THE BIG LEAP
Written by
Liz Heldens
Revised Studio Draft 01.14.19
OVER BLACK: ROWDY APPLAUSE that gets LOUDER as Wiz Khalifa’s BLACK AND YELLOW starts..... CARD ONSCREEN: MICHIGAN STATE DANCE TEAM FINALS 2012 INT. CESAR CHAVER HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - NIGHT The CROWD is going crazy for TWENTY DANCERS - black jeans, high tops and T-shirts - doing an energetic hip hop number. They are AWESOME - hard hitting, detail oriented, precise, raunchy and SO MUCH FUN. ANNOUNCERS VOICE
We saved the best for last. WOW. Returning champs Caesar Chavez Academy High School from right here in Detroit are crushing this.
GABBY TAYLOR, 17 is featured, big hoop earrings, ferocious energy and charisma, a spectacular dancer. Gabby is also heavier than she wants to be. ANNOUNCERS VOICE (CONT'D)
That is Senior Gabby Taylor, the heart and soul of this team. She’s got a bright future in front of her, headed to NYU on a dance
scholarship. She choreographed this with Co-Captain Justin Reyes. These two have been dancing together for years now. JUSTIN REYES 17, tall, sweet and gangly is Gabby’s boyfriend, also featured heavily, also a terrific dancer. We watch Justin and Gabby dance together: So much chemistry! The end is a spectacular lift but it’s Gabby’s friend, KEISIA, stick thin, who gets the star move. Massive applause! ANNOUNCERS VOICE (CONT'D) And that’s how you get it done! INT. LOCKER ROOM - LATER Gabby stands next to a HUGE TROPHY while the whole team jumps around her. She and Justin are all over each other. JUSTIN You were everything!
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GABBY You were fire. I love you so much! I wish we could just fast forward -- JUSTIN To a year from now? GABBY -- When we’re living together in
Brooklyn and you’re going to Juliard and I’m at NYU and we become famous dancers and both win Tonys? I know! Me too! PICK UP: Keisia and XAVIER, 18, gay, out and proud, watching. XAVIER How does she not know he’s gay? KEISIA How does he not know he’s gay? BACK WITH GABBY AND JUSTIN: Gabby’s mother GINA 52, always in a good mood, always says the wrong thing. Drug of choice: attention. Gabby tenses up as Gina pulls her in for a hug. GINA Honey you were so good! Your tits look amazing, by the way. GABBY Mom! GINA What? Everyone loves boobs. That’s the benefit of being curvy. (to Justin) She has never let her weight stop her. I can’t believe she’s leaving! It’s been me and her for so long. Gabby mouths “Oh my god” to Justin who puts an arm around her. JUSTIN I’ll take good care of her. GINA
I just want you to live with me forever and get a job with good health insurance. Is that so wrong?
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GABBY That’s so weird. Your fantasy is my nightmare! I’m a dancer. You watch, it’s gonna be great. You said I could have the house tonight, right? GINA I’ll be home at one. No drinking.
INT. GABBY’S HOUSE - NIGHT Everyone is drinking. People are dancing and making out. Gabby’s house is small and humble but cheery - thrifted furniture, lots of color and personality. Keisia and Gabby lay on the couch. Keisia takes a pull from a bottle of champagne, hands it to Gabby who tries to drink, but the smell makes her gag. She hands it back, smiling. GABBY NYU. KEISIA
It’s amazing, dude. Hey...You and Justin? I’m curious. You’ve been together so long...How’s the sex? Gabby gives Keisia a serious look, scoots closer. GABBY Can I tell you something? Super secret? You have to swe-- KEISIA You guys haven’t had sex. GABBY How did you know? He said he wanted to wait so it would be special. KEISIA Yeah, that tracks. GABBY There’s something else. You have to SWEAR -- KEISIA IknowIknowIknow. Swear.
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GABBY We took a break over Christmas. Just to be sure. There was this guy. It was one time. (re: the champagne) This guy’s dead. I have another bottle in my closet. Gabby gets up, heads toward her room. Keisia follows. KEISIA You had actual sex!? That’s great! GABBY Gabby opens her bedroom door. There, perfectly framed, are Justin and Xavier, shirtless, fully making out. Keisia’s eyes go wide. Gabby stares. Justin sees her. JUSTIN Gab-- Gabby SLAMS the door and stands there. Keisia does triage. KEISIA One time. But you know, it really just convinced me that Justin is my soulmate -- were going to have it a lot earlier but... you seem really calm. Is it because on some level you knew? Gabby stares at her, her face blank and calm. Then: GABBY No. I didn’t know THAT MY BOYFRIEND WHO I’VE BEEN WITH SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR IS GAY! WHAT IS HAPPENING? JUSTIN comes out of the room, shirtless. Gabby moves away from him, toward the bathroom. Keisia follows. JUSTIN Gabby! GIRL IN THE HALLWAY What happened? KEISIA She just walked in on Justin and Xavier making out. Okay, we were always gonna have this conversation. I thought we
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GIRL IN THE HALLWAY Justin’s finally gay? Thank God! (over her shoulder) You guys, Justin’s gay now!
There’s a well-meant CHEER and comments from the living room: “Oh, that’s great!” “Congrats!” “That is a burden lifted.”
INT. BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER Gabby is throwing up. The door opens: Keisia. KEISIA Are you okay? GABBY Do I look okay? Get out! Keisia shuts the door. It opens again: Justin. JUSTIN
Gabby, I’m sorry. It just happened. It was just a fantastic thing that happened but I’ll never do it again even though it was amazing and I finally know what’s been missing. But I love you and I feel certain that I can put all that aside and commit to a life of closeted, low grade contentment with you. GABBY Get out! Gabby, I’m sorry. I don’t know why I did that. My therapist says I use sex as power but the thing is -- GABBY -- Get out! XAVIER -- No but Justin’s already getting clingy. Can you take him back? GABBY Get out!
The door closes. It opens again: Xavier. XAVIER
The door shuts. It opens again: Keisia. This time she looks at Gabby with suspicion. She closes the door behind her.
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KEISIA Why are you throwing up? You’re not pregnant are you?
Gabby looks up at her, puts a hand on her bigger-than-usual boobs, does the calculations in her head: Oh shit . DEVO’s jittery, catchy version of (CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION starts. BIG LETTERS over Gabby’s face: THE BIG LEAP Over this we PRE-LAP: GABBY (O.S.) Sam! We can’t be late again...
