The Last Days of Disco Page #5

Of course you'll get in.

Holly's gorgeous.

[ Siren Wails]

I'm comin' out

- [Siren Wails]

- I want the world to know,

Got to let it show

- [ Man ] Who are they? Charlie's Angels?

- [Woman ] Oh, my God. We're trying to get in.

- [ Chattering ]

- I want the world to know,

Got to let it show

There's a new me coming out

And I just have to live

And I wanna give

I'm completely positive

I think this time around

I am gonna do it

like you never knew it

Oh, I'll make it through

The time has come for me

to break out of the shell

I have to shout

that I am coming out;

I'm coming out,

I want the world to know;

I got to let it show

I'm comin'

I'm coming out,

- Thanks, Jimmy.

- [Jimmy] Have fun, Jack. Harry.

- Thanks a lot, Des. I really appreciate it.

- [Des ] Fine. Cool.

[ Jimmy] I'm starting to realize

how important eye contact is.

I can't talk to people in this thing.

They get nervous. They don't know who I am.

- Well, that's the point.

- There is so much more to me

You think tonight would be

a good, uh, time to talk to Van?

Try to patch things up,

get a reprieve of some sort?

- Uh, no.

- I got it well in hand

My job's sort of on the line, Des.

Not all clients would be such good sports

as Harry and Jack.

- There is no need to fear

- If it's a question of groveling, I can do that.

- Just point me in the right direction.

- Shh. God.

- I'm coming out

- Can I show you something?

- Sure. What'?

- I want the world to know

Got to let it show

You know something

about banking, don't you?

Yeah. Manny Hanny used to be a client.

Manufacturers Hanover.

I know what Manny Hanny is.

[ Continues, Faint]

[Sighs]

Note:

No lock.

[ Des]

Ten is the cover charge.

God, paying a cover charge to get into a club.

How humiliating.

That's your reaction?

Look at this.

Kind of worrisome, don't you think?

Yeah.

To me, shipping cash to Switzerland

in canvas bags doesn't sound honest.

To me, it suggests possible illegality.

Well, what are you gonna do?

Well, I'm not going

into that room anymore.

- [ Charlotte] Uh, gimlet, please.

- [ Dan ] Domestic beer. A Bud.

Um, whiskey sour.

Excuse me.

- You're Alice Kinnon, aren't you?

- Yeah.

- We met at that party in Sag Harbor, Labor

Day weekend. - [ Dan ] How much is that?

You were just coming in as I was leaving,

and you asked me where the kitchen was.

- Do you remember?

- I do remember getting to the kitchen.

Uh, excuse us.

We're here sort of as a group.

If you don't mind -

- Excuse me.

- I'm coming out

- Why did you say that?

- I didn't like the look of him at all.

Did you notice how he was eyeballing you?

Creepy. Frankly, I thought he might have been

the guy that bothered me on the subway.

I'm sorry if I overreacted.

- Poor guy.

- It's no big deal.

That kind of thing happens all the time.

Anyway, you've got Tom.

I got it well in hand

[ Disco]

What?

I don't wanna lose you

This good thing

That I got

'Cause if I do

Hey. Sorry I'm so late.

- How did it go?

- Fine.

- You know, they closed the airport.

- No.

Yeah, we had to land in Washington

until LaGuardia reopened.

- Than any love I know,

- [ indistinct]

- It's like thunder

- [ Thunder Crashes]

Lightning

The way you love me is frightening

You better knock

Knock

on wood

Baby

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Baby

Ooh

Do you remember the conversation

we had Labor Day weekend?

It had a huge impact on me.

- Really?

- Jennifer and I had been talking all year...

about either acknowledging the permanence

of our relationship and marrying...

or finally just breaking up.

I had no idea you were even dating anyone.

I thought you knew.

No, we've been together since college.

But the weekend after Labor Day,

we had this long talk.

Jennifer proposed a trial separation,

which normally I'd have considered ridiculous...

but I couldn't help thinking of you...

and went along.

Out of some sort of residual

loyalty to Jennifer...

I didn't call you immediately

and instead started coming to the club.

Uh - I'm not a very good dancer, but -

No, you are.

I was also curious if the sexual revolution

went as far as everyone said.

It had.

But emotionally, I couldn't handle it.

I got so depressed, and...

when I saw you that night...

you were a vision.

Not just of loveliness, but of...

virtue and sanity.

What?

I shouldn't talk about it.

I'm just gonna end up sounding like an idiot.

- No. What?

- You're very sexy...

and good-looking and modern and...

hot and -

But what I was craving was sort of...

a sentient individual

who wouldn't abandon her intelligence...

to hop into bed

with e very guy she meets in a nightclub.

Why - Why is it that when people

have sex with strangers on their mind...

their I.Q. just drops, like, 40 points?

All that affected...

sexy seductress slinking around.

Uncle Scrooge is sexy?

I mean, my God, is there no limit?

- No. That was to -

- Do you think I'm an idiot?

I'm so sick of all the lies and the nonsense.

- Alice?

- [New Disco Song]

Alice. What's wrong?

What happened?

[ Continues]

McGrath. Where is he?

- [Man ] He was around.

- Uh, I'd say it's definitely...

not a good idea

to approach Van tonight.

- [ Man] There he is.

- McGrath.

You're through, McGrath.

You're out of here, right now.

- What?

- Bernie. Bernie.

- Where is he?

- [ Man] There he is.

- Bernie, this guy's through.

- What's going on?

We had a public safety situation

in the front.

This jerk comes out,

trying to make it worse.

- Is this true?

- Public safety situation?

Give me a break.

It was a joke. I'm sorry.

We had a public safety situation.

The cops came.

It was no joke.

- I tease him a tiny bit.

- No teasing, Des.

No teasing?

Either he goes, or I do.

Come on, Van.

Des, grow up. Cut it out.

Okay. Sorry.

- It's the ad guy.

- So, it's the dancing adman.

You're finished.

Okay, I work in advertising.

Is that a crime?

What's happening in this country?

- [ Continues]

- [ Man] There they are. Get 'em.

To be real

[ Van]

Get the Tin Man. Get him.

ooh

Get this jerk out of the club.

You're fired, Des. You're out of here.

You can't fire me, Van.

Only Bernie can fire me.

Okay.

You're fired.

And take this yuppie scum with you.

Ooh

What you find

- What you feel now

- [ Van] Good riddance.

Yuppie scum"?

In college, before dropping out, I took a course

in the propaganda uses of language.

One objective is to deny other people's

humanity - or even right to exist.

In the men's lounge,

someone scrawled Kill Yuppie Scum.

Do yuppies even exist?

No one says I am a yuppie.

It's always the other guy who's a yuppie.

I think for a group to exist,

somebody has to admit to be part of it.

Of course yuppies exist. Most people

would say you two are prime specimens.

- We're not yuppies.

- You think we're yuppies?

- You're seriously saying you're not yuppies?

- No.

Yuppie stands for

young, upwardly mobile professional.

Nightclub flunky

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