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00:00But I've been thinking, because the stage manager exists outside the story, and is essentially a device, what if he
00:11is a puppet?
00:14Confusing? Interesting? Both, I think it's, yeah.
00:19But, um, yeah, oh.
00:22Good morning, my favorite man.
00:24Ah, Kristen, my love.
00:27Sit, sit.
00:28No, thank you. I, actually, I need to talk to Richard.
00:32Okay.
00:33I'll leave you two lovebirds alone.
00:36Oh, boy, you're a lucky man.
00:41We'll see.
00:45I need you to understand something.
00:46I love the MFT. It's my home.
00:50I would never do anything to jeopardize its future.
00:52Well, that's interesting, because...
00:53Okay, just let me finish.
00:55I walked into that theater when I was a lost, unloved, extremely unhappy 15-year-old girl.
01:02Do you know what it's like to be unloved, Richard?
01:04I don't think you do, because you've been worshipped since you were in utero.
01:08I can't remember quite that far back.
01:10That place, it saved me.
01:12And I have given it everything I have.
01:14So for you to call me an employee...
01:16I'm sorry about that.
01:17I'm sorry.
01:18Way out of the line.
01:20I beg your pardon?
01:20I'm sorry.
01:22Wow.
01:23I was, you know, should have said that.
01:26That's stupid.
01:30Well, I can see how it might have been a bit of a shock to find out...
01:34The family theater had been sold out from under a...
01:36I did not sell it.
01:38I refinanced it.
01:41And if I hadn't, we would have lost the theater.
01:43So I guess, you know, actually, I didn't do anything wrong.
01:47Hmm.
01:48Interesting apology.
01:50Yes, I...
01:51I understand now why you went into politics.
01:54Look, I want to save the theater, too.
01:56I might have mentioned that.
01:57Oh, yes, we know.
01:57With your million-dollar hour town.
02:00Come on, Richard.
02:01You're never going to be able to raise that money.
02:03There's still some phone calls to be returned.
02:05There's some angels out there...
02:06Uh-huh.
02:08...flapping their wings, trying to take off.
02:10I don't know.
02:10Yeah, I haven't given up.
02:12You know what?
02:13That's great.
02:14Have at it.
02:15Have at it?
02:16What?
02:16Oh, you're saying what?
02:17I'm saying go for it.
02:19I mean, we tried it my way.
02:20Let's just try it your way.
02:23You know?
02:23And if...
02:24If...
02:25If those angels do come up with the money,
02:27you can do our town however you want.
02:30But if they don't,
02:32consider doing the play
02:34the way it was intended to be staged.
02:37I just can't see it.
02:39You can't see it?
02:41Sorry.
02:42Oh!
02:43Huh!
02:44Our Town.
02:45Imagine.
02:46By Thornton Wilder.
02:49Act One.
02:50No curtain.
02:52No scenery.
02:55Can you see it now?
02:56I've seen it 50 times like that.
03:00And every time someone does a bit of...
03:05mime,
03:06I'm taken right out of the play.
03:07Give me a horse, you know?
03:09People are carrying umbrellas
03:10and there's no rain
03:11and people are undoing these jars.
03:13Why?
03:14Such a strenuous suspension of disbelief.
03:19Suspended disbelief is all we can afford right now.
03:23And you can cast locals.
03:25The way you told everyone you would
03:26during your mother's eulogy.
03:28I may have overpromised.
03:30No.
03:31No.
03:32Richard,
03:33you're so good with actors.
03:38What is it you want me to do?
03:40You just...
03:41just read, Mr. Webb.
03:44Oh.
03:46George,
03:46I was remembering the other...
03:49Oh, Jesus, what is that?
03:51Night.
03:52George,
03:53I was remembering the other night
03:55the advice...
03:57Oh, Jesus H. Christ.
03:59What's that say?
04:00My figure?
04:01Father.
04:02Father.