INT. GABBY’S MOM’S HOUSE - DAY CARD ONSCREEN: 8 YEARS LATER.
The Devo song continues over morning chaos! Same cheerful cluttered house. Gabby, now 26, wearing business casual from Target is trying to get her adorable son SAM, 7, out the door. GABBY We gotta go! How’d you get avocado in your hair? Gina walks by, hands Sam a pop tart. GABBY (CONT'D) Mom! That’s like a brick of sugar. GINA You did not invent the thigh gap. That did not happen. This is too stupid for me to engage with. Sam! Gabby herds Sam out the door. Gina calls after them. GINA Yes I did! I put it on facebook in the Summer of 2012... Gabby mouths “Oh my god” as she and Sam get out the door. Um, I invented the thigh gap. I think I know about nutrition. GABBY
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EXT. DETROIT - DAY Gabby and Sam share the pop tart as she walks him to his busy school, past brightly colored murals, past other parents saying goodbye to their kids. She’s wearing his backpack, quizzing him. Tons of affection here - these two are tight. GABBY Two quarters and a nickel. SAM Fifty five cents. Gabby gives him his backpack, leans down to kiss him. GABBY You’re a genius. I love you. Gabby watches him walk into the school, her smile fading as she imagines the day in front of her. Then she sees THREE LITTLE GIRLS doing a dance. It makes her smile again. Behind her, a bus pulls up with a sign on it: A silhouette of a dancer. The sign says: ARE YOU A DANCER? TAKE THE BIG LEAP. After a moment Gabby goes on her way. So does the bus. INT. KAISER PERMANENTE - HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT - DAY Gabby puts on a Kaiser lanyard as she walks through a sea of cubicles to get to hers. Everything is gray. We see her title: Gabby Taylor, Manager, Human Resources. She sits down, turns on her computer, and sighs, shoulders slumping. This is everything she didn’t want. PRE-LAP: Maroon Five’s Memories. Then, a MAN’S VOICE. MAN’S VOICE (O.S.) Okay, this one’s for you. In or out of the saddle... INT. SPIN CLASS - DAY Here is MIKE DEVRIES, 38, leading a spin class. Do you need your tire changed? Mike’s your guy. He’s fit, good looking and on the verge of a total breakdown. MIKE Find the rhythm. 70 to 75 RPM. One and two and one and two... I’m just gonna be miserable until I see you again but you? You have the best day ever.
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MIKE (CONT'D)
Just close your eyes and let go. (lets the music play) I want you to picture someone you love standing in front of you. Someone you love more than anything. And that person is trying to leave you. Are you gonna let that person leave? (silence from the class) I said are you gonna let that person leave?
A half hearted “no?” From the class. MIKE (CONT'D)
No. She’s your wife. Go get her! You made a commitment in front of a hundred and fifty people. A wedding by the way, that we’re still paying off. Stay on beat, maybe even give it a little turn to the right . One and two and one and two...
Everyone looks extremely uncomfortable... MIKE (CONT'D) You don’t throw eight years of marriage into the GARBAGE just because you’ve had a few set backs! A WOMAN, 40’s, gets off her bike and leaves. WOMAN I am so sick of this crap. (to Mike) I’m getting the manager! MIKE And stop saying I got fired! IT’S NOT ACCURATE! I GOT LAID OFF! THERE’S A DIFFERENCE! I’m not the bad guy here. General Motors is the bad guy! We’re gonna work it out, babe. You watch. Elbows in, wrists relaxed. One and two and one and two.... As the gym manager appears in the doorway.... MIKE (O.S.) (CONT'D) I got fired from my spin class...
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INT. PAPPY’S DINER - DETROIT - DAY A cheap and cheerful Detroit diner. The kind of place that has Christmas lights up all year. Mike drinks coffee with friends JOEL, ANTHONY and ELLISON, late 30’s, all former GM factory workers - unsentimental blue collar guys trying to adjust to the new economy. ANTHONY Did you go off about Paige again? You gotta let her go, buddy. JOEL Have you read that Brené Brown book I gave you? MIKE I haven’t had time. JOEL
Well, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 AM just opened up apparently. She writes a lot about vulnerability and letting go. MIKE You know what I hear when you say that? I hear “give up”. I just want my life back. ANTHONY That life’s not coming back, Mike. The factory is closed. Paige is gone. That’s over. MIKE Not true. She just needs room. JOEL You gotta get back on your feet. GM hung us all out to dry. That’s a profound loss. You cannot dismiss the head game here, Mike-y. We gotta stay centered. Sometimes you need help. Why do you think we have breakfast every day? ANTHONY We’re trying to say we’re worried. JOEL We’re concerned you’re at sea.
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ELLISON Your shit’s getting weird, man. MIKE Guy’s I’m good. Nobody has to worry about me! I’m fine.
But he SLAMS HIS COFFEE DOWN too hard, spilling everywhere. Everyone is quiet. Joel, the diplomat, smoothes things over. JOEL No big deal. Just a spill. What do you say we go cobble together a paycheck? Tone & I’s DANCE MONKEY plays us through a MONTAGE of Mike’s day in the gig economy... EXT. PARK - DAY Mike walks FOUR DOGS, PAST A COLORFUL MURAL (Detroit is full of them). He waits while one goes to the bathroom, pulling a plastic bag from his pocket... INT. MIKE’S CAR/MOVING - DAY A LYFT sign is lit in his windshield. QUICK CUTS of different passengers: A TEENAGER, A BUSINESSMAN, AN OLD LADY who needs help getting in the car. Mike has the patience of a saint. EXT. NICE APARTMENT - DAY Mike walks up with a bag of take out. Buzzes an apartment. MIKE Postmates! EXT. DETROIT - BUS STOP - NIGHT Mike gets out of a van and rounds up BIRD SCOOTERS abandoned on the sidewalk. He doesn’t notice THE BIG LEAP poster on the bus stop. INT. MIKE’S CAR - MOVING - NIGHT Now an UBER sign is lit in his windshield. TWO GUYS sit in the back seat. Out of nowhere one of them THROWS UP. The other one starts LAUGHING....
