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Nombre de lectures | 5 |
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Langue | English |
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Thisstorytakes
pl ace dur i ng a
WorldSeries
betweentheMets
and t he A' s.
Cansecoplaysfor
Oakland,and
Strawberryisstill
withNewYork.
11/ 25/ 90
F I RST DRART
DAYONE:
GAMETHREE:LTWINS
1.EXT:EARLYMORNING—LTSHOME—QUEENS
Thi s t ypi cal QUEENS HOUSE i s s andwi ched bet ween ot her
neighboring,nearlyidenticalHOUSES.
TheMORNINGSOUNDSOfFAMILYBICKERING,LAWNMOWERS,
andSHOUTEDGOODBYESareheardcomingfrommanyHOUSES
on t hi s cl ose kni t bl ock. A NEWBABY can be hear d BAWLI NG i nsi de
L TS HOUSE.
LT,hurriedandharried,stumblesouthisFRONTDOOR.Heheads
forhisCAR,parkedaskewintheDRIVEWAY.
LTissome40yearsold.Hisnaturalswaggermakesupforhislackof
conventionalgoodlooks.Heisobviouslyhungover.
LT squi nt s, pai ned by t he SUN. He f umbl es wi t h hi s SHADES, put s
themon.
LTs TWI N EI GHT YEAR OLD SONS t r undl e out t he FRONT DOOR of
t he HOUSE, bi cker i ng as t hey r un t o cat ch up wi t h t hei r Daddy. The
hef t y TWI NS wear i l l f i t t i ng PAROCHI AL SCHOOL UNI FORMS. Thei r
over si ze PAROCHI AL SCHOOL BRI EFCASES t hr eat en t o t r i p t hem
up...
LT' s WI FE, BABE i n ar ms, comes out t o wat ch LTS l ovel y SEVEN
YEAROLDDAUGHTERheadofftowardherschoolonfoot.Many
othermembersofLTsEXTENDEDFAMILYhangoutontheSTOOP
andtheLAWN.
AstheTWINScrosstheLAWN,thebickeringturnsphysical.They
startwhackingeachotherwiththeBRIEFCASES.
TheTWINSpileintoLTSCAR.
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2. I NT : MORNI NG — L T S CAR — E N ROUT E T O/ AT P AROCHI AL
SCHOOL
AnoldICONofMOTHERMARYridesontheDASHBOARD.
LT
TWINS
LT
TWIN
LT
TWINS
LT
LT and t he TWI NS bant er back and f or t h, poke each ot her and box
around.Theapparenthostilityoftheirwordsisbalancedbythe
laughterandgunghoplayoftheroughhousing
TheNSTWINDLOPEESTDEANRIellyBastpaeivdryehtsasllactac
LTjoinsin.
ANGL E Thr ough t he WI NDSHI EL D, t he P AROCHI AL SCHOOL
c omes i nt o vi ew. A CROWD of UNI FORMED KI DS i s gat her ed
out si de. SEVERAL NUNS t ur n t he CROWD i mo t wo neat r ows, and
usher t he KI DS i nsi de..
POVLTTheNUNS
LT
3.
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EXT:AFTERNOON—QUEENS—CRIMESCENE
ANGLE — A CAR WI NDSHI ELD. Bl ood spat t er ed and shot up. The
DEAD BODI ES of TWO GI RLS ar e i n t he f ront seat .
LTgetsoutofhisCARandmakeshiswaythroughtheCOPSand
GAWKERS.
The BET COP comes up t o LT.
BETCOP
Two Bl ack ki ds came up out of nowher e and shot
t hose chi cks. Then t hey l aughed as t hey wal ked
away.ThePressisgonnacallitthe"Giggling
ManMurders."I'lltellya.Whataworld.
LTgivesacursoryglancetothecrimescene.AcoupleofCOPS
greethim;LTkeepswalking.
BETCOP
Buthey—wemakethebestofit,man,don'twe?
Huh?Howaboutthem!steM
FOLLOW LT — over t o a GROUP of COPS. They gr eet hi m and
ver yone i mmedi at el y cr ams i nt o a par ked CAR. The CAR st ays
parkedforthedurationoftheirmeeting.
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4.ETFA:TN—NOONREDRKMAUNARCOPCKRDE(APUQEE)—NSI
NowthatLT,theBETCOPandtheOTHERCOPSareinsidetheCAR,
t hey can do busi ness. LT pays sever al COPS t hei r WI NNI NGS f or
lastnight'sgame.CASHandcongratulatorybanterisexchanged.
Now LT has t o t ake t hei r BETS f or t omor r ow af t er noon' s GAME, t h
FOURTH GAME of t he Wor l d Ser i es.
LT ur ges t he COPS t o bet aga/ nsr t he Met s.
LT
COPONE
LT
COPTWO
LT
BETCOP
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5. EXT: AFTERNOON — PAY PHONE — MI DTOWN — 38t h STREET & 3r d
AVENUE
LT
LI TE
LT
LI TE
(OC)
Howabout71/2?.
ACROSSTHESTREET—TWOGUYSapproachaBUSINESSMAN
i n a r ai ncoat and f l ash a KNI FE. The BUSI NESSMAN gi ves up hi s
WALLETandhisWATCH.
LTpaysnomindtotherobbery.
LT
LI TE
t oo
LT
BUSINESSMAN
6. EXT: EVENI NG — CRACK CI TY
o
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LT
Hey, man, gi mme somet hi ng cooked!
J C gi ves i t t o hi m wi t h a PI PE. LT t akes a dr ag of CRACK. Then LT
gi ves J C a l ar ge BAG of COKE, l abel l ed "Exhi bi t A".
LT
LTCOUGHSandSMOKESasO(s.)FFnsowirtaCOodPSstthsuohe
LT
Fuckyou.
J C
LT
J C
LT
J C
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