LOVE IS STRANGE_SHOOTING_SCRIPT

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OFFICIANT
And for everybody who’s here, I
would like to ask you to get rid
of everything that’s in your head
about anything else, and
concentrate only on this moment,
and the ceremony, and these two
people who we’re about to join
together.
Sitting on the chairs, in the audience, are Ben’s nephew
ELLIOT and his wife KATE, in their 40s. She reaches for
his hand.
OFFICIANT (O.S.)
Try to stop thinking about your
jobs, your marriage, your
schoolwork, what you have to do
tomorrow and what you forgot to do
today. Let’s just focus all our
energies, and all our love on
these two men here: George and
Ben.
A cell phone rings, with a cutting edge rap song,
interrupting the speech. There’s laughter all around.
Kate pokes her 15 year old son JOEY, who immediately
silences his iPhone.
OFFICIANT
I’d also like to ask the audience
here to be part of this ceremony
today. You are already a part of
the community that made this love
possible. You have made this
moment possible.
Right behind them is ROBERTO, dark skin, Domenican-
American, early 40’s. Sitting next to him is his partner
TED, a good looking all American man, early 30’s. And
HONEY (late 50s), an old friend of the couple’s, in an
elegant dress, conservative but also a touch glamorous.
Roberto shoots a picture with his phone, while Ted fights
a yawn - maybe from a sleepless night.
OFFICIANT
And so I ask all of you, if you
would commit to support and honor
these two individuals in their
life, and in their love, and in
their marriage together...
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