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INT. CAR WASH - NIGHT Mike hoses out the back of his car, hating his life. Over this we PRE-LAP: JULIA (O.S.) I want to share something that happened to me last week... INT. THE TORRANCE’S HOUSE - KITCHEN - GROSS POINT - DAY When JULIA TORRENCE’S friends talk about her - and they do - the word “smug” comes up a lot. Julia talks into her iPhone. She is 52, beautiful, a serene exterior masking a competitive and insecure nature. This kitchen is ENORMOUS and BEAUTIFUL. She’s creating an Instagram post. JULIA
I was mid warrior 3 pose and this beautiful woman in her twenties walked in. Perfect body, tall... Well, I literally toppled over. I mean it was like, “timber!” (laughs) So what’s the lesson? Stay on your own yoga mat! Compare and despair. As a former ballet dancer, I’ve known this for years and even I need a gentle reminder from the universe. Aging is a wonderful journey. We age we shed insecurity. We trade vanity for serenity. We’ve
worked hard to create beautiful loving homes. That’s where our joy comes -- SOPHIA, 17, GORGEOUS, scowling, comes in, followed by OLIVIA, her twin sister. SOPHIA
Mom! Where’s my fucking backpack? Can you stop making duck faces into your phone for five seconds? OLIVIA Is this another post about how great it is to be old? JULIA We don’t use the O word in this house. And I’m helping an entire community of women feel less alone.
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SOPHIA Are you sure you’re not helping an entire community of women feel like shit? JULIA
Your backpack is hanging on the hook. Do you guys need me to do cupcakes for the pep rally? OLIVIA
SOPHIA
No.
Please God no.
JULIA But what about... The girls are out the door. Olivia calls over her shoulder. OLIVIA The door shuts. Julia looks after them, annoyed and wistful. Julia’s husband KEVIN, 52, good looking, fit, conservative, walks in, laptop in hand. She gives him a hug from behind. JULIA Hi. You working here today? KEVIN Yep. Seriously. We don’t need anything. Feel free to live your life. Bye! Julia kisses him on the cheek, then holds out her phone to take a picture. He sees what she’s doing and squirms away. JULIA I haven’t posted us in a while... KEVIN Not into it. Gotta go. Kevin peels away from her and goes down the hall to his office. Julia looks at the closed door, then at her phone. INT. GYM - DAY MONTAGE THROUGH Julia’s SUPER INTENSE WORKOUT. -- JULIA does a pilates class... -- Followed by a ZUMBA class. She’s a good dancer.
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-- Followed by weight lifting. Two young guys talk next to her while she does rows on a bench. They don’t even look at her but stop to check out a GORGEOUS 25 year old...
EXT. GYM - PARKING LOT - DAY Julia talks to her manager, SCOTT, on the phone on the way to her car. SCOTT (O.S.) Bad news. Well, let’s not assign a negative or positive value to it. J. Crew is pulling out. This is turning out to be a real shit day. She’s losing it. JULIA What? Why? SCOTT (O.S.)
You just don’t have the traffic. Honestly, you’re competing against a lot of younger women. You might have a relevance issue. JULIA What am I supposed to do with that? SCOTT (O.S.) Think about doing something new. A face lift maybe. Or a divorce. I gotta go.
Scott hangs up. Julia looks at her phone. When she gets to her car, there’s A FLYER on the windshield. She picks it up and looks at it, eyes widening...
EXT. DOWNTOWN DETROIT - DAY Mike and Joel are papering a city fence with Posters. They wear vests that say “Temporary Helper”. They’re almost done. MIKE A guy threw up in my car yesterday. (sighs, defeated) I feel like I’m naked and everyone else has clothes. JOEL That’s vulnerability. Brené Brown
says its the birthplace of creativity. Lean into it.
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MIKE I don’t know what that means. JOEL Be open to new things. MIKE Paige used to get on me about that. JOEL Forget Paige. You need a passion. Something that makes you happy. I gotta go. Can you finish up here?
Mike nods. Joel leaves. Mike looks at their work. They have just papered a fence with hundreds of BIG LEAP flyers. Mike steps closer, reading, his eyes widening... PRE-LAP: GABBY (O.S.) I can’t shake the feeling that I’m living the wrong life. INT. MED MEN STORE - NIGHT CLOSE ON: Gabby, talking to someone. It feels like therapy. GABBY
I mean everybody has dreams when they’re a kid that don’t work out, right? Why can’t I get over it? I’m stuck. I’ve dealt with depression and anxiety all my life but lately it’s just so loud, you know? I have looping, anxious thoughts all the time about my future and also about the world. I mean, is this it? You just go to work at a job you hate, meanwhile the world burns and polar bears die of starvation? I thought life was gonna be different. More sparkle and passion and less dead polar bears. So I think I should try maybe medicating? So I’m more content? But it’s really important that it not make me eat an entire birthday cake because I gain weight really easily.
REVEAL we’re in a MED MEN marijuana dispensary and she’s talking to a SALES ASSOCIATE. He looks at her with a mournful expression, sighs, grabs a weed pen off the shelf.
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MED MEN ASSOCIATE This pen is mostly CBD. It’s mellow, won’t give you the munchies... (a beat) But if you want my feedback? If you want to change your life? You gotta change your life.
Gabby stares at him, annoyed. GABBY
I’ll just take the pen. Thanks.
EXT. THE STREET - MINUTES LATER Gabby leans against her car as she RIPS the cellophane off her new weed pen. She mutters under her breath. GABBY Behind Gabby is A HUGE BIG LEAP BILLBOARD. This one is lit up and animated, with the dancer silhouettes actually moving. “THE BIG LEAP. A SHOW FOR AMATEUR DANCERS. OPEN AUDITIONS.” But Gabby’s back is to the sign. She takes a hit off her pen. Then another: nothing. She announces to no one in particular: GABBY (CONT'D) This pen doesn’t work! No I don’t want your feedback. You change your life, weed salesman... She turns. Her eyes widen as she sees the billboard. She crosses the street, ALMOST GETTING HIT BY A CAR to get a closer look. There’s a web address, for more info. GABBY (CONT'D) Holy crap. INT. JULIA’S HOUSE - NIGHT The dinner table. Olivia and Sophia look at their phones. Kevin looks at his iPad, while Julia talks excitedly. JULIA
It’s called the Big leap. It’s a reality show. For amateur dancers. Theres no age limit --
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INT. DIVE BAR - NIGHT Joel, Anthony and Ellison drink beers and look confused as Mike, more animated than we have seen him, talks. MIKE -- All styles of dance welcome. Auditions are Monday. JOEL
Since when are you a dancer? I’ve known you fifteen years, this is the first I’m hearing of it. MIKE My mom ran a dance studio. I used to perform. You told me to get passionate about something! JOEL I was thinking mountain biking! ELLISON Is it an elimination show? Is it a dating thing? Is there a rose? GABBY Why would there be a rose? GINA I thought it would be nice if you met somebody. GABBY Can you focus? They pick 20 people and after 12 weeks they do a live performance of Swan Lake. GINA You’re gonna be a ballerina?
