Wake Up, Daisy! By Marcus Stevens and Sam Willmott PROLOGUE: EXT. ELDORADO Track #1: “Sleeping Beauty” NORMAN THE DOORMAN appears at his post. NORMAN THE DOORMAN ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A GAL NAMED SLEEPING BEAUTY SHE PRICKED HER FINGER, SLEPT FOR MANY YEARS BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH I’VE HAD SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT THIS, HERE ON DOORMAN DUTY THIS STORY’S NOT AS CLEAR AS IT APPEARS. YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THIS LADY’S SUCH A HEAVY SNORER SHE SLEPT THROUGH HER OWN ADVENTURE WHILE SOME PRINCE HAD IT FOR HER? I TRULY CAN’T IMAGINE, WITH ALL I’VE SEEN AND KNOWN, SHE WOULDN’T TRY TO FIX THINGS ON HER OWN. I THINK I FEEL -- IF SHE WERE REAL -- SHE’D FIX THINGS ON HER OWN. Hi. My name’s Norman. I’m a doorman. You can call me Norman... the Doorman. I’ve worked here at the Eldorado on the Upper West Side for many years, and in that time, hoooo boy have I seen a lot of innnnteresting people and heard a lot of pecuuuuliar stories. And while I’ve got doubts about the tale of Sleeping Beauty, there is a story that’s oddly similar… and it happened here, in this very building! It all started thirteen years ago… in apartment 8B… because of a little girl named Daisy Greene... SCENE 1: GREENE LIVING ROOM Lights up behind the scrim to reveal the interior of the Greene’s apartment. SL, a door leads to the hallway. US, a window looks out over Central Park. SR, another door leads to DAISY’s bedroom, and a last door leads to the kitchen. SUSAN GREENE is standing on a chair facing U.S., just about finished hanging a big “Happy Birthday, Daisy!” banner above the window. She sees the audience and has a start! -- then chuckles, climbs off the chair, and directly addresses the audience. Track #2: Dialogue
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