Various Artists Rent Soundtrack, Cast Recording Tune Up #2 MARK Tell the folks at home what you're doing Roger ROGER I'm writing one great song -- MARK The phone rings. ROGER Yesss! MARK We screen. ROGER & MARK'S ANSWERING MACHINE "Speak" ... ("Beeeep!") (Lights fade up on the street: the front-door area of MARK and ROGER's building. Nearby is a battered public pay phone. TOM COLLINS stands at the phone.) COLLINS "Chestnuts roasting ---" ROGER & MARK (as MARK picks up the phone) Collins! COLLINS I'm downstairs MARK Hey! COLLINS Roger picked up the phone?? MARK No, it's me. COLLINS Throw down the key. MARK A wild night is now pre-ordained COLLINS I may be detained. MARK What does he mean...? What do you mean "detained"? BENNY Ho ho ho. MARK & ROGER Benny! Shit. BENNY Dudes, I'm on my way MARK & ROGER Great! Fuck. BENNY I need the rent MARK What rent? BENNY This past year's rent which I let slide MARK Let slide? You said we were 'golden' ROGER When you bought the building MARK When we were roommates ROGER Remember -- you lived here!? BENNY How could I forget? You, me, Collins and Maureen How is the drama queen? MARK She's performing tonight BENNY I know. Still her production manager? MARK Two days ago I was bumped BENNY You still dating her? MARK Last month I was dumped ROGER She's in love BENNY She's got a new man? MARK Well -- no BENNY What's his name? BOTH Joanne BENNY Rent, my amigos, is due Or I will have to evict you Be there in a few (ROGER defiantly picks out Musetta's theme from Puccini's La Boheme on the electric guitar. The fuse blows on the amp.) MARK The power blows ... |
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