Various Artists - Happy New Year B |
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Happy New Year B
Various Artists MAUREEN MARK I think we need an agent! We? JOANNE That's selling out MARK But it's nice to dream MAUREEN And it's all thanks to me Yeah MARK Somehow I think I smell The whiff of a scheme JOANNE Me too MAUREEN We can plan another protest JOANNE We?! MAUREEN This time you can shoot from the start... (to MARK) You'll direct (to JOANNE) Starring me! (Lights shift back to downstairs.) ALL 5, 4, 3... Open sesame!! (The door falls away, revealing MARK, JOANNE, and MAUREEN.) Happy new year Happy new year Happy new... BENNY (entering) I see that you've beaten me to the punch ROGER How did you know we'd be here? BENNY I had a hunch MARK You're not mad? BENNY I'm here to end this war It's a shame you went and destroyed the door MIMI Why all the sudden the big about face BENNY The credit is yours You made a good case ROGER What case? BENNY Mimi came to see me And she had much to say MIMI That's not how you put it at all yesterday BENNY I couldn't s thinking about the whole mess Mark MARK (picking up his camera) I guess BENNY Of the past seven days I regret the unlucky circumstances ROGER Circumstance? You padlocked our door BENNY And it's with great pleasure On behalf of CyberArts That I hand you this key (BENNY hands him the key.) ANGEL Golf claps (They oblige.) MARK I have no juice in my battery BENNY Reshoot ROGER I see MAUREEN The benevolent god Ushers the poor artists back to their flat Were you planning on taking down the barbed wire From the lot, too? ROGER Anything but that! BENNY Clearing the lot was a safety concern But you can return We break ground this month MAUREEN That's why you're here with people you hate Instead of with Muffy at Muffy's estate BENNY I'd honestly rather be with you tonight than in Westport ROGER Spare us old sport, the soundbite BENNY Mimi MIMI You came on to me! BENNY Persuade him not to be so counterproductive ROGER Liar! BENNY Why not tell them what you wore to my place? MIMI I was on my way to work BENNY Black leather and lace! My desk was a mess I think I'm still sore MIMI Cause I kicked him and told him I wasn't his whore! BENNY Does your boyfriend know Who your last boyfriend was? ROGER I'm not her boyfriend I don't care what she does ANGEL Benny just lost his cat People! Is this any way to start a new year? Have compassion BENNY My dog ANGEL My cat had a fall And I went through hell BENNY It's like losing a How did you know that she fell? COLLINS (Hands BENNY a glass of champagne) Champagne? BENNY Don't mind if I do To dogs! No, Benny ALL BUT BENNY ANGEL Let's make a resolution MIMI I'll drink to that COLLINS Let's always stay friends JOANNE Tho' we may have our disputes MAUREEN This family tree's got deep roots MARK Friendship is thicker than blood ROGER That depends MIMI Depends on trust ROGER Depends on true devotion JOANNE Depends on love MARK (to ROGER) Depends on not denying emotion ROGER Perhaps ALL It's gonna be a happy new year ROGER I guess ALL It's gonna be a happy new year ROGER You're right (ANGEL brings ROGER and MIMI together. ANGEL and others move away from MIMI and ROGER.) ANGEL It's gonna be a happy new year ROGER & MIMI I'm sorry ROGER Coming? MIMI In a minute (ROGER kisses MIMI and exits. THE MAN appears.) THE MAN Well, well, well. What have we here? (He walks over to MIMI and holds out a small plastic bag of white powder.) It's gonna be a happy new year There, there...etc. (Fade out |
