Analysis of Betrayal, Treason, Greed and Fraud



Ssshhh.
Quiet on the set.
Roll film.
And...ACTION!

'Betrayal, treason, greed and fraud.
Came to me to addict...'

STOP!
Where is that 'gangsta'?
You recited that as if you were teaching,
A classroom filled with elementary kids.
Showing them how to bake cookies.
Now...
Say that again but this time,
Do it with convincing commitment.
Remember...
We are your audience.
Sell yourself!

'Okay.
I'll do it another way!'

Follow the script.
Less theatrics.
More of that inner city ghetto thing.
You feel me?

'Yes. Of course.'

Quiet on the set.
Roll film. Emote. Good.
Now...ACTION!

'Listen up you freaks.
Chumps of fiction.
Betrayal creates treasonous greed.
You hear me?
That crap only enforces to endorse fraud.
And neverending corruption.
Look at my wounded and scared face.
For what? Why?
Just to wear this faked gold mess,
Around my neck?
Who did I think I was B.S'ing?
WHO? WHO? WHO?'

CUT-CUT-CUT!
OH...
NOW,
THAT WAS TERRIFIC!
That performance alone,
Will bring this film the attention it needs.
Such exquisite acting.
Where on Earth,
Did you find within yourself...
Such emotional,
And jaw-dropping realism?

'Well...
I can not honestly take all of the credit.
I am a student of life.
And have been told I have the ability,
To bring to the screen...
The most outrageous stuff,
No one has ever seen before.
And...
Are you,
Crying?'

Me? No, no no.
I have a dry eye condition.
I usually carry a box of tissue.
But...I was caught off guard.
Anyway...
So real that performance you delivered!

'It was the script.
The words.
So natural they were and well written too.
As if...
They called to me.
With a desire to let them breathe.
Come to life!'

Awesome. Simply awesome.
I'm hoping those studio executives,
Will not dismiss this to believe...
We are attempting something new.
To release as Science Fiction.
Or...
A made up documentary.
That promotes violence.
Division and that nonsense about,
Civic unrest and havoc in the streets.

'Oh?
So...
What are you hoping this film does?'

Well...
I am hoping this film shows,
What could happen to a society of people.
Who take their harmonious way of life,
For granted.
If 'gangstas' are allowed and permitted,
To sit in high places.
And rule the government to ruin,
The entitlements we now have.
Even though...
I know I am taking a risk.
Attempting to avoid this grand delusion!

'Who knows which way the wind will blow.
But tell me this...
Why was it a necessity,
To have my portrayal as a gangsta...
Prioritized with such significance?'

It's all about the future.
And who these days,
Can be easily influenced and deceived!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1 10101 11 1 01010101 111101 1 11110 10101111010 01110101 10111110 1 1101111 111010010 010 111100 101 1 1110101 1001 110 1111010101 111 111 10101 1111 1 10111 1110 0100111 111 11100101011 01010 11110011 111 1111111 0111 1111111 111 111 1 1 11010 101001 1111001011 110010 111 1110101 10100 0110100 1 111100111010 1101011 01111100100 11101 010101 11110101 0 11 10 1111 11011010 11000100111 11111 10 1110101010 1101 01 11001001101 11 1111 100101111 111 101010 1101100100 11011101 11010101 10111010 1 0110100 101100 010011001 1001010001 1 1 11110111 1 1110111 1110100100110 1110100111 110 111010010 110110 010100110 00100111 101 11111001 01010111010 11110111 1111 11100100 1110101010 010110100 1101010 0111 11100100001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 2,453
Words 453
Sentences 100
Stanzas 17
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 11, 2, 4, 1, 3, 12, 11, 10, 6, 7, 10, 3, 12, 5, 3
Lines Amount 106
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by lpahtillah on September 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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