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Shane What?
Sherry I'm working.
Shane Yeah, after work.
Sherry No, I'm working now. What time is it?
Shane I don't know.
Sherry Oh shit. (She gets up and runs off.)
Shane Hold on.
Scene 19b: Ameer and Rhonda
(Rhonda shouold already be in her booth window.)
Ameer Rhonda, have you seen Sherry?
Rhonda I think she went to lunch.
Ameer She should be back by now. We have runway in
fifteen minutes. She said, "Put me on runway." She's a
goddamn stupid bitch.
Rhonda I'm sure she'll show up.
Ameer Fuck her, I don't need this bullshit. I got a
better girl now, Deidre. She's nice, huh?
Rhonda I just met her, Ameer.
Ameer Well believe me, she's much better than Sherry.
Scene 19c: Philip and Deidre
Philip I hope this doesn't bother you, but I've been
with hundreds of women. (Deidre remains quiet.) I don't
like to brag, but women just like me. Look what I can do
with my tongue. (he demonstrates) That's cool, huh? Have
you ever seen anybody do that before?
Deidre No.
Philip You like it?
Deidre Uh huh.
Philip Goddamn, you're gorgeous.
Deidre Thank you.
Philip Do you have a boyfriend?
Deidre No.
Philip Would you like one?
Deidre Sure.
Philip My cock is rock hard right now. Do you like big
dicks? Most women tell me I'm the biggest they've ever been
with. Does that scare you? (She nods "no") It doesn't?
Deidre Oh no, it does. I'm sorry.
Philip That's okay, baby, you don't need to be afraid.
I'm a very sensitive lover. (booth turns around)
Scene 20: Rhonda and Deidre Talk About Work
Rhonda Okay, this is it. This is my Banana Story. This one
day I was at work and this man came up to me and said, "Would
you shit for 20 bucks?" And I said, "No way. You know, no."
And so he said, "Because I want to come in your booth and I
want to eat it for you." And I said, "No. No way." Then
10 minutes later he comes back and asks me again and still I
said, "No, no, no!"
So I looked over and there was this girl next to me and her
name was Felina and she was really incredible and I had heard
that she had done things like that before, like she would do
these fist fucks, fucking acts with other girls. And so I
said, "Felina, can you believe that guy just asked me to shit
for 20 bucks?" And she said, "I would have done that?" So
I said, "Really?" And then he came back to me about fifteen
minutes later and I said to him, "You see that girl over
there next door, she'll do it." And he said, "Really?" And
so I sent him over there.
And then pretty soon, Felina comes into my booth and she
said, "He wants you to come over and look at it." So I went
into her booth and there on this paper towel, like perfectly
in the middle of the paper towel was this big pile of shit.
So then he said, "Okay I'm gonna come in your booth now. I'm
gonna bring it into your side of the booth. Will you watch
me? Can I pay you to watch me?" And I said, "To eat it?"
And he said, "Yeah." And I said, "Well, okay." And I had
never seen anything like that before.
But anyway, she hands it to him and then she comes into my
side of the booth and he's in there with a beer in a paper
bag and he has the shit on the paper towel right there in
front of him and he sticks his finger in it and puts a little
bit on his tongue. And I'm sitting there, like on one half
of my booth and she's sitting on the other half and she's
giggling and I'm like, "No." And I'm thinking to myself, "Oh
no, don't you vomit. Don't you vomit because what would I
tell the janitor. Because it would smell like shit and beer
and vomit in my booth."
And then he knocks on the window and Felina picks up the
telephone and I'm just sitting there like, "Oh God, oh no."
And she puts her face up to the window and she goes, "Hi
baby." And she starts licking her lips and sticking her
tongue out. And this is when the banana thing comes in. She
goes, "Okay, now taste some." So now he's putting it, you
know, on his tongue. And he's gagging and I'm gagging
watching him and she's giggling. And she goes, "What's it
taste like?" She goes, "Does it taste like bananas? I had
bananas for breakast." And she says, "Now try more. Have
more of my bananas." And she was making him eat more and
more. And he was just gagging and I was dying. Anyway, I
couldn't believe that. That was like ... So now whenever I
see bananas or I hear something about bananas I always
remember that. And now you will too. Anyway, that's it,
that's my banana story.
