Luyện nghe bài hát Because The Internet Screenplay - Part 4

[VISUAL "DEATH BY NUMBERS"]

*******[PLAY "FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR" AT THIS POINT]*******

INT. - DAY

The Boy up. He's in a gown. His eyes feel heavy. The TV is on in his room. "Golden Girls" to be specific. One of the ladies just said something funny cause there's a lot of laughter
Sitcom laughs always freaked him out. Because most of those people are dead. Those are ghost laughs. Laughs that are supposed to be gone forever linger on earth after every mid 90s joke about teenage sex or someone saying "don't go there". Looking for their mouths, never finding them because they're gone. The laughs don't feel good because they're dead laughs. Those laughs aren't what stood for anymore. They've been reappropriated. Now they're just sounds monkey descendants make when amused to cue other monkey descendants when to make the sounds at home

...my feel heavy

A nurse in

       WHITE GUY NURSE: Hello Mr.[EDIT]. How are you
       THE BOY: I'm about to get talked to by someone about- (gestures) All this

Nurse gives a "yep"

       WHITE GUY NURSE: You're friends you in-
      BOY: They're not my friends
       WHITE GUY I don't think they'd like you saying that
       THE Doesn't matter. It's the truth. But also, they know. We're not friends. There's a mutual benefit to our relationship, but I can't trust them for shit
      GUY NURSE: Then why save you?
       THE BOY: Cause their lives are far easier with me around. survival
       WHITE GUY I think you should talk to someone
       THE BOY: talking
      GUY NURSE: A professional
       THE BOY: Why? You don't care. You're not gonna make I do. (then) Our lives aren't precious, man

Silence. The Nurse to clean up

       WHITE GUY You done?
       THE I was trying to be
      GUY NURSE: No you weren't. Cause, guess what? It's not hard to do

leaves

INT. WAITING ROOM - THAT DAY
The Boy walks out of the double doors. Steve, Swank, and Fam are there. They look up wearily

       THE BOY: I don't wanna talk. Let's just go be awkward and quiet together at Chipotle.

all just stare. Swank gets up slowly and walks over

       SWANK: Man...we know if we should wait or tell you later, man

The Boy a ["WHAT?" EMOJI] face

      (CONT'D): Man...your pops died, man. Got the call

       THE BOY:

(hum of a jet engine...)

*******[PLAY SONG "ZEALOTS OF STOCKHOLM" AT THIS

INT. JET - EVENING
The Boy his head against the plane window, the oil from his hair leaving grease smudges all over the window
His father died in Stockholm. A family member was needed. Didn't realize that they were each other's only family til this very moment. you lose that, you basically lose most of your memories, at least the accuracy of your own memories
He wanted to be
The Boy didn't really know anyone in Stockholm, but he also didn't want to be in his hotel room with his for a day. Even if he was just ashes. So he decided to search through his followers for someone from Sweden

Some girl named "Hello_Pity_" Dm'd him back and they were supposed to meet up after all the whatever he had to do. Her profile bio said she was half french. She looked pretty in her an inverted Hello Kitty. But that really doesn't mean anything at all, especially since her instagram was blocked, which is something he's learned not to trust at all
So he looked through her tweets, figured out a night she went to a club, used one of his dummy profiles and pretended that they'd met at the club that night. She had trouble remembering because, to her feed, she was "fuckin turnt, [CRAZY TONGUE OUT EMOJI] lol". She added this made up dude as a friend on Facebook. Now The Boy could see her pictures
The rest of her pictures she was indeed pretty
This girl loves Justin Bieber though. New Justin Bieber. The "fuck you" Bieber. She loves Justin Bieber in the way you love that girl on Maury who's like "my favorite flavor popsicle is DICK!", which is close to sincere love, but nowhere near it at the same

INT. OFFICE - NIGHT
The Boy is sitting at a desk, across a solemn man. An urn sits on the left side of the desk
The man slides it to The Boy

       SOLEMN I'm sorry for your loss

Silence. Don't you have to ask someone before you cremate their father? I don't know how things work

       SOLEMN MAN (CONT'D): were found with him

He The Boy a large brown paper bag

INT. HOTEL ROOM -
The Boy vapes on the foot of his bed. He's back and forth with "Hello_Pity_" whose real name is Alyssa

      where u at
       Hello_Pity_: bar box. meet u here?
      yeah
      u should meet my boyfriend. he loves you

      sure
       Hello_Pity_: LAUGH EMOJI] LOL. Don't worry. It's not like that
      wdym
       Hello_Pity_: [CRAZY OUT EMOJI] see u soon

He puts his phone

EXT. STREETS - NIGHT
There's a going on. Very pretty people walk hand in hand on the street. There are people saying things, giving opinions, feeling interesting. Everyone has a purpose tonight. It's a great time
A walk by:

       SUPER GUY: Swedish blah blah blah roscoe's wetsuit hahahaha!
       SUPER PRETTY GIRL: blah blah, swedish blah roscoe's wetsuit!

