A skittish production
of insensitive sensibilities
which is not to be taken seriously
by Ethan Tan
Cast
Chinese boy
- Father
- Mother
Indian boy
- Friend 1
- Friend 2
Malay girl
- Mother
- Father
Scene One - Chinese boy’s home.
CHINESE BOY – LOOKING AT NEWSPAPER
Oh my god, I’ve got NS!
FATHER
What? Really?
MOTHER
Ah, why so bad luck one?
CHINESE BOY
This can’t be happening to me! I don’t want to waste my time at NS!
FATHER
Quick, think! How can you get exemption?
MOTHER – HUGS CHINESE BOY
My baby, my baby!
Scene Two – Indian boy’s home.
INDIAN BOY – LOOKING AT NEWSPAPER
Oh my god, I’ve got NS!
FRIEND 1
It’s okay macha, I went before.
INDIAN BOY
And how was it?
FRIEND 1
Fun, fun, fun.
FRIEND 2
You can shoot a gun, you know.
INDIAN BOY - SARCASTICALLY
Yippie.
FRIEND 1
You can make friends.
INDIAN BOY
Whoo hoo.
FRIEND 2
You can make girlfriends.
INDIAN BOY – GENUINELY EXCITED
Oh, wow! That does sound fun!
FRIEND 1
Told you so.
THEY WALK AWAY
Scene Three – Malay Girl’s Home.
MALAY GIRL – LOOKING AT NEWSPAPER
Oh my god, I’ve got NS!
MOTHER
Ah, it’s about time too. All your cousins went for it already.
FATHER
Praise god!
MOTHER – HAPPY, TAKES OUT PHONE
I must tell everyone I know!
MALAY GIRL
Well, I guess it’ll be fun.
Scene Four – National Service Camp Somewhere.
MALAY GIRL, CHINESE BOY, INDIAN BOY – RUNNING
CHINESE BOY
This isn’t so bad after all.
INDIAN BOY
Oh yes.
MALAY GIRL
I’ve learned so much since I got here!
CHINESE BOY
Yeah?
MALAY GIRL
Yeah! Don’t you think so?
INDIAN BOY
I do.
CHINESE BOY
Actually, yeah.
MALAY GIRL
See, we’re all friends now.
INDIAN BOY – HOLDS HER HAND
Good friends.
CHINESE BOY
National service works!
INDIAN BOY
It’s fun!
MALAY GIRL
It’s educational!
ALL TOGETHER – HOLDING HANDS
It’s national!
THE END
of insensitive sensibilities
which is not to be taken seriously
by Ethan Tan
Cast
Chinese boy
- Father
- Mother
Indian boy
- Friend 1
- Friend 2
Malay girl
- Mother
- Father
Scene One - Chinese boy’s home.
CHINESE BOY – LOOKING AT NEWSPAPER
Oh my god, I’ve got NS!
FATHER
What? Really?
MOTHER
Ah, why so bad luck one?
CHINESE BOY
This can’t be happening to me! I don’t want to waste my time at NS!
FATHER
Quick, think! How can you get exemption?
MOTHER – HUGS CHINESE BOY
My baby, my baby!
Scene Two – Indian boy’s home.
INDIAN BOY – LOOKING AT NEWSPAPER
Oh my god, I’ve got NS!
FRIEND 1
It’s okay macha, I went before.
INDIAN BOY
And how was it?
FRIEND 1
Fun, fun, fun.
FRIEND 2
You can shoot a gun, you know.
INDIAN BOY - SARCASTICALLY
Yippie.
FRIEND 1
You can make friends.
INDIAN BOY
Whoo hoo.
FRIEND 2
You can make girlfriends.
INDIAN BOY – GENUINELY EXCITED
Oh, wow! That does sound fun!
FRIEND 1
Told you so.
THEY WALK AWAY
Scene Three – Malay Girl’s Home.
MALAY GIRL – LOOKING AT NEWSPAPER
Oh my god, I’ve got NS!
MOTHER
Ah, it’s about time too. All your cousins went for it already.
FATHER
Praise god!
MOTHER – HAPPY, TAKES OUT PHONE
I must tell everyone I know!
MALAY GIRL
Well, I guess it’ll be fun.
Scene Four – National Service Camp Somewhere.
MALAY GIRL, CHINESE BOY, INDIAN BOY – RUNNING
CHINESE BOY
This isn’t so bad after all.
INDIAN BOY
Oh yes.
MALAY GIRL
I’ve learned so much since I got here!
CHINESE BOY
Yeah?
MALAY GIRL
Yeah! Don’t you think so?
INDIAN BOY
I do.
CHINESE BOY
Actually, yeah.
MALAY GIRL
See, we’re all friends now.
INDIAN BOY – HOLDS HER HAND
Good friends.
CHINESE BOY
National service works!
INDIAN BOY
It’s fun!
MALAY GIRL
It’s educational!
ALL TOGETHER – HOLDING HANDS
It’s national!
THE END
6 comments:
I sense disdain towards said subjects. If not, the latter one.
i can imagine the govt missing the point of your skit, thinking it's a great piece of propaganda for NS, and developing it into a 'muhibah' advert to be shown on national TV... =)
i don't understand. why national service? why not a simple down to earth tale that has a more believable moral? why more propaganda? why not do a 'mind your language' thingy?
how about a localised and completely modified aesop's tale? running out of creative juice?
This, as you can imagine, was not done as an exercise in creativity. Or propaganda. Actually, I don't really know what it is if it isn't a satire.
tat's the point - satire obviously is out of the question. there's got to be a point to the things we do...........
satire has a point la. precisely why i said i can imagine the govt missing the point: they might be too thick to get it.
unless uncle david's comment was actually satirical too... this is getting too complex for me =P
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