{"id":438,"date":"2021-02-27T02:49:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T02:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptharmony\/?p=438"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:06:42","slug":"fat-boys-dont-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2021\/02\/27\/fat-boys-dont-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Boys Don&#8217;t Cry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>6 pages. Drama<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Logline<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWhen a black, heavyset preteen boy explores his aberrant interests, he faces backlash from his traditionalist father.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nXavier (13): A heavyset Black boy caught between keeping the peace in his household and being able to express himself creatively; he processes his feelings within. He wears his headphones to escape from the reality of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Angela (15): Supportive of Xavier\u2019s interests and rebels against her father\u2019s imposition but can only do so much. Playful and sarcastic, enjoys teasing her brother, but has been forced into a motherly role.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy (32): A stern man, desperate to cling to traditional values and control over his children. A shadow that looms over his household. He\u2019s stubborn, close-minded, and selectively supportive.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Locations<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>INT. MODEST HOME various.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Writer\u2019s written permission MUST be obtained BEFORE the script can be submitted for approval.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Darian Bowles. <a href=\"mailto:dbowles@chapman.edu\">dbowles@chapman.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/03\/Fat-Boys-Dont-Cry-AP-SCRIPT-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fat Boys Don&#8217;t Cry Screenplay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 pages. Drama Logline When a black, heavyset preteen boy explores his aberrant interests, he faces backlash from his traditionalist father. Cast Xavier (13): A heavyset Black boy caught between keeping the peace in his household and being able to<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2021\/02\/27\/fat-boys-dont-cry\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-10-pages","category-drama"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}