Stage Crush (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Episode #1.9 - full transcript

Don't do that again.

Tzutz, look.
-What?

Our own apartment, what do you think?
-It's a good apartment.

But you're in love with him!

It's the beginning of your relationship,
before all the shit starts,

why is it so hard to act like
you're in love? -What's going on?

I can make a comment.
-Not in the middle of a technical rehearsal.

Don't yell at me. -Not in the middle
of a technical rehearsal. -Fine.

I can't stand her voice

I can't stand her voice.
-What?

I hate her...
-Then why did you kiss me?



Big mistake! -It was a mistake
I ever met you! -Oh yeah?

I can't work like this!
-Tomer,

don't say things at night
that you'll regret in the morning.

What is this scene?

They killed me?

This is so fucked up.
-I think you're addicted to sex.

What's "addicted to sex"?
-When you can't stop even when you want to.

I'm burning this phone
with all the girls inside.

I don't need them.
Turn the gas on.

No! Ofer!

Dovaleh agreed to come
and save us, so he'll be our director.

Be good and
no hassling him, okay.

Let's see what
you've done so far.

Yes?



Is my daughter here?

Who's your daughter?

My daughter, is she here?

Get dressed and let's go.

I wrote that I was sleeping at Noa's.
-Fine, get dressed.

Come on.
-Is she here?

Yes. Wait in the car,
we'll be right down.

Wait, Dad, I can't find something...

Have you no shame?
-Just find it.

A man your age?
-Avi, wait downstairs.

You think you can have any girl because
you're famous? -Avi, I'm begging you.

I hope someday you find your daughter
with a man like you.

Avi, please wait for us downstairs.

Come on, Gali!

Listen, ma'am...

your daughter is 18.

She's a big girl, what...
-Oh yeah?

She's 18?

Sorry I'm late.
Shall we begin?

Were you offered something to drink?
-Yes.

And you don't want anything?
Water?

No thank you.
-I'm good.

Let me introduce myself,
I'm Avraham Ben-Zaken,

a copyright and
intellectual property lawyer.

Did you read about me?
On Google? -Yes.

Vera Korkin asked me
to help out here,

but I must point out I am not
affiliated with Hamishkan Theatre.

Are both of you comfortable with me
proceeding as your mediator?

Yes. -Yes. -Good. So the matter
at hand is the play 'One and One'.

'One Plus One'.
-Oh, 'One Plus One'. -Yes.

Very nice.

And the aforementioned play,
which is opening on February 29th,

that you supposedly wrote
and you directed

is now under dispute
and you are no longer the director.

Correct?
-Yes.

I didn't 'supposedly' write it,
I wrote it.

Well, since Tomer has threatened
to file an injunction against the play

unless his demands are met...
-Excuse me,

can he do that?
-Please allow me to finish.

In light of the fact
that time is pressing,

I suggest, Tomer, that you list

your demands.

Assuming I'm not directing the play,

and I'm not directing the play,

I think I deserve
half of the writing credit.

Excuse me,
but what does that mean?

It means 50 percent
of anything related to the play,

including royalties and publicity.

Sorry, I need you
to speak in plain language,

you mean that
on the poster

it'd say, 'A play by Iris Schtiebel
and Tomer Lev'?

Yes.
-Correct.

Why should his name be there?
Did you write the play?

I think I had a part in writing it.

Okay, then I have nothing...

One moment.
-I have nothing...

One moment.

It'll only take us back
to the same point tomorrow morning.

Trust me,
I'm talking out of years of experience.

Good. Tomer...

What are you talking about?
You wrote the play?

You don't even know how to type,
you're a one-finger typist.

When did you write the play?

You wrote a play...
-Well,

all the highlighted lines
are mine.

What do you mean, your lines?
-Mine, I said them.

What does that mean?
-Listen and I'll explain. -Well?

Mine, I said them.
or came up with them.

What did you highlight here?

"Why did you say Bar Refaeli?"

