Charles Balcer

Paradise East is a dark comedy about a desperately dysfunctional, lower middle class family, fiercely struggling to make it in the twentieth century.

The American Army holds a mass prayer offensive in order to convince God (David Johansen) to support their country in a major war. With God officially on their side, the army decides to stage a full-scale war.

A botched assassination of the US Attorney General forces its perpetrators to go into hiding. Meanwhile, clandestine forces awaken to correct the situation.

Haunted by childhood memories of his father's murder, Frank Carroll, a private detective/circus clown, sets out on a mission of vengeance. Jingles Carroll, a gentleman in a red nose, was gunned down in cold blood by Max & Fudge, two members of a secret society, as his young son watched in horror. Now, twenty years later, Frank strikes back.