“Reality Check ”
Sahner, Fred (American
playwright, writer, 1935-____), “Reality Check,”
a 14-minute comedy-drama
in English, set in a subway tunnel, New York City, Friday p.m., spring, 2003
,
2m;
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© 2003 by Fred Sahner; • in Fred Sahner’s
Reality Check
(New York: The Author, 2003);
• script/rights available from Writers Guild of America, East, 555
West 57th Street, Suite 1230, New York, New York 10019, U.S.A., telephone
(212-767-7800, fax 212-582-1909; contact Fred Sahner, 2 Stuyvesant Oval 11B, New
York, New York 10009, U.S.A., telephone (home) 212-460-5811, e-mail fsahner@yahoo.com.
• Cited by Fred Sahner via ftp March 28, 2003; Sahner says,
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§ Dramatis Personae Charlie (m), 39, subway dweller;
Todd (m), 32, TV producer.
§ Synopsis “A man living underground in the subway
system is asked by a television producer to compete on a 'reality TV show.'
The shallow producer thinks the 'Battle of the Subway People' would be a huge
hit. The reclusive hermit sees the show in a far more troubling light.
§ Comment “The setting is actually rather simple.
There is one scene: the subway dweller lives tucked away in an alcove. Charlie
has some newspapers, a radio and a sleeping roll. A train rumbles nearby (easily
found on sound effect tape).
§ Themes entertainment, hit show, life style, New
York City subway system, reality TV, reclusiveness, society, television production.
See also Fred Sahner’s
There is a there there
with a correct click.
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