"Who did you want me to say,
David Frost?"

I didn't write that?
-But I said it.

In real life.

It's my answer.
-To my question.

One moment,
what do you mean, you said it?

Let's say he did
say that sentence,

is that admissible in court?

If indeed he said it
and you used it professionally,

then yes.

Then anyone could just...
What if

'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'
sued the Beatles for...

But Lucy isn't a woman.
-Fine, so not Lucy.

What do you mean,
Lucy isn't a woman?

It's an acronym for LSD.

Fine, then 'Wake Up Little Susie'
by the Everly Brothers, okay?

What if Susie came along
and sued the Everly Brothers?

If there really is someone like that,
then yes, perhaps.

What pretext could Susie possibly cite
for suing the Everly Brothers?

Perhaps she sees herself
as a very alert person

and feels that the lyrics are offensive.
Look,

I'm not claiming that it's rational,
but it is possible.

It is rational.

If she thinks the song
makes her look bad

and no one wants to be in
a relationship with her because of it,

then of course it's rational.

What makes you look bad
in the play?

If someone falls asleep
in the middle of sex,

it doesn't make me
look too great.

Learn how to fuck,
no one'll write anything about you.

Wait, wait,
let's try to have a serious discussion here.

Now look, there are
such legal precedents,

the most famous is
'Simona from Dimona',

I'm sure you know it.

The song 'Simona from Dimona'?
-Yes, we know it. -Good.

"Every day in the hills of Dimona,
she stands there downhearted

"Tan-skinned Simona,
waiting for her man

"Tan-skinned Simona,
waiting for her man."

That Simona from Dimona
had a rough life,

and as fate would have it,
she was divorced, too.

So when the whole country started singing
that she was tan-skinned and waiting,

let's just say that she kept waiting
and waiting and never remarried.

Because of the song? -How many
Simonas do you think there were in Dimona?

So everyone knew it was her.

I don't understand
what we're talking about.

I'm sorry, I don't...

I don't understand
why you're doing this.

I don't understand
why you're doing this.

Let's say I don't want to share
the credit with him,

is he going to stop the play?

Really?
You will stop the play?

You can do the play,
just without all the highlighted lines.

I'm the one who got you
into a repertory theater!

You were doing weird fringe plays
with pigeons where I was handing out

fliers outside to the four people who came.
-You wouldn't have taken the play

out of the drawer
if I hadn't submitted it to the theater,

don't you understand that?

You would have read your
plays to me in the living room.

Excuse me,
were you a couple?

Yes.

For how long?

A few years.
-You don't know how many years?

One second,

and you broke up after
the play was written? -Yes.

By whose initiative?
-His, completely.

Is it possible that
you resent him for that?

Perhaps that is where
the fight originated?

I don't understand,
is this couple's therapy?

Is there a reason
why you're in his favor?

I'm not in anyone's favor.
-Fine, so...

If I resent him for leaving me?

Of course I do, so what?

What's this? "Tzutz, I love you,"
"I love you too..."

Fuck that!
You said that?

You said it?

Excuse me, Mr. Attorney,
he marked a sentence here,

"Tzutz, I love you,"
"I love you too."

He never said "I love you."

He doesn't say the full sentence,
he either says "Me too"

or "thank you"

on a good day.

Look, intellectual property
is not a black and white issue.

Do you really believe this?

Do you really believe
that this play is half yours?

No, it's not half mine,

but I'm half of the play.

Can you imagine this play
without me?

Can you imagine
this production happening

and me not having
anything to do with it?

Is that what you really want?

Nothing that has happened
these past few months

is what I really want.

One moment.

One moment, it's such a shame.
-I'm sorry.

Sorry for your trouble.
-That's it?

Dovaleh.

Before we continue...
-Yes?

I want you to know that I got
my college degree in theater directing,

so I have lots of direct--
direction--

Directorial. -Directorial aspirations.
-Wonderful!

Good. -So if you'd like
to share your ideas with me,

I'd love to learn from you.

