Josh laughs.) If you know who the blackboard phantom is and don't tell us, you will be just as guilty. EMILY Why? © William Mastrosimone 1998, 2009. k { � ó Learn more . How is all that bad? Voices in the dark. 17._ (The deceased wrap Josh in the blanket, pick him up, making the box a coffin. Enter Josh.) JESSIE Except nobody's laughing. You home? ACTOR 4/RUMOR Then maybe you and Melissa did it together. You were awesome on the field. MICHAEL Why her? JOSH When you have a gun, people talk nice. So don't blame me. JOSH I won't go! ACTOR 4 (AS PSYCHOTHERAPIST) How are you, Josh? JOSH That's dumb. KATIE AND ALL SRO! EMILY I miss waterskiing in Georgia. MATT I miss singing in the shower. MICHAEL Blood thick as catsup. (Voices laugh mockingly) Wish somebody would put me out of my misery! Freezes. KATIE Duh. ACTOR 5 (AS PRINCIPAL) It's tragic when a gifted young man throws away an education--for what? KATIE Can we just go please? You were unstoppable. JOSH Possibility of what? Learn more . KATIE While all your dreams mock you-- MATT Mock you-- JESSIE Mock you-- EMILY Mock you through the bars. KATIE A mask that hides your face. Revision 24 April 2009. KATIE Hi. Bang Bang You're Dead. It's almost lunchtime. ACTOR 2/RUMOR They should take away all the guns. EMILY Sometimes bad dreams come true. JESSIE I'll never have an epitaph that reads "Beloved mother, grandmother, and wife. She dies again very dramatically.) Producing this play in a lot of communities turns kids who hunt into suspected killers. ACTOR 1 (AS JOSH'S DAD) Put that down! Maybe I'll be out of here when I'm twenty-one. ACTOR 1 (AS JOSH'S DAD) You should've thought about that before you wrote on the blackboard. KATIE Rustling of dry leaves. JOSH You were everything I wanted to be. (Michael drops) DEAD! (Jessie squeezes catsup into Michael's hand. JOSH Who's that? JOSH What do you mean? Isn't it tough enough that everybody looks at me like I'm a broken trashbag? "Bang Bang You're Dead," a new film on Showtime that premieres Sunday at 7 p.m., doesn't promise any answers on the issue of school violence. You're all dead. MICHAEL You see who you used to be-- (Slight beat.) ha= 0J j ha= 0J UhY’ j hY’ Uha= OJ QJ h mHsHha= OJ QJ h mHsHha= OJ QJ h ha= OJ QJ h mH sH 0 0 1 4 5 õ ö ! JOSH We all really hope you catch that nut who wrote on the blackboard. (Voices laugh mockingly.) KATIE You don't have the proper frame of mind. SET: Bare stage. JOSH Okay, you get me the rifle and I'll bring home all A's on my next report card. ACTOR 1 (AS JOSH'S DAD) At least that showed an interest in music. MICHAEL Why me? — MICHAEL Now you'll never know all the happiness that was yours. (Katie looks at Josh, beat, goes back to her book.) I wasn't ready for the test. MICHAEL You show him the safety is on. MATT A face that hides the pain. JOSH What? JOSH Because of some stupid words on the blackboard I have to repeat the grade? ACTOR 4/RUMOR The snapshot! MATT Why them? EMILY While you still breathe the air. MICHAEL And you were only a freshman. And study on summer nights? This is modern, contemporary stuff, where lives are on the line, not a cartoon. KATIE What was in your heart? JESSIE In silence. Every bullet has somebody's name on it. Josh: Josh a színdarab főszereplője. They then join the room using this secret code. Are you rejecting what your own father thinks? EMILY I'll never find the right person to spend my life with. MICHAEL Eat you for dinner. ALL Never. MATT With your grandpa. Üzenete a fiatalkori erőszakról és az élet értékességéről szól. JESSIE That our bodies lie in coffins. You don't see me. EMILY All my life I've been taught to forgive. ACTOR 1 (AS GRANDPA) Now you wait here. JOSH I love you, mom. JESSIE Put back the blood. EMILY Why me, Josh? MICHAEL A hand written letter. 