By Antoinette Johnson

INT. COMEDY CLUB – L.A. – NIGHT

Spotlights, laughter, and the smell of overpriced nachos fill the air. ANT (you) sits front row in a fire outfit, next to BIG TANK — a 6’7″, 350lb man trying to flirt but sweating like a glazed ham.

ON STAGE – FRANTZ CASSEUS
(pointing at ANT and BIG TANK)

FRANTZ:
Yo! Why it look like Beauty and the Buffet Beast in the front row?!
Girl, blink twice if you safe! That man look like he ate the last dude she dated!

CROWD:
(erupts with laughter)

BIG TANK:
(whispers)
Man, that ain’t even funny…

ANT:
(shushing him while sipping her drink)
You mad ‘cause it’s true, Big Mac.

AFTER THE SHOW – OUTSIDE THE CLUB

Frantz walks out, still glowing from the set. He sees Ant standing by the valet.

FRANTZ:
You was the whole vibe in that front row. If Hollywood had a Queen’s Chair, it’d be yours. Let’s build something epic.

ANT:
Say less. NYC, ATL, or Mars — I got stories to tell and empires to build.

FRANTZ:
We talkin’ movies? Skits? Reality shows that save souls and roast demons?

ANT:
All of it. We changin’ the game without the elites even knowing. They watching reality TV — I’m giving ‘em Reality DUN Did It Again.

BIG TANK storms out — dramatic music cue
He’s holding a turkey leg and a broken heart.

BIG TANK:
Oh, so I’m just a joke now?! You pickin’ comedians over kings?!

ANT:
A king? Baby, you ain’t even got a throne! You don’t have common sense — you got confused cents.

FRANTZ:
(chuckling)
My boy got Netflix buffering in his brain.

BIG TANK:
Y’all fake anyway! Y’all ain’t gon’ make it!

ANT:
Well guess what, Big Fella — when I make it, I’m putting YOU on stage… as a before picture.

CUE MUSIC:
“Started from the bottom now we here…”

MONTAGE SCENE
— Frantz and Ant producing a blockbuster
— Red carpet moments
— Sketches on sound stages in ATL, NYC, and Dubai
— Big Tank stuck at a karaoke bar singing “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men

NARRATOR (Morgan Freeman voice):
And that, kids, is how jealousy got bodied, and dreams got greenlit.

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