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What is the opening scene for "The Expectant Mother?" Posted by Jim_Goldblum | JANUARY 21, 2011

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Scene i - Though you do not see a face, or details of the crowd, you can hear that it is a political rally where there is a women speaking about returning the country's moral values and restoring the country's standing in the world. FLASH BACK - To a young girl dressed in what looks to be old clothing, crying about what to do because she is pregnant and that it will prevent her from following the call of God's work, Quick FLASH FORWARD - a mob is surrounding a large bond fire with yells from the crowd, heresy, whore, crucify her!

Scene ii - A young woman, dressed in what appears to be a man's clothing from the 1400's stumbles into the Bar, frightened and alone.

Plot: What lost fact (that she became pregnant outside of wedlock) in history prevented Joan of Arc rising to power, and how history, and rulers of the time covered it up.

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    • Added twist: Another women, hot off her own campaign trail in current timeline, in the same situation (pregnant) comes in right after Joan, they give each other advice based on their life experiences, (can a single mother still be still be taken seriously in a political landscape) then make their decisions. One keeps the their baby, one doesn't

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