04:03Couldn't use a bigger font?
04:05It's like I'm reading a goddamn pill bottle.
04:08Would, uh...
04:09Would reading glasses help?
04:11Who are you, my wife?
04:13How many of these people have you seen so far?
04:15Eighteen.
04:16Nineteen,
04:17if you count the singing dog.
04:19I'm beginning to doubt
04:20that there is any acting talent
04:23at all in this town.
04:26What happened to Joe Stoffel,
04:28the guy who played Falstaff?
04:30Dead.
04:31Ten years ago now.
04:33What about Muriel Pritchard?
04:34She lost her job.
04:35She moved to Michigan
04:36to live with her daughter.
04:39I thought I'd find you both here.
04:41Uh-huh.
04:42I've brought your mother.
04:44She...
04:44She's in there?
04:46In an urn, yes.
04:48The one you picked out.
04:49Yes.
04:50Cherrywood box.
04:52See, it's two birds,
04:53one representing you
04:54and one representing me.
04:55I'm guessing you're the eagle.
04:57Yes, and you're the red.
05:01It's very nice of you, Kenny,
05:02to bring her here yourself.
05:04My pleasure.
05:05I love my work.
05:07It's sad, I know,
05:09but I get to meet people.
05:10Help them.
05:12It's difficult sometimes
05:13when a young person passes,
05:15but mostly,
05:17people live long, happy lives.
05:19Yeah, yeah.
05:21What did you just say a moment ago
05:23about young people?
05:24You talked about young people.
05:25I was talking about
05:26how much I love my work.
05:28No, no, something else.
05:29Here, would you read something for me?
05:31I'll read with you.
05:33Here.
05:33Okay, and just be yourself.
05:35You look well.
05:37Yes, yes.
05:39Can't complain.
05:41Very sad, our journey today, Sam.
05:43Yes.
05:46Yes, I always say
05:47I hate to supervise
05:48when a young person is taken.
05:51Oh, he's the undertaker.
05:53Yes, we're not looking for actors.
05:56We're looking for...
05:57Real people who are real people.
05:59And you...
06:01qualified.
06:03Congratulations, the part is yours
06:04if you want it.
06:06Richard Beam?
06:08It's Bean.
06:10With an N.
06:11B-E-A-N.
06:12Like the legume.
06:13Can I get your autograph?
06:14Sure, well...
06:15Of course.
06:16Yes, um...
06:17Excuse me.
06:18Yes.
06:19How would you like me to make that out?
06:21Just sign your name.
06:22What exactly am I signing here?
06:27Oh, God!
06:28Where do you want him?
06:28Oh!
06:30Uh...
06:31But it's money we don't have, Phil.
06:34Yeah, and how many more local jobs do we lose?
06:36We can't even afford to pick up our own trash, Kristen.
06:39My God!
06:39Maybe we see if Concap is willing to hire a local.
06:42Now, I would really like to move on to the next agenda item,
06:47which is a very exciting proposal from our friend Connor Boyle.
06:51I'm going to let him walk you through it.
06:53So, Connor.
06:55Thank you, Mayor.
06:57Council men and women,
06:58I hear you talking about rising prices and unemployment,
07:02and let me tell you this,
07:03it breaks my Irish heart.
07:04Big problems require big solutions,
07:08which is why I would like to offer you this.
07:11It is a...
07:13integrated entertainment complex.
07:16A hotel, casino,
07:18three restaurants, stores, and a theatre.
07:20It would sit at the site
07:22of the Morrison Hotel and surrounding land.
07:26It will employ 800 people
07:29and generate over $3 million in tax revenue annually.
07:33And that does not include your cut
07:36from the table games and slots.
07:39This is the wonder you've been praying for,
07:42and I am a believer it'll help save this lovely town of yours.
07:46No, casino!
07:48No, casino!
07:50No, casino!
07:52No, casino!
07:54No, casino!
07:56No, no, casino!
