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Dim the Fluorescents Page #7
[cell phone rings]
[groans]
Hello?
[June] I'm sorry.
I didn't wake you, did I?
Nah... Um...
[clears throat] Hey, June.
[stammers]
No, what's going on?
Did you still
wanna do lunch today?
Oh, um...
Sure. Where?
[doorbell buzzing]
[indistinct chatter]
Good afternoon.
Can I help you?
Oh, um, I'm here to see June.
Do you have an appointment?
We're supposed to have lunch.
Um, I'm not sure if it's...
Uh, there's an audition
in progress.
If you'd like to have a seat,
she'd just be a moment.
Okay, thanks.
- Is there a name I can give?
- Lillian.
- Sorry?
- Lillian.
Perfect.
She'll just be a moment.
[Lillian] Thank you.
[indistinct murmuring]
[Marcus]
Would you like a tea?
Or a coffee? Juice?
Anything like that?
[clears throat] Uh, no, thanks.
She'll just be a moment.
Understood.
[June] Not quite what I heard,
but close enough.
We should be able to let you know
within the next two weeks or so.
- Great, thanks.
- Thank you, Darryl.
Speak to you soon.
Lillian, hey!
Lillian, these are my
producers, Gil and Nuala.
Lillian's a playwright.
She's unbelievable.
- We went to school together.
- Oh, great.
- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
I'll catch up with you guys later.
Ask about the Thursday.
- If you don't mind.
- [Nuala] That's good.
- Nice to meet you.
- You, too.
Sorry, we're running a bit behind.
Do you mind if we order in?
No, that's fine.
I swear, I can't escape.
Marcus, could you get us a couple of menus
from that Persian place downstairs?
You bet.
Okay, so that's that.
Wow. This is
quite the operation.
She said glowingly.
Yeah, it's crazy.
I'm glad you remembered today.
But if anybody's
gonna remember...
Sorry, I feel so ignorant.
What's all this for?
lives of scientists.
Have I told you?
No.
Really? That's unbelievable.
I'm sorry.
We're still just casting.
You are so prolific lately.
Well, you, too.
Listen, I have something
I wanna ask you.
It's not easy for me.
Do you need some money?
No! No, nothing like that.
Wow, this is
always so hard. Uh...
As you know.
What is it?
I finished a new draft
of this thing, this...
Conference thing,
and I would love it
if you'd maybe give it a read?
[stuttering] If you want,
if you have time.
I'd be honored!
You never
send me anything anymore.
My stuff is nothing
compared to what you do.
Don't even start with that.
I should be more pragmatic,
if we're being honest.
Is this all of it?
There's a seven-minute cap.
Anyway, uh, take a look at it
when you have a minute,
and let me know what you think.
Why don't I just read it
right now?
That's really not necessary.
Don't be silly.
It'll take a few minutes.
It's gotta happen
sometime, right?
Okay.
[clears throat]
[pages rustling]
Hmm.
Okay, let me just...
In the broadest
possible strokes, okay?
Are you absolutely locked
into this duration?
Seven minutes just doesn't really seem
like enough time to turn a drunk around.
Does it?
I don't dislike it,
if that's what's coming across.
Considering the constraints,
I like how earnest it is.
Has she come in yet?
Oh.
Audrey. This morning, actually.
She didn't tell you?
How was she?
She was fantastic.
She didn't tell you?
I think you guys'll
work well together.
Well, we still have a couple
more days of auditions, so...
[knocking on door]
[Marcus] June,
sorry to interrupt.
It's five to 2:
00.Thanks, Marcus.
I really like it.
["90 Yr Old Girl" playing]
So many sisters
So many sisters die
Tell each other
Control yourselves
Control yourselves
Control yourselves
Relax
Take charge
Yeah!
So many sisters
So many sisters die
Tell each other
Control yourselves
Half you'll be
Half you'll be
So many sisters
So many sisters die
Tell each other to relax
Yeah, half you'll be
Half you'll be
Control yourselves
Relax, relax
Relax, relax, yeah
[music stops]
[breathes deeply]
[sighs]
"Behold, God's son is come
unto this land of Thebes.
Even I, Dionysus,
whom the brand of heaven's
hot splendor lit to life..."
What are you doing here?
Hi, Lillian.
Any word from Audrey?
You have one line.
Well, I still think
it could be useful.
I brought wine.
Honestly, I don't even know
why I'm surprised anymore.
I'm under
so much pressure, right?
I'm so supportive of her.
She wants to change
every little anything.
- But I don't complain. Do you see me complain?
- No.
I spent a ton of time
on this... Writing this sh*t,
and still I don't complain,
because the most important
thing is that she's happy.
- Yes.
- And I'm sorry
if I'm not who
she wants me to be.
I'm sorry if certain realities
impinge on the art of the thing.
- But that's why reality's reality enough.
- Uh-huh.
- Are you sure you should...
- My thing is this.
Regardless of how believable
it is on the page,
you make it work.
If a person has agreed
to take a role,
- then is it not reasonable to expect that...
- Lillian!
a plan of action,
in the event that Audrey...
- Doesn't show.
- I'm not talking about this with you.
Lillian, this isn't about
you and me right now, okay?
- This is our job.
- Are you accusing me of being unprofessional?
- I'm just saying-
- You are a minor child.
- I'm just saying a back-up plan...
- There is no back-up plan!
Do you understand?
She's it. She's all we have.
If she doesn't show,
the plan is we're f***ed.
End of story,
end of discussion.
End of career.
Not necessarily.
Oh?
I've been practicing this thing
for nearly a week now,
- and I know every word of it.
- Oh, my God.
- Every word.
- No.
Face it, Lil. Audrey never
understood this thing.
She never appreciated
your writing.
She took off on you, okay?
She left.
But I'm here.
If you take this chance on me,
I swear, I'll do you justice.
You don't have
a lot of options.
- Are you okay?
- You should go.
You have to go.
I'm asking you to go.
I care about you.
Go.
I like you.
I'm telling you.
I really like you.
A lot.
You don't wanna say this.
What do you do
when you feel like this?
Well, this is tragic, isn't it?
[indistinct chatter]
- You guys good? Can I get you something?
- No. Thanks, Gary.
Where's Audrey?
Gary, you're up in five.
Okay, gotcha.
Where's Audrey?
[Gary] Where is Audrey?
Hey, a**hole,
we have an obligation.
- This is a job!
- I quit.
[Lillian] I need you.
[sniffles]
[Lillian] Get the f*** off me.
[sobbing]
Is there skiing at this thing?
Do we know?
[phone ringing]
It's Bradley.
[woman over phone] Bradley, there's
an Audrey here to see you.
Send her up.
Who's Audrey?
[phone ringing]
Who's Audrey?
[indistinct chatter]
[colleague 1] Who's Audrey?
Who's Audrey?
[indistinct chatter continues]
- Hi.
- [Bradley] Hey.
How are you?
Uh...
Gosh, um...
You going somewhere?
Yeah, um...
- Let's talk in here.
- [Audrey] That sounds nice.
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