Beggar Sketch

Do you think the ending works? Not sure if it seems a little detached to the rest.

Ext. Street

A man is walking along the street. A beggar is sat on the floor with a hat by his feet. A few coins are in the hat.

Beggar:
Hello, mate, can you help me out?

The man rummages around in his pocket.

Man:
I haven't got much, but here you go.

The man pulls out a small bag of brown powder which he chucks in the beggars hat. The beggar looks at it.

Beggar:
Heroin?

Man:
That's what you wanted, isn't it?

Beggar:
No.

Man:
Ah! Of course! (LAUGHS) Sorry!

The man takes the bag of heroin back of the beggar and rummages in his pocket. He pulls out another small bag of powder and a spoon.

Man:
Crack!

Beggar:
No. I need some change to get a cup of tea.

Man:
Change? Oh, I don't know if...

The man pats himself down.

Man:
Sorry. Just the smack and the crack.

Beggar:
No worries, mate. You have a nice day now.

The man goes to walk off, but turns back to the beggar.

Man:
You know, I do actually need 50p for the parking meter, so...

Beggar:
(SIGHS) Take what you need.

The man takes some coins from the hat and counts them. He takes a few more coins.

Man:
Good luck with that cup of tea.

The man walks off. The beggar shivers.

ENDS

Yeah, like the 1st half but the 2nd half isn't so strong

Idea off the top of my head: Maybe instead of tea the beggar wants to buy some simple food with the money, only the Man doesn't want him to get that food ('Bread. Oh no. Latest research shows high-gluten diet - very unhealthy' ... 'Promise you won't use those drugs I gave you as something to trade in and get a sandwich instead' - There's a better why to phrase it than what I just wrote.)

Just a thought. As with all ideas off the top of my head, I might look at this in 30 minutes and realise its rubbish.

I like the unhealthy sandwich idea, Yacob. I'll try and incorporate that in a rewrite. Cheers.

Take it my idea (in my previous post) for there being a reversal where the man wants the beggar to have drugs rather than something to eat was clear? Not saying that its an incredible idea, more I'm apologising for how bad I am at articulating things.

It felt like two different sketches to me.

The first half with the drugs, I would have pushed further with the man finding all manner of inappropiate things to give to the beggar instead of money. And obviously feeling quite distressed about it.

The second half I liked more, with the guy taking money from the beggar. Again, I would have pushed it more with the guy taking not just the beggars money, but his hat and dog too.

Not sure how to end either of those sketches, though.

Well here's a rewrite with my interpretation of Yacob's suggestion.

Good ideas from, Chip, too. Plenty for me to work on yet.

Ext. Street

A man is walking along the street. A beggar is sat on the floor with a hat by his feet.

Beggar:
Hello, mate, can you help me out?

The man rummages around in his pocket.

Man:
I haven't got much, but here you go.

The man pulls out a small bag of brown powder which he chucks in the beggars hat. The beggar looks at it.

Beggar:
Heroin?

Man:
That's what you wanted, isn't it?

Beggar:
No.

Man:
Ah! Of course! (LAUGHS) Sorry!

The man takes the bag of heroin back of the beggar and rummages in his pocket. He pulls out another small bag of powder and a spoon.

Man:
Crack!

Beggar:
No. I just wanted some change to get a sandwich.

Man:
A sandwich?! Good God, man! Aren't you aware of how unhealthy a high gluten diet is?!

Beggar:
One sandwich isn't going to hurt.

Man:
That's what they all say! Before you know it you'll be up to your nuts in baguettes and diabetes.

Beggar:
But I'm so hungry.

Man:
You should have taken the heroin. It's excellent at suppressing appetite.

Beggar:
(SIGHS) Ok, I'll take the heroin.

Man:
And let you sell it to school children so you can afford a treble decker sandwich?! Never!

The man walks off. The beggar shivers.

ENDS