Something way too familiar about this Beacon Hill Civc whatever the hell they are fight to screw the handicapped.
Where have I seen this before? Something very familiar here. A relatively young mayor with a full head of hair and a very old institution run by very old rich white snobs trying to very hard to prevent the new young mayor from putting in sidewalk wheelchair ramps.
Hmm, what’s missing? Eureka! I have it.
This is an off the shelf script for an 80s teenage movie or a romantic comedy from anytime. Jesus it’s so obvious.
instead of big bad developers wanting to tear down the teen center and build a mall causing the kids to have nowhere to hang, chill, kickback, be themselves, and not do drugs we have Beacon Hill residents v. the handicapped.
That’s not cool you guys. So someone needs to beat Tyler or Chase or another one of the developer’s preppy spoiled sons in a skiing, boating, tightrope walking, or hair combing race and the teen center will be saved.
But wait, we need a love interest. Yes, a Heaven Can Wait meets Better Off Dead.
It writes itself. Marty Walsh getting out of his car and a small group of handicapped people are protersting about the sidewalk ramps. The mayor is clueless about the issue and late for an important meeting. He politely moves passed when suddenly the most beautiful woman in the world gets in front of him. Their eye’s meet.
She has nothing but contempt in her eyes yet upon seeing her his eyes lighten up. She’s in wheelchair holding a sign. It doesn’t matter to him.
No, wait. I got it.
She’s deaf and mute. (JACKPOT!!! The perfect woman. You’re welcome Mayor)
And she’s with her best friend who is in a wheelchair. The Joan Cusack character.
Now you see where am I’m going with this.
Only thing is the teen center/mall development conflict is ten times more realistic than a mainstream neighborhood group in 2104 being as vociferous as the Beacon Hill neighborhood crowd is. Having a tin ear is not enough to describe these sheltered-trust-fund-slave-trade-inherited-sons-of-bitches.
If this were a script for a film it would be sent back for lacking realism and creativity. .
Might as well have an alien named Kazoo come down and hang out above the Mayor’s left shoulder mocking every move he makes but also saving his ass now and then instead of the Beacon Hill Civil Association taking on Mayor Walsh over handicapped sidewalk ramps. More believable.