Drama ensemble 2015

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I don’t know I tried and yes its more than 100 words

Epic theatre

·      Announcement of stage directions

·      Narration

·      Fragmentary costume

·      Direct audience address

·      Alienation effect

Verbatim theatre

·      Ted talk by Adora Svitak

·      Drunk or a kid scene

Exaggerated movement

·      Fart scene

·      Disney montage.

Rhythm

·      Office fart scene

·      Totes epic presentation rap

·      Transitions

Stagecraft

·      Tunnel & painted nails: Colorful, playful world of children. Contrasting to;

·      Plain white shirt: Boring, business world of adults. Tightened tie signifies stem office scenes.

Dot Points

·      Dp 1: Parent struggles to explain Aunt Maxines absence and gets the idea to use well-known Disney movies.

·      Dp 2: Showing that drunk adult behavior is very similar to that of a child.

·      Dp 3: Our child advocate is Mozart as he epitomizes the saying out of the mouths of babes.

·      Dp 4: Lt. Precocious and Cpt. Perceptive show how when you’re precocious not much is achieved, however when being perceptive you can make a difference. Dp 4 is also seen when we approach the tunnel as annoying,  precocious children, however as we cross over and become perceptive we are shown to have real issues to talk about.

·      Dp 5: Our totes epic presentation is based on education for children worldwide. We first rap about the issue and then give a deep and meaningful presentation, followed by an acapella remix.

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Reflection

1. Some scenes that I was proud of were the office scenes, the Drunk or Kid scenes and the Disney Princess scene. Because the timing was right, the audience reacted well, and the energy was great in all of these scenes. 2. The scenes that I think we need to work on in regards to synchronisation and timing are the Malala scene and the Ted Talks scene. I feel we did not flow as well and we need a lot more refining with regards to the timing vocally wise. 3. The way that we can portray a child in the non stereotypical way is to watch other kids in my life and to do my best to imitate them. Do things that seem childlike in a subtle way, but do not make this too obvious. 4. To show the assessors that I really want to go well, I need to ensure that I always remain in character, maintain a good actor audience relationship, and not break my focus even when I forget a line or movement, or even if others in the ensemble may break their character. Fake it till you make it. Refine and show detail with use of stagecraft.

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Questions post- parent night

1) what scenes did you think worked really well? I think our totes epic presentation had a profound effect on the audience, I could see people really trying to pay attention to what we were saying despite the overlapping noise. The Disney scene also felt quite refined although the effect on the audience was not as great. 2) which scenes do you need to work on synchronisation at timing? Synchronisation could improve in the circle section of the totes epic presentation, perhaps more complicated movement between speakers and knowing when to shuffle along. The Ted talk scene also needs to be edited so that each pair works together during the overlapping. Timing could be improved in the walking in a line scene in the totes epic presentation by making sure the walking is based on the next person speaking's words and that the words are not rushed 3) how can you make sure your portrayal of a child is not cliché Portraying them as people rather than just children, no on the knees, using a subtle but repeated gesture when playing a child. E.g. Scratching or thumb sucking or a foot movement. 4) how are you going to show the assessor/s that you want to do well? Being professional e.g. Starting in the freeze and holding the last freeze, clapping for other groups and being encouraging all round, saying thank you at the end, smiling at them and not showing nerves or uneasiness, setting up the space quickly, marking out where the scenes are going in the space to show sophisticated thought, committing to character, high energy. *refine stagecraft e.g. Neat Hair, costume deliberate, exactly the same feet, makeup similar*

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Tuesday Showcase Night - Feedback

1. What were some scenes that you were proud of? - Precocious Vs. Perceptive: stepping over the tunnel - Totes epic presentation - Fart scene, rhythm was well done - Disney montage

2. Which scenes do you need to work on synchronisation and timing? - The ted talk - Protest scene - Drink or a kid - Turning circle/speech

3. How can you make sure your betrayal of a child is unique/not annoying? - Having control of your actions - Giving each action a clear purpose - Practicing expressive skills of child character in front of a mirror - Researching a wide variety of childish behaviours

4. How are you going to show the assessor that you really want to go well on the ensemble task? - Show full commitment to character - Make each character clearly different from the previous - Keep your focus, do not laugh/break character - Give your performance depth and meaning - Even when holding a freeze you need to make sure that you’re keeping your body frozen and keep thinking about your face - High energy in your performance - Show depth in your research on the blog, show analysis

- Refine and show detail with use of stage craft (hair pinned back/same costume)

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1. What were some scenes that you were proud of?

