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LANDLESS PLAY COMPETITION!
"SO BAD, IT'S GOOD!"
PLAY TITLE: Drowning The Flame
PLAYWRIGHT: Michael Oatman
SIMON SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I think we might
be treading on a lawsuit, here."

RANDY SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "This playwright
has got balls, dawg."

PAULA SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "Aww... Tupac's
not dead?... (alcoholic drug-induced babble,
etc.)"
 
"Rival Hip Hop artists struggle to win the
affections of a successful Hollywood actress."
 
SAMPLE DIALOGUE:
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Will
The great Tupac . . . you’re a mess.

Tupac
You just figured that out?

Will
So, you’re the new Miles Davis, or so they say?

Tupac
Eats you up don’t it?

Will
Stopped reading the papers a long time ago.

Tupac
No, wonder you can’t handle Jada, you the worst liar I’ve ever seen.  

Will
I don’t get jealous every time somebody step into the lime light.  Nergo I been doing this
for ten years, put my first album out in ’86 and I still go platinum every time.  Lets see you
do that, lets see where you’ll be in ten years.
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