Corporate America, the Musical

The director says, "Okay, let's see how in the deep we're rolling."

The head screenwriter says, "Which trench would you like to explore with the coprobathyscaphe this time?"

"How 'bout we get the new musical number over with."

• Laura: Keep your chin up! Even when things are terrible...
  
  Elon: Umm...
  
  Laura: Recklessly... recklessly, make your voice be heard, by all! You run it, so it all hears you...
  
  Elon: Umm...
  
  Laura: What I say goes ... What money flows...
  
  Elon: Umm... [no longer singing] I thought you were supposed to keep your chin down.

The director says, "Whatever, we've done worse. Remeber the pun song?"

The assistant director says, "Oh, god, I'm trying to forget."

• Interviewer: Sir, what's your opinion of Damon [T. Hininger]?
  
  Elon: [slowly] Are you detaining me, or am I free to go?
  
  Interviewer: Sir, what's your opinion of Steve [Balmer] and Larry [Paige]?
  
  Elon: [slowly] My windows are up, and I do not consent to any searches...
  
  Interviewer: Sir, what's your opinion of John [E. Reid]?
  
  Elon: [slowly] His question refused, I would invoke my Miranda right to remain silent...

The assistant director says, "But sir, that wasn't half as bad as the pink song."

The director says, "Oh, you mean Oh My God? Oh my god, that one was awesome."

The assistant director says, "No, sir. I meant what passes for the song we wrote."

The director says, "Oh god, please don't send me back there."

• An electric guitar is played quietly, as though unsucessfully trying to escape detection, just like the guitar line from Sucker Punch's cover of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams.
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] american dreams are these aspects of workplaces
  
  [workmates begin getting up from their desks]
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] who am i to question authority
  
  [workmates continue getting up from their desks, and head to a back room]
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] when the boss said would you like to travel
  
  [workmates continue getting up from their desks, and head to a back room]
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] that wasn't really a question
  
  [workmates continue into the back room]
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] Everybody's extrinsically motivated
  
  [workmates continue into the back room]
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] some of them want to employ you
  
  [workmates continue into the back room, and shadows gesticulate as though trying to show onlookers that they're talking]
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] some of them want to get employed by you
  
  [workmates continue into the back room, and shadows gesticulate as though trying to show onlookers that they're talking]
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] some of them want to entrap you
  
  [workmates filter out, and shadows still gesticulate as though trying to show onlookers that they're talking]
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] some of them want to prove they can get caught and continue
  
  [workmates filter out, and shadows still gesticulate as though trying to show onlookers that they're talking]
  
  Worker at failing workplace: [sotto voce] some of them want to

The director says, "Wait, I'm already holding my head down to my chest with my hands across the back of my head."

The assistant director says, "Mmm. Sorry. I won't sing that one. But the critics did, remember?"

The director says, "Jesus Christ, the critics, the critics, the critics, oh dear lord with the criticising."

The assistant director says, "Epizeuxis. Anyway, that's Oh God With the Troping also. So, should we ship it?"

The director says, "Screw it. Let's just move on to the next scene. Let's just shovel something out there."

The assistant director says, "Sir, shovel it, WILCO, out."