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INT DAY DAYROOM IN BAYSHORE DRIVE MENTAL HOSPITAL CHICAGO IL.
Mental health patients, TONY a 26 year old gay Asian American, IMAD, a 30 year old violent alcoholic, deranged Arab American wife beater, TONY a 26 year old skinny gay Asian American), LOUIS a 35 year old Latino, LEBRON a 25 year old African American crack addict, CHARLES a 55 year old Irish American truck driver, AVHRAM a 37 year old Jewish film producer from New York,ELI Avhram's father a 68 year old ultra orthodox Rabbi, MARY an African American overweight dancer also a crack addict, madam, , SUZY a sexy blonde hooker, from the north side, MIRIAM a 36 year old proper religous Christian lady,CARLOS a Mexican american ex-psychiatrist now mental health patient. RAJDEEP a 58 year old indian Christian preacher, SALEEM a middle aged Muslim Pakistani preacher, and JOSE a Brazilian shemale, dressed in colorful long feathers custume ready for the carnival in Rio .They are all watching tv waiting for breakfast.
two cops enter with Imad an Arab American 30 year old. he is

badly beaten with a black eye and bruises all over his forehead.
COP 1
Sit down.
COP 2 I'd be real cooperative while you're here if I were you.
IMAD You'll never hear the end of this.
TONY ( in a very gay way) I paid heavy price too, but I liked it.
COP 1 It takes all kinds.Welcome to America.
IMAD Oh I forgot to tell you guys , you punch like four year olds.
COP 2 You oughta stop being such a jerk.
COP 1 When will you learn to shut up?
IMAD I'm suing you guys , we're in America and I have rights.
COP 1 (As he uncuffs him) Just be a good boy will you?
2.
IMAD That's what happens in this country, as soon as you have disagreement with your wife you wind up in a psych ward.
SUZY You could have come to me, and I would have taken out all that stress and your marriage would have been fine.
IMAD I know what you got busted for.
SUZY I love being busted. Cops are so much fun.
IMAD
Fun?
SUZY Ya ,I just can't help it, I am so attracted to cops, they look so handsome in their uniform.
IMAD I got busted for beating up my wife, first they took me to jail and now I am here.
JOSE Welcome home sweetheart, and oh by the way. (to Suzy) What do you think of my uniform.
SUZY Oh it's gorgeous , are you Brazilian?
JOSE
Yes.
SUZY Well it's not carnival time yet.
JOSE Anytime is carnival time.
SUZY Where do I get one of those?
3.
JOSE There's a place up on Broadway. (looking at Imad) I think I'll buy one for my sweatheart too.
IMAD You sweetheart me again and I'll knock your teeth out.
JOSE Oh..I am not scared of you . ( putting his arms around Saleem) Saleem here will protect me.
SALEEM (pushing him awy violently)) Don't touch me you looti..you have a corrupt nature...the devil is inside you.
JOSE Well then ...do you think you can take it out?
RAJDEEP Forgive them Lord, Forgive them, for they do not know what they do.
JOSE Am I am possesed is that what you think.
TONY Look Saleem, why don't you and me talk...there is no need for this kind of attitude here.
SALEEM You too stay away from me.
TONY Why so tense Saleem?...
SALEEM Tense ha tense.
JOSE
Relax.
4.
SALEEM Look you two...if you want to be sodomized, okay be sodomized, but stay away from me.You are possessed both of you.
JOSE ( laughing)... Oh we are possessed.
RAJDEEP Yes a demonic possession, .Look , I can lay hands on you and you will be healed.
SALEEM I personally don't believe that, but you are so far gone maybe you should give it a shot.
RAJDEEP I will pray it out. It will be a healing prayer, but first you must have faith and accept Jesus as your personal savior.
JOSE Saleem, (hesitantly) you don't really think I am too far gone do you?
SALEEM (nervously) Look I do not handle these kind of matters, but if you take off this silly outfit...
JOSE (interrupting))
that's not a silly outfit, haven't you heard of carnival in Rio De Janero.
RAJDEEP You seem to be forgetting we're not in Rio.
TONY He's so pretty with that outfit.
SALEEM Take off this outrageous makeup, clean your self up, dress nicecly and come to the mosque. Allah is forgiving and you can start a new life ala asseraat almustaqeem ( on (MORE)
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SALEEM (cont'd) the straght path).Innahu Ghafoorun raheem ( he is forgiving and merciful).
TONY Irrisistable.
JOSE (perplexed and confused)) can you heal me?
LOUIS Man, you're just up, you're on a manic episode, a little bit of Haldal will fix you , just talk to the doc.
JOSE
Manic?
LOUIS Ya man when you're manic you become hypersexual, that's why you're acting out, you need some meds man...
CARLOS Look at that , we have a psychiatrist here who knows what he's talking about.
LOUIS Man I've been in and out these luny bins for 20 years ...that's why I know this like the palm of my hand.
SALEEM I cannot fix you , but God can.
