Monday, June 9, 2008

161. Glamor - Leslie







  • FADE IN:

  • INT. INT. APARTMENT - DAWN

  • ERIN sits up on the old couch, skillfully avoiding a rusty spring that pokes out of one of the cushions.

  • Sunlight trickles in through a small window.

  • The room is bare except for a small table with an old laptop and a few scripts piled next to it.

  • She throws off a thin blanket and stumbles to the sink which is full of dirty dishes.

  • She looks in the sink, wrinkles her nose and turns to the refrigerator.

  • There's an old container of soy milk, a half empty jar of pickles, a loaf of bread, and some cheese.

  • She sighs and contemplates the food situation, then opens the jar of pickles and grabs of handful of pickles, chewing on them and wiping her hands off on her pjs.

  • She stops, looking at her hand in disgust, then shakes her head.

  • She walks across the room to the small bathroom and takes off her clothes, then steps into the shower.

  • She finishes up and steps out, a towel wrapped around her.

  • She opens the closet; there is a little black dress, a few jeans, two t-shirts, a thick jacket, and three sets of silvery-white dresses.

  • She finishes drying her hair, then selects one of the dresses.

  • She pulls it on, then reaches for a box on the closet floor.

  • She opens it, revealing a platinum blond wig.

  • She pulls a hair net from the bag and tucks her brown curls into it, then carefully adjusts the wig.

  • She slips into the bathroom, doing her makeup in the mirror.

  • She turns, a mirror image of Marilyn Monroe.

  • She walks into the living room, a vision of elegance in the middle of squalor, then straightens, tightens her jaw and practices her smile for a moment before walking out the door into the morning sun.

  • FADE TO BLACK.


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