Boomerang Compton

Boomerang Compton in This Ain’t Your Mama’s Electric Boogaloo By Robby Kushner Josh Levine Opening Super: Atlantic Ocean 1492. The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria sail from Europe to the new world. A few leagues behind the Santa Maria, a lesser known ship called the Shanequa has trouble keeping up. It veers off course. Insert: Map of the Americas, circa 1492. We see the dotted red line defining the course the ships take. As the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria make their way across the sea the Shanequa completely misses its target and sails around the southern tip of South America. Admiral Compton tells his men to keep sailing. We cut through the faces underneath the ship rowing. They’re tired, sweaty and complaining. Up on deck, a group of wealthy-looking African seamen drink 40’s of Olde English malted liquor. “Fuck. We’re lost.” “No, shit.” They look at their diminishing stash of Olde E. They look worried. We cut back to the map. The dotted red line makes its way to where present day Los Angeles is located. A group of African seamen, led by Admiral Compton, set anchor and take a dingy to shore. After fruitless hiking they come to a magnificent looking structure where a group of Native American children play. Admiral Compton declares this place their new headquarters and the land sitting beneath it, Compton. Act I Super: Compton, Los Angeles, California -October 30th, 1984 Boomerang Compton (25) wakes up. He jumps out of bed and clicks on an old giant boom box playing “It’s Like That” by Run DMC. Boomerang stands in front of a full-body mirror. He checks out the fade in his hair. Pleased, he flexes his not-so-ripped body. He puts on a pair of dangling, ridiculous feathered earrings. He walks to his closet. From countless hangers he sifts through a meticulous assembly of the most outrageous, ostentatious andsuper gay 1984 break-dancing-gangster clothes you’ve ever seen. He selects a smart pair of red leather pants and latches a diamond-studded belt tight around his skinny frame. He grabs a red fishnet shirt and slips it over his head. The bottom of the shirt has been cut with a pair of scissors revealing his stomach. He slips on blue jelly wristbands on both wrists and wraps a blue headband around his forehead. He pulls on a pair of black socks and laces up his 1984 Chuck Taylor Converse sneakers with rainbow laces. But the piece de resistance is his black leather jacket with way more zippers on it than humanly necessary. It’s tight fitting, shiny and the cherry on top of a truly embarrassing cake. But in 1984, it’s badass!!! Boomerang walks out the door of his modest-sized house in the ghetto. He’s popular and well-liked in this community but not by the nice-looking, upstanding people; its fathers, mothers and children playing in the yards, but by the thugs and gangsters hanging in the streets on their souped-up cars and high-rise handlebar bicycles. Boomerang is a break-dancing gang member in Compton in 1984. Boomerang shoots a plethora of high fives to his equally silly-looking gang buddies. Beanbag Beanbag, an obese fat body, a real giant with a gentle demeanor; JoJo JoJo, a hot, athletic girl with stripper moves; Hot Tub, an effeminate male dancer wearing all the wrong clothes; and Troy Troy, a white nerdy guy who looks out of place in the gang all step in line with Boomerang as he makes his way down the street. He turns a corner and it seems like now, the whole neighborhood has stepped in line with him. Schoolly D D, a local rapper, exits the shoe shop he works in. He flips on KDAY, the first rap-only radio station, on his boom box and proclaims “My new song’s on the radio. I’m rich! I can’t wait to see the many more wonderful hits I write in my career.” His one-hit-winder song “Gangster Boogie” thumps through the morning air. Boomerang, his entourage and the scores of other community members start to break dance down the street. Like a raging flood, whomever they pass is swept up by the dancing. As the song ends and the dance routine comes to a halt the people of the hood go back to their lives as if nothing has happened. Following Boomerang is his gang of 15 of the silliest looking hoods you’ve ever seen. They are all dressed to the nines in 1984 break-dance attire; teal and other dated colors are splattered everywhere. They turn another corner and come upon an immaculate new building in the heart of Compton. It’s the new community center and several news crews are covering its opening. Garrett Garrett, the head administrator of the community center holds a pair of scissors and cuts the ceremonial ribbon. A small crowd gathered by the front steps of the community center applauds. Standing beside Garrett is Jane Jane, his sweet 10-year-old daughter. Garrett tells the reporters that “Tomorrow night the community center will be open for all to share, and the whole community is invited