dark-shadowlord+(jhb)

Science/Social Studies Miss.Ferhani/Mr.Batt
 * //Was It An Inside Job?//**

SETTING: The play happens in the Empire State building in New York, Manhattan. In the year 2005. Four years after the incident. There is a group of people holding a demonstration and distributing flyers to people who pass by that explain that the 9-11 tragedy was really an inside job, planed and executed by the US government, as a strategy to create fear and justify a war in Iraq that in the long run would give oil companies and arm producers a very good business. They are screaming at the top of their lungs. They are waiting for the president which is in an office inside the Empire State building. He is there for a conference when it happens. It's daytime. They are making a lot of noise and the employees are scared that the truth may be reveled. It is a warm summer day. Children with their basketballs little girls playing double Dutch.

CHARACTERS: 1) PROTESTOR #1 JACK- Is one of the protesters, he was a very proud New Yorker but now he is ashamed of being the same specie as the government. He is ashamed to be in the same country as them the one that they both call America the beautiful. 2) PROTESTOR #2 SAWYER as well was a proud American, but is now deeply ashamed of his government’s actions. He also had a loved one lost in the tragedy. His wife. It was there anniversary. Sawyer is a little intimidated and a little scared of the government. 3) GOVERNMENT: BEN is just a regular New Yorker working for the government. 4) SAYED JARAW: A former CIA agent. He was a mole for the CIA. He did work for them. 5) ASSISTENT/KATE: is the assistant of the president, she also just works for the Government. 6) BY STANDER: Just a New Yorker on her way for a sub when she hears all the protesting. 7) HURLY: Political figure, part of the government, disagrees with the theory of "Inside Job" 8) SECURITY GUY: Just a regular Security guy that gets caught up in all the commotion

Opening stage direction: Jack & Sawyer The two protesters are outside in a demonstration, with signs and chanting, Jack chants “inside job" Sawyer chants "truth is uncovered". Lots of noise from hear and there.

JACK: I expected more people would come, after all the views and comments the video got on You Tube!

SAWYER: I think it’s just hard for them to believe that their own government did it.

SAWYER: We are never going to convince people of this, I don't know if it is worth the risk!

JACK: Worth the risk? You have the guts to doubt that? They are the government, they are supposed to represent our interests, and they killed our loved ones, your wife, (he whispers and clears his throat) my daugh, daug-hter daughter !!!!!!!

JACK: And they killed their own people!!!

(Jack strokes his beard)

SAWYER: Yeah, but they are dead already, and we won't get them back just for standing here yelling the truth?

JACK: Sawyer, don’t go chickening out, the American public deserves the truth. Do it for Kim. Think of the four years of work that others and we have put into proving that the damn 'pancake theory' that the Government has been feeding us is a big fat lie. And all the big media backs them, so the only chance we have or getting the truth out is standing here and deliver the truth.

SAWYER: OK, lets do this thing.

(At the top of there lungs)

JACK: Inside job, inside job.

SAWYER: The truth is uncovered.

JACK: They shall not be trusted.

SAWYER: Innocent lives were taken.

JACK: What happened to the values in humanity?

SAWYER: What happened the fairness and equality?

JACK: You have all been brainwashed.

SAWYER: This government is an oligarchy not a democracy!

JACK:(With anger in his voice) Half of the stuff they do is not legitimate!

BY STANDER: What are you guys talking about?

SAWYER: We are talking about who is responsible for 9-11.

BY STANDER: (Deep crack in her voice) What? What are you talking about? It was a terrorist attack! Hello Al-Queda. What kind of demented rock have you two been hidden under?

JACK: That’s what the want you to think. That a bunch of terrorists that hate our country did it. The truth is that it was an inside job.

SAWYER: (Crosses his arms together and strokes his chin) Boy, they really got her weird, she’s clueless.

BY STANDER: Wait, what? Who are they? And more especially who are you?

JAKE: (Points to him self then to Sawyer) Jack, Sawyer

SAWYER: (Pointing in all directions) And they, are the US government. The ones who supposedly are meant to defend you, not to stage a plane crash into the World Trade Center and kill your people.