49,229 listeners Will Butler. Then I have to wait a whole year! MICHAEL But you must go home a man by the end of the day. MATT Never body surf. EMILY Your buck takes its last breath...You almost let yourself weep. 14._ MATT We want the truth. Matt enters first, carries a bottle of catsup, sits, pours some on some imaginary fries, begins to eat, then starts on some homework. ACTOR 2 (AS JUDGE) The court will now hear from the public defender. EMILY I miss good times in Louisiana. ACTOR 5 Water gun. The deceased up-end the box converting it to a judge's bench by opening the lid so that it's up vertically. EMILY Like sneak down the empty hallway? MATT Pluck out your heart. JESSIE I'll never know all I wanted to know. At school the teachers are giving this test and that paper and don't do this and don't do that. Even though this was written before the 1999 Columbine massacre, it is one of the massacres foreshadowed in this play. You'll have to stay overnight in the hospital. JOSH C'mon, Katie. ACTOR 1 (AS JOSH'S DAD) Of course not. 22._ KATIE Or stay a boy who plays bang, bang, you're dead. The two people on either side of the person whose name was called fire their guns at him by pointing their guns in his or her direction and saying “Bang-Bang! (Josh lies down to sleep again. JESSIE Why? ACTOR 5 All in one. Instant respect. ACTOR 4 (VOICE IN THE DARK) Boom. It's cold. ACTOR 2 (AS JUDGE) The court will hear the prosecutor's opening statement. JOSH I'm pumped. Might as well get it over with. MICHAEL Till you tell us why. Once the room is full, the game begins. Why can't it be like that? JESSIE Never meet people on the internet. They see you in camo holding your rifle. MATT He sees your dying buck. It reminds us that while glorification of violence and guns may be fodder for entertainment, murderous events such as those represented by this play are not moments in time that can … Tried to off himself but he blew it! 57._ MICHAEL I miss cruising, windows down, radio up. (Josh throws a tantrum pounding on the floor shouting "It's over." JOSH It was a gift. HUGE LAUGH FROM THE RUMORS. JOSH When I hear the voices. JOSH You were in the wrong place at the wrong time. ACTOR 2 (VOICE IN THE DARK) Break the lock. (Katie laughs and exits. gun JOSH Twelve gauge. EMILY The movie that makes the pain go away. They didn't have to buy me a rifle. ACTOR 2 (AS JOSH'S DAD, VOICE IN DARK) Josh? A police siren blares as a red flasher sweeps the stage. JOSH I can't do this! It proved very successful, charting at #5 on the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music). 27._ MICHAEL You make your face a mask. 59._ KATIE I miss giving my dog a bath and she shakes and gives me a shower. Learn respect for firearms. KATIE I'll never achieve my dreams. EMILY And you'll see us over-- MICHAEL And over-- KATIE And over-- MATT Again and-- JESSIE Again-- EMILY As you saw us yesterday in the school cafeteria. I guess I'm just sick of you being disappointed in me all the time. ACTOR 4 (VOICE IN THE DARK) Josh the joke will be a year behind all his friends. (Lights on Josh. Bang Bang You're Dead is a profound film tackling issues that are relevant. ACTOR 3 (AS JOSH'S MOM) Oh, Josh, you don't really mean that. My name's Josh. All I want is to spend some time with grandpa and hear his stories about when he grew up. (Katie moves DC. MICHAEL Or really know myself. ACTOR 4 (AS PSYCHOTHERAPIST) Why'd the monkey fall out of the tree? ACTOR 4 When you have a gun-- JOSH You can take on anybody. JOSH Promised I wouldn't tell. He's only your father. MATT Till you tell us why. KATIE Hi. (ABSOLUTE DARKNESS. ACTOR 2 (VOICE IN THE DARK) Do it in the living room for your parents to see. It's a perfect match. Nobody's dead. 38._ KATIE Who? JOSH For how long? JOSH If she knew it was me, she wouldn't say it like that. Why'd you kill us? DRUMMER (AS CON) Yo, bad boy. ACTOR 1 (AS GRANDPA) C'mon, Josh. JESSIE You tear across the field. Overall, ‘Bang Bang You’re Dead’ showed a production that worked hard to compensate for the weak script. 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