At the end of the monologue Deidre appears in booth window.
Rhonda Hey baby.
Deidre Hi.
Rhonda How you doing?
Deidre I got flowers.
Rhonda Oh, let me see. Those are beautiful.
Deidre They're bad for my allergies, do you want them?
Rhonda That's okay, honey, you better keep 'em. Plus, you
know, that's probably a good sign. You got flowers on your
first day.
Deidre Why is that a good sign?
Rhonda Well there's worst things you could get around here.
(She laughs.) I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Actually I'm not
kidding, we all got crabs once.
Deidre What do you mean, 'we all got crabs'?
Rhonda They got in one of the booths and they spread into
the dressing room. (Jennifer pops in.)
Jennifer What are you guys talking about?
Rhonda I'm telling her about the time we all got crabs.
Jennifer Rhonda, you are so disgusting, don't tell her that.
(to Deidre) We did not all get crabs.
Rhonda Becky got 'em, Melinda got 'em, ...
Jennifer Five of the girls got 'em.
Rhonda Sapphire got 'em, I got 'em, ...
Jennifer All of the un-hygenic girls got 'em.
Rhonda Oh no, fuck you, I am not un-hygenic.
Jennifer And do you wipe down the toilet seat before you sit
on it, Rhonda? Do you girl? (no answer) Do you? (Ameer
enters.)
Ameer Anybody seen Sherry yet?
Jennifer Not for a while.
Ameer This is bullshit. This is lots of bullshit. How
you doing, Deidre?
Deidre I'm fine.
Jennifer I saw her talking to some guy out front during her
break.
Ameer She's a dumb bitch. She said, "Ameer, Ameer,
Ameer."
Rhonda She didn't say she was leaving.
Ameer We're opening runway in five minutes. What does
she want me to do, put two girls only on runway? She said,
"I want to be on runway. Put me on runway." She's gone,
that's it, she's gone.
Rhonda Ameer, calm down. She said she'd show up, I'm sure
she'll show up.
Ameer No, no, Rhonda, bullshit. Did she show up
yesterday, Rhonda? Did she? And was she supposed to? No,
she's a stupid bitch. You know she's a stupid bitch. She's a
fucking heroin bitch. Okay, Deidre, listen to me.
Just listen to me, please. (He gets private with her.) How
much money do you want to do the runway today? Just today,
how much money?
Deidre No, Ameer, I told you.
Ameer No, Deidre, just listen. Only today, never
again.
Deidre No, I'm not comfortable.
Ameer Just today. Please, it's no big deal.
Deidre I'm just really not comfortable doing that.
Ameer It's no sex, just dancing. You just dance on
stage.
Deidre Ameer.
Ameer Deidre, please. Please. Please. I'll throw in
extra money. How much money do you want?
Deidre I told you, I don't want people touching me.
Ameer They don't really touch you. You just dance.
Deidre They don't touch you at all?
Ameer No, they touch you a little bit.
Deidre I really can't do that.
Ameer Okay, how much money you make so far today?
Whatever you made, I promise you make double on the runway.
Jennifer, Rhonda, tell her.
Jennifer Tell her what?
Ameer Tell her the runway is no big deal.
Rhonda Oh please, it is a big deal. Remember that time
Sapphire made the pole all slippery?
Ameer Rhonda, stop it.
Rhonda I'm just kidding, just kidding. It's no big deal,
Deidre. Deidre, listen to me. Really, I'm serious, he's
right. It's not that big of a deal.
Deidre Do they grab you?
Rhonda You just kick 'em. Plus, we'll be right there.
Nothing's going to happen to you, if that's what you're
worried about.
Deidre I just don't want guys grabbing me.
Rhonda Actually, honey, you're safer on the runway. One
time I was in my booth and this freak put his fist right
through the glass. He started pounding on the glass, and
before I could get out of the booth, his fist went right
through. There was glass everywhere.
Ameer Rhonda, stop it. (beat) Okay, just think about
it. We open in five minutes, so just think about it. Okay,
let's go.
Jennifer and Rhonda disappear in their booths. Ameer turns
back to Deidre.
