While We're Young Page #6
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I have to go to the gents.
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JOSH:
Okay.
The scholar gets up -
JOSH/TIMWait, wait/Wait!
The scholar is yanked back by the lavaliere mike pinned tohis lapel. Josh and Tim both rush to his aid, unhooking him.
He shuffles to the bathroom and pees with the door open.
JOSH:
TIM:
Yeah. Hey, Josh, how’s that grantmoney doing?
Josh immediately goes into his wallet.
JOSH:
I’m expecting an email any day nowwhich should confirm -
Josh offers him a few twenties.
TIM:
No, thanks, but the rest of the grantmoney is coming, yes?
JOSH:
Ye-s. Assuming they’re funded againfor the next calendar year
TIM:
What does that mean?
JOSH:
I don’t know, one of the donors lefthis wife and...I don’t know --
they’re confirming the funding.
TIM:
Why’d he leave his wife?
14 EXT. BROOKLYN STREET. DAY 14
Cornelia carries a grocery bag, she listens to her iPod,
singing aloud. She sees someone off-camera and smiles
broadly.
CORNELIA:
Hey Fox!
Pink (09/30/2013) 3434.
A few feet ahead coming her way: Marina carries Willow in a *
Baby Bjorn next to two other younger mothers, early 30’s,
holding young children.
MARINA *
Hey Foxy Fox!
CORNELIA:
I was just going to call you to seeif you wanted to get lunch.
MARINA *
Oh, how sweet. This is Pepper andElise. This is Cornelia.
CORNELIA PEPPER/ELISEHey. Hi./Nice to meet you.
MARINA *
ELISE:
It’s really just for the mothers,
they don’t do anything yet.
MARINA *
Do you want to come?
CORNELIA:
Oh...maybe...
MARINA *
Come on, then!
Cornelia starts walking with the mothers.
ELISE:
How old are your kids?
CORNELIA:
Mine? I don’t have any.
ELISE:
Oh...I didn’t...you were just comingto hang out. Cool.
MARINA *
It’s adorable. If you didn’t knowbetter you think they’re havingseizures!
Pink (09/30/2013) 3535.
Brightly lit with solid primary colors. A guy, 20’s and agirl, 20’s sing a song about trains as mothers and nanniesbounce their babies and sing along. Cornelia, her lap empty,
sits next to Marina, less enthusiastically singing along.
She looks embarrassed and miserable.
*
Cornelia whispers something in Marina’s ear. Marina
protests, but Cornelia is insistent. Cornelia gets up andwinds her way through singing mommies and babies.
*
16 EXT. BROOKLYN STREET. DAY 16
Cornelia comes out of the building, her breathing raspy andshallow. She leans against the brick and composes herself.
CORNELIA:
Holy sh*t...
She takes out her phone and dials a number -17
EXT. STREET IN REDHOOK. DAY 17
Darby and Cornelia walk together.
CORNELIA:
I mean, I love her, she’s a greatmom, but I always felt like if I hada baby, the baby would just fold intoto my life. I mean, if you spend all
your time at baby classes, you becomea baby. It’s like the mothers are
infantilized. You know?
DARBY:
(talking generally)
I know, just like: have a baby.
You’re cool, you know cool people whohave a house and, I don’t know, justhave a baby. You’re going to Mexicanfood and there’s a baby on the floor.
I know.
CORNELIA:
That’s how I grew up.
DARBY:
I want a baby. Maybe I’ll just havea baby right now.
CORNELIA:
You should. You can.
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DARBY:
I like kids who don’t speak English.
(pause)
When are you going to have babies?
CORNELIA:
(hesitates)
A couple of times I got pregnant butit didn’t happen.
DARBY:
I’m sorry.
CORNELIA:
The longest only went four weeks.
After thirty-five it’s a sh*t-show.
DARBY:
I’m sorry. You don’t have to tell
me.
CORNELIA:
No, it’s okay. It’s what happened.
I like telling you.
(smiles, shrugs)
I like our life as it is. I think.
Even if we did have a kid, neither ofus can cook. You can’t get baby takeout.
Darby opens a door to a building and they start up a narrowstaircase.
18 INT. HIP HOP CLASS. CONTINUOUS 18
DARBY:
I like how you give Josh a hard time.
CORNELIA:
I don’t think I give him a hard time.
They enter a dance room filled almost entirely with black,
Filipino and Latina women.
DARBY:
It reminds me of my mom.
CORNELIA:
How she was with your dad?
DARBY:
No, with my brother.
Cornelia frowns.
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DARBY:
Yeah, she’d yell at him but iron allhis weird racing T-shirts. I mother
Jamie.
Darby smells her underarms and makes a face.
DARBY:
Sorry, I stink.
She changes into a tank-top and baggy track pants. Cornelia
puts on a leotard.
CORNELIA:
What kind of class is this again?
They enter a crowded dance studio.
DARBY:
Hip hop.
Tupac’s “Hit Em Up” blasts on and the women start doing 90’smusic video dance moves. Cornelia tries to keep up, but
looks less like a fly girl than a farmer doing a hoe-down.
Tupac continues over:
MONTAGE:
19 EXT. HAT STORE, BROOKLYN. DAY 19
Josh and Jamie admire the hats in the window. Josh points toan Irish cap. Jamie shakes his head.
Jamie, Darby, Cornelia and Josh (in his new porkpie hat whichhe’ll wear from now on) walk along the outdoor tracks. A
train rushes by on another track. Darby squeals withdelight. Jamie whoops. Cornelia and Josh look terrified.
21 EXT. HOUSING PROJECTS, BASKETBALL COURT. DAY 21
Jamie is the only white guy in a pick-up game on an asphaltcourt.
22 INT. GYM. DAY 22
Josh runs on a treadmill.
23 INT. JOSH AND CORNELIA’S APARTMENT. NIGHT 23
Josh tosses his hat onto a chair. He pulls Cornelia’s shirtover her head. She unbuttons his pants. Their open mouthscrash into one another. They make love on the floor.
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24 INT. BIKE SHOP, BUSHWICK. DAY 24
Jamie and Josh browse different bikes. Josh checks out an
elaborate ten speed. Jamie shakes his head and points to asingle speed vintage, shitty-looking Raleigh.
25 EXT. BUSHWICK STREETS. DAY 25
Josh, a helmet strapped to his head, and Jamie, helmetless,
ride their bikes. Jamie lifts up his arms, soaking it allin. Josh tries to do the same. Josh looks suddenlydisconcerted and grabs his side. He slows to a stop as weCONTINUE with Jamie soaring onward.
26 INT. DOCTOR’S OFFICE. DAY 26
Josh sits on an examining table. A bald doctor is inspectinghis legs.
DR. NAGATO
Well, it’s a just strained muscle.
But the more concerning thing here isyour arthritis.
JOSH:
Arthritis?
DR. NAGATO
Yes. You have arthritis in yourknee.
JOSH:
Is arthritis a catch-all for some
kind of injury to the -
DR. NAGATO
No, arthritis is a degradation of thejoints.
JOSH:
I know what traditional arthritis is.
DR. NAGATO
I’m not sure what you mean by“traditional,” but this is arthritis.
JOSH:
Arthritis arthritis?
DR. NAGATO
Yes, I usually just say it once.
JOSH:
At my age?
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DR. NAGATO
You’re what, 42?
JOSH:
44.
DR. NAGATO
Well, it happens at 42 and it happensat 44.
JOSH:
Uh huh.
DR. NAGATO
I’m going to get you a prescriptionfor Paracetamol. We’ll start there
and see how it progresses, okay?
He hands a prescription sheet to Josh. Josh holds it about a
foot away and squints.
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