FIGHT GAME

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JIMMY-RAY

Hey, I was just kidding around. I only say that stuff because it bugs you.

KENNY
(making his way to the door)

Well, don't do nothing on my account.

JIMMY-RAY

You know I got nothing against nobody just because of the color of his skin. …Especially a bunch of bug-eyed coons.

KENNY turns to reprimand JIMMY-RAY and gets hit in the forehead by a well-aimed paper airplane.

SOUND of JIMMY-RAY’S LAUGHTER.

ANGLE - JIMMY-RAY with a big grin on his face

JIMMY-RAY(cont’d)

Just kidding, big brother.

INT. - BEDROOM, BOBBY'S TRAINING SITE - AFTER MIDNIGHT

BOBBY lies in bed, staring at the ceiling, wide awake.

INT. - TELEVISION NEWS ROOM - EVENING

Television news anchors, VICKIE and JOE on the evening news.

VICKIE

…I'm Victoria Tanner

JOE

And I'm Joe Levine, our top story:

CHROMA-KEY behind JOE shows graphic of a bonfire and the shadow of two figures fighting. The Word "Riot" is superimposed over the picture.

JOE(cont'd)

Racial tensions flare up again in Atlanta just as things seemed to be cooling down in Chicago.