I really like our Disney scene especially the Mulan one. There was good energy and everyone was really focused. Another was the cops and robbers I feel like we all had high energy and went quite smoothly, though it does need to be refined a little.

2.which scenes do you need to work on with synchronisation and timing

Probably just before we go into our fart scene with the whole ‘windows is starting’ line. And just over all refining

3. How is your portrayal of a child differ from anyone else’s

When I play a child, they are quite figgitty and always plays with the bottom of their shirt, they are unable to stand directly still and are always rolling their ankles

4. How are you going to show the assessor that you really want to do well

- really commit to the character even if you think it looks silly - stay focused at all times - have high energy

-refine and show detail

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In a line on stage. Monique walks in with coffees*

Monique: Good morning everybody.

Charlie: Hi Stacey...

Monique: My names Susan.

Charlie: Well, Sarah the memos on my desk need to be sent ASAP to ICRM along with the GPO's that go to OCED for QTD.

Rachel: Also, the RFP is a bit of a WLL and so if you could get that to my PA that'd be great.

Melanie: And don't forget to go to the front desk and ask for a report, B.I.T.C.H

Monique: What?

Melanie: Basic Information to Corporate Headquarters.... Geeze interns don't know anything these days. [to Rachel]

Charlie: Also Sandra, the OCF and PBT reports are a little S.H.I.T so we'll need you to bring us some more coffee right away. Oh, Catherine, you would not believe what my daughter asked me last night she asked the most awkward question just before bedtime. She said, actor turns into toddler.

Rachel: Actor turns into loving mother.

Monique: Actor turns into lamp.

Melanie: Actor turns into doll.

Child: Mum. Maxine. Au-Aunty Maxine. Where?

Mother: When I don’t know what to say. Disney tales come save the day. Here’s a few things I don’t know how to tell you.

Jasmine: The USA says it’s ok, they got Osama. Why are their men still at attention, making a scene. With guns and rifles and more, breaking down your door. Why the hell are they even still fighting in this war?

Child: So, USA good, country good, but USA go to country bad?

Children playing tug of war in the background. Knocking.

Anna:Do you want to get a divorce? It's not your fault you see, we’re not in love anymore, dad's out the door, you’ll see him once a week!

Child: Dad go bye, bye. Daddy gone?

Children play ring a ring a rosie in background.

Mulan: After saving China, I went home alone. I was feeling conflicts in my lower zone. I’ve been dressing like a guy for months, now I know how to feel whole, I think I am a guy in my soul!

Everyone: Now I think I understand. Aunt Maxine is a man. Guns are bad, mum loves me but not dad.

Walking whilst singing the last phrase to staggered positions.

Charlie: Now I want to start with a question; When was the last time you were called Childish? For me it can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational demands exhibit irresponsible /behaviour or display/

Rachel: /behaviour or display/ any other signs of being normal American citizens, we are called childish. Which really bothers me. After all, take a look at these events; imperialism and colonisation, world wars, George W. Bush. Ask yourself, who is responsible? /Adults./

Monique: /Adults./ Now, what have kids done? Well, Anne Frank touched millions with her powerful account of the holocaust, Ruby Bridges helped end segregation in the united states and most recently, Charlie Simpson helped to raise one hundred and twenty thousands pounds for Haiti on /his little bike./

Melanie:/his little bike/ So, as you can see evidenced by such examples, age has absolutely nothing to do with it. The traits the word childish addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age discriminatory word when it comes to criticising behaviour associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.

Everyone: Then again, whose to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren’t exactly what the world needs?

Children play dip dip in the centre.

Rachel: There's a party on the hill would you like to come?

Melanie: Yes.

Charlie: Then bring a book so we can learn some stuff.

Monique: Can't afford it.

Rachel: Then pack your bags and get lost for the rest of the game.

Melanie: Awww ):

Children run around to positions.

Charlie: I, I, I, I.

Monique: Me, me, me, me.

Rachel: Us, us, us, us.

Melanie: We, we, we, we.

Melanie and Rachel roll backwards. Melanie’s roll fails and they ask to do it again. They improvise. Then they roll again.

Rachel & Melanie: HA.

Melanie: That one was pretty good.