for a Halloween Party.” Because Boomerang is a contrarian and a gang member, anything that seems like it’s a good time or anything that everyone can enjoy must be ruined. He and the gang decide that they hate the community center and the stupid Halloween party. They go to their hangout at 2Venice Beach and talk about how they’re gonna mess it up. Troy, the lone white guy in the gang, wants to take immediate action and steal the news crew cameras. Boomerang tells him to have patience but Troy is a hot head. There is obvious tension between the two. Boomerang gets worked up and steps up to Troy. They decide to settle this like true gang members. There are rules to being a gang member in Compton in 1984. Any disagreement must be settled by a dance-off. Troy challenges Boomerang for control of the gang and for ultimate say in how to handle the community center. Boomerang must accept. The gang forms a circle around the two as they stretch and prepare themselves. A crowd of tourists and locals collect to watch the spectacle. Just then, a round mound of female trouble interrupts. Dyk Dykeemia emia (25), Boomerang’s baby’s mama approaches with Applejack Applejack, Boomerang’s 10-year-old son in tow. “Hold up now,” she screams. The gang turns around to stare at Dykeemia like she’s a crazy woman. Boomerang is immediately embarrassed. “Not now, Dykeemia. I’m with the gang.” Dykeemia goes off on a tantrum. “Boomerang, you’re supposed to be at the house taking care of your son.” She pushes cute little Applejack forward. “Look at your lazy ass father, Applejack. Don’t you grow up to be like him.” Boomerang tries to act cool in front of everyone watching and yells “Now run home woman and cook me up some pork chops.” He walks back to Troy, who gives him shit. In a hilarious scene, The Fat Boys appear and start to beat box a song for Boomerang and Troy. Troy takes the lead and does a “Bunny Hop” followed by a “Crabwalk” and tops it off with some “Crazy Legs.” It’s pretty impressive but Boomerang isn’t worried. It’s Boomerang’s turn. He does a “Hand Glide” leading into a “Nutcracker” and ends with his patented move the “Boomerang” and lands just in front of Troy. The crowd goes wild. Everyone is watching: guys on the basketball court, local venders, and women in bathing suits. Back and forth they go, one-upping each other until it is obvious who has won. Hot Tub takes charge of the vote tallying and Boomerang gets the overwhelming majority of cheers from the crowd. Troy, angered, yells “It’s because I’m white isn’t it? Damn y’all.” Everyone agrees and Troy storms off. It’s the night before Halloween. Boomerang is in bed, tossing and turning. The window is open and the fall wind enters. Boomerang wakes up, not sure if he heard anything. He looks at the window. He hears a strange voice fill the room, “You will be visited by a ghost on Halloween night unless you change your evil ways and become a better person.” Boomerang is freaked but says: “I must be dreaming.” “This isn’t a dream.” “I smoke too much weed.” “It’s not the weed, I’m serious.” “Bean Bag, is that you?” “No. It’s not.” “Then who is it?” “Just change your ways.” “You’re bullshittin’ me.” “This isn’t bullshit.” “Prove it then.” “Just wait until tomorrow night.” The wind stops. Boomerang’s room is silent. It is Halloween night and the whole community is out partying and having good-natured fun at the brand new community center. Everyone is dressed up in costumes. More news crews cover the event. Garrett is in charge. The party is a huge success. Boomerang and his gang are dressed up in their usual ridiculous attire and have problems entering. Garrett doesn’t 3want them to cause problems. Boomerang and his gang walk off in a huff. An eager young kid form the hood approaches an angry Boomerang. Boomerang knows the kid; his name is Apollo Apollo, a scrawny little 10-year-old kid and super annoying. Boomerang tells the kid to scram, hurting the kid’s feelings. We follow Apollo as he watches from a distance; we can tell that he looks up to Boomerang no more. Troy, dressed as Michael Jackson, causes some trouble by harassing people outside but Boomerang stops him. There’s a scuffle which attracts the security guard. Boomerang and the gang run around to the back of the community center to hide. The guard follows. Boomerang gets separated from his gang. He enters a construction zone in a blocked off area of the community center. The mood gets spooky. He is suddenly confronted by the ghost of Admiral Compton. He’s a real eccentric character and is very abusive and belittling of Boomerang, plus he hasn’t had a drink in over 500 years. He tells Boomerang “I am your great, great, great, great, great grandfather and I am going to show you how your actions will affect the community of Compton. But before we go, take me to a liquor store, I got a hankerin’ for some Olde E.” Admiral Compton takes Boomerang back into the past. We