Bamboozled


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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