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Fade in The scene opens with a bunch of women sat round in a circle to what appears to be a focus group to side you can see a sigh with the motto “being thin is not a sin.”

The therapist who is a lady in her 40s is leading the group her face and skin hangs off her body as if its wanting to escape he hr is blonde and brittle her glasses give the impression the she is somewhat lerned although she is not.

Therapist (to group):Welcome to this A.A Session and by judging by the scent of someone they are in the wrong A.A session.

Vagrant stands up with a bottle in a bag and begins to walk out.

Therapist (as vagrant is walking out): You want the door on the far left, you’ll know when your there as the smell of piss and vomit becomes … PUNGENT. Where was I, oh yes welcome all again… and by the look of some of you it appear that the grim reaper has been near those waists eh? Girls? Eh? (Some girls put their head in shame) Some of you are looking wafer thin. Commiseration to those and to the winner of the bag of bones award who this week is … KELLY where are you love come on. Look at her… bony bitch. (Skeleton walks up collect award and put head down in shame.)

Therapist (to group):So, girls today we are going to discuss Food for thought. (In Background, you will hear girls vomit) Now there are several ways this is done, most importantly, there is spit and swallow. (Does the action of spit and swallow) but this ultimately depends on what you are going to eat (she licks her lips and smiles to herself ).

(The therapist can be heard in the background whilst the view moves to a group of girls sat opposite her. There are three in total girl 1 girl 2 and girl 3 girl 1 is thin but hardly a cause for concern she is wearing high heel and office wear with her hair up. Girl 2 looks like(any suggestions) Girl 3 she is considerably ample in her stature. Is wearing tight jeans that lead to an overspill of her waist. She is wearing a t-shirt saying “im thinner than I look”.)

Girl 1 (to other girls):Every blooming week now im sure listening to her is making me, disappear. Do this do that. Take her for instance she’s as thin as rake.

(Audience see raqchel for the first time she is a garden rake with blonde ponytails, googly eyes and big wide-open red lips.)

Raqchel: (soft and quick like a bird screech that utters confusion) Rake

View back to therapist

Therapist (to group):Let us take a short break. We will re-commence in 5 minutes just enough time for the spitters and skitters to sort themselves in AND out. Also, feel free to help yourself to snacks girl.

Girl 1 takes out a extending pole out of her handbag and looks like shes inserteing up her back socket.

Girl 2 (to girl 1):Whats that for?

Girl 1 (to girl 2):Helps keep me upright.

The group get up some stand away whilst the group of three girl walk over to the food counter. The girls walk over to the counter very divaish. Their hips sway like an inexperienced model on the catwalk that . They go to pick some food but as the hands near the sweet snacks, the food hisses at them like an animal saying “if you come near me ill bite”. The group of girls shriek and jump back but questioning if that actually happened or if it was in their heads.”

Girl 1: (aviodingly suggestive)You going to you know… do that thing…?

Girl 2: Duuno. (Checks watch) what day is it?

Girl 1: Tuesday why?

Girl2: Well im on this regime.

Girl 1: Regime! Were here because we “regimed” so much, so that even the line we crossed when we regimed has so become thin that it has wasted away into a dot.

Girl 2: Yeah sure... keep telling yourself that hunny. Anyway, im on this diet where less is definatley more slimkins. Eatless, weightless, limited success.

Girl1: Well im not. I had AIR for lunch…. (Farts) though I do have room for grapes well one... (Sighs) Ok half. (She picks up a grape, puts it on a plate then cut it half and looks at it as if it’s the solution to all the problems in the world).

Girl3: Well ive already eaten.

Girl 2 looks her up and down

Girl 2: (Patronising)We can sure see that “slim” sister.

Girl 3: (Nicely surprised)Can you tell?

Girls 1and 2 take a step back, pause and stop, then take another step back.

Girl (1and 2) :Er… yes you can sooooooooooooooooo tell.

Girl1: (to girl 2) At this distance sure.

Girl 2 laughs under her breath

Girl 2 (To girl 3)I mean is that a rib my eyes can see.

Girl 3 (Enthuastically)I think so.

Girl 1 (checks with her finger)No… it’s just a fold.

Girl 3 FOLD, FOLD, I DON’T HAVE A FOLD its definatley a rib. My mother always said I was big boned. Im a big-ish person trapped in a (looks at the other girls) thin-ish person’s body. Im like a snake about to shed its skin. (As she says “Im like a snake about to shed it skin,” she does the motion of a flower growing from the ground and opening up to reveal the flower.)

Girl 2: (to Girl 3) A fat snake!

Girl3: (To girl 1 &2)Whatever at least I don’t sneeze and snap

Girl1: Sneeze and snap?

Girl 3You heard right sneeze and snap.

Girl1:Whats that?

Girl 3:Well I overheard this girl who knows this boy who met a girl with a toy and a dog. Apparently, it is the new double “oo” or should I say (confidently) the S.S treatment

Girl 1&2 :(amazed)WOW, that sounds so foreign.