BY STANDER: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, and wait. (Highly offended, but with a little weak giggle.) Are you trying to tell me that the AMERICAN government crashed those two plains into there own buildings and they said it was a terrorist attack?

SAWYER: Mmmm…… yup.

JACK: Precisely.

BY STANDER: But Al-Queda said that it was them, they took credit for it.

JACK: Exactly they worked together; I mean if the most known terrorist group takes credit for an act with such terror and viciousness, it will make them even more feared, more powerful in their own way.

BY STANDER: (With a disgusted look her face) You unpatriotic fool. You are a shame to your own country. I just get disgusted from looking at you.

JACK: Look, it hurts us too, saying that the government, our government, did this to our own people.

//(Sawyer puts his hand on the BY Standers shoulder)//

(The By Stander slaps Sawyers hand off)

BY STANDER: (With an aggressive tone) Get you filthy hands off of me you unpatriotic SICKO.

SAWYER: (Flicks up the folder) SIKO? We have proof for peters sake!!!!!!!!!!!!! [At least hear what we have to say. There is a large group of scientists, physicists, engineers, that have done serious research and shown that they explanation the government gave to American people of how the towers collapsed is not true.

JACK: It is more than that, it is physically impossible.

BY STANDER: Yeah, you think that two planes crashing into a building won't make it fall?

JACK: yes but their theory is when the planes hit they had gasoline in them and the planes blew up. And with the heat of the fire the steel of the building started to melt. But the steel used to construct those buildings wouldn't melt.

BY STANDER: Huh?

SAWYER: You see, the building were made of a type of steel that doesn’t melt. And there is more. Even if the steel melted there explanation is still impossible. What the government says, with their " pancake theory" is that as each floor burnt and melted it collapsed on the floor underneath and so on. But think of it, even if it took three seconds per floor and the towers have thirty floors. It would have taken Ninety second for the whole building to be on the ground, a minute and a half. Now, do you know how much it took for the whole thing to collapse? Watch the videos of the towers falling, in ten seconds the buildings were gone.

BY STANDER: OK, sure you number lover, so what is your smart explanation of how they fell.

JACK: The only way for the buildings to collapse the way they did would have been with explosives. Less than ten seconds! That is called a controlled demolition, and in fact, that is also how the third building, the one that did not get hit, fell. So there would be no way for the third building to have fallen unless there was explosives in the building.

BY STANDER: That is so ridiculous, where on earth did you get that idea. And maybe there was explosives, they were distroing it to cunstruscta different one.

JACK: Yea and they would do it at that time? and with people?

(The By stander sighs)

BY STANDER: Ugh.

SAWYER: That is what the rubble would have proven. The building was pulverized, and there were lots of fragments of steel columns, all of the same length. That is typical of controlled demolitions. No wonder the rubble was removed in a matter of weeks, despite the alleged terrorist attack.

BY STANDER: What do you want, to leave the mess there forever?

JACK: No, but the law says that when there has been a terrorist attack, the remains cannot be removed until an investigation has been done.

BY STANDER: (Pauses between the ughs) Ugh, ugh I don’t care what you say, they wouldn’t do that. Why would they?

(More and more people are coming together around the protesters) Kate comes out of the building walks to the protesters)

(More and more people come and watch the argument go on)

KATE: Is there a problem here?

SAWYER: Yes, as a matter of fact there is.

KATE: What might that be?

JACK: You see, as you might remember, the government lied about a tragedy that happened here, in our very own New York City.

KATE: Oh jeez, you people don’t...

JACK: don’t give up?

KATE: don’t even have proof, or anything to back up you theory.

SAWYER: We have proof, OK. Take this flyer, it summarizes all the information. (Sawyer gives her a paper)

KATE: Do I need to call security?

JACK: Maybe you do, I mean since you are so afraid of the truth.

KATE: (tremendous anger in her voice) What you are saying is a theory not a proven fact, ok, so don’t get al hyped up for stuff that might not be real.

JACK: You sound as if you were a little convinced.

KATE: LEAVE. NOW.

(Jack & Sawyer run past Kate into an office)

KATE: Security!!!!!!!!!!

SECURITY GUY: (With a this is part of my daily life look on his face) That’s enough, lets go.