Ameer Deidre, I promise you, you do the runway (makes
money in hand gesture). I promise.
Deidre Ameer, I just...
Ameer No, just think about, just think about it.
Please. Okay? Okay? (He looks at her. You can tell she
has agreed to think about it. He smiles content that he has
won. He exits, music hits, she thinks about it.)
Scene 21: The Runway
Sexy MF Lyrics:
In a word or two, it's you I wanna do
No, not cha body, yo mind you fool
Come here, baby, yeah
You sexy Motherfucker Deidre exits. Runway
comes on. Ameer enters.
Ameer Good evening. Hey, welcome to the show. We are
about to present to you the most beautiful girls in New York
City. All were once White House interns. For a ten dollar
ticket to the fun-way runway, you get all the girls you could
possibly want, plus a free marguarita at the bar. Also hold
on to your ticket stub, because if you need to leave they get
you in and out priveleges. Ha, ha, ha. Unfortunately, I am
sorry to inform you that you may not touch the girls because
Mayor Guiliani is a big fucking asshole.
But, if you're good to the girls, I give you my promise that
they will be good to you. So get your wallets out and put
your hands together for a runway favorite, Rhonda.
We're all alone in a villa on the Riviera
That's in France on the south side
In case you cared
Out of all of yo friends I wanna be the closest
That's why I tell you things
So you'll be the mostest
When it comes to life to be this man's wife
You got to well educated on the subject of fights
I mean the prevention of
In other words The R.E.A.L. meaning of thing called love
Are you up on this?
If so, then you can get up offa hug and a kiss
Come here, baby, yeah Rhonda begins to dance.
You sexy motherfucker
Come here, baby, yeah
You sexy motherfucker
We need to talk about things
Tell me what cha do, tell me what cha eat
I might cook for you
See it really don't matter cuz it's all about me and you
Ain't no one else around
I'm even with the blindfold, gagged and bound
I don't mind
See this ain't about sex
It's all about love being in charge of this
Life and the next ...
Why all this cosmic talk?
I just want you smarter than I'll ever be
When we take that walk
Come here, baby, yeah
You sexy motherfucker Jennifer and Rhonda switch.
Come here baby,
You sexy motherfucker
Ameer Let's give a warm hand to Rhonda. And please
welcome to the stage now, Jennifer.
Horn stand up please (instrumental) Shift focus to
Ameer, Deidre and
Rhonda talking.
I like it, I like it...
You seem perplexed (???)
I haven't taken you yet
Can't you see I'm harder than a man can get
I got wet dreams coming out of my ears
I get hard if the wind blows and you're alone with me
But I can take it
Cuz I want the nine
It ain't about the body
It's about the mind
Come here, baby, yeah
Rhonda So are you gonna try it?
Deidre I'm thinking about it.
Ameer She's gonna do it.
Deidre Ameer.
Ameer No, she's thinking about it, right. But she's
thinking she's gonna do it.
Rhonda Deidre, you see it's no big deal, right?
Deidre How long do I have to stay out there?
Ameer When you're done, you just signal me. And then
everybody goes back for finale.
Deidre What if they grab me?
Ameer They're not allowed to grab you.
Deidre But what if they do?
Rhonda Just kick 'em. They love it. Be rough with them.
Ameer Listen, you try it this time, if you don't like
it then no more. That's it. Never again.
Deidre I'll try it.
Ameer Deidre, I love you.
You sexy motherfucker Jennifer finishes.
Ameer Give a warm hand to Jennifer. And now, please
welcome Deidre.
Come here, baby, yeah
You sexy motherfucker
I'm telling you Barbarella's in the house... (Instrumental)
Wash the dishes .... Come here... Sexy, sexy.... (all
instrumental)
I like it. I like it. All the women on stage.
Sexy motherfucker shaking that ass, shaking that ass, shaking
the ass.
(Final Rap) Sherry enters, has a fight with
Ameer.
Sherry Ameer, I'm here, I'm sorry.
Ameer You fucked up, Sherry.
Sherry I'm sorry.
Ameer I run around looking for you.
Sherry I'm sorry.
Ameer Why you fuck with me?
Sherry I'm sorry.
Ameer No, tell me. Why you fuck with me? You say...
Sherry Ameer.
