A Brilliant Idea
Originally posted on June 7, 2008
Gideon: So, Gerri, you’re looking good. You getting any?
Gerri: You are a total reprobate, Gideon. I’d pack you along to Cannes with me for a decadent week of debauchery, but you’re going to be too busy.
Gideon: They want to sign me?
Gerri: You betcha. Ya done good, kid.
Gideon: Your Cagney sucks, Gerri. But your finagling is top-notch. What do I do next?
Gerri: The usual. Go see the money guys. Sign on the dotted line. Blow your signing bonus on wine, women and song. And then wait.
Gideon: Wait?
Gerri: Yes, they have to cast the female lead. They sure weren’t about to offer it to Delia Lawrence.
Gideon: I’d hope not! Ah,…….Gerri Darling….. I have an idea.
Gerri: Uh-oh. You’re not supposed to have ideas. That’s what you pay me for.
Gideon: I’m allowed. I’ll thank you not to treat me like some brainless twit just because I’m paying your ridiculous percentage without quibbling.
Gerri: *laughs* All right, all right. What’s your brilliant idea? Run it by me.
Gideon: You remember that model? The one who they got in at the last minute to do the promo shoot?
Gerri: AlexAndrea Sebastian? Sure, I remember her. If I was the right kind of agent I’d be trying to steal her away from her booking agency right now. But what do I know about fashion? I wear the wrong underwear and have a visible panty line.
Gideon: *laughs* I never notice one, and believe me, I look.
Gerri: You little lecher. I’m old enough to be your……………. older sister. Now what about Sebastian?
Gideon: Andrea is making the rounds. Auditioning for whatever strikes her fancy. Fix it so someone offers her an audition for Man of the Cloth, will you?
Gerri: She have talent or just that pretty face?
Gideon: I’m not sure. She might just need a chance to show what she can do. If she doesn’t have enough talent to make the cut, they’ll cast someone else; it’s no big deal.
Gerri: Why do I get the feeling this isn’t just some generous, help-the-kid-get-her-chance mission for you?
Gideon: Because you know me, and you’re not stupid?
Gerri: *laughs* Ok, I’ll fix it. But if she’s good and she signs with another agent, you are going to be so dead.
Gideon: Dead actors don’t keep you in your accustomed style. Gerri…… one more thing.
Gerri: Isn’t there always?
Gideon: However it all works out, I don’t want Andrea…that is, Ms. Sebastian to know I had anything to do with this.
Gerri: Mum’s the word, Loverboy.