Steve the Killer Turtle Shark
SUGGESTION: “the glove compartment” · 15 LINES · 47 DAYS AGOMo
Okay, don't freak out, but I think there's a raccoon skull in your glove compartment.
Pinky
Oh, no! They killed him!
Mo
"They" killed him? Pinky, who is "they," and why do you have his skull instead of, I don't know, calling the police?
Pinky
They wanted an acting role in my new movie and I said it's totally against my values to do favors for the mob!
Mo
The mob wanted to audition? For what, Pinky, what movie is this—and does it explain the other seventeen skulls I found under your porch last spring?
A NOTE FROM THE BOOTH
Commit to the movie's title and pitch it like you're desperate for Mo to star in it — make Mo an offer they have to react to.
Pinky
Oh, no! They killed them, too! They want to star in "Steve, the Killer Turtle Shark", but I want you to have the part of Steve!
Mo
Me? Pinky, I don't want to be Steve — every actor you cast ends up a skull in your glove compartment! Is this an audition or a ritual?
Pinky
No, the skulls are because I wasn't casting the mob and they're pissed. I kept the role for you!
Mo
Oh well when you put it that way, sure, sign me up — wait, no! Pinky, I love you, but I watched you cry over a dead houseplant last week and now you're casually curating a skull collection like it's a spice rack!
Pinky
I'm not casual! I'm freaking out! I can barely focus on driving right now. Close that glove compartment so I don't have to look at the skull anymore.
Mo
Fine, fine — closing it — but Pinky, if you're this shaken, maybe don't take casting notes from men who leave severed heads as headshots! Pull over, let me drive, you're a menace with a steering wheel and a guilty conscience!
Pinky
There's nowhere to pull over on I-5 in the middle of LA rush-hour traffic
Mo
Then at least roll down the window and toss the skull, Pinky! We are not bringing Chad-slash-raccoon-slash-mob-associate to the premiere!
A NOTE FROM THE BOOTH
Don't just react to Mo's demand — reveal something that ups your own stakes: why you actually need that skull kept, specifically.
Pinky
The mob says I need to keep the skulls and bring them to the premier!
Mo
A skull red carpet? Pinky, that's not a premiere, that's a ossuary with a step-and-repeat! What, do they want the skulls seated by the punch bowl, do they get plus-ones?
Like the shape of this one? Mo will happily go again.RUN THIS ONE WITH MO
STAGE MANAGER'S CLIPBOARDHow established this scene got
THE SCENE
LOCATION
inside a car driving on I-5 in LA rush-hour trafficRELATIONSHIP
close friends (Mo says "I love you") where Pinky is a filmmaker casting Mo in her movie, entangled with the mobMo
FEELING
alarmed and increasingly panicked about Pinky's casual acceptance of a mob-linked skull collection and the danger it puts them both inBELIEVES
not establishedWANTS
wants Pinky to get rid of the raccoon skull and stop taking orders from the mob before it endangers them bothPinky
FEELING
frantic and overwhelmed, insisting she's not calm about the skulls despite Mo's accusationsBELIEVES
not establishedWANTS
needs to keep the skulls and bring them to the movie premiere because the mob demands it, out of fear of their retaliation