Wonderful, that's just wonderful.
-Thank you.

Okay, go ahead.
-From "It's late"? -Yes.

Go ahead.

It's late.
-What?

My period.

I see.

Problem.
-Major.

Does that ever happen?

How's it going?
-Is it regular?

He'll have this play on its feet in one day.
-Clockwork.

Three days and he could finish
an opera by Puccini.

But is it working?
-Listen, he's a contract worker.

He works without heart,
but sometimes that's what you need.

Swiss?

Brand new.

How were the peace talks?

Not good, we made no progress.
-Why, what does he want?

Half the credit for the play.

You don't have a contract with him?
-No.

Why didn't you sign a contract?

We were a couple, Vera.

You listen to me,
there's no such thing as 'couple'!

From now on, sign a contract for
every fart you make.

When I was young,
I also thought 'couple'.

I've just finished paying for the shit I got
stuck with because of 'couple'.

Vera.

Sweetie, you're disturbing me, please.
-Sorry.

Excuse me a second.
Iris?

What happened?
Is he serious about the injunction?

Yes, it turns out that he is.

So we could be
rehearsing for nothing?

Mayachka, I pay you to act, right?

So you act
and I'll manage things, okay?

Thanks, get back to work.

Since we've already stopped,

I want you to listen, friends,
this text has a tempo.

It has a rhythm to it.
Line-line, line-line.

Rhythm, rhythm, rhythm,
rhythm, rhythm.

It flows, but you keep pausing.
What for?

This isn't Chekhov,
it's not psychologically complex.

Go with the flow, enjoy yourselves.
Okay.

Seriously.

It's late.
-What?

My period.
-I see.

Problem.
-Major.

Does that ever happen?
-No.

It's regular?
-Clockwork.

That character

is not Tomer.

It's who I'd want him to be.

If I wrote the scenes like they
really happened in our life,

you know what I would've written?
-What?

Silences.

Me talking and him not replying.

Not a single word.

I wouldn't raise an eggplant
with you either, how's that?

Good!

Good, good!

Okay, from the top.
I'm late, I'm late.

What is it you say?
-"It's late."

It's late.
-What?

My period.
-I see.

Give in to him.

What? Why?

Because you have a future in theater,
his story is over.

Think of him as
a springboard for you,

give him what he wants,
then jump right over his head, understand?

I feel guilty, if that helps.

I have nothing more to say...

I'm sorry that you guys
are stuck in the middle of all this.

Tomer, come on,

after all the work we put in?

We're rehearsing
for a production

that may not even happen?
It's stupid.

I hope it won't
come to that, okay?

I...

I understand your situation,

that's why I agreed to meet you.

Don't you have anything to say?
Didn't you invite anyone to the premiere?

You don't care?

I say you should come back.
-He can't.

Why not?
I'll talk to Vera.

Ofer, Ofer, thanks, but...

it's too complicated.
-Want me to leave?

What? -They can replace me,
why you?

Ofer, what are you talking about?
-She's already got Dovaleh,

she'll never take him back. -Yeah,
it's always me who fucks everything up.

I don't want to come back,
guys, so just stop it.

It has nothing to do with you

or to what happened
with Iris, okay?

So how's it going with...

the new director?

It's okay.

What did you work on today?
-We went over everything.

Really?
-Almost.

Until the end of "late period."
-Wow.

And it feels okay?
The scene works? -Yeah.

All right.

Can we get the check please?
-It's okay, it's on me.

It's on me.
-Come on.

No way.
-No, it's on me.

No way, forget it.
Where is she?

Do you feel like showing me
what you did?

The dialogue?
-Here?

If you feel like it,

just the banter.

Okay.

Let's show him.

From "It's late."

It's late.
-What? -My period.

I see.

Problem.
-Major.

Does that ever happen?
-No.

It's regular?
-Clockwork.

Swiss?
-Brand new.

Wait, why are you doing it
like that?

