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G R E E N Y w o r l d D o m i n a t i o n T a s k F o r c e
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Presents:
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"Censorship: The School Play"
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by Lobo and Spanky McDougal, Sir!
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This is a play that we wrote for and performed in English class. The
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theme was 'a problem that our society faces', so we chose censorship. The
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play was to be ten minutes long, and we had to have costumes and a set. Our
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group actually consisted of four members, but the other two did not actually
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do any of the script writing.
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Characters:
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Teacher (our teacher actually portrayed this character)
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Billy (non-writer/non-droog)
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Store Clerk (Spanky McDougal, Sir!)
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Jello Biafra (Lobo)
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Mark Twain (Spanky McDougal, Sir!)
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Act I
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Scene 1
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("School" is written on the chalkboard)
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Teacher- Remember class, you all need to get a book for your book report by
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the day after tomorrow, tomorrow being a holiday and all.
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Scene 2
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("School" is erased, and "Store" is written in its place. Some Dead Kennedys
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records are displayed, and a nice sign is out about how you must be eightteen
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to purchase them. Billy finds a copy of "Bedtime for Democracy", and brings
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it to the clerk)
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Narrator- Billy has gone to the local bookstore to pick up a book and find
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some music to help him enjoy his day off.
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Store Clerk- You want to buy THAT!?! Sorry kid, you gotta be eightteen to buy
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that trash! Sorry, but why would you want it anyway?
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Narrator- Billy is holding an album by Jello Biafra, singer of the Dead
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Kennedys, a group that sells records with a strong anti-government message.
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Jello is currently serving a federal prison sentencefor income tax evasion,
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but here he is now on his work release program.
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Jello- I've been censored again! The Man has put me in the pen, and I still
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can't get away from these evil government plots to stifle the minds and free
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will of the young people, like him!
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(he points at Billy, while Jello finishes his speech, Billy looks around and
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finally says:)
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Billy- I need a book for my book report. Have you got a copy of 'Huckleberry
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Finn'?
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Store Clerk- Why would you want to read THAT politicallt incorrect sorry
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excuse for literature?!? Don't you know that it's been banned from this
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school system? It's pretty racist, ya know.
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(Mark Twain steps out, looking a bit peaked, since he's been daed for awhile)
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Narrator- And here's Mark Twain, fresh from the grave!
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Twain- Here we go again. People are always misunderstanding me! 'Huckleberry
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Finn' was written as a social outcry against slavery and racism, but its
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meaning has been distorted by power happy watchdogs who misunderstand the
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point of the book and cite as examples phrases much out of context. Hmmph!
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The school board has no right to censor me because history is not politically
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correct!
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Jello- What a bunch of pinko commie fascist pigs! When a few appointed
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officials can decide what our kids should and shouldn't learn in school
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without consulting their parents, the government and all its twisted agencies
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behind a masquerade of democracy has finally hit bottom!
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Twain- Well, I wouldn't go that far. Some people might be overdoing it,
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banning the teaching of the theory of evolution because some people find it
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offensive and such, but for the most part it's not that bad.
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Jello- But don't the kids like him have the right to choose what music they
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listen to? It's just another government plot!
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Twain- Children might not be responsible enough to choose appropriate or less
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influential music, and adults can't really say that "he's responsible, give
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him a music license, but he's a hoodlum, so just give him a learner's permit".
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So many shootings by young'uns have been blamed on violent rap music and such
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like that you can't really say that music doesn't affect people. Sure, the
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music didn't make a kid shoot a policeman, but it didn't help! By the way,
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the government doesn't censor people just to get at you. A lot of special
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interest groups have put the pressure on, and everyone intends for the good of
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the majority.
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Jello- Of course musice IS influential, but although our song "Holiday in
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Cambodia" does have a message, it doesn't mean that Cambodia is a nice place
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to vacation. It might be though, I've never been there.
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Twain- But how do you explain that to a teenage groupie whose only goal in
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life is to own a lock of your hair?
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Jello- Well, I guess people really do have to make their own decisions about
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censorship. In MY opinion, though, the government should just stay out of it!
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Narrator- Their conversation continues, too long for one ten minute school
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play, no matter how brilliantly it's acted. Finally, Jello wraps up with one
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of his favorite poems:
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Jello- If you don't like the words I say,
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Lock me up and throw me away.
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Surround me with your panes of glass,
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Censorship can kiss my....
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Narrator(interrupting)- BUM!!!
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(As Jello finishes the last line, he drops his pants and whirls around. A
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black censorship dot appears before anything can be seen.)
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Jello- I'm not even really HERE, and they can STILL censor me!!
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Twain- This just shows that sometimes censorship can be a GOOD thing.
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THE END
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Note from the authors:
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As this play was written for school, there was no cussing, though there
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should have been. We would like to thank Low Tolerance for the "poem" that we
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so blatantly stole from there song "Censorship". If you can't tell what the
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last word of the "poem" is, think: what rhymes with 'glass' and is a synonym
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of 'bum'? If you still don't know, you are very silly. If you didn't know
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who Jello Biafra is before you read this, you are not worth wasting the time
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to explain. Our only set change actually was just erasing 'school' from the
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chalkboard and writing 'store' in its place. And of course, Lobo really did
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drop his pants, but the teachercensored him, making him wear shorts under his
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jeans. Our performance lasted about five minutes, instead of ten, and we got
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a ninety-eight on it, which was the best grade in the class.
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copyright (c),1993 by Lobo and Spanky McDougal, Sir!
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