Tyrant Page #5

EMMA (CONT’D)

I can’t believe we’re CHOOSING to

go to number THREE on Amnesty

International’s list of top human

rights offenders -

Emma heads for the hallway.

EMMA (CONT’D)

I’m not going.

MOLLY:

You’re going.

EMMA:

-- AND THIS HOUSE IS NUMBER FOUR!

Emma exits, stranding her parents.

MOLLY:

I guess it’s just us.

Ever the pragmatist, Molly sets the table for two. Barry

looks at the iPad -- a photo of violence in the street under

the headline:
“WEDDING IGNITES VIOLENT PROTESTS.”

BARRY:

Fauzi’s really going after my

family for this wedding.

MOLLY:

Did he call you back?

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BARRY:

Not yet. I left a message. Maybe he

doesn’t want to hear from me.

MOLLY:

He’s your friend. Try again.

Barry purses his lower lip a bit: OK. He’ll do it.

INT. AL-FAHED HOUSE, BEDROOM - LATER THAT NIGHT

Molly stands in front of a mirror, trying out a BLACK EVENING

DRESS as Barry half-enters from the master bath in BOXERS.

MOLLY:

What do you think? This is the only

thing I have in my closet that

looks even remotely good on me.

Barry stands in the bathroom doorway and looks at her.

BARRY:

It’s sleeveless.

MOLLY:

I know, it’s scandalous -- but what

if I accessorize it thusly?

She grabs a scarf and ties it around her head, over her face.

MOLLY (CONT’D)

...this help?

BARRY:

Yeah. Now it’s perfect.

She tosses the scarf aside.

MOLLY:

I want to look good for your family.

BARRY:

YOU’RE my family. You and the kids.

(after a beat)

Maybe Emma’s right. Maybe we

shouldn’t go.

She pulls off the dress; now she’s in a bra and panties.

MOLLY:

Barry...

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BARRY:

We’ve been trying to expand the

store for years, and the credit

committee may want to talk to us.

How would it look if they know

we’re spending money we don’t have?

MOLLY:

If you wanted to save money, you

could have saved us what we blew on

those plane tickets.

BARRY:

I don’t want his private jet -

MOLLY:

Sammy would have enjoyed it.

BARRY:

All the more reason.

MOLLY:

Honey. In all the years we’ve been

together, your father has never

asked you to visit. Not once.

BARRY:

Because he knows what the answer

will be. And it’s the right answer.

MOLLY:

Neither of you are getting any

younger. This could be the last

time you see him. Have you thought

about that?

She sits on the bed and pats the spot next to her. He smiles

a little, required to join her; so he sits beside her. BEAT.

MOLLY (CONT’D)

It’s not just your Dad who’s

asking; it’s your whole family. I

know you LOVE to live like you

hatched from some sort of space

egg, totally on your own, but these

people are your family. That

matters. We’re going.

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