Mistress America Page #3

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INT. TRACY’S DORM ROOM. NIGHT

Tracy lies awake in bed. We hear yelling in the hallwayoutside her door. Footsteps come close to her door. A

shadow underneath. She tenses in great anticipation.

The footsteps and chatter continue down the hall.

Tracy gets up and opens her door.

INT. DORM HALLWAY. NIGHT

The hall is empty. Bits of pie and crust on the floor.

Another door opens at the end of the hall. A Tiny Girl looksout.

She and Tracy meet eyes.

TINY GIRL:

F***.

The Tiny Girl retreats into her room. Tracy does the same.

10.

INT. TONY’S ROOM. DAY

Tony sits on his bed and Tracy sits on the floor. They bothdrink screwdrivers.

TONY:

They’re self-elected douche bags.

TRACY:

I know, but I wanted to be one ofthem. I could die then.

TONY:

Yeah, me too. Both I wanted to be

in and I could also then die.

TRACY:

I heard they serve wine and cheeseand they all carry breifcases.

TONY:

I know, when I had my tour here,

the guide was one of them andthat’s why I wanted to come here.

TRACY:

I heard the pie stuff all night.

TONY:

They got the guy next door. He

doesn’t even look like a writer.

Tony indicates a breifcase from the floor. Tracy sees this.

TRACY:

I’m so sorry.

TONY:

Do you want to trade stories?

TRACY:

Sure.

TIME CUT:

They both silently read each other’s stories. They stealglances at one another.

TIME CUT:

TONY:

I liked it!

11.

TRACY:

Thanks - I liked yours too.

TONY:

So do you want notes?

TRACY:

Oh, are we - sure...

TONY:

Okay, I thought the middle partsounded really fake.

TRACY:

Okay.

TONY:

It’s just my impression.

TRACY:

I’ll work on that.

TONY:

Do you have any notes for me?

TRACY:

Um... no.

TONY:

Great.

(thinks for a second)

I have a car.

INT. CAR. DUSK

Tracy and Tony drive in the car.

TRACY:

Let’s go to the beach.

TONY:

I don’t want to leave Manhattan.

TRACY:

Oh, why are we in your car then?

EXT. UPPER MANHATTAN, BY THE HUSDON RIVER. NIGHT

Tracy and Tony try to burn his briefcase but it won’t catch

fire.

They chuck it in the water.

They smoke a joint and sit on the roof of a car.

12.

TRACY:

We look like we’re in a song.

INT. CLASSROOM. DAY

Tracy raises her hand.

TRACY:

I think the way Aristotle writesabout ethics and morality is muchcloser to how most people thinkabout it. Less like math, morelike a story.

INT. DORM ROOM. DAY

Tracy, feeling better about herself, cleans the room andtalks to her roommate.

TRACY:

I think we should set up arecycling system for our trash. A

lot of what we’re throwing out canbe recycled.

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