JACK: (Frees him self from the guards grip) What's enough are the lies.

JACK: You could have been on the plane.

SECURITY GUY: Well I wasn't so let’s go,

(//The security guy kicks SAWYER and JACK out of the building)//

KATE: If only y’all would have listened to me it wouldn't have to have gotten physical.

SECURITY GUY: Hahahaha

//(SAWYER leans rapidly towards the security guy, and JACK stops him)//

(BEN appears out side the building where the protesters are)

BEN: Excuse me, you can’t be going in there like that, that is a private area. Do you have an appointment?

JACK & SAWYER: We don't need an appointment, we are citizens with determination!!!!!

BEN: If you don’t have an appointment then I suggest that you leave this perimeter or I will call security.

KATE: (With a smirk on her face) Again, they will escort you to the other side of the street.

(Acts as if throwing them)

SAWYER: Ok, and what will that do?

JACK: We will keep coming back, until the truth is reveled.

SAWYER: You may have more power and more people than us but we have three things that you don’t have Heart, dedication, and honesty.

BEN: Very nice, but I don’t have time for this.

SAWYER: Oh, so you don’t have time for your own people, the ones who you supposedly represent.

BEN: (Aggravated) LISTEN.

(Hurley walks out of the building on his cell phone arranging his dinner)

HURLEY: Yes and if you could arrange the dinner at eight that would be swell.

HURLY: Um……. Who are these people?

BEN: Just some protestants Mr.Hurly don’t worry they were leaving.

(SAWYER Jumps and throws his fists down)

SAWYER: No we weren’t!

BEN: (BEN lets out a sigh) UUGGHH!

HURLY: So, what are these protesters protesting about NOW? Are the taxis to high? Did they have a house fire and the insurance doesn't want to pay for it?

BEN: Nothing Mr. Hurly it’s ok.

JACK: Nothing, we are here because of the hundreds of innocent lives you took just so you could have a reason to make a war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

HURLY: (HURLY shakes his head) I don’t have time for this right now.

JACK: My daughter Christina was on that plane, you killed her!

SAWYER: (Greifly) You killed my wife you untruthful.....

SECURITY GUY: Hey watch it!

(SAYED appears from the shadows as he overheard the conversation)

SAYED: NO. You watch it; you Americans have been accusing us for this when it very well could not be our fault!!!!

KATE:(Nervously) Mr.Hurly this way.

SECURITY GUY: Well we have the right after all you have no proof.

SAYED: Yes, I don't. But how ever I believe that this nice gentle man does.

SECURITY GUY: Why are you so sure that Al Queda wasn't behind this?

SAYED: (In a whispering tone) Well, I used to be in the CIA. I was a mole for them. I would get information for them.

JACK: (Hesitated) What this folder contains is data that shows that our theory of controlled demolition was correct.

HURLY: Ok, lets say that you were right about he whole 9-11 thing. What would make you think that any television radio stations or any entertainment station would let you are to talk about it, it would give them a bad publicity and America doesn't like bad publicity. So I suggest you keep your mouth got it. I will not have the government let alone a huge power structure be embarrassed so I suggest you with hold your information.

HURLY: So there for I suggest you get out of this building, you forget all about this and just….

SAWYER: NO.

JACK: Don’t you get that we came here so that OUR people could see what happened what really happened why there is really a war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

HURLY: We are attacking because they attacked us.

JACK: NO, you attacked because, it’s a money hole. It’s sad that you would take millions of their lives let along our soldier’s lives just for the petroleum. Do you really think that we will just leave because you told us to?

SAYED: That is very true; our rich oil caused us millions of children women and men!!!!

SAYED: (Weepingly) you have killed mothers sister fathers brother’s suns daughters!!

SAWYER: We will stay here until the truth is reveled.

(The protestors leave today but they come back the next day. They fight until this very day. (Curtains drop)

Bibliography: [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories]

CONCLUSION: Well, the conclusion is that the protesters keep on fighting for the truth to be reveled. They have had some successes but they haven’t had so much. They have hade enough success to be able to make movies; books and they were able to reach an eight-grader write a play about it.

THE END