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September 7, 2006

Tao Jones

Before he took off for a colder climate down under, the talented Mr. Records shared with this great idea for a TV show. He said I could blog it, so here it is, with some suggestions and elaborations from me.

Title: Tao Jones

Pitch: Kung Fu meets Wall Street

or,

"A 21st Century Charlie Chan with a young white guy playing the lead."

Summary: A handsome, cynical, abrasive, hyperactive high-powered Wall Street businessman experiences a personal crisis of some kind which inspires him to turn to Eastern Philosophies and become a hero.

Maybe he takes a business trip to China to visit some of his sweatshops. While he's there, his wife and son die in a car crash back in the states which leads him to look on life -- and the children laboring in his factories -- differently. He studies long and hard with a bunch of monks or whatever people who study the Tao are called. I definitely see this part as a montage, ideally heavy on the martial arts -- are swords and stuff part of the Tao?

He comes back to the states a changed man, and a problem solver. Still fabulously wealthy, he now uses his money to help underprivileged children, his strength to defeat evil, and his wisdom to solve crimes. The while time he randomly quotes Lao Tzu, saying things like: "Ruling a nation is like frying a small fish" or "Once mature, a person prefers substance to appearance, fruit to flowers."

The rest of it would just write itself.

Brilliant, right??

Thanks, Shawn!

Posted by mary at September 7, 2006 12:18 PM

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