[sorcerer] For here we have a tale of sorcery.
Sorcery from vulgar Latin:
One who influences fate and fortune;
a potion created so pure
that it activates in milk,
opening portals of worlds unknown,
unfettered access, uncharted waters,
unlimited emotions,
possibilities and experiences.
With great freedom comes great responsibility
to take that leap of faith.
You can be, have,
and do anything you want
for 24 hours.
What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
Go on. You have to say it to make it so.
What would you do?
Well, I believe in love. There is a man I quite enjoy.
Vivian, I need to focus.
Don't you have anything better to do?
Hey, why are you so harsh?
Why are you so reckless?
I have notes to learn. You're quite a nuisance.
He pays no attention to me whatsoever.
He... He swats me away like a gnat.
There, there, Vivian.
Just drink the potion with milk tonight,
and let the adventures begin.
Be anyone you like.
Do and have anything you desire.
Oh, but dear Vivian, you must be careful.
While most of these moments will feel like only a dream,
the next day, one of the moments,
your true heart and strongest desire,
will be very real and permanent.
But this will not be revealed to you
until the next day.
Wait a minute. I wasn't aware of this caveat.
Isn't that gambling with everyone's lives?
The question you should be asking is,
what do you have to lose?
Shall I remind you of the life you had of former?
Vivian.
I feel so lonely, Mother.
Why can I never leave?
-[sobbing] -My daughter,
no one will love you as much as I do,
and you have work to do.
It builds character.
But why? Why do you lock the doors?
To protect you, my dear.
You don't know how to make choices.
If I don't look out for you, who will?
[Vivian] You're right.
I hate being under the emotional tyranny
of my mother.
I've never been accurately estimated in my life.
Go, then, my Vivian. Go drink the potion.
It's so very kind of you to have me over for some milk.
Well, I'm pleased that you accepted my offer.
[sorcerer] Just drink the potion
with milk tonight,
and let the adventures begin.
-[man] Divine. -[chuckles]
And what a refreshing fresh, cold, glass of milk this is.
[chuckles] I wish I could take credit for it.
Why, I believe you can.
It tastes so pure.
I believe that is because of you,
so pure and so generous.
I am inspired.
Come.
[man] Ahh, that milk.
[Vivian laughing] Why, what do you mean?
[man] There is something about you tonight, Vivian.
[Vivian chuckles]
[man] Your eyes shine brighter.
Your skin glows.
And your voice is... so sweet.
[Vivian giggles]
She shared the milk with Barrington,
and now, he too has the power of the potion.
[sorcerer] Oh, but dear Vivian,
what would you do if you knew you could not fail?
You must be careful.
The next day, your true desire
will be very real and permanent.
You can be, have, and do anything you want
for 24 hours.
Be, do, and have anything you desire.
The choice is yours.
Well, hello.
-[chuckles] -Good to see you.
-Nice to see you. -Ohh... [chuckles]
Mmm.
[Vivian] So this is what it feels like
to be in a millionaire's body?
Mm. I could get used to this.
Movie mogul Roxanne Romaine.
She's not the gatekeeper, she's the gate.
[chuckles]
-Oh, wow. -You may very well be
the greatest pianist of all time.
Let the flattery and wild accusations begin.
[chuckles] What's more wild than the truth?
Your charms are undeniable, Miss Roxanne.
-Uh-uh. Just Roxy to you. -Oh.
Okay. [chuckles]
[chuckles] Okay.
[chuckles] Is that how you feel?
[passionate moaning]
Ah, there's something about you tonight, Roxanne.
Your eyes shine brighter, your skin glows,
and your voice is so sweet.
[slapping]
So you say that to all the broads, don't you?
[mother] Vivian.
Vivian, get in here now!
Girl, I know you can hear me!
Vivian!
Vivian, get in here now!
-Mommy-- -Show some respect.
My darling, I genuinely hope I have not raised my daughter
to waste a powerful potion on a man.
You can be, have, and do anything you want,
and you choose to be here, hanging on his behind?
I won't have it. He's a vagabond.
Mommy, I believe in love,
whichever way I can have it.
Love? [chuckles]
Girl, don't be foolish.
One of these wishes will be true.
Do things that benefit us.
Us? This is not about you.
It will always be about me.
[sighs] The sorcerer gave me the potion,
it is my choice.
You don't know how to make choices.
-You wouldn't know. -Show some respect.
I will marry Barrington.
[laughs]
Over my dead body.
Well, so be it. I have the power to kill.
No. No, Vivian!
No! No, Vivian! Vivian! [screaming]
[Vivian] See there? I made a choice.
I believe in love,
whichever way I can have it.
[sorcerer] Abuse of power comes as no surprise.
Go, then, my Vivian. Go with God.
-[laughing] -[Vivian] So this is what
it feels like to be in a body?
[laughing]
So this is what it feels like to be in a body?
I-I-I could get used to this.
So-- So-- So- this is what it feels like
to be in a body?
Body?
B-B-B-Body?
So this is what it feels like to be in a body?
I-I-I could get used to this.
[vocalizing]
[sorcerer] You can be, have, and do
anything you want for 24 hours.
[laughing]
And then-- [laughs]
the broad hauled off and slapped him.
A regular Jack Johnson.
Ha! We gotta get her in the ring.
Haven't you anything better to do?
What's it to you, anyway? Hm?
[laughing]
Well, go ahead. Say it to my face, then.
