ALADDIN, a young homeless man, walks along the soup line. Behind the line is
the beautiful JASMINE. ALADDIN. You have any apples? I just want one.
SOUP KITCHEN LOVE
For Ms. Smith's Theater Class
Based on the Disney film "Aladdin"
Room 234B
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INT. SOUP KITCHEN - NIGHT ALADDIN, a young homeless man, walks along the soup line. Behind the line is the beautiful JASMINE. ALADDIN You have any apples? I just want one. JASMINE You can have more than one, sweetie. ALADDIN I just want one. Maybe two. One for me and one for my buddy Abu. ABU, a smaller guy, stands behind Aladdin in line. Who’s Abu?
JASMINE
Aladdin points at his friend. JASMINE (CONT’D) Hey, Abu! You surely want more than just this apple, right? Abu SQUEAKS in joy. ALADDIN He, unfortunately, can’t speak. (beat) When I met him, everybody kept calling him primitive because of it. I thought that was cruel. (beat) Say, why is someone so beautiful like you working in the soup kitchen? With all these vagabonds? Abu SQUEALS in interest. JASMINE Because I want to. ALADDIN Nobody wants to be around us. We smell terrible. (beat) We smell like garbage, like engine exhaust, month-old cigarettes.
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Abu sniffs his arm pits. He shrugs his shoulders in disagreement. Jasmine hands them the apples. JASMINE Well, my father is the one that supports this. He is the mayor, you know? ALADDIN Your dad is the mayor? You hear that Abu, a regular charity here. Abu SCOFFS at Jasmine. ALADDIN (CONT’D) Come on, buddy. Let’s take our apples elsewhere. They walk over to a table and sit down across from each other. Abu sits where he can still see Jasmine from his seat. ALADDIN (CONT’D) Can you believe her? The mayor’s daughter! Abu SCREECHES. He makes eye contact with Jasmine and sticks his tongue out at her. ALADDIN (CONT’D) What does she think that she’s a better person because she can give me an apple then go home to her precious cat in her beautiful mansion? Abu SIGHS. A behemoth of a man, GENIE, sits down at the table. GENIE (Brooklyn Accent) You tink a guy could get a seat aroun’ here? ALADDIN Hey man, not now. GENIE (regular voice) Now? Why, now is the perfect time! Whatever.
ALADDIN
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GENIE Seriously, why not now? ALADDIN What are you blabbering about? GENIE Now is the perfect time! Go talk to her. ALADDIN What do you mean? (beat) Her? The mayor’s daughter? GENIE Yeah, her! The mayor’s daughter. But she’s more that. She’s someone special! ALADDIN How do you suppose I talk to her? GENIE Walk up to her and say... (Jerry Lewis impression) Hey Lady! (normal voice) And you’ll have her! She’ll be smitten. ALADDIN I don’t think it’s going to work. GENIE Of course, it will! You just have to... (Scar impression) BE PREPARED FOR A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME! ALADDIN Yeah, and she’ll say yes? GENIE (Pepe Le Pew accent, to Abu) Why is it whenever a man is captured by a woman, all he wish to do is get away? Abu SHRUGS. Aladdin leaves to talk to Jasmine.
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GENIE (CONT’D) (to Abu, old Jewish woman voice) Our little growing up so fast! Abu SMILES. GENIE (CONT’D) Just go, Al. Go get her!