see a 10-year-old Boomerang on Halloween night forced to watch TV with his parents who treat him like shit. He was never allowed to dress up, and he never got any candy. He was forced to watch from his window as all the other little kids went out and participate in Halloween. Boomerang’s had enough. He tells the ghost of Admiral Compton that he knows the routine; he’ll be visited by two more ghosts that will show him the present and the future. Admiral Compton, drunk on Olde E, smacks Boomerang in the back of the head. “Shut up, fool!” Admiral Compton brings Boomerang to the present day (1984) where they see Garrett and his little daughter scrubbing the community center clean of all the graffiti marks made by Boomerang and his gang. Garrett curses those damn gang members for what they have done. Admiral Compton takes Boomerang to 2006, to a prison. He brings Boomerang to a cell. Boomerang stares inside and sees himself being spooned by a large white dude with long blonde hair. Boomerang is sucking on his thumb, crying himself to sleep. As if that wasn’t enough, Admiral Compton takes Boomerang to his son Applejack’s house. Applejack is now 32-years-old. He shows him his little white picket fence, pretty blonde white wife and Paris Hilton-type twin girls. Boomerang struggles with this, can’t believe Applejack grew up to be so straight. Admiral Compton tells Boomerang that Applejack works for his father-in-law selling insurance. “But black people don’t buy insurance.” “He doesn’t sell to black people.” Boomerang is astonished. Boomerang reacts and can’t believe this is going to be his future. Admiral Compton tells Boomerang he has one more thing to show him. Cut to: the community center, 2006. It’s a run-down, decrepit old building that houses nothing but bums and urine stains. There is a plaque on the wall commemorating the death of Garrett 4that says “R.I.P.” Boomerang is scared straight. He says he’ll change. Suddenly they hear tires screeching and gunfire. Boomerang ducks. He just witnessed his first drive-by. Boomerang turns around and sees Admiral Compton dead on the ground, shot through the chest with the bullets from the drive-by. Boomerang starts to panic. He’s stranded. The only thing he can think of is to head home. It’s exactly 22 years later, October 31st, 2006, Halloween night. Boomerang walks through his neighborhood. It’s dark but looks vaguely familiar to him. There are modern day kids going out on Halloween dressed up in all sorts of costumes Boomerang doesn’t recognize. Boomerang, still dressed in his regular everyday attire, fits right in. He runs into someone wearing the exact same clothes as he, only that person is in a costume. The two stare at each other oddly. He makes his way onto his street. At least his house looks the same. He goes to the front door but his key doesn’t work. He goes around back to sneak in through his window. He slides the window up, sticks one leg in, then the other, and backs into his room. He makes it inside, turns around and finds himself looking at a group of hard, scary looking thugs, all shocked that this skinny guy in a silly costume has broken in; they all nonchalantly raise all sorts of weapons. Boomerang, just as slowly as he made his way in, makes his way out the window. Once outside his house he runs for dear life. The only place he knows nobody will find him is back at the community center. He sleeps that night in a doorway next to a few old bums and trashcans. In the morning, he hopes, he’ll wake up and everything will be back to normal. The next morning he’s woken by the chants and rally cries of protestors. Boomerang sees that a small group of people protest a crew of city construction workers at the community center. As he gets up he is accosted by Jane Jane, now 32, and a group of community center children who clearly don’t think much of Boomerang. The kids think he looks funny. Jane thinks he’s a bum. She kicks him out. For some reason, Boomerang thinks he knows the girl, she somehow looks very familiar. She tells Boomerang: “It’s people like you who are ruining this community. You’re the reason why they’re tearing down this center.” Act II We now enter a day in the life of this fish out of water. Not knowing what else to do, Boomerang walks through his old yet completely unfamiliar neighborhood. He walks past people on their cell phones and listening to their iPods. It’s all so overwhelming. There are still pawn shops in the hood and he enters one and can’t believe that a huge, old model boom box, collecting dust, is being sold… and it’s only $5. He thinks the seller is a sucker and buys the boom box. He walks down the street blasting music carrying the boom box over his shoulder. Everyone thinks he’s a clown. His feelings are hurt. A group of hard ass gang bangers, lead by Apollo (32), the biggest, strongest guy you’ve ever seen, eyeball him. Boomerang’s nervous and runs away. Apollo pauses, recognizing Boomerang. 