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Available Screenplay: Nemesis (c) 2012/2015/2017/2020
FADE IN:INT. – WHISPERS BAR & GRILLE – NIGHTThree 30-ish women – DONICE DAWN, SONDRA PINER, CHANDI MCCLAREN – sit in a booth laughing and talking loudly over the 70s R&B that blasts from a jukebox sitting in one corner.They are drinking frozen Daiquiris and there’s a bowl of mostly consumed tortilla chips, with pico…
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Current Screenplay: Fearsome (c) 2021/2022
EXT. FIELDS – DAYCorn. As far as the eye can see, fields of corn. It is very young corn, perhaps to the halfway mark in growth, and the rows between the plants can easily be seen if one was to walk through them.Across the road from the corn fields lie fields of another important crop:…
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European Violence Against Women
Violence against women is a global issue and while it does not matter what religion the abuser practices, it seems that religion is one of the main reasons violence against women (and girls) exists. But today’s post focuses on the violent misogyny unique to Europe, especially France where three women were brutally murdered in one…
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Cancel Culture Doesn’t Exist
What, exactly is cancel culture? Is it someone getting fired for harassment or problematic views? No, that’s a workplace doing its job. Is it a popular figure losing fans or affiliations because of their past actions? No, that’s the power of public opinion. Is it a company choosing not to publish a book, or a…
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Rednecks & Republicans
A certain type of White American is usually a Republican and will always vote Republican no matter what, even if it means that they must suffer in order for the ultra-wealthy to get away with not paying their fair share, even if it means they lose rights in the process, and even if it means…
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I’m Tired of White Supremacy!
Every day, I have to face some form of White supremacy and I am so effing sick of it. I see it on TV constantly – shows, news, documentaries, even commercials – and it is all over social media as well. Why can’t a day go by without my having to put up with the…
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Cops Shouldn’t Be Above The Law!
As anyone who reads this blog knows, police officers are not my favorite people even though I do enjoy watching true crime programs and reading such books – I have amassed a collection of more than 250 paperbacks on evil murderers and gruesome serial killers. But I don’t like cops. When I was a kid,…
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Available Screenplay: Emmett Till (c) 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
FADE IN:EXT. PLANTATION – MORNINGAll is peaceful on the large estate as a YOUNG NEGRO (WILLIE REED), makes his way along a path across the land, heading close to a shed. He pauses at a well, looking down into it longingly. Then he starts walking again and vanishes down the dusty road.When Willie returns bearing…
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Future Screenplay: Black Bill (c) 2021/2022
INT. BEDROOM – NIGHTA YOUNG COUPLE are embracing. The MAN, who is Asian, plays with the sister locs of the WOMAN, who is Black though she’s got a caramel complexion with green eyes. He seems fascinated by her eyes. They touch each other’s faces, smile, and kiss.A mobile phone lying on a bedside table plays…
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Future Screenplay: Insurrection (c) 2021
EXT. WASHINGTON DC – DAYA CROWD of mostly WHITE PEOPLE mill about the Ellipse area. They are YOUNG, OLD, and a lot of them carry various flags: Trump 2020, MAGA, Confederate, Three Percenters, and American flags with the ‘don’t tread on me’ snake coiled in the center, among others. Dozens are dressed in paramilitary clothing,…