SHARLEEN and MARTI 2
CHEZ SHARLEEN AND MARTI EVENING
SHARLEEN
Listen Marti, dreamboat! When you've shifted as many units of yer last album as me and ma posse, then and only then, can you refuse to dae the washin' up.Capiche?
MARTI
Capiche.
Marti goes to the kitchen of the open plan penthouse and starts washing the dishes. Starts singing to himself.
My woman makes me wash the dishes and it makes me sad and blue.
Sad and blue. What am I to do?
SHARLEEN
Whit's that you're singing, dreamboat? It's dead soulful. You can just hear the heartbreak in it. Is it wan a' Aretha's?
MARTI
Naw!
Keeps singing.
SHARLEEN
Wan a' Otis Redding's?
MARTI
Naw!
Keeps singing.
SHARLEEN
Al Green?
MARTI
Naw, it's wan a' mine. I've just written it and arranged it.
Keeps singing.
The horns are like this.
Sings the horn arrangement.
The strings are like this.
Sings the string arrangement.
SHARLEEN
Going into the kitchen.
Let me add a harmony tae it, dreamboat.
SHARLEEN AND MARTI
Both start singing.
My woman makes me wash the dishes and it makes me sad and blue.
Sad and blue. What am I to do?
Repeat it a few times.
SHARLEEN
You're inspirational, dreamboat.
MARTI
And you're my muse, Sharleen doll.
Fades
