Burning up inside
Setting: School gymnasium right before Inauguration
Characters: Blaine - 5th grade student
Ms. A - Blaine's 5th grade music teacher
(Blaine turns around in seat to face Ms. Anderson)
Blaine: Ms. A, are you burning up inside?
(Ms. Anderson leans forward)
Ms. A: Excuse me? What?
Blaine: Are you burning up inside? You know, like angry?
Ms. A: Why would I be angry?
Blaine: Because McCain didn't win.
(Ms. A looks slightly taken back)
Ms. A: What makes you think I voted for McCain?
(Blaine leans forward to whisper)
Blaine: Because, you know, because you're white.
END SCENE
It's wonderful that as a society we've come to the point where we're able to have someone like Obama elected. . . but we've got a ways to go =/
Characters: Blaine - 5th grade student
Ms. A - Blaine's 5th grade music teacher
(Blaine turns around in seat to face Ms. Anderson)
Blaine: Ms. A, are you burning up inside?
(Ms. Anderson leans forward)
Ms. A: Excuse me? What?
Blaine: Are you burning up inside? You know, like angry?
Ms. A: Why would I be angry?
Blaine: Because McCain didn't win.
(Ms. A looks slightly taken back)
Ms. A: What makes you think I voted for McCain?
(Blaine leans forward to whisper)
Blaine: Because, you know, because you're white.
END SCENE
It's wonderful that as a society we've come to the point where we're able to have someone like Obama elected. . . but we've got a ways to go =/