Daring, Dangerous and Dad-Tastic by Jimmy Monack Jimmy Monack 15 McKendree Ave Annapolis, MD 202-246-6718
[email protected] FADE IN: INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY A pair of ten-year-old hands flip through a comic book. Another comic gets picked up and perused. Then another. DANNY (V.O.) The funny thing about superheroes is that they never have kids. I mean, police have kids, fire- fighters have kids. Why not superheroes? DANNY (ten-years-old), stone-faced, pulls a catcher’s mask over his face. He puts down the comic books, stands and picks up the sword controller for the Wii game. INT. HOME OFFICE - DAY ROBERTO (mid-forties - Danny’s dad) works on three computers at once when one of them stops and asks for a password. Roberto frowns and spins his chair around to stare at his disastrous office. He pulls on some papers and is hit by an avalanche of junk. INT. SUBURBAN GARAGE - DAY POLLY (ten-years-old) works on her cherished BMX bike. DANNY (V.O.) Of course, it would be cool to have a superhero as a dad, but don’t you think he would want you as a kid too? Finishing, she nods and rides out the garage doing fancy bike tricks. INT. KUNG FU SCHOOL - DAY DEXTER (mid-forties - Polly’s dad) participates in a Kung Fu class. He is clearly a klutz. As the class takes a break, he leans against a trophy case which falls over in a huge crash. The class stares. Dexter looks at his watch and quickly leaves.