'Nam Sketch

A lil something something Dylan (my brother) and I wrote during a screening of Full Metal Jacket.

(In Vietnam, two soldiers are taking cover from enemy fire)

Sold. 1 (Cromwell): [fires off round, throws grenade – forgets to pull pin, ducks under cover]

Sold. 2 (Jim): [waits for explosion, ducks under cover]


8 minutes later


Crom & Jim: [in same stance, waiting for explosion]

Jim: [to Cromwell] Did it go off?

Crom: [puzzled] I think it did…

Jim: Did you pull the pin?

Crom: [thinks] SHIT.

Jim: Shoot at it!

Crom: What the fuck is that going to do?

Jim: Maybe make it explode!

Crom: Lemme check… [pulls head up, evades gunfire] I think I saw it.

Jim: Then shoot at it!

Crom: Fuck that. [pulls another grenade, pulls pin, throws, hears two consecutive explosions]


Silence.


Jim: Are they dead?

Crom: [pulls head up, receives gunfire] FUCK YOU GUYS! [gives middle finger to enemy, shot off, screams in agony, shows missing finger, blood squirts]

Jim: [screams with]

Crom: [screams back at Jim]




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