I’ve decided to write a screen play, possibly taking off of my full time work to complete it. This is my idea, so tell me what you think:
1)Random teacher/male/female/shemale/person, comes back to their high school, or moves into the area or becomes concerned with some school.
2)Person gives the “Ghetto Kids” a sport/game/hobby.
3)They all pull together as a team
4)But one guy/girl/thing is late, as a result, the “coach” figure makes them all do laps/read books/train harder as a “punishment” to them, but really to teach the person who is late.
5) Someone threatens one of the students/teammates/kids
6) Coach goes and talks to family of kid/threatens drug dealer/talks to teacher of student
7) Kid joins back up on team, becomes star student/athlete/performer.
8) Team/club/group goes on to compete at high levels
9) They never have a uniform that doesn’t look “Ghetto”
10) All the other teams/clubs/groups are “Preppies” and have really nice uniforms
11) Cue music, Ghetto Superstars go on to win competition/state championship.
12) All the kids, from the ghetto, with no money, no real chance for escape, shitty home lives, shitty neighbors, criminal records, drug-dealing friends, etc etc etc go on to get full scholarships to college of their choice.
13) Go on to live happy lives, outside of the ghetto, miraculoulsy escaping because some coach/teacher/snob/community member gave them a hobby/sport/past time.
14) Everyone lives happily ever after, having forever escaped the ghetto, even though their whole lives were there including friends, physical home, and family.
I’m wondering what the hobby/sport should be.
Maybe Basketball? Maybe Poetry? Maybe Swimming? Maybe Chess?
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How many times have we seen that film? Freedom Writers, Coach Carter, the most recent one with the Swim Team, there was a Chess One, there have been various Football ones….
I actually think it’s a big joke on us. They have this famous “scream” that Hollywood directors put in their film only as a joke. It’s famous, you’ve heard it a hundred times- The “Wilhelm” Scream. Even serious films have it. Cameron, Spielberg, George Lucas, et al have put it in there.
I suspect these whole films are the same kind of idea.
How many times do we have to see them, with different actors, and sports, but over and over and over again?
Where’s Bronson and Treat Williams when you need them?
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you just described like 10 films! haha! they should make it more interesting with crackheads and maybe a few pedophiles or something.