Short plays scripts schools 10 minute4/12/2024 ![]() ![]() In other words, the dramatic scenes veer into after-school special territory, but leave the scenes with no closure at all instead of wrapping them up either too neatly or too seriously. ![]() And, those same dramatic scenes do short work of attempting to touch on such issues as child abuse, sexual abuse, rape, alcoholism, etc. Some of the dramatic scenes here have their moments, but just as many veer off course. Oh, and then there are the derogatory remarks about things or people being "gay"-true, there's always the politically correct teen standing by to say "don't say that".but it ends up being a repeated exchange that, if not offensive, is also unnecessary.Then there's the entertainment value. And, while some of the language might be let slide in teenagers improvising scenes, or simply ignored by teachers, I can't imagine a high-school teacher giving out some of these skits that contain repeated uses of "bitch", "piss", and uncountable "that sucks". ![]() There's no current slang, but there are slang terms like boning.and I don't know when I last heard that outside of nineties music stations. The book was published in 2004, so you wouldn't expect it be dated.but some of the expressions are more suited to a college student or older teen from the late eighties or early nineties. It might have its uses, for some instructors and/or teens, but the book falls far short of its' author's promises.First, there's language. Unfortunately, this book comes with its own vast set of problems-some of it is inappropriate to teens, much of it is boring, and still more reads like a not-too-entertaining teenage soap. And much of it would, very simply, be best described as boring by those same students who might perform it. It's difficult to find good short material for teens and children to perform-most of what's available is either incredibly dated, or reads like a (bad) afterschool special. ![]()
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