<< *155 . JOHNNY SPEIGHT : IF THERE WEREN'T ANY BLACKS YOU ' D HAVE TO INVENT THEM . LONDON , METHUEN , 1968 . 48 P. . FI RST PERF. : 000868 . CHAR. : 01 SEXTON , 02 VICAR , 03 UNDER TAKER , 04 PRIVATE , 05 OFFICER , 06 ROBIN'S MOTHER , 07 MUS ICIAN , 08 BLIND MAN , 09 BACKWARDS MAN , 10 YOUNG MAN , 11 PRIEST , 12 DOCTOR , 13 NURSE , 14 GIRL , 15 JEWISH MOTHER , 16 JUDGE >> $ #7 $ < PART ONE > $ < OPEN ON FUNERAL : PROCESSION MOVING TOWARDS A GRAVE THROUG H A CEMETERY . $ CUT TO BELL TOLLING . $ CUT TO : > $ 01 I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS . $ NOT MY JOB . $ JUST THE MUGGINS THAT 'S ALL I AM . $ THE BLOODY DOGSBODY . $ GOT TO DIG HOLES ... FILL 'EM IN ... RING BELLS ... DIG MORE BLOODY HOLES ... FILL THEM IN . $ ALL THE OTHERS DO IS CHAT AND GIVE OUT ORDERS . $ < ( WE SEE THE VICAR MURMURING THE FUNERAL SERVICE FROM THE SEXTON'S POINT OF VIEW . ) > $ 01 THAT BLOODY VICAR 'S GOT IT EASY HE HAS . $ ALL HE EVER DOES IS PRAY . $ PRAYS FOR THIS , PRAYS FOR THE OTHER . $ I 'M TOO BLOODY BUSY TO PRAY I AM . $ < ( HE STOPS PULLING THE ROPE . ) > $ THAT 'LL DO . $ < ( HE PICKS UP HIS SHOVEL . ) > $ GOT TO GO AN' FILL ANOTHER HOLE IN NOW . $ < ( A VICAR IN A SURPLICE IS INTONING FROM A BOOK . $ A KIND OF SERVICE . $ AFTER A FEW SECONDS HE COMES TO THE END AND SHUTS HIS BOOK . $ THIS SCENE SHOULD APPEAR AS NORMAL AND EVERYDAY AS POSSIBLE . $ THE VICAR LOOKS AT THE UNDERTAKER AND THEY BOTH LOOK AT THE YOUTH , THE 'PRIVATE' , THEN THEY TURN AND WALK AWAY . $ THE YOUTH STANDS STILL STARING INTO THE GRAVE . $ HE IS NOW COMPLETELY ALONE , HEAD BOWED . $ ANOTHER YOUNGISH MAN , THE ' OFFICER ' , COMES FROM AROUND T HE BACK OF THE VAULT AND STANDS STARING AT THE YOUTH . $ HE IS DRESSED IN GUARDS MUFTI , BOWLER , NARROW DRAIN PIPE T ROUSERS , TIGHT FITTING HACKING STYLE JACKET . $ AFTER A WHILE HE PUTS HIS HAND INTO HIS POCKET AND BRINGS OU T A REVOLVER . $ HE WALKS SILENTLY OVER TO THE YOUTH AND PLACES THE GUN AT HI S HEAD . $ THE YOUTH JUMPS , STARTLED . ) > $ 05 DON'T BE FRIGHTENED . $ I 'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU . $ 04 WHAT DO YOU WANT ? $ 05 DON'T WORRY . $ IT 'S QUITE ALL RIGHT . $ JUST DO WHAT I TELL YOU . $ YOU 'LL BE ALL RIGHT , DON'T WORRY . $ I 'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU . $ 04 WAITING FOR ... FOR ME ? $ #8 $ 05 WELL NOT EXACTLY , BUT SOMEONE LIKE YOU . $ SOMEONE YOUR BUILD . $ SOMEONE YOUR SIZE . $ 04 MY SIZE ? $ 05 NEAR ENOUGH YOUR SIZE . $ 04 NO ... YOU 'VE MADE A MISTAKE ... IT 'S NOT ME ... $ 05 OH NO . $ THERE 'S BEEN NO MISTAKE . $ IT 'S YOU ALL RIGHT . $ YOU 'RE THE ONE . $ FIVE FOOT TEN , FORTY-TWO CHEST , THIRTY-ONE WAIST ... A BIT LONG IN THE LEG I THINK , BUT THEY 'LL TURN UP ALL RIGHT . $ WHAT 'S YOUR CAP SIZE ? $ 04 CAP SIZE ? $ 05 WHAT CAP SIZE DO YOU TAKE ? $ 04 I DON'T KNOW . $ I NEVER WEAR A CAP . $ 05 TRY THIS ON . $ < ( HE PUTS HIS BOWLER ON PRIVATE'S HEAD . $ IT FITS . ) > $ AH YES , THAT 'S IT . $ THAT 'S A GOOD FIT . $ YOU 'LL DO FINE . $ 04 I ... BUT WHAT ... I DON'T UNDERSTAND . $ 05 DOESN'T MATTER . $ JUST GET UNDRESSED . $ 04 UNDRESSED ... I ... $ NO ... $ NO ... $ 05 LOOK , YOU MUSTN'T BE INSUBORDINATE . $ THIS GUN 'S LOADED , I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW THAT ? $ 04 LEAVE ME ALONE . $ I HAVEN'T DONE YOU ANY HARM . $ I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU . $ 05 OF COURSE YOU DON'T . $ WE HAVEN'T EVEN MET . $ BUT WE 'LL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER . $ WE 'LL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER QUITE A LOT ... IN THE FUTURE ... YOU 'LL SEE . $ NOW COME ON , GET UNDRESSED ... $ 04 NO ... $ 05 < ( THREATENINGLY ) > $ GET UNDRESSED . $ 04 < ( TERRIFIED ) > $ WHAT ... HERE ? $ JUST HERE ? $ 05 BEHIND THE VAULT ... COME ON ... HURRY UP . $ 04 NO ... I DON'T WANT TO . $ I 'M NOT GOING TO ... $ 05 LOOK . $ PLEASE , DON'T MAKE ME SHOOT YOU . $ IT 'S ALL RIGHT . $ I 'M GETTING UNDRESSED TOO . $ THERE 'S NO NEED TO BE SHY . $ < ( HE PRESSES THE GUN CLOSER TO THE PRIVATE'S HEAD . ) > $ #9 $ LOOK , ARE YOU GOING TO GET UNDRESSED ? $ I 'M NOT GOING TO STAND ARGUING YOU KNOW . $ IT 'S NOT MY POSITION TO STAND HERE ARGUING WITH YOU . $ I 'M A DECENT TYPE , BUT I WON'T STAND INSUBORDINATION . $ THAT 'S ONE THING I WILL NOT TOLERATE . $ I 'M A FAIR MINDED MAN , BUT I 'M ALSO A DISCIPLINARIAN . $ NOW , EITHER YOU GET UNDRESSED OR I PULL THIS TRIGGER . $ 04 NO , DON'T SHOOT ... I ... I ... I 'LL GET UNDRESSED . $ 05 THAT 'S BETTER . $ COME ON , BEHIND THE VAULT ... HURRY UP . $ < ( THEY BOTH WALK BEHIND THE VAULT . $ THE OFFICER WITH THE GUN AT THE PRIVATE'S HEAD . $ AS THEY DISAPPEAR BEHIND THE VAULT WE CUT FAST TO CLOSE UP O N CYMBAL BEING PLAYED VERY FAST . $ THEN AS THE REST OF THE GROUP COME ON WE PAN ROUND TO REVEAL SMALL POP GROUP PLAYING VERY FAST UP TEMPO WITH TENOR TAKIN G SOLO . $ WE PAN ROUND STILL FURTHER TO REVEAL A WOMAN IN COMPLETE AND HEAVY MOURNING VEILED , SITTING LISTENING TO THEM . $ BY HER SIDE STANDS THE UNDERTAKER . $ FOUR GIRLS ARE DANCING TO THE GROUP . ) > $ 03 < ( IN A RESPECTFUL TONE TO THE WOMAN ) > $ THEY 'RE A FINE GROUP . $ 06 YES ... SO I BELIEVE . $ 03 THEY 'RE REGARDED VERY HIGHLY IN POP CIRCLES . $ 06 IT WAS ROBIN'S FAVOURITE BAND . $ AND HE UNDERSTOOD THIS MUSIC . $ 03 OH , YES , THEY 'RE VERY GOOD . $ 06 ROBIN WOULDN'T HAVE LIKED ANYTHING THAT WASN'T OF THE HIG HEST QUALITY . $ 03 ROBIN HAD TASTE . $ 06 IMPECCABLE TASTE . $ 03 I THINK THEY 'RE AN EXCELLENT MEMORIAL TO HIM . $ 06 YES , HE WOULD HAVE LIKED IT I 'M SURE . $ WHEN HE WAS ALIVE HE ALWAYS WANTED ME TO BUY THIS BAND FOR H IM . $ HE HAD ALL THE RECORDS , AND THE HIGH-FI EQUIPMENT TO PLAY T HEM ON , BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR ROBIN . $ HE WAS A PERFECTIONIST YOU SEE . $ HE WANTED THE BAND , AND I REFUSED HIM . $ < ( SHE STARTS TO CRY . ) > $ #10 $ I SHALL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF FOR THAT ... $ 03 YOU MUSTN'T UPSET YOURSELF , YOU DID EVERYTHING FOR ROBIN ... $ 06 BUT NOT THAT . $ I DIDN'T DO THE ONE THING HE WANTED MOST . $ I BOUGHT HIM EVERYTHING ELSE . $ POSITION IN LIFE ... A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE ... A HOUSE TO LIVE I N WITH HER , BUT NOT THE BAND . $ THE THING HE WANDED MOST I REFUSED HIM . $ < ( SHE SOBS QUIETLY . ) > $ I TRIED TO BUY IT WHEN HE WAS ILL ... WHEN I KNEW HE WOULDN' T ... WOULDN'T RECOVER ... I TRIED THEN . $ I ... FITTED A STAGE ... A COMPLETE STAGE ... INTO HIS SICK ROOM , AND GOT THEM TO PLAY THERE FOR HIM ALL DAY LONG , BUT HE WAS TOO ILL THEN TO ENJOY IT . $ EVEN THE GIRLS ... HIS FAVOURITE GIRLS , NASTY PAINTED-UP CR EATURES , BUT HE SEEMED TO FIND SO MUCH PLEASURE IN THEM . $ I BOUGHT THOSE FOR HIM TOO , BUT IT WAS ALL TOO LATE . $ TOO LATE FOR HIM TO ENJOY THEM . $ < ( SOBS . ) > $ I LET HIM DOWN . $ I WASN'T THERE WHEN ROBIN NEEDED ME MOST . $ OH ROBIN , ROBIN , PLEASE FORGIVE ME . $ 03 HE DOES . $ I 'M SURE HE DOES . $ NOW YOU MUSTN'T UPSET YOURSELF . $ YOU WERE A GOOD MOTHER TO ROBIN , AND HE LOVED YOU VERY MUCH , VERY MUCH . $ < ( CUT TO : POP GROUP AND GIRLS DANCING . $ CUT TO : ) > $ 01 < ( STILL SHOVELLING , TALKS INTO THE CAMERA ) > $ BLOODY MARVELLOUS AIN'T IT , EH ? $ BLOODY LIVE MEMORIALS TO THE BLOODY DEAD . $ DUNNO WHAT 'S ALL COMING TO I DON'T . $ I MEAN MUSIC IN HERE , POP GROUPS PLAYING HERE . $ I MEAN , IT DON'T SEEM RIGHT DO IT ? $ IT AIN'T LIKE THE OLD DAYS . $ BLOODY POTTY SHE IS ... RIGHT ROUND THE BEND . $ < ( CUT TO : THE UNDERTAKER HELPING UP ROBIN'S MOTHER AND PU TTING HIS ARM THROUGH HERS . ) > $ 03 COME ... I THINK YOU 'VE HAD ENOUGH FOR TODAY , THESE MEM ORIES ARE TOO BITTER FOR YOU . $ < ( HE MOTIONS THE GROUP TO STOP : TO THE GROUP ) > $ THAT 'S ENOUGH , THAT 'S ENOUGH FOR NOW . $ < ( THE GROUP STOP PLAYING AND HE LEADS ROBIN'S MOTHER OFF . $ AS THEY GO THE GROUP PACKS UP AND THEY START TO PUT THEIR IN STRUMENTS AWAY . $ THE SEXTON COMES ON CARRYING A SPADE . ) > $ #11 $ 01 < ( TO THE GROUP ) > $ YOU FINISHED ? $ 07 YES , SHE BROKE DOWN AGAIN . $ 01 SHE WON'T GET OVER HIM YOU KNOW . $ SHE 'S BROKEN HEARTED SHE IS . $ SHE DOTED ON HIM , ON THAT BOY . $ GIVE HIM EVERYTHING . $ 07 WELL IT 'S DONE US A FAVOUR ANYWAY . $ IT 'S GOT US A NICE LITTLE NUMBER . $ 01 YER , OH YER . $ THAT 'S WHAT I ALWAYS SAY ABOUT IT , DEATH , IT 'S GOOD THIN G - MAKES ROOM FOR OTHERS . $ < ( HE STARTS TO FILL IN THE GRAVE . ) > $ I WISH THEY 'D BURN 'EM THOUGH . $ TWENTY-FIVE I 'VE PUT DOWN HERE THIS WEEK , TWENTY-FIVE OF ' EM , TWO A HOLE ; THAT 'S THIRTEEN HOLES I 'VE HAD TO DIG . $ THEY OUGHT TO BURN 'EM , THAT 'S WHAT THEY OUGHT TO DO WITH 'EM . $ BUT IT 'S THEM RELIGIONS , THEY 'RE THE ONES WHAT 'S AGAINST IT , THEY 'RE THE ONES AGAINST THE BURNING . $ IT 'S ALL RIGHT FOR THEM , THOUGH , AIN'T IT ? $ THEY AIN'T GOT TO DIG THE HOLES HAVE THEY ? $ 07 CREMATION 'LL MAKE YOU REDUNDANT WON'T IT ? $ 01 NO . $ I COULD GET A JOB STOKING . $ BETTER JOB THAT IS , SPECIALLY IN THE WINTER . $ NO , ALL THIS DIGGING MATE , IT AIN'T DOING ME NO GOOD . $ 07 YER , WELL , SEE YOU POPS ... $ < ( THEY START TO MOVE OFF . $ THE SEXTON CARRIES ON WITH HIS WORK . $ THE GROUP MOVES THROUGH CEMETERY AND WE SEE TWO MEN ENTER . $ ONE IS BLIND WITH WHITE STICK AND DARK GLASSES AND HE IS LEA DING BY THE ARM ANOTHER MAN WHO IS WALKING BACKWARDS . ) > $ 09 HOW ARE WE IN FRONT ? $ 08 < ( WAVING HIS STICK ) > $ ALL RIGHT I THINK . $ 09 NO OBSTACLES ? $ 08 < ( WAVING HIS STICK ) > $ NO ... NO OBSTACLES . $ THE WAY FORWARD SEEMS QUITE CLEAR . $ 09 GOOD . $ THAT 'S THE IDEA , THAT 'S GREAT . $ 08 WHERE ARE WE ? $ 09 WE 'RE PASSING THROUGH A CEMETERY . $ 08 WHAT 'S IT LIKE ? $ 09 I