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CIRCUS MONKEY
ACT I
Black screen
Video game sounds are heard, then an aggressive yet whiny voice appears.
Cut to-
DIEGO, a conventionally attractive young man, about 19, wearing oversized and decrepit clothing.
He is in an eerily empty room, with dirty walls, clothes thrown around, and food everywhere. It looks nasty, but inherently male.
DIEGO
(exhilarated)
Yo, yo, where are you bro? YOO.
Shooting sounds are heard from the screen. Banter from his two friends, Jack and Manny is also heard.
Suddenly, we hear Diego’s phone ding.
He casually glances at it. His head returns to the screen, but instinctively returns to the phone, this time with a more startled look.
He stares at the phone.
The room becomes silent, with only the sound of white noise being heard. His friends' voices in the computer become waningly muffled, to the point of silence.
He stares at the phone.
The phone shows a text from ERICKA, reading-
Hey Diego, I know I ended things with you but I just wanted to check up on you and see how you were doing. If you ever need to talk to anyone I’m always here for you:)
Also, try to go outside and stuff. It’s good for you to get off the computer every now and then. I wish you the best!
The silence is interrupted by his friend’s voice.
MANNY
Yo Diego
DIEGO
Yeah I’m here
MANNY
You died you dumb fuck
DIEGO
Sorry my, my ex texted.
JACK
You have an ex?
DIEGO
Yes, dumbass, Ericka? We dated.
JACK
Damn my bad
DIEGO
No like, like we dated. Like I had a girlfriend.
JACK
Ok-
DIEGO
(Condescendingly)
Ya
BEAT
MANNY
Did you see her naked-
DIEGO
Ok I’m hopping off
MANNY
(in a manly banter)
Nah man, don’t get offended
DIEGO
Yeah fuck you both. Fuck you, bye.
As one of his friends is about to speak, he interrupts and closes the computer.
The light of the computer is closed, and he is now sitting in a much darker room.
The shot (wide), lingers on him sitting in the bed alone in the dark. He turns on his phone, illuminating himself a bit, yet not enough to retreat him from the darkness. He stares at the phone longingly, then picks it up and throws it to the wall.
The phone rings. He stands up.
Cut to-
(j-cut)
A close up of Diego shows him on the phone.
DIEGO
(Sad)
Hey mom
MOM
Diego, I need to talk to you, can you talk right now?
DIEGO
(Almost tearing up)
Um, I don’t know, um, my ex-girlfriend kinda just texted me and-
MOM
(Interrupting)
Ok, is this story gonna take a while?
DIEGO
I just wanted to-
MOM
Because your father stopped sending me money again. He thinks I’m using it for botox.
DIEGO
Did you use it for botox?
MOM
How dare you. I need you to talk to him.
DIEGO
Mom I-
MOM
(interrupting)
No I don’t care, Diego what am I supposed to do? He won’t talk to me, the man won’t talk to me. How will I-
Diego’s face starts becoming red in rage.
DIEGO
(Suddenly and aggressively)
Can you shut the fuck up?
MOM
No don’t tell me to-
DIEGO
No shut up. Shut the FUCK up. I’m trying to tell you how I feel you conniving CU-
Cut to-
DIEGO at his desk. He has tears streaming down his face, but he looks like he just got done crying.
He is scrolling on his computer.
BEAT
He looks around his room with a face of emptiness and sadness. He looks back at his computer and types-
“Pornhub”
The computer takes him to porn hub. He types in the search bar-
“Lesbian amateur”
He scrolls around. There are tears running down his face and he looks sadly unimpressed with the videos.
He sits back on his chair. He’s looking around his room again.
In the corner, something catches his eye.
It is a funny monkey calendar.
Experimental music begins.
MONTAGE
Shot of Diego’s face becoming curious.
Shot of monkey calendar
Close up of his eyes.
Close up of monkey’s eyes
Shot of Ericka’s eyes(picture, vertical)
Close up of monkey’s hands
Close up of Ericka’s hands
Close up of monkey’s smile
Close up of Ericka’s smile
Close up of Diego’s eyes, slowly becoming intensified.
Beginning of the crescendo
His eyes widen, and he stares at it without blinking and with a little fear in his face.
As the music decrescendos, a medium shot shows him slowly looking down at his pants.
Title screen- “CIRCUS MONKEY”
Cut to-
(j-cut)
Diego’s computer screen shows a bit of a violent videogame.
He is beating up prostitutes in Grand Theft Auto.
DIEGO
(stands up to celebrate)
Lets fucking goo!! Take that whore, yeahhhh.
MANNY
Yo, my mom’s calling me, be right back
JACK
Alright I’ll pause it.
Diego lays back and looks around.
He looks at the monkey again. He looks a little disturbed at first, but snaps out of it and giggles at himself.
He giggles again and pulls up twitter on his computer.
He tweets-
“Lowkey, not being a creep, but if monkeys are just humans that don’t talk, couldn’t I hypothetically fuck a monkey?”
He tweets it as his friend is coming back.
MANNY
Alright, let’s hop back
They play in silence for a minute. The only thing heard is the violence of the video game.
The silence is cut by Jack.
Close up of Diego’s face.
JACK
Yo, Diego
DIEGO
What’s up
JACK
What the fuck did you just tweet dog?
The smile in his face wanes and for a second, we see full panic in his eyes.
