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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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