Ameer No, listen. You listen to me.
Sherry Ameer.
Ameer Listen to me.
Sherry I'm listening.
Ameer You said...
Sherry I know what I said.
Ameer Listen to me.
Sherry Ameer, I'm here. Calm down.
Ameer You fuck me up everyday, Sherry. Everything you
do is one fuck up. You always fuck up.
Sherry Fuck you, Ameer.
Ameer Get out there.
Sherry I'm going.
Ameer Get out there right now.
Sexy motherfucker, shaking that ass,... Sherry joins
women.
You sexy motherfucker. Everyone freezes, then slow
fade out
of music, set and people.
Scene 22: Ameer Fires Sherry
(After final beat of music see all four women sitting,
counting their money and congradulating Deidre.)
Rhonda Deidre, you did it, you made it.
Jennifer Yes, congradulations.
Sherry Yeah, congradulations. You looked really cute up
there.
Deidre Some guy had something on his fingers.
Jennifer What do you mean?
Deidre Like vaseline or something. It got on my ankles.
It was slippery.
Rhonda Men are pigs, Deidre. That's the first thing you
learn. The men that come here, most of them, no excuse me,
all of them are disgusting pigs.
Deidre I was in the booth today and all of a sudden this
guy called me an "eff-ing" whore.
Rhonda What's an "eff-ing" whore?
Sherry Geez, Rhonda, he called her a fucking whore.
Rhonda Oh, fucking. He called you a fucking whore? Oh,
honey, I've been called a lot worse than that. Remember that
one guy who used called me "t-bone".
Deidre What's that?
Rhonda You know, like t-bone steak. He goes, "I like meat
and potatoes women. You're meat and potatoes." So, he
started calling me "t-bone". He had a big pot belly stomach,
so I started calling him "Mr. Pot Belly". He loved it.
Deidre How long have you worked here?
Rhonda Too long, honey.
Deidre How long?
Rhonda I started in 1933. I came out during the gold rush.
Jennifer Shut up, Rhonda.
Rhonda My first client was Abraham Lincoln.
Jennifer Rhonda, shut up.
Sherry Goddamn Rhonda, are you on crack or what?
Rhonda Actually, honey, no I'm not. See when I say I'm
going out for a cigarette break, I really go out and have a
cigarette. And when I say I'm going out to have lunch, I
really go out and have lunch.
Sherry What are you saying?
Rhonda You know what I'm saying.
Sherry No, what are you saying?
Rhonda You know what I'm saying.
Jennifer You guys, stop it.
Rhonda Where were you, Sherry?
Sherry Fuck off, Rhonda.
Rhonda Excuse me.
Jennifer Stop it, please, stop it. (They sit in silence for a
while.) So I think Deidre looks really nice in her slip.
Don't you guys think so? (they nod) It's nice, right
Sherry? (Sherry nods.)
Rhonda You look very nice, Deidre.
Deidre So do you guys like working here?
Sherry I love it.
Jennifer It's fine. I'm gonna be really honest with you, I've
worked in a lot worse places.
Deidre (to Rhonda) Do you like it?
Rhonda Some days I do, some days I don't. (Ameer enters.)
Ameer Deidre, you were very good. Thank you for doing
that, I really appreciate it.
Deidre It was fine.
Ameer Excuse me, I need to talk to Sherry alone.
(Rhonda and Jennifer exit. Deidre stares at Sherry, Sherry
stares back.)
Jennifer (re-entering) Deidre, come on. (They exit.)
Ameer We can't have you here anymore, I am sorry. You
need to go. Please do not come back. Okay? Okay? Okay?
(Ameer exits. Sherry sits for a moment then exits.)
Scene 23: Katherine and Susan
(Back at the grocery store.)
Katherine What would you do if you were me? Would you
leave him?
Susan I'm not you, Katherine.
Katherine Oh gimme a break, Susan, what would you do?
Susan I've never thought about it.
Katherine Oh, come on.
Susan I haven't. I don't have those type of
insecurities. That's why I married him. He was the first
man I dated that didn't make me feel insecure.
Katherine You've never suspected him?
Susan Absolutely not.
Katherine Really?