You'll read those tawdry papers and laugh behind my back,
-but here I am now. -Whoa, whoa, whoa,
I don't want no trouble, miss.
We aren't talkin' about you, anyhow.
It's Miss Roxanne, the one with the strong uppercut.
Strong uppercut this!
[slapping]
[sorcerer] Her violence and corruption of spirit
is apparent.
Still yet, if she unites with Sir Barrington,
he too is affected by the potion.
This may result in either divine love or catastrophe.
This can only be solved as a dance off.
Ladies and gentlemen,
fasten your seatbelts.
In the main event of the evening,
we have Vivian of rhythm.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And Barrington of blues.
They face of in an unprecedented match
of wit and insult.
[scatting]
Hey! Hit me!
[vocalizing]
[Barrington] There's something about you
tonight, Roxanne.
Your eyes shine brighter, your skin glows,
and your voice is so sweet.
[laughing]
[Vivian] Have you no couth?
You say that to all the broads, don't you?
Yaou!
[vocalizing]
[Vivian shrieks]
[Vivian] You lied to me.
[Barrington] You admitted truths.
[Vivian] You're a manipulator.
[Barrington, scatting] You're a fraud.
[scatting]
[Vivian] You're a scoundrel.
[Barrington] You're a wench.
[Vivian] Keep up.
[Vivian] You're an eyesore.
[Barrington] You are a rough patch.
[scatting]
[Vivian] You're a donkey!
[laughing]
[Vivian] You're a manipulator.
-[Barrington] Broad. -[Vivian] Scoundrel.
-[Barrington] You're a wench. -[vivian] You're a scoundrel!
[Barrington] You're a rough patch.
[Vivian] Take. It. Back.
[Barrington] Take. Me. Back.
[sorcerer] You can be, have, and do
anything you want.
You can be, have, and do anything you want.
What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
-Vivian. -Barrington.
I've been here with you in each body,
at each crowd.
I tried to tell you when you were Roxanne,
but you slapped me.
You slapped me again when I was the man in the bar.
[Vivian chuckles]
It sounds like you enjoyed yourself.
Now, there was a thrill in this thing, I must admit,
knowing it was you.
[Vivian] Why were you that man in the club?
He was an ogre.
I just wanted to be close to you.
As we are now about to dive into a burning fire, for you.
[Vivian] But it won't last. We only have a few hours.
Then marry me now.
Meet me on the other side.
[Barrington] I take you
to be my lawfully wedded wife...
to have and to hold from this day forward...
for better, for worse...
for richer, for poorer...
in sickness and in health...
until death do us part.
[applause]
[Vivian] I take you...
to be my lawfully wedded husband...
to have and to hold...
from this day forward...
for better, for worse...
for richer, for poorer...
in sickness and in health...
until death do us part.
[clattering]
[clamoring]
[applause]
[sorcerer] What final choice will she make?
Free will versus fate
is something we must all face.
It is inevitable.
There is not much time left.
She must jump.
[gasping]
[Vivian] He said one thing would stay true.
He said one thing...
would stay true.
What happened to Barrington?
Mommy?
Barrington.
Mommy?
Where are you?
Mommy?
Mommy, where are you?
-[Mother] Vivian. -[Vivian] Mommy?
[Mother] I forgive you.
I would have done the same thing.
[Vivian] No. No! But I didn't really want to--
[Mother] I forgive you.
[Vivian] Mommy?
Mommy!
Please. Please reverse the spell.
It is no longer a spell.
Only your strongest choice prevailed.
But I didn't really want to kill my mommy.
Oh, but you did.
You must face yourself,
face your most pure desires.
There's no consequence for you
except knowing who you truly are.
Only radical acceptance will soothe you.
And-- Well, what happened to Barrington?
He had the potion, too.
[laughing]
He married Roxanne.
-Nice to see you. -Aww... [laughs]
That was his prevailing desire.
No! I can't bear it!
Please, there must be something you can do.
You can go back to the life you had of former,
being a chamber maid.
Yes. Please, please.
-In the tower of China. -Yes.
With your mother screaming for you constantly.
-[Mother] Vivian. -I know.
-[Mother] Vivian! -This is irreversible.
[Mother] Vivian, come now!
[Vivian] Just do it. Please.
I can't take the pain of losing Barrington
and the guilt of killing my mother.
[bell dings]
[sorcerer] Climbing to the highest tops
and the highest pillars,
when you thought you had given up
and couldn't do it anymore,
and so many people had faith in you,
you just had to restore
the faith and courage to yourself.
You finally get the courage and the strength
to take that leap of faith again.
You now have the courage.
You're living your truth.
The all-seeing eye.
[metal clanking]
[Vivian] The purgatory of housekeeping,
where all dreams go to die.
I am lost in these suds, no rinsing required.
Slow, circular, redundant motion of my life
as I gaze into the distance at no one,
with my painted face and coiffed coif.
Towers of ceramic enveloping me.
A new set every year for Mother's Day.
A new set every year for birthdays.
Stack, stack, stack,
-stack, stack. -[dishes clattering]
[Mother] V-V-V-Vivian! Come now!
Girl, I know you can hear me.
[sorcerer] And there you have
a tale told by choices.
A tale of action and consequence.
A tale of being true to your heart's desire.
Pure passion fuels results.
A crystal ball is only as clear
as the eyes that peer into it.
If you cannot face who you truly are,
you will stay stuck in the purgatory of your past.
Again, the choice is yours.