EXT. ALLEYWAY – NIGHT
UNKNOWN P.O.V.: PEEPS OUT FROM BEHIND A TRAIN BRIDGE TO WATCH A LONE YOUNG WOMAN (DRESSED IN A SMART TROUSER SUIT) NERVOUSLY APPROACH ALONG A DESOLATE, LONELY CITY PATH.
THE YOUNG WOMAN PASSES UNDER THE TRAIN BRIDGE, HANDS CLENCHED IN FEAR, SHE KNOWS SHE IS BEING WATCHED...
LEANING AGAINST THE BRIDGE WALL IS THE REASON FOR HER FEAR... A DAPPER DANDY FOP, COMPLETE WITH COLOURFUL STRIPED BLAZER, SMART TROUSERS AND BARBER SHOP QUARTET STRAW HAT, MOODILY WATCHES HER. HE SPARKS A MATCH ON THE WALL AND LIGHTS HIS CIGARETTE, EYES CONSTANTLY ON HER AS SHE PASSES.
THE YOUNG WOMAN BREAKS INTO A JOG.
THE DANDY STALKER SUDDENLY FLICKS THE TIP OF HIS HAT UP, PIROUETTES UNTO THE PATH AND BREAKS INTO A TAP DANCE ROUTINE AFTER THE YOUNG WOMAN.
SHE LOOKS BACK AT HIM, TERROR IN HER EYES.
DANDY STALKER
Well, hello!
THE YOUNG WOMAN BREAKS INTO A FULL BLOWN RUN.
THE DANDY STALKER PURSUES HER DOWN THE LONG, LONELY ALLEYWAY, CONTINUING HIS OVER-ELABORATE DANCE ROUTINE, AVOIDING THE TRASH AND DOG SHIT ON THE PATH, AND OCCASIONALLY TAKING OVER-THE-TOP CAMP PUFFS FROM HIS CIGARETTE.
DANDY STALKER
(Gleeful)
Tee-hee-hee! Ready or not, here I come...
EXT. ALLEYWAY – MOMENTS LATER
THE LONE WOMAN RUNS DESPERATELY AND RAGGEDLY NOW, CLEARLY IN PAIN.
SHE LOOKS BEHIND HER REPEATEDLY, AT THE GAINING, PRANCING DANDY STALKER.
SHE ALMOST CRASHES INTO A BIN, AND PUSHES IT ASIDE AS SHE RUNS ON.
THE BIN ROLLS DOWN THE ALLEYWAY TOWARDS THE DANDY STALKER. HE NIMBLY JUMPS ON TOP OF IT AND STARTS TAP DANCING A CHEEKY LITTLE TUNE, RAISING HIS HAT TO HIS PREY.
DANDY STALKER
Bravo! Bravo!
HE ROLLS AWAY INTO THE DISTANCE, STILL DANCING A TOP OF THE BIN.
DANDY STALKER
You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man!
EXT. OVERPASS – MOMENTS LATER
HEAD DOWN, THE YOUNG WOMAN PASSES A GANG OF DANDY STALKERS. THEY MOODILY LEAN ON THE STAIRWAY UPTO THE OVERPASS. THEIR EYES ARE ALL OVER HER.
THE GANG SUDDENLY STAND TALL AND BREAK INTO A BARBER SHOP QUARTET SHOW TUNES.
DANDY STALKER GANG
One more for my Baby, doo-wop-wop, Baybeeee!
YOUNG WOMAN
(Resigned)
You’ve got to be kidding me...
SHE RUNS OFF INTO THE DISTANCE.