Susan Katherine, I'm sorry, I love you and I like Mike
a lot. And I was just as shocked as you, but Bradley's
different.
Katherine Don't you think everybody thinks their husband's
different until they find out?
Susan Katherine, you're not hearing me. Bradley has it
great with me, he knows that. I don't worry about things
like that because it's out of the question. He wouldn't go
to a place like that, he wouldn't have an affair. He's just
not that type of man.
Katherine But what it he did? What if you found one of
those gold token things?
Susan Would that make you feel better if I did,
Katherine?
Katherine I didn't mean to imply that.
Scene 24: Mike and Bradley in Line for Tokens
Philip Can I get 3 please? (Ameer gives him the tokens.
Philip goes into B3 and red light goes on. Bradley and Mike
enter and cross straight to Ameer's booth.)
Bradley Can I get five please? (holds out a large bill)
Ameer Do you have anything smaller?
Bradley No sorry.
Ameer (looks annoyed) Hold on. (Ameer exits off-stage
with the large bill.)
Bradley (to Mike) So if I tell you something, you can't tell
anyone else at the office. You got it?
Mike What?
Bradley I was here yesterday around three o'clock and I was
waiting for a booth to open up and then one of the doors
opened and Bill stepped out.
Mike Bill who?
Bradley Bill from accounting. You know chubby Bill, balding.
I swear it was Bill. So I went into the booth that he came
out of and I paid the girl fifty bucks to tell me what he's
into. And you're not going to believe this. She said, and I
didn't believe it at first, but she said she was being
honest. She said that he comes in twice a week, he takes off
his suit and he's wearing a dress underneath.
Mike No way.
Bradley A black sequined cocktail dress.
Mike You are so lying.
Bradley That's what she told me, and she said he wears like
women's panties and a bra and pantyhose and high heeled shoes
and he jacks off under his dress. And supposedly, and I
don't believe this but how could she make this up, supposedly
he tells her all about Linda.
Mike Who's that?
Bradley His wife, Linda. Remember we met her at the
Christmas party.
Mike Wasn't she really pretty?
Bradley She is. Remember at the party nobody could believe
she was with him.
Mike That is so sad. Why would you even go to a peep show
if your wife was really pretty?
Bradley What are you talking about?
Mike Forget I said that.
Bradley You don't think Katherine's pretty?
Mike Just forget I said that. It's not what I meant.
Bradley You think Susan's ugly?
Mike No, she's gorgeous. That's not what I meant. I
don't know why I said that.
Bradley You know what, Mike, I think you are seriously fucked
up.
Mike At least I told my wife.
Bradley You did not tell your wife, she found out.
Mike Yeah, but I didn't deny it after she found out.
Bradley Mike, do you listen to yourself half of the time?
(Ameer re-enters)
Mike Oh fuck you. (Ameer hands Bradley the tokens.)
Bradley And remember what I told you.
Mike Yeah, yeah I remember.
Bradley Make sure you empty your pockets before you get on
the train tonight.
Mike Don't worry.
Bradley I don't want to see your dick rolling around on the
street like John Bobbit's.
Mike Can I get 3 please? (Ameer hands him the token
and they exit. Janet enters when all lights are on.)
Ameer Hello Bill.
Janet Can I get three please? (Ameer hands him the
tokens. Janet goes to the booths individually, sees they are
occupied, tries to see through the cracks in the door. After
all the booths, he looks at his watch and exits.)
Susan enters with Bradley's laundry. As she is going through
it she finds a token. Still sitting center stage, Bradley
exits his booth, fixes his pants and both exit off in
different direction. Janet re-enters and goes to Rhonda's
booth, taking Bradley's place.
Scene 24a: Susan confronts Bradley
Bradley Susan, I'm home. Susan? Susan? (he enters the
room) Hey, what's up? Is something wrong?
Susan (she holds up the token, he sees it) You go to
those places with Mike, don't you?
Bradley Where did you get that?
Susan Just answer the question.
Bradley Susan.
Susan Answer the question.
Bradley (pauses for a long time) No.
Susan You're lying.
Bradley I don't.
Susan You're lying to me, Bradley.
Bradley No I'm not, Susan, listen to me. (takes a step
forward)
Susan Stay there.
Bradley Susan.