INT. GABBY’S HOUSE - NIGHT Gabby talks to Sam and Gina. GINA
INT. JULIA’S HOUSE - SAME TIME Olivia, Sophia and Kevin are listening now, horrified.
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JULIA It’s not just ballet. It’s gonna be modern. Fusion. SOPHIA You’re going to be on a reality show? No! You’re too old. KEVIN Is this some kind of freak show? Like Dance Moms or hoarders? JULIA No. It all builds to a live performance -- -- Which is sort of scary but also very exciting! ELLISON Again, just worried about the whole premise of you knowing how to dance in the first place. JOEL You know what? God bless. I haven’t seen you this excited in years. ANTHONY That’s true. MIKE It’s a grand gesture! This is how I get Paige back! JOEL See, no. You lost me there. ANTHONY Same. I withdraw my support.
INT. DIVER BAR - NIGHT Mike’s friends stare at him. MIKE
INT. GABBY’S HOUSE - SAME TIME GABBY
This is my chance to get my life back. It’s my dream!
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GINA Are you sure? I mean, your body’s not the same. Remember that time Ryan Locker dropped you during cheerleading tryouts? GABBY It was the most humiliating thing that ever happened to me so yes. I do remember that, mom. Thank you.
INT. JULIA’S HOUSE - SAME TIME Julia takes a big swig of her Sauvignon Blanc. JULIA I can document the whole thing on Instagram. KEVIN ...aaaand it all comes back to social media. JULIA I’m doing it. It’ll be fun!
INT. DIVE BAR - SAME TIME MIKE
I’m doing this. I’m gonna audition for that show. It’s a grand gesture. I’m gonna get in, I’m gonna get my wife back.
INT. GABBY’S HOUSE - SAME TIME GABBY
This is a second chance at my dream. I’m gonna do it. GINA Okay, I just don’t want to see you get hurt. Gabby looks at her mother, annoyed at the seed of insecurity she just planted. END OF ACT ONE
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ACT TWO
INT. HOME DEPOT - NIGHT It’s the same day as Act One. Gabby walks into this big store, scanning the place, dragging Sam along with her. SAM What are we doing here? GABBY We’re looking for someone. Sometimes when you’re nervous about something it helps to bring a friend... Gabby PULLS him away... INT. HOME DEPOT - PAINT SECTION - NIGHT Justin Reyes, eight years later, is still the same gangly sweet guy. He wears an orange vest and knee pads. He’s helping and UPTIGHT LADY pick out the perfect shade of off- white paint. At least 40 samples are laid out before them. This is taking years off Justin’s life. JUSTIN Could you be over thinking this? UPTIGHT LADY I need more choices. Something dramatic. Like bleached bones in the desert. Or an egg in winter. JUSTIN Why don’t I get some more samples? He goes to the end of the aisle, starts picking out paint chips. Gabby appears, Sam in tow. GABBY Hi! Justin stares at her, shocked. JUSTIN Hi. What are you - GABBY
I found out you worked here on Instagram. I just came to say hi.
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Justin stares at her, shocked, then recovers, picking out paint samples. JUSTIN You just came to say hi after eight years of not speaking to me? GABBY Yeah. Well, no. There’s this reality show? For amateur dancers? Audition with me. Justin looks at her like she’s crazy. JUSTIN What do you need me for? GABBY I miss my partner? I was going through my dance stuff and I found our old trophies. I thought maybe we could do it together. JUSTIN Yeah, I’m up for a promotion here. (re: Sam) Who is that? GABBY That’s my son, Sam. Say hi Sam. Sam waves. Justin waves back, eyes wide. He lowers his voice. JUSTIN Is he mine? GABBY
What? No. Are you so gay now that you don’t know how babies are made? We never had sex. UPTIGHT LADY (O.S.) Young man? Please? JUSTIN One sec! GABBY Can I ask you something? Are you happy? Because I’m not. Don’t you want more? I miss dancing! I think this show could lead to a creative rebirth.
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JUSTIN
A what?
GABBY (a little weak now)
A creative rebirth. JUSTIN (angry)
You don’t know anything about me. I have spent a lot of time getting okay with how my life turned out. You don’t get to come in here talking about creative rebirths. GABBY You’re right. I got pregnant and I
was scared and ashamed and depressed and I couldn’t be anybody’s friend. But I’m here now. JUSTIN No thanks. Justin takes his paint chips and walks away. GABBY Sam, get the speaker.
STAY ON JUSTIN walking away as T.I and RIHANNA’S “Live Your Life” starts to BLARE. Justin stops, looking horrified afraid to turn around. Behind him Gabby has begun to dance. JUSTIN Please don’t be dancing. GABBY Junior year. Partners final. You and me. I know you remember. She’s lip-syncing too. Justin, watches, a little tempted. GABBY (CONT'D)
YOUR GONNA BE, A SHININ’ STAR/ IN FANCY CLOTHES AND FANCY CARS/ THEN YOU’LL SEE, YOU’RE GONNA GO FAR ‘CAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE UPTIGHT LADY Can you please hurry up?