Rachel & Melanie: HA.

Charlie & Monique: Let’s play cops & robbers!

Melanie turns into siren, Rachel is driver, they are cops. Charlie & Monique are robbers running from the cops. Monique pushes Charlie towards Rachel and Charlie entraps her in the tunnel. Charlie rolls on the floor Monique jumps over and coppers are tripped up in slow motion. Monique escapes and becomes narrator. Coppers throw Charlie into the slums.

Melanie: Get in there! So you know the plan.

Freeze.

Monique:This is the dynamic duo, Lt. Precocious and Cpt. Perceptive.

Unfreeze.

Rachel: Good Cop. Bad Cop.

Melanie: So, why’d you do it?

Charlie: I’ll never tell you.

Melanie: Just tell me. Punk. Why’d you do it?

Rachel: I think what my co-worker is trying to say here is that your information is vital to one of our cases.

Charlie: Well, I guess when you put it that way I was-

Freeze.

Monique: As you can see here Lt. Precocious is applying the tactic of intimidation, whilst Captain Perceptive here uses reasoning as his plan of action, lets see which works most effectively.

Unfreeze.

Melanie: Tell me, Tell me, Tell me, Tell me, that promotion is mine!

Freeze.

Monique: As you can see the Lt. is whinging, and he’s only in it for himself. It's getting him no where.

Unfreeze.

Charlie: I’ll never tell

Rachel: Look we are here for the benefit of not only you but also the city.

Melanie: Ok Batman

Freeze.

Monique: The captain evokes sympathy in the criminal, and Lt...he resorts to name calling.

Unfreeze.

Melanie: A CHILD IS MISSING!!!!!

Rachel: He’s right, a child is missing, and could be suffering.

Charlie: Well, I guess it’s not fair on the child. I left her behind the-

Windows starting up. Gradually falling while making computer noise.

Farting with sounds and gestures.

Charlie: It’s not fair! It’s not fair!

Rachel: I’m tired! I’m tired!

Melanie: Muuuuum. I want. I want. I want.

Charlie: It’s not fair!

Rachel: I’m tired!

Melanie: But I want it…..

Charlie: It’s not fair that two people who love each other can’t get married just because they are the same gender.

Rachel: I’m tired of earning less money than my male counterparts and having to work harder for the same pay.

Melanie: Complaining e.t.c *bumps into wall* it's not fair, why can't I go over there?

Tunnel is a fire MRC are warming around on floor in a semi circle monique stands tall in the centre, each time they move to a new sentence thingo MCR move to stand and Monique moves to the floor*

Melanie: I want. I want. I want.

MRC: We need. We need. We need.

Melanie: I want it now now now.

MCR: If you could please spare us some time.

Melanie: I just want it because I do!

MCR: Because this issue affects more than just you and I.

Melanie:That's not enough, I want more!

MCR: Thank you so much for your kindness.

Melanie: Actor becomes boot.

Monique: I smeared red paint all over the bathroom wall and then spit in a boot, I was…drunk. For the rest of college any time someone got way to drunk, they would refer to it as bot spittin’ drunk.

Melanie becomes boot. Rachel becomes a wall. Charlie paints the wall, then spits in the boot. Then Rachel and Charlie point to Melanie who is drunk.

Charlie: Ok, so this next part is a little weird but let’s just roll with it.

Melanie: Yeah we’re all drama kids here. So basically, just stay with us, we’re deer now.

Rachel: I tried to pet a baby deer and got kicked in the face by it’s mom. I was…a kid…I ran back to the car crying and uh…I don’t really like deer anymore.

Melanie is the baby deer. Charlie is the Mummy deer. Monique pets Melanie. Charlie punches Monique in the face using tunnel. Charlie throws tunnel to Monique.

Melanie: Without permission, me and my sister painted a unicorn on my living room wall, I was drunk, and underneath it, it said, “unicorn know he look good”.

Monique becomes unicorn. Rachel and Charlie paint.

Charlie: I drew pictures on my sister with magic marker…I was a kid and later in life I did it again when I was drunk.

Using tunnel as pillow, Melanie and Rachel are asleep facing away from each other. Monique is drawing on their faces. Charlie picks up tunnel as boom box, everyone crouches around as she starts rhythm, all burst out like 90's gangsters. All drop to the floor and do rhythm*

Rachel:So did you hear ‘bout the places all ‘round the world, where deprivation of education is handed out to all boys and girls

Monique: A kid in Africa could know the cancer cure. But instead they’re shunned because they’re country's poor

Charlie: All the potential going to waste, what a disgrace to the human race.

