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JOEL (CONT'D)
The world seems really uncertain. It’s a hard time to be alive. Look at me, I’m reading self help books. I have a meditation app on my phone. Can you believe that? But, I’ll tell you what. (laughs at the absurdity)
I did not know you could dance like that! I mean, that was crazy. If I could do that? I would do it every chance I got. So why not do it? Go be a part of something. See what happens. Mike is almost swayed but still, thinking about Paige. MIKE I really thought she’d come back. JOEL Is it possible that you don’t really want Paige back? Is it possible that you want you back? Truest goddamn thing anybody’s ever said. Mike knows it in his head if not in his heart. He gets up... Also? This show’s set in Detroit! Why haven’t we played any Motown yet? The Jackson Fives’ “I Want You Back” starts... EXT. DETROIT - TOWNHOUSE - DAY A townhouse in a modest neighborhood. We HOLD on a plaque: The Howard House: A Halfway House for Women. Tamra exits, ankle bracelet visible and head held high... EXT. MIKE’S APARTMENT - DAY Mike hops into Joel’s truck and the two of them head off to the audition. INT. PAULA’S HOUSE - DAY Paula, dressed for dancing, opens her medicine cabinet and takes out four prescription bottles. Anyone who cares to take a close look at the labels will see drugs like Tamoxifen and Arimidex - drugs to manage breast cancer. Paula takes her pills, looks in the mirror: Let’s do this. And she’s off...
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