Houston ! We have a situation ! Because even as the Party have decided that Captain von Trapp must sing the world into Utopia , the good captain himself has taken the momentous decision to abandon singing for the sake of his great love for wild-chick Maria. We find the two of them in
CAPTAIN : " How i love you"
MARIA : "Shakespeare ?"
CAPTAIN : " No , my own words."
MARIA : " Hmm, i thought so..."
Sees that the Captain looks hurt
MARIA (speaks kindly) : " Come on Captain ! Let's sing a duet together. It's alright. One more song can't harm anybody."
CAPTAIN (cheers up) : " Yes , it can be my swan song"
MARIA (mutters under her breath) : " Sounds about apt for a lame duck"
They duet to Something Good , standing there in the soft blue late evening light
(yes , again , low budget , etc)
Maria:
Perhaps i had a wicked childhood
Perhaps i had a tripped out youth
But whenever weed or speed wouldn't last
There was always a heroin moment to shoot
Here you are now, standing there, nearly not boring me
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good
Nothing comes from your singing
Nothing ever could
So whatever was in my youth or childhood
I've now done something good
I've stopped your singing , dude !
Captain :
For here you are , standing there , laughing at me
Whether or not you should
Maria :
So whatever was in my youth or childhood
I have now done something good
I've stopped your singing , dude !
Maria & The Captain :
Nothing comes from singing
Nothing ever could
Maria :
So whatever was my youth
Captain :
Or childhood
Maria :
I sure have done something . . .
Maria & The Captain :
Something good !
Captain :
I've stopped singing , which is good !
Maria :
Yes , you've stopped singing , dude !
(To be continued)
