The Diary of a Teenage Girl Page #7

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PASCAL:

(into phone)

You know that if you ever decide

that you want to broaden your

horizons, Minnie - New York is a

great place for a young lady. You

could live with me. I was your

surrogate father for many years and

that doesn’t end just because your

mother and I are no longer legally

bound.

INTERCUT WITH:

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52 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS 52

Minnie draws while she balances the phone on her ear. In her

notebook are many tracings she’s done of Aline Kominsky’s

comic book cover.

PASCAL’S VOICE

What are you reading nowadays?

MINNIE:

(into phone)

Ummm. Searching for Mr. Goodbar.

Did you ever finish it?

PASCAL’S VOICE

Please, that inflammatory fiction?

I just finished The Final Days

about the end of Nixon’s

administration. It’s darkly

fascinating to witness how well he

fares while his dreams crash around

him.

MINNIE:

I’m reading some cool comic books

too.

INTERCUT WITH:

53 INT. PASCAL’S HOUSE - EVENING 53

PASCAL:

(into phone)

Well, that’s a waste of a good

mind. I’m sending you a book on

flies.

(then)

So... where’s your mother?

MINNIE’S VOICE

I don’t know. She’s not back from

work yet.

PASCAL:

(into phone)

Is she coming home tonight?

MINNIE’S VOICE

I guess. She didn’t say she wasn’t.

She usually finishes at the library

at 6.

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PASCAL:

(into phone)

Who’s she going out with these

days?

INTERCUT WITH:

54 MINNIE’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS 54

Minnie is drawing.

MINNIE:

I didn’t say she was going out with

anyone! You don’t even listen to

me, Pascal.

PASCAL’S VOICE

That’s not true, Minnie.

MINNIE:

(into phone)

Besides, mom isn’t even partying

really. She’s like a monk. Or a nun

or whatever.

FLASHBACK TO:

55 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - THE LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 55

Charlotte and her friends sit around in the dark passing a

joint and sniffing cocaine. BURT, a stoned guy in his 40s

with a mustache, and MICHAEL COCAINE, a 45 year old lawyer

with a coke habit, mingle. ANDREA, late 20s, Charlotte’s

slightly dumb friend, turns to Michael Cocaine, high:

ANDREA:

Wait, is this why they call you

Michael Cocaine?

Everyone starts laughing.

CUT BACK TO:

56 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS 56

Minnie holds the phone reluctantly to her ear.

PASCAL’S VOICE

Well, don’t tell her I was asking

about her....

Pink (01/08/2014) 3838.

His voice fades out. Minnie draws herself, as a distorted

cartoon. Animated Minnie begins to move on the page, as she

draws.

BEGIN IMAGINING:

Animated Minnie, with hairy legs, strides through San

Francisco, boldly.

MINNIE (V.O.)

Dear Aline Kominsky, Hello. My name

is Minnie and I am an aspiring

cartoonist.

Animated Minnie meets different boys along her journey. She

keeps walking, morphing. Sometimes she has big thighs,

sometimes her head is very small. Sometimes her breasts bulge

from her shirt. She keeps walking.

MINNIE (V.O.)

I am a huge fan of yours. Most

cartoons don't amuse me at all, but

I love yours. I've just completed

my first real comic. It's only one

page. It's about walking around in

the city. I used India Ink but I

wasn't sure what kind of paper to

use. What do you use? With

admiration, Minnie Goetze.

Animated Minnie disappears into the city.

END IMAGINING:

57 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 57

Minnie and Gretel sit eating a sad dinner together. Minnie

pokes at her peas on her plate, despondent. Gretel sits

across from her, filing her nails.

MINNIE (V.O.)

It stirs up a kind of frustrated

passion in my heart to think of

Monroe sometimes, to think about

him out with my mother.

GRETEL:

Mom said I could go to a boy/girl

party on Saturday at Lindsay’s.

Anthony’s taking me.

MINNIE:

So?

39.

GRETEL:

I just thought it was cool of her.

All of my friends are always like

telling me that I have such a hip

mom, like my friend Jane-

Minnie is unimpressed. They hear a commotion from the other

room. Minnie jumps up, and runs to her room.

Monroe, Charlotte, Burt, Michael Cocaine, and Andrea come

home. They’re drunk and/or high. Monroe collapses on the

couch and closes his eyes. Charlotte gets on top of him,

straddling him. Minnie emerges from her room with a tiny

present, wrapped in the funnies, she watches from just

outside the door.

CHARLOTTE:

(wasted)

No, don’t be a drag! We haven’t

sung to you yet.

MONROE:

But I’m tired!

MICHAEL COCAINE:

F*** that. Take this.

He hands Monroe a line which Monroe snorts.

CHARLOTTE:

(raising her glass)

I’m gonna make another toast. To

Monroe on his birthday- It never

gets better than this!

MONROE:

It never gets better than 35?

F***ing kill me!

CHARLOTTE:

Happy Birthday!

They all drink. Monroe kisses Charlotte sloppily.

MINNIE (V.O.)

I wish I was in his arms. I wish I

was in his bed.

MONROE:

(raising his glass)

You’re such a f***ing good woman,

Charlotte. You’re beautiful, you’re

smart.

(MORE)

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MONROE (CONT'D)

There aren’t enough women like that

in California. Right, Burt?

BURT:

Yep.

ANDREA:

(offended)

Hey!

Monroe sees Minnie watching.

MONROE:

Look at Minnie over there. She’s

such a good sh*t. You made that,

Charlotte. Come here, Minnie. It’s

my birthday.

Minnie doesn’t go to him. Charlotte watches this, with an

inkling of suspicion.

MONROE (CONT’D)

(raising his glass again)

Minnie’s such a... a...

(everyone pauses, tense)

Great kid.

Monroe looks f***ed up. His eyes are dilated and half open.

Minnie bolts. She throws the tiny present in the trash.

58 EXT. RICH PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL - STEPS - DAY 58

Minnie sits on the school steps, as students mill about her.

Two teenagers make out nearby. Minnie watches with little

hesitation.

MINNIE (V.O.)

I have to say, I have almost

completely forgotten about

Monroe... it’s like it never

happened.

She looks at some of her fellow students, who ignore her.

MINNIE (V.O.)

I wonder if anybody loves me that I

don’t know about...

Chuck skates up to Minnie and sits next to her. He lights up

a cigarette.

CHUCK:

Hey Minnie.

Blue (12/17/2013) 4141.

MINNIE:

Hey, Chuck.

CHUCK:

I heard you got put on academic

probation and you might get kicked

out.

MINNIE:

Yeah.

CHUCK:

Bogue.

MINNIE:

(shrugging)

I’m not really thinking about it. I

want to be an artist anyway, and so

school is essentially pointless for

me.

They sit in silence for a while. He smokes. Across the lawn,

Minnie spots Ricky Wasserman getting into his fancy sports

car.

CHUCK:

Um-

MINNIE:

I’ll be right back.

She jumps up and heads over to Ricky. A few girls are just

walking away as she approaches. They glare at Minnie as they

go.

RICKY:

Well, if it isn’t mon cherie.

Chuck looks on, disappointed.

RICKY (CONT’D)

(slyly)

What’re you doing right now?

Minnie’s eyes light up.

SMASH CUT TO:

42.

59 EXT. RICKY WASSERMAN’S HOUSE - BACKYARD - DAY 59

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