YOUR MOTHER’S A WHORE Russell Davis

YOUR MOTHER’S A WHORE
by

Russell Davis

Draft #2 Russell davis
Submission Date: Writer/Director
February 15th, 2016 [email protected]

FADE IN:

EXT. PLAYGROUND - DAY

YOUNG JARED (13, glasses, black shirt with a grim reaper on
it) sits on a green merry-go-round.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
Growing up wasn’t easy for me. I
was picked on a lot.

BILL (13) runs by the merry-go-round. He shouts something at
Jared. Clearly intending it to hurt.

BEGIN MONTAGE

- Young Jared staggers out of a bathroom stall, hair
dripping.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
Swirlied...

- Young Jared slides down a curly slide. When he reaches the
bottom, he collides with a fist stuck out in anticipation.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
...beaten up...

- Young Jared hands over his lunch money as he stares at the
ground.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
...lunch money taken. If you can
think of it, it happened to me.

END MONTAGE

EXT. PLAYGROUND - DAY

Young Jared sits in the same spot on the merry-go-round. His
legs dangle over the edge, but don’t quite touch the ground.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
But most of it was just verbal.
Insults, taunts, stuff like that.

Young Jared sighs on the merry-go-round. The world around
him seems so big, and he so small.

2.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
I’d get teased about everything.
From my glasses...

An arrow appears and points to Young Jared’s glasses.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
...to my hairstyle...

An arrow appears and points to Young Jared’s hair.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
...to my obsession with death.

An arrow appears and points to the grim reaper on Young
Jared’s shirt.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
But there was one thing they’d
tease me about more than any other.
Everybody always thought it was
just so funny to remind me that...

Three kids, PAUL (12), ARNOLD(13), and KEVIN(13) each hurl
the same insult Jared’s way.

KEVIN
Your mother’s a whore!

PAUL
Your mother’s a whore!

ARNOLD
Your mother’s a whore!

Each word Arnold hurls toward Young Jared, appears next to
Arnold’s head as he utters it.

FREEZE FRAME

on Arnold’s smug little face. Words still beside him.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
And they weren’t wrong, either. My
mother was, literally, a whore. As
in...

The rest of the words disappear, but "whore" remains. It
grows to fill the screen. Then...

TO BLACK

3.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
Whore...

OVER BLACK the word appears on screen. As Adult Jared
continues, each word appears in succession.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
...A woman who engages in
promiscuous sexual intercourse...

He pauses for a second.

ADULT JARED (V.O)
...usually for money.

BACK TO SCENE

Snapping back into action, Arnold turns around to high-five
Paul and Kevin. They all form a huddle. Young Jared sits
silently on the merry-go-round and watches.

ADULT JARED (V.O)
Yup. That’s right. That’s how my
mom put food on the table. So in
reality it wasn’t really a taunt so
much as a simple observation.

Kevin, Paul, and Arnold de-convene from their huddle. They
walk toward the merry-go-round. They grab it and begin to
run in circles, spinning it. Round and round and round she
goes.

As they spin the merry-go-round, they begin to chant to the
tune of "Pop Goes The Weasel".

KEVIN, PAUL, AND ARNOLD
Jared’s mom’s a who-re! Jared’s
mom’s a who-re! Jared’s mom’s a
who-re-re-re! ...

The chant continues as it fades into the background. Young
Jared sits in the middle of the merry-go-round. Not angry,
not perturbed, just bored. Acclimated to the torment by THE
TERRIBLE TRINITY.

Young Jared sighs.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
Funny thing was, though. ... All
The Terrible Trinity’s parents had
equally egregious sins of their
own.

4.

Kevin continues to chant.
ADULT JARED (V.O.)

For example, one day at my house
QUICK FLASH

INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
Ugly, with vertically striped, green walls. Empty, save for
a pink shag rug and a 3-cushion couch, flower patterned.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
...Kevin’s dad...
KEVIN’S DAD (mid 40s, sunglasses, unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt)
appears on the right-hand side of the couch.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
...was an amateur pornographer.
A yellow arrow appears over Kevin’s Dad’s head. Above the
arrow, the words, "Amateur Pornographer".

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
Always behind, never in front. ...
Of the camera, that is.

BACK TO SCENE
The Terrible Trinity continues to spin the merry-go-round
and chant. Paul looks toward Kevin.

FREEZE FRAME
on Paul’s face. A devious smile spreads from ear-to-ear.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
Now Paul...oh poor Paul...
QUICK FLASH

INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
Kevin’s Dad still sits on the couch, twiddling his thumbs.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
Paul’s dad...

5.

PAUL’S DAD, professionally dressed, suddenly appears on the
left-side cushion of the couch. He clutches his briefcase,
as if he wants to hug it.

Kevin’s Dad waves to Paul’s Dad. Paul’s Dad waves back. He
clutches his briefcase again and looks down at his shoes.

A yellow arrow appears above Paul’s Dad. It points to him.

ADULT JARED (V.O.) 8
Formerly--

Above the arrow, the word "Still" appears.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)

Gay.

The word "Gay" now follows "Still" above the arrow.

ADULT JARED (V.O)
He "prayed it away" a few years
prior to meeting his wife. ...

Paul’s Dad buries his face into his hands. He begins to sob.
His briefcase falls to the floor.

ADULT JARED (V.O)
... I guess those prayers weren’t
answered.

BACK TO SCENE
Arnold, continues to spin the merry-go-round and chant.

