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Two men are sitting at a table. Joe (30) and Arlon (25). A bottle of milk and a glass are on the table.

 

JOE

Got milk? (1)

 

ARLON

Yeah!

 

(Joe fills the glass with milk.)

 

JOE

So?

 

(Arlon drinks the milk.)

 

ARLON

I'm lovin' it.(2)

 

JOE

I can sell it for you.

 

ARLON

This milk? I don't want. 

 

JOE

Think different.(3)

 

ARLON

Why?

 

JOE

Because you're worth it. (4)

 

ARLON

I appreciate it, but I don't want to buy anything.

 

JOE

Just do it. (5)

 

ARLON

Thanks.

 

JOE

Open Happiness. (6)

 

(Joe gets a little bottle from his pocket.)

 

JOE

So… Could you buy it?

 

ARLON

What's it?

 

JOE

Do you wanna buy it?

 

ARLON

Give me a reason to get this thing?

 

JOE

All right. The milk was poisoned.

 

ARLON

What? Oh my God!

                                   

(Arlon begins to lose his breath.)

 

JOE

(Holding up the little bottle.)

If you don't buy this antidote, you will go to The happiest place on earth. (7)

 

ARLON

(Scared.)

I need it.

                       

JOE

Do you want?

 

ARLON

Yes! Of course.

 

JOE

Is it a deal?

 

ARLON

Please! I'm dying!

 

JOE

Give me the money.

 

ARLON

Give me the antidote.

 

JOE

The money.

 

(Arlon gives the money and Joe hands the antidote. Arlon gulps down the antidote.)

 

ARLON

Thanks, man.

 

(A moment.)

 

JOE

Are you okay?

 

ARLON

A bit dizzy.

 

JOE

You've got a deal. Bye!

                                   

(Arlon gets up with some difficulty and leaves like a zombie.)

                                               

JOE

You'll be fine.

(Shouts out.)

Keep Walking! (8)

 

(Blackout.)

 

 

END

 

 

References of slogans:

 

(1) Got milk?

Client: California Milk Processor Board

Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners

 

(2) I'm lovin' it

Client: McDonald's Corporation

Agency: DDB Worldwide Communications Group, Inc.

 

(3) Think different

Client: Apple Inc.

Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day

 

(4) Because you're worth it

Client: L'Oréal

Agency: McCann Erickson

 

(5) Just do it

Client: Nike

Agency: Wieden+Kennedy

 

(6) Open Happiness

Client: Coca-Cola

Agency: Wieden+Kennedy

 

(7) The happiest place on earth

Client: Disneyland

Agency: The Walt Disney Company

 

(8) Keep Walking

Client: Diageo (Johnnie Walker)

Agency: BBH

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Altenir Silva is a Brazilian playwright and screenwriter. In 2019, he won the Best Feature Screenplay at Prisma International Film Awards in Rome with The Sunrise Man (co-written with Ben Fiore, based on a story by director Werner Schumann). This screenplay was also nominated as a Top Finalist, 2017, Hollywood Hills Screenplay Awards, CA, US. In 2017 his short-play "Friendship" was published in "One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre" (Routledge UK). In 2014 he received the Award of Excellence from Shakespeare at The Burg Theatre Festival (Middleburg, VA) for the play "The Idea". In Brazil, he worked as a scriptwriter for several TV shows at Globo TV, Record TV, CNT TV. He also wrote the feature films "Belarmino & Gabriela" (2007), "The Salt of the Earth" (2008), "Japan Connection" (2008), "Curitiba Zero Degrees" (2010) and "Moses and The Ten Commandments" (2015). For more of his writings in Scene4, check the Archives.

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