- —四川最大高校综合门户网
A CROWDED ROOM byJames Cameron FADE IN:We dont know what were looking at. Its an abstractmass -- swirling lines in constant motion -- but were tooclose to see any form.As WE PULL BACK, we can now make out that they are whatseem like animated streaks of charcoal -- forming andreforming
ANNOUNCER (O.C.)
Claire and Myrna -- the Barry
Sisters...
(applause)
The dancing stylings of Tanya and
Briaggi...
(applause)
And now, please welcome the adults
only comedy of Johnny Morrison.
THE STAGE
Over applause, the band plays JOHNNY'S lead-in music. He
bounds on stage, all sweat and smiles -- his old shirt
collar too tight for his extra chin. But the spotlights
keep roaming -- leaving him in the dark. He gives a "can
you believe this shit?" face and the audience reluctantly
plays along. This is the oldest shtick in the book. Once
again, the band plays his little intro. Once again the
audience applauds -- but less than before. And this time,
instead of the spots landing on him at the music cut-off,
they focus on an empty spot across the stage. Scattered
laughter. More groans.
BILLY
laughing hard.
THE STAGE
JOHNNY
Now you know why it's cheaper here
than the Fountainbleu.
Nothing. No response. Just chairs scuffling and forks on
dessert plates.
INTERCUT
Between BILLY and the SPOTLIGHT, as JOHNNY continues with
his act. BILLY is fascinated by it: it's sharp, defined
glow, lighting up just one perfect circle while all around
it is darkness.
JOHNNY
Two women at the Fountainbleu are
looking through a hole in the wall
into the men's steam room. They
see one poor shnook, naked as a
jaybird with a towel over his face.
The first woman says: "Ciel... would
you look at that? He's not Jewish."
The other woman says "Jewish? He's
not even a guest here."
Rimshot.
THE STAGE
JOHNNY
(flop sweat now)
Alright, already.
He whistles at the spot through his two fingers and
motions it towards him. It moves maybe a foot in his
direction. He commits the comic's cardinal sin -- he
laughs when the audience doesn't. He's the joke now.
BILLY
oblivious. Laughing -- deliriously happy. Suddenly, a
BUSBOY with a tray full of glasses bangs into him and
everything smashes to the ground.
BUSBOY
(cleaning)
Goddammit!
BILLY
I'm sorry.
BUSBOY
Get out of the goddamn aisle. I
been just missin' you all night.
BILLY
I couldn't see before.
BUSBOY
Well, that's too bad -- what the
hell are you doin' in here all
alone, anyway?
BILLY
(points to Johnny)
That's my Daddy.
BUSBOY
Yeah? Well, he stinks. That steam
room joke is as old as my Aunt
Bessie's ass.
He goes to lift BILLY off the stool.
BUSBOY
Now sit someplace else, before I
have you thrown out.
BILLY
No!
TWO BIG HANDS -- more like paws -- enter frame and lift
the BUSBOY off the ground. They belong to a second
BUSBOY, huge and mustachioed. He speaks with a thick
Slavic accent.
SECOND BUSBOY
Leave him alone.
BUSBOY
(scared)
Hey, buddy, I was only...
SECOND BUSBOY
Just leave him alone.
He tosses the FIRST BUSBOY aside like a piece of crumpled
up paper and gives his attention to BILLY.
BILLY
I couldn't see before. That's my
Daddy.
He lifts BILLY up onto his shoulders.
SECOND BUSBOY
There. Now you see everything.
THE STAGE
as JOHNNY finally walks over to the spot and steps inside
it. A couple of people applaud.
BILLY
on the BUSBOY'S shoulders -- eyes glued to his FATHER --
all lit up against the blackness.
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
<< 上一页 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] ... 下一页 >>
