Football Field bleachers. (Victor doing what looks like an Indian rain dance – he is beside himself with glee. Enter Emily)
Emily
What are you so happy about?
Victor
I’m the man!
I’m the king!
(Emily stares at him sardonically, arms akimbo)
Emily
So, spill –
Found somebody’s
Credit card under the bleachers?
Victor
NO.
I’m an Unstoppable
Force –
I’m a MOVER.
I’m the One!
Others are just talk –
I make things happen!
I stir the pot, the pot
Bubbles.
Stick with me sweetlips
And you’ll see the world.
Emily
(Accusingly)
What did you do now?
Victor
I showed Oscar
His honey’s a whore!
(Wild victory dance)
Emily
Darla?
You mean her pictures?
Her pictures were
Wonderful! That girl’s a
Goddess.
I don’t get you guys!
Always demanding
We get sexual then
Using that to disgrace us!
Victor
Don’t act innocent around me,
Honey. I know what you did. And Oscar
BOUGHT IT!! Guy went
Crazy!
(Wild boogie break dancing)
Emily
Why you gotta
Hate, Victor?
Why ruin everyone
And everything?
That poor fool!
If he didn’t want nudies
He’s the first guy I’ve heard of.
How come he
Believed you over Darla?
Darla LOVES him.
No one’s that stupid.
Victor
(Playing with her hair)
Don’t you pay attention
In history class?
The bigger the lie
The more people believe it. ‘Cause
It’s about NIGHTMARES,
Baby, we’re controlled by our
Nightmares!
Everyone’s got ‘em.
Play into the NIGHTMARES
And people believe.
(he makes his abracadabra gestures in front of her face – she pushes his hands away)
Emily
But I thought he loved her!
Doesn’t that idiot know
How lucky he is?
Victor
Love!
What’s that even mean?
Emily
But why’d he
Believe YOU.
You’re not his friend.
(Victor shakes the phone at her)
Victor
Good one, Emily! You’ve been
SUCH a good girl.A guy’s girl – FOR ONCE.
Emily
I sent it only to
You and to Oscar!
Victor
Don’t you know brothers share?
It’s a sharing economy:
Bros hang together.
Emily
It’s a BEGGAR economy
A world of extortion and
Protection where
Everyone owes you.
Victor
(money hand gesture)
Gotta give some to get some.
Emily
You men are
HOPELESS.
None of you deserves
To get fucked EVER
Again!
Victor
Oh, somebody’s
Getting’ fucked here and
It ain’t gonna be me!
Emily
It certainly won’t!
And what is
THAT all about? Why is the worst
Thing you can insult somebody with is
“SEXUAL INTERCOURSE!”?
Why make it so bad?
You’re always telling us to
GROW UP
Face desire
Then we do and it turns out
Our partners are BABIES!
Baby extortionists!
Victor
Oh get over yourself.
(Sniggering)
Let passion rule
Idiots – while the Movers &
Shakers sit pretty!
We’re having
Too much fun.
Emily
I can’t figure out
Why we play with
You toddlers.
Victor
Hormones,
I’m guessin’.
We’re the only game in town.
(Emily pulls out her own phone, clicks, smiles ruefully, shakes her head)
Emily
Look at her there –
She’s so sweet
Such an angel.
She’s Manet’s Olympia
Goya’s Naked Maja –
Look at her –
She’s so happy.
She’s so trustful in love
Thinking Life’s
About to begin.
Don’t you know
Beauty when you see it?
Lift your head
Out of the gutter!
But you snoozed during art class
You don’t want to wake up.
Victor
Art class is for
PUSSIES!
(spits)
Here’s REAL art for you!
(Showing her his film)
Emily
Oh Victor
YOU DIDN’T.
Victor
Oscar made Darla bleed.
Oscar made her come!
She’s no goddess after all.
Did she tell you
What his cock’s like?
Spics are hung like donkeys –
They gotta be –
Squirtin’ over the fence
Spreadin’ their seed!
Emily
You’re disgusting!
Victor
(Very calm and in charge)
I’m SUCCESSFUL.
I’m EFFECTIVE.
Oscar fights with Darla
Coach sees our movie
Coach says BYE BYE
We own the school.
Emily
You said you wouldn’t
Hurt people!
Victor
Haven’t YOU
Done things you said
You’d never do?
Emily
Why’s Oscar blame Darla?
Victor
“Cause he sees she’s a whore.
Like every other slutty
Fallen girl.
Emily
Like ME you mean?
Is that what you mean?
Victor
Men rule
Girls drool
Who’s the fool?
Emily
(She turns away from him)
You’ve got a point there.
You showed Oscar your movie?
Victor
(Gleeful excitement)
Oscar went ripshit! He
Threatened to
KILL her!
Emily
Over some PICTURES?
Victor
(Acts all innocent, toeing the dust)
I did mention he might be wrong
About her virginity.
Emily
Victor! You are a
Rabblerouser! Darla
Was incontestably
One hundred percent virgin!
You know it and I know it!
Victor
(slyly)
Well, she ain’t no more. So
Nobody proves nothin’.
Girls go under the knife
Get changed all the time.
(She pushes him away from her in disgust)
Emily
And it doesn’t even matter!
It’s all stupid anyway!
Victor
It DOES matter!
No man wants to
Honor a SLUT.
Emily
You guys are the sluts!
Why demand trust when
We can’t ever trust you?
Don’t you get it?
GAME OVER,
I’m telling you.
Game over!
Victor
(Very superior)
Men CAN’T be sluts
Sweetheart.
It’s not in the rulebook.
Everyone knows. You just
Ask around.
Emily
You are
PITIFUL.
I am so done with this place.
You think Oscar might
Hurt Darla?
Victor
(Excited)
Oh, Oscar went off.
He was
Waving a KNIFE.
(Making crazy face then seeing her expression, excuses)
Hey, it’s not MY fault.
Emily
It totally is!
Victor
It’s not my fault
In any court of law!
Now WHO’S the one snoozing
Through civics and Dare.
I didn’t say
Kill the bitch!
That’s all HIS idea.
My conscience is CLEAR.
And by the way, sister
You’re in this
To your eyebrows.
Emily
Victor, you’re a
BASTARD!
Victor
HEY!
(Emily rushes offstage. Lights out.)
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