Bang Bang You're Dead

There are two plays and two movies using variations of the phrase "Bang Bang You're Dead" as title.

Bang! Bang! You're Dead by Tim Kelly

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 with the this title 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.

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

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)

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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