The Boy walks up to a pink, glowing, but very discreet that says "box". There's a big bald guy standing outside with no hat. There's steam coming off his head
A girl is standing outside smoking, at least to. She can't seem to get the cigarette lit. It's Alyssa

      BOY: Hey
      Ah! It's you

She gives him a kiss on both

       ALYSSA (CONT'D): Fancy meeting you this, huh?
       THE BOY: I don't what you mean

She out her cigarette. After two big puffs

       ALYSSA: go
       THE BOY: Didn't you want me to your boyfriend?
       ALYSSA: Who? guy?

She points to a corner of the building, a few steps from the front. A guy with long blonde hair (her boyfriend?)is making out with a in the cold

       THE BOY: What am I getting
       ALYSSA: Nothing. You're getting nothing

CUT TO:
EXT. STOCKHOLM - CONTINUOUS
The Boy and Alyssa walk slowly through the streets. It's very cold, so the only ones doing that

       ALYSSA: What you DM me?
       THE BOY: I know anyone here
       ALYSSA: Then why are you
      BOY: My dad died. I have to pick him up
      R O U G H. How?
       THE BOY: Doesn't matter at point
       ALYSSA: I know right? It's "how'd he die?" Like if you know all the ways, you'll avoid it. Silly

She

       ALYSSA (CONT'D): I don't believe in small talk. What's the longest relationship you've in?
       THE BOY: years
       ALYSSA: Wow. happened?
       THE I'm still in it
      Oh?
       THE BOY: She does private web shows. not together. But it's a relationship, for sure
       ALYSSA: I get it
       THE BOY: I used to watch her online a while back. Then she and started doing private shows. Then it just started turning into talking. Mostly
      Wooooaah
       THE BOY:
      You're paying her to be your girlfriend or friend or whatever
       THE Yes. But most people are paying for friends one way or another
      No
      BOY: Your boyfriend is making out with another girl right now. You don't really have room to judge
       ALYSSA: I trust that I can never him. We're clear on that
      BOY: Then why have him at all?
       ALYSSA: Because he's honest. And I like that. He doesn't lie to either of us. That's to me

INT. HOTEL ROOM -

The two are sitting on the bed at the urn on the table

       ALYSSA: So that's dad
       THE BOY: That's my dad. That's left of him
       ALYSSA: You close?
       THE No
       ALYSSA: You wanna about it
       THE No

       THE BOY (CONT'D): I'm going to make a
       ALYSSA:

The Boy gets up and goes into the living room. While he's in there, gets up, takes the urn, and walks out of the room. The Boy hears the door slam

       THE BOY:

CUT TO:

SONG "URN" AT THIS POINT]*******

EXT. - NIGHT
The Boy runs out of the front doors. His breath, clouding in the night. He looks both ways and catches Alyssa turning a corner. He runs to the corner and meets her on the other

      BOY: What's going on
      Let's get rid of it. It's just bad for you
       THE BOY: You have a TON of nerve judging me and my father's relationship, so much so, you just walk out his ashes? I feel like what you're doing is against the law, but much like the fact he was cremated before I arrived, I don't know if it's illegal. I'm still pissed though
      We're gonna do this together

The Boy is pissed. He's trying not to up

       ALYSSA (CONT'D): I had a sister. I did when she died
       THE Yes. That gives you the right

Alyssa digs in her pocket and pulls out her phone. She turns it on and the background is Alyssa and a girl looks exactly like her. The Boy takes the phone

       THE BOY (CONT'D):
      Yes
       THE BOY: I know we agreed that it's dumb to ask since we're all headed that way anyway,
      Brain cancer. It was bad

       ALYSSA (CONT'D): So

She LOLs. They're still walking this entire time. They stop at the water. They stand there making small clouds for a

      (CONT'D): You want to say something?

The Boy

      (CONT'D): Alright-
       THE BOY:

The urn almost tips over the edge. She waits for him. He walks over and takes the urn and just holds it for a moment. Then he kinda hugs it. Laying his head on it, but turning his head so she see what he says:

       THE BOY (CONT'D, whisper): I'm sorry we're

He pours out the ashes. He's

       ALYSSA: How do you feel?
      BOY: I feel...the same
      HEY!

and The Boy turn around. It's Alyssa's boyfriend

      What the fuck, bro?
       ALYSSA: Oh, so you now you give a

She pushes him back as he takes swipes at The Boy. The Boy is annoyed. They're all yelling at each other

       BOYFRIEND/THE BOY/ALYSSA: dead ass-hole!/ Relax, nothing happened/ Would you stop!

