OPEN CURTAINS
September 2011, a local gas station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Enter MAE BRUCE, an African American woman of slightly below-average height, carrying a large black purse. a MAN offstage is yelling at her.
MAN: Hey! Hey, Come here!
MAE continues walking and ignores the MAN, hoping that he's talking to somebody else. Enter the MAN, running. He catches up to MAE, and taps her on the shoulder. She stops walking and turns around, irritated.
MAE: (through her teeth) Is there something I can help you with, sir?
MAN: Yeah, I know you.
MAE: I don't think so.
MAN: (smiling) Sure, I do. You're the one with a faggot for a son, aren't you?
MAE drops her bag and punches the MAN in his nose, breaking it. Blood starts dripping down is chin.
MAN: Ugh! You bitch!
MAE punches the MAN again, though this time, in the mouth. By now the blood has reached and started staining his white shirt and he is on the ground.
MAN: (crying) I'm sorry! I didn't mean any disrespect!
MAE: (yelling) HOW THE HELL CAN YOU GO AROUND SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT WITHOUT MEANING ANY FORM OF DISRESPECT! IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT ARE CAUSING SO MANY KIDS TO COMMIT SUICIDE! ARE YOU EVEN AWARE OF HOW PITIFUL YOU ARE!?
The MAN stumbles to his feet and runs away, bloody and crying. Enter a WOMAN, who runs into the scene and next to MAE.
WOMAN: Thank you so much for standing up to him. My daughter is a lesbian and he's been hanging around our neighborhood for over a week saying awful things like that to people. I'm glad someone had the courage to give him what he deserves.
MAE nods and smiles, then turns in the other direction. Both women walk offstage in opposite direction as the scene fades to black.
END SCENE
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