5Boomerang goes to a phone book to look himself up but the phone book lists his address as “Jail.” Below his name he sees the name Ken Compton and a business address. He shows up at the address and enters the building. Boomerang freaks out when he sees his son, Applejack, working in an office. Applejack freaks out. After all, his father is in prison. Applejack tells Boomerang to call him Ken, his wife prefers it. Boomerang proves that he is in fact the old (and by old we mean young) Boomerang by busting a move in the office, moves only Boomerang can do, and moves that bring Applejack back to 1984. Applejack sneaks Boomerang into his office before too many people notice him. In Applejack’s office, Boomerang explains what happened to him in 1984 and the ghost and what his future holds. Applejack’s father-in-law, Todd Whitehead Whitehead, barges into his office, angry over some report. He’s a big, burly, blonde white guy who talks to Applejack (Ken) in a way that appalls Boomerang. But these are the concessions you make if you want to marry a white woman. Todd Whitehead doesn’t approve of Boomerang and tells Applejack (Ken) to take the rest of the afternoon off. In order to survive, Applejack knows Boomerang needs to acclimate to the social graces of 2006. What better way than to go to the mall? At the mall, Boomerang is overwhelmed. He can’t believe some of the amazing stores. He sees an arcade and can’t believe some of the games they have there. He finds an old Pac Man and kicks some kid’s ass. He sees a Dance Dance Revolution and a couple of chubby Asian kids competing against each other on it. One of them wins and challenges Boomerang to a dance off. Boomerang is going to take them down. Back and forth they go until Boomerang loses. The fat Asian kid out danced him. Applejack and Boomerang go to the food court. Boomerang realizes that his son is 32-years old. That makes him older than he is. 50 Cent is playing on the mall sound system, Boomerang thinks it’s horrible. Everywhere they look people are on their blackberries, nobody is talking and they’re just typing away. He does overhear one conversation but he doesn’t get today’s lingo and has no idea what they’re saying. He sees a group of white kids dressed like black people walk buy. Boomerang is thoroughly confused. They pass by an 80’s retro clothing store. He sees his exact outfit on a mannequin in the window. A clerk comes out of the store thinking Boomerang stole those clothes. The clerk calls over a security guard and Boomerang runs; after all he’s still a gang member from 1984. Applejack tries to fix the situation but isn’t successful. Boomerang runs outside the mall and bumps into Apollo and his gang. They surround Boomerang. They’re trying to intimidate him, berate him and his silly clothes. Boomerang, believing he still knows the code of the gang, does the right thing and challenges Apollo to a dance off. Apollo just stares at him. Boomerang goes first, because he’s the challenger. He does his awesome routine. When it’s Apollo’s turn he just pulls out a gun and shoots Boomerang in the arm. Applejack and the security guard show up and the gang runs. Boomerang is lying on the floor bleeding. Cut To: Boomerang crying, screaming his lungs out in an ambulance. He’s rushed to the 6emergency surgery, he’s dying, he sees the light, actually he was just grazed; the doctor puts a big bandage on his arm. Applejack just shakes his head. As Applejack and Boomerang leave the hospital they run into Jane, the girl from the community center. She’s with Bernard Bernard, a local community kid who hurt his leg. Applejack recognizes her from the old neighborhood and says hi. There is a moment between Applejack and Jane. Jane remembers Boomerang from when she kicked him out of the doorway at the Community Center. She can’t believe Applejack knows this guy. Applejack is about to explain the situation when Boomerang interrupts and says he’s Applejack’s friend from New York and explains that New Yorkers still dress this way. Jane apologizes to Boomerang for being rude earlier. We learn that the community center is in jeopardy of being torn down by Troy, who is now a contractor. Boomerang can’t believe it. Troy has always hated that community center. Boomerang also can’t believe Troy made something of himself. Times sure have changed. Boomerang finds out this girl is Garrett’s daughter, he last saw her when she was 10. Cut To: Troy’s construction company. He’s demanding. He’s an asshole. He’s so eccentric it’s funny. He lays out his plans for demolishing the community center and to build one of his signature shopping havens. It will be a super generic, cookie cutter, mass produced structure and will include the most respected names in retail and fashion (a la The Grove). It’s the last thing the low income community needs; it will kill all the mom and pop shops and change the face of the