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Here’s another advocacy message we won’t be watching on CBS.
INT. BEDROOM – MORNING
CLOSE-UP ON A WOMAN LYING IN BED. SHE FLIPS UP HER WALKIE-TALKIE
WIRELESS PHONE AND DIALS. SHE HAS A FLIRTATIOUS SMILE.
CUT TO:
INT. UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – A MOMENT LATER
SFX: A TELEPHONE RINGING
CLOSE-UP ON A MAN. HE OPENS HIS WALKIE-TALKIE WIRELESS PHONE
AND GRINS AS HE RECOGNIZES THE CALLER ID. HE PUTS HER ON THE
SPEAKERPHONE.
Man: Hey, baby.
<chirp>
Woman’s voice: (sultry) Hi.
<chirp>
CAMERA PULLS BACK TO SHOW THAT THE MAN IS SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER
ON A CROWDED TRAIN.
M: What’s up?
<chirp>
WV: (giggles)
<chirp>
M: What?
<chirp>
WV: Nothing.
<chirp>
M: Come on. Tell me.
<chirp>
WV: You were in-credible last night.
<chirp>
THE TRAIN PASSENGERS – UNWITTING LISTENERS – LOOK UP FROM THEIR
BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS.
M: (big grin) Really. You think so?
<chirp>
WV: Mmmmmm.
<chirp>
M: Well, what about you?
<chirp>
WV: (giggles) What about me?
<chirp>
M: Awesome. The best. Girl, you are just so…(speechless exasperation)
<chirp>
GROWING DISPLEASURE AMONG TRAIN PASSENGERS. DO THEY REALLY
NEED TO BE HEARING THIS?
WV: Know what I was just thinking?
<chirp>
M: What?
<chirp>
WV: You are my strong handsome lion and I am your adoring lioness.
<chirp>
M: (roars)
<chirp>
WV: (giggles)
<chirp>
PASSENGERS ROLL THEIR EYES, SHAKE THEIR HEADS, CHECK THEIR
WATCHES, REACH FOR THEIR iPODS.
WV: Why don’t you come on back home and show me who’s master of the pride,
you big Alpha male you?
<chirp>
M: (tempted) Hmm. Can’t. I’m almost to work. Two more stops.
<chirp>
A BEAT
WV: Michael, where are you?
<chirp>
M: I’m on the train, Hon.
<chirp>
WV: (alarmed) Michael, can everyone hear us?
<chirp>
M: Of course, I’ve got you on the speakerphone.
<chirp>
WV: Oh, my gosh.
<chirp>
M: What’s the problem?
<chirp>
WV: They can hear…they’ve been listening…they know about the lion thing.
<chirp>
M: You mean the Lion King! (looks around, proud – roars again)
<chirp>
WV: But…what will they think?
<chirp>
M: Honey, we’re not the kind of people who care what other people think.
<chirp>
WV: Oh, right. I forgot. (giggles) Sweetie, I love you so much.
<chirp>
M: (baby voice) And I love you more.
<chirp>
WV: I love you waaay more.
<chirp>
M: No way. I love you the most.
<chirp>
CAMERA PULLS BACK. VOICES FADE OUT. PASSENGERS IN OBVIOUS
EMOTIONAL PAIN HIDE THEIR FACES IN NEWSPAPERS OR BANG THEIR
HEADS AGAINST THE GLASS WINDOWS ON THE TRAIN.
END MESSAGE ROLLS ONTO SCREEN:
From hard-working, tired commuters everywhere to people on their mobiles:
Shut up, already!
A message from HangUp.org.
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