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Sophie is having an a-ack of the existen3al life crises. A8er losing her job and ability to write, she picks up a part 3me gig as a cater waiter. At her first event, Sophie meets Alex, a sexygirlenigma who leans against walls and gets into trouble. But, Sophie has a livein girlfriend, Kat. Torn between the excitement of the unknown, and the trappings of the known, Sophie has to choose not just who, but what, she wants. Would You Rather?

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Sophie  is  having  an  a-ack  of  the  existen3al  life  crises.  A8er  losing  her  job  and  ability  to  write,  she  picks  up  a  part  3me  gig  as  a  cater  waiter.  At  her  first  event,  Sophie  meets  Alex,  a  sexy-­‐girl-­‐enigma  who  leans  against  walls  and  gets  into  trouble.    But,  Sophie  has  a  live-­‐in  girlfriend,  Kat.    Torn  between  the  excitement  of  the  unknown,  and  the  trappings  of  the  known,  Sophie  has  to  choose  not  just  who,  but  what,  she  wants.  

Would You Rather?

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When  the  script  opens  we  find  two  unlikely  women,  Sophie  and  Kat,  having  a  chance  encounter  turned  impromptu  date  in  New  York  City.  We  then  jump  to  two  years  later.    The  two  have  shacked  up  in  Brooklyn,  and  Kat  is  a-emp3ng  to  get  pregnant.  Things  are  geJng  very  adult,  and  very  real.  Except,  Sophie  just  lost  her  job,  ability  to  write,  and  is  generally  finding  herself  uninspired.  In  an  a-empt  to  build  some  structure  back  into  her  days,  Sophie  takes  a  job  catering,  much  to  the  chagrin  of  Kat  (a  no  bullshit  ad  exec  in  her  own  right).    At  her  first  catering  event,  Sophie  meets  Alex,  the  kind  of  rebellious  and  mysterious  type  you’d  totally  fall  for  in  high  school.  Sophie  is  trying  on  a  bona  fide  regression  for  size,  and  is  smi-en  from  day  one.    Sophie  and  Alex  flirt,  drink  from  flasks,  and  avoid  any  kind  of  work  in  lieu  of  trading  jokes  and  secret  glances.          When  Kat’s  job  takes  her  to  London  for  nearly  two  weeks,  Sophie  is  free  to  explore  this  new  flirta3on.    Both,  Sophie  and  Kat’s  rela3onship  is  tested  during  this  period,  but  only  Sophie  succumbs  to  tempta3on.  Kat  returns  from  London  with  a  new  found  zeal,  both  for  Sophie  and  the  rela3onship.    During  Kat’s  absence,  Sophie  landed  a  job  at  her  best  friend  Kevin’s  literary  agency,  and  is  finally  crawling  out  of  her  yearlong  funk.  It  seems  like  the  rushed  affair  between  Sophie  and  Alex  was  a  3ny  bump  on  the  road  to  true  adulthood.  But,  Sophie  can’t  shake  Alex  from  her  thoughts.  When  Kat  surprises  Sophie  by  popping  the  ques3on,  she  collapses  into  a  full  fledged  panic  a-ack,  and  admits  to  having  feelings  for  someone  else.    Kat  is  floored,  and  calls  off  the  rela3onship.        Newly  single  and  seemingly  in  the  throes  of  a  new  passion,  Sophie  pays  Alex  a  visit,  only  to  discover  Alex  is  in  a  rela3onship  of  her  own.    Realizing  the  magnitude  of  her  mistake,  Sophie  a-empts  to  win  back  Kat’s  affec3ons  by  interrup3ng  her  on  a  date  with  a  grand  cinema3c  gesture.  Kat  rebuffs  her  a-empt,  and  Sophie  is  le8  alone  with  her  decision.  The  final  scene  finds  Kat  and  Sophie  in  another  chance  encounter  outside  of  a  Whole  Foods.    This  3me  Kat  is  very  pregnant.  The  two  women  walk  side-­‐by-­‐side  onto  a  busy  street,  a  hopeful  note  of  reconcilia3on  hanging  in  the  air.    

Story

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Locations

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KAT:  Are  you  hiJng  on  me?  SOPHIE:  Completely.  Have  you  been  with  a  woman?  It’s  okay  if  you  haven’t.  They  called  me  the  gateway  drug  in  college.  Wait....  That  sounded  creepier  than  I  intended.  

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SOPHIE:  (whispering)  I  like  you.  KAT:  (s-ll  whispering)  No,  I  said  Benjamin  -­‐  SOPHIE:  (cu1ng  her  off)  I  know.  And,  I  said,  I  like  you.  KAT:  (s-ll  whispering)  I  like  you,  too.  

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SOPHIE:  Oh,  wait,  okay,  are  you  leaving?  KEVIN:  Soph,  I've  got  a  million  stupid  mee3ngs  tomorrow  morning.  One  of  which  with  some  guy  who  re-­‐tweeted  the  Cons3tu3on  and  believes  it  warrants  a  book  deal.  I’m  like:  The  Cons3tu3on  is  already  wri-en,  Fucktard.  

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ALEX:  Frank,  we  should  do  re-­‐realiza3ons  of  major  movies.  But,  like,  from,  other  characters'  perspec3ves.    FRANK:  Okay,  let's  try....  Ohhhh....  How  about  Forrest  Gump?  That  s3nk-­‐a-­‐roni.  SOPHIE:  Clearly  that  would  be  from  Jenny's  perspec3ve.  She'd  have  a  terrible  childhood,  become  a  drug  addict,  develop  AIDS,  get  impregnated  by  a  mentally  challenged  man,  give  birth  to  their  son  and  DIE.    FRANK:  Shit.  What  would  you  call  it?    SOPHIE:  Peas  N'  Carrots:  The  Jenny  Gump  Story.    

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   ALEX:  Please.  You  reek  of  long  term  rela3onship.  You  have  that  look  of  panic  every  3me  you  check  your  phone.  SOPHIE:  I  could  have  a  boyfriend.  ALEX:  No,  you  couldn't.  SOPHIE:  Why?  ALEX:  'Cus  you  don't  like  boys.  

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SIMON:  You  always  thought  I  was  tough  enough  to  handle  my  own  stuff.  But,  nobody  is.  Really.    Maybe  you  have  more  pa3ence  for...  Who  you're  with  now?  KAT:  I  did.  But,  my  reservoir's  been  a  bit  depleted  as  of  late.  

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SOPHIE:  Can  I  walk  with  you  for  a  bit?  KAT:  You  don’t  need  anything  from  inside?  SOPHIE:  Whole  Foods  isn’t  going  anywhere.  

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Characters

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Sophie Alex Kat

Main

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Kevin Simon Jan

Others

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Beginners

Celeste & Jesse Forever

Drinking Buddies

All Over Me

Movies We (hope) To Look Like

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Tone

The  script  toes  the  line  between  a  universal  roman3c  comedy  and  a  quirky  indie  flick.  The  humor  is  at  3mes  silly,  irreverent  and  peppered  with  lots  of  pop  culture  references.  But,  the  conversa3on  can  flip  into  the  gut-­‐punching-­‐ly  serious  just  as  easily.  There’s  a  sense  of  improvisa3on  to  the  dialogue.  A  lot  of  3me  is  spent  in  bars,  restaurants  and  goofing  off  at  work,  and  a  natural  pa-er  to  the  banter  should  occur  between  characters.    There  should  be  quick,  metropolitan  exchanges  that  occur  between  people  living  on  the  borrowed  3me  between  subway  placorms,  hec3c  jobs,  and  nearly  missed  appointments.    

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