[1176] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
My impression of the Creighton/Brar ticket.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen D Larson)
Thu Mar 14 11:02:10 2002
Message-ID: <200203141027.FAA28833@nerd-xing.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 05:27:40 -0500
From: Stephen D Larson <slarson@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
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RHETT
I'm prepared to rule the world!!
EXT. DOWNTOWN CAMBRIDGE (MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE) - THAT MOMENT
The main street, Massachusetts Avenue, leading into the central
square. Groups of CAUTIOUS MIT STUDENTS. AMPLIFIED ROCK
MUSIC as a truck with searchlights rounds a corner onto
Massachusetts Avenue.
Searchlights play up the street and onto the buildings.
A beam illuminates A GIGANTIC BALLOON WITH A HUGE
CARTOON FACE looking round the corner before entering
the Avenue.
This balloon is moored to a parade float. More trucks
with searchlights, floats and giant balloons FOLLOW.
Cartoon characters and historical figures. Banners
proclaim; SELL YOUR VOTES!.
BYSTANDERS are amazed.
Suddenly THE AIR IS FILLED with thousands of dollar
bills.
From the face of the leading balloon (a huge, grotesque,
clown smiling ghoulishly and dressed in white Pierrot
frills) we TILT DOWN THROUGH the swirling dollars.
Here, on a float, surrounded by armed GOONS, sitting on
a giant throne, is Rhett Creighton.
Victor hands Rhett bundles of dollar bills. Rhett
pitches the bills, with a grand gesture, up into the
wind from a giant fan. People grab for the greenbacks
as they fill the air.
TIGHT ON BILL
A REAL ten-dollar bill.
WIDER
Like a demonic D.J. Rhett is LIP-SYNCHING TO WHAT-
EVER SONG is BLARING OUT over the SPEAKERS.
PEOPLE flock in from the side streets. Soon the whole
area is packed with MIT STUDENTS scrambling for dollar bills.
EXT. SIDE STREET - THAT MOMENT
Aaron's taking photographs of the hysterical MIT STUDENTS.
RHETT (V.O.)
(amplified)
Welcome, everyone. Enjoy yourselves.
Open those hungry wallets! No, I don't need
a PLATFORM with real IDEAS on how to
IMPROVE student life. Doesn't money run the
world these days? I don't care about the UA!
That's why I'm the perfect choice for UA president!
Don't worry, it won't matter to any of you in five
minutes anyway...
He LAUGHS.
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Let the sell-outs vote for whatever Joker they want to.
The rest of you, vote for Josiah.
--Stephen
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