community. It’s part of his bigger plan to flush the community of poor people, buy up the land and sell it off to the rich. Troy has a meeting with Apollo and some of his buddies who are out of place in this office. He hires Apollo to terrorize the community center to assure that the city council will no have no choice but to tear it down. Apollo takes a suitcase filled with money from Troy and says it will be his pleasure. Applejack takes Boomerang to meet his wife and kids. Applejack’s got a nice house in the valley. Boomerang gives him shit for it, but Applejack says “I’m so happy to be knee-deep in white pussy nothing else matters.” In fact, when Boomerang meets Applejack’s wife, Buffy, he can’t believe how utterly, inhumanly god-like hot she is. She’s overtly sexual and stereotypically racist to her big, black husband. Boomerang is in awe. Boomerang takes Applejack to meet his children, twin blonde girls about 14. They’re freakishly identical and act a lot like Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Applejack sets Boomerang up in the guest room. Applejack exits. But before Boomerang goes to sleep, Buffy enters the guest room in a teddy and flirts with Boomerang. She exits, then Paris and Nicole enter and jump into bed with Boomerang, who is so tempted, but obviously can’t. He’s their grandfather. The next morning, Buffy grills Boomerang on getting a job now that he’s in LA. But because her breasts are jiggling and she’s so hot, Boomerang doesn’t mind how racist she’s being. Boomerang sees how easily Applejack was blinded by the white pussy. Buffy then reminds 7Applejack that her father, Todd Whitehead, is having his “Men Trusting Men” meeting in the mountains that weekend. Applejack must go, and not wanting to disappoint his son, Boomerang decides to go with him in hopes of making up for lost time. In a hilarious montage of scenes, Applejack, Boomerang and Todd Whitehead, along with a group of yuppies, go to the mountains where Todd Whitehead is the head of a men’s group that teaches men to get in touch with their feelings and other bonding exercises. Boomerang sees that Todd Whitehead treats Applejack more like a son than he does. The next day, Boomerang decides he’s going back to the community center to see Jane. When Boomerang arrives he sees Bernard, the boy who hurt his leg, sitting off by the side not playing with the other kids. Boomerang entertains him. The kid immediately likes Boomerang and takes him into the community center to show him the dance studio. There are a few kids there who are dancing to some really awful modern music. Boomerang goes over to an old jukebox and puts on an old Kurtis Blow song. He teaches the kids some dance moves. Jane enters and watches Boomerang for a few moments before she interrupts. Jane tells Boomerang about the history of the community center and the gang from 1984 that caused its demise. Boomerang knows she’s talking about his gang. Boomerang decides to take matters into his own hands by visiting Troy at his office downtown. Troy is insanely angry when he sees Boomerang after all these years and can’t believe how young he looks. Boomerang tells Troy he’s there to talk about the community center. He wants Troy to stop demolition. In another ridiculous scene, the two relive their first break dance battle. Troy challenges Boomerang to another dance-off. The stakes: if Boomerang wins, Troy can’t demolish the community center, and if Troy wins, Boomerang has to sign a document stating that Troy is the better dancer and that he will never dance again. He clears out a board meeting and makes space in the room. Troy’s employees watch the spectacle. They have another ridiculous dance-off and again, Boomerang wins. Troy is angry. He vows to tear down the community center anyway. Boomerang just made the situation worse. Troy goes to the City Council. We learn that Troy’s construction company is planning on tearing down the community center, but has not convinced the council that it is completely necessary. There is an appeal from Jane asking for funds to rebuild the community center. This will cost the city money, while Troy’s plan will cover the cost entirely. He convinces the city council that the community center is a wreck and a dangerous place for children. The city council votes unanimously to tear it down under one condition: that Troy prove it a dangerous place and not a viable institution. While Apollo and his gang go door to door at the different local businesses harassing people, we see Troy in front of the community center trying to rally local support for tearing down the center. He says whatever he has to get support. He is repetitive in his diatribe about how this will be good for the community. A local man objects to Troy’s comments but Apollo is there to take care of the trouble maker. 