Justin looks back at the Lady, then to Gabby. Lady. Gabby. Home Depot and Health Insurance. Gabby and crazy pipe dream. Then, right as the song hits its ANTHEM-Y CHORUS:
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He THROWS HIS PAINT CHIPS IN THE AIR making it rain not-quite- white confetti, then does a KNEE SLIDE toward Gabby! BIG, FUN DANCE NUMBER AT HOME DEPOT! They fall into sync easily, dancing down the aisle. Remember when Gabby said she wanted some sparkle in her life? She gets it here and it’s goddamn delightful. Real life gets elevated, as they dance down the holiday aisle - twinkly Christmas lights turn on at the perfect moment. The song keeps going and we land in... EXT. HOME DEPOT - PARKING LOT - NIGHT Gabby and Justin sit in her car in the almost empty parking lot. Sam sleeps in back. Justin looks back at Sam. JUSTIN He okay back there? GABBY Oh, yeah. Once he’s out he’s out. JUSTIN Who’s the father? There’s a sad story here but we’re not gonna hear it yet. GABBY He didn’t... he didn’t want anything to do with us. I’ve never told anybody who he is. (changes the subject) How are your folks? JUSTIN (this is painful) I came out to my parents. I thought it went well. They said they
understood. I went out. When I got home, all my stuff was in the front yard. They haven’t spoken to me since. Obviously they didn’t want to pay for college. So I went to work. It’s okay. Pay’s not bad.
Justin gives a little smile and shrug - oh, man, how much heartache this kid’s trying to brush off with that shrug. JUSTIN (CONT'D) I didn’t think it would be like this. GABBY What? You mean life?
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JUSTIN I didn’t think I’d be so lonely. GABBY Let’s change all that. Let’s kill this audition. He smiles. They are friends again. It feels like a win. EXT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - DAY It’s a madhouse! The Detroit Opera House is bursting with rowdy energy. Hundreds of dancers line up around the block. Everyone is excited and happy, jumping around and dancing to keep warm. PA’s in headsets walk around interviewing people. CAMERA CREWS are there filming. FIND Gabby and Justin standing in line, wide-eyed as they pin numbers onto their shirts. There’s a guy in a Spiderman costume next to them. They are both a little overwhelmed. JUSTIN There’s a lot of people here. GABBY Oh come on. That’s the fifth Spiderman I’ve seen. We got this. But she’s fronting. There’s a lot of good people here. INT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - LOBBY Gorgeous. High ceilings, ornate lights, big staircase. Every inch is covered with dancers of all shapes, sizes and ages. CAMERA CREWS are here, picking people to interview. FIND JULIA getting her picture taken. FIND Mike, Joel and Anthony together. Mike is filling out paperwork while glancing around at the competition. A MALE BALLET DANCER warms up, looking cool and professional. ANTHONY The important thing is you tried. MIKE I haven’t even auditioned yet. ELLISON We’re very worried. Over this we PRE-LAP:
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WAYNE SLEEP (O.S.)
Hello Detroit!
INT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - SAME TIME WAYNE SLEEP is a short, gay, joyful British man in his fifties. He’s one of the hosts of this show. Right now he’s on stage talking to the people waiting to audition. There are CAMERA’S FILMING HIS SPEECH. WAYNE How many of you are sick of hearing the word no? Everybody cheers. WAYNE (CONT'D)
The world is full of “No”, isn't it? The London Royal Ballet told me no because I was too short. Well I showed them, didn’t I? The show that we are making today is about second chances. It’s about coming together to make something amazing. And what better place to do it than Detroit? A great American City with a rich musical history that could use a second chance!
MORE CHEERS!
WAYNE (CONT'D) So we have come here to say yes! Yes to dancing, yes to life being beautiful, yes to taking The Big Leap!
Everyone cheers. We FIND NICK SMART, 35, in the orchestra pit with MONICA SULLIVAN, 30. Nick is the Executive Producer of the show and is good looking but a little slick. Monica is a co-host and judge. A professional ballerina, she is beautiful, mean and intimidating. NICK Good turnout. What do you think? MONICA I think everyone in Detroit is obese and that this is going to be a disaster. BACK WITH WAYNE:
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WAYNE Audition in any style you want today. Forty of you will advance. Those people will partner dance. We will pick twenty people and that will be The Big Leap Dance Company. We’ll start seeing people shortly! Everybody cheers! Wayne walks down to the orchestra pit to join Nick and Monica. NICK That was great. Couple things
before we start just so we’re on the same page. We’re trying to find personality. Crazy is not necessarily a bad thing. WAYNE I thought we were trying to find great dancers. MONICA All we’re going to find is type two diabetes.
Nick likes her acid tongue. NICK
Save it for the camera, sister.
AUDITION MONTAGE!
INT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - LATER Monica and Wayne sit in the orchestra. A SPIDERMAN is on stage crunking. Terrible. MONICA Stop! No thank you. A CRAZY GUY does a JAZZ routine. It’s painful. A GUY walks onstage in a THONG. Before his music starts... MONICA (CONT'D) No! Pass! Keep moving. THEN: Julia’s turn. She does a beautiful contemporary ballet solo. Her lines are gorgeous. Monica waves the music off.
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WAYNE Gorgeous. You are advancing to the next round.
A MARRIED COUPLE does a ballroom routine: They’re great! TAMRA, 22, hot, rough around the edges, is up next. There’s something volatile and dangerous about her. She’s wearing a ankle monitor. Wayne waves the music off. WAYNE (CONT'D) May I ask about your ankle monitor? TAMRA I’m on parole. WAYNE Really? What for? TAMRA Arson. Nick, across the aisle, gives a thumbs up. PAULA DIRKS, late thirties, does a TAP ROUTINE. Awesome. WAYNE Tap! Wonderful! Monica, can we have tap dancing in Swan lake? MONICA I mean... no? WAYNE I say yes! THEN, THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE DAY: Mike’s on stage. Jamiroquai’s VIRTUAL INSANITY plays and he does a contemporary routine. He is AMAZING. His friends, sitting in back, HOLLER AND CHEER! JOEL Holy shit. Look what he can do! Even Monica is impressed. WAYNE Amazing. Thank you. Thank you. You’re advancing. RAVEN PRICE, 20’s, gorgeous, 250 pounds, super chill, confident and comfortable in her own skin, waits while CUTE GUYS set up a stripper pole.
