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| LANDLESS PLAY COMPETITION! "SO BAD, IT'S GOOD!" |
PLAY TITLE: Reali-TV
PLAYWRIGHT: Greg Abbott
SIMON SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "Is this how you
make a play that is so bad, it's good?"
RANDY SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I'm feelin' it,
dawg."
PAULA SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I have given up
my search for reality... now I just want a good
fantasy... (alcoholic drug-induced babble,
etc.)"
make a play that is so bad, it's good?"
RANDY SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I'm feelin' it,
dawg."
PAULA SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I have given up
my search for reality... now I just want a good
fantasy... (alcoholic drug-induced babble,
etc.)"
SYNOPSIS:“Corporate wants to do a Midwest
reality TV show and they've picked little KEYC-
TV in Mankato to do it. Small-town producer
John Krueger and his camera crew have two
weeks to find and film someone for the show.
But as they try to make the show interesting,
how can they keep people from knowing that
most times reality is boring? Can they make a
pilot that is so bad, it's good?."
reality TV show and they've picked little KEYC-
TV in Mankato to do it. Small-town producer
John Krueger and his camera crew have two
weeks to find and film someone for the show.
But as they try to make the show interesting,
how can they keep people from knowing that
most times reality is boring? Can they make a
pilot that is so bad, it's good?."
SAMPLE DIALOGUE:
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JOHN
Well, I think the Spock guy could probably carry the nerd segment. But I've got big
problems with little Miss Bette Midler. I can't believe we're stuck with her for the love
interest. It's like mixing Captain Kirk with Carmen Mannheim.
MIKE
Who's Carmen Mannheim?
JOHN
You know. The fat chick in The Practice. She won an Emmy for all the "fat girls in
America?"
MIKE
Sorry. Don't watch shows with fat chicks in them I guess.
ED
She wasn't fat. Just because she didn't fit your ideas of Barbie doesn't mean she's fat.
She's just a regular size girl.
JOHN
Shut up, Ed. This is a private meeting. We’re deciding talent here.
Note: All excerpts and other items posted on this website are the exclusive intellectual
property of the competing playwrights, provided for the sole purpose of gathering
feedback for this contest. All rights reserved.
JOHN
Well, I think the Spock guy could probably carry the nerd segment. But I've got big
problems with little Miss Bette Midler. I can't believe we're stuck with her for the love
interest. It's like mixing Captain Kirk with Carmen Mannheim.
MIKE
Who's Carmen Mannheim?
JOHN
You know. The fat chick in The Practice. She won an Emmy for all the "fat girls in
America?"
MIKE
Sorry. Don't watch shows with fat chicks in them I guess.
ED
She wasn't fat. Just because she didn't fit your ideas of Barbie doesn't mean she's fat.
She's just a regular size girl.
JOHN
Shut up, Ed. This is a private meeting. We’re deciding talent here.
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