Ugly Is As Ugly Does
- Nov 11, 2019
- 2 min read
FADE IN.
INT. SLEEPING ROOM - NIGHT
PETER gets up.
PETER (V.O.)
Seeing all the riot
footage and hearing
the usual official verbal
condemnations make
me very angry.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
I don't sleep well. Let
me think of something
positive and sleep again.
A beat. Peter wakes up.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
I had a sweet dream
about singing...
INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY
Watching TV news, Peter sees some PEOPLE IN BLACK setting up barricades and then some riot police actions.
PETER (V.O.)
A masked chap was
shot? By a traffic police?
Peter checks his phone.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Someone is doing
live-streaming,
repeating the episode.
Peter examines a video clip.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Let me see...the
masked chap isn't
afraid of the police
officer's gun pointing
at him.
Peter looks very engaged.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Oh, he was shot. The
police are helping him.
Can't see the whole of
his face.
INT. STUDY - DAY
Peter is watching overseas news. A Chinese CHAP is reciting something.
PETER (V.O.)
The usual traitor from
Hong Kong is having
air time and lying
again. Police raping
and murdering Hong
Kong people? You
represent all?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
He's so treacherous,
shameless and ugly.
The broadcaster let
him fake news.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Although I don't have
air time in the traditional
media, let me comment
on such disgrace in my
social media platform.
The traitor just one of
Hong Kong's ugly faces.
Peter checks his phone message. Seeing a video clip, he taps play.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
A man remarking he's
Chinese being set on
fire? So horrible?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)
A photo of the culprit?
Another ugly face.
EXT. SWIMMING POOL PREMISES - NIGHT
Quiet. As Peter approaches the gate, a GATE KEEPER shouts.
GATE KEEPER
We close early tonight.
Emergency...
PETER
Okay. How about tomorrow's
opening hours?
GATE KEEPER
We might close...
Reluctantly, Peter retreats. Then he bumps into a team of policemen rushing somewhere. He also see PEOPLE IN BLACK in pairs.
PETER
They're just the most
stupid ones being led
about and enslaved by
those from behind -
ugly is as ugly does!
Looking frustrated, Peter runs in the dark.
FADE OUT. The End
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