[CHORUS GIRLS]
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When we're feeling down and low,
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Then our favorite word is no
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Cause it points the way to go.
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[The rest of the Chorus girls come on]
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Let's be bad.
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Who knows what will come tomorrow?
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Neighbor, lose the sauce and sorrow.
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Here's some sugar you can borrow.
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Let's be bad.
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[spoken]
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[ASSISTANT]
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Does anyone think she'll actually show up? Is she even on set?
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[ASSISTANT 2]
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Ms. Monroe is in her dressing room!
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[DIRECTOR]
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What kind of shape is she in?
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[ASSISTANT]
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Her shape ain't the problem, where is she? We're gonna be stuck here all night!
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[sung]
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[CHORUS GIRLS]
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Don't want to be boring
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Our twenties are roaring
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Let's punish the flooring
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Yeah drummer man, do what you can
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Tonight the (whoo!) will hit the fan!
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[spoken]
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[DIRECTOR]
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How many take did we do yesterday? 60?
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[ASSISTANT]
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You know, someone should fire her!
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[ASSISTANT 2]
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Fire Miss Monroe?!
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[sung]
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If you need some more enticing,
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Here's a girl with twice the spicing
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We're the cake, but she's the icing!
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Let's be bad.
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Let's be bad.
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[The lights and chorus all focus up center, Marilyn is nowhere to be seen]
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[spoken]
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[DIRECTOR]
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Arthur, where is she?
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[ARTHUR MILLER]
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She's in her dressing room, she's not feeling well.
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[DIRECTOR]
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I'm not feeling well either, get her out here, now!
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[The warehouse door to Stage 5 opens, revealing Marilyn along with Assistant 2 and Assistant 3]
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[MARILYN]
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Here she is boys, Marilyn Monroe in the flesh, all ready to film yet another thrilling movie about a dumb blonde.
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[ARTHUR]
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Marilyn, you look wonderful.
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[MARILYN]
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And that's all that matters, isn't it?
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[ARTHUR]
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Darling, so many pillsa˘ć|
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[MARILYN]
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How do you expect me to keep going? You're not bringing in any dough. Somebody has to support us.
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[DIRECTOR]
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Let's take it from her entrance.
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[MARILYN]
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Where's my mark?
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[ASSISTANT 2]
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Right this way Miss Monroe, follow me.
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[DIRECTOR]
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Action!
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[sung]
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[CHORUS GIRLS:]
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Let's be bad!
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Let's be bad!
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[MARILYN]
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If you say something is taboo,
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Well, that's the thing I want to do.
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Do it till we're black and blue,
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Let's be bad.
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Guns and gangsters suit me fine.
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Al Capone is a buddy of mine.
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He's my big-shot valentine.
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Let's be bad.
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If spirits are sagging
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If feet are 'a dragging
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Fall off of that wagon.
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The piano hums to the bass and drums,
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And I'll be dancing when Hoover comes.
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Don't care if you've tied the knot,
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Most folks want what they ain't got.
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Melt the ice, some like it hot.
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Let's be bad.
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Here's my whistle, make it "whetter."
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Let me wear that scarlet letter.
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When I'm bad I'm even better.
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Let's be bad.
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[spoken]
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[DIRECTOR:]
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What a mess! She's so doped up I can't use any of this!
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[sung]
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[MARILYN]
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Say "bye-bye, propriety!"
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No polite society
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Give me notoriety!
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Let's be bad.
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[spoken]
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[ASSISTANT 2]
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You're fabulous, Marilyn!
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[ARTHUR:]
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The whole world adores you!
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[ASSISTANT:]
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Keep dancing, you're gorgeous!
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[sung]
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Bring on the vices!
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Don't care what the price is!
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I'll add the right spices,
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When the stand-up bass slaps you in the face,
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Well, it ain't my husband I'll embrace.
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I can't see the use in waiting.
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Your lips are intoxicating
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Do my hips need some translating?
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Let's be bad.
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If I drown in bathtub gin,
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Notify my next of kin,
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They might grieve, or might jump in!
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Let's be bad.
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Who wants plays and O'Neill dramas?
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Gershwin is the cat's pajamas!
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I'm the queen of the red-hot mamas!
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Let's be bad.
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Each crook and G-man
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Each cop and he-man
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Just stick with me, man!
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Every joint's a juke with my red-hot uke,
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And just like Judas once said to Luke,
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Here's the key for my ignition,
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Hit the gas to my transmission!
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When you hear the things I'm wishing'
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You won't offer opposition!
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Let's prohibit Prohibition!
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Let's be bad!
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Some like it hot, and that ain't bad!
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Let's Be Bad
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| Smash Cast |
