Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

January 5 - "Body Language"

A bar.

TWO, female, sits at the bar, surrounded by men.

ONE, male, enters, notices TWO. She winks at him. He nods.

ONE sits at the bar, away from TWO, an empty seat next to him. Buys her a drink. BARTENDER gives it to her.

She winks at him. Drinks. Doesn’t move.

He walks over to her.

Queen’s “Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy” begins.
“I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things...” through the end of the first chorus (”That's because I'm a good old-fashioned lover boy”), he tries to get her attention, to no avail.
“Ooh let me feel your heartbeat (Grow faster, faster)” through the second chorus, he moves over to her, pushing a few of the other men away. TWO smiles and nods.
As the song continues, other MEN, drunk, start trying to beat ONE up, but he swiftly manages to get out of the way of each blow.
By the end of the song, TWO has fallen for ONE’s charms.
BARTENDER snaps his fingers in rhythm.

“Killer Queen” begins.
TWO makes her way onto the bar. BARTENDER pours her a shot, she downs it. ONE watches.
At “At anytime an invitation you can’t decline,” she gestures for ONE to join her on the bar. He does.
“Well versed in etiquette” - she hands them shots, they down them.
The first “Recommended at the price...” she goes to kiss ONE. Fake-out.
During the instrumental, she starts crawling around on the bar as MEN stuff dollar bills down her blouse. This goes through “...playful as a pussycat.”
During the final “You wanna try...” TWO kisses ONE, passionately.
Then, she steps off the bar, onto one of the bar stools, then onto the floor.

We end with “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”
ONE and TWO are the only people left in the bar and they let loose.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

January 2 - "A Swift Goodbye"

JIM and KATTRYN at a cafe on the Upper East Side.

JIM
...and that’s why I think it’s best that we don’t talk anymore.

A beat.

KATTRYN
You’re kidding, right?

JIM
Kat, were you not just listening to what I said? I’m in love with you.

KATTRYN
I see that.

JIM
And you just got back from your honeymoon.

KATTRYN
I know.

JIM
And this doesn’t bother you? At all?

KATTRYN
Jim, you’re my best friend. I’m not letting you not talk to me.

JIM
I need to do this.

KATTRYN
No you don’t. You’re being entirely unreasonable.

JIM
I am in love with you, Kattryn. You don’t see the problem here?

KATTRYN
It’ll pass. I’m not worried.

JIM
(suddenly serious)
I have to stop talking to you.

A beat.

KATTRYN
Oh God, you’re serious, aren’t you?

JIM
If only for a time.

KATTRYN
This is fucking cruel, James. I’ve never, EVER, done something like this to you.

JIM
You got married.

A beat.

KATTRYN
So what is this, then? Farewell to the best friend I’ve had since elementary school?

JIM
Just for a time.

KATTRYN
I don’t know how I’m going to deal with this.

JIM
You have Eliot.

KATTRYN
Eliot’s not a best friend, though. Look, how ‘bout this? How about we do a weekly email to one another. Every Friday.

A beat.

JIM
Fine.

KATTRYN
Good. (A beat.) I’ll miss you.
The lights slowly fade.

January 1 - "Midnight"

A living room.

MAN and WOMAN, middle aged, sit, staring at the television.

VOICES ON TELEVISION
Three...two...one...Happy New Year!

MAN
(to WOMAN)
Happy New Year.

WOMAN
(to MAN)
Happy New Year.

They kiss.

A beat. AULD LAND SYNE on the television.

MAN
(to WOMAN)
Shall we?

WOMAN
(to MAN)
Good idea.

MAN shuts the television.

They get up and go to bed.

Blackout.