What? -Why so fast?
You're not...

listening to each other,
why so fast?

He said the scene
has a certain temperature.

Temperature. -Fine, Temperature.

Like ping-pong.
-Okay,

but why ping-pong?

Do you know
she's about to say

that her period is late?
Why so fast?

Exactly.

Do it again.

Anyone else want to direct this scene?
-Let him. Direct.

Look.

It's late.

What?

One sec.

You're afraid to tell him, right?

Okay, wait a minute.

Now answer.

My period.

Problem.

You're scared to death.
What have I done?

Did or didn't I wear a condom?

Is she on the pill?
Am I gonna be a father?

Text.

I see. Problem.
-Right.

Major.
-Right.

What do we do?
Could there be an escape route?

Does that ever happen?

No.

No escape, no nothing.

It's regular?

Clockwork.

Swiss?

Brand new.

That's it, your life is over.

Conclusion?

I see.

Isn't that better?

Isn't that nicer?

Better?

He said the pauses
make it too heavy.

Who cares what he says?

Could be. Could be.

Do as he says,
he's the director.

You're awesome in 'Love Under Fire'.
Awesome.

Can we start?
-From the top, please.

If we could only turn back

The hands of time

What a wonderful world

He would have built

If we could only turn back

The clock...

I asked her
how old she was.

I always ask.

Am I supposed to ask
for ID from now on?

Huh, Shlomo?
Do you ask to see ID?

Ofer...
-Can she press charges?

She said she was 18.
Can she press charges?

Listen...
-Could she actually

press charges against me?
Because...

I'm scared to death.

Ofer...
-If she told me

that she was 18,
can she press charges

against me?
-Ofer...

But she told me she was 18, so...

Ofer, Ofer.
-I don't know what to do.

You should've seen
how her father looked at me,

you should've seen the look
on his face, I wanted...

to bury myself.
-Listen to me,

if I ask you to come with me
somewhere today, will you come?

I'll do whatever you say.
-Yeah? -I don't know what to do.

I don't know
what's wrong with me.

It's okay.

Now grab my hands over my head.

Like this?

Yes, but with one of your hands.

This hard?
-Harder.

Harder?
-Yes, so that

I won't be able to move
and I'll be scared.

Like this?
-Yes, and...

strangle me a little
with your other hand.

Like this?
-Harder.

Harder. Harder.

Yes.

Does it bug you that I'm talking?
-Very much.

Can you shut up?
I think I got the picture.

What did you get?

I got it.

What?
-No, I said it was good,

don't let me talk,
I don't want to dominate the...

No talking.

Understood?

If I take my hand away
will you be able to shut up?

You are so fucking beautiful.

Ignore it.

It's Reut, answer.

What, Buddha?

At rehearsal,
I'm almost done.

Really? How close?

No, don't come in,
there's no point.

I'll be right out,
I'll meet you outside.

Okay, Buddha.

Bye.

See? If you hadn't
told me to answer,

this never would've happened.

Now I'm going to punish you
for shortening our time.

Wait, I don't...

Shut up, no talking.

Let's see what I can do to you
in 15 minutes.

You like being strangled?

Are you crying?

How will we tell him?

No, he didn't hear us, Yuvi.

God help me,
how will we tell him?

We won't tell him,

why would we tell him?

It'll break his heart,
he'll never speak to us again.

Yuvi, I'll never leave Reut.

I just married him.

Then I'll get a big part
in the theater,

then I'll have a baby with him,
you see?

Then what do you want from me?

You're my lover.

You are so fucked-up,
you're totally fucked-up.

Wait, Yuvi,
I didn't mean it like that.

I don't care.

I meant that with you
it's something else.

Why do we have to tell him?

So that he'll leave me
and you and I will be together

and we'll buy a couch and a TV
and all that shit? Is that what you want?

I don't want anything
from you anymore.

Who do you think you are?

Why did you come on to me,

When i'm about to marry your
best friend?

I'm done here, Your Highness,

you can go to hell.