Melanie: When I think about it, that could have been me and then I wouldn’t be givin’ this totes epic prezzie.

Beat boxing rhythm around circle to close tunnel the standing in positions in circle.

Monique: Distinguished guests, education or lack there of is what we are here today to talk to you about.

Circle turns.

Rachel: Think of every piece of information in your brain as five cents, you have a wealth of information between your ears but what about those who don’t have access to education.

Circle turns.

Charlie: Children of under-privileged nations, young girls whose culture dictates that they must become subservient instead of being given the opportunity to become doctors, teachers, women of power and presence.

Circle turns.

Melanie: Those who can not afford the basic right of knowledge and become victims to the vicious cycle, the rich get richer while the poor get poorer.

Circle turns.

Rachel: Sure, you could open your wallets and throw some money on the situation but what we think is that you should open your mind instead.

Circle turns.

Melanie: Give them the wealth that really matters.

Circle turns.

Charlie: Their accumulation of knowledge is what will bring them prosperity and wealth.

Children sing ring around the a rosie whilst circle turns.

Charlie: Out of all the children in the world, over 72 million go uneducated.

All change freeze and make rhythmic noise using body/mouth.

Monique: The mouths of children are our future. From our words and thoughts, our world will grow. The only way to develop all our thoughts is to make education compulsory for all children, worldwide.

All change freeze and make rhythmic noise using body/mouth.

Melanie: Of all history's greatest children, the most ingenious have been given an extraordinary education. Imagine what could happen if all the world’s children were educated. Think of the potential.

All change freeze and make rhythmic noise using body/mouth.

Rachel:Babes, children, youths, we are all entitled to an education. No matter who we are, where we come from, we all deserve knowledge.

All repeat sentences over each other. Actors can be speaking the whole sentence, parts, or just single words. moving around the space.

Charlie: Out of all [Continues line but is talked over by Monique]

Monique: The mouths of [Continues line but is talked over by Melanie]

Melanie: Of all [Continues line but is talked over by Rachel]

Rachel: Babes, children, youths, we are all entitled to an education. No matter who we are, where we come from, we all deserve knowledge.

Descends into chaos and then silence.

Monique: The mouths. The mouths. The mouths. The mouths. [Continues rhythm]

Rachel: Babes. Babes. Babes. Babes. [Said in between Monique, continues]

Charlie: Out of. Out of. Out of. [Continues between Monique and Rachel]

Melanie: Of. Of. Of. Of.

All repeat lines over the top of one another, speeding up, changing volume and pitch. Until eventually the speech slows down and sentence is formed.

Charlie: Out of

Monique: The mouths

Melanie: Of

Rachel: Babes

All: Out of the mouths of babes.

Head down and freeze. Drop to computers.

Monique: It's quitting time, I'm out

Rachel: Yeah, I'll be heading off

Charlie: Cya all tomorrow

Melanie: Hey guys, check out this totes epic presentation I found on YouTube.

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Possible prop????

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Game Show - ending needs to be edited

Henry: Hello everybody, and welcome to tonight’s game show: Childishness! I’m the host with the most – the most wives, that is! And now I’d like to welcome to you our contestants which for the sake of copyright infringements, we will omit their names for tonight. Contestant number one is notorious for her amazing performances with poles, sledgehammers, and Robin Thicke!

Miley: Hey, y’all! How’re we doin’ this fine night?

Henry: Yes, thank you. Our second contestant is Australia’s favourite Prime Minister who is likened to Dumbo and wears much-too-tight smugglers!

Tony: Um, yes, uh I would… I would like to tell you I had no knowledge of this ever happening…

Ben: You’re a bloody flog.

Henry: I will not accept profanities on this show, as accurate as they may be. Now our last contestant, who has been so vocal so far--

Ben: --Hell yeah--

Henry: --is famous for their drug use, erotic partying behaviour, and a tendency to show off a little more than they should.

Ben: Yo, whassup? I like footy.

Henry: Brilliant. So, contestant number one. How childish would you rate yourself on a scale of one to ten?