DON'T KNOW . $ #12 $ 08 DESCRIBE IT TO ME . $ 09 I CAN'T . $ 08 WHY NOT ? $ 09 I 'VE SHUT MY EYES . $ 08 YOU 'RE ALWAYS SHUTTING YOUR EYES . $ ANYTHING YOU DON'T LIKE , ANYTHING YOU 'RE AFRAID TO LOOK AT YOU SHUT YOUR EYES . $ 09 WHY SHOULDN'T I ? $ THAT 'S WHAT EYES ARE FOR . $ THAT 'S WHY EYES WERE MADE TO CLOSE . $ WE SHOULD USE ALL OUR FACILITIES . $ IT 'S NO GOOD HAVING SHUTTERS ON YOUR EYES IF YOU DON'T USE THEM . $ < ( THE BLIND MAN WAVING HIS STICK IN FRONT OF HIM COMES UP AGAINST A BENCH . $ HIS STICK STRIKES IT AND HE STOPS . ) > $ 08 WHAT 'S THIS ? $ < ( HE TAPS AT IT WITH HIS STICK , THEN HE FEELS IT . ) > $ 09 WHAT IS IT ? $ 08 IT 'S ... I THINK IT 'S A SEAT ... YES IT 'S A BENCH ... IT 'S A BENCH OF SOME SORT . $ 09 A BENCH . $ < ( HE FEELS BEHIND HIM , TRYING TO FEEL THE BENCH . ) > $ HMM ... IT IS ... I THINK IT IS A BENCH ... $ 08 TURN AROUND , HAVE A LOOK , SEE WHAT IT IS . $ 09 NO , I MUSTN'T FACE THAT DIRECTION , YOU KNOW I MUSTN'T . $ < ( STILL GROPING BEHIND AT THE BENCH . ) > $ IT IS A BENCH , A SLATTED BENCH , WITH NO BACK . $ IT 'S GOT NO BACK REST . $ 08 AND SLATS , IT 'S GOT SLATS . $ 09 IT 'S GOT SLATS . $ 08 SHALL WE SIT ON IT ? $ 09 SIT ON IT ? $ 08 WELL THAT 'S WHAT IT 'S THERE FOR ... IT 'S BEEN PUT THER E FOR THAT REASON . $ 09 BUT I 'M NOT TIRED . $ 08 IF YOU WAIT TILL YOU'RE TIRED , THERE MAY NOT BE A BENCH . $ #13 $ 09 THAT 'S TRUE . $ THEY 'RE ALWAYS IN THE WRONG PLACES , THESE AMENITIES . $ BENCHES IN PLACES WHERE YOU 'RE NOT TIRED , DRINKING FOUNTAI NS IN PLACES WHERE YOU 'RE NOT THIRSTY ... $ 08 WE SHOULD SYNCHRONISE OUR HABITS . $ YOU 'RE NEVER TIRED WHEN I AM , AND NEVER THIRSTY OR HUNGRY WHEN I AM . $ IT 'S RIDICULOUS THIS ANARCHY . $ WE WASTE TIME , STOPPING TWICE WHERE WE ONLY NEED TO STOP ON CE . $ 09 ALL RIGHT . $ I 'LL SIT DOWN AND REST WITH YOU . $ < ( THEY BOTH SIT . $ THE BLIND MAN FACING ONE WAY , THE BACKWARDS MAN FACING THE OTHER . ) > $ 09 < ( FEELING THE SEAT ) > $ THERE 'S A PLAQUE HERE ... $ 08 A PLAQUE . $ 09 ON THE SEAT HERE ... $ 08 WHAT DOES IT SAY ? $ 09 I DON'T KNOW ... I 'VE STILL GOT MY EYES SHUT . $ 08 WELL OPEN THEM AND READ IT . $ IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT . $ 09 NO I CAN'T OPEN THEM YET . $ YOU FEEL IT . $ YOU 'VE GOT BETTER TOUCH THAN I HAVE ... FEEL THE LETTERS . $ 08 < ( FEELS ON THE SEAT ) > $ THEY 'RE VERY WORN . $ 09 IT 'S NOT IN BRAILLE ? $ 08 NO . $ NOTHING IS EVER IN BRAILLE . $ 09 PEOPLE ARE NOT FAIR TO THE BLIND . $ EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN BRAILLE , ALL SIGNS , NOTICES , STRE ET NAMES , ADVERTISEMENTS ON HOARDINGS SHOULD BE IN EVERY LA NGUAGE INCLUDING BRAILLE . $ 08 TRUE , THOUGH STREET NAMES AND HOARDINGS WOULD BE TOO HIG H TO REACH . $ 09 THEN LET THEM GET LADDERS . $ THERE 'S A WAY ROUND EVERYTHING IF WE ONLY HAD THE WILL . $ 08 WILL ... THERE 'S NOT ENOUGH WILL . $ YOU HAVEN'T EVEN GOT THE WILL TO KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN . $ 09 I 'VE GOT THE WILL TO KEEP THEM SHUT . $ #14 $ < ( THE TWO MEN RE-APPEAR FROM BEHIND THE VAULT . $ THE ONE WITH THE GUN IS NOW DRESSED AS A PRIVATE AND THE OTH ER ONE IS NOW DRESSED AS AN ARMY OFFICER . $ THE OFFICER STILL HAS THE GUN AT THE PRIVATE'S FOREHEAD . ) > $ 05 ATTENTION ... QUICK MARCH ... RIGHT WHEEL ... LEFT WHEEL ... MOVING TO THE LEFT IN FOURS ... MOVING TO THE RIGHT IN F OURS ... ABOUT TURN ... LEFT RIGHT ... LEFT RIGHT ... LEFT . .. LEFT ... LEFT RIGHT LEFT . $ < ( THE OFFICER BRINGS OUT A BUGLE AND BLOWS A MARCH ON IT A S THEY GO OFF . ) > $ 08 WHAT 'S THAT ? $ 09 IT 'S THE MILITARY I THINK ... MANOEUVRES . $ 08 A CHURCH PARADE . $ 09 IT 'S NOT SUNDAY . $ 08 A MILITARY FUNERAL ... $ 09 THAT 'S MORE LIKE IT , THAT 'S PROBABLY IT . $ < ( A YOUNG MAN WALKS ON AND UP TO THE BENCH . $ HE HESITATES BEFORE IT , LOOKING AT THE TWO MEN . $ THEN HE SITS DOWN . ) > $ 10 ER ... YOU DON'T MIND IF I SIT HERE , DO YOU ? $ 09 NO ... NOT AT ALL . $ 10 I DON'T LIKE SITTING WITH STRANGERS NORMALLY , AT LEAST N OT ON BENCHES ... PUBLIC PLACES . $ IT 'S NOT THAT I 'M A NERVOUS TYPE . $ I NEVER HAVE BEEN . $ I MEAN EVEN IN THE OLD DAYS , WHEN THE FAMILY USED TO GO AWA Y . $ I WAS NEVER NERVOUS ABOUT BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE . $ I 'VE ALWAYS SLEPT ON MY OWN ANYWAY . $ AS LONG AS THE DOOR IS BOLTED AND I CAN HAVE A LIGHT BURNING I 'M NOT BOTHERED . $ IT 'S JUST THAT I 'M NOT KEEN ON STRANGERS . $ WELL , I MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW THEM DO YOU ? $ AND YOU HEAR OF SO MANY FUNNY THINGS HAPPENING IN PARKS AND PUBLIC PLACES . $ THE AUTHORITIES ARE TO BLAME . $ THEY SHOULD KEEP THEM MORE PRIVATE , THESE PUBLIC PLACES . $ BUT THEY 'RE NOT BOTHERED , THEY LET ANYONE INTO THEM . $ I MEAN YOU CAN GO INTO A PARK AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU 'RE EXPECTED TO MIX WITH , AND THERE 'S SOME VERY ODD PEOPLE AB OUT . $ THAT 'S WHY I 'M ALWAYS SO CAREFUL ABOUT TALKING TO STRANGER S . $ I WAS BROUGHT UP THAT WAY . $ MY MOTHER , SHE USED ALWAYS TO SAY TO ME , IF ANY STRANGERS STOP YOU IN THE STREET AND OFFER YOU SWEETS BE SURE NOT TO T AKE THEM . $ AND I NEVER HAVE . $ SHE WAS A MARVELLOUS WOMAN MY MOTHER , AND I WAS , VERY FOND OF HER . $ #15 $ WELL , SHE WAS SO GOOD TO ME . $ YOU SEE WHEN I WAS YOUNG I HAD THESE DIRTY HABITS , AND SHE HOUSE-TRAINED ME . $ SHE GOT ME CLEAN , COMPLETELY CLEAN , SO THAT I COULD GO INT O PEOPLE'S HOUSES WITHOUT SHOWING MYSELF UP . $ AND I HAVEN'T DISGRACED MYSELF NOW , NOT SINCE I WAS EIGHT , EIGHT OR NINE . $ I 'VE HAD NO LAPSES AT ALL SINCE THEN . $ NOT ONE SINGLE LAPSE . $ EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP , THE BED IS AS DRY AND CLEAN A S IT WAS WHEN I GOT INTO IT , AND I DON'T NEED RUBBERS OR AN YTHING . $ IF SHE KNEW SHE 'D BE TERRIBLY PROUD OF ME I KNOW . $ 09 IS SHE DEAD ? $ 10 YES . $ SHE DIED OF ONE OF THOSE POSTAL DISEASES . $ IT 'S ALL THE G.P.O.'S FAULT . $ IT 'S THEM I BLAME . $ THEY ALLOW THE LETTERS TO MIX UP LIKE THAT . $ THEY LET 'EM MINGLE IN THOSE PILLAR BOXES , AND YOU GET LETT ERS FROM CLEAN PEOPLE MIXING UP , LAYING BY THE SIDE OF LETT ERS FROM DIRTY PEOPLE . $ THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO WRITE LETTERS , PEOPLE LIKE THA T . $ THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO HAVE A MEDICAL ... GET A CLEAN BILL O F HEALTH BEFORE THEY 'RE ALLOWED TO WRITE LETTERS . $ THEY 'RE SENDING THEIR DISEASES THROUGH THE POST . $ IT OUGHT TO BE STOPPED . $ I 'VE HAD TO CHANGE MY NAME I HAVE , AND MY ADDRESS , AND KE EP 'EM BOTH SECRET , SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T SEND THEIR DISEASE S IN THE MAIL . $ ER ... IF YOU 'RE NOT ... ER ... I MEAN YOU 'RE CLEAN , ARE YOU ? $ YOU HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING WRONG WITH YOU HAVE YOU ? $ 09 NO . $ MY FRIEND IS BLIND , BUT IT 'S NOT CONTAGIOUS . $ 10 OH NO . $ THAT 'S ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT BLINDNESS , IT 'S NOT C ATCHING . $ YOU SEE I DON'T MIND PEOPLE BEING ILL . $ I 'M QUITE BROAD-MINDED ABOUT ILLNESS , AS LONG AS IT ISN'T CATCHING , AS LONG AS THEY DON'T SPREAD IT ABOUT . $ THAT 'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I DON'T LIKE MEETING STRANGERS , BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT DISEASES THEY MIGHT HAVE . $ LADIES' GLOVES YOU KNOW , THEY CARRY TERRIBLE DISEASES ON TH EM , IF YOU PUT THEM ON I MEAN . $ A CHAP I KNOW , HE TOLD ME THAT ... $ HE SAID YOU CAN CATCH TERRIBLE DISEASES FROM PUTTING ON LADI ES' GLOVES , OR ANY OF THEIR CLOTHES , ACTUALLY . $ DO YOU THINK THAT 'S TRUE ? $ 09 I DON'T KNOW . $ 08 I 'VE HEARD TALES OF MEN WEARING WOMEN'S CLOTHES , BUT BE ING BLIND I 'VE NEVER SEEN ONE . $ #16 $ 10 THAT 'S SOME KINK ISN'T IT ? $ I MEAN YOU 'D HAVE TO BE KINKY TO DO THAT SORT OF THING , WO ULDN'T YOU ? $ ER ... YOU 'RE NOT KINKY I SUPPOSE , YOU OR YOUR FRIEND ? $ 09 NO . $ 10 OH GOOD . $ ONLY I FIND IT CAN BE VERY AWKWARD IF YOU 'RE IN THE COMPANY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE KINKY , NOT THAT I HAVE BEEN , BECAUSE I ALWAYS MAKE A POINT OF AVOIDING THAT TYPE OF PERSON , BUT I IMAGINE IT COULD BE VERY EMBARRASSING . $ 09 I CLOSE MY EYES TO THOSE SORT OF THINGS . $ 08 HE CLOSES HIS EYES TO EVERYTHING . $ 09 I HAVE TO . $ IN THE COMPANY OF THE BLIND ONE HAS TO BE BLIND . $ IT 'S OUR ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL . $ WHAT 'S THE USE OF ME SEEING THINGS YOU CAN'T SEE ? $ IF WE WERE TOO DIFFERENT WE 'D NEVER GET ON . $ 08 HE BELIEVES THE BLIND SHOULD LEAD THE BLIND . $ 09 IT 'S THE ONLY KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT 'S TOLERABLE . $ 10 WELL , I 'M A BIT OUT OF MY DEPTH HERE . $ I THINK , I MEAN , NOT HAVING BEEN BLIND , OR POLITICAL , BU T I DO THINK WE SHOULD ALL TRY TO BE AS MUCH LIKE OUR FRIEND S AS POSSIBLE . $ I MEAN THIS TRYING TO BE DIFFERENT . $ IT 'S ALL VERY WELL , ISN'T IT , BUT I DON'T THINK IT WORKS , YOU KNOW . $ NOT IN REAL LIFE . $ THAT 'S WHY I DON'T LIKE STRANGERS . $ I MEAN , THEY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT : YOU CAN'T TELL UNTIL THE DAMAGE IS DONE . $ I MEAN , I BELIEVE IN EQUALITY , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD HAVING EQ UALITY IF SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SUPERIOR . $ I MEAN , WE 'VE GOT TO DECIDE WHAT THE EQUAL IS , AND THEN A LL STICK TO IT . $ BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T YOU SEE . $ THEY 'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO BE CLEVERER . $ THIS CHAP I KNEW , HE WAS TERRIBLY SUCCESSFUL , WELL , HE US ED TO GET ALL THESE MARVELLOUS , BRILLIANT IDEAS YOU SEE , M ILLIONS OF THEM , AND HE USED TO GET