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WAYNE (CONT'D) Tell us about yourself! RAVEN I’m Raven Price. I’m an exotic
dancer and an adult film actress. I have a new movie I’m super excited about. There’s a double penetration and my first fan bang, just in time for the holidays. From across the aisle, Nick mouths “I love her.” Raven begins to pole dance. It’s FANTASTIC and DIRTY and there’s LOTS of baby oil involved. Everybody loves it. INT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - IN THE WINGS - SAME TIME Gabby and Justin wait while PA’s clean off the stage. We see that they MISS A PUDDLE OF BABY OIL. ON THE STAGE: Justin and Gabby . The Rhianna song starts. They get through 15 perfect seconds - enough for the judges to be impressed but then... Gabby slips on the puddle of oil. She falls HARD. Justin keeps going. She recovers, but her confidence is gone. Wayne shuts down the music. WAYNE Very nice. Give us a second. Monica and Wayne put their heads together. Gabby and Justin wait. Gabby has a bad feeling. Wayne sits up. WAYNE (CONT'D) Oh no! Gabby’s face crumples as she absorbs this devastating blow. We all feel for her as she tries to hide her feelings, managing a smile as she hugs Justin, who also feels terrible. GABBY It’s okay. I’m so happy for you! Off Gabby, gutted. END OF ACT TWO Justin, you were excellent. You’ve advanced. Gabby I’m sorry but this is the end of the road for you.
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ACT THREE
INT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - STAGE - DAY The forty dancers have been paired up. Monica watches, unhappily, as they practice a contemporary ballet waltz. Justin, paired with Julia, looks terrified. CAMERAS are everywhere and it’s making everyone jittery. MONICA
You’re rushing. Now you’re too slow. Now you’re just terrible. STOP. She adjusts Mike who is partnered with Paula. MONICA (CONT'D) Think about posture. Do it again.
The music starts and they begin to dance again. Monica is not happy. She DROPS the mic, startling everyone. Then she walks to the side and gets down on her knees. Silence. The dancers start to shuffle, exchanging glances. Justin leans forward: JUSTIN Um, Monica, are you-- MONICA (holds up a hand) I’m praying. I’m praying for you guys. I don’t know what else to do. IN THE ORCHESTRA PIT Nick, holding an iPad, approaches Wayne, laughing at Monica onstage. NICK She’s hilarious. She always like this? WAYNE
She blew out her knee last year. Her dance career’s over. She needs this to work more than either of us. NICK That’s good story for us. Listen, I just got off the phone with the network. Little worried about the lack of star power. Idea: Reggie Sadler. Tight end for the Detroit Lions.
(MORE)
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NICK (CONT'D)
He’s been suspended for his third DUI. Just got out of jail. Crazy as a loon. Watch this.
ON THE IPAD: Reggie Sadler, gigantic and quick, runs from the cops in his underwear, laughing. He hides behind a tree with a skinny trunk. The cops look more weary than amped. COP #1 Reggie, let’s just stop. REGGIE You can’t see me. COP #1 Yeah, we can. Just get in the car. Reggie starts climbing the tree. It’s out of control and funny and also unhinged. Wayne watching this, looks appalled. WAYNE No way. NICK
I know! That’s what I said. There’s no way he’s gonna do it! But he’s lost all of his endorsements and Twitter is mad because he called Michelle Obama’s ass fat. Nobody wants to touch him. We have a meeting tomorrow. Guy’s a lunatic.
INT. DETROIT HOSPITAL - CAT SCAN ROOM - DAY REGINALD THOMAS SADLER, 30, gorgeous and sober as a judge, looks nervous as he slides into an MRI machine. INT. DETROIT HOSPITAL - DOCTOR’S OFFICE - LATER DR. KAPOOR, 40s, sits across from Reggie and his manager JADE, 40, hot, well-dressed, smart. DR. KAPOOR
The MRI is showing lots of micro infarctions. We think that’s the result of repetitive head injury. It could explain your memory loss, mood swings and volatile behavior. REGGIE Is it gonna get better?
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DR. KAPOOR
Possibly. Unclear. JADE You said, “could explain.” That means you’re not sure. DR. KAPOOR We won’t know for sure until you’re dead and we do an autopsy, at which point you definitely won’t get better. You wanted an unbiased opinion. My unbiased opinion is you shouldn’t play football anymore.
EXT. DETROIT HOSPITAL - STREET - DAY Reggie and Jade talk. This is not the Reggie from Youtube. This Reggie is thoughtful and vulnerable. JADE What does he know? REGGIE He’s the head of neurology. JADE
We’ll go back again in a month. See how it looks. You’ll play again. However, you do need some income. REGGIE Yeah. I’m running out of stuff to sell. Gonna have to move in with my mamma soon. JADE I got a call about a reality show. We have a meeting tomorrow. Maybe it’ll be something. Who knows.
TWO CUTE GIRLS walk by.
CUTE GIRL #1 Oh my god! Reggie Sadler! Can you take a picture with us? REGGIE Absolutely. The girls get on either side of him, putting their hands all over him. Jade rolls her eyes, but takes the picture.
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EXT. SOCCER FIELD - DAY Sam’s soccer game. The sun is out. The grass is green. Flowers are blooming. Everything is cheerful except for Gabby who sits next to Gina in the bleachers. GINA Want to go out to pizza tonight? GABBY I don’t think so, Mom. GINA OHMYGOD Sam has the ball! GABBY
What?! He never has the ball! Wait he’s going the wrong way. Sam! NO!
He is going the wrong way! He makes a beautiful run, and then, scores for the other team. A teammate PUNCHES HIM. Gabby cringes, hands to her mouth.
EXT. THE BLEACHERS - LATER The bleachers are empty now. Sam is bawling his eyes out. Gina sits next to him, Gabby’s in front of him pleading. SAM I don’t want to play anymore. GABBY I know you feel terrible, Sam. But life is about coming back from a punch. You just have to keep getting up no matter how many times you get kicked in the teeth... What she’s saying to Sam suddenly strikes her as the hardest thing in the world. She’s getting emotional. GABBY (CONT'D) ...And it’s hard. It’s really hard. (fully crying now)
It’s really hard to keep going when you can’t get a goddamn break... GINA O-kay! Everybody’s crying now! Let’s - We need ice cream!
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EXT. ICE CREAM PLACE - 30 MINUTES LATER The three of them sit on a bench eating ice cream. Gina puts a hand under Gabby’s chin, turns her face. She’s kind. GINA Go to the show. Tell them they made a mistake. Get a second chance. GABBY I had my second chance! I blew it! GINA
I know that your depression is telling you terrible things right now about yourself and your future but I am telling you, your depression is a liar. You get so many chances in life. You just can’t see it. Go down there and talk to them. Nobody’s a better dancer than you. GABBY Why are you saying this to me? You thought it was a bad idea. GINA When you have a kid it’s like you project your baggage on them. I wanted you to be okay in a way that I understood. But I see that you’re not really okay. Me? I’m happy. I like my wine, my shows, my
grandson, going on dates. But you? You need a little more. Go get it. Gabby has tears in her eyes again. So does Gina. GABBY Okay.
