Synopsis/Details
Although to this day it's still kept on the down-low, there continues to be a strong bias against dark black females getting very far in the "world of show business."
Meet CELESTE JAMES...Twenty two year old Chicago resident who's a drop-dead gorgeous, long black hair, flawless skin, statuesque killer body, who happens to be a darker than dark, black female.
After leaving work on one of Chicago's coldest winter days from a local, no name chicken restaurant, Celeste waits at her usual bus stop to catch bus #41. As she waits amongst several other Chicagoans for the bus, a blond colored limo with dark tinted windows slowly moves through the area. As it waits for the light to change from red to green, a back window opens halfway revealing just the eyes of Mr. cool black FLEX JOHNSON - C.E.O./Producer of Chi-Town Productions Inc. He focuses on a bundled up, yet still stunning Celeste.
After bus #41 arrives at a multiplex apartment projects, Celeste moves into the complex. Across the multi lane street, that same blond limo is parked with the windows up. Suddenly two sharp dressed men depart the limo, one from the back, and one from the front passenger seat. They move across the street to the large complex.
After searching a few floors for where Celeste lives, one finds her apartment, only to meet her overly protective Grandmother who refuses to let him talk to her.
When he gets back to the limo, he informs Flex that he was unsuccessful at getting to talk to her.
The next day, Flex and his lackey from the limo, coincidently are eating lunch in Celeste's no-name restaurant. Spotting her working, he calls the restaurant on his cell phone, and finally gets to talk to her. As he tries to mack her, he offers her a lead role in his next produced music video shoot. She rejects the offer.
The next day, a black limo sits waiting at the restaurant where another one of Flex's lackeys named SWEETS finally convinces Celeste to come down to Chi-Town to audition for the role in the well known rap group IFATT's new video.
She finally has a sit down with Flex in his luxurious Chi-Town office, then the work begins for her new career.
But of course human nature always prevails, as other dancers and actresses at Chi-Town show their discontent over dark skin Celeste getting the juicy role, including Flex's blond hair, blue eye girlfriend CANDY, who was originally promised the potentially star making role.
After a minor role in a test video in Chicago, IFATT...(I F##k ALL THE TIME)... likes what they see, then offer Celeste to fly out to Los Angeles for the big role in their long play video. But Candy, who's not about to take that lying down, flies out to L.A. to do whatever she can to sabotage Celeste's chances at stardom with the role she angrily still wants.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Rite of Passage
Story Situation:
Ambition
Story Conclusion:
Bitter-sweet
Moral Affections:
Contempt
Cast Size:
Many
Locations:
Few
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female Young Adult
Hero Type:
Unfortunate
Stock Character Types:
Boy next door
Advanced
Equality & Diversity:
Female Protagonist
Time Period:
Modern history
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Time of Year:
Winter
Relationship Topics:
Domestic