Miley: Well, normally, I’d rate myself an eleven, but that’s in hotness, so I’d maybe go for an eight, nine. But the score would have (sings) came in like a wrecking ball!

Henry: Okay, thank you. I didn’t realise we had you scheduled in for a performance. Oh, we don’t? Great. So be quiet, or I’ll have you beheaded. Now, contestant number two. What do you have to say about the media describing you as childish?

Tony: Well, I… I would just… I would just… like to say that I had to prior… no prior knowledge of these events, and my team… we will, uh, we will endeavour to do whatever we can… to… what was the question?

Henry: Okay then, onto contestant number three. Now, what is the most childish thing you have done to date?

Ben: Well, you see, in March this year - you know, 2015 - this one – I ran a few stoplights, as you do, failed to provide a breath test

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Dp 5 - Out of the Mouths of Babes

All actors are frozen in dramatic positions that have dramatic meaning.

Actor 1: Out of all the children in the world, over 72 million go uneducated.

All change freeze and make rhythmic noise using body/mouth.

Actor 2: The mouths of children are our future. From our words and thoughts, our world will grow. The only way to develop all our thoughts is to make education compulsory for all children, worldwide.

All change freeze and make rhythmic noise using body/mouth.

Actor 3: Of all history's greatest children, the most ingenious have been given an extraordinary education. Imagine what could happen if all the worlds children were educated. Think of the potential.

All change freeze and make rhythmic noise using body/mouth.

Actor 4: Babes, children, youths, we are all entitled to an education. No matter who we are, where we come from, we all deserve knowledge.

All repeat sentences over each other. Actors can be speaking the whole sentence, parts, or just single words. moving around the space.

Actor 1: Out of all- (continues line but is talked over by actor 2)

Actor 2: The mouths of chil-(continues line but is talked over by actor 3)

Actor 3:Of all-(continues line but is talked over by actor 4)

Actor 4: Babes, children, youths, we are all entitled to an education. No matter who we are, where we come from, we all deserve knowledge.

Descends into chaos and then silence.

Actor 2: The mouths. The mouths. The mouths. The mouths. (continues rhythm)

Actor 4:Babes. Babes. Babes. Babes. (said in between Actor 2, contiues)

Actor 1: Out of. Out of. Out of. (continues between actor 2 and 4)

Actor 3: Of. Of. Of. Of.

All repeat lines over the top of one another, speeding up, changing volume and pitch. Until eventually the speech slows down and the sentence formed is-

Actor 1: Out of

Actor 2: The mouths

Actor 3: Of

Actor 4: Babes

All: Out of the mouths of babes.

Head down and freeze.

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Child embodiment script

(Children stand in a circle enclosing Malala) My name is Logan Plante, I am thirteen My name is BIRK BAEHR, I am eleven My name is adora SVITAK, I am seventeen (Each child holds a whiteboard up with their cause written on it as they speak) Logan: if you ask a little kid, sometimes you’ll get the best answer, something so simple, so obvious and really profound. When I grow up, I want to be happy BIRK: It seems to me like corporations are always trying to get kids, like me, to get their parents to buy stuff that really isn't good for us or the planet Adora: Then again, who's to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren't exactly what the world needs? (Children clap and form and audience revealing Malala) Malala: Dear sisters and brothers, today is a day of great happiness for me. I am humbled that the Nobel Committee has selected me for this precious award. Thank you to everyone for your continued support and love. Thank you for the letters and cards that I still receive from all around the world. I am proud, well in fact, I am very proud to be the first Pashtun, the first Pakistani, and the youngest person to receive this award. Along with that, along with that, I am pretty certain that I am also the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize who still fights with her younger brothers. I want there to be peace everywhere, but my brothers and I are still working on that. (Children turn to face front revealing their whiteboards) Logan: You don’t seem to make learning how to be happy and healthy a priority in our schools BIRK: we can all make a difference by making different choices, by buying our food directly from local farmers, or our neighbours who we know in real life. Adora: Kids already do a lot of learning from adults, and we have a lot to share Malala: This award is not just for me. It is for those forgotten children who want education (Logan moves back and sits) . It is for those frightened children who want peace (Birk moves back). It is for those voiceless children who want change (Adora moves back). I am here to stand up for their rights, (Malala stands up) to raise their voice… it is not time to pity them. It is time to take action ( Malala starts to walk backwards) so it becomes the last time, so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of education. (Malala sits) I have found that people describe me in many different ways. Some people call me the girl who was shot by the Taliban. And some, the girl who fought for her right. ( children hold up their whiteboards again) Logan: Education is important, but why is being happy and healthy not considered education BIRK: It seems to me that we either pay the farmer, or we can pay the hospital Adora: the world's problems shouldn't be the human family's heirloom Malala: ( Malala stands to sit on shoulders) Dear sisters and brothers, dear fellow children, we must work… not wait. Not just the politicians and the world leaders, we all need to contribute. Me. You. We. It is our duty. (Malala shows whiteboard that say "society") (Children stand up with Malala on shoulders and walk around) Let this be the last time that a girl or a boy spends their childhood in a factory. Let this be the last time that a girl is forced into early child marriage. Let this be the last time that a child loses life in war. Let this be the last time that we see a child out of school. (children put Malala down) My name is Malala, I am seventeen