Girl 3 :Well the girl was from Germany.

Girl 2:That does explain the toy and the dog.

Girl 3 (to girl 1 and 2) When you’re at your thinnest, you can snap when you sneeze.

Girl 1 (inquisitively) Have you tried it?

Girl 3: Sort of

Girl 2 (hopeful):And…

Girl 3 (Disappointed):I mustn’t be thin enough

Girl 1 (To girl three):Why?

Girl 3:As it hasn’t worked as of yet. The other day it nearly worked

Girl2:Reaaally (Sounds like a cat meowing) what did you break.

Girl 3 :Wind… but honestly, it felt nice knowing the builders’ hadn’t arrived (Sorts out widegy)

Therapist: (To group)
If you like to take your seat girl were we are going to discuss survival substance do’s and don’t.

Fade out

next scene

fade in

The group and the therapist are on a minibus, the bus stops. On the side of the bus there is a large sticker saying, “Being thin is not a sin". There is a group of women on the bus and girl 1, 2, 3 are situated in the middle the therapist is on the bus. They stop outside a shop “Mikes Mirrors” it has signs like “find your true reflection today at half the price” and “cheap and classy, rich and tacky”

Therapist (to group): Here we are girls if you like to scrape yourselves off the seats ensuring you bring the (with fingers) “travel bags” to the front of the bus where they will be disposed of accordingly. We will then commence today’s session, which is body deception. (Patronisingly) I look fantastic looking through this. (Sighs to self) (Quietly to self ) How do I do it… i'll never know. (Therapist gets off the bus swiftly) So girls gather your knocks n slots & lets be having you.

(Some girls get up and get off the bus slowly like a bunch of old ladies).

Therapist : Come on, come on lets be having you. (Therapist grabs them and throws them off the bus they fall to the floor). We haven’t got time to sit neither. This is therapeee, which is pherapuetic to my body and soul. Now girls here we are "Mikes Mirrors" (points at shop which is behind her) magical (the therapist walk into the shop followed by the the girls. Girl 3 gets stuck in the doorway but gets pushed through. )

(Therapist aligns her self next to mirror she looks at herself the mirror give her a normal curvy figure(to group))
Now look at me….. do I look thin?

Girl 2 (to therapist): Well… not really

Therapist (To girl 2 shocked): Not really (Looks at mirror) oh my (put glasses on) oh my (the mirror has stretched her out)

Let try this one (goes over to another mirror which looks the same)

Now look at me do I look fat?

Girls (to therapist): NO

Therapist (to girls): And there you go body deception …I see what I want to see. Now why don’t you all try?

(The group breaks up with most dispersing across the shop. Girl 1,2,3 are where the group first started. Girl 1 stands in front of mirror which will be convex to stretch her out.)

Girl 1 (to girls 2 and 3): Oh, I look quite normal through this

Girl 2 (to girl 1): Let me try.

(she then pushes girl 1 out of her way into some mirrors. They smash she
Looks at the mess. Takes a polite step to the side ignore what has just happened)

Girl 1(Condescending) : Seven years.

Girl 2 : Oh yeah I see what you mean

Girl 3 : Let me try (When girl 3 stands in front of the mirror her reflection will be no different) I don’t think this one is working,

(Girl 1 approaches next mirror but steps up to it like a piece of art.
She touches the frame of the mirror to get an understanding of the effort, which has gone into the mirror (Jokingly to mirror))

Girl 1 : Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the skinniest of them all.

(The mirror goes cloudy, then an image of girl 3 appears, stunned she turns around to tell the others who are walking towards her. As she does the image disappears .Now girl 3 approaches another mirror but when she looks into it she sees her back reflection (think Andy Warhol) confused by this she walk away from the picture then turns around quickly but then she still sees her back reflection. )

(Girl 2 Walks to another mirror which just a piece of glass in a frame. On the glass there is a (need more on how the mirror will look) sign saying, “do not touch” she sighs but she knows she cant resist she turns around and touches the mirror but as she does the mirror sucks her in. she bangs on the glass but can't get back through.)

(Girl 3 walks up to her to look at mirror. It is just a piece of glass.)

Girl 2 (to girl 3): Can you let me out?

Girl 3 (to girl 2): I ain't that thick (She looks behind the mirror but girl 2 is not there)How are you doing that? Your using imaginary I seen it on tv (condescending to self) you can't fool me.

Girl 2(to girl 3): Im stuck

Girl 3 (condescending)tuck

Girl 2 (even more condescending): Stuck

(Girl 3 Looks around to see if she can find something but as she does, she knocks over the mirror/glass it smashes into a million pieces.

Girl 3 (smirks to self) FOLD, FOLD FOLD that'll teach you

I don't want to sound "condescending" (used quite a lot) but your enthusiasm is ace...but maybe let the thoughts in your head become words people can enjoy as much as you want them to be...the idea is nice but it may be a situation we haven't expolored or been a part of...but keep on with your writing because it's very fresh and new.

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