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The Trip

This is a short sketch that I wrote to illustrate the absurdity of the near-death mindset, and the often dark comedy that has taken hold in recent decades. If you like, print it out, get some special effects and iMovie and go shoot the thing – I’d love to see how it plays out in an on-screen format, though I’d imagine the film would be pretty short. It calls to mind the attitude of people who play around on www.casino.com, or who enjoy taking risks in life – whatever happens, it’s important to look at life with a sense of humour.

a micro sketch

Dave is taking a stroll when he trips and falls down a lightless hole. He plummets and screams. Eventually he stops screaming because the whole thing is taking a really long time and he just sort of looks around. Then out of boredom he starts screaming again. Eventually he catches up with another falling guy, Tom.

Tom: Falling, huh?

Dave: I guess so.

Tom: Well good news.

Dave: What’s that?

Tom: There’s a bottom.

One Comment

  1. That was the worst story I’ve ever heard.

    Hope this helped. :D

    Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 9:24 am | Permalink

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