Wait, Yuvi, wait.

Wait.

Wait, Yuvi.

It's not only that.
You...

You bring out...

I feel...
-What?

What do you feel?

That I'll be a better actress
thanks to you.

You're an idiot.

I love you, I don't care
what kind of actress you'll be.

I'm such an idiot...

My name is Aryeh

and I'm addicted to
hard relationships.

Cheating and objectifying women,

as well as prostitutes,

chats,

sending and receiving sexual pictures,
porn, compulsive masturbation,

and I'm not clean.

We love you, Aryeh.

Amit. Addicted.
Clean, two weeks.

We love you, Amit.

I'm very grateful for this program
and Almighty God,

I've been clean for
six months and one week.

We love you.

I'm Asaf and I'm a sex addict.
That's it.

We love you, Asaf.

Me?

I'm Ofer,

I...

Well, I...

What can I say?

I'm not too sure
I belong here.

Not in a bad way, I...

I don't want to offend anyone.

I...

fool around with lots of girls,
a player.

But I don't think
it's something that's...

out of the ordinary.

I'm also an actor, for those of you
who recognize me. Never mind.

I got into a little trouble recently

for sending some messages
here and there, but...

not anything unusual.

Facebook, Instagram and stuff.

Maybe I went a little too far.

I nearly got married, too,

I was engaged
two years ago, so...

I don't think
I have a problem with...

What was I gonna say?
I...

I've lost my train of thought.

Oh, and porn, I...

I watch it like everyone else,
you know.

I also went to a prostitute,
out of nowhere,

a month ago.

Maybe I am a little lost, but...

I don't know.

What?

That's it.

We love you, Ofer.

My name is Ronen,
I'm a sex addict.

Excuse me.
-So sorry.

I'm sorry.
-Goodness.

You scared me. -I'm sorry.
-No, no, it's okay.

Were you waiting for me?
-Yes, I'm...

I'm Tomer. I...
-Oh... -Did the play, before...

That's right. Hello, Tomer.
-Yes.

Come on in.
-No, it's okay.

Thank you, but...

Okay.
-But there's no need.

This is the copy of the play
that I worked with,

it has all my comments
and edits on it.

I wrote on the back all the things
that I think are crucial.

I think you'll be able
to read my handwriting.

For example,
in scene 2 with the beard,

when she says she has a mustache,
you know that part? -Yes.

it used she has a beard
and we changed it.

Iris insisted on the beard

and I think she was right.

Oh, she was right?
-So maybe...

That's just an example,
go over it and...

All right. -I don't want to interfere
in your work. -No, no...

It's yours

and I'm sure you don't need my help.
-Yes.

I just wanted to give you
my input and... -Yes.

Thank you.
-No problem.

Oh, scene 7,

when her period is late,
there's a dialogue...

Oh, where it's one word
back and forth. -Exactly.

I know it seems like it should
be a quick banter,

fast, because it's comedy.
-Yes.

I actually think you should...

Yes?
-Approach it

as a drama.
Not too heavy,

but they should listen
to each other before talking.

You mean, pauses?
I don't...

I don't know.

I think the pauses
will make the scene

too heavy.
-That's just my opinion.

Okay.
-That's it.

You understand.
-Listen,

why don't you come back
to direct it?

Okay, I'm sorry, it's yours.
-Seriously.

I'm sorry.
-Tomer,

we're just talking, no problem

I think it's a very sweet play,

it has potential,
and it could do very well.

I'm just doing Vera a favor,

for the play I directed before this one,
that didn't even cover its expenses.

I think you should direct it.

I think it's your rhythm,

I really and truly think so.
Really.

I can feel it, it's you.

What do you say?

I'll talk to Vera.

No, don't talk to her.

Why not?

No, it's...

What?

It's just too complicated.

What a shame.

But thanks.

Okay, so...

Here you go.
-Thank you.

Thank you.

Tomer,

I'm keeping the pajamas.

Bye.