07:58No, no, casino!
08:00I just want to make it clear,
08:02I'm not an actor.
08:03I'm an obstetrician.
08:04That's what I want.
08:05I don't want actors.
08:06I want real people.
08:08So, Dr. Gibbs, in this scene,
08:09it's the first time we meet him,
08:11and he's coming back from having delivered twins.
08:13My brother John's going to read Joe with you,
08:15and just relax whenever you're ready.
08:24Morning, Doc!
08:25Morning, Joel!
08:28You want your paper now?
08:29Yes, I'll take it.
08:32Just...
08:33I feel like he's going to hit me.
08:36Yeah.
08:36Just, uh, that was very good, Derek,
08:38but for some reason you're coming across as slightly psychotic,
08:43and I'm wondering why you would make that choice for Dr. Gibbs.
08:46My dad was a GP.
08:48He was tired and stressed.
08:51I guess I'm doing my dad.
08:52Yeah, we all are in that way,
08:54but here's the thing.
08:56Try it again, will you?
08:57Just a simpler, a little less angry.
09:03Morning, Doc.
09:05Morning, Joel.
09:07Want your paper now?
09:09Yes, I'll take it.
09:11Wait.
09:12Oh, I'm doing it again, aren't I?
09:14Yeah, a little bit.
09:15I'm going to level with you.
09:16My dad was an angry guy.
09:19Honestly, he drank.
09:20I see the problem.
09:21Why don't you forget about your dad, okay?
09:24This is you, okay?
09:27A doctor.
09:29A happy doctor.
09:31Just be yourself.
09:33Okay, how do I do that exactly?
09:37It's, it's...
09:39I was just saying, which version of me do I...
09:42No, you...
09:42Hey, hey, hey, hey.
09:44Oh, Ron, oh, Ron.
09:45It's okay.
09:45You're okay.
09:46Just tell me how you feel, Richard.
09:48Oh, shoot.
09:48I'm going to set you up.
09:50Okay.
09:51Call 911.
09:53I'm going to take your pulse.
09:54Just relax.
09:55I'm sure it's nothing.
09:55Just stress.
09:56Breathe.
09:57Are you taking any medication?
09:59No, Dr. Gibbs, I am not.
10:01That was perfect.
10:02You got the part.
10:04But you just did.
10:05That's all I need.
10:05That was perfect.
10:07Welcome aboard, okay?
10:08Yeah, I was acting.
10:09I am, my heart is fine.
10:10Really.
10:11Jesus.
10:12You got the part.
10:13Yes.
10:13Well done.
10:19Do you have children?
10:20Mm, not that I'm aware of.
10:23Wow.
10:24Well, okay.
10:25If you had children that you were aware of,
10:28you would know that kids feel things passionately.
10:32I've raised her to have a point of view and to express it.
10:36What can you do?
10:37What can you do?
10:39That's the question.
10:43We can show people our own opinion.
10:47We can show people that casinos are fun.
10:53Family-friendly fun.
10:55I mean, I say we have a casino night at the theater with games and drinks and wonderful food prepared
11:02by my husband.
11:03People will come.
11:03And they'll have a really good time.
11:07What do you think?
11:09Get your brother-in-law to host.
11:11My, Richard, why?
11:13He's a celebrity.
11:14He'll be a draw, you know.
11:16Tell him the proceeds will go fund his play.
11:18Oh, well.
11:21I can't promise.
11:22Yes, you can.
11:23I can promise that I will see what I can do.
11:26One more thing.
11:28My girlfriend, Nadia?
11:30Yes?
11:30She's got to be in that play.
11:36You know, Myrtle, it's been dream of life to see Paris in France.
11:43Ah, it is sounding crazy, but for years I promised me this.
11:49I beat the bush and tell Dr. Gibbs if I...
11:54The expression is, I beat around the bush.
11:57What did I say?
11:58You said beat bush.
12:00That's the same thing, no?
