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Seems there is a question of stereotypes and race in your short here, Pedro. I decided to check it out and form my own opinion.
My first opinion is that you are using too many exclamation points!!!
"Thief 1 grabs a paper from his pocket!", you tell us at one point. "The lights are turned off!", at another. I would tone that down to start. Use them sparingly, or it gets kind of silly.
I found this story amusing. I actually liked the ninja and his stupid accent. As if ninjas actually rob houses haha. It's kind of absurd.
The only problem I had with the treatment of race here was that it was too superficial -- simply tossing the word "nigga" around is not digging very deep.
Is there a point you really want to make about race with this piece? Think about that question for a moment. Dig for it. If there is, then have these characters say something meaningful towards that end. It can still be funny, but also carry a little weight at the same time.
If you are simply playing the races off each other for laughs -- then yeah, you should abandon that angle and stick with the union discussion -- which is also a pretty funny idea. My opinion, anyway.
About unions, I think you would take a look at Elia Kazan's "On the Waterfront" or Danny DeVito's "Hoffa" They can be usefull in order to be inspired by.
hello, i wrote a short like this a few years back where a male and female thief break into the same house and they decide to settle it over a game of monopoly. liked the dialogue in yours but the characters were a bit stereotyped good luck