Born Guilty Page #2

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but that doesn't

mean you should be."

- [SUMMER] Marty,

girlfriend on line one.

- Don't be too literal here.

Midway Investments

is the client.

They're financial, not medical.

I lovingly ascribe

the term constipated

to this particular crop

currently turning 30

because they can't seem to

get off the proverbial pot

of their childhood.

They have careers,

they have money,

but for whatever reason

they seem to lack

the emotional maturity

to let go of their past

and put stock in their futures.

Literally.

- Really good.

- [SUMMER] Marty,

mom on line two.

- I'm in a very important

meeting, thank you, yep.

Yeah, listening, yeah.

Very attently here.

- It's because they got

too many trophies

and awards and medals

for nothing.

- Yeah, for sitting on the pot.

- Exactly.

For being a big bunch of babies.

(LAUGHS)

- So you can see why we think

you're a natural for this.

10:
00 a.m. tomorrow,

be in our meeting

to meet the Midway client.

We want you to be the one to

tell the constipated adult

it's time to become

a confident adult.

(PHONE CHIMES)

- No, I said I'd

be home after work.

(PHONE CHIMES)

Hey baby, I was

just about to call.

- So why didn't you?

- Mom?

- I left a message

at your office.

What could be more important

than your mother's life at risk?

- Wait, Mom, hold on.

I'll call you right back.

- Marty, where the hell are you?

Move it!

We have to be at the

restaurant at seven.

I need a glass of wine now.

So pick up a bottle

and not a cheap one.

See you on time,

assuming you love me.

You understand?

Bye.

- [MARTY] Mom, are you okay?

- I'm fine.

Don't worry.

- Don't worry?

What the hell?

What happened?

- It was a typical young

man blowing off steam.

I said a few things I probably

shouldn't have, you know.

One woman had to

hold him back

- Held him back, holy sh*t, Mom.

What did I tell you about

mouthing off to the wrong people?

- I know.

Lately I just feel so unsettled.

- God, Mom.

Just don't act out.

- Well, I'm really

worried because I

I did another stupid

thing at work.

I let a woman make false

claims on her paperwork.

I screw up everything.

All I make is mistakes.

- Come on, Mom.

You made me.

- And I never see you.

You live in sunny California

and you never come here.

- Well, I'm planning on

coming to New York soon.

- You promise?

- I don't know.

You know, when I do,

we're gonna have some

We're gonna have a great time

and check out some of

those edgy galleries

off the beaten path

you like, you know?

And then you'll forget all about

these risky little

mistakes, okay?

- Okay.

- $55.95.

- F***.

- What, what, what, what?

Are you okay?

- Yeah.

Everything's great.

How long do you think

this is gonna take?

Because some big stuff

came up at work tonight

and I just gotta get

- Stop, stop, Marty.

This is important, okay?

I need you to be nice,

especially to Ray,

because all of his blogs are

about the major

retailer buyers, okay?

And he might do a write

up on my line, remember?

Good, okay, so

(LAUGHS) He thinks your

commercials are funny too,

so they're gonna be

encouraging, right?

Right?

- Absolutely.

- Promise?

- Yes.

- How perfect, honey.

(LAUGHS)

- Well, you know, I heard

you know who is wearing Gucci

to the Oscars.

- Oh gosh.

- How perfect.

(LAUGHS)

- I'd never wear Gucci.

I mean, who wears Gucci anyway?

- How can I convince you

to come down to my studio

and see my lingerie line?

- Oh, I'd really love to,

Miss Lydia, just love it.

(KISSES) But I'm

just so overbooked.

Don't you have a

website I can glance?

- Well, the website,

it's coming.

- You ain't got no website?

- No, but it's coming.

- On the way.

- Yeah, we're just

still in production.

We're trying to get

that off the ground.

- It's off, it's off.

- (LAUGHS) Yeah.

But you know what, Ray, I

know if you blog about me.

Listen to me, if you blog

about me, I will get orders.

- Raise the play,

raise the play.

- Raise the play.

He always says that,

I think it's so funny.

- Raise the play.

Raise the play.

- Oh, perfect,

honey, I like that.

Would I blog to that one.

- Alright, so let's

celebrate that.

Okay, no, champagne.

Let's do champagne.

- Oh, that would be perfect.

You should manufacture

your lingerie in Cambodia.

- Really?

- Everyone's there.

It's so inexpensive, fascinating

culture, it's perfect.

- Cambodia is slave labor.

Is that what makes it

fascinating culture,

kids working in a factory

all day for two bucks?

- How perfect.

- I don't feel

loved by you, Marty.

You don't respect my friends,

you eye on the women,

you don't take me on vacations,

and you lie all the time!

And you never let me watch

my favorite TV shows.

Marty only cares about Marty!

- Are you kidding?

That's not true!

I mean, who funded

the startup cost

for your lingerie company?

I spent $12,000 showing you

how much I believe in you.

- Oh my god, Marty,

that was just a loan!

- So this is how

you pay me back?

By just walking out on me?

I mean, you turn a

thank you into f*** you

with 50% interest!

- That's the problem, Marty.

You loaned me money,

you didn't give it to me

because you didn't

believe in me.

I believed in you!

I thought you were different.

But all you love is

being loved or needed,

whatever you think love is.

Just move.

(SMACKS)

(DOORBELL RINGS)

- Back already?

I'll kiss but I don't

know about making up.

- Well, if you want a kiss,

you're gonna have to

invite me in first.

- Rawl?

Rawl!

- I've returned

in body and soul.

- Oh my god, man.

I haven't seen your

ass in like nine years.

- And no matter how

nicely you ask me,

I'm not gonna let you see it.

- Check this out, man.

I saved all your postcards

from Peking to Pittsburgh.

Come on, come on, man.

- Walked around the world.

Sung where Caesar spoke, danced

where Attila the Hun hid.

Dined where Jesus last ate.

Now it is time for me to rest.

- Well, your ass is resting

on a goose down designer sofa,

so rest up, I gotta

get some work done.

( CALM MUSIC)

(DEEP BREATHING)

Amazing.

You got no home,

no cash, nothing.

And you're so together.

- Peace is knowing

you're just a part.

- Just a part, huh?

- Marty, my nomadic life

of nine years has led me

on a journey, a future path.

Along the way, I've

met many craftmakers

whose gifts are golden

yet they sell for pennies and

their family ends up broke

and continues to suffer.

What I want to do is sell

their gifts to the West

through an importation business.

I've looked into it

and it's gonna cost 10,000

American dollars to get started.

I don't have any family

I can borrow from

or friends I can draw from.

Marty, would you

lend me that money?

(LAUGHS)

- Are you serious?

- Rawl, man, this

is our MSW, not ATM.

- Is that a yes?

- Up his ass.

- So where is this

creative director

with his finger on the pulse?

- Oh, with you.

Bill, I would like very

much to introduce you

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