BEAT
MANNY
I just saw it-
BEAT
They suddenly both burst into intense laughter, and slowly Diego begins laughing too.
MANNY
(In the middle of laughing)
No but like, you’re kinda…right
JACK
What the fuck dude
MANNY
Like I mean, a hole’s a hole. They got boobs too…
Their voices slowly become muffled, and the laughter of the boys
becomes intense, as a close up of Diego’s face shows his eyes becoming illuminated.
MANNY
I gotta go guys
JACK
Lowkey I’m gonna hop off too
DIEGO
Al-alright guys
A wide shot shows him sitting on his bed. He picks up his phone and opens tiktok.
We see him scroll for a second. He pauses to think. He looks at the wall. He opens the tiktok camera, and slowly puts the phone to his face.
We see his face on the front camera. He is staring at himself and preparing himself.
Cut to-
A vertical tik tok video of Diego saying-
DIEGO
Hear me out. Lowkey, if monkeys are just humans that can’t talk, could I, hypothetically, fuck a monkey? Sorry if this was offensive, I’m just genuinely curious.
Puts phone down.
Fade to black.
END OF ACT I
A graphic of tik tok likes begins popping up. Graphic of comments-
Harsh cut shows Diego staring at the phone. He is shocked, his eyes are completely wide.
The look on his face is completely ambigious, and slowly a grin emerges on his face revealing his feelings. A slow zoom on his face signify a change in him.
MONTAGE
Black screen. Vertical tiktoks show up. Things like "I'm the guy who said he would fuck the monkey, and you know what i have no regrets”
(replying to a comment that says: idk if ur serious but this is fucking hilarious) “nope im serious!” *thumbs up*
“Hey guys… still me, the guy who wants to fuck a monkey! I was just wondering…”
Him playing video games with his friends, ignoring them and going on tiktok.
Him checking his stats.
Progressively becoming nastier
Other people are making videos about him.
His friends calling him and him immediately hanging up on them, not hesitating.
Live stream- gets a bit of hate and he defends himself. Curses, says rude shit.
"My haters won't stop me." #EFFTHEMONKEY
Progressively, his personality intensifies, and he seems happy. The feeling is ambigious, although he seems happy, and he has support of people, he does not talk to his friends anymore, and there is a very somber feeling attached to the fame he has attained.
HARSH CUT
END OF ACT II
ACT III
Diego is sitting in the toilet. He has a vile shirt on, and his pants are fully down. His genitals are being strategically covered by the sink. His posture is disgusting, and he looks vulnerable and disgusting.
He is reloading his notifications, and they are showing the same three comments again and again. His face is very confused.
CUT TO
Diego is eating mac and cheese. Hunched over the table like a hog, he vacuums the mac and cheese like it has legs, and looks at his phone
He is more desperate now. He restarts his phone and nothing. He scrolls and scrolls and scrolls and nothing. Shot become shorter, faster, and he becomes more desperate.
He gasps. A wide shot shows him sitting alone again. Only white noise from the air conditioner is heard.
He goes to the bathroom and is out of toilet paper.
He goes to the kitchen and has basically nothing.
He lays down on his bed. His expression changes drastically. He looks at the monkey.
CUT TO
Ext. Parking Lot- Day
Wide shot- Diego parks his car in a parking lot and gets out. He is wearing a hoodie and looking at his phone, still scrolling on his phone and looking forward.
He crosses a woman, but her face is not visible. After passing him, she turns around and addresses him.
ERICKA (Off screen)
Diego?
Diego lifts his head and quickly turns around. Ericka is standing in front of him.
DIEGO
(Winded)
Ericka
There’s an awkward moment of tension, and a two shot shows them staring at each other. Diego looks upset, and Ericka just looks awkward.
ERICKA
(Breaking the tension)
How you doing? I haven’t heard from you in a while.
DIEGO
I-I’m fine
ERICKA
Um- I texted you a bit ago.
DIEGO
I didn’t see
ERICKA
I- saw the tiktok you made about me
BEAT
DIEGO
I was- pretty heartbroken
ERICKA
I didn’t realize
DIEGO
We had something
BEAT
ERICKA
Did we? We went on two dates Diego.
A close up shot shows him become more desperate.
DIEGO
(Stuttering)
I just- I just- I don’t get why you ended it. I was such a nice guy. I get it, I’m not the cutest, most macho guy, but I thought you cared about more than that.
BEAT
ERICKA
(confidently and boldly)
Diego, if you genuinely believe the reason we did not work out, or the reason girls don’t talk to you, is because of your looks, then there’s something seriously wrong with you. You are the most entitled, and childish man I have ever met.
She walks away. Diego is holding back an insane amount of tears and words.
As she is walking away, Diego interrupts.
DIEGO
(Interrupting)
You’re just another fucking whore!
ERICKA
(composed)
Have a good life Diego.
She walks away
Ear ringing is heard.
Slow motion- Diego walks back to his car angrily.
He sits in his car and looks forward, breathing hardly and angrily.
He picks up his phone and begins recording himself horizontally.
CUT TO
Video being recorded on phone.
Diego is not crying, but he is eating his tears. There is a stark silence.
DIEGO
Hi, it’s me. Monkey fucking guy. I have an update.
BEAT
If this video reaches one million like- I will kill my ex-girlfriend Ericka.
Cut to black
Black screen. The sound of tiktok likes is heard and becomes more intense.
Title screen – “CIRCUS MONKEY”, Credits.
