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Who's Afraid of the Working Class?
Andrew Bovell,Patricia Cornelius,Melissa Reeves,Christos Tsiolkas
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Who's Afraid of the Working Class?
Andrew Bovell,Patricia Cornelius,Melissa Reeves,Christos Tsiolkas
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Five plays are intertwined in one in this story of fringe dwellers living in an age of social, economic and moral deprivation. Mostly without work, and politically disengaged, they work at survival.%##CHAR13##%%##CHAR13##%'With intelligence, well-judged humour and the searching qualities of truly memorable theatre, the play peels away political propaganda and notions of correctness to present a candid, difficult, searing portrait of the poor and marginalised.' ā Sydney Morning Herald%##CHAR13##%%##CHAR13##%Who's Afraid of the Working Class? was adapted into the feature film Blessed.
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SUIT
KENNETT BOY MONOLOGUE
A YOUNG BOY in his mid-teens comes onto the stage.
I love Jeff Kennett. I think heās a good guy, a sexy guy. I like it that heās tall, I like it that heās smart, I like it that he doesnāt give a shit about anyone. Heās an arsehole, I know that. Heās a cunt. Itās obvious. Heās a silver-spoon-up-his-arse cunt, he canāt hide that, but I donāt care. Heās not whingeing all the time, not bludging, not making excuses. Heās got style; he looks good and he knows it; heās got class. Itās written all over him. But, heās not soft. Heās not soft at all.
Not like my dad. No, not at all like my dad. My old man is one of those guys whoās wasted his whole fucking life. He works a shit job, has for thirty fucking years, since he was a kid, pouring concrete. And, man, you should listen to him, listen to him go on about it. āIām so tough, we brickies are so special.ā Yeah, right. Hasnāt done a fucking thing with his life. Hasnāt seen the world, hasnāt had an original thought. Nothing tough about him except his mouth and his forearms and even theyāre going to fat. My mumās no different. Sheās brain-dead as well.
My father hates Jeff Kennett, calls him scum, says heās destroying the unions and the working class. But I can tell that deep down inside he respects him. Youāve gotta. Kennett doesnāt give a shit about anyone, does whatever he likes. He even stands up to that ugly piece of shit, Howard. And thatās the leader of his fucking party! Kennett is a legend. Bet my old man wouldnāt mind being like that, instead of following orders all his fucking life. Weak cunt! Just a day, just one day, Iād like to see my father be like Kennett. Just fucking once.
I want to go down on Kennett. When I do go down on a guy, when I come to that, itāll have to be someone like him. Tough. Arrogant. Knows what he wants. Thatās my favourite wank dream. Iām with school, an excursion to Parliament House. SomehowāI skip over this bit while Iām pulling offāKennett and I end up in a lift. Itās him and itās me. Sometimes thereās this other guy, some suited, young, wog guy I saw on the Channel Nine News, some wog guy who hangs around Kennett. Sometimes heās there, banging away with us, sometimes he just watches. And then sometimes heās not there at all.
The lift stops. Thereās a moment that the light flicks off, then it flickers back on again. Kennett puts a hand on my shoulder. Heās way tall, way taller than me. He notices Iāve got a stiffie in my school pants, Iām stretching the cotton. Heās dressed real fine. Beautiful suit, slim tie. He winks at me and then itās on. Every time I wank to this, it changes. Sometimes heās hairy, blonde curls, all over his chest and stomach. Sometimes heās smooth. He doesnāt take off his clothes, just opens his shirt, unzips the pants. I dream that his dick is squat and thick, and that when he comes, he comes in fucking buckets. Just pours the come over me, over the wog guy. Thatās my favourite wank.
Fuck! I could come now. Man, I could come all over this fucking stage.
I wish I could tell my father about this dream. Maybe that would get the cunt alive. Poofter son...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Playwrightsā Biographies
- Introduction
- First Production
- Characters
- Whoās Afraid of the Working Class?
- Music
- Copyright Details