a story about political types

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the cast
the distressed witness
bystander 1
bystander 2

the scene
a quiet street outside a small store with large windows. the bystanders are deep in conversation on the corner of the street when they hear the sound of screaming and gunshot. the distressed witness runs out of the shop, bleeding, and approaches the two bystanders.

the talky bit
help! help! there's a robbery!!
see? i told you so! the welfare culture breeds a sense of entitlement and leads to crime.
oh come off it! if he had been given a fair start in life he wouldn't have had to turn to crime.

i've been shot! can you call me an ambulance??
of course, it's the duty of the individual to ensure they have adequate insurance cover for these sorts of medical emergencies.
so you think the poor deserve to bleed out, like this person is doing right in front of me?
help?
people should plan for the unexpected. you can't have personal freedom without personal responsibility.

omg! look through the window!! he's going to shoot the shop keeper!!!
well what do you expect? we live in a culture where gun ownership is glorified. it only encourages violence.
oh purlease!! if all the innocents in that shop had their own guns, like i have in my pocket here, they could shoot the guy and save lives.

why aren't you doing anything??? *dies*
some people! they just expect everyone to fix their lives for them.
don't they realise that debate can change the world? :rolleyes:

the end

yes. i was that bored.
 
the cast
the distressed witness
bystander 1
bystander 2

the scene
a quiet street outside a small store with large windows. the bystanders are deep in conversation on the corner of the street when they hear the sound of screaming and gunshot. the distressed witness runs out of the shop, bleeding, and approaches the two bystanders.

the talky bit
help! help! there's a robbery!!
see? i told you so! the welfare culture breeds a sense of entitlement and leads to crime.
oh come off it! if he had been given a fair start in life he wouldn't have had to turn to crime.

i've been shot! can you call me an ambulance??
of course, it's the duty of the individual to ensure they have adequate insurance cover for these sorts of medical emergencies.
so you think the poor deserve to bleed out, like this person is doing right in front of me?
help?
people should plan for the unexpected. you can't have personal freedom without personal responsibility.

omg! look through the window!! he's going to shoot the shop keeper!!!
well what do you expect? we live in a culture where gun ownership is glorified. it only encourages violence.
oh purlease!! if all the innocents in that shop had their own guns, like i have in my pocket here, they could shoot the guy and save lives.

why aren't you doing anything??? *dies*
some people! they just expect everyone to fix their lives for them.
don't they realise that debate can change the world? :rolleyes:

the end

yes. i was that bored.

i love your story. i love your story so much i believe it's a sketch that ought to be mandatory for english/social study 6th formers to play out in front of fourteen+'s in school, at least once a year, followed by a forum for open debate. that's it. send it to the education department - 'of mice and men' is getting a little stale - jus' sayin'.
 
i love your story. i love your story so much i believe it's a sketch that ought to be mandatory for english/social study 6th formers to play out in front of fourteen+'s in school, at least once a year, followed by a forum for open debate. that's it. send it to the education department - 'of mice and men' is getting a little stale - jus' sayin'.
chuppy is the bestest litster on the whole of lit!
...'cept me. obviously.

if you need any tips on writing then i'll be happy to give my expert advice :)
 
It's not even cartoon quality.



Sorry doll.

The only stereotype it lacked was a drunken Irish Injun...
 
It's not even cartoon quality.



Sorry doll.

The only stereotype it lacked was a drunken Irish Injun...
stereotypes are there for a reason.

kids 'get' stereotypes - it's not about cartoon, it's more silhouettes. it is short, its visuals perfectly clear, and it offers up something shocking (at least still to us brits) that will spark debate between young people that will break the stereotyping by offering depth to the sketch. kids are often far more sophisticated than given credit for, and i would like to be a fly on the wall listening to the discussion this would spark amongst its audience.
 
stereotypes are there for a reason.

kids 'get' stereotypes - it's not about cartoon, it's more silhouettes. it is short, its visuals perfectly clear, and it offers up something shocking (at least still to us brits) that will spark debate between young people that will break the stereotyping by offering depth to the sketch. kids are often far more sophisticated than given credit for, and i would like to be a fly on the wall listening to the discussion this would spark amongst its audience.

:)

i thought you were being sarcastic!
 
:)

i thought you were being sarcastic!

*facepalm*

it's controversial, political, quite british in outlook, and definitely suited to a school audience. sorry :D


of mice and men - well, i just get bored with it after all this time and 3 through school. :rolleyes:
 
I see myself as more of a pepper-jack...

Where's the dialog for bystander 3, the one who simply goes and beats the living dog-snot out of the perp or caps him with his Glock™???

that would be brought up in the 'debate'. see? it works.
 
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