FREEZE FRAME

on Arnold’s face.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
And now onto Arnold--

QUICK FLASH

INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
Arnold’s Dad...

ARNOLD’S DAD (40s, an older version of his son to a tee)
appears in the middle of the couch between the other two
dads. An arrow appears above him.

6.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
...Was a sex offender.

The words "Sex Offender" appear above the arrow.

ADULT JARED-(V.O.)
Statutory rape. Long-standing
charge from years back. Met her in
a bar. She said she was 21.

The words above the arrow change. Where it once said "Sex
Offender", it now says "She wasn’t."

ADULT JARED (V.O)

Oops.

BACK TO SCENE

The Terrible Trinity continues to spin the merry-go-round
and chant.

Young Jared now has his arms behind his head, unperturbed.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
The terrible trinity didn’t know
any of that stuff about their dads,
though. ... But I did.

INT. PSYCHOLOGIST’S OFFICE - PRESENT

ADULT JARED (30s) lies, hands behind his head, on a black
leather couch. He stares up at the ceiling. A PSYCHOLOGIST
(50s, brown, leather notebook in hand) interrupts.

PSYCHOLOGIST
And...how did you find out any of
it?

Adult Jared turns his gaze away from the ceiling and toward
the psychologist.

QUICK FLASH

INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

The same living room we’ve seen throughout. All of the Dads
still occupy their respective spots on the couch.

JARED’S MOM (early 40s) comes into the room. She grabs the
hand of Kevin’s Dad and leads him away.

7.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
Because the wall between my
mother’s room and my room was very
thin.

Jared’s Mom comes back in again and leads Paul’ Dad away in
the same fashion she did Brad’s Dad.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
And they were always just so eager
to tell her everything every time
they came to sleep with her. ...

Jared’s Mom sits on the couch. Paul’s Dad cries on her
shoulder. She rolls her eyes and pats him on the back.

ADULT JARED (V.O)
... Except for Paul’s dad, who I’m
pretty sure just used her as a
shoulder to cry on.

BACK TO SCENE

INT. PSYCHOLOGIST’S OFFICE - DAY

ADULT JARED
I have to say, though. ... I’m glad
they didn’t know. It made it so
much more fun for me a few years
down the road.

PSYCHOLOGIST
What do you mean?

Adult Jared turns his gaze back toward the ceiling. A fan
above him spins and spins.

BEGIN FLASHBACK

EXT. PLAYGROUND - DAY

The merry-go-round continues to spin, with Young Jared still
on it. He continues to lie down, looking up at the sky.
Still unperturbed.

ADULT JARED (V.O.)
What I mean is that I eventually
used this info to my advantage.

Young Jared lifts his head and looks at each boy in The
Terrible Trinity as they spin the merry-go-round. First he
looks at Kevin, then Paul, and finally Arnold. They chant.

8.

Young Jared again looks up to the sky.

He pulls his hands out from behind his head and pulls out an
Iphone. Young Jared’s face starts to change as he thinks
about something.

A smile creeps across his face.

EXT. PLAYGROUND - DUSK

The playground is empty, save for the members of The
Terrible Trinity. They sit on the merry-go-round, chatting.

They each receive a snapchat notification. They each pull
out their phones and open their respective notifications.

For five seconds each, a picture of each boy’s respective
father "with" Jared’s mother flashes on their screen. Each
boy’s mouth drops open, aghast. ... Except Paul’s.

PAUL
Why is my dad just sitting with
her?

ARNOLD
Who cares, man? He’s with her!
That’s all that matters.

FRAME FREEZE

on Arnold’s face.

ADULT JARED-(V.O.)
Wrong as usual, moron.

BACK TO SCENE

INT. PSYCHOLOGIST’S OFFICE - PRESENT

Adult Jared gives a small chuckle.

ADULT JARED
That wasn’t all there was to know.
I didn’t get my full revenge until
the day we all graduated from high
school, when I told them each all
of their daddies’ little secrets.

The Psychologist tugs at his collar, clearly uncomfortable.

9.

ADULT JARED
In the end, my mom may have been a
whore, but they were the ones who
got fucked.

PSYCHOLOGIST
Well Jared, you know I always enjoy
our weekly meetings but I’ve got
patients after you, so I’ll see you
next week. Same time work for you?

ADULT JARED
Yeah. Should be fine. I’ll call you
if anything changes.

He begins to walk out of the Psychologist’s office. He gets
to the door and is about to leave when...

PSYCHOLOGIST
Wait a minute. I’ve got a question.

ADULT JARED

Shoot.

PSYCHOLOGIST
How do you know your revenge is as
effective as you think it is? What
proof do you have that learning
that information fucked them up as
much as their bullying fucked you
up?

ADULT JARED
Just a hunch.

The Psychologist is taken aback by Jared’s arrogance.

ADULT JARED
Well, that and I see them every
week.

PSYCHOLOGIST
Really, where?

ADULT JARED
A certain place.

He walks out of the office into the

10.

WAITING ROOM

where three men sit. As Jared walks by, he addresses each
man.

ADULT JARED
Hey, Kevin. Hey, Paul. Hey, Arnold.

The Terrible Trinity all respond simultaneously in monotone.
Hollow shells of their former selves.

THE TERRIBLE TRINITY
Hey, Jared.

Yellow arrows appear above all three men’s heads. Above each
arrow: one word. "Traumatized."

FADE OUT.