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Child embodiment research

http://youtu.be/h11u3vtcpaY http://youtu.be/F7Id9caYw-Y http://youtu.be/d7ep_8SLQh0 http://youtu.be/8hx0ajieM3M

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DP1: princesses

Child: Mum. Maxine. Au-Aunty Maxine. Where?

Mother: when I don’t know what to say, Disney tales come save the day, Here’s a few things I don’t know how to tell you

Jasmine: the USA says it’s ok, they got Osama. Why are their men still at attention, making a scene. With guns and rifles and more, breaking down your door. We didn't ask them to defend this country!

Child: So, USA good, country good, but USA go to country bad? 

Jasmine & mother: Yes!

Anna: do you wanna get a divorce? It’s not your fault you see, We’re not in love anymore, Dads out the door, You’ll see him once a week!

Child: Dad go bye bye. Daddy gone?

Jasmine, Anna, Mother: Yes!

Mulan: after saving China, I went home alone. I was feeling conflicts in my lower zone. I’ve been dressing like a man for months, Now I know how to feel whole, I think I am a guy in my soul!

Child: now I think I understand. Aunt Maxine is a man….

Everyone: guns are bad, mum loves me but not dad.

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Battle of the Prodigies - Dp 3

Host: Hello, and welcome to Battle of the Prodigies. I am your host, Rove Mc Manus. Tonight on the panel of guest child prodigies we have a musical genius who composed his first symphony at the age of 6, that's right its Wolfgang Amadeus.

Amadeus: Gutentag. I actually prefer to go by Mozart but uh, that's ok, I will compose another symphony just for you entiltled “stupid game host.”

Host: Wooow. Moving on, our next guest is from a duo, now tell me, aren’t you a little young to be on a game show.

Phineas: Why yes. Yes I am.

Host: Yes, its Phineas from Phineas and Ferb. And our last panellist has duxed the second grade 26 years running. Please welcome Lisa Simpson.

Lisa: Hi everyone, could I just take a second to talk about the environment, you know the pollution levels in lake Springfield have-

Host: Ha. Always looking out for the environment. Caring for those trees. Its time for round one. What does 5 squared times 4 plus the squareroot of 16

Phineas sounds his buzzer.

Phineas: That would be 104, the same number of days there are in summer vacation, before school comes along just to end it. So the annual problem for our generation is-

Lisa: The pollution in lake Springfield?

Phineas: I don't think so.

Host: Well you are correct Phineas, Lisa still rooting for the environment. Who is the queen B of pop music?

Mozart: Well as you said B, that would be Beethoven, but if you’re talking in general it would be me. Because I am the Queen. Slay.

Host: Bowm bowm. We were actually looking for Beyoncé. I’m sorry but we’re going to have to deduct points, and as you’ve gone below zero, you’re out.

Mozart: Shiezenhausen. You know I’m going to write aother symphony, all about this game show, and I’m going to call it lekmichimArsch.

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Josh Thomas on Q & A - Dp 4

Q. Girl: I would say you're reluctance to address homosexuals as well as their civil rights is quite detrimental to their mental health.

Bob Katter: I'm quite happy to address that issue at any time anyone brings it to me right. I have an electorate where suicide between Longridge and the Gold coast every week in the cattle section large first Australian communities where it is absolutely endemic and if you're saying whats your priorities well the priorities that I got are the people who are confronting me and quite rightly confronting me and if thats the problem that I have to deal with, you have problems that you have to deal with in your life and if I can assist you in anyway I'm quite happy to do that.