12:01No.
12:02Not the same at all, in fact.
12:04Uh, do you want to use the script?
12:06No, no, no, no.
12:07I know it.
12:08I memorize it in head because, you know, I want the part.
12:11Mrs. Gibbs, I want to be on the stage and you to make me great because you are the greatest
12:16American actor.
12:17All right, yes.
12:18Direct me now.
12:19Go.
12:20Okay.
12:21Very well.
12:22Remember, you're talking to a friend.
12:23You're confessing a secret dream that you've had for years to your very good friend,
12:29all right?
12:29So maybe a little bit, um, softer?
12:32Go ahead.
12:36I beat Chantelle Dr. Gibbs.
12:39If I ever got a legacy, I'd make him take me.
12:43He said no!
12:45No!
12:46No.
12:47Okay.
12:48Uh, well, the first part was definitely quieter, uh, but it was as if you were conspiring in
12:54some way you were plotting a murder or something like that, you know?
12:57Good.
12:58No.
12:59Mm-mm, not good.
13:00Hmm.
13:00No.
13:01So a bit louder there.
13:03And for the second part, uh, which was very loud, it seems like you're just yelling for,
13:07for no reason.
13:08Good!
13:09Listen, you just have to believe it.
13:11Uh, more important, you have to make us, the audience, believe it, you know?
13:15Oh, that is acting.
13:16That is acting.
13:17It is making people believe you are a thing, even when you are not.
13:21Let's just keep going, okay?
13:22And make, make me believe.
13:30Oh, Marta.
13:33It is so sorry I mentioned anything.
13:36Anything, only it seems to me that once in life, you ought to see country where they
13:42don't talk English, and they don't want to even.
13:50Hmm.
13:52Hmm.
13:54Hmm.
13:55Listen, um, mm-hmm.
13:58Please, just give her something small.
14:00A child!
14:01An animal!
14:02No, it's a horse, but we've already cast it.
14:04I thought you wanted to use the people of our town in our town.
14:08Yes.
14:08The local talent.
14:10She doesn't qualify for that.
14:12Yet you just, how bad can she be?
14:16Come here.
14:17She was the last audition of the day.
14:20So it's right here.
14:23Oh, Myrtle.
14:24It is dream of life to see Paris in France.
14:29Oh, it is sounding crazy.
14:32But for years, I promised me this.
14:36I beat both.
14:37Uh.
14:38But, yeah.
14:39She's raw?
14:41My God, is she flirting with you?
14:42I wouldn't hold that against her.
14:44That's the least of her problems.
14:46Just, just please.
14:48Just think about it.
14:50I can't not think about it.
14:52You agreed to work with me to save the theater and the town, remember?
14:57Yes, of course.
14:58I'm organizing an event at the theater.
15:00A casino night.
15:01The proceeds will go to your play.
15:04Boyle would like you to emcee.
15:07Maybe sing a song.
15:09Everybody loves to hear you sing.
15:11I am not a performing monkey.
15:13Oh, just fuck off!
15:15I work so hard to keep this town alive.
15:19I have literally, I have unclogged sewers in the rain with my bare hands.
15:24All I'm asking you to do is just put on a tux and smile.
15:29Oh, God.
15:30Just do it.
15:32Just, please, just do it for me.
15:37All right, on one condition.
15:39If I'm going to demean myself, you have to demean yourself right along with me.
15:45Okay, what does that mean?
15:46That means you have to sing a song.
15:47No, no, no.
15:48No, no.
15:49I do not sing.
15:50We'll sing a duet, okay?
15:52Why?
15:52Why?
15:53Well, it'll prove to me that we are, in fact, working together.
16:00You and me.
16:02It'll be fun.
16:05I don't see why you have to decide not to go to agricultural school right now.
16:09It's a whole year away.
16:14Listen, Emily.
