::: parto vs. infotainment: the rematch!
"satire is a lesson, parody is a game."
(Vladimir Nabokov. "Strong Opinions". 1973)
...and deadline is a horror!
(B.B. Badu. "Strong Oblivions". 2004)
Apa kabar ya Parto? Tadi malam, ketika berjam-jam berkutat dengan FinalDraft, secangkir kopi busuk, apel berulat, brosur paket wisata ke Timbuktu, dan Thom Yorke yang meracau di tape; tiba-tiba saya malah dapat ide ini:
FADE IN:
EXT. STREET - NIGHT
PARTO is holed up in the house shooting it out with bunch of WARTAWAN INFOTAINMENTS.
We hear the crash of a window and pistol (yeah, that legendary pistol) shots being fired from inside of it.
There are some uniformed Wartawan Infotainments in the foreground shooting back at the window.
(Vladimir Nabokov. "Strong Opinions". 1973)
...and deadline is a horror!
(B.B. Badu. "Strong Oblivions". 2004)
Apa kabar ya Parto? Tadi malam, ketika berjam-jam berkutat dengan FinalDraft, secangkir kopi busuk, apel berulat, brosur paket wisata ke Timbuktu, dan Thom Yorke yang meracau di tape; tiba-tiba saya malah dapat ide ini:
FADE IN:
EXT. STREET - NIGHT
PARTO is holed up in the house shooting it out with bunch of WARTAWAN INFOTAINMENTS.
We hear the crash of a window and pistol (yeah, that legendary pistol) shots being fired from inside of it.
There are some uniformed Wartawan Infotainments in the foreground shooting back at the window.
CHIEF OF INFOTAINMENT
(shouts through megaphone)
You'd better surrender, Parto! You ain't got a chance!!
PARTO (V.O.)
(Purwokerto accent)
That's what you think, Crab! I've got enough ammunition here to kill the lot of you! Stay fuckin' away from my wife and kid!!
There are two more volleys of gunfire from both directions.
CHIEF OF INFOTAINMENT
(to his own men)
Guys, hold your fire. I've just have a thought. Maybe it's good for our gossip news.
(shouts through megaphone)
Hey Parto, let's have a truce for a minute! I wanna talk to you!
PARTO
OK, but I'm warning you, don't try anything!
Chief of Infotainment crosses into broken windows.
PARTO
What do you want, man?
CHIEF OF INFOTAINMENT
Mmmm, it's CZ-83, right?
PARTO
Yeah.
CHIEF OF INFOTAINMENT
Is it 7.65mm or 9mm?
PARTO
9mm.
CHIEF OF INFOTAINMENT
Do you have a licence for that gun in your hand now?
PARTO
Yeah, of course.
CHIEF OF INFOTAINMENT
Let me see it.
Parto shows him a slip of paper which he studies carefully, takes a picture of it, and then returns to him.
CHIEF OF INFOTAINMENT
Yeah, that seems in order. Ah well, it was just a thought.
Chief of Infotainment returns to his men.
CHIEF OF INFOTAINMENT
OK guys, carry on firing!
Wartawan Infotainment fire shots.
CHIEF OF INFOTAINMENT
(shouts through megaphone)
You'd better give up, Parto! You ain't got a chance!!
PARTO (V.O.)
Never!!
End on both sides firing just as they started.
FADE OUT.
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