Josh Thomas: I believe the issue right is not that it isn't a priority, but you talk about it quite a bit and when you do talk about it you say...awful things. Um (laughter) and thats the problem. So...if you, if you, if you, if you're going to go out there as an elective member of Parliament and deny the existence of homosexuals for your electorate, which is kooky, um (laughter) adorable, but kooky. Of course people are going to get upset and wha, what worries me is I hear you talking like this and I spent the day googling you and you're adorable, um, is you say a lot of really important, powerful things, right, like, what you said tonight I hear it and I think this is a guy that cares and it is really important and when I hear you talk about dairy farmers and I agree that people in the city should spend more than three dollars on milk I agree with you but then when you go out and you deny the existence of homosexuals in north Queensland, they existence, there is an app called grindr I'll put it on your phone (laughter) you, you, you, you disenfranchise the community and I-I- spoke earlier about guys and being afraid of uh talking about their feelings and afraid of being feminine, afraid of being gay really, and that is all tied to the kind of homophobic talk you get all through society if you are trying to talk about mental health and one hand saying this is very important but they don't matter the community just falls apart.

Bob Katter:Ugh, I know. I most certainly have been guilty of cracking jokes upon myself, upon just about everyone-

Josh: I don't think its a joke- I don't think he was joking- I don't believe you were joking

Bob Katter: Everybody. I am not- I am not- in the last ten years and Josh, lets try to be careful about the truth here, in the last seven years, I'm trying to go to my memory bank, I defy you to find a single statement I have made in that period of time on this issue I hiuefjgvet- I've had my head bashed up by young ladies, by people like this and I say righto, fair call,

Host: Bob- bob, bob- can I just, can I just

Bob Katter: I'm gonna behave myself. In this area.

Host: Bob. It's nice, it's nice to hear that you've made, you've involved in some way, hang on for one second, but if it wasn't only people like Josh, it was your own half brother who came out and said, accused you of making dangerous and hurtful statements about homosexual people

Josh: Hang on a minute. You have an ad you can still see it on youtube about how the Australia party believes homosexuals are evil, that they don't exist, for you then to come around and say you haven't said homophobic things is just ridiculous, all you need to do, all you need to do, she asked the question, you know what I've said some stuff in the past it was a mistake I understand now it's hurting people's mental health its part of the problem not the solution, I'm sorry hooray to gay people, heres some glitter.

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David Attenborough’s adult world - Dp 2

Charlie is David, Mel , Monique, and Rachel are walking about the space busily, hailing taxis, checking the time, being an adult.

Charlie: Welcome to the adult world. The world of brief cases, deadlines, and fake glasses made to make you look smart. However this world, can sometimes be shattered through the introduction of-

Mel: Tequila!

Charlie: Alcohol.

Rachel and Monique lean against an implied bar judging implied women. Mel falls to the floor.

Rachel: Look at that one other there.

Charlie: After alcohol has been consumed, adults can sometimes revert back to childish tendencies. Notice when a female is involved, some members of the male species need to take ownership and they lose the ability to share.

Monique: I’d tap that.

Rachel: I think she’s looking at me.

Monique: Nah man, she’s looking at me.

Rachel: I call dibs.

Monique: But I said dibs first, in my head.

Rachel: But I noticed her first.

Rachel silently punches Monique and they wrestle.

Charlie: And in an instance they completely forget the topic of conversation.

Rachel: Mate, why are we even fighting?

Monique: I don’t know, but the next rounds on me.

Charlie: They also have issues with their consciousness, much like a childs need to sleep all day in order to develop.

Mel: I’m fine. I’m totally in contr- snores

Charlie: Okay darling, you just rest up. Suddenly overwhelming feelings of invincibility overcome the intoxicated.

Monique: Hey, do you reckon I can smash this plate over my head?!

Rachel: Yeah, I bet I can do!

Monique and Rachel smash heads and fall to the floor in sync.

Monique and Rachel: That was awesome!

Charlie: And some can lose their motor skills and are forced to learn how to walk all over again, as they did when they were young.

Mel: I can walk by myself. But this is nice floor.

Charlie: And by the end of the night, all subjects it seems end up on the floor, due to the mystery that is-

Rachel, Mel, Monique: Tequila! Vodka! Cruisers!

Charlie: Alcohol.

Transition using tequila, the song.

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