This piece is a satirical screenplay I wrote the other day. I thought that, instead of just rambling about fan reactions to Super Street Fighter IV, I would dip into my wrtiting training and try another format as an experiment.
Disclaimer: Due to Bitmob limitations, the spacing will be slightly different than traditional screenplay format. I hope you enjoy this change of pace from my usual articles.
JEAN FIGHTER
By
Michael Rousseau
INT. CLOTHING STORE - DAY
A trendy clothing store in downtown Vancouver, empty, save
for a single CLERK, sharply dressed. Various pants, shirts
and jackets are on display, all with video game boxes
attached to them. The clerk snaps to attention when a male
CUSTOMER enters the store. The man walks with a swagger,
like he owns the world already and is simply coming to
collect.
CLERK
Hello there! Can I help you with
anything?
CUSTOMER
Hey, yeah, I heard you have some
new jeans coming in soon. Is that
what they're going to look like?
The customer points to a particular pair of jeans on a
backwards-facing mannequin. The jeans have a copy of Super
Street Fighter IV attached to them, as well as several
mismatched, oddly-stitched pockets that don't mesh at all.
CLERK
Yeah, aren’t they cool? They’re
like the jeans we put out last
year, but we added a whole bunch of
extra pockets to them, adjusted the
size of the legs, swapped out the
zipper... pretty cool, huh?
CUSTOMER
Those pockets look familiar.
CLERK
Yeah, they’re from the jeans we put
out back in the late 90s. We just
ripped them off of the old jeans
and sewed them on to these. People
have been clamoring for old pockets
for awhile now, you know.
The customer moves in closer to examine the jeans,
scrutinizing every detail.
CUSTOMER
And how much are these jeans going
to cost?
CLERK
(excited)
That's the best part! Since we just
put out a new pair of jeans last
year, and these new ones are kinda
similar, we're only charging $40
for these!
CUSTOMER
(wryly)
And what if I've already got the
jeans you sold me last year?
The customer points down to his jeans, nearly identical to
the ones in display, save for the extra pockets and a
regular copy of Street Fighter IV sewn onto the leg.
CLERK
Well... the jeans are still $40,
but you get this key chain that
won't be available to the people
who didn't buy last year's jeans!
The clerk holds up a simple, mundane key chain and dangles
it.
CUSTOMER
What does it do?
CLERK
Honestly, I don't even know yet.
Probably nothing terribly special.
