British Comedy Guide

Where Art Tho?

Bit of an acquired one - if you don't know who Tracey Emin is - http://www.tracey-emin.co.uk
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A WOMAN (JANE) AND MAN (DAVID) WALK WITH TRACEY EMIN TO HER FRONT DOOR. TRACEY OPENS THE DOOR.

TRACEY
Please, come in

THEY ENTER INTO TRACEY'S BEDROOM

TRACEY
Oh my god. All of my work! It's g-

DAVID
Great!

JANE
Brilliant!

DAVID
It's so -

JANE
Original!

DAVID
I mean, it's like, you've thought outside of the box and then jumped off

JANE
Exactly, I couldn't have said it better myself David

DAVID
Jane, get some snaps. I want all the angles

TRACEY (deflated)
I can't believe it. 2 years worth of work just -

DAVID
Just 2 years? that really is something else. Amazing, really. Jane, did you get the rope in?

JANE
Yip

DAVID
Excellent. Ms. Emin, we're going to make you famous

TRACEY
But, my work, it's been stolen.

DAVID
Nonsense. We're not stealing it. We're simply promoting it. Ms. Emin, you are going to make lots of money. We'll make sure of that.

TRACEY
My bed it's -

DAVID
It's perfect. Jane, write that down, we'll call it "My Bed".

JANE
Excellent idea David

TRACEY
For f**ksake! My house has been burgled and I've lost all of my work, you idiots!

DAVID (pointing at bloody/dried tampons on a unit)
What's this? Snap Jane. Snap away. That's some good stuff.

DAVID AND JANE HEAD FOR THE DOOR, AS JANE PHOTOGRAPHS EVERYTHING ON HER WAY OUT.

DAVID
Ms. Emin. We'll be in touch.

AS THEY LEAVE WE SEE TRACEY SOBBING ON THE BED STARING AT THE ROPE

END

Hi Craig

It's a bit obvious. I guessed it from the first line, to be honest. She wouldn't necessarily let them jabber on as much if she was genuinely distressed, so if you want to do it this way, you'd need to have her trying to get into the conversation but being interrupted way more than she is at the moment.

For example,

TRACEY:
My work, it's g--

DAVID:
Great! Utterly unique!

TRACEY:
But it's all been s--

JANE:
Such hard work! And all the better for it!

TRACEY:
No, you idiots -- I've been r--

DAVID:
Really amazed at how this piece turned out!

etc etc.

Big long gaps between them at the mo', which I'm not buying into.

Also needs a bit of a surprise ending too.

Dan

I liked it as it is Craig, and that's saying something becuase I can't stand Tracey Emin.

Minor point, I think she should let them in to the house in front of her, they start fawning over her shit-hole of a house, and then she tries to tell them about the burglary, but realises that she can pretty much call anything 'art' and those 2 will fall for it.

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