Short scenes for camera (acting) classes, 3

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THE 'LEADER'’S OFFICE. THE LEADER PUTS DOWN THE PHONE AND SAYS TO HIS ASSISTANT, ALICE ALLEN.

LEADER

That was Huey Ray. You know what he said? He said, ‘You aren’t going to bring in this law? I know you. I had you on my knee when you were a boy. You didn’t have a streak of independence. Your parents or your teachers asked you to do anything you said, ‘Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.’ You’re a pleaser, you want everyone to like you and you don’t want me not to like you. I put you where you are right now.

HE TAPS HIS FINGERS ON THE LEGISLATION SITTING ON HIS DESK.

ALLEN

Sir, I –

LEADER

‘And they call you...’ you know what he told me? ‘“The kingmaker’s speechmaker”.’ He thinks he’s rattled me. ‘The kingmaker’s speechmaker’!

ALLEN

Sir, I’m afraid –

LEADER

Do you think I’m like that? Alice? I’m a pleaser?

ALLEN

No sir. I think you’re the most genuine politician of our generation. That’s why I’ve stayed with you ever since the campaign.

LEADER

He thinks he’s gotten under my skin. ‘Look at your poll numbers,’ he says. He thinks I’m on the ropes. (PAUSE) But you came in for something. Why the long face?

ALLEN

Sir, they’ve identified the bodies of those aid workers. Burnt almost beyond recognition. But not quite. One of them, as you know, was my fiancé.

LEADER THINKS, THEN PUSHES THE LEGISLATION OVER TO HER.

LEADER

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