War Crimes is a gripping story of six teenage girls who are fighting to earn respect and leave their mark by whatever means possible. Inspired by a spate of attacks on war memorials, War Crimes references landmark historical events such as the Cronulla riots and the ANZAC story to interrogate race and gender relations in contemporary Australia. The play draws correlations between the local and the global, between violence against women and a culture of masculinity and mateship. How does powerlessness breed a hatred of 'the other' and what role do governments and the media play in perpetuating xenophobia and misogyny in our community?War Crimes continues Betzien's trademark technique of using real events as pretexts for the creation of relevant and provocative contemporary Australian drama.
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LiteratureSCENE
JADE is running through the dawn.
A soundtrack buildsâit is a fragmented news report underscored by a war zone.
Voice The Department of Defence⌠Private Damien Greer⌠small coastal town⌠Cummergunja⌠has been killed⌠diggers lost⌠Afghan conflict to twelveâŚ
JADE runs faster and faster.
She is running for her life now as the track intensifies in volume and urgency.
She collapses.
Jade Stop
stop
stop
stop.
Waves crashing on the beach.
JADE is unconscious on the sand.
Another girl, JORDAN, stares at her from further off.
JADE wakes, but doesnât see JORDAN at first.
She checks herself, her bloodied lip and bruised thighs.
She clocks JORDAN.
She covers herself up.
What are you lookinâ at?
Jordan They gone.
Jade Piss off.
Jordan I seen âem go.
Jade Piss off psycho.
JORDAN flares up for a second then backs away and heads off down the beach.
Darkness.
Cummergunja.
LARA appears.
Whatâs it mean?
Lara Why ya askinâ us?
RICK appears.
Rick Dunno.
Lara Itâs Abo isnât it?
Rick Ah mah thatâs racist.
ISHTAR appears.
Ishtar Means home.
Lara Hey how would you know that?
Jade âMemba Miss Cutcliff taught us?
Lara/Rick Nuh.
Lara Yeah well means home to us Aussies
not them new Habibis.
Rick Yeah. What youse come here for?
Ishtar Because of war.
Lara Nothinâ to do with us.
Rick Didnât youse blow our Damo up?
Lara Damo Greer.
Rick got blown up in�
Ishtar Afghanistan.
Rick last year.
Lara Hey Ishtar ya rellies have anythinâ to do with that?
Rick Yeah?
ISHTAR ignores them.
Lara Why ya askinâ us all this stuff?
Huh?
Rick Because of...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Playwrightâs Biography
- Director and Playrightâs Note
- First Production
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Process
- Characters / Setting
- War Crimes
- Copyright Details
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