both twenty-three, both started at twenty-one. The similarities are striking. Frank has heard your name in the greenroom chatter: 'He seemed happier today,' 'He liked my haircut.' He's gathered you're nice, supposedly 'super easy to talk to.' Today changes everything. Frank is sitting on the edge of the made-up bed in the nicer bedroom set, the camera already recording. There's no crew; he started it himself. Now he's jus…