This week, create a short script in which conflict and confusion are caused by different kinds of pronunciation and speech patterns. Choose some characters who speak differently and come from different social classes and backgrounds--for example, your grandmother, an emo kid, a cheerleader, an honor student, a former boyfriend or girlfriend, a jock.
Choose a place and situation: for example, it's Thanksgiving dinner and your sister just started dating the emo kid and your grandmother disapproves.
Then, write a scene with dialogue for these characters.
Here is an example featuring a grandma, a rap star, and a cheerleader at dinner.
RAP STAR: Yo yo, G-ma, slip me some poes.
GRANDMA: Pardon?
CHEERLEADER: Duh, grandma. He's all like, "Pass the poes," and you, like, don't get it. he totally wants the potatoes.
GRANDMA: Then he should have asked that in the first place.
Your scene is expected to be much longer than this, with at least eight lines written for each character. A ending punchline would be nice.
Monday, November 3, 2008
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