Dig Deep

Marilyn and the students who are engaged in a Lesson, They’re eyes are peeling on Lee Strasberg, their Acting Coach. As the song begins all the actors come upon her, singing and dancing. She is hidden in the mob of people before her solo in the song comes up. Once singing, she rises from within, with a newfound love for acting, singing and dancing.

Lyrics
Lee: (spoken) The challenge for the actor is to use sense memory of childhood trauma. The actor must deploy the conscious and dig into the unconscious. The challenge for the actor-

Students: Ah! Use the past Use your pain Never ever try to entertain Let Stanislavsky be your umbrella

Lee: Mumble your words! Unless they're...

Student #1: Stella!

Students: Use justification, improvisation Plus some emotional masturbation

Lee: Visitor from the Western coast!

Lee with Students: Can you dig it?

'Marilyn: I dig it the most!

Marilyn: (spoken) I'm through with Hollywood. It's New York and the Actors Studio for me. And if any of those boys from Hollywood come a’ callin, you can tell them I said this!

Marilyn: In history, there's this doctrine called Monroe Which basically told the enemy where to go It was created to nurture and protect But now a new Monroe doctrine is in effect So go tell Mr. Zanuck to read it and weep 'Cause I'm not just here today I'm here to dig deep From the 20th Century Foxholes, I'm released

Students: (scatting)

Marilyn: And just like the sun, I'm rising in the east

Students: (scatting)

Marilyn: I made a move from that permanent state of sadness To prove there's a method to my madness I'm waking up from that 20th Century sleep Yeah, I'm not just here today

Students: Woo!

Marilyn: I'm here to dig deep

Marilyn with Students: Well, there ain't no sin to remove your skin

Marilyn: And to take a look under the hood

Students: Mm-hmm!

Marilyn: Well, you must dispel the outer shell Though you have to admit my shell looks good

Student #2: You're tearing me apart!

Marilyn: I'll finally get to use my mind's interior (Students: Interior) And not only just my bust and my posterior (Students: Posterior) 'Cause the true inner self you can't avoid

Students: And we're just nuts about Sigmund Freud!

Marilyn with Students: So open up my id

Marilyn: For a good clean sweep (Students: Sweep) 'Cause I'm not just here to dig

Marilyn with Students: No, I'm not just here to dig Oh, I'm not just here to dig

Marilyn: I'm here to dig deep

Students: Motivation, concentration, exploration, simulation, perspiration, inspiration!

Marilyn: So deep!

Students: Yeah!