Susan Bradley. (she stands up) Have you ever watched
Jerry Springer?
Bradley What's that?
Susan You're lucky you're still standing. You have
thirty minutes to go upstairs and pack your things. I'll be
back in 45. If you're still here, I will call my father and
brother and they will physically remove you.
Bradley Susan, can I say one thing?
Susan No, you may not. You're losing time. If I were
you, I'd get going because, believe me, you know my family
and you do not want to be here when they show up. (he lies)
Scene 25: Sherry Leaves
(The stage is pretty silent. Ameer is at his stand. Curtain
closes as we see Sherry enter, bundled up like she appeared
at very beginning, carrying a gym bag. Ameer won't look up
to see her.)
Sherry I'm sorry you hate me, Ameer. I didn't come here
with the intention of making your life miserable. I thought
I was doing a good job.
I'm sorry you weren't happy with me, Ameer. I made a lot of
money for this place, you know. I made you guys a lot of
money, you know that.
Ameer Okay, you can go now.
Sherry I'm trying to talk to you, Ameer. I don't want
to leave here with all of this tension.
Ameer It's fine you can go. Thank you.
Sherry Ameer, look at me. I'm sorry if I caused any
problems here. I would like to be considered for the
schedule if you need someone. You know like if someone
doesn't work out, you can call me up. Okay, Ameer? Ameer,
are you listening to me? Did you hear what I said?
Ameer I heard you, thank you. (She turns to go. Once
she has exited, Ameer puts aways his stand.)
Scene 26: The Peep Show is Closing
Shane Hey, is Sherry here?
Ameer She doesn't work here anymore.
Shane What do you mean?
Ameer (repeats word for word) She doesn't work here
anymore.
Shane I saw her today.
Ameer And now she's gone.
Shane Where did she go?
Ameer I don't know.
Shane She didn't say where she was going?
Ameer She just left.
Shane Well, if I give you my number and you see her,
will you pass it on?
Ameer I won't see her. She's gone, she's not coming
back. I'm sorry. We are closing now. We open again
tomorrow at 10 o'clock. You come back then, we get you a new
girl, much better than Sherry.
Shane I liked Sherry.
Ameer Well she's gone now. I'm sorry.
Scene 27: Women Getting Dressed
Jennifer So what do you think?
Deidre About what?
Jennifer About all this.
Deidre It's pretty interesting.
Rhonda Are you coming back tomorrow?
Deidre I'm not sure yet.
Rhonda Oh come back. We need more normal girls around here.
Deidre I'm thinking about it.
Jennifer You know who's not coming back.
Rhonda Who?
Jennifer Sherry.
Rhonda What happened?
Jennifer He told her not to come back.
Rhonda Who?
Jennifer Ameer. He sent her home and said, "Don't come back."
Rhonda Who told you that?
Jennifer I heard 'em fighting in the lobby.
Rhonda She's not coming back at all?
Jennifer I don't think so.
Rhonda Oh my god, I'm really sad now.
Jennifer Rhonda, you know Sherry's a mess. She doesn't need
to work, she needs help.
Rhonda I know, but I liked her.
Jennifer I liked her, too.
Deidre Do girls come and go a lot?
Rhonda It's a big revolving door, honey.
Deidre Where do you think She'll end up?
Jennifer Who knows.
Deidre It's depressing, don't you think?
Rhonda Don't think about it. I'm taking off, are you ready?
Jennifer Yes. So what do you think, Deidre, will we see you
tomorrow?
Rhonda Yeah, are you coming back?
Deidre I don't know yet.
Rhonda Well, get home safely.
Jennifer Take care.
The women exit the booths and they get dressed in what they
were wearing at very beginning. One by one they all leave.
Ameer comes back, cleans out the tokens from the booths, mops
out the booths. At crescendo in music Ameer switches the
lights. Everything goes to black except the "CLOSED" sign.
Lights up for Curtain Call. (Length of song: 5:12)
RONNIE TO DO LIST
White Wedding
Sex, I'm a ...
Booth token lights
Rhonda - learn opening lines
Booth turning for Whatta Man
Fake dollar bills
Fix grocery wall
Cut holes for money going through plexiglass
Tighten Act 3
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