16:18I think that once you've found a person you're very fond of,
16:21I mean, a person who's fond of you too,
16:24and likes you enough to be interested in your character,
16:28I think that's just as important as going to college.
16:32even more so.
16:36That's what I think.
16:40How'd you do that?
16:43Emily, it's Miranda, right?
16:47So I pretended like I was talking to her.
16:51I mean, your uncle was crying.
16:53Like, I made him cry.
16:55I don't think I made an adult cry without, like, dropping something on them or something like that.
17:00That's good, right?
17:01I mean, we could be in the play together now.
17:03I don't think I was talking to her.
17:05Yeah, no, sorry.
17:06I'm really happy.
17:08It's just...
17:11Okay, don't freak out.
17:13Okay.
17:14It came today.
17:23Holy shit, you got into Penn.
17:25You got in...
17:25I told you to get into...
17:27I'm not going.
17:29But I thought that we were...
17:30No, I said I'm not going.
17:32Do not tell my mom, okay?
17:34Yeah, sure.
17:45How can you get any work done here?
17:47What?
17:48How can you get any work done?
17:51Oh, I just...
17:52I like working in the theater.
17:54But nonsense?
17:58It's actually growing on me.
18:00I mean, it's catchy.
18:01I mean, I like the blend of Jewish jokes and Catholic jokes.
18:04And, uh, what's that guy's name?
18:07Heath.
18:08Heath?
18:09Yeah, I've hung out with him.
18:10Yeah?
18:11He's hot.
18:13Yeah, that he is, yes.
18:14And, I mean, he's good.
18:16He stands out.
18:17Yeah, he reminds me of a young me.
18:20He's got the charisma and the stage presence.
18:25Can you see him as a possible George?
18:28I thought you were thinking of Randall for George.
18:30I am, I am.
18:32But, I mean, Randall's young and innocent.
18:34He's gangly and he's madly in love with you, clearly.
18:38This guy's got, I don't know, he's got a thing, you know?
18:41I've never known.
18:41I've never known before.
18:45I've loved that I know.
19:06Hello, everybody, and welcome to Casino Night at the MFT.
19:13A chance for all of us to indulge those wonderful vices that we're not allowed to indulge most of the
19:19time.
19:20Gambling and drinking.
19:23Remember, all the proceeds for this evening go to our next production at MFT of Our Town, which is going
19:30to be starring Our Town.
19:33So, remember, the more you lose, the better our production will look.
19:39Yes, and your role to our friend, our visionary, Mr. Connor Boyle.
19:46So, bet, bet, bet, roll, roll, roll, spin, spin, spin, and have fun!
19:55Oh, my God.
20:00Perky enough for you?
20:02Well, it's a little passive-aggressive, but thank you.
20:05Give me a favor.
20:05Pass these around.
20:06I want to hit the craps table before the dice get cold.
20:09Thanks.
20:10He's excited, isn't he?
20:12What the hell?
20:12Okay, you look like you've never held a tray of hors d'oeuvres in your life.
20:15I haven't.
20:16All right, do that.
20:18What do I do with them?
20:18Leave them there.
20:19You give them to people.
20:24Pay the line, pay the line.
20:26I've made them a nice dance.
20:29Richard.
20:31Hi.
20:32Johnny Depp is basing Edward Scissor's Hand on dog.
20:37I'm sorry, what?
20:39This Johnny Depp has a little dog, and he's saying he's basing Edward Scissor's Hand character on this dog.
20:45Now, I have cat, Chunky Luna.
20:47She has always a secret.
20:50She has only one eye, and I'm thinking to myself, what if my character, Miss Gibbs, what if she is
20:58based on cat?
21:00Wouldn't that be great?
21:02Now, listen, I haven't made any final decisions on casting.
21:05There's a lot involved in casting, more than just talent.
21:10There's sensibility and temperament and height, accent, and things like that.
21:18Oh.
21:21I'm needed.
21:22I have to emcee.
21:23Excuse me.
