Barbie in A Christmas Carol/Transcript

Scene 1: The Snowglobe [Barbie is searching for Kelly in their home.] Barbie: Kelly! Kelly! [Barbie enters her bedroom.] Kelly! Kelly, where are you? We're late! (Barbie sighs.) How do little sisters know the exact worst time to disappear? [Barbie sees Kelly.] Hmm... [''Barbie goes up to Kelly and tickles her. Kelly giggles.''] Tell me you haven't been in my room this whole time? Kelly: Well, not forever... Barbie: Didn't you hear me calling for you? We're late! The Charity Christmas Ball starts in, like, five minutes. All our friends and family are already there. Come on! [''Barbie walks to the door. Kelly doesn't follow.''] Small person not next to me... Kelly? Come on! [Barbie laughs and walks back to Kelly.] Wow. Looks like someone's got the Christmas spirit. Kelly: This isn't Christmas! Barbie: Really? Because the calendar says December 24th, Christmas Eve, and pretty much everyone we know is at the Charity Christmas Ball, where we need to be. Kelly: I don't want to go to the Ball! I want to do what we do every Christmas Eve! I want to stay home and make cookies and drink cocoa and sing carols and open a special present! That's what we do, and I'm staying here until we do it! Barbie: Okay. I know you miss what we usually do, but look what we get instead. We'll go to a big party, spend time with our friends and family, and support a really good cause. The Ball will raise money for a hospital. It's Christmas. Kelly: I hate Christmas! Barbie: I see. Hmm... You know what? I think it's okay if we run a little late. I wanna show you something. [Barbie goes to her shelf and brings a snow globe to Kelly.] Kelly: That's your snow globe. You said I wasn't allowed to touch it. Barbie: Well, this is a special occasion. [Barbie holds it out to Kelly, but Kelly hesitates.] Go on. [''Kelly takes the snow globe and Barbie winds it up. The snow globe plays a "O Christmas Tree".''] There's a story behind this snow globe. Kelly: There is? [Barbie nods.] Barbie: A story about the beauty of Christmas, and how one girl discovered it many, many years ago.

Scene 2: O Christmas Tree [In Victorian London, Eden is performing at the Gadshill Theater.] Eden: [Singing.] O Christmas tree O Christmas tree How lovely are thy branches O Christmas tree O Christmas tree How lovely are thy branches You bloom with summer's fairest rose And in the winter's bitter snows O Christmas tree O Christmas tree How lovely are thy Thy Thy Branches [''The theater audience applauds and cheers when Eden finishes singing. Eden bows.''] Barbie: [Narrating.] Eden Starling was the most famous singing star in Victorian England. [''A woman gives Eden a bouquet. Eden blows kisses at the audience, and waves as she leaves the stage.''] She was beautiful, talented... Eden: Ugh! [''Eden throws the bouquet away when she is backstage, and it lands on a piano that Chuzzlewit is sitting on. He meows loudly.''] Barbie: ... And incredibly full of herself. Eden: I hate Christmas! [The scene cuts back to Barbie's bedroom.] Kelly: Hey, that's what I said! Barbie: Really? Hmm. Must be a coincidence. [The scene cuts back to the Gadshill Theater.] Eden: [She begins pacing in the backstage area.] Singing those insipid little carols every year... [Chuzzlewit jumps off the piano and begins to follow Eden.] I am a classically trained songstress. I perform opera, Chuzzlewit. [Chuzzlewit meows.] Opera. [''She stops walking suddenly. Chuzzlewit bumps into her and meows again.''] Where's my tea and crumpets? Chuzzlewit: Hmm... Eden: There's supposed to be a tray of tea and crumpets right here! And where's Catherine? Catherine! Catherine! Catherine! [Eden's yells echo.]

