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(A street filled with vendors in Patpong in Bangkok, outside a sleazy |
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night-club called "Le Moulin Rouge" where the ENGINEER is doorman and |
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barker. Other DOORMEN compete with him for the attention of crowds of |
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TOURISTS.) |
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ENGINEER |
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Check it out! |
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DOORMEN |
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Girls! I got girls! |
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DOORMEN |
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Gorgeous girls! |
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DOORMEN |
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Very nice! |
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TOURISTS |
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Hey, wow! Oh look! We gotta see! |
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DOORMEN |
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Girls! I got girls! |
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DOORMEN |
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Gorgeous girls! |
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DOORMEN |
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Very nice! |
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TOURISTS |
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I'm glad my wife's not here with me! |
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ENGINEER |
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What a waste! |
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To pay for my keep |
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I'm rounding up sheep |
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To fleece here in Bangkok |
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I'm disgraced |
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I can't get ahead |
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There's nothing as dead |
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As peace here in Bangkok |
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Ten cents an hour, that's all they pay |
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I'll have to swim to the USA |
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(to some TOURISTS) |
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If you're looking for fun |
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Original sin |
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If you want to put out |
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Then you gotta come in |
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(TOURISTS pass. He tries to make them take his leaflets.) |
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DOORMEN |
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Girls! I got girls! |
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DOORMEN |
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Gorgeous girls! |
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DOORMEN |
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Very nice! |
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DOORMEN ENGINEER (to TOURISTS) |
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Girls! Gee, isn't Bangkok really neat? |
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I got girls! The things they're selling on the street |
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Girls! Fresh dog, if that's what you'd enjoy |
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Worth the price A girl, or if you want a boy |
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DOORMEN and the ENGINEER |
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Come, come to me |
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First drink is free |
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ENGINEER |
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(to two Japanese TOURISTS) |
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Don't be a lump, you can hump |
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For a small extra fee |
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Hump - "humpy, humpy" |
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ENGINEER |
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I'm depressed |
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For hustling amours |
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To Japanese tours |
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Is no treat in Bangkok |
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I'm the best |
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But selling these runts |
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For sexual stunts |
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Leaves me beat in Bangkok |
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Ten cents an hour... |
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(The CLUB OWNER, the ENGINEER'S boss, passes.) |
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CLUB OWNER |
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You said you'd fill my place up - where are they? |
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ENGINEER |
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They're coming, Boss |
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CLUB OWNER |
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Just get to work, half-breed! |
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ENGINEER |
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...screw the Siamese |
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Look how they're ripping off... refugees |
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(to another PASSER-BY) |
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ENGINEER |
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If you're looking for fun |
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Original sin |
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If you want to put out |
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Then you gotta come in |
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DOORMEN ENGINEER |
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Girls Hey boys, don't stand around like wimps |
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I got girls! Watch out, those guys, they're really pimps |
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Girls! You want some thrills, come-on and grab it! |
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Half the price! Three girls, two gerbils, and a rabbit |
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DOORMEN |
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Hey, come to me! |
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(unfolding folders of photos) |
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DOORMEN |
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Look what you'll see! |
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ENGINEER |
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Hey, that's a joke, mine blow smoke |
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For a small extra fee |
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VENDORS |
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Come try the streets in every venue |
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With tricks, you'll pick from off the menu |
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ENGINEER TOURISTS |
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Hey, Joe, try taking a little excursion |
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You'll all feel good from a little perversion Oh yeah! |
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Massage requiring total immersion Oh wow! |
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Some strange positions they say are Persian Oh no! |
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ENGINEER |
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Drinks are on me |
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First girl is free |
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What can I say? You get me |
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For a small extra fee! |
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(JOHN enters looking for KIM. The VENDORS surround him.) |
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ENGINEER |
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(Handing a leaflet to John) |
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You want a girl sir? You'll like one of these |
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JOHN |
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You have a Kim here, can I see her please? |
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ENGINEER |
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You pick 'em well. . . |
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Monsieur John, is that you? |
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JOHN |
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The Engineer! |
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Jesus Christ! you're here too |
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ENGINEER |
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Of all my friends, you're the one that I miss |
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JOHN |
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I'm looking for Kim |
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ENGINEER |
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I love you so, you and your buddy Chris |
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JOHN |
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I'm here about him |
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Kim has a child born in... |
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BOTH |
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Seventy-five |
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ENGINEER |
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I filled that out and it's you who arrive |
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You'll find the end of your quest here in our little dive |
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I'm impressed |
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American clerks, a system that works |
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There's really no other |
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JOHN |
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Listen, spare me the gas |
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Is there really a child? |
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ENGINEER |
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Yes, we're blessed |
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And Kim's on a trip |
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For citizenship, and I am her brother |
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JOHN |
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You're her brother, my ass |
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Come on, take me inside |
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ENGINEER |
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Look Kim, who got our application |
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I said I'd bring us all salvation |
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KIM |
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Oh my god! monsieur John! |
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Yes, of course he sent you |
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JOHN |
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Not in here, is there someplace near we could talk? |
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KIM |
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(to one of the customers) |
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Take your hands off! We're finished! Go find someone else! |
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JOHN |
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Come with me, there's a lot I've got to say first |
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KIM |
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Chris is here! Say he's here! Oh my god, it's all true |
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ENGINEER |
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I suggest, whatever may be |
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You leave it to me |
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Just play little mother |
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JOHN |
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What I need to find out |
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She can tell me alone |
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KIM |
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Can you take me to Chris? |
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I can leave here right now |
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We've been here for so long |
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Took this job to survive |
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One month at sea |
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I was sure we'd drown |
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But I thought about Chris |
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And we didn't go down |
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I've done terrible things |
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But we're safe and you're here |
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So perhaps all the gods |
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Have begun to forgive |
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CLUB OWNER |
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Did the gentleman order champagne? |
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ENGINEER |
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She was about to get it |
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CLUB OWNER |
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You better get back on the chain |
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Or get out |
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KIM ENGINEER |
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Monsieur John I'm so sick of that prick |
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Quick before he gets wise |
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Look at this Let John look at your kid |
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Come see love See the lids of his eyes |
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Come see Chris Let John have his surprise |
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ENGINEER |
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Look Uncle Sam |
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How nice I am |
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I doing all this just for Tam |
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An American boy |
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(KIM brings JOHN to her room and shows him TAM) |
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KIM |
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Look John, this is his son |
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Don't they have the same the smile |
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He's been waiting for his father |
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For a long, long while |