21:23Yes.
21:27Yes.
21:28Yes.
21:37And now for a special treat, ladies and gentlemen.
21:40There's a certain lady in the house who is going to recreate a song she sang on this very stage
21:45many, many years ago,
21:46and she was just a girl in the chorus.
21:48Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mayor Kristen Bean.
22:02I thought this was supposed to be a duet.
22:05She's a little shy, ladies and gentlemen.
22:07Let's show her a little love, shall we?
22:12I hate you.
22:13I know.
22:21I know.
22:43Every guy I see.
22:47Hey, big spender.
22:50Woo!
22:53Spend a little time with me.
22:59Do you want to have fun?
23:02Fun.
23:03Fun.
23:04How's about a few laughs?
23:07Laughs.
23:08Laughs.
23:09I can show you a good time.
23:15Hey, big spender.
23:17Hey, big spender.
23:20Hey, big spender.
23:22Hey, big spender.
23:25Spend a little time with me.
23:41I've said this before.
23:42You are an artist and you need your own restaurant.
23:45That's easier said than done.
23:46Hey, you come to see me and I will make this happen.
23:50Really?
23:51Really.
23:53Really.
23:56There she is now.
23:57So, what happened to, I insist, we be demeaned together?
24:02Oh.
24:03Did I say that?
24:04Mm.
24:05I don't know, in the moment it just, I don't know, I thought it would be better for you
24:09to be, you know, demeaned all by yourself as a kind of confidence builder, but you killed
24:14it, okay?
24:15You crushed it.
24:18So, I thought you, Adam Mayer.
24:23Well, it didn't completely suck, did it?
24:25No.
24:28No.
24:30No.
24:31Richard, I do roulette.
24:32You be my bowling girl.
24:33Come this way.
24:35No.
24:35I need your good luck.
25:00What are you doing here?
25:02I spoke to Nadia.
25:04Listen.
25:07Nadia's interested in acting.
25:10She's not interested in me.
25:12She said you didn't cast her in our town.
25:14Why not?
25:16Well, she's, uh, she falls short in certain areas.
25:20We're looking for her.
25:21Look, do you understand how hard a man's life can be when his girlfriend is not happy?
25:27Yes, I do.
25:28Yeah, it's a special kind of hell.
25:30No.
25:32I know, I used to date Kristen.
25:34You did?
25:35Wow.
25:37Yeah, but this wife?
25:38Before they were married, obviously.
25:41So, yeah, she was very unhappy.
25:43But Kristen isn't Russian.
25:46Hm?
25:47The Russians have a very profound understanding of misery and how to inflict it on other people.
25:53just give her the fucking part
25:55I mean how bad can she be
26:09now Myrtle
26:10I gotta tell you something
26:11because if I don't tell somebody
26:13I'll burst the
26:15one of those second hand furniture men
26:17from Boston came to see me last Friday
26:19first I thought
26:22how much
26:23how much what
26:24how much would it cost to
26:27put her into the show
26:29Conor this isn't a transaction
26:31we're talking about an artistic endeavour
26:33well you're two months behind in your loan payment
26:35and you're currently on a payment holiday
26:37which I'm willing to extend until after you open
26:40and you're going to have to
26:42renovate and buy props and paint
26:44and other
26:45arty shite soap
26:48write down a number
27:04fuck me that's a big number
27:06you saw the video
27:10done
27:14really
27:19oh
27:20how do we deal with this
27:23make out a check
27:24with that number on it
27:26and we'll be
27:26everybody will be happy
27:29oh and also you could help me out
27:31if I need a place to store
27:32two hundred theater seats
27:33I've got three empty spaces
27:36on main street
27:37yeah
27:37it's a wee doddle
27:40oh and
27:41can we just
27:41keep this
27:42between the two of us
27:45I'm so fucking
27:46lovely
27:50thanks
27:50I'm so fucking
27:55I'm so fucking
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