8The next day, Boomerang is at Applejack’s house eating breakfast with his granddaughters, who wear their skimpy pajamas, when the doorbell rings. The girls yell, “Grandma!” Boomerang drops his spoon in fear. The girls run into the living room. Boomerang hears all the commotion and screaming from his granddaughters and then he hears her voice. It’s Dykeemia! Applejack, Buffy and the girls enter the kitchen followed by Dykeemia and her new man, Mr. T. That’s right, Dykeemia is dating Mr. T. Dykeemia walks over to Boomerang and inspects him. She pokes at him, can’t believe it’s really him. Dykeemia is rounder and fatter than ever before and now she’s almost 50 years old. Dykeemia introduces Boomerang to Mr. T. Mr. T shoots Boomerang an angry look. Dykeemia can’t get over how good Boomerang still looks. As the family exits the kitchen, she touches Boomerang’s back a little too long, making Boomerang feel completely uncomfortable and disgusted. That night, Boomerang, Applejack, Buffy, the twins, Todd Whitehead, Dykeemia and Mr. T have the most awkward and uncomfortable dinner ever. Todd Whitehead keeps referring to Applejack as Ken Whitehead, which bothers Boomerang. Boomerang also must continually avoid Dykeemia’s advances. Fed up, Boomerang excuses himself for the night and goes upstairs. He enters the guest room but is confused to find Dykeemia already oiled up in his bed. But moments ago she was downstairs at dinner. Dykeemia grabs Boomerang and rips his shirt off. He protests but she throws him down on the bed. She calls out to someone in the bathroom. The door flies open and standing there is an oiled up Mr. T. They want a threesome. Mr. T. flies through the air sandwiching Boomerang. Because of the pressure and the weight, the oiled Boomerang pops out from between them like a bar of soap and flies out the window. He gets up, unscathed and runs for dear life. The next day, Boomerang hangs out with the kids at the Community Center. Jane is angry and tells Boomerang that she was just contacted by the city council and her appeal was denied. Troy went out of his way to start the process of tearing down the community center sooner than planned because of Boomerang’s meddling. Jane wishes Boomerang would stay out of her business. Boomerang decides that it is going to be his mission to save the community center. He needs help. He’s going to get the old gang back together to help him do the job. With Applejack’s help, Boomerang goes in search of the old gang. He goes to a flower shop where he finds Beanbag. He’s even fatter than Boomerang remembers. He’s wearing a tiny little apron and is surrounded by dainty roses and other flower arrangements. Boomerang can’t believe his eyes. Beanbag thought Boomerang was in jail and notices that Boomerang looks exactly the same as he did when they were younger. We can tell that Beanbag isn’t the smartest guy in the world. Boomerang convinces Beanbag to help with decorations at the community center and he also wants to know if Beanbag still does his special head spin. Beanbag gets down on the floor and spins on his head, all 350 pounds of him. Boomerang’s plan starts to come together. Next, Boomerang and Applejack go to a strip club called Jumbo’s Clown Room. There they find JoJo, the hot athletic girl from the old days. Suffice it to say, she’s neither hot nor 9athletic any more. She’s on stage jiggling her stuff for a bunch of horny guys. When her show is over she comes up to Boomerang and Applejack and tells them she wants to talk to them but her manager won’t let her talk to a customer unless she’s dancing for them. So she gives Boomerang a nasty lap dance. Boomerang tells JoJo he needs her help working the choreography for a big show they’re having at the old community center. She agrees to do it and offers Boomerang a blowjob out of habit, he declines. Boomerang and Applejack go to a church where they find Hot Tub, who is now a preacher. He’s up on a pulpit screaming and jiving and talking about Jesus and the Holy Ghost. Boomerang is humored to see his formally overtly gay friend turn into a man of the cloth. He sits and listens to the sermon. When it’s over he approaches Hot Tub, whose name is Reverend Felcher and asks him to help. Reverend Felcher, in his non-reverend voice squeals like a little girl when he sees his old friend Boomerang. He can’t believe how old Applejack is. Hot Tub hasn’t changed a bit, he’s still really, really gay. He tells Boomerang how young he looks and asks when he got out of prison. Reverend Felcher, aka Hot Tub, volunteers to get the word out about the event. He then offers Boomerang a blowjob out of habit, he declines. Act III Boomerang goes back to the community center and finds that Apollo and his buddies have really messed the place up. Jane finds out from Apollo that Boomerang is an escaped convict. She demands to know the truth. He can’t really explain because his story is so unreal. He promises her that he was never in jail, not yet anyway, and tells her that he’ll explain the whole thing