• Gay Kid and Fat Chick

  • Bo Burnham
  • Set Up
  • 2013
  • Black List
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Market: Mon, 16 Dec 2013Sold: Mon, 16 Dec 2013
AgentJason Heyman, Gregory McKnight (CAA)
ManagerDave Becky (3 Arts)
StudioParamount Insurge
Two high school misfits become costumed vigilantes and take out their frustrations on the students who have bullied them throughout high school.
Two high school outcasts decide to bring justice to victims of torment and bullying. Dressing up as “The Beaver” and “Gold Bitch,” the costumed vigilantes violently punish whoever is accused of bullying their classmates.
Two teenagers create superhero altar egos to attack the school bullies and avenge the outcasts.
Two outcasts decide to take revenge on their high school bullies disguised as super heroes and avenge the nerds.
Film
Film, Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ, Buddy, Revenge, School, Teen, Dramedy, Teen Comedy
113
R
Medium
F
White / European
17
Heavyset
Kick-Ass, Mean Girls, But I'm a Cheerleader, The Dirties, Bang, Bang You're Dead
Present/A few months. There is also a scene that takes place 10 months later
It takes place almost entirely on the campus of a suburban high school with scenes on a field hockey court, the school gym, a janitors closet, principle's office, and classrooms. Other locations include suburban homes, batting cages, Barnes and Noble, parking lot, and a high school party. One scene features an armed robbery in a convenience store.
MAGGIE HIGGINS (17), overweight and insecure, receives a lengthy email harassing her for being a “fat chick.” The next day at lunch, she tells her flamboyantly gay best friend ALEX (17), about the email. In a flashback, she is seen taking a nude photo of herself and examines it on her phone after receiving the email. Alex tells Maggie to stand up for herself. After lunch, Alex tries to talk to NATHAN (17), a jock and closeted gay, who he has a crush on, but Nathan is embarrassed to be seen talking to a gay boy. At a field hockey game, Maggie kicks butt as the team’s goalie, and Alex cheers for her as the school’s mascot: a beaver. The coach congratulates her, but later, she is mocked by the rest of the field hockey team, specifically the pretty BROOKE (18), in the locker room.

At home, Maggie gets a Facebook message from DEREK (17), a friendly classmate in a punk rock band, asking if she is going to a party on Saturday. She says yes, and they make plans to meet up. She deletes her naked photo. The next day, Maggie arrives to school late, and finds out the whole school has...