INT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - ELEVATOR - DAY Mike stands in an elevator full of SEVEN YEAR OLD BALLERINAS WEARING FAIRY COSTUMES. Mike reads his copy of the Brené Brown book. Paula, the tap dancer is the only other adult in the elevator. She wears headphones. They are TWO FEET taller than the girls. Paula sees his book, pulls an earbud out. PAULA You’re reading Brené Brown?
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MIKE Oh. Yeah. Got it from a friend. What’s happening? Paula, smiling, puts her headphones on Mike. He smiles. MIKE (CONT'D) The audio book! PAULA She helped me so much last year! MIKE What do you do? PAULA Oh, big corporate job but then I had some health issues. The elevator doors open. The ballerinas RUSH past them, ethereal little fairies. Mike and Paula walk to the exit. Mike opens the door for Paula and they walk out to... EXT. A PLAZA WITH A FOUNTAIN - SAME TIME The dusky sky is gorgeous and the LIGHTS just went on in the fountain. The little girls twirl around in their costumes. MIKE Everything okay? PAULA Yeah. Except I’m for sure gonna get cut. No one cares about tap dance! MIKE Stop! You’re great. Hey, I know a little tap. PAULA Yeah? Let’s see! What do you got? He drops his bag on the ground and does a little combination. PAULA (CONT'D) Alright. Alright. I see you. But can you do this? She does a combination. They start goofing around, tap dancing. It’s cute and DORKY but Mike is loose he’s not obsessing over his problems. Somebody puts five dollars in his duffle bag.
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WOMAN’S VOICE
Mike? Mike looks up to see a pretty blonde woman. It’s PAIGE! She holds hands with PATRICK, 40’s. They are dressed up for the opera. Mike is blindsided. Is that pity on her face? MIKE Paige. PAIGE Hi. This is Patrick. Are you... are you street performing now? MIKE What? No! I’m doing this dance thing. A reality show. (off her look) It’s a real thing. PAIGE Are you okay, Mike? MIKE Yeah. Yeah. I’m good. PAIGE Okay. Well it was great to see you. Paige and Patrick leave Mike with a knife in his heart. INT. JULIA’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Two glasses of wine arranged next to a bottle on the coffee table with rose petals scattered. Julia takes a picture, selects a filter and writes her caption: A romantic night in with my man. Still crazy in love after all these years. #Marriagerocks. Julia curls up with Kevin on the couch. JULIA I advanced to the next round. KEVIN Are you really gonna do this? People always come out of those things looking awful. JULIA Oh stop. It’s gonna be fun. She starts stroking his chest, trying to get something going.
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JULIA (CONT'D)
Wanna fool around? KEVIN Honey, I’m just tired. No. Julia pulls back, stinging from the rejection. JULIA We haven’t had sex in six months. KEVIN What are you keeping score? JULIA
It’s not hard. The score is zero. We barely talk anymore. You just sit in your office all day long. KEVIN I’ll tell you what’s not getting me in the mood. You yelling at me about it. JULIA Are you having an affair? KEVIN No! Why is this all of a sudden so important to you? Do you want to put it on Instagram: “Kevin lasted fourteen minutes last night.” #Mylifeisbetterthanyours JULIA That’s mean. KEVIN It’s true! Our whole life is online. And let’s talk about this reality show. I don’t want you to do it. JULIA Well it’s not entirely up to you. KEVIN I want my privacy. It’s too much. I hate it. Please don’t do it. I’m gonna go watch TV in my office.
Kevin goes down the hall to his office and shuts the door. Julia looks after him, miserable. She pours Kevin’s glass of wine into hers and downs the whole thing.
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INT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - NICK’S OFFICE - DAY Gabby walks in to where ERIN, Nick’s assistant, 20’s sits. Nick’s office door is open. There’s a meeting in progress. GABBY Who’s in there? ERIN Reggie Sadler. Nick wants him on the show. NICK (O.S.) We’re prepared to offer you two million dollars. INT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - NICK’S OFFICE - SAME TIME WAYNE You’ll have to audition of course. JADE Whoa! Audition? On camera? NICK He doesn’t have to audition. WAYNE Yes he does. This is a dance show. All the contestants have dance backgrounds. JADE No! I have to protect his brand. Come on, Reggie. Let’s go. (back to Nick)
I’m not gonna let him make a fool of himself auditioning to get into your loser a dance show.
Reggie and Jade walk out....
INT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - OUTSIDE NICK’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS .... past Gabby, Nick close behind. Wayne and Monica follow. NICK
Right now his brand is crazy drunk asshole. What else you gonna do? JADE We’ll figure it out.
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Jade and Reggie are gone. Gabby turns to Nick. GABBY
If I can teach him the choreography and get him to audition, can I get another shot? MONICA NICK (CONT'D) You’re the single mother we cut yesterday, right? GABBY Gabby Taylor. And that was unfair, by the way. There was stripper juice on the stage. Show me the dance. I’ll teach it to him. NICK (to Monica) Show her! He’s leaving! Yes.
NICK
No.
Monica, not particularly gently, grabs Gabby and does the steps with her. Gabby follows easily, even anticipating. GABBY ... One two three, passé, pirouette, sous sous, then repeat. Easy. See you guys later. Gabby runs out. Nick calls after her. NICK You don’t need to do it again? GABBY (over her shoulder) No I got it. Thanks. Monica looks at Nick. MONICA I can’t make this work if we don’t have actual dancers. NICK Sure you can. People watch figure skating to watch people fall.
There’s a bad, train wreck version of this show that is a huge hit.