ALL THE CREDIT FOR THEM . $ I MEAN , THAT SORT OF THING ISN'T FAIR . $ IDEAS SHOULD BE SHARED I THINK ... DON'T MATTER WHO GETS THE M . $ OTHERWISE , IT MAKES SOME PEOPLE LOOK BETTER THAN OTHERS . $ 08 YOU 'RE NOT COLOURED ARE YOU ? $ 10 NO . $ 08 YOU 'RE SURE . $ #17 $ 10 YES , I 'M COMPLETELY WHITE , ALL WHITE , ALL OVER . $ IF YOU COULD SEE , YOU WOULD SEE THAT I WAS WHITE . $ EVEN UNDERNEATH . $ 08 ALL RIGHT . $ I 'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT . $ I SUPPOSE I 'LL HAVE TO . $ 10 BUT I AM WHITE . $ REALLY , I 'M AS WHITE AS ANYBODY . $ I MEAN , ASK YOUR FRIEND . $ ASK HIM TO HAVE A LOOK . $ HE 'LL TELL YOU . $ 08 IT 'S NO GOOD ASKING HIM TO LOOK AT ANYTHING . $ 09 I DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN ANY COLOUR QUESTION . $ 10 BUT I AM WHITE . $ I 'M AS WHITE AS YOU ARE . $ 08 I 'VE ONLY GOT YOUR WORD FOR THAT . $ 10 BUT I AM . $ 08 I SAY YOU 'RE NOT . $ 10 BUT I AM WHITE . $ 08 YOU 'RE NOT AS WHITE AS I AM . $ I 'M PURE WHITE , THE PUREST WHITE , AND NOBODY 'S WHITER . $ 10 I DIDN'T SAY I WAS WHITER ... I SAID AS WHITE . $ 08 NO , NO , NO . $ NOT AS WHITE , NOT AS WHITE . $ YOU 'RE NOWHERE NEAR AS WHITE . $ A BLOODY LIBERAL THAT 'S WHAT YOU ARE . $ ONE OF THOSE BLOODY DAMNED EQUALISERS . $ I TELL YOU , I 'M WHITER THAN YOU , MUCH WHITER , AND I 'M B LIND AND YOU 'RE NOT , AND THAT MAKES ME MUCH DIFFERENT , MU CH DIFFERENT TO YOU . $ 09 OH DEAR , HE 'S BRINGING POLITICS INTO IT AGAIN . $ YOU MUSTN'T ARGUE WITH MY FRIEND ON POLITICS , SEX OR RELIGI ON . $ HE HAS CERTAIN BELIEFS AND THEY MUSTN'T BE CHALLENGED . $ 10 BUT ... $ 09 ENOUGH . $ PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENSIVE . $ 08 I 'M SURE HE 'S COLOURED . $ HE 'S BLACK , I KNOW IT . $ I KNEW IT AS SOON AS HE SAT DOWN . $ I SENSED IT . $ 10 BUT I 'M NOT . $ 09 YOU 'RE ARGUING AGAIN . $ 10 BUT I 'M NOT . $ I 'M JUST STATING FACTS , THAT 'S ALL . $ 09 IN A VERY ARGUMENTATIVE FASHION . $ #18 $ 08 HE 'S BLACK . $ AS BLACK AS A POT . $ 10 I 'M NOT BLACK I TELL YOU . $ I MIGHT WEAR WOMEN'S CLOTHES OCCASIONALLY , AND HAVE DIRTY H ABITS , BUT I 'M NOT BLACK , THAT 'S ONE THING I 'M NOT . $ 09 HIS VOICE DOESN'T SOUND BLACK . $ 08 IT DOESN'T ? $ 09 IT SOUNDS TO ME , MORE MIDDLE CLASS ENGLISH . $ 08 SO THAT 'S THEIR BLOODY GAME IS IT ? $ THEY 'RE LEARNING TO SPEAK BLOODY MIDDLE CLASS ENGLISH NOW A RE THEY . $ HOPING THAT 'LL HIDE THEIR COLOUR , EH ? $ WELL IT WON'T , IT WON'T , NOT AS FAR AS THE BLIND ARE CONCE RNED ANYWAY . $ 10 < ( GETTING UP ) > $ I 'M GOING . $ I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT , TALKING TO STRANGERS , THE Y 'RE HORRIBLE , THEY 'RE ALWAYS HORRIBLE . $ < ( ALMOST TO HIMSELF . ) > $ YOU WERE RIGHT MUM , I MUSTN'T TALK TO STRANGERS , OR TAKE S WEETS OFF 'EM , 'COS THEY 'RE NASTY , THEY 'RE NASTY HORRIBL E PEOPLE . $ < ( HE GETS UP AND RUNS . $ HE STOPS A FEW FEET AWAY AND SHOUTS BACK ALMOST LIKE A SMALL BOY . ) > $ YOU 'RE BLACK , YOU 'RE THE ONE WHAT 'S BLACK , YOU ARE , AN D IF YOU HAD EYES YOU 'D SEE IT . $ OLD BLACKIE , OLD BLACKIE . $ < ( AND HE RUNS OFF . $ THE BLIND MAN TURNS ROUND AND GRABS THE BACKWARDS MAN . ) > $ 08 I 'M NOT BLACK AM I ? $ I 'M NOT . $ TELL ME . $ HE 'S TELLING LIES , ISN'T HE ? $ I 'M WHITE , I 'M PUREST WHITE . $ TELL ME I AM , AREN'T I ? $ 09 I DON'T KNOW , I CAN'T SEE YOU . $ 08 OPEN YOUR EYES . $ QUICK LOOK AT ME . $ LOOK AT ME . $ TELL ME I 'M WHITE . $ 09 I 'D RATHER NOT . $ I 'D RATHER NOT LOOK , JUST IN CASE . $ 08 JUST IN CASE , YOU MEAN , JUST IN CASE ... I ... MIGHT BE BLACK . $ 09 WELL , WE DON'T KNOW , DO WE ? $ 08 OH GOD , GOD . $ NO . $ I MUSTN'T BE . $ I CAN'T BE . $ I MUST BE WHITE . $ LOOK , PLEASE LOOK , AND REASSURE ME THAT I 'M NOT ... PLEAS E ... PLEASE ... TELL ME THAT I 'M WHITE . $ #19 $ 09 YOU 'RE WHITE . $ 08 HAVE YOU LOOKED ? $ 09 NO . $ 08 LOOK , AND THEN TELL ME . $ 09 IT 'S TOO RISKY , FAR TOO RISKY . $ WE DON'T WANT TO DESTROY OUR BELIEF IN EACH OTHER . $ IT 'S BETTER TO BE WHAT WE BELIEVE WE ARE , AND NOT LOOK AT EACH OTHER ANY CLOSER . $ YOU 'RE WHITE , YOU 'RE WHITE , THE PUREST WHITE , AND SO AM I . $ 08 YES . $ I 'M WHITE . $ I 'M VERY , VERY WHITE , AS WHITE AS CAN BE . $ < ( HE MURMURS ON AD LIB : ' WHITE , WHITE , WHITE , WHITE . $ LIKE A PRAYER ALMOST INAUDIBLE . $ THEN A PAUSE . ) > $ 09 WE 'VE COME THROUGH A VERY STICKY PATCH OLD FRIEND , A VE RY STICKY PATCH . $ 08 YES , BUT WE 'VE COME THROUGH IT . $ 09 WITH OUR FAITH UNSHAKEN . $ 08 WITH OUR BELIEFS UNSHATTERED . $ 09 YOU SEE , MY PHILOSOPHY WORKS . $ WHAT THE EYES DON'T SEE , THE HEART DON'T GRIEVE OVER . $ WHEN YOUR BELIEFS ARE CHALLENGED , JUST SHUT YOUR EYES AND H AVE FAITH . $ 08 YES . $ I 'LL NEVER SNEER AT IT AGAIN MY FRIEND . $ IT 'S A GREAT WAY OF LIFE . $ 09 IT 'S THE ONLY WAY . $ BESIDES IT MAKES US SO MUCH MORE EQUAL . $ 08 WHAT ? $ 09 ME KEEPING MY EYES SHUT . $ THIS WAY I CAN BE AS BLIND AS YOU ARE . $ IT RULES OUT THE DIFFERENCE . $ 08 YOU AND YOUR DAMNED EQUALITY . $ WHY CAN'T YOU LET ME BE DIFFERENT ? $ 09 THAT OTHER CHAP HAD THE RIGHT IDEA . $ HE SAID THAT FRIENDS SHOULD TRY TO BE LIKE EACH OTHER . $ THAT 'S FRIENDLY , VERY FRIENDLY THAT IS ... $ 08 THAT DAMNED BLACK . $ 09 WE DON'T KNOW HE WAS BLACK . $ 08 I TOUCHED HIS SKIN , IT FELT DIFFERENT . $ IT HAD LARGER PORES , TOO LARGE FOR A WHITE SKIN , FAR TOO L ARGE . $ #20 $ 09 WE DON'T KNOW . $ 08 DON'T TALK TO ME ANY MORE . $ I 'VE HAD ENOUGH CONVERSATION FOR ONE DAY , IT 'S UNSETTLED ME . $ I 'M PUTTING MY CARD UP . $ < ( HE HANGS A LARGE CARD ROUND HIS NECK READING 'PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB' THEN IN LARGE PRINT UNDERNEATH 'PRIVATE KEEP AW AY ' . $ WE HEAR THE SOUND OF A BUGLE AND DRUMS PLAYING A BOY SCOUT M ARCH . $ THE OFFICER AND PRIVATE MARCH ON . $ THE OFFICER STILL HOLDING THE GUN AND PLAYING THE BUGLE . $ THE PRIVATE IS PLAYING A KETTLE DRUM . $ HE HAS A LARGE UNION JACK ON A FLAG POLE FASTENED TO HIS BEL T . $ THEY MARCH RIGHT ACROSS AND OFF . $ PAN TO A SIGNPOST WITH ALL CHURCH SIGNS ON . $ WE SEE A PRIEST AND VICAR APPROACHING . $ THEY SHAKE HANDS . ) > $ 02 GOOD MORNING , FATHER . $ 11 GOOD MORNING , VICAR . $ < ( HE SNUFFLES . ) > $ 02 WHAT 'S WRONG ? $ YOU DON'T LOOK TOO WELL THIS MORNING . $ 11 MY NOSE GETS SO BUNGED UP THESE DAYS . $ I THINK IT 'S CATARRH . $ 02 BUSY THIS WEEK ? $ 11 < ( SHAKES HIS HEAD ) > $ NO ... HAD ABOUT TEN IN ON SUNDAY . $ 02 BETTER THAN ME ... EIGHT I HAD . $ 11 YES , BUT YOU GET A SALARY , OLD CHAP . $ MY WAGES COME OUT OF THE PLATE . $ THE PUB WAS FULL ON SATURDAY NIGHT THOUGH . $ MOST OF MINE WERE IN THERE . $ 02 MOST OF MINE TOO . $ 11 THERE MUST BE SOME WAY OF DRUMMING UP BUSINESS YOU KNOW . $ 02 LICENSED BAR ? $ 11 BINGO IN THE AFTERNOONS ? $ 02 SNOOKER TABLE ? $ 11 AT LEAST WE 'D GET THE CROWDS ... $ #21 $ < ( A FUNERAL PROCESSION ENTERS . ) > $ THAT ONE OF YOURS OR ONE OF MINE , I WONDER ? $ 02 DON'T KNOW . $ < ( RISING . ) > $ I SUPPOSE WE 'D BETTER CHECK . $ < ( AS THE FUNERAL PROCESSION GOES WE PAN TO THE DOCTOR AND NURSE COMING ON . $ THE NURSE IN UNIFORM IS PUSHING A HOSPITAL TROLLEY LOADED WI TH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT . $ THE DOCTOR IS IN PINSTRIPES . $ THEY STOP AND THE NURSE HELPS THE DOCTOR ON WITH A WHITE COA T . $ HE THEN TAKES UP A STETHOSCOPE AND BLOWS THROUGH IT . $ WHILE HE IS DOING THIS THE NURSE UNBUTTONS HER BLOUSE AND TH E DOCTOR PUTS THE STETHOSCOPE TO HER CHEST AND LISTENS . ) > $ 12 TESTING ... TESTING ... BREATHE IN ... BREATHE OUT ... IN ... OUT ... IN ... OUT ... TESTING ... IN ... OUT ... $ HM ... $ THEY SEEM ALL RIGHT . $ STERILISE THOSE INSTRUMENTS WILL YOU NURSE ? $ < ( THE PRIEST WALKS FROM BEHIND THE TOMBSTONES FROM THE DIR ECTION OF THE CHURCH . $ A TUMBLEDOWN RUIN AT THE BACK OF THE CEMETERY . ) > $ 11 GOOD MORNING , DOCTOR . $ 12 GOOD MORNING , FATHER . $ 11 I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN CHURCH THESE LAST FEW MONTHS , HAVE I ? $ 12 I 'VE BEEN VERY BUSY , FATHER . $ 11 YOU MUSTN'T LET BUSINESS STAND IN THE WAY OF YOUR RELIGIO N , YOU KNOW . $ 12 I DON'T FATHER , BUT IT 'S ALL THESE NEW DISEASES THEY KE EP BRINGING OUT . $ CAN YOU TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF , PLEASE . $ KEEP YOUR TROUSERS ON . $ WE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED KNOWLEDGE YOU KNOW , AND THEY ARE SO FAR IN ADVANCE , THESE NEW DISEASES , YEARS IN FRONT OF US D OCTORS . $ < ( THE PRIEST STARTS TO DISROBE . $ 10 NO VEST . ) > $ 11 < ( DISROBING ) > $ AND I SUPPOSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO HOLY COMMUNION EITHER ? $ 12 NO , FATHER . $ 11 TUT , TUT . $ IT WON'T DO MY BOY , YOU KNOW . $ IT DOESN'T DO TO SHUT GOD OUT OF YOUR LIFE . $ #22 $ 12 < ( WITH HIS STETHOSCOPE ON THE PRIEST'S CHEST NOW ) > $ I 'M SORRY FATHER , IT 'S NOT THAT I 'VE INTENTIONALLY STAYE D AWAY . $ 11 I 'M SURE YOU HAVEN'T , BUT NEVERTHELESS YOU HAVEN'T BEEN . $ NURSE , PLEASE . $ < ( HE INDICATES A SMALL SASH . $ SHE HANDS IT TO HIM AND HE SLIPS IT OVER HIS SHOULDERS . $ HE THEN MUMBLES THE BEGINNING OF CONFESSIONAL . $ WHILE HE DOES THIS THE DOCTOR KNOCKS ON HIS CHEST WITH HIS F INGERS TAPPING , AND LISTENS THROUGH THE STETHOSCOPE AGAIN . ) > $ 12 PLEASE , FATHER , GIVE ME YOUR BLESSING FOR I HAVE SINNED . $ IT IS SIX MONTHS SINCE MY LAST CONFESSION , AND I ACCUSE MYS ELF OF ... $ < ( ALL THE WHILE STILL EXAMINING PRIEST'S CHEST . ) > $ I HAVE TOLD LIES , I HAVE USED BAD LANGUAGE . $ I HAVE HAD BAD THOUGHTS ... $ 11 BAD THOUGHTS ... ABOUT WOMEN ? $ 12 YES , FATHER . $ 11 < ( DISAPPOINTED ) > $ AH . $ < ( PRESSING ON . ) > $ DO YOU INDULGE THESE BAD THOUGHTS , MY BOY ? $ 12 NO , FATHER . $ 11 GOOD . $ YOU MUST TRY AND RESIST