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The play is an educational piece set at the taping of a bizarre TV game show, where the boyish host, Billy the Kid, guides two teams of contestants through a maze of facts and opinions. Prizes include such oddities as a trip to Boot Hill to view the tombstones and a coroner’s pass to the next autopsy on a teenage handgun victim. The strange proceedings are stopped by a disgruntled viewer who decides the subject matter is much too serious for fun and games. What will Billy do? There’s an unexpected twist. The obvious message — handguns can kill — is dealt with in clever fashion. | The play is an educational piece set at the taping of a bizarre TV game show, where the boyish host, Billy the Kid, guides two teams of contestants through a maze of facts and opinions. Prizes include such oddities as a trip to Boot Hill to view the tombstones and a coroner’s pass to the next autopsy on a teenage handgun victim. The strange proceedings are stopped by a disgruntled viewer who decides the subject matter is much too serious for fun and games. What will Billy do? There’s an unexpected twist. The obvious message — handguns can kill — is dealt with in clever fashion. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:12, 18 March 2023
There are two plays (and two international films ) using variations of the phrase "Bang Bang You're Dead" as title.
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Bang! Bang! You're Dead by Tim J. Kelly (1993)
Also known by the full title of Bang! Bang! You're Dead or... What I Learned from Watching Television
Not to be confused with the 1966 comedy film released as Bang! Bang! You're Dead! in North America (original British title: Our Man in Marrakesh[1]).
The original text
The play is an educational piece set at the taping of a bizarre TV game show, where the boyish host, Billy the Kid, guides two teams of contestants through a maze of facts and opinions. Prizes include such oddities as a trip to Boot Hill to view the tombstones and a coroner’s pass to the next autopsy on a teenage handgun victim. The strange proceedings are stopped by a disgruntled viewer who decides the subject matter is much too serious for fun and games. What will Billy do? There’s an unexpected twist. The obvious message — handguns can kill — is dealt with in clever fashion.
The text published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., 1993.[2]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Translated into Afrikaans as Val Met 'n Knal! by Davida Day and published by DALRO as a performance text in 1994.
sources
https://www.pioneerdrama.com/SearchDetail.asp?pc=BANGBANGYO
Performance text, Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., 1993.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Man_in_Marrakesh
Tim Kelly/Davida Day. 1994. Val Met 'n Knal! Johannesburg: DALRO.
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Bang Bang You're Dead by William Mastrosimone (1999)
The original text
The one-act play was inspired by the Thurston High School shooting in Oregon and follows the emotional journey of a high school shooter who is tormented in his jail cell by apparitions of the five classmates he killed.
Translations and adaptations
The play was turned into a 2002 American TV thriller, based on - but not a direct adaptation of - Mastrosimone's work. The film follows a troubled high school student who participates in his school's production of the play, while attempting to avoid going down the same path as the play's lead character.[4]
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Bang_You%27re_Dead_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Bang_You%27re_Dead_(film)
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