soon, but first they have so much work to do before the city council deadline passes. Before they can put on the show at the community center they have to make it look presentable. When Boomerang and Jane feel completely defeated the whole gang shows up to help. We see a montage of the group doing all they can to spruce up the place. As Boomerang and the gang work, bulldozers show up led by Troy, Apollo and a group of supporters. Troy is on the lead bulldozer with a bullhorn telling everyone to get out of the way. It’s demolition day. Boomerang and his gang surround the bulldozer and won’t let it pass. They tell Troy they have until Monday to prove to the city council that the community center is a viable and valuable structure in the community. Troy and his goons have no choice but to leave for now. But Apollo isn’t intimidated. He and Boomerang have a standoff Boomerang wants to have a dance off but knows Apollo won’t go for it. Apollo starts to kick his ass. Boomerang implements his ridiculous break dancing moves to avoid Apollo’s blows. Apollo gets frustrated and tired. Boomerang cleverly spins around and kicks Apollo in the face. He falls hard to the ground, out cold. Boomerang doesn’t like fighting but is proud of himself for standing up to Apollo. It’s the day of the big event. Boomerang and Jane walk around Compton telling everyone to show up and help save the community center. Not everyone is with them. Beanbag works 10on the flowers and banners with some kids, JoJo teaches a group of dancers a routine for the show, Hot Tub is in church preaching to everyone that they have to show up tonight to help save the community center. Boomerang and Jane go to the city council to convince them to come to the community center tonight to see how valuable it is. The council agrees. It’s the night of the big benefit show. Everything is going great. At first the community is apprehensive but they eventually come out to partake in the party. Troy shows up and starts a bulldozer. He’s going to tear the place down himself if he has to. They stop him. He gets up on stage and yells at the mayor and the city council that they can’t do this. He throws a tantrum. He’s right next to the microphone. Applejack turns off the music as Troy starts yelling about all the “fags,” “spics” and “niggers” etc. standing in the way of him making money on their property. The outraged community chases Troy into the night. The city council representatives are there and see the whole thing. The Mayor gets on stage and determines that the community center is a valuable institution and tells everyone that it will never be torn down. The crowd erupts with cheers. Boomerang has saved the community center. He pulls Jane aside and tries to explain to her the whole story. As he tells her he’s from 1984 and has gotten a second chance at life he realizes that she has a look of fear on her face. Boomerang turns and sees Admiral Compton standing behind him. Admiral Compton congratulates Boomerang on what he’s done, he tells him he’s learned his lesson, and that this was all a test and gives him the choice of going home to 1984 or staying and leading his new life. Boomerang looks around at all his friends, Jane, Applejack, Hot Tub, etc. Boomerang says he has to go back to where he belongs. He asks Admiral Compton a question, “If I go back to 1984 and do the right thing then doesn’t that mean that the whole point of saving the community center in 2006 was pointless?” Admiral Compton contemplates this question. And says in a deadpan way, “Yes.” The ghost of Admiral Compton takes Boomerang back to 1984. But because Admiral Compton is drunk and a little vindictive, he brings Boomerang back to an inappropriate and frankly downright mean point in time. Boomerang finds himself in bed with Dykeemia. Her large body convulses. Her body fat swoops back and forth. She moans for more. Boomerang screams. “NO!” He throws her off and scrambles out of bed. Boomerang is disgusted and runs out of the house but stops. He remembers Applejack. He goes back into Applejack’s room. He drags his son out of the house proclaiming that he is going to get him a black woman to set him strait, the only lesson he learned from this whole ordeal. Dykeemia, naked and angry chases after Boomerang with young Applejack in tow through the streets of Compton. Fade to black: 11We see the new future of 2006 and the effect that Boomerang has had. We see the neighborhood surrounding the community center and the center itself morph into a beautiful, viable place filled with children playing. We see an older Boomerang working in an office. He looks happy. He stands up and exits. A bunch of kids run by him and he slaps them five. He walks towards the exit, down the front steps of the community center to find his son Applejack and his new daughter-in-law, Jane, sitting with a group of children. 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