THEM . $ 12 FOR THESE AND ALL MY OTHER SINS WHICH I CANNOT NOW REMEMB ER I HUMBLY ASK PENANCE AND ABSOLUTION OF YOU , FATHER . $ < ( THE PRIEST STARTS TO MURMUR CONFESSION . ) > $ 11 MAY THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST , THE MERITS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY , AND OF ALL THE SAINTS , WHATEVER G OOD YOU DO , WHATEVER EVIL YOU SUFFER , GAIN FOR YOU A REMIS SION OF YOUR SINS , AN INCREASE OF GRACE AND THE REWARD OF E TERNAL LIFE , AMEN . $ 12 HM ... THIS CHEST IS VERY CONGESTED , VERY CONGESTED . $ ARE YOU BOTHERED WITH A COUGH AT ALL , FATHER ? $ 11 YES , DOCTOR . $ < ( HE GOES ON MURMURING . ) > $ MOSTLY IN THE MORNING . $ I WAKE UP COUGHING AND WITH LACK OF APPETITE . $ I THOUGHT IT WAS CATARRH . $ FOR PENANCE I WANT YOU TO SAY THREE HAIL FATHER'S AND TWO HA IL MARY'S . $ #23 $ 12 HM . $ IT PROBABLY IS CATARRH . $ < ( NOW WRITING . ) > $ NOW I WANT YOU TO TAKE THESE THREE TIMES A DAY , WITH WATER , AND I WANT YOU TO RUB THE OINTMENT ON YOUR CHEST EVERY NIG HT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED . $ 11 THANK YOU , DOCTOR . $ < ( HE STARTS TO PUT ON HIS SHIRT AND ROBES , HELPED BY THE NURSE . ) > $ HOLY COMMUNION IS FROM EIGHT IN THE MORNINGS , AND TRY TO AV OID THE BAD THOUGHTS MY BOY . $ 12 YES FATHER , AND SURGERY HOURS ARE FROM NINE TO ELEVEN , AND LOOK AFTER THAT CHEST . $ YOU 'RE NOT AS YOUNG NOW AS YOU USED TO BE . $ KEEP YOURSELF WELL WRAPPED UP . $ WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE TAKEN FROM US . $ 11 WHEN THE MAKER CALLS I SHALL BE READY . $ 12 AH YES , BUT THERE 'S NO NEED TO GO BEFORE THEN . $ < ( THE PRIEST WALKS OFF , READING HIS BOOK . $ THE YOUNG MAN APPEARS . $ THE DOCTOR SEES HIM . ) > $ 12 SHIRT OFF . $ 10 SSSH , THOSE TWO BLACKS HAVEN'T GONE YET . $ 12 WHICH TWO BLACKS ? $ 10 THOSE OVER THERE . $ 12 < ( LOOKS AT THE MEN ON THE BENCH ) > $ THEY 'RE NOT BLACK . $ 10 NOT ON TOP , BUT THEY ARE UNDERNEATH . $ THEY 'RE AS BLACK AS SPADES UNDERNEATH , BUT DON'T WORRY ABO UT THEM DOCTOR , I NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION . $ 12 RIGHT , SHIRT OFF . $ WHAT 'S WRONG WITH YOU ? $ 10 I 'VE GOT BAD HABITS . $ 12 WHAT KIND OF HABITS ? $ 10 I DON'T KNOW . $ YOU SEE MY MOTHER WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT KNEW WHAT THEY WERE , AND SHE 'S DEAD , BUT I KNOW THEY 'RE NOT PHYSICAL , THERE 'S NOTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH ME PHYSICALLY IN A PHYSICAL SE NSE . $ I KNOW , BECAUSE I 'VE ALWAYS KEPT MYSELF OUT OF CONTACT WIT H DISEASE . $ I 'VE EVEN CHANGED MY ADDRESS AND KEPT THE NEW ONE SECRET , JUST TO AVOID IT . $ #24 $ 12 AND YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THESE HABITS ? $ 10 NO ... $ 12 YOU SEE NO MANIFESTATION OF THEM AT ALL ? $ 10 NO DOCTOR . $ 12 MMM , MOST ODD . $ IT COULD MEAN THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE THEM , YOU KNOW . $ 10 OH NO . $ I 'VE GOT THEM ALL RIGHT DOCTOR . $ MY MOTHER , IF SHE WAS ALIVE , WOULD TELL YOU THAT . $ SHE WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEM . $ 12 AND SHE WOULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THEY WERE ? $ 10 NO . $ SHE WAS A VERY SECRETIVE PERSON . $ MY SISTER WON'T TELL ME EITHER , AND I 'M SURE SHE KNOWS , B UT WE 'RE NOT SPEAKING , ME AND HER . $ 12 CAN'T YOU MAKE IT UP WITH HER , JUST TILL YOU DISCOVER YO UR HABITS , I MEAN . $ 10 NO , IT 'S GONE TOO FAR . $ YOU SEE , ER , WOULD YOU ASK THE LADY TO GO ? $ 12 WHY ? $ 10 I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY WE FELL OUT , NOT IN FRONT OF HER . $ 12 BUT SHE 'S A NURSE . $ 10 SHE 'S STILL A WOMAN , AND I 'M SHY OF WOMEN . $ THEY MAKE ME FEEL NERVOUS . $ 12 WOULD YOU GO NURSE ? $ < ( THE NURSE GOES OFF . ) > $ 10 < ( WATCHING HER GO ) > $ WELL , YOU SEE , I , ER ... I KEEP DREAMING YOU SEE ... $ 12 WE ALL DREAM . $ 10 BUT EVERY NIGHT , AND I KEEP DREAMING I 'M THIS MARVELLOU S LOOKING GIRL YOU SEE , AND ALL THESE FELLOWS , THEY KEEP C HATTING ME UP , THEY WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE , THEY WON'T , AND ONE OF THEM , THE WORST ONE , WELL HE 'S MY BROTHER-IN-LAW , AND HE WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE , AND HE 'S SUPPOSED TO LOVE M Y SISTER HE IS , HE 'S SUPPOSED TO BE MARRIED TO HER . $ AND THE WAY HE ACTS AT HOME TOO , REAL SLY HE IS . $ YOU 'D THINK BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN HIS MOUTH . $ #25 $ CHURCHGOER TOO . $ OH , VERY SANCTIMONIOUS HE IS AT HOME . $ AND I 'M FRIGHTENED , DOCTOR , I 'M WORRIED IN CASE I LET MY SELF GIVE IN TO HIM , AND I MIGHT FALL FOR A BABY BY HIM , A ND I DON'T WANT TO GET MYSELF PREGNANT DO I ? $ ESPECIALLY WITH MY SISTER'S HUSBAND . $ 12 BUT IT 'S ONLY A DREAM . $ 10 OH IT 'S NO DREAM . $ IT 'S REAL ENOUGH AT NIGHT . $ I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU . $ I MIGHT SEEM LIKE A DREAM IN THE DAY TIME , BUT IT 'S NO DRE AM AT NIGHT , AND I THINK SHE SUSPECTS . $ 12 WHO ? $ 10 MY SISTER , THAT 'S WHY WE 'RE NOT SPEAKING . $ I 'VE BEEN WONDERING WHETHER I OUGHT TO TELL HER . $ 12 ABOUT YOUR DREAM YOU MEAN ? $ 10 YES . $ I THOUGHT IF I TOLD HER SHE 'D KNOW THEN IT WASN'T MY FAULT , THAT IT WAS HIM TO BLAME . $ I MEAN , SHE 'D SEE HIM AS HE REALLY IS . $ 12 HAS YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW EVER TRIED TO MOLEST YOU IN THE D AY TIME ? $ 10 WHAT , YOU MEAN WHEN I 'M AWAKE ? $ WHEN I 'M NOT DREAMING THAT I 'M A GIRL ? $ 12 YES . $ 10 NO ... $ OH NO . $ HE 'S TOO CUNNING FOR THAT . $ HE KNOWS I 'D HAVE SOMETHING ON HIM THEN PROPERLY . $ I COULD GO TO THE POLICE ABOUT HIM THEN . $ BUT YOU CAN'T GO TO THE POLICE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE DO TO YOU I N YOUR DREAMS , CAN YOU ? $ AND HE KNOWS THAT . $ 12 HM ... I THINK THE BEST THING WE CAN DO , YOU KNOW , IS T O ARRANGE FOR YOU TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST . $ 10 < ( SUSPICIOUSLY ) > $ YOU 'RE NOT TRYING TO GET ME CERTIFIED , ARE YOU ? $ 12 CERTIFIED ? $ NO , JUST SEE HIM AND EXPLAIN YOUR PROBLEM . $ 10 I 'M NOT MAD YOU KNOW . $ 12 NO ONE HAS SAID YOU ARE . $ 10 I 'M NOT BONKERS . $ JUST COS MY BROTHER-IN-LAW THINKS I 'M A WOMAN , THAT DON'T MAKE ME BONKERS . $ HE 'S THE ONE THAT 'S A BIT TOUCHED IF YOU ASK ME . $ I 'M NO WHORE YOU KNOW , EVEN IF HE DOES THINK I AM . $ #26 $ < ( HE LOOKS ROUND IN ALARM AT THE BLIND MAN AND THE BACKWAR DS MAN . ) > $ DON'T TELL THESE BLACKS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS , WILL YOU ? $ ONLY IF THEY SUSPECTED ANYTHING LIKE THAT ... I MEAN , YOU K NOW WHAT THEY 'RE LIKE . $ THEY 'RE VERY LOOSE MORALLY . $ THEY 'VE NO IDEA OF CHASTITY . $ 12 THEY 'RE NOT BLACKS . $ 10 THEY LOOK A BIT ON THE WHITE SIDE , I KNOW , BUT THAT 'S ONLY THE WEATHER OVER HERE . $ THEY 'RE NOT USED TO IT . $ OH GOD , I 'M FRIGHTENED TO GO TO SLEEP IN CASE I GET RAPED . $ 12 LOOK , GO AND SEE THIS CHAP . $ HE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP . $ < ( HE HANDS THE YOUNG MAN A NOTE HE HAS BEEN WRITING . ) > $ HE 'S A FIRST CLASS MAN . $ 10 WILL HE BE ABLE TO CURE MY HABITS ? $ 12 I DON'T KNOW , BUT HE MAY BE ABLE TO DISCOVER WHAT THEY A RE . $ 10 THAT WOULD BE A RELIEF , DOCTOR , IT 'S NOT KNOWING THAT 'S SO TERRIFYING . $ THANK YOU . $ I 'LL GO AND SEE HIM NOW . $ < ( HE WALKS OFF , SETTING EACH FOOT DOWN DELIBERATELY , WAL KING ON THE LINES IN THE PAVING STONES . ) > $ 10 < ( AS HE WALKS ) > $ WALK ON THE LINE , YOUR MOTHER 'S KIND . $ WALK ON THE SQUARE , YOUR MOTHER DON'T CARE . $ WALK ON THE LINE , YOUR MOTHER 'S KIND . $ WALK ON THE SQUARE , YOUR MOTHER DON'T CARE . $ WALK ON THE LINE , YOUR MOTHER 'S KIND , WALK ON THE SQUARE , YOUR MOTHER DON'T CARE ... $ < ( ETC. UNTIL HE HAS GONE . $ A GIRL WALKS ON . $ THE DOCTOR APPROACHES HER . ) > $ 12 AH , WOULD YOU GET UNDRESSED , PLEASE ? $ 14 GET UNDRESSED ? $ 12 OH , IT 'S ALL RIGHT , I 'M A DOCTOR . $ 14 BUT I 'M NOT ILL . $ 12 YOU MUST ALLOW ME TO BE THE JUDGE OF THAT . $ NOW COME ALONG , REMOVE YOUR DRESS . $ I WANT TO EXAMINE YOU . $ 14 I DON'T WANT TO BE EXAMINED . $ #27 $ 12 YOU 'LL HAVE TO . $ THERE 'S A WAR ON YOU KNOW . $ 14 WAR ? $ 12 ON DISEASE , AND IF YOU EXPECT US DOCTORS TO CURE YOUR DI SEASES WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SIT ABOUT IN HARLEY STREET WAITING FOR YOU TO BRING THEM TO US . $ WE 'VE GOT TO GET OUT AND ATTACK THEM . $ AND TO DO THAT WE 'VE GOT TO HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS TO YOUR BO DIES , AND BE ABLE TO EXAMINE THEM WHEREVER WE FIND THEM . $ WHETHER IT BE ON BUSES , TRAINS , IN THE STREETS , THE CINEM A OR THE THEATRE . $ WE DOCTORS MUST HAVE THE UNASSAILABLE RIGHT TO EXAMINE YOU E VERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE . $ < ( THE NURSE RETURNS . ) > $ 14 I KNOW YOU HAVE TO EXAMINE US , BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE US TAK E OUR CLOTHES OFF ANYWHERE . $ WE 'VE GOT RIGHTS YOU KNOW . $ 12 SO YOU MAY HAVE , BUT THERE 'S A WAR ON , AND I 'VE GOT N O TIME TO STAND HERE DISCUSSING ETHICS . $ YOUR BODIES ARE THE BATTLEFIELD AGAINST DISEASE , THEY MUST BE EXAMINED . $ 14 IT 'S MY BODY , ISN'T IT ? $ 12 OH , YES , BUT THE HEALTH AND CLEANLINESS OF IT IS EVERYB ODY'S CONCERN , AND AS A MEDICAL HEALTH OFFICER I DEMAND SOC IETY 'S RIGHT TO INSPECT IT . $ DRESS OFF . $ 14 I 'LL WRITE TO MY M.P. ABOUT THIS . $ 12 AS YOU WISH . $ BUT THIS IS A DEMOCRACY DON'T FORGET , AND I HAVE M.P'S AS W ELL AS YOU HAVE . $ GET THE VACCINES READY , NURSE , PUT A SCREEN FOR THE YOUNG LADY . $ THERE 'S NO NEED FOR HER TO BE EMBARRASSED MORE THAN NECESSA RY . $ < ( TO THE GIRL . ) > $ NOW , LET 'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOU . $ < ( HE LISTENS ON THE STETHOSCOPE . ) > $ HM , I DON'T LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT CHEST . $ OPEN YOUR MOUTH . $ < ( HE TUTS . ) > $ TUT , TUT , TUT ... $ < ( TO THE NURSE . ) > $ SHE 'S STILL GOT TONSILS IN THERE . $ WE 'LL HAVE TO GET THOSE OUT , NURSE . $ #28 $ 14 WHY ? $ 12 BECAUSE THEY 'RE THE MAIN CAUSE OF TONSILITIS , THAT 'S W HY . $ I SUPPOSE YOU 'VE STILL GOT YOUR APPENDIX TOO , HAVE YOU ? $ 14 NO . $ I HAVE HAD THAT OUT . $ 12 WELL THAT 'S SOMETHING . $ HMM . $ DO THESE LEGS GIVE YOU ANY TROUBLE ? $ 14 NO , DOCTOR . $ 12 NEVERTHELESS I SHOULD HAVE THEM OFF IF I WERE YOU . $ 14 HAVE THEM OFF ? $ WHAT , MY LEGS ? $ EH ? $ WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? $ 12 WELL , THEY 'RE NOT MUCH USE TO YOU THAT I CAN SEE OF THE M . $ WHAT 'S YOUR OCCUPATION ? $ 14 MANICURIST . $ 12 YOU DON'T MANICURE WITH YOUR LEGS , DO YOU ? $ 14 NO , BUT I HAVE TO WALK ABOUT ON THEM THOUGH . $ 12 YOU CAN WALK ABOUT ON ARTIFICIAL LEGS . $ THE WAY THEY 'RE MAKING THEM NOW THEY ARE MUCH BETTER THAN T HE NATURAL ONES , WHICH ADMITS THAT WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS A MORE LEGLESS SOCIETY , WHAT WITH MOTOR CARS , AND TELEVISIO N . $ 14 BUT I WANT MY OWN LEGS . $ 12 VERY WELL . $ I HAVEN'T THE POWER TO REMOVE THEM WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT , BU T AN OPERATION TO REMOVE THEM WOULD BE SAFEST . $ 14 SAFEST . $ BUT THERE 'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM . $ 12 NO , BUT YOU COULD SOON GET SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM . $ YOU 'VE ONLY GOT TO KNOCK THEM , OR DAMAGE THEM IN ANY WAY . $ IF I TOLD YOU THE AMOUNT OF LEG DISEASES THERE ARE , YOU 'D BE HORRIFIED , AND HAVING NATURAL LEGS SUCH AS THESE MAKES Y OU VULNERABLE TO ALL OF THEM . $ THEY 'RE LIKE TONSILS , APPENDIX , TEETH , USELESS APPENDAGE S , CUT DOWN ON THE USELESS PARTS OF OUR BODIES AND IT LEAVE S THE GERMS A SMALLER AREA TO BREED IN . $ 14 WELL , WHY DON'T YOU HAVE YOUR LEGS OFF , THEN ? $ 12 I 'VE HAD THEM OFF . $ IN MY JOB , FACING DISEASE ALL DAY LONG , EVERY PRECAUTION H AS TO BE TAKEN . $ #29 $ 14 WELL , I 'M NOT HAVING MINE OFF . $ 12 ALL RIGHT I CAN'T FORCE YOU . $ < ( HE TURNS TO THE NURSE . ) > $ YOU SEE NURSE , THIS IS THE WORST BATTLE WE HAVE TO FIGHT , THE IGNORANCE OF THE UNSCIENTIFIC MIND . $ THE DAMAGE DONE BY SCEPTICS AND THEIR BLOODY DOUBTS ! $ THE OMNISCIENCE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IS BEING DESTROYED . $ THE BLIND FAITH WE WERE ONCE ABLE TO INSTIL HAS GIVEN PLACE TO FEAR AND DISBELIEF . $ WHAT 'S THE POINT OF BEING A SPECIALIST IF YOU 'VE GOT TO EX PLAIN TO THE MAN IN THE STREET WHAT YOU 'RE DOING ? $ 13 NEVER MIND , SIR . $ WE 'LL WIN THROUGH IN THE END . $ THE PUBLIC ARE ALWAYS SLOW TO ACCEPT NEW IDEAS . $ 14 NEW IDEAS ! $ WHAT ... EH ... HAVING MY LEGS OFF ! $ 12 BUT MY DEAR GIRL . $ I CAN REPLACE THOSE PRIMITIVE OLD FASHIONED LEGS OF YOURS WI TH BRAND NEW MECHANICAL ONES . $ DISEASE FREE LEGS . $ LEGS THAT CAN WALK FOR MILES WITHOUT TIRING . $ LEGS YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP AFTER A HARD DAY , OR BUY SHOE S FOR . $ MODERN , MECHANICAL , LABOUR-SAVING LEGS THAT CAN'T GO WRONG OR WEAR OUT . $ BUT YOU 'D SOONER WALK AROUND ON THOSE SILLY OLD LEGS . $ I MEAN , GOOD HEAVENS , LOOK AT THEM . $ 14 YOU 'RE NOT TAKING THEM OFF , ANYWAY . $ 12 WHY NOT ? $ 14 BUT ... WHAT 'S A GIRL WITHOUT LEGS ? $ 12 < ( STUDIES HER LEGS ) > $ YOU THINK SCIENCE AND ART TOGETHER CAN'T DO BETTER THAN THAT ? $ < ( TO THE NURSE . ) > $ SHOW HER THOSE NEW DIOR LEGS , AND THE BALMAINS . $ < ( THE NURSE LIFTS HER SKIRTS HIGH TO REVEAL HER OWN LEGS . ) > $ 13 LOOK AT MINE , THESE ARE BY YVES SAINT LAURENT . $ 12 < ( TO THE GIRL ) > $ YOU SEE , AND THEY 'RE FINISHED IN PERMANENT SUNTAN . $ 13 AND YOU CAN GET THEM IN GOLD AND SILVER LAME FINISH FOR E VENING WEAR , WITH THE SUPER FLESH TOUCH . $ 14 < ( EXCITED ) > $ THEY 'RE MARVELLOUS . $ < ( ADMIRING THEM . ) > $ REALLY FAB THEY ARE ... $ #30 $ 12 AND THEY NEVER GROW OLD , WARP OR GET KNOBBLY . $ 13 AND NO UGLY HAIRS , SPOTS OR BLEMISHES TO WORRY ABOUT . $ 14 THAT 'S GREAT . $ THEY 'RE REALLY FAB . $ < ( EXCITEDLY . ) > $ OH DOCTOR , WHEN CAN YOU REMOVE THESE AND FIT ME WITH LEGS L IKE THAT ? $ 12 IMMEDIATELY . $ AND YOU CAN HAVE THEM UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH TOO . $ 14 WHAT NOTHING TO PAY ? $ 12 NOTHING AT ALL . $ IT COMES UNDER THE STATE PLAN OF HEALTH . $ FOR NARROWING THE AREAS OF DISEASE IN THE BODY . $ PREPARE THE PATIENT FOR THE OPERATION . $ < ( THE NURSE LEADS THE GIRL AWAY . $ AS THE DOCTOR FOLLOWS THEM THE UNDERTAKER AND SEXTON APPEAR FROM BEHIND THE TOMBSTONE . $ THE UNDERTAKER WATCHES THE DOCTOR WITH A SCOWL . ) > $ 03 I DON'T LIKE HIM WORKING HERE . $ 01 WHAT HIM ? $ 03 THE CLEVERER HE GETS , THE MORE HE SLOWS THINGS DOWN HERE . $ IT USED TO BE PRETTY BRISK HERE IN THE OLD DAYS . $ I 'VE SEEN THE FIGURES IN THE OLD BOOKS , VERY BUSY IT WAS . $ THEY WERE IN HERE BEFORE THEY WERE TWENTY , MOST OF 'EM , UN TIL PEOPLE LIKE PASTEUR AND JENNER CAME ALONG WITH THEIR BLO ODY CURE-ALLS , OR NEARLY CURE-ALLS , KEEPING 'EM ALIVE TILL THEY 'RE PAST SEVENTY NOW THEY ARE . $ AND THEM SOCIALISTS AS WELL , THEY HAVEN'T HELPED , IMPROVIN G CONDITIONS LIKE THEY HAVE . $ THEY 'RE ALL FRIGHTENED TO DIE , THAT 'S THEIR TROUBLE , ALL FRIGHTENED THEY ARE . $ I MEAN , TO HEAR 'EM TALK YOU WOULDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY H EAVEN OR AFTER LIFE , WOULD YOU ? $ I MEAN , THE WAY THEY 'RE ALL HANGING ON DOWN HERE . $ THE ARISTOCRACY 'S THE BEST . $ THEY 'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO DON'T SEEM TO BOTHER . $ AS SOON AS THEY 'RE BORN THEY HAVE THEIR TOMB MADE . $ WELL , I MEAN , AT LEAST THERE 'S PLANNING THERE . $ IT SHOWS A BIT OF PLANNING . $ STILL NEVER MIND . $ THINGS ARE BRIGHTENING UP A BIT NOW . $ I MEAN , THIS BOMB THEY 'VE GOT THAT 'S GOING TO DO A LOT OF GOOD , I RECKON , AS SOON AS THEY DROP IT . $ BUT THERE AGAIN , YOU SEE , I MEAN , THEY WON'T PLAN IT . $ THEY 'LL JUST DROP IT WITHOUT ANY WARNING . $ I MEAN , IF THEY WAS LOGICAL , THEY COULD COME TO ME , TO TH E TRADE LIKE , AND SAY . $ #31 $ RIGHT WE 'RE DROPPING THE BOMB ON THE SEVENTEENTH OF MARCH 1 969 , TUESDAY AFTERNOON , THREE O'CLOCK . $ ALL I 'D HAVE TO DO THEN IS TO GET THAT IN WRITING , GO TO T HE BANK AND THEY 'D ADVANCE ME THE MONEY SO I COULD CORNER A LL THE LAND , AND GET THE BOXES MADE . $ 01 GET A BIG FIRE GOING . $ 03 OF COURSE , BUT KEEP THE BRASS HANDLES , DON'T BURN THEM . $ 01 I MEAN , YOU DON'T WANT TO START DIGGING THAT LOT DOWN . $ YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DIG FOR ALL THAT CROWD . $ 03 BUT THEY WON'T DO IT . $ THEY WON'T PLAN ANYTHING . $ THAT 'S THE TROUBLE . $ THERE 'S ABSOLUTELY NO PLANNING DONE AT ALL THESE DAYS . $ < ( HE WANDERS OFF . $ THE SEXTON LOOKS AFTER HIM . ) > $ 01 HIM AND HIS BLOOMING ARISTOCRACY . $ NO , THEY AIN'T FRIGHTENED TO DIE . $ NO , OF COURSE THEY AIN'T . $ COS IT 'S MADE FOR THEM UP THERE . $ THEY 'VE GOT IT LAID ON . $ < ( HE TURNS TO THE CAMERA . ) > $ ISN'T IT MARVELLOUS , EH ? $ IT 'S NOT EVEN OUR BLEEDIN' WORLD . $ IT 'S NOT EVEN OUR BLEEDIN' HEAVEN . $ #32 $ < PART TWO > $ < THE VICAR COMES ON CARRYING A BILL POSTER , BUCKET OF PAST E AND SOME POSTERS . $ HE PROCEEDS TO STICK A POSTER ON THE VAULT . $ IT READS , " KEEP HEAVEN WHITE " . $ THE SEXTON WANDERS OVER AND READS IT . $ 01 HM ... $ < ( HE NODS IN AGREEMENT . ) > $ HM ... THEY 'RE GETTING 'EM BARRED UP THERE TOO , ARE THEY ? $ 02 < ( INDICATING THE POSTER ) > $ THAT 'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLOUR BAR . $ 01 OH ... I THOUGHT ... $ 02 NOT PHYSICALLY . $ NOT ON THE PHYSICAL SIDE . $ A MAN'S SKIN IS HIS OWN AFFAIR . $ BLACK , YELLOW , BROWN OR WHITE ... HE 'S ENTITLED TO BE WHA T HE IS , AND I RESPECT THAT RIGHT . $ IT 'S PURELY HIS OWN BUSINESS . $ BUT THE SOUL - IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT . $ AH YES . $ THERE I 'M AFRAID , HIS RIGHTS VANISH . $ HIS PRIVILEGES OF SELF-OWNERSHIP DON'T EXIST . $ THE SOUL CAN BE ONLY ONE COLOUR . $ GOD'S COLOUR . $ WHITE . $ PURE WHITE . $ YES , THAT 'S WHERE WE MUST HAVE DISCRIMINATION . $ THAT 'S WHERE WE NEED THE COLOUR BAR , THAT 'S WHERE WE NEED THE PREJUDICE . $ KEEP HEAVEN WHITE . $ RESERVED AND STRICTLY PRIVATE FOR THOSE WITH WHITE SOULS . $ 01 YOU MEAN ... NO BLACKS 'LL GET IN UP THERE ? $ 02 NO . $ BLACK IS THE COLOUR OF SIN IN THE VARYING SHADES OF GRIEVIOU SNESS . $ AND ONE TINY BLACK STAIN OF SIN ON ANY SOUL WILL BAR IT FROM HEAVEN AND THE LORD'S PRESENCE . $ ON THIS , GOD MUST BE DOGMATIC , FARSEEING AND UNFORGIVING . $ AND HE MUST SEE THAT NONE WHEEDLE THEIR WAY IN WITH THESE DA MN DEATH BED CONVERSIONS . $ THEY MAKE A MOCK OF HOLINESS . $ THEY MUST BE STOPPED . $ GOD MUST DISALLOW THEM . $ THEY INDULGE EVERY SIN THE FLESH IS CAPABLE OF ... AND THEN , WHEN THEY 'RE ABOUT TO DIE ... WHEN THERE IS NO MORE CHANC E OF RECOVERY ... THEY CALL IN A PRIEST AND ASK FOR ABSOLUTI ON AND GET THEIR SOULS RE-WITHENED . $ IT 'S GOT TO STOP . $ IT 'S NOT FAIR . $ GOD IN HIS WISDOM HAS GOT TO REALISE THAT YOU CAN'T LIBERALI SE ON SIN . $ HE 'S GOT TO BAN THESE RE-WHITES AND KEEP HEAVEN PURE WHITE . $ < ( HE PICKS UP HIS POT OF PASTE AND POSTERS AND MOVES OFF . $ THE OLD SEXTON STANDS STILL LOOKING AT THE POSTER . $ THE YOUNG MAN RETURNS . ) > $ #33 $ 10 EXCUSE ME , I 'M LOOKING FOR A PSYCHIATRIST ... YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE I 'LL FIND ONE DO YOU ? $ 01 I DUNNO ... WHICH ONE YOU LOOKING FOR ? $ 10 OH , I DON'T KNOW . $ ANYONE WOULD DO I SHOULD THINK . $ THEY 'RE ALL ABOUT