The breaks free from her

      Do you know who the fuck I am?

       ALYSSA: Please don't. Please do this
       THE Nah, man. I don't know who you are
       BOYFRIEND (CONT'D, scream): WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY! (silence) I. Wrote. That. That's my shit. I'm the nigga dressed a fox. That's all me
       THE What?

The boyfriend making the noises a fox makes in the song

      That!
       ALYSSA (resigned, to The Boy): the song and video
       THE I've never heard of it
       ALYSSA AND What/wha?
       ALYSSA: I you "were the internet"?
       THE BOY: That's a tagline. No one is the actual internet. I just must've it when it was popular
       BOYFRIEND: Uh, by "when it was popular" do you mean, uhhh, RIGHT THE NOW?!
       THE Relax
       BOYFRIEND: Two hundred and twenty million on Youtube. Two hundred and twenty million. That's most of the earth
      BOY: Not true
       BOYFRIEND: An African wrote to me-
       THE The whole village did?
       BOYFRIEND: -and told me that my song taught them foxes. They don't have foxes there. I introduced the idea of a fox to an entire continent...(then) And you wanna fuck my girl?

      BOY: I do not wanna fuck your girl. I don't want to be here. I am going home now

The Boy walks away. Alyssa and her boyfriend start a boring in the cold as he disappears

CUT TO:
INT. LA RESTAURANT - NIGHT
Fam, another girl, and The Boy sit in a at the restaurant. Fam and the girl are talking. The Boy is silent. Don't know if he's just bored or jet lagged from Sweden. Either way he's bumming everyone out

       ANOTHER GIRL: My friend should be here

The Boy doesn't say anything. Fam and the look on
A girl walks up to the table. The Boy looks up. It's the girl from the

      Hi

The Boy say anything

       ANOTHER This is Naomi. (then) Hello?
       FAM: He's dumb. You should sit and ignore him

She down

      You're the guy that almost hit my arm
      BOY: Yes
       NAOMI: You guys
      BOY: No. I hate vegan. I think she's making us eat here
       NAOMI: I'm the vegan. I asked to eat

       THE BOY: I vegan
      (saying it dumb): Duhh, "I hate vegan"

In his head, he was lol-ing. In life, he just kinda looked down

       NAOMI (CONT'D): What's the deal. Why you always act like your parents

The Boy

      BOY: They did

Awkward.

      GIRL: I'm so sorry

Fam and The Boy stare at other for a moment. Then laugh. Another Girl and Naomi do not

       FAM (to The Boy): Your are dead, man
      BOY: My parents are dead yo

They slowly stop laughing. thinks The Boy is weird. But she doesn't run

INT. - NIGHT
Fam and Another Girl are sitting on the swings smoking and about something they will never remember and don't really care about
Naomi and The Boy sit in the living

       NAOMI: did he do?
      BOY: I don't know
      How'd he afford all this?
       THE BOY: I don't
      Then how can you afford all this? He leave you a lot?
       THE BOY: Creditors were after him. I don't know if he had anything left. I'm not concerned. (serious) I'm gonna sell

LMAOs

       NAOMI:
       THE BOY: Fam can hook me up. I've been watching him for a minute. He runs out of already
       NAOMI: I don't think you need me to tell you you're an awful
       THE BOY: How would you know?
       NAOMI: You make everything awkward. You can't connect with anyone. How is anyone supposed to feel like they can trust you?
       THE BOY: Yeah, that's what drug dealers are known for. comfort
       NAOMI: They are, dumb-ass. You gotta know how people work. You're only good with people

He slowly turns to her. "how does she that?"

       NAOMI (CONT'D): I you up
       THE BOY: the party or just now
      Just now. I'm a writer too
       THE Oh really
      Yup. And I know I'm good cause people keep stealing my shit

She hits the

      (CONT'D): I tweeted this. (holds up her phone) Is that not my poem verbatim? I posted them together. This nigga just rapped this like it was his
       THE BOY (looking at her phone): Your first mistake is being a past the year 1974, by the way
       NAOMI: That's how good my shit is. I'm bringing the whole back
       THE You're cocky when you're high
      No. I'm talkative when I'm high. I'm cocky all the time, but I'm silent for most of it...like you

He looks up. She lifts an eyebrow. He doesn't smile. She cross-eyed. No response. She stops, then sighs

       NAOMI (CONT'D): You ever think in hell? This is all hell. Living on earth and being the only ones aware that it's all ending slowly

       THE No
       NAOMI: I read something that said more than we all just do this all again. It's all a cycle
       THE BOY: I that theory
       NAOMI: Yeah. (then) You're not such a lonely boy

She LOLs and his face with her hand. The Boy smh, but smiles