War/Peace - Part II. Clarissa Daisy Huntsman
Yeah. Overdose. Sound familiar? Amy Winehouse. Micheal Jackson. Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Ike Turner. Even Brittany Murphy. I remember that day - I was at Rugby, in England. It was raining; I pick up a paper at the train station and read that this beautiful actress has died. That young woman from Clueless, the daughter in King of the Hill, Eminem's chick in 8 Mile. I was - seriously - so depressed that day. And then there's . . .
TOURIST 1
And make sure you get that shot. Make it panoramic.
CLARISSA
. . . Mahatma Gandhi, Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Robert Montanez - Akon's manager, Dimebag Darrell, Jam Master Jay, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Junior, John Lennon, and Ronald Reagan but he was lucky enough to survive . . .
CLARISSA HAS PANIC IN HER VOICE. HER MIND IS RACING LIKE A RUNAWAY BUS [5.] AND SHE'S FEELING LIKE SHE'S ON BOARD ONE. JUST NOW THE BUS TAKES A CORNER A LITTLE TOO FAST.
CLARISSA
God!
EMILY
Clarissa, what's wrong? Calm down girl; what is it?
CLARISSA
Look - I like living in the fast lane - new experiences all the time and all [2.] [3.] - but . . . I don't want that lane to be my father's campaign trail. I just . . . I don't want it. I don't care what my sisters do; that's up to them, but . . . I just can't do it. I mean - how can you be sure there ain't no snipers on the sideline? Did you know that people tried to assassinate both Roosevelts, Hoover, Truman, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, both Bush's, and even Obama? Bullets have even been fired directly at the White House.
EMILY
No.
CLARISSA
Well, I do. It's all I think about some nights. I just can't get to sleep. I don't want to live that life.
JULIAN
But how could you? You're not a president.
CLARISSA NODS. SHE LOOKS AT EMILY.
CLARISSA
You're right. I'm nobody. Isn't it great? You're nobody, too, Julian. And it's great. Seriously, it's fantastic. You know - in some cultures they organize time itself around simple face-to-face encounters [4.] like the one we're having right now. This . . .
CLARISSA TAPS JULIAN'S SHOULDER.
CLARISSA
This is what life's about, you know. Encounters like this. Emily, call my dad and tell him I'm heading back to honeybee. Julian, have you ever been to honeybee?
JULIAN
Honeybee?
CLARISSA
That's a no.
CLARISSA SMILES.
THE BUS TAKES ANOTHER TURN, THIS TIME A LITTLE SLOWER.
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1 Goldenberg, J. L. (2011/2012). Finding Jolie. Florida: Existential Press.
2 Geddes, L. (2011). The clock in your head. New Scientist, 212 (2833), 45-46.
3 Stetson, C., Fiesta, M. P., & Eagleman, D. M. (2007). [Abstract]. Does time really slow down during a frightening event? PLoS ONE, 2 (12), e1295. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001295 Retrieved February 3, 2012 from http://www.plosone.org/.../info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal...
4 Sinha, C. (2011). A life without time. New Scientist, 212 (2833), 47.
5 Yost, G. [Writer], Whedon, J. [Writer], de Bont, J. [Director], Reeves, K. [Actor], & Bullock, S. [Actress] (1994). Speed. Fox Plaza, Century City, Los Angeles, California, United States: 20th Century Fox.
6 NJTransit: Bus 125 (http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv...)
7 Cassutt, M. [Writer], Paré, J. [Director], Young, V. [Actor - as Noah Hunter], Stewart-Bowden, J. [Actress], & Irizarry, V. [Actor] (1997, November 19). Deadline: Beverly Hills, 90210. [Television series]. Los Angeles, California: Fox Broadcasting Company. [Noah Hunter's fame and Erica's predicament].
8 Real To Me - Brian McFadden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJXUNiPVqs)
9 I Don't Want To Be - Gavin DeGraw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gFCW3PHBws)
10 Fade Away - The Other Half (inc. Leslie Carter) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1fioySlSrg)
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EXT. JERSEY SHORE - MONMOUTH BEACH - DAY
(CLARISSA, EMILY, JULIAN)
"I'M GOING TO JERSEY SHORE, BITCH!" SNOOKI SAID . . . AND KEEPS SAYING [8.]. SO WE DID TOO. WE'RE HERE NOW, AND MAYBE A LITTLE AIRBORNE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T BEEN SMOKING DOPE. WE - AS A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART CAMERA - ARE HOVERING ABOVE THE SHORE. PERHAPS THIS IS ILLEGAL, PERHAPS WE'RE INVADING SOMEONE'S AIRSPACE [5.], PERHAPS WE HAVE NO FILMING PERMIT [9.], BUT WHAT DO WE KNOW? WE'RE ONLY AN INANIMATE OBJECT. AND AN AWESOME ONE FOR THAT MATTER: AN UNCREWED AERIAL VEHICLE - UAV FOR SHORT [5.]. AND WE'VE FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH CLARISSA AND THE CREW. IT'S THE MORNING AFTER THEIR RIDE TO JERSEY AND THEY'RE NOT ON A PLANE OUT OF HERE JUST YET. SOMETHING ON OUR SKIN STARTS TO CRACKLE. WE'RE DESCENDING. AS WE FALL WE SEE CLARISSA, EMILY, AND JULIAN AS THEY WALTZ ONTO THE FAMOUS JERSEY SHORE, OR PART THEREOF.
CLARISSA
Leave the magazine on a table, Em.
EMILY HOLDS UP AN ISSUE OF "NEW SCIENTIST".
EMILY
Your letter was published [11.]. Don't you wanna keep it?
CLARISSA
I travel light. Besides, if I wanna see a copy I can just access the archives online. Let other people read it.
EMILY NODS AND BACKTRACKS TO A SHORE-SIDE TABLE. CLARISSA TURNS TO JULIAN.
CLARISSA
So Julian, what do you think? You've had the night to ponder. Are you coming to live with us in Utah?
JULIAN
Are you serious? You really don't mind?
CLARISSA
Of course we don't. So I take it from your eyes that's a yes.
JULIAN SMILES.
CLARISSA
Yeah. I knew it! No one can resist honeybee. It's so beautiful.
JULIAN
Oh, but I haven't got enough money for the flight.
CLARISSA
Julian, I told you who I am. Money isn't an issue anymore. When you're with us we cover everything. Anything short of a brand new BMW each day is totally fine. Seriously, forget about cash. We refer to that as "card" and that's always in my pocket.
JULIAN
Wow. Thanks.
EMILY RETURNS. SHE SPOTS US - THE DRONE [5.].
EMILY
Hey, what's that?
EMILY'S POINTING AT US. WE LOOK AT CLARISSA. SHE SHAKES HER HEAD WITHOUT EVEN GLANCING IN OUR DIRECTION.
CLARISSA
It's a drone [5.]. Don't touch it or it'll follow us.
EMILY SMILES. SHE PATS US ON THE HEAD LIKE WE'RE A POODLE AND WE FOLLOW THE THREE AS THEY TRAVERSE THE SHORE.
CLARISSA
I can't believe we almost forgot about Jersey Shore [8.]. How can we go to Jersey and not visit the shore?