THE SAME I SUPPOSE . $ SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS - BUT THAT 'S ALL . $ I 'VE GOT A LETTER FOR HIM , YOU SEE . $ 01 'NT IT GOT AN ADDRESS ON IT , THEN ? $ 10 YES , BUT I CAN'T FIND IT . $ 01 WHAT IS IT ? $ WHAT IS THE ADDRESS ? $ 10 OH NO . $ I 'M SORRY . $ I CAN'T DO THAT . $ THIS ADDRESS WAS GIVEN TO ME IN STRICT CONFIDENCE . $ I CAN'T GIVE THAT AWAY . $ IF I DISCLOSE THAT ... HE 'D HAVE HUNDREDS OF NUTCASES BANGI NG ON HIS DOOR ... $ HELLO ... $ < ( HE LOOKS AT THE POSTER . ) > $ WHO PUT THAT UP ? $ 01 THE VICAR . $ 10 EXCELLENT . $ ACTION FROM THE CHURCH AT LAST , EH ? $ VERY GOOD . $ KEEP HEAVEN WHITE . $ EXCELLENT IDEA . $ THE G.P.O. SHOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOO . $ SEGREGATED PILLAR BOXES ... THAT 'S WHAT WE NEED . $ THAT COULD CUT DOWN ON POSTAL DISEASES . $ WE 'RE ENTITLED TO THEM . $ WE 'RE ENTITLED TO SOME PROTECTION FROM THE G.P.O. I MEAN , THE WAY IT IS NOW ... YOU COULD POST A LETTER AND IT COULD B E LEFT LYING BESIDE SOME BLACK ONE ALL NIGHT LONG ... $ 01 WHAT LETTER YOU MEAN ? $ 10 NOT ONLY YOUR LETTERS , BUT YOUR DAUGHTER'S LETTERS TOO . .. AND HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT EH ? $ HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ONE OF YOUR DAUGHTER'S LETTERS ... PERHAP S A LOVE LETTER ... LEFT LYING ALONGSIDE SOME BLACK ONE ... ALL NIGHT , EH ? $ 01 I AIN'T GOT A DAUGHTER . $ BUT I DON'T HOLD IN WITH MIXED MARRIAGES THOUGH . $ 10 NOR MIXED PILLAR BOXES . $ WHY SHOULD YOU ? $ WHY SHOULD YOU HAVE TO ? $ THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY AND IF YOU WANT SEGREGATION , YOU 'RE ENTITLED TO HAVE SEGREGATION . $ < ( HE LOOKS AT THE POSTER AGAIN . ) > $ YES , I AGREE WITH THAT . $ KEEP HEAVEN WHITE ... GOOD OLD VICAR ... $ #34 $ < ( TO THE SEXTON . ) > $ DON'T YOU AGREE WITH IT ? $ 01 WELL NOT REALLY , I MEAN ... YOU SEE ... I DON'T GO ON AL L THAT RELIGION SEE . $ WHAT I RECKON ... I RECKON THAT GOD THIS GOD ... IS TOO UPPE R CLASS . $ THAT 'S HIS TROUBLE ... THAT 'S WHAT 'S WRONG WITH HIM , MAT E . $ 10 TOO UPPER CLASS ? $ 01 YER ... THAT 'S HIS TROUBLE ... AND WHAT I RECKON ... I R ECKON THE WORKING CLASS OUGHT TO GET ITS OWN WORKING CLASS G OD , WITH A SORT OF WORKING CLASS HEAVEN . $ 10 A WORKING CLASS GOD ? $ BUT ... NO ... I MEAN , WAIT A MINUTE . $ YOU CAN'T TREAT GOD LIKE THAT ... I MEAN , YOU CAN'T GO AROU ND HAVING ALL DIFFERENT GODS FOR ALL DIFFERENT CLASSES . $ YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN ONE GOD . $ THERE 'S ONLY ONE GOD YOU KNOW . $ 01 YER ... I KNOW ... THAT 'S WHAT I 'M SAYING ... BUT WHAT I 'M SAYING ... SEE ... IS THERE OUGHT TO BE TWO ... I MEAN , TAKE THEM BLACKS ... THEM COLOUREDS ... I MEAN , THEY 'VE GOT THEIR OWN GOD AIN'T THEY ? $ 10 THE BLACKS ... $ 01 YER ... THEY 'VE GOT THEIR OWN BLACK GOD ... THEY HAVE . $ THAT MOHAMMED ... YOU KNOW . $ BUDDAH . $ HE LOOKS AFTER THEM . $ BUT THE WORKING CLASS SEE ... THEY AIN'T GOT NO ONE ... I ME AN , WHEN WE DIE ... US WORKING CLASS ... I MEAN , THE ONLY HEAVEN WE GOT IS THIS TORY HEAVEN ... THIS ETON AND HARROW O NE . $ THIS LORD GOD'S PLACE . $ I MEAN , THERE YOU ARE , 'NT IT ... LORD GOD ... LORD GOD .. . SEE ... NOT FRED GOD OR HARRY GOD ... OH NO ... A TITLED G OD ... A LORD GOD . $ A STUCK-UP , TOFFEE-NOSED GOD ... A GUVNORS' GOD ... I MEAN , LOOK AT HIS BISHOPS , LOOK AT THAT LOT ... THEY 'RE ALL NO BS ... THEY 'RE ALL OUT OF BIG HOUSES ... LIVING IN PALACES THEY ARE . $ NO , WHAT I SAY ... WHAT I SAY WE NEED ... IS SOME WORKING C LASS BISHOPS ... SOME COUNCIL HOUSE BISHOPS . $ 10 BUT YOU 'VE GOT TO HAVE GUVNORS ... I MEAN , YOU 'VE GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE IN CHARGE RUNNING THINGS , YOU CAN'T DO WITHO UT THAT ... YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT GUVNORS . $ 01 I AIN'T SAYING YOU CAN ... I 'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN DO WIT HOUT 'EM ... NOT DOWN HERE ... BUT UP THERE ... I MEAN , IT OUGHT TO BE DIFFERENT ... UP THERE ... DIDN'T IT ? $ I MEAN IT 'S SUPPOSED TO BE ETERNAL PEACE 'NT IT ? $ REST IN PEACE ... BUT I DON'T SEE HOW YOU 'RE GOING TO GET A NY REST IN ... WITH A LOAD OF GUVNORS CHASING YOU ABOUT . $ #35 $ 10 THERE 'S NOT MUCH OF THE CHRISTIAN IN YOU IS THERE EH ? $ YOU AIN'T GOT MUCH OF THE BLOODY CHRISTIAN IN YOU , HAVE YOU ? $ 01 EH ? $ I 'M CHRISTIAN ... I 'M AS CHRISTIAN AS ANYONE ELSE . $ 10 YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST ? $ YOU MEAN TO SAY YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST ? $ 01 YER ... $ < ( THE BLIND MAN HAS GOT UP AND , FOLLOWED BY THE BACKWARDS MAN , STILL WALKING BACKWARDS , TAPS HIS WAY OVER TO THE SE XTON AND YOUNG MAN . ) > $ 10 THEN WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING HIS FATHER LIKE THAT ? $ EH ? $ WHY ARE YOU HAVING A GO AT HIS DAD ? $ 08 YOU BACK AGAIN , SAMBO ? $ 10 LOOK , DON'T YOU CALL ME THAT . $ I 'M NO BLACK AND YOU KNOW IT . $ 08 YOU 'RE NOT WHITE , SAMBO . $ I TOLD YOU BEFORE , YOU 'RE BLACK ... AS BLACK AS A POT . $ 10 I 'M NOT BLACK , I 'M WHITE . $ 08 WELL , I PREFER TO THINK OF YOU AS BLACK , SHINY , COAL B LACK . $ 10 < ( VERY AGITATED ) > $ BUT YOU 'VE NO RIGHT TO ... $ YOU 'VE GOT NO RIGHT TO THINK OF ME AS BLACK . $ I 'M WHITE . $ I REALLY AM . $ TELL HIM . $ TELL HIM I 'M WHITE . $ 01 WELL , YOU ARE AIN'T YOU ? $ I MEAN , HE IS WHITE . $ I MEAN , AS FAR AS I CAN SEE , HE IS ... I MEAN , HE 'S NOT BLACK . $ 08 I SAY HE IS . $ TO ME HE 'S BLACK . $ TO ME HE IS JUST A BLACK-FACES COON , THAT 'S ALL HE IS TO M E . $ 10 < ( ALMOST IN TEARS ) > $ BUT I 'M NOT ... I 'M NOT BLACK . $ < ( TO THE BACKWARDS MAN . ) > $ YOU 'RE HIS FRIEND ... CAN'T YOU TELL HIM I 'M WHITE ? $ 09 HOW AM I TO KNOW WHAT COLOUR YOU ARE ? $ I CAN'T SEE YOU ANY MORE THAN HE CAN . $ #36 $ 10 BUT YOU 'RE NOT BLIND ... OPEN YOUR EYES ... OPEN YOUR EY ES AND LOOK AT ME ... AND TELL HIM I 'M WHITE . $ 09 IT WOULDN'T DO ANY GOOD . $ HE 'S A FREE-THINKER . $ HE THINKS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS TO THINK . $ IF HE THINKS YOU 'RE BLACK THEN TO HIM YOU 'RE BLACK ... AND THAT 'S ALL THERE IS TO IT . $ 10 BUT THAT 'S NOT ALL THERE IS TO IT ... I DON'T WANT HIM T HINKING I 'M BLACK . $ 01 I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT IF I WERE YOU . $ I MEAN , WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT HE THINKS ... ? $ 10 IT MIGHT NOT MATTER TO YOU WHAT HE THINKS BECAUSE HE ISN' T THINKING ANYTHING ABOUT YOU . $ BUT IT MATTERS TO ME . $ I DON'T WANT PEOPLE GOING AROUND THINKING I 'M BLACK . $ HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF HE WENT AROUND THINKING YOU WERE BL ACK ? $ 01 YER ... I CAN SEE YOUR POINT MATE ... BUT I MEAN ... JUST 'COS HE THINKS YOU 'RE BLACK ... I MEAN , IT DON'T MAKE YOU BLACK ... DOES IT ? $ I MEAN , YOU SEE MY MEANING ? $ 10 LOOK , IT DOES TO HIM . $ IT MAKES ME BLACK TO HIM . $ 01 OH YER ... I SUPPOSE IT DOES ... BUT ... I MEAN , ONLY TO HIM . $ 10 BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE BLACK TO ANYONE . $ IF HE GOES AROUND THINKING I 'M BLACK ... I MEAN , BLACK I B ECOME , DON'T I ? $ I BECOME BLACK TO HIM . $ IN HIS THOUGHTS I 'M BLACK . $ 08 COAL BLACK . $ 10 WELL , I 'M NOT GOING TO HAVE IT . $ I 'M NOT GOING TO HAVE HIM SEEING ME LIKE THAT . $ I MEAN , YOU LET HIM GET AWAY WITH THAT , AND THE NEXT THING HE 'LL DO WILL BE DREAMING ABOUT ME ... AND THEN I 'LL BE B LACK IN HIS DREAMS TOO ... AND BEING PLACED IN POSITIONS ... I MEAN , POSITIONS THAT I 'M NOT ENTITLED TO BE PLACED IN . $ HUMILIATING POSITIONS . $ POSITIONS WITH NO RIGHTS OR PRIVILEGES ... AND WHO IS HE TO MAKE ME BLACK AND DEPRIVE ME OF MY PRIVILEGES ... ? $ AND ANOTHER THING , HE WON'T ONLY BE DREAMING ABOUT ME WILL HE ? $ OH NO . $ THERE 'LL BE OTHER PEOPLE IN HIS DREAMS ... ALL SORTS OF PEO PLE ... AND THEY 'LL SEE ME AS BLACK ... I MEAN , THAT SORT OF THING COULD SPREAD . $ I KNOW . $ I KNOW WHAT DREAMS ARE LIKE . $ I HAVE THEM MYSELF . $ #37 $ 01 WE ALL HAVE DREAMS ... $ 10 BUT NOT DREAMS LIKE I DO ... $ 08 ALL RIGHT , SAMBO . $ THAT 'S ENOUGH . $ WE 'VE HEARD ENOUGH . $ STOW IT NOW AND GET BACK TO YOUR OWN SIDE OF TOWN . $ 10 YOU LEAVE ME ALONE . $ I 'VE AS MUCH RIGHT TO BE HERE AS ANYONE . $ 08 OH , GETTING BOLSHIE , EH SAMBO ? $ GETTING A BIT FULL OF YOURSELF ARE YOU ? $ WELL , WE 'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT A GOOD HARD CLOUT OVER THAT B LACK CURLY NUT WILL DO FOR PUTTING THOSE KIND OF IDEAS OUT O F IT . $ 10 YOU LEAVE ME ALONE ... $ 08 OH , YOU WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE NOW , DO YOU ? $ ISN'T IT MARVELLOUS ? $ THE BLOODY RIGHTS THESE PEOPLE WANT . $ SHOW THEM A BIT OF KINDNESS AND THE NEXT THING ... THEY 'RE DEMANDING IT . $ < ( THE YOUNG MAN MOVES AWAY AS THE BLIND MAN JABS ABOUT WIT H HIS STICK , TRYING TO FIND HIM . ) > $ 10 LEAVE ME ALONE ... DON'T TOUCH ME . $ YOU 'RE THE BLACK ... YOU 'RE THE ONE THAT 'S BLACK . $ 08 OH NO , SAMBO ... YOU CAN'T PULL THAT ONE AGAIN . $ IT WON'T WORK THIS TIME . $ THERE 'S NO MORE DOUBTS IN MY MIND AS TO WHO 'S BLACK AND WH O 'S WHITE . $ YOU 'RE THE BLACK ALL RIGHT . $ 10 SO ARE YOU ... SO ARE YOU BLACK . $ 08 ISN'T IT MARVELLOUS , EH ? $ IF HE CAN'T BE WHITE LIKE ME HE WANTS ME TO BE BLACK LIKE HI M . $ BLOODY EQUALITY MAD THEY ARE ... THESE UNDERDOGS . $ THEY JUST WON'T FACE UP TO WHAT THEY ARE AND TAKE THEIR MEDI CINE ... $ COME ON , WHERE ARE YOU ... YOU 'RE DUE FOR A BEATING ... IT 'S TIME YOU WERE BEATEN . $ 10 YOU LEAVE ME ALONE . $ < ( WE HEAR THE SOUND OF BUGLE AND DRUM AND THE OFFICER AND PRIVATE MARCH ON . $ THE YOUNG MAN RUNS OVER TO THEM . ) > $ HELP ... HELP ... HELP ME PLEASE ! $ 05 < ( STOPS BLOWING HIS BUGLE ) > $ HALT ! $ < ( THE PRIVATE HALTS . $ #38 $ TO THE YOUNG MAN . ) > $ WHAT 'S THE MATTER . $ 10 IT 'S HIM ... THE BLIND MAN ... HE 'S TRYING TO TURN ME I NTO A BLACK . $ 05 TRYING TO TURN YOU INTO A BLACK ? $ 08 WHO 'S THAT ? $ WHO IS IT ? $ WHO ARE THEY ? $ 09 IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MILITARY ... $ 01 IT 'S THE ARMY ... $ 08 WHAT DO THEY WANT ? $ 09 THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT 'S GOING ON . $ 08 JUST LIKE THE POLICE , EH ? $ BLOODY NOSEY ... $ < ( THE BLIND MAN TAPS HIS WAY OVER TO THE OFFICER AND RUNS HIS HAND GUIDINGLY OVER HIM . $ HE FINDS HIS SHOULDER AND FEELS THE PIPS . ) > $ OFFICER , EH ? $ CAPTAIN . $ < ( HE THEN RUNS HIS HAND ALONG THE OFFICER'S OUTSTRETCHED A RM , THE ONE HOLDING THE GUN . $ HE TOUCHES THE GUN AND THEN THE PRIVATE'S FACE AND HEAD , AN D THEN THE GUN AGAIN . ) > $ AND HOLDING A GUN AT SOMEBODY'S HEAD TOO . $ < ( HE TAPS AWAY AND THEN TURNS BACK . ) > $ WHY ARE YOU HOLDING A GUN TO HIS HEAD ? $ 05 I HAVE TO . $ IT 'S THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP HIM IN UNIFORM . $ 08 I SEE . $ HM . $ THAT 'S WHAT YOUNG SAMBO HERE NEEDS ... A GUN AT HIS HEAD . $ PUT A GUN TO HIS HEAD AND HE 'D BEHAVE MORE LIKE BLACK TO ME 10 I 'VE TURNED BLACK ... 