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SCENE:\u00a0 Mitch BERG is walking out of the Riverview Theater in south Minneapolis.\u00a0 Surrounded by hipsters and hippies as far as the eye can see, he tacitly wonders what the hell all these pretenders have done with his old neighborhood.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

As BERG approaches the door, Avery LIBRELLE walks in, early for the next showing of “Antifa: The Musical”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 Merg!<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 Er, hey, Avery.\u00a0 \u00a0What’s…<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 Linnae Tweeden danced like a slut.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 Er, yeah.\u00a0 And…?<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 She was a cheesecale pinup girl.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 So…?<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 She kissed other men and patted their backsides.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 \u00a0And so…?<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 So Al Franken didn’t do anything wrong in that photo.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 Even though he admitted to it himself.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 Senator Franken, peace be upon him, has no more control over his utterances than he has over what his hands do in the presence of a scantily-dressed wanton slut.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 Wait, wait, wait – so if a random guy at the office were to say “that woman is dressed provocatively, so I’m going to go grope her…”<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 It’s sexual assault.\u00a0 The moral equivalent of rape.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 But if Al Franken does it…<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 She’s a slut who provoked the lusts of his innocent victim, Al Franken.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 So… (searches for words)<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 Also, she’s a Republican.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 So that makes it OK.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 I’m not saying it’s OK…<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 Oh, OK.\u00a0 Thank goodness…<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 But it’s OK.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 OK.\u00a0 We’re getting somewhere.\u00a0 So – men in general look with any lust in their heart upon a woman, no matter how she’s dressed…?<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 Rapists who should be chemically neutered.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 Al Franken, who touched a woman in a leering provocative manner with out consent?<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 Helpless before the wiles of a fallen Republican siren.<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 Er…<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 Hey, Merg – is the popcorn vegan?<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0\u00a0Only the buttered kind.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE:\u00a0 Really?<\/p>\n

BERG:\u00a0 Absolutely.<\/p>\n

(BERG continues out down the street to his car, shaking his head<\/em>)<\/p>\n

And SCENE<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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