Woman 1: My Week With Marilyn it is then.
Woman 2: Is it a true story?
Woman1: I should hope so. The best ones usually are.
(Pause).
Bend It Like Beckham, for example.*
(The Pick and Mix queue moves forward).
She was good, wasn’t she?
Woman 2: Yeah.
(Pause).
Who?
Woman 1: Marilyn.
Woman 2: Yeah.
Woman 1: Good but also vulnerable.
Woman 2: Yeah.
Woman 1: It was the drugs that killed her.
Woman 2: Was it?
Woman 1: Well that and The President.
Woman 2: Yeah.
(Pause).
I’ve never seen a costume drama.
Woman 1: Never?
Woman 2: Never.
Woman 1: Not even Jane Austen?
Woman 2: Which one’s that?
(Pause).
Woman 1: Would you like some Revels?
*N.B. Bend It Like Beckham is NOT a true story.
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