Glossary
Appendix 1: Political debate scene (removed from script)
Sylvia:
Nadia:
Sylvia:
Nadia:
Sylvia:
liana:
Sylvia:
Nadia:
Sylvia:
liana:
Sylvia:
Chris:
Sylvia:
Chris:
You never see a homeless person [in Israel].
That's because they're all shoved on the other side of the checkpoint.
The Palestinians aren't homeless, Nadia.
Ma, helicopter-mounted rockets aren't exactly conducive to building houses.
Their people can look after them. That's not our problem.
Ma, I can't believe you!
I'm just saying we've got to look after our own. We're just protecting what's ours.
What are you talking about??
Israel belongs to the Jews.
Does that mean people don't have a right to live there?
Israel is ours. They should be grateful that we give them anything at all.
Actually, the same UN resolution that created Israel created an independent Palestinian state far bigger that what is being offered to them.
UN, Shmu-en! God promised Israel to the Jews and that's that.
I take it this is the same God who called black people "hewers of wood and carriers of water"?
Sylvia [thrown]: Which god?
Chris: Verwoerd's god.
liana: I don't think that's what she meant, Chris.
Chris [under his breath]: She might as well have...
Sylvia: I never supported Apartheid!
Chris: If everyone who said that was telling the truth, it wouldn't have taken fifty years to end the system.
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Sylvia:
Nadia:
Sylvia:
liana:
Sylvia:
Chris:
Sylvia:
Chris:
liana:
Chris:
liana:
Chris:
[Sylvia:
[liana:
Well, at least under Verwoerd's government it was safe to walk in the streets.
If you were white. For everyone else, it was a death wish.
Well, you girls know your father and I always voted Prog, but there's one thing to say for the Nats: they're one of the reasons this country hasn't gone the same way as the rest of Africa.
Mom!
And let's not forget, back then South Africa was always a great friend to Israel.
Well, that's not surprising.
What?
They had a lot in common.
Love, you can't very well equate Israel with Apartheid South Africa.
Well, if the shoe fits...
Excuse me??
It's the same old argument, liana. Same shit; different country.
I will NOT have this!
Chris!
Chris: You people are all the same.
liana: I can't believe you!
Chris: I'm sorry, liana. I can't handle this "Chosen People" bullshit.
Nadia: Mom, I think it's time to take out the dessert.
[Exit Nadia and Sylvia]
liana: What the HELL was that?
Chris: You don't expect me to sit back and just take that shit from your family, do you?
liana: But you didn't have to plough into them like that.
Chris: Aha! So you admit they were wrong!
liana: There's no wrong or right here, Chris. We're just talking politics.
Chris: Just politics? JUST POLITICS? This is where I'll never understand you, liana. You can't just separate politics from everyday life.
liana: Chris, please...
Chris: You know, I'm prepared to put up with a lot of crap from you, liana, but this is just ridiculous! [He takes the kippah off his head and throws it on the floor]
liana: I thought we promised not to get into this again. At least, not here. Not tonight.
Chris: I'm sorry, my love. I just feel... I love you, not your family.
liana: Well, you can't have one without the other.
Chris: Oh, really? That's not what you've been saying for the past three years.
liana: Well, I've changed my mind.
Chris: A very un-Ilana thing to do.
liana: Well I have.
Chris: And what have you decided, exactly.
liana: That my family... I'm pa- They're part of me.
Chris: ...and?
liana: And I miss them. I want them to be a part of Adam's life.
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'Layers':
Burroway structural guides:
The seder
Sylvia
liana &
Chris
Nadia
Background:
Inciting incident
Invites family to seder Mixed marriage
Applies for driver's license
Exposition2
Frantic preparation
First visit to family in 5 years
Tells Sylvia test is on first day Pesach
Point of attack3
Guests start to arrive Sylvia's hostile reaction
Sylvia forbids Nadia to take the test
Act One: Disorder
Guests arrive
Realises Chris is black She and Chris support each other
Seder begins
Tension begins to show:
disagree, etc
Festive meal:
debate politics, religion
Political debate turns personal
Aflkoman
Realises Adam not brissed Fight with Sylvia re bris Refuses to partake in ritual
'Elijah' arrives
Devastated over broken seder plate 'Elijah' berates Chris for deserting Africa Drops Sylvia's Bobba's seder plate
Seder songs
Solace in religious songs liana feels 'out of tune' Sings the baby to sleep
A c t ! Ordei
Next in kitch clean Decii to aci daug]
decis Decic to separ bris Adar Decic total test o Pesai
Inciting Incident The event that has created the situation in which the protagonist finds him or herself at the beginning of a drama (Burroway: 2003:402)
2 Exposition The laying out of the situation at the opening of the action (Burroway: 2003:402)
3 Point of Attack The first event that sets the plot in motion (Burroway: 2003: 404)
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