IMAD (To cop 1, pointing to both Tony and Jose) You better keep these guys away from me.. ( pointing to Louis) including the doctor here, or else..
COP 2 Hey you just got out of jail, now you're here and you're still making threats...wise up. (To Jose) All you guys stay away from him...Hhe 's been washing too many pots and pans..that's an order.
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IMAD (pointing to Jose) There it is... what's happening to this country., All the men are women, and the women are men.
(POINTING TO JOSE AND TONY)
like these.
COP 1 Shut up.This is America everyone deserves respect and dignity.
COP 2 Do yourself a favor, and zip it.
IMAD I worked so hard, construction, 18 hours a day to buy that house, not to be locked up in here with them...
TONY It's not so bad, ...just relax and take it in.
IMADY Just like you relax all the way and wind up...never mind..
JOSE (To TONY) He's so sexy when he's angry.
TONY Habibi... where do you live?
IMAD All right , that's it ...It's on.
ROBERT Hey hey , stop it you guys before I put you both in the isolation room.
CARLOS No No in a padded cell.
ROBERT You in that corner, and you in that corner, I don't want you ever talking to each other again as long as you are here.
IMAD I worked so hard to provide for her and our kids,...now she's got the house, and I have been sleeping in my car in the parking lot of (MORE)
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IMAD (cont'd) Goldfield shopping center for the last six months.I haven't seen my kids since then. I told the judge to his face , this sucks..
JOSE You have gutts.
TONY That's what I like about my baby.
IMAD and you wonder why people are leaving this country.
COP 1 If you had a decent conversation with her without hitting her , we wouldn't be here would we?
COP 2 You never counted on her brother being a better boxer than you... did you?
IMAD In fact you're wrong her brother agrees with me.
COP 2
It shows.
IMAD Blame it on her brother..like you guys were so sweet...
COP ! You have idea how lucky you are.
IMAD I am gonna get that house back trust me I am gonna get it one way or the other.
COP 1 Is that another threat I detect?
COP 2 You keep digging yourself deeper and deeper.
COP ! Y9ou don't know when to shut up do you?
COPS LEAVE
8.
AVHRAM A 37 YEAR OLD JEWISH EXECUTIVE WEARING A SUITE.ENTERS ESCORTED BY CARLOS AND ROBERT HOSPITL ORDERLIES.
ROBERT I need to take a look at your attache case.
AVHRAM
What for?
CARLOS We have to record all your belongings.
IMAD Just give it to them , it's standard procedure.
ROBERT
I need your belt,tie,shoe laces. We don't want you hanging yourself while you're here.
CARLOS ...and your wallet. It will all be kept in safekeeping until you are discharged.
Avhram complies , he paces back and forth for a while then heh sits across from Imad.
IMAD What are you in here for?
AVHRAM I can't sleep man , every thingis like going at 300 miles an hour, I walk and walk aimelssly after work, until I had blisters on my feet , I even got lost and wound up in the ghetto, got robbed at gun point, thank God my father doesn't know about this...its' like I am falling apart , I am going nutts.
IMAD You just need the right medication to calm you down, they'll take care of you here.
AVHRAM What are you in here for?
IMAD I beat up my wife, first they sent me to jail , then here.
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AVHRAM What do you do for a living.
IMAD I am a dishwasher, but I am also an actor, screewriter, filmmaker, you know that type.
AVHRAM Ya I know I am that type too, I own my own entertainment company, we produce feature films.
IMAD
Really?!
AVHRAM
Ya.
IMAD Wow...a successful man like you in here with me.
AVHRAM Well it's not all that rosy as it seems.wait till the investors start asking you how the film is doing and when will they get their returns, or when the nonunion actors turn out to be union actors, distributors, SAG, SEG, the headaches never stop.
JOSE Oh Big shot Hollywood director, why don't you make me your star.
AVHRAM You're a star , now get out of here.
IMAD Never mind him, you seem to be enjoying making films.
AVHRAM Look where it landed me.
IMAD Man if I had your life, What's your favorite film.
AVHRAM Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries.
IMAD ...Never heard of it.
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AVHRAM
What's yours
IMAD anything with fist fights, like John Wayne, and Lee Marvin in bar fights , oh I loved that..
AVHRAM What do you like to do in the film business.
IMAD What I really like to do is to write my own screenplay, play the leading role in it and direct the movie.
AVHRAM You have to be careful not to bite more thn you can chew.
JOSE Can I have a bite?
TONY
bite what?
IMAD you're gonna bite bullet in a minute. (Framing with his fingers, on Jose, then Tony, then Rajeep, then Saleem) Welcome to Chicago.
AVHRAM (Framing with his fingers and panning)) Welcome to America.
Suddenly Eli a 68 year old ultra-orthodox Rabbi enters.
ELI ( To Carlos)) I am here to speak with my son.
AVHRAM What are you doing here dad, how did you find out I am here?
ELI You keep underestimating me.

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