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Scene 3 Great Power<br />

(Players)<br />

Players enter to change the set from london to paris, in the<br />

style of Sorkin (West Wing): speed-demon dialogue.<br />

PLAYER ONE<br />

The humanist progression, from Spinoza to now, passes through these cultural<br />

revolutions while the political situation pulls right <strong>and</strong> left.<br />

How Hegelian of you.<br />

Why, thank you.<br />

PLAYER TWO<br />

PLAYER ONE<br />

PLAYER TWO<br />

But culture simply mimics the politics. People are sheep.<br />

PLAYER ONE<br />

Not so! We have advanced in our conception of what it means to be human.<br />

PLAYER TWO<br />

How the fuck do you explain Hitler <strong>and</strong> Idi Amin, torture, <strong>and</strong> shit like that?<br />

PLAYER ONE<br />

Bipolar, obsessive compulsive, control freaks. Drug-addicted, mineral starved,<br />

psychotics.<br />

PLAYER TWO<br />

Sometimes, I want to kill you: you piss me off with all that verbiage. Evil is evil. Period.<br />

PLAYER ONE<br />

With great power comes great responsibility.<br />

PLAYER TWO<br />

With great power comes no responsibility AT ALL.<br />

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