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Monday, November 24, 2008

You First

I've been writing a one-act play for my Creative Writing class for extra credit so I could catch up on work I missed when I had mono.

It's called "You First". It's a re-enactment by "It's the End of the World Show!", a horrific television show that chronicles the last battles of people against the zombie hordes after the uprising based on CCTV footage.

Here are some excerpts from the script.
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BRENT: Maureen?
MAUREEN: Yes, Brent?
BRENT: I always knew the world would end on a Friday.
MAUREEN: The world is not ending.

BRENT looks at the corpse of the FEMALE ZOMBIE, then at WARREN, who lay motionless and wheezing on the table, then at the door which all of the INVESTOR ZOMBIES are standing behind, pounding and moaning, trying to get in.
He then looks back at MAUREEN with an expression that all but says “Are you kidding?”

MAUREEN: (sighs) Ok, fine.
What's your point?
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WARREN: (weakly) Can you two please keep it down?

BRENT and MAUREEN stand and walk over to the table next to WARREN.

BRENT: You're awake! How are you feeling?
WARREN: I'll live. How long have I been out?
MAUREEN: Three days. We've been stuck in here for three days.
WARREN: What happened?
BRENT: Zombie apocalypse.
WARREN: (stunned) You have got to be shitting me.

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