This is a rewrite of a sketch I posted up here a few months ago. It was originally about people with rare names but it was correctly highlighted that this didnt quite work. Hopefully this works a little better...
SOCIETY 6.
PRESENTER:
I'm here at Society 6. An organisation designed to help people who feel like outcasts in our society. This place was set up as a haven to cater for their needs and allow them to experience a sense of belonging. This is quite a unique occasion as they have a very strict entrance policy and this is the 1st time a camera crew has ever been allowed to film inside the walls of Society 6 or S6 or SS or...
VOICE OFF CAMERA:
We've only 5 minutes left now get on with it!
PRE:
Ok! Doctor Patrick Fitz tells..am exp..says am...it.
DOC:
Well here at Society 6 the rare, the cast-offs, people who don't quite fit in are given a chance to shine. Right here we are entering the 'rare name' wing. This is the animal section...
Alan Dolphin there, Harold Sheepdog and Bat Nelligan or Flipper, Lassie and Vampire as we affectionately call them (laughs).
PRE:
Do you think its fair to make fun of their disability like that?
DOC:
Here at Society 6 we don't see their names as a disability. We see them more as something that impedes them from being able to do things that people without the problem can do easily.
PRE:
But isnt that what a disability is?
DOC:
Yes... Moving along. Here we are now in the pretend area.
PRE:
The pretend area?
DOC:
Yes (SLIGHT SMIRK ON HIS FACE)
WE SEE A MAN SEARCHING HIS POCKETS FOR SOMETHING AND WALK OFF NONCHALANTLY.
PRE:
What happens here?
DOC:
Well these people like to pretend something is the case when really it isnt. Like the man you just saw. He made it look like he was searching for something that was quite important to him, whereas in reality he wasnt looking for anything.
WE SEE SOMEONE IN THE BACKGROUND WITH HIS HAND TO HIS EAR IN A HEATED CONVERSATION. HE TURNS AROUND BUT HIS HANDS ARE EMPTY.
PRE:
Fascinating.
DOC:
If you could just follow me into the next area.
WE SEE A MAN WITH A PRONOUNCED LIMP AND GRIMACING AS HE WALKS.
PRE:
So where are we now, sick bay?
DOC:
No. (to limping man) You should get back to your own area.
THE MAN NOW WALKS PERFECTLY. HE SALUTES, SMILES AND WALKS ON.
DOC:
Another pretender. We do allow them to move around the different areas but we have to contain it as it can get very confusing.
You see the very real problem is that they could be in an area that is completely for aliens..I mean completely alien to them and can be quite um.. confusing.
PRE:
And are they allowed to come and go as they please?
DOC:
I suppose....
THEY WALK PAST 2 PEOPLE AT A CHESS BOARD. 1 PERSON HAS CHESS PIECES, THE OTHER HAS DRAUGHTS.
DOC:
....Thats an interesting one. We feel that once they enter these premises they develop a sense of belonging. Something that they would never have in the outside world so they never really want to leave. There is a serenity about this place, a peacefulness that the real world could never provide.
If you want to truly see what I mean, let us just stop a moment and listen to the tranquil sounds and take in the peaceful country atmosphere.
AS THEY ARE SOAKING UP THE ATMOSPHERE WE SEE ANOTHER MAN IN THE BACKGROUND LOOKING OVER A FENCE INTO A FIELD. AFTER A FEW SECONDS ANOTHER MAN RUNS UP AND WALLOPS HIM ACROSS THE HEAD WITH A HURLEY.
BACKGROUND MAN:
AAAAAAGHHH!!! OH GOOOODDDD!!!! OOOH NOOOOO!!!!
DOC SEEMS OBLIVIOUS. HE GIVES A CONTENTED SIGH AND WALKS OFF.
END.