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 TIGRESSa screenplaybyS. A. ScogginRegistered WGA and©2009sascoggin@gmail.com 
 
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EXTERIOR. FLORIDA: A SUBURBAN STREET. DAY. A new sedan idles through a quiet, affluent neighborhood.On the car door is a sign: Tallahassee Sun-Times. The carstops in front of a two-story brick house. A young maleREPORTER and an older female PHOTOGRAPHER get out.PHOTOGRAPHEREver meet General Pace?REPORTERNope. Never even heard of him untilthis morning.PHOTOGRAPHERI guess you haven't.They go to the door and ring the bell. The door is openedby ARTHUR SERGEANT, a tall, stern man in his lateseventies.REPORTERGeneral Pace? We're from the Sun-Times. ARTHUR(Beat.)I'll go and get her.The REPORTER turns to the PHOTOGRAPHER, at a loss. GENERALELIZABETH PACE steps out of the door. She is a regal womanin her early seventies.PHOTOGRAPHERGeneral Pace, it's good to see youagain.The REPORTER shoots a lethal glance at his colleague.BETHCome in. We've been waiting for you.INTERIOR. GENERAL PACE'S HOUSE. DAY.The front room is busy with pictures and golf trophies.There are no military trappings or souvenirs. ARTHUR bringsin a tray of drinks.
 
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BETHYou met my husband, Arthur Sergeant. ARTHURSince you are too polite to ask: Irefused to let Elizabeth change hername when we married. She was alieutenant colonel. I didn't want tostart off our marriage on the wrongfoot by demoting her.REPORTERGeneral, I see that your golf game isin good shape. ARTHUR Actually, I take credit for that. Shehadn't touched a stick until her sixty-sixth birthday. And now....He motions to the trophies.BETHI always had good eye-handcoordination.PHOTOGRAPHERDo you still fly? ARTHUREvery chance she gets!BETHYou didn't come over to check on myretirement.REPORTERNo, ma'am, we didn't.The mood in the room turns serious.BETHThe Ambassador himself called.REPORTERHow long had they known?
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