Drop Dead Gorgeous Page #6

CLOSE ON Michelle Johanson's face.

MICHELLE:

... Yah-I'll be performing a dramatic

monologue.

SUPER:
CONTESTANT #2, MICHELLE JOHANSON

MICHELLE (cont'd)

Right now, I'm thinkin' "Othello"

or...

"Soylent Green." Lots of girls make a

smooth transition from pageants into

actin', y'know.

SMASH CUT TO:

LOCAL TV COMMERCIAL (VIDEO)

CONNIE, mid-30's, Midwestern attractive, wearing a sash

and tiara, stands in front of a BLUE SCREEN of a FOREST.

CONNIE:

Competin' for the title of Minnesota's

American Teen Princess sure was

excitin'. But, I never coulda won

without my...

PULL BACK to reveal a table full of PORK PRODUCTS.

CONNIE (cont'd)

St. Paul Pork Products!

LOCAL TV COMMERCIAL (VIDEO)

SCREEN CHANGES to OUTSIDE FACTORY/STOCK YARDS. Connie

now wears a coat and hat and acts as if it's chilly.

CONNIE (cont'd)

I've been enjoyin' St. Paul Pork

Products for years. I grew up right

next to these stock yards.

SCREEN CHANGES to VIDEO of a SLAUGHTER LINE. PIG

CARCASSES move on hooks. Connie wears a hard hat and

blood stained butcher's apron.

CONNIE (cont'd)

It's still the same family-run

business that Walter and Vera Polarski

started in 1920 when they raised and

slaughtered their first pig.

Connie grabs a HOT DOG from O.C. and takes a bite.

CONNIE (cont'd)

Mmm-mmmm. I just love St. Paul Pork

Products. In fact, I love kem so much

LOCAL TV COMMERCIAL (VIDEO)

SLIDE CHANGES to VIDEO of the SAUSAGE LINE. Workers

stuff sausages. Connie wears a white jumpsuit and

hairnet.

CONNIE (cont'd)

I work here now!

INT. BETZ LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

MRS. BETZ, a large woman, holds a tray of bars. CREW

MEMBERS REACH IN THE SHOT and help themselves. JANELLE

BETZ sits on the couch, SIGNING EVERYTHING she says.

JANELLE:

(slow, due to signing)

...My talent will be an interpretive

dance while I sing, "Through the Eyes

of Love." I have a dream of spreadin'

sign language around the world... Mom?

Would you be so kind?

SUPER:
CONTESTANT #8, JANELLE BETZ

JANELLE (cont'd)

Yeah. Well, see, uh, I have a dream

of spreading sign language around the

world.

(to Mrs. Betz)

Mom, would you be so kind.

Mrs. Betz quickly puts down the bars and goes to the

piano where she starts "Through the Eyes of Love."

Janelle begins to gesticulate and sign words in an overly

dramatic performance that looks like a bizarre seizure.

SOUND occasionally DIPS OUT as the BOOM OPERATOR reaches

for bars.

INT. HIGH SCHOOL - GYM - LATER

TAMMY CURRY - a cute, jock-type. She wears a LETTER

JACKET, covered with VARSITY SPORTS PATCHES.

TAMMY CURRY:

Tammy Curry. I'm signin' up for the

scholarship'n'all.

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