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hwpFADE IN:
EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - MINNESOTA - DAY
Vintage black and white stock footage of some farms and
farmhouses.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - DAY
Color footage of cotton fields passing by. We FREEZE and
FADE TO BLACK.
TITLE WIPES IN:
1995 MARKED THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE NATIONS OLDEST BEAUTY CONTEST...
THE SARAH ROSE COSMETICS AMERICAN TEEN PRINCESS PAGEANT
A DOCUMENTARY FILM CREW WAS SENT TO
A SMALL TOWN IN MINNESOTA
TO COMMEMORATE THIS OCCASSION.
INT. PAGEANT AUDITORIUM - MOUNT ROSE - DAY
Vintage blue-toned stock footage of a teenage beauty
pageant contestant. LEGS WIPE IN.
MALE PAGEANT ANNOUNCER
(O.S.)
Sarah Rose knows youre a beautiful
person....
Blue-toned stock footage of a long row of beauty pageant
contestants on stage.
MALE PAGEANT ANNOUNCER (contd)
Sarah Rose knows you have an unusual
talent. Sarah Rose knows youre a
teenage girl.
Blue-toned stock footage of the row of contestants
parading down some steps from the stage as CAMERA TILTS
DOWN.
MALE PAGEANT ANNOUNCER (contd)
Mmm, and she definitely knows that you
are ready for the ultimate teen
glamour.
ROUSING PATRIOTIC MUSIC. FAST PACED CUTS feature SMILING
TEENAGE CONTESTANTS dancing and waving American flags.
APPLAUSE!
MALE PAGEANT ANNOUNCER
(contd)
The American Teen Princess Pageant.
Each contestant wears a BANNER ACROSS her dress reading:
AMERICAN TEEN PRINCESS.
MALE PAGEANT ANNOUNCER (contd)
And now, a few words...
ANGLE ON
Contestants DROP, ROLL and form a STAR. CHEERS!
MALE PAGEANT ANNOUNCER (contd)
...from last years host, Mr. Adam
West.
ADAM WEST
The American Teen Princess Pageant has
been enriching the lives of American-
made girls since 1945.
TITLES FADE ON SCREEN: Adam West, TVs Batman, then FADE
OUT.
ADAM WEST (contd)
The American Teen Princess Pageant
provides personal growth, scholarship,
travel, and you...
Numerous contestants stand up in SHOT and SURROUND ADAM.
ADAM WEST (contd)
...might even meet a few celebrities.
At the national level, thousands of
seventeen year-old girls like
yourselves. and compete around the
country in places like:
MALE PAGEANT ANNOUNCER
(O.S.)
Beautiful Mount Rose, Minnesota.
ADAM WEST
And make it all the way here to
Lincoln, Alabama, to compete for the
title of American Teen Princess.
LIGHTS come UP on the teenaged girls in the pageant as
they pause. As they WAVE AMERICAN FLAGS. Adam West
turns back to the camera.
ADAM WEST (contd)
And now, a few words from last years
host, Mr. Adam West.
Contestants strike a pose around him. THUNDEROUS CANNED
APPLAUSE!
ADAM WEST (contd)
(pointing to camera)
So, which one of you will it b--
SCREEN SUDDENLY STATIC.
INT. HIGH SCHOOL - GYM - DAY
SCENE from "DAYS OF OUR LIVES"
PULL BACK to reveal the VIDEO is on a TV in front of a
GROUP OF SEVENTEEN YEAR-OLD GIRLS, sitting in gym
bleachers.
[NOTE: The film is shot documentary style. PEOPLE ARE
REAL. Their lives revolve around this pageant. All
speak with a THICK MINNESOTA ACCENT.]
THREE "CIVIL SERVETTES," the local womens group.
[Picture unattractive Stepford Wives in matching
windbreakers] stand beside GLADYS LEEMAN, 34, president.
She STOPS THE VIDEO.
GLADYS LEEMAN
Good God, Iris, you taped your shows
over it.
IRIS
Sorry.
Gladys turns to the GIRLS in the bleachers.
SUPER: MOUNT ROSE, MINNESOTA POPULATION: 5,076
GLADYS LEEMAN
Now ladies, the rest of the tape -
which is now gone forever - goes on
about startin this great American
journey we call American Teen
Princess...Yah-so, any of you young
ladies whod like to start on that
journey, you just come right down here
and sign up. And please...help
yourselves to some coffee and bars...
SMASH EDIT TO:
Gladys seated with middle-aged women.
GLADYS
Showtime.
SUPER: GLADYS LEEMAN, LOCAL CHAIRMAN, PAGEANT ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE.
DOCUMENTARIAN (O.S.)
Do you think that most people would
say that teenage beauty pageants are a
good idea?
GLADYS
Oh yah-sure, I know what some of your
big city, no bra wearin, hairy-legged
womens libbers say, "Pageants are old-
fashioned" and, uh, and "demeaning" to
the girls --
IRIS
(jumping in)
Whats sick is women dressin like
men!
Civil Servettes stare at her a beat.
GLADYS
Uh... You betcha, Iris.
(quickly, back to camera)
Yah-I think yous boysll find that
things are different here in Mount
Rose...
Civil Servettes AD-LIB AGREEMENT.
GLADYS (contd)
For one thing, yknow, were God
fearin folk - every last one of us...
Civil Servettes AD-LIB AGREEMENT.
GLADYS (contd)
You wont find a back room in our
video store...
Servettes AD-LIB "AMEN. YAH-YOU BETCHA." etc.
GLADYS (contd) (V.O.)
...that filth is better left in the
"Sin Cities."
IRIS
A.k.a. Minneapolis - St. Paul.
PULL AWAY from MINNEAPOLIS SKYLINE to COUNTRYSIDE.
EXT. QUAINT MAIN STREET
The camera drives down the street.
EXT. PICTURESQUE MIDDLE-CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS
The camera drives down the street.
EXT. SUBURBAN HOUSE
A HAPPY FAMILY raises the AMERICAN FLAG.
EXT. SUBURBAN DRIVEWAY
BURLY GUYS look up from washing a FORD TR
