Strictly Ballroom Page #5

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SCOTT:

You're ready.

FRAN:

What for?

SCOTT:

I want you and me to try out

for Les tomorrow night.

FRAN:

At the State? Really?

SCOTT:

Yep.

FRAN:

Aah! Ha ha ha!

(Time after time

Yay!

Time after time

Time after time

Vivir con miedo

es como vivir a...

Vivir a medias.)

FRAN:

Vivir con miedo

es como vivir a medias.

SCOTT:

Yeah.

FRAN:

Um, to live with fear

is like to half live.

I mean, is a life half lived.

SCOTT:

Oh, yeah... like a proverb.

FRAN:

Yeah, sort of.

SCOTT:

A life half lived...

I like it.

Well, see you at

the State tomorrow.

FRAN:

OK. Do you think the rumba

is the right one to do?

SCOTT:

Yeah. Les will love it.

FRAN:

I do, too... the rumba, I mean.

SCOTT:

Fran, you know

what I said about the rumba...

being, you know,

the dance of love?

FRAN:

Yeah.

SCOTT:

- Well...

FRAN:

- Yeah?

SCOTT:

It's pretend.

You just pretend to be in love.

It's not real.

FRAN:

Oh, no... I didn't think...

'cause I didn't...

SCOTT:

Are you all right?

FRAN:

You better go.

SCOTT:

I'll see you tomorrow.

FRAN:

OK.

PRESENTER:

The State Championships...

featuring the magical

Mr. Nathan Starkey...

and Miss Tina Sparkle.

BARRY:

I want Tina to be

Scott's new partner, Les.

LES:

Tina Sparkle?

BARRY:

That's right, Les.

Bloody Nathan...

is going to announce

his retirement tonight.

Scott and Tina are

both without partners.

I think it would be

advantageous...

for all concerned if

they were seen together.

MERV:

But, Barry, Scott's

shenanigans have been causing...

a lot of distracting chat

down our way.

TERRY:

That's why

it's important that Scott...

is seen dancing the right steps

with the right partner.

Dance sport needs

good young couples, Merv.

Terry's hit the nail

on the head, Merv.

LES:

Let's not start chucking

the babies out with the bathtub.

I'm 100% behind it, Barry.

Francisca.

BARRY:

Well, gentlemen...

let's make this

a bloody good festival.

Oh, Les, just a tick.

LES:

This is wonderful, Barry...

wonderful.

BARRY:

He doesn't deserve her, Les.

I've been fielding

phone calls all week...

about the steps

Scott danced at the festival.

LES:

Scott's learned his lesson.

He's changed.

BARRY:

We both know where that young

man was heading, don't we?

Foolish boy.

But Scott's

got his second chance.

Let's not forget, Les,

that a Pan Pacific champion...

becomes a hero...

a guiding light

to all dancers...

someone who'll set

the right example.

LIZ:

You've been drinking.

KEN:

Bullshit! Push it.

LIZ:

You bloody have!

BARRY:

I love dancing, Les...

and I'm not going to let

what we've fought for...

all these years be destroyed.

Oh, look at that.

Go, 71!

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