Scene 3: Deck The Halls [Catherine, Maurice, Ann, Nan, and Freddy are decorating a room in the theater.] Catherine: [Singing.] Deck the halls with boughs of holly All: [Singing] Fa la la la la la la la la Maurice and Freddy: [Singing.] 'Tis the season to be jolly Catherine, Ann and Nan: [Singing.] Fa la la la la la la la la Don we now our gay apparel Maurice and Freddy: [Singing.] Fa la la la la la la la la Troll the ancient Yuletide carol Catherine, Ann and Nan: [Singing.] Fa la la la la la la la la Ann and Nan: [Singing.] See the blazing Yule before us Maurice and Freddy: [Singing.] Fa la la la la la la la la Strike the harp and join the chorus Catherine, Ann and Nan: [Singing.] Fa la la la la la la la la Catherine: [Singing.] Follow me in merry measure All: [Singing.] Fa la la la la la la la la While I tell of Yuletide treasure Fa la la la la Fa la la la Fa la la la la la la la la [''Ann and Nan go to Freddy. Maurice is nearby, while Catherine is sitting on the other side of the room.''] Nan: Freddy... Ann: So... Nan: When are you going... Ann: To ask her? [Freddy almost falls off the ladder he is on.] Freddy: Whoa! Ann, Nan, ask who? Maurice: Come now, Freddy. We all know you want to ask Catherine out on a date. [Catherine smiles at Freddy, and he loses his balance.] Freddy: Whoa! Ahh! [Ann and Nan squeal and steady the ladder.] Whoa... [Catherine laughs.] Maurice: If you want to ask her out, do it now, before we leave for Christmas holidays. Otherwise, out of sight... Poof! [He throws a bauble he is jugglging into the air.] Out of mind. Freddy: You think so? [''The bauble makes a noise when it lands on Maurice's nose. Maurice laughs.''] Maurice: I know so! [Freddy clears his throat.] Freddy: All right. I'm really going to do it. [Ann and Nan laugh.] I'm really going to do it. I'm going to ask... [Just as Freddy gets a bouquet out of his hat, Eden enters the room with crumpets.] Eden: Catherine! [Maurice gasps and falls off his unicycle.] Maurice: Ow. Oof! [Freddy gasps and hides his bouquet.] Freddy: Oh! Catherine: Hello, Eden! [Chuzzlewit meows.] Hello, Chuzzie! [Chuzzlewit flinches.] Eden: It's "Chuzzlewit." You know he hates Chuzzie. [Chuzzlewit meows.] And have you seen these? [''Eden points at her crumpets. Chuzzlewit meows.''] Catherine: Oh good! Your crumpets! I told the stagehands to get them for you. Eden: Well, they didn't. I had to ask them. I had to talk to a stagehand. And look, they put on too much butter. It's pooling, pooling, Catherine. That's why it's your job to be there with my crumpets, so they get just enough butter, and... [Catherine laughs.] Catherine: Excuse me? My job is Gad's Hill Theater costume designer, not crumpet butteriser. I do that for you because you're my friend. Eden: But still, have a look at them. They're pooling. Catherine: Eden, I know you feel better when I'm there to watch you perform, but I couldn't tonight. Don't worry. I know you were brilliant as always! Eden: I don't need you to tell me I was brilliant, I know I was brilliant. But as a costume designer, I thought you might want to do your job, and see the dress you made onstage. Catherine: I understand. Eden: So, what was so important that you couldn't come upstairs? Catherine: Look around you, Eden. Look at the tree, it's Christmas Eve! We wanted to celebrate a little before we all go off on holiday. Eden: Holiday? Who said anything about a holiday? Nan: Excuse me? Maurice: What? Ann: No! Maurice: No... Ann: Holiday? Catherine: No holiday? Ann: But it's... Nan: Christmas! Eden: I'm aware it's Christmas, which means there's only two weeks before you will get the privilege of being in Eden Starling's new show. You should be begging to rehearse. Maurice: No. No, no, no, no, no. C'est impossible. This is an outrage! Ann: Eden... Nan: We can't work on Christmas! Ann: We have people coming over! Nan: There's a turkey to stuff... Ann: And pies to bake! Nan: Oh, we can't be here! Freddy: Eden, please reconsider. I beg of you. [''Freddy makes a dove come out of his hat. Chuzzlewit sees it and smacks his lips hungrily. He chases the bird when it flies away.''] Eden: You don't want to work on Christmas? You're not dedicated enough to this theater? Fine, stay home, but if you do, don't bother coming back. Ever. [''Eden begins to leave. Chuzzlewit meows as he tries to pounce on the dove. He meows again when Eden trips over him. Eden sighs at him and he meows. She scoffs and everyone laughs quietly. Eden leaves and slams the door. Maurice begins speaking French erratically.''] Catherine: What? Maurice: You need to talk to Eden. Ann: Please, you've known her forever! Nan: She listens to you! Freddy: Eden doesn't make a move without talking to you. You're the only one who can change her mind... without getting us all fired, right? Catherine: Right. Keep your Christmas plans! [Catherine leaves and goes to Eden.]