Bamboozled
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We HEAR the voice of MALCOLM X. MALCOLM X You've been hoodwinked. You've been had. You've been took. You've been led astray, run amok. You've been bamboozled. His followers ROAR. WE HEAR the VOICE of PIERRE DELACROIX. DELACROIX Satire. 1a. A literary work in which human vice or folly is ridiculed or attacked scornfully. B. The branch of literature that composes such work. 2. Irony, derision or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice or stupidity. INT. APARTMENT - MORNING WE are in the living quarters of PIERRE DELACROIX. The windows overlook the Brooklyn Promenade and the majestic lower Manhattan skyline. DELACROIX Bonjour, my name is Pierre Delacroix. I'm a television writer, also a showrunner, a creative person. We see a tall figure move in and around the space. DELACROIX I'm one of those people responsible for what you view on your idiot box. CLOSE ON Monogrammed cuff sleeve - the initials P.D. DELACROIX The problem is not enough of you have been watching. CLOSE ON Monogrammed shirt pocket - the initials P.D. DELACROIX With the onslaught of the internet, video and interactive games, nine hundred channels to choose from and whatnot, our valued audience has dramatically eroded. CLOSE ON Razor cuts a path through a white foam on a black face. DELACROIX To put it in much more simple terms... Delacroix YELLS. DELACROIX Like rats fleeing a sinking ship. CLOSE ON The handsome face of Pierre Delacroix. DELACROIX People tuning out by the millions. Delacroix turns to the CAMERA and addresses US. DELACROIX Which is not good. EXT. TENEMENT - LOWER EAST SIDE - MORNING The tenement building is boarded up, condemned, bombed out, but a home, a shelter nonetheless. INT. TENEMENT - MORNING People to our surprise live in here. It is a commune. The homeless, people who have been left out, forgot about, written off, and don't matter. The fringes of society. CHEEBA, a skinny Puerto Rican male, tries to wake a slumbering body under a mass of old newspapers. CHEEBA Yo, let's get to it. You don't dance, we don't eat. Simple as that. The mass begins to move. CHEEBA That's right. We slow. We blow. We snooze. We lose. INT. CNS TOWER - MORNING MANRAY, a young African-American dread-lock male, and Cheeba are getting set up in front of the entrance to the CONTINENTAL NETWORK SYSTEM building. CNS is one of the fledgling, upstart new networks, trying to battle with ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WB, and UPN. ANGLE ON Entrance. Cheeba is putting the portable floor down on the sidewalk. Manray sits on the curb, taking the sneakers off and putting on his tap shoes; bottle caps are on the soles of the shoes instead of real taps. CHEEBA Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I know everybody is in a hurry to work, ready to begin another day in this rat race. But don't sleep us. I'm Cheeba and I introduce to you the world renown MANRAY, the man with the educated feet. Manray takes a small bow. A few, not many, people have stopped to look. CHEEBA As we continue our world wind tour, we would like to give you a little somethin', somethin' before you go off to make that money. I give you Manray. CLOSE ON Manray, who starts to do his thing, and when he starts doing his thing attention must be paid. ANGLE ON Crowd, as Manray gets busy, people gather to watch. ANGLE ON Delacroix, he is about to walk into the CNS building but stops to check out Manray. CLOSE ON Manray, he pounds out some intricate steps and freezes at the end of the move. ANGLE ON Crowd, who applaud as Cheeba unfolds a brown shopping bag and holds it out in front of them. CHEEBA Thank you very much but please don't go without giving us some cheddar, cheese, money. We prefer two's than fews. People are digging into their pockets. CHEEBA I would like to add that both of us are homeless. Not that it means anything. A WOMAN is about to dump some change in the brown paper bag. CHEEBA I said homeless. Ladies and gentlemen. Senorita, do you know what that means? Cheeba looks at her and she quickly pulls out a 5-spot from her purse and drops it into the bag. CHEEBA Muchos gracias. Cheeba works his way over to Delacroix. DELACROIX Good morning, Cheeba. CHEEBA Good morning to you, Mr. Delapot. DELACROIX De-la-croix. CHEEBA Y'know what I mean. Got a gig yet for Manray and I yet? DELACROIX Not yet. Delacroix hands Cheeba a ten dollar bill. CHEEBA Gracias. Delacroix moves towards the revolving doors of CNS. DELACROIX Manray, Sloan says you're too talented to be dancing on the street. MANRAY Well do something about it. applaud - oklaskiwać attention- uwaga bamboozled- wrobiony, oszukany boarded up- zabezpieczony deskami cheddar- kasa, forsa cheese- kasa, forsa condemned- skazany derision- drwina dump- wrzucać fledgling- żółtodziób, początkujący flee- uciekać folly- szaleństwo fringe- margines, peryferie gig- występ hoodwink- oszukiwać intricate- zawiły, skomplikowany lead sb astray- sprowadzać kogoś na manowce nonetheless- mimo to, mimo wszystko onslaught- szturm, najazd renown- rozgłos, sława revolve- obracać się ridicule- wyśmiewać, szydzić, drwić run amok- wpadać w szał, dostawać amoku scornfully- pogardliwie shelter- schronienie slumber- spać snooze- drzemać unfold- rozwijać, rozkładać upstart- zarozumialec, ważniak vice- przywara, wina
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