[ti:Press Conference]
[ar:Adam Pascal & Idina Menzel]
[al:Chess in Concert]
[00:06.71]{REPORTER #1}
[00:06.93]Does your opponent deserve such abuse?
[00:09.46]{FREDDIE, spoken}
[00:09.65]All Soviets deserve abuse
[00:12.62]{REPORTER #2}
[00:12.77]But even you must concede he can play
[00:15.25]{FREDDIE, spoken}
[00:15.39]Sure, he's the best red on the circuit. I'll give him that
[00:18.94]{REPORTER #3}
[00:19.09]He hasn't lost for a long time
[00:21.04]He could be a tough nut to crack
[00:23.12]{FREDDIE, spoken}
[00:23.30]Listen, if he gets one game off me, it's because I want to keep press interest going
[00:26.73]{REPORTERS}
[00:26.87]Why do you persist with vicious attacks
[00:28.27]Ungracious remarks re opponents?
[00:30.12]It smacks of a lack of conviction
[00:31.78]Admit you're under duress
[00:33.42]And that your only skill left
[00:34.73]Is for money, not chess
[00:36.01]If Soviet life's as grim as you claim
[00:37.73]Then how come their boys are so good at the game?
[00:39.74]Though you swear the American dream is clearly the best
[00:42.57]You're no advertisement for life and times in the West
[00:48.52]{REPORTER #4}
[00:48.83]Why did you risk the whole match breaking down?
[00:51.37]{FREDDIE, spoken}
[00:51.54]I don't know what you're saying. What are you implying?
[00:55.02]{REPORTER #5}
[00:55.17]All your outrageous demands, your conceit
[00:57.91]{FREDDIE, spoken}
[00:58.07]I don't see anything outrageous about demanding what I'm worth
[01:01.31]{REPORTER #6}
[01:01.49]They pay all that you ask for
[01:03.12]And then you demand even more
[01:05.35]{FREDDIE, spoken}
[01:05.50]I am the reason you're all here. Who had heard of Sergievsky?
[01:07.58]{REPORTERS}
[01:08.12]It's hard to believe
[01:11.00]What we're reporting
[01:13.87]Why so disparaging?
[01:17.08]Not very sporting
[01:19.74]{FREDDIE, spoken}
[01:20.17]Are the Communists sporting? My God!
[01:20.93]{REPORTERS}
[01:21.59]Tell all this to the
[01:23.67]United Nations
[01:26.52]Are you an asset to
[01:29.65]East-West relations?
[01:34.28]{FREDDIE, spoken}
[01:34.47]What is this? What have the Russians ever done for East-West relations?
[01:38.43]Have you people any serious questions?
[01:40.99]{REPORTER #7}
[01:41.20]Will you be quitting for good if you lose?
[01:44.19]{Freddie does not respond}
[01:46.97]{REPORTER #8}
[01:47.21]How come your second's a girl, lover boy?
[01:50.79]{FREDDIE, spoken}
[01:51.12]What did you say?
[01:53.98]{REPORTER #8}
[01:54.21]How come your second's a girl, lover boy?
[01:57.93]{Freddie storms out, pushing Reporter #8 out of his way}
[02:00.91]{REPORTERS}
[02:01.36]Well, what did I say? He's out of his tree
[02:03.31]He's finally flipped and between you and me
[02:05.22]He's no hope of retaining his crown in his frame of mind
[02:08.70]In fact, he shouldn't have come here, he should have resigned
[02:11.07]{FLORENCE, overlapping with Reporters above and below}
[02:11.36]Smile, you got your first exclusive story
[02:17.32]Now you can bask in his reflected glory
[02:24.28]“Naked, unprovoked Yankee Aggression!”
[02:29.62]Oh, what a credit to your great profession!
[02:36.19]{REPORTERS, overlapping and repeatedly}
[02:36.77]If he is in this frame of mind
[02:37.25]He should be dumped
[02:37.49]He should be resigned
[02:37.94]Well, what did I say? He's out of his mind
[02:38.68]He's finally flipped, he should have resigned