ABBY What do you do when you’re not a p...

ABBY

What do you do when you’re not a popcorn machine jockey?

TIM

Well, I like to burst out into song and narrate stuff on guitar.

(TIM pulls out a guitar from behind the chair and strums)

TIM (singing)

Kinda’ like thiiiis.

ABBY

How’s that working out?

TIM Well, I’ve got three emails from my phone from the only three venues in town. Probably with the same red lettering and five densely packed paragraphs.

ABBY

Who’da thought bringing people together’d be so dangerous?

TIM

I mean mighta’ known.

(TIM begins to play “Can’t get Enough of Your Love, Babe”)

TIM

I’ve heard it said that too much of anything is

ABBY

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Copyright!

TIM

Sh#t you’re right.

(Beat. They look back at the screen)

TIM

Whatever happened to the Trans-Atlantic accent?

ABBY

Died out.

TIM

Ah.

(Beat)

TIM

Yknow there was supposed to be this indie film festival that got completely f#@ked. I mean flights, airbnbs, half of the-

(ABBY takes a giant swig of her flask)

TIM

Were you part of it?

(ABBY nods with a mouth full of vodka and then takes a giant gulp and belches)

ABBY

Good burn.

TIM

What was your film?

ABBY It was just a bunch of footage from a cross country trip my friends and I took last summer. No real narrative.

TIM

Yeah?

ABBY

Yep couldn’t backpack Europe so decided to go around this giant chicken shaped country instead. Back then you could put your face on anything you wanted.

TIM

Uh not sure that’s.. What was the title?

ABBY

“Passing Frames.” How cheeseball is that?

TIM

Yknow we probably got it up in the booth we

ABBY

Nononono! I want see this ending first!

TIM

Ok.

(Beat.)

TIM

Man. Iconic.

ABBY

See. Even though a bunch of bullsh#t happened. It turned out ok.

TIM

Yeah.

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