Andie, an obese teen who is body-shamed by her parents and peers and Reef, a spoilt brat/druggie whom she abhores end up in detention together and form an unlikely bond.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
8pp
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Family
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
Everyone
Based On:
Inspired by John Hughes flicks from the 80s.
Synopsis/Details
A one-act play, inspired by 80s John Hughes movies like 'Pretty in Pink' and 'The Breakfast Club'. An obese teen girl named Andie, a teen bully/druggy named Reef and two fat-shaming teens named Rowana and Warner find themselves serving detention for a scuffle. The usually reserved and haughty Reef finds himself opening up to Andie about his own weight issues and they become fast friends towards the end of detention

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Submitted: 2019-May-05
Last Updated: 2019-Jun-11
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The Writer: Vidal D'costa

Vidal D’ Costa hails from Goa. She is also a freelance content writer, film critic and film journalist as well as a self-published author in sci-fi and romance genres in print and digital and a blogger. While pursuing her postgraduate studies at The New School, New York, she wrote and produced a documentary on excessive retouching in print and digital media and its negative impact on body image called ‘Airbrushed Beyond Recognition’ which was screened at various global film festivals and received an honorary mention at the Student World Impact Film festival in 2022. Her other short films include the low-budget mockumentary 'Vidal D'costa presents Mocking the Mundane' (originally conceived… Go to bio
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