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    Passing For Hot
    Passing For Hot
    Passing For Hot
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    Passing For Hot

    By Kalika

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    After the death of Ruby’s husband, Wesley, she suddenly finds herself wanting a real career after having spent all her adult life devoted to family and a restaurant her husband named after her. Ruby suddenly decides to become a movie star, but there’s a slight problem; she’s 55 years old, an age where most actresses have been put out to pasture.
    Ruby doesn’t look her age and can easily pass for 35, so she decides to do just that, and it’s “Hollywood, here I come!” Her almost thirty son, Kenny, thinks the charade is ludicrous and tries to discourage Ruby until he realizes that she's about to make his dream come true by letting him take full charge of the family restaurant while she pursues her dream of becoming a star.
    Ruby gains the support of her two best friends, Effie and Dorothy. Dorothy is the only one left with a husband, and spends her time helping less fortunate people in the community and taking care of her husband, Dwight, who was best friends with Wesley before he died. Effie, on the other hand has been single all her life and a bit jaded from past relationships. Nevertheless, she enjoys the life she has created teaching acting classes and a few singing gigs every now and then.
    Ruby enrolls in the “Hey I Saw You on TV” workshop and faces quite a dilemma after her first acting class. Coach Ike, considered to be a legend by his students, even though it’s been rumored he’s an alcoholic and raving lunatic, gives the kiss of death to “older” people trying to make it in the movie business while mistaking Ruby for being thirty-something.
    Meanwhile, Kenny is in his glory, having transformed Ruby’s former office at the restaurant into a "Macho Man Cave." Kenny also hiresTina, the new cook who will be cooking vegetarian dishes instead of the delicious meat and potatoes cuisine Ruby’s Restaurant has become known for, and plans a “Grand Opening” with his best friend, Winston, who will be displaying his talents as a keyboard player and rapper.
    Ruby throws a wrench into their plans when she lets them know she’s made a mistake about her acting career and will be resuming her rightful place at the restaurant. Kenny and Winston panic and go into high gear in an effort to change Ruby’s mind by surprising Ruby with “the perfect man” for her, hoping she’ll realize her place is at home with a man by her side.
    Kenny and Winston’s plan backfires when Ruby changes her mind about Coach Ike and gives acting another chance, and all is well– until Winston falls for Tina, the verbally challenged cook Kenny has just hired.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKalika
    Release dateDec 7, 2011
    ISBN9781465778789
    Passing For Hot
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    Kalika

    Kalika is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles California.

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      Passing For Hot - Kalika

      Preface

      Hello, valued readers. Did you know that by reading my Pilot Sitcom you're taking part in entertainment history? By reading and enjoying Passing For Hot, you will be helping to pave the road to production of this sitcom so that you will soon be able to watch it on TV. And, all subsequent written episodes of Passing For Hot will be free for your enjoyment.

      Because this teleplay is meant for e-publication and not as a shooting script, out of necessity, the formatting had to be changed, and I've been careful to make it suitable for reading by the lay person by also eliminating camera shots, although I had to put certain things in, and I'll explain them now, so that when you run across them you won't be scratching your head wondering what's going on. For instance:

      PILOT: Original script for a new television show

      SITCOM: short for situation comedy

      FADE IN signifies the beginning of the screenplay.

      EXT. indicates a scene taking place outside the location.

      INT.: indicates a scene taking place inside of a location.

      DISSOLVE TO: simply means the ending of a scene with time passing.

      PARENTHETICALS indicate what an actor is feeling or thinking and how and when he says his dialogue and/or who he is talking to.

      BEAT simply shows the director or actor, and in this case, you, the reader, that there is some emphasis, some emotion which follows the dialogue.

      MONTAGE means a short series of events taking place in quick succession, spanning either a short period of time or maybe even years. Sometimes these scenes are without sound and

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