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EXT. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE - STREET - DAY Reggie and Jade are at Jade’s car. Reggie is worried. REGGIE It’s a lot of money, Jade. JADE We’re in the middle of appealing your suspension. You could be playing football again next week. REGGIE Is that a good idea? Before Jade can reply, Gabby runs up. GABBY
Excuse me. I’m Gabby Taylor. I’m with the show. You need to do this. You need money. Your reputation is trashed and women hate you. REGGIE Uh, that last one’s not true. GABBY It is true. Women love Michelle Obama almost as much as they hate drunk driving. This’ll be good will in the bank. The audition is no big
deal. All you have to do is not fall down and everybody will act like you’re a god and throw money at you. I can teach you. JADE No. REGGIE Yeah. Okay. Let’s do it. (to Jade) I need the money. GABBY Your house. One hour. Be ready to work. Gabby turns and walks away before anyone can reconsider. She exhales, amazed at her own tenacity... END OF ACT THREE
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ACT FOUR
INT. THE LOBBY OF REGGIE’S BUILDING/ELEVATOR/HOME DEPOT - DAY Gabby’s on the phone with Justin, as she walks into the lobby of Reggie’s fancy building and presses the button for the elevator. Justin practices his moves in the bathroom section of Home Depot. GABBY
All I have to do is teach this beautiful, volatile, football player to dance, and then I’m in. JUSTIN Are you nervous?
Gabby steps into the elevator. GABBY
I would be if I thought about what I was doing. I’m flying on panache and audacity and pretend confidence. I’m like two clicks away from sociopath. JUSTIN Go get him. Gabby hangs up. The elevator is all mirrors. She looks at her reflection, psyching herself up. DING! The elevator doors open into Reggie’s living room. Reggie is standing there in sweats and no shirt - which is fucking spectacular and it leaves Gabby speechless. REGGIE We really doing this? GABBY Looks that way! She moves past him into his living room. GABBY (CONT'D) Holy shit this place is huge! Do you store airplanes in here? Oh -- Gabby is surprised to see Jade there, looking at her like she’s a shoplifter.
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JADE Yeah it’s a great big apartment. Don’t get comfortable.
INT. REGGIE’S PENTHOUSE - LIVING ROOM - AN HOUR LATER A big huge room with hardly any furniture aside from a GIANT TV on the wall. Gabby is walking Reggie through the steps. It’s not going well. He’s frustrated. Jade sits on a chair, radiating disapproval. GABBY
Start in sous sous. Hold my arm. Wait for me to extend my leg... arabesque...
Reggie stumbles a little. JADE
This is a train-wreck. GABBY
All good! Promenade - fancy word for walk... ow, that’s my foot... and that’s my boob. REGGIE Sorry, sorry. GABBY It’s okay! Don’t let a sweet handful of boob get in the way of your success. REGGIE It’s not the boob. The boob is great. JADE This isn’t working, Reggie. Im sorry I suggested it. GABBY I think you’re doing great. You have to be a little bad before you’re good. It’s just a process. JADE He’s not bad at things. He’s a star athlete.
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REGGIE Did you not hear what the doctor said about another concussion? JADE I don’t want you to look stupid. REGGIE
Well I don’t want to be dead or in a coma, Jade. Who are you looking out for right now? The two of them hold angry eye contact. Gabby speaks up. GABBY Okay, I don’t know what you guys are talking about but I’m wondering if this might go a little better if there wasn’t a person sitting on the couch, crapping all over it the whole time. Gabby has a point. Jade holds Reggie’s look, then sighs. JADE Fine. If you need me to get you out of this, just call. Jade leaves. Gabby looks at Reggie. GABBY Okay. Let’s hit the reset button. Have you ever seen Swan Lake ? Reggie makes a face: God no . The music from the love duet of Swan Lake starts to play... INT. REGGIE’S MANSION - BEDROOM - LATER Gabby and Reggie sit on Reggie’s bed watching Swan Lake . It’s the white swan pas de deux on which their choreography is based. Gabby is enthralled. Reggie tries a joke. REGGIE When’s the part where Mila Kunis goes down on Natalie Portman? GABBY
That was in Black Swan . There’s no ecstasy-fueled lesbian sex scene in Swan Lake . God.
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But they’re both smiling. Reggie gives her the side eye, something on his mind. He keeps his eyes on the TV. REGGIE Hey, what you heard earlier about concussions and dying and comas...? GABBY I didn’t hear a thing. REGGIE Cool. Reggie watches the ballet. It’s the end of the coda. The male dancer is lifting the ballerina into a gorgeous lift. REGGIE (CONT'D) We doing the lift? GABBY
What? No. God no. That’s... no. I don’t want to throw your back out. REGGIE You let me worry about my back. GABBY No. That’s like advanced. Plus, if you’re the one who gets lifted, you’re like special. You’re like the best one. The smallest one. (catching herself) Oh my god. REGGIE Listen to you. Spreading outdated patriarchal beauty standards. GABBY
What are you worried about the lift for? You know what you should be worried about? Not sucking. Come on. Get up. Partner me. He gets up, puts his arm on her shoulder, takes her hand. GABBY (CONT'D) Eyes on me. All a waltz is, is counting to three. One two three.. One two three... They begin to dance, getting into a little groove...
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INT. JULIA’S HOUSE - KEVIN’S OFFICE - DAY Kevin is working. Julia knocks. She’s holding some sheets. JULIA I just want to put some stuff away? KEVIN You guys are my priority. Hey, maybe we can go on a date or something? KEVIN Sure. Hey, don’t worry. We’re just getting older. It’s just life. Kevin kisses her forehead and leaves. Julia opens the closet, puts the sheets away....then pulls down a photo album. We see pictures of beautiful 18 year old Julia in New York 1986. She’s dancing and laughing and smoking, always surrounded by dancers, mostly gorgeous guys. Julia looks wild and loose and... fun. Sure. I’m going for a run. Thanks for understanding about the show. JULIA She turns the page. Now we are looking at the same young men in wheelchairs and hospital beds. This is AIDS in the 80s and it is brutal. Tears come to Julia’s eyes. She shuts the album, pushing it aside. Then she looks at the picture of her and Kevin on his desk: They look perfect. She puts the heels of her hands to her eyes. Now she needs a tissue... She opens a drawer. There’s Kleenex... next to a gigantic BOTTLE OF LOTION. She looks at this, then at Kevin’s laptop on the desk. Then back to the lotion. Then back to the laptop. Then back to the lotion. What the fuck? She opens the computer, and looks at the internet history... There is no history. None. She closes the laptop. INT. REGGIE’S MANSION - EVENING ...Over a MUSIC MONTAGE: Little by little, Gabby and Reggie get better. We need an orchestra here! Maybe Hollywood Symphony’s cover of Phoenix’s LISTOMANIA. -- Gabby and Reggie practice in his living room. He steps on her foot. -- They waltz down his hallway, adding some moves now...
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