05 BUT ... I DON'T UNDERSTAND . $ WHY DO YOU WANT TO MAKE HIM INTO A BLACK ? $ 08 < ( INDICATING THE PRIVATE ) > $ WHY DO YOU WANT TO MAKE HIM INTO A SOLDIER ... ? $ 05 I NEED A SOLDIER . $ I 'M AN OFFICER . $ AN ARMY OFFICER . $ AND IT 'S NO GOOD BEING AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY WITHOUT A SOL DIER IS IT ? $ 08 WELL , I NEED A BLACK . $ I 'M WHITE YOU SEE . $ PURE WHITE . $ AND THERE 'S NO JOY IN BEING WHITE IF THERE 'S NO BLACK , IS THERE ? $ 05 YES , I SEE THAT . $ BUT HE ISN'T BLACK . $ YOU 'RE JUST INVENTING HIM . $ #39 $ YOU 'RE TRYING TO MAKE HIM BLACK ... TRYING TO TURN HIM INTO A BLACK . $ 08 < ( JABS HIS STICK INTO THE PRIVATE ) > $ AND YOU 'RE INVENTING HIM . $ HE 'S NOT A REAL SOLDIER . $ YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD A GUN AT A REAL SOLDIER'S HEAD TO MAK E HIM WEAR A UNIFORM . $ A REAL SOLDIER IS PROUD TO WEAR THE UNIFORM . $ YOU 'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE HIM INTO A SOLDIER . $ 05 AND YOU 'RE TRYING TO MAKE HIM INTO A BLACK . $ 08 THAT 'S RIGHT . $ 05 BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE A BLACK . $ 08 < ( JABBING THE PRIVATE ) > $ AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE A BLACK . $ BUT YOU NEED YOUR SOLDIER . $ AND I NEED MY BLACK . $ YOU 'VE GOT YOUR BLACK ... AND I WANT MY BLACK . $ 05 BLACK ? $ WHAT BLACK ? $ I 'VE GOT NO BLACK . $ 08 < ( JABBING THE PRIVATE ) > $ HIM . $ HE 'S YOUR BLACK . $ YOUR SOLDIER BLACK . $ 05 EH ? $ WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MAN ? $ YOU 'RE A BLACK MAN . $ < ( HE INDICATES THE PRIVATE . ) > $ HE 'S NOT BLACK . $ HE 'S WHITE . $ < ( HE INDICATES THE YOUNG MAN . ) > $ AS WHITE AS THIS YOUNG FELLOW HERE . $ 08 ALL RIGHT . $ SO HE 'S WHITE ... A WHITE BLACK . $ THEY 'RE BOTH WHITE BLACKS . $ WHO CARES WHAT COLOUR THEY ARE ... SO LONG AS THEY 'RE BLACK S . $ I TOLD YOU , I 'M BLIND . $ I DON'T DEAL IN COLOURS . $ 05 YOU 'RE MAD . $ 10 < ( FROM BEHIND THE OFFICER ) > $ HE 'S MAD ALL RIGHT . $ HE 'S OFF HIS NUT . $ HE WANTS PUTTING AWAY ... THAT 'S WHAT HE WANTS . $ HE 'S THE ONE THAT WANTS TO SEE THE PSYCHIATRIST . $ 08 LOOK , HE MIGHT HAVE A WHITE SKIN ... THIS SOLDIER BOY HE RE ... $ < ( HE JABS HIM AGAIN . ) > $ BUT THAT DON'T PROVE HE 'S NOT A BLACK . $ NOT TO ME , IT DOESN'T . $ HE 'S SEGREGATED ISN'T HE ? $ HE 'S NOT ALLOWED TO MIX . $ YOU 'VE SEGREGATED HIM . $ YOU KNOW YOU HAVE . $ YOU 'VE TRAINED HIM TO FEEL INFERIOR TO YOU . $ #40 $ 05 YES ... BUT GOOD HEAVENS MAN , HE 'S IN THE ARMY . $ HE 'S A SOLDIER . $ HE 'S GOT TO HAVE SUPERIOR OFFICERS . $ 08 VERY WELL THEN . $ I 'M NOT SAYING HE HASN'T . $ BUT IF YOU WANT YOUR INFERIORS IN THE ARMY , WE WANT OUR INF ERIORS IN CIVVY STREET . $ WE 'RE ALL THE SAME YOU KNOW . $ WE 'RE ONLY HUMAN . $ 01 HE 'S GOT YOU THERE , 'NT HE ? $ I CAN SEE THAT . $ IT 'S HUMAN NATURE THAT IS . $ IT 'S LIKE ME ... I BEEN SEGREGATED . $ I BEEN SEGREGATED ALL MY LIFE I HAVE ... SEGREGATED INTO THE SLUMS , I WAS .. JUST BECAUSE OF ME PARENTS THAT 'S ALL . $ NO OTHER REASON . $ THAT WAS THE REASON FOR IT . $ 08 WHAT COLOUR WERE YOUR PARENTS ? $ 01 WHAT , MY MUM AND DAD . $ OH ... $ WELL , THEY MUST HAVE BEEN THAT COLOUR ... YOU WAS SAYING .. . YOU KNOW ... THEM WHITE BLACKS . $ YER , THAT 'S WHAT COLOUR THEY WAS . $ THEY WAS ALL THAT COLOUR DOWN WHERE WE LIVED ... MUST HAVE B EEN BLACKS I SUPPOSE ... THAT TURNED WHITE ... THAT 'S WHAT THEY MUST HAVE BEEN ... 'COS , I MEAN THEY WASN'T ALLOWED TO MIX WITH THE OTHERS ... YOU KNOW , THEM REAL WHITES ... THE M WHITE WHITES ... $ IT 'S LIKE THEM BLACK BLACKS . $ 05 BLACK BLACKS ? $ WHAT BLACK BLACKS ? $ 01 THEM BLACK ONES . $ THE PROPER ONES . $ THE BLACK BLACKS . $ LIKE THEM WHITE WHITES ... THAT 'S WHAT THEY 'RE LIKE ... $ WELL , THEY LIVE LIKE 'EM DON'T THEY ? $ THEY LIVE THE SAME ... THEY DON'T LIVE LIKE THE OTHER BLACKS ... IF YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN . $ I SEEN SOME ... THEY HAD 'EM UP AT THE PALACE ... INVITED TO TEA , THEY WAS ... ALL DRESSED UP IN SILK THEY WAS , AND COV ERED IN DIAMONDS . $ INDIAN BLACKS SOME OF 'EM ... MOST OF 'EM ... BUT REAL BLACK S ... YOU KNOW ... BLACK BLACKS . $ 10 WELL I DON'T WANT TO BE ANY KIND OF BLACK . $ I DON'T . $ BLACK BLACK OR WHITE BLACK . $ I CAME FROM A GOOD HOME I DID ... I 'M NO OLD RUBBISH ... $ < ( HE INDICATES THE SEXTON . ) > $ I 'M NOT LIKE HIM ... I 'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SEGREGATED . $ < ( HE INDICATES THE BLIND MAN . ) > $ NOT BY HIM OR ANYONE ELSE ...I CAN SEGREGATE MYSELF I CAN .. . $ IF I WANT TO BE SEGREGATED ... I 'M ONE OF THE SEGREGATORS , I AM . $ I WAS BROUGHT UP TO IT . $ I WENT TO A GOOD SCHOOL I DID . $ #41 $ NO ELEMENTARY RUBBISH . $ < ( TO THE BLIND MAN . ) > $ LOOK , YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE COLOURS BUT YOU CAN HEAR SOUNDS ... YOU CAN TELL TONES , AND THERE 'S NO BLACK IN MY VOICE . $ MY MOTHER AND FATHER PAID A LOT FOR THIS VOICE ... AND THEY WERE VERY FUSSY , THEY WERE . $ THEY WERE VERY FUSSY ABOUT VOICES . $ ABOUT THE COLOUR OF VOICES . $ 08 LISTEN TO IT . $ AN EDUCATED BLACK . $ A WELL-SCHOOLED COON . $ 01 HE SOUNDS LIKE A BIT OF A GUVNOR TO ME , HE DOES ... HE ' S GOT A TOUCH OF GUVNOR HE HAS . $ HE 'S GOT MORE OF THE GUVNOR THAN THE BLACK IN HIM . $ 08 YES , WELL , WE CAN SOON KNOCK THAT OUT OF HIM . $ WE CAN SOON GET RID OF THAT . $ 05 YOU KNOW , YOU 'RE RIGHT . $ THE ONLY WAY THIS PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED IS TO PUT A GUN AT H IS HEAD . $ IF HE TURNS BLACK ... IT 'S HIS RIGHT COLOUR . $ 10 < ( LAUGHS ) > $ NO , NO ... PLEASE ... PLEASE ... DON'T .... DON'T MAKE ME B LACK . $ 08 < ( LAUGHS ) > $ HE 'S A BLACK ALL RIGHT . $ 09 HE 'S TURNING BLACK FAST . $ 05 YES . $ < ( HE PUTS HIS GUN AT THE YOUNG MAN'S HEAD . ) > $ DOWN , DOG ... DOWN . $ ON YOUR KNEES . $ < ( THE YOUNG MAN KNEELS DOWN . ) > $ THAT 'S BETTER . $ I 'LL GET MY CHAP TO BLACK HIM UP FOR YOU NOW . $ 08 YOUR SOLDIER ... HE WON'T TURN WITHOUT THE GUN AT HIS HEA D ? $ 05 NO . $ HE 'S QUITE SAFE . $ HE 'S HAD A GUN AT HIS HEAD SO LONG NOW , HE WON'T EVEN NOTI CE IT 'S BEEN TAKEN AWAY . $ < ( TO THE PRIVATE . ) > $ ATTENTION ! $ BLACKING AT THE READY . $ < ( THEY DO IT AS A KIND OF DRILL . ) > $ BLACKING ... BEGIN ... $ < ( TO THE BLIND MAN . ) > $ #42 $ THESE BLACKS ARE VERY GOOD AT BLACKING EACH OTHER . $ < ( THE PRIVATE PROCEEDS TO BLACK THE YOUNG MAN'S FACE . $ HE DOESN'T RESIST , JUST KNEELS TREMBLING . $ WHEN THE PRIVATE IS FINISHED HE STANDS BACK AT ATTENTION AGA IN AND THE OFFICER INSPECTS HIS WORK . ) > $ 05 A REAL WHITE BLACK . $ COME ON SING US SOME OF THOSE WHITE BLACK SONGS . $ < ( HE SINGS HIMSELF . ) > $ MAMMY , MAMMY ... $ COME ON . $ < ( HE SINGS AGAIN . ) > $ SIT UPON MY KNEE SONNY BOY , THOUGH YOU 'RE ONLY THREE , SON NY BOY ... $ 08 TOTE THAT BALE , TOTE THAT BALE . $ 05 < ( JABBING THE GUN INTO THE YOUNG MAN'S HEAD ) > $ COME ON MAN , GIVE OUT WITH SOME OF THAT OLD WHITE BLACK TAL K . $ YES SIR , MASSA ... UNCLE TOM ... COBBLERS AN' ALL ... $ < ( THE UNDERTAKER WALKS ON , STOPS AND WATCHES . ) > $ 03 HELLO , WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE , THEN ... ? $ 08 IT 'S A WHITE BLACK MINSTREL SHOW ... $ 05 HE WANTS TO BE WHITE . $ IT 'S A BLACK WHO WANTS TO BE WHITE . $ 03 DOES HE ... I BET HE DOES . $ STILL , I DON'T MIND THEM SO MUCH ... THE BLACKS ... IT 'S T HE OTHERS . $ IT 'S THE OTHERS ... THE WHITE FOREIGNERS ... THEY 'RE THE O NES I HATE . $ AT LEAST THE BLACKS ARE HONEST . $ YOU CAN TELL THEM RIGHT AWAY . $ YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY ARE BY THEIR SKIN ... $ BUT THE OTHERS ... THE BLOODY FRENCH AND GERMANS . $ YOU CAN FRATERNISE WITH THEM WITHOUT KNOWING ... YOU FIND YO URSELF MIXING WITH THEM . $ EVEN LIKING THEM . $ THAT 'S THE TERRIBLE THING ... EVEN LIKING THEM . $ < ( THE DOCTOR WALKS ON . $ THE YOUNG MAN GETS UP AND RUNS TOWARDS HIM . ) > $ 10 DOCTOR , DOCTOR ... $ THEY 'VE TURNED ME INTO A BLACK ... LOOK . $ THEY 'VE MADE ME BLACK . $ 12 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT . $ IT 'S ONLY A PIGMENTATION OF THE SKIN . $ 10 IT 'S NOT ... IT 'S NOT . $ IT 'S MORE THAN THAT ... I KNOW IT IS . $ #43 $ I USED TO BE A JEW , SO I KNOW . $ HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A JEW ? $ NO ... I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU HAVE ... $ YOU 'RE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES . $ YOU 'VE NEVER BEEN ANYTHING UNPLEASANT . $ WELL I HAVE . $ I 'VE BEEN ONE ... ALL OF MY FAMILY WAS ... AND IT 'S BLOODY ROTTEN ... IT IS ... IT 'S ALMOST AS BAD AS BEING BLACK . $ < ( A WOMAN WALKS ON ... A LARGE JEWISH WOMAN . ) > $ 15 OH . $ EXCUSE ME ... I HOPE I 'M NOT INTERRUPTING ANYTHING , ONLY I 'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE . $ A BOY ... A YOUNG MAN . $ HE 'S MY SON . $ HE HASN'T BEEN HOME FOR SEVERAL DAYS , AND I 'M RATHER WORRI ED ABOUT HIM . $ YOU SEE HE 'S NOT ... HE 'S NOT QUITE RIGHT IN THE HEAD . $ HE 'S INCLINED TO BE FANCIFUL , IMAGINING ... YOU KNOW . $ IMAGINES HE 'S WHAT HE AIN'T LIKE . $ HE UPSETS ME . $ AND I WORRY . $ HE KEEPS TELLING PEOPLE I 'M DEAD ... I 'M SURE HE DON'T MEA N NO HARM BY IT ... BUT IT 'S UPSETTING . $ 10 MUM . $ 15 < ( LOOKING AT HIM ) > $ MORRIE ... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ... ? $ 10 I 'VE TURNED BLACK ... THEY 'VE TURNED ME BLACK ... THEY 'VE MADE ME INTO A BLACK . $ 15 I KNEW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN . $ I KEPT TELLING YOU , BUT YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN . $ YOU WOULD GO YOUR OWN WAY . $ 10 TAKE ME HOME MUM ... $ 15 WHAT , LIKE THAT ? $ WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR FATHER WOULD SAY ? $ OH NO . $ YOU WOULDN'T BE A JEW LIKE US ... OH NO . $ BUT YOU 'LL BE A BLACK . $ OH YES , YOU DON'T MIND BEING A BLACK . $ WELL , YOU 'VE MADE YOUR OWN BED ... NOW YOU CAN LAY ON IT ' COS I 'M NOT HAVING NO BLACKS IN MY HOUSE . $ < ( SHE TURNS AND STRIDES OFF IN HIGH DUDGEON . ) > $ 10 MUM ... MUM IT 'S NOT MY FAULT . $ I DIDN'T DO IT . $ IT WASN'T ME . $ 08 SO ... YOU USED TO BE A JEW , DID YOU ? $ 10 IT 'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS WHAT I USED TO BE . $ 08 DON'T GET LIPPY NOW , SAMBO ... WATCH THE OLD LIP THERE . $ WE 'RE ENTITLED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE . $ WE DON'T WANT YOUR SORT ROUND HERE LOWERING OUR LAND VALUES ... $ < ( HE WALKS OVER TO THE YOUNG MAN AND FEELS HIS NOSE . ) > $ #44 $ YES , HE 'S JEWISH ALL RIGHT ... I 'VE TWEAKED ENOUGH OF THE IR NOSES TO KNOW THAT . $ 05 HE HASN'T GOT A JEWISH NOSE . $ HE DOESN'T LOOK A BIT JEWISH . $ 08 YOU DON'T WANT TO LET HIS LOOKS TAKE YOU IN . $ THAT 'S THE TROUBLE WITH YOU PEOPLE WHO CAN SEE ... YOU LET 'EM FOOL YOU WITH THEIR LOOKS . $ 09 HE 'S PROBABLY HAD PLASTIC SURGERY ANYWAY . $ 08 COURSE HE HAS . $ THEY OUGHT TO BE PUT DOWN THOSE BLOODY PLASTIC SURGEONS . $ FOR A FEW BOB THEY 'D MAKE ANY JEW A CHRISTIAN THEY WOULD . $ THEY 'LL BE STARTING ON THE BLACKS SOON , GIVING THEM WHITE SKINS . $ AND THEN WHERE WILL WE BE ? $ RIGHT UP THE CREEK , IF YOU ASK ME . $ 09 WITH NO ONE LEFT TO HATE BUT OURSELVES . $ 08 WE MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO HATE APART FROM OURSELVES . $ SOMETHING TO BLAME OUR FAILURE ON TO . $ < ( THE VICAR AND PRIEST ENTER . ) > $ 12 BUT JUDAISM IS ONLY A RELIGION , AND COLOUR JUST A PIGMEN TATION OF THE SKIN . $ 08 OH , DON'T LISTEN TO HIM ... HE 'S GOT EXCUSES FOR EVERYT HING . $ JEW ... A RELIGION ... COLOUR ... A PIGMENTATION . $ IF GOD HAD WANTED THE BLACKS TO BE WHITE , HE WOULD HAVE MAD E 'EM WHITE IN THE FIRST PLACE . $ HE WAS NO FOOL . $ 12 HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT COLOUR GOD IS ? $ GOD MIGHT BE BLACK FOR ALL YOU KNOW . $ 10 AND A JEW . $ KK 08 BLASPHEMERS ... I 'LL KNOCK YOU BOTH DOWN , YOU TALK LIKE THAT ABOUT GOD . $ GOD IS WHITE ... HE 'S BEAUTIFUL AND WHITE AND HE LIVES IN A BEAUTIFUL WHITE HOUSE ... IN A BEAUTIFUL WHITE HEAVEN ... SURROUNDED BY WELL TRIMMED ENGLISH LAWNS . $ 09 HE WEARS A BOWLER HAT AND STRIPED PANTS ... AND CARRIED A FURLED UMBRELLA . $ 01 HE 'S UPPER CLASS ... A SNOB AND A TOFF ... $ 08 AND HE HATES JEWS AND BLACKS ... ESPECIALLY BLACK JEWS LI KE SAMBO HERE . $ #45 $ 11 GOD IS LOVE ... HE DOESN'T HATE . $ 02 ALL GOD HATES IS SIN . $ 08 AND SIN IS BLACK . $ YOU KNOW THE COLOUR OF SIN , FATHER . $ IT 'S BLACK ... UGLY BLACK . $ 02 YES , BUT IT 'S SIN NOT SKINS THAT GOD IS INTERESTED IN . $ 11 DEFINITELY SINS , SKINS HE 'S NOT INTERESTED IN . $ 10 THE SON OF GOD WAS A JEW . $ 08 LIES ... JEWISH LIES ... GOD WOULD NEVER HAVE LET HIS SON BE A JEW . $ GOD WAS ENGLISH .... AND AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN ... LIKE HIS B ISHOPS . $ 11 GOD MADE EVERYONE . $ 02 EVERYONE . $ 08 EXCEPT THE JEWS AND THE BLACKS . $ 10 WHO MADE THEM , THEN ? $ 02 GOD MADE THEM ... IN HIS OWN IMAGE . $ 11 DEFINITELY EVERYONE IN HIS OWN IMAGE . $ 08 NO ... IT 'S LIES ... YOU 'RE TELLING LIES . $ YOU AREN'T FIT TO WEAR THE CLOTH WHEN YOU TALK LIKE THAT . $ IF GOD MADE HIM , THAT BLACK SAMBO THERE , THEN SEND HIM BAC K TO GOD . $ PUT A REJECTION SLIP ON HIM ... DOESN'T CONFORM TO CHRISTIAN STANDARD . $ 09 HEAR , HEAR , AND IF GOD IS BLACK ... REJECT GOD . $ 08 GOD ISN'T BLACK . $ YOU 'VE ONLY GOT TO SEE HIS PICTURE TO KNOW THAT . $ 12 HAVE YOU SEEN HIS PICTURES ? $ 08 I 'VE HAD THEM DESCRIBED TO ME ... AND THEY SOUND WONDERF UL . $ GREAT WORKS OF ART AND IN THEM , GOD ... IS WHITE AND BEAUTI FUL , AND HE MADE US WHITE AND BEAUTIFUL IN HIS OWN IMAGE . $ 09 GOD IS ON OUR SIDE . $ HE 'S ONE OF US . $ 01 HE 'S NOT ON MY SIDE ... HE 'S A CAPITALIST ... THAT 'S W HAT GOD IS ... THE BIGGEST PROPERTY OWNER ON EARTH . $ THAT 'S WHAT HE IS . $ 08 ENOUGH TALK ... LET 'S PUT THIS BLACK DOWN . $ LET 'S DO OURSELVES A FAVOUR AND GET RID OF HIM . $ #46 $ 05 KILL HIM ? $ 08 YES ... $ WHY NOT ? $ IT 'LL GIVE YOUR SOLDIER BOY SOME PRACTICE . $ HE 'S GOT TO BE TRAINED TO KILL ... AND THE MORE EXPERIENCE HE GETS AT IT , THE BETTER HE 'LL BE WHEN THE TIME COMES . $ AND COME IT WILL . $ IT 'LL HELP THE DOCTOR TOO . $ HE 'S A LIBERAL AND IF WE GET RID OF THE BLACK IT PUTS AN EN D TO THE COLOUR BAR . $ 09 TRUE ... WITHOUT JEWS OR BLACKS THERE CAN BE NO RACE HATR EDS . $ 08 DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT . $ WE 'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE COME TO IT . $ 01 IT 'LL PROVIDE A BIT OF WORK FOR MY GUVNOR . $ HE DOESN'T CARE HOW HE GETS HIS CORPSES ... AS LONG AS HE GE TS 'EM . $ 02 11 WHAT ABOUT US ? $ 08 YOU 'LL DO BETTER OUT OF IT THAN MOST OF US . $ IT 'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH A GREAT SIN ... A CRIME AGAINST HUMA NITY . $ YOU TRADE IN SINS , VICAR , SIN IS INDISPENSABLE TO YOU . $ IT 'S INDISPENSABLE TO ANY SOCIETY ORGANISED BY VICARS . $ YOU LIVE ON SIN , AND WHEN WE REPENT ... WE SUBMIT TO YOU . $ WE CAN'T GO TO GOD PERSONALLY AND REPENT . $ WE HAVE TO COME TO YOU . $ 12 AND WHAT ABOUT HIM ? $ < ( HE INDICATES THE YOUNG MAN . ) > $ THE YOUNG MAN YOU 'RE GOING TO KILL . $ 08 HE 'LL DO WELL TO . $ IT 'LL PROVIDE BOTH HIS RACES WITH A MARTYR . $ 10 NO ... NO ... I DON'T WANT TO DIE ... $ 12 < ( KINDLY ) > $ DON'T WORRY SON ... WE ALL HAVE TO GO SOME DAY . $ HOW AND WHEN IS NOT VERY IMPORTANT REALLY . $ WHEN YOU 'VE GONE ... YOU 'LL BE REGARDED MUCH HIGHER BY THE SE PEOPLE . $ WHEN HITLER KILLED HIS MILLIONS OF JEWS , HE STRUCK A GREAT BLOW AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM ... AND THROUGHOUT EUROPE THE JEW ROSE TO A CREST OF POPULARITY HE HAD NEVER ACHIEVED BEFORE . $ THE JEW WAS THE HUMANITY THAT HITLER'S CRIME WAS AGAINST ... AND EVERY MAN WAS ON THEIR SIDE . $ 02 BUT DOCTOR , YOU 'RE NOT GOING TO STAND BY AND LET THESE PEOPLE MURDER THIS BOY , ARE YOU ? $ #47 $ 12 IT 'S FOR THE GOOD OF HIS RACE . $ THEY 'LL NEVER ACHIEVE THEIR FREEDOM FROM OPPRESSION EXCEPT THROUGH VIOLENCE . $ SOMEONE MUST DIE TO SAVE THEM . $ EVERY RACE MUST HAVE IT'S MARTYR . $ IF IT 'S NOT HIM , IT 'LL BE SOMEONE ELSE ... AND IT 'S NOT FOR US TO CHOOSE . $ WE WHO CAN'T DISTINGUISH ONE NEGRO FROM ANOTHER . $ 10 I 'M NOT A NEGRO . $ 12 YOUR FACE IS BLACK ... YOU MUST PLAY YOUR PART . $ 10 IT 'S BOOT POLISH ... THEY 'VE BLACKED MY FACE WITH BOOT POLISH . $ 12 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PIGMENTATION AND BOOT POLI SH ? $ THEY 'VE CHOSEN YOU TO PLAY THE COON . $ YOU 'VE GOT TO LET THEM KILL YOU TONIGHT SO THAT WE WHO ARE DECENT CAN REVILE THEIR CRIME AGAINST YOU . $ < ( A JUDGE IN FULL ROBES APPEARS ACCOMPANIED BY THE UNDERTA KER . ) > $ 16 COME ALONG ... GET ON WITH YOUR MURDER ... I 'VE WAITED L ONG ENOUGH . $ 11 YOU SUPPORT THIS CRIME , JUDGE ? $ 16 I SUPPORT ALL CRIME ... WITHOUT CRIME I COULDN'T EXIST . $ I 'M NO DIFFERENT TO YOU , AND HIM , FATHER . $ YOU THRIVE ON SIN , I THRIVE ON CRIME ... AS THE DOCTOR HERE THRIVES ON DISEASE AND THE SOLDIER THRIVES ON WAR . $ 03 AS I THRIVE ON DEATH . $ 12 AS THE DECENT LIBERALS AMONG US THRIVE ON INJUSTICE . $ 08 AND I THRIVE ON HATE . $ 09 WE MUST ALL KILL HIM , SO THAT WE MAY ALL CONTINUE TO THR IVE . $ 05 < ( TO YOUNG MAN ) > $ DO YOU WANT A BLINDFOLD ? $ 10 NO ... I WANT TO SEE WHO FIRES THE GUN . $ 12 WE SHALL ALL FIRE THE GUN . $ THE SOLDIER WILL MERELY POINT IT . $ 05 FIRE' ! $ < ( THERE IS A REPORT AND THE YOUNG MAN FALLS BACK INTO THE OPEN GRAVE . ) > $ 12 WELL THAT 'S THAT . $ #48 $ 16 YES ... NOW THE TRIAL CAN BEGIN . $ 11 AND REPENTANCE FOR THE SIN ... $ < ( HE STARTS TO MURMUR THE CONFESSIONAL . ) > $ < ( THEY ALL KNEEL DOWN . ) > $ 01 02 03 04 05 08 09 11 12 16 PRAY FATHER FORGIVE US FOR WE HAVE SINNED ... $ IT 'S NO TIME AT ALL SINCE OUR LAST CONFESSION BUT WE ACCUSE OURSELVES OF ... WE HAVE KILLED A MAN BECAUSE OF THE COLOUR OF HIS SKIN ... FOR THESE AND ALL OUR OTHER SINS WHICH WE C ANNOT NOW REMEMBER , WE HUMBLY ASK PENANCE FROM YOU AND PARD ON FROM GOD ... $ < ( FADE ON THE PRIEST MURMURING THE CONFESSIONAL : ' MAY OU R LORD JESUS CHRIST ABSOLVE YOU ETC. ETC. ' ) > $