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2.FRANK (CONT’D)Don’t have a clue where he got thatfrom. I’m no biologist, but helooks a bit like my brother, he andthe ex were close. Wants to be aparatrooper.QUICK-CUT of Ian in ROTC uniform, seriously working a woodenrifle in close-order drills on a weedy playground.FRANK (CONT’D)Girls are going to love this guy.Carl... Carl...CARL, eleven. Shaved head, also drinking from a brown bag --here’s hoping there’s a Fanta Orange hiding in there.FRANK (CONT’D)I don’t really know that much aboutCarl... Oh, he’s got beautifulhair, fetches top dollar at the wigshop. We don’t tell the wig ladyhe’s a magnet for lice. Debbie!Sent by God, a total angel, don’tknow what we’d do without her.DEBBIE, ten. Hooting and hollering at the fire, holding hertoddler brother, LIAM, in her arms.FRANK (CONT'D)Raises money for UNICEF year-round,some of which she turns in.QUICK-CUT of Debbie, sitting on her bed, shaking change outof an upside down, much-used, orange UNICEF box.FRANK (CONT’D)Liam, gonna be a star --QUICK-CUT to the toddler Liam, wearing a diaper and nothingelse, coming straight at us down a hallway, in the midst of aSCREAMING, head-banging TANTRUM.FRANK (CONT’D)-- once Medicade agrees to coverthe Ritalin.(and)Kev and Veronica, fantasticneighbors!KEV, thirty, handsome, none too bright, arms wrapped tightlyaround VERONICA. Thirty-four, black, sexy, vivacious, tanktop at least two sizes too small.