(White couple, Ted and Alana, watching Election Protests with black friend, Dave)
Ted: Things are getting bad out there...
Alana: People are upset, Ted.
Ted: Oh, I understand. Burning cars, breaking windows -- you have to do SOMETHING to express your anger at all of this.
Alana: I feel their despair. Especially black people. Right, Dave? How can black people NOT be angry?
Dave: I don't know. Maybe people should just bring it down a bit.
Ted: Dave, have I ever told you how STRONG you are?
Alana: Yeah, Dave: STRONG. I mean, you must feel like breaking things too, right...?
Dave: You know, I do kinda feel like breaking this beer bottle on your table.
Alana: We understand, Dave: let it out!
Ted: Yeah, Dave: don't hold back!
Dave: Really? You sure about that?
(Ted and Alana nod)
Dave: Okay...
(Dave shatters bottle against table)
Alana: I bet that felt good, right Dave?
Dave: Sure.
Ted: I feel we are holding you back. Do what you feel you need to do, Dave -- it's okay.
Dave: So if I stomped this table to pieces you wouldn't be mad?
Alana: Of course not, Dave! We know what you're going through!
Dave: Okay, then...
(Dave gets up jumps on table, breaking it. Stomps the pieces, kicks the books that fell off, throw a leg across the room.)
Alana: It is so good to see you be able to express your feelings, Dave!
Ted: Yeah -- I really liked it when you threw the table leg -- I could feel your pain...
Dave: You know, I think I'm going to break this vase, too...
(Dave walks to shelf, picks up glass vase)
Alana: Oh -- uh...
Ted: That was a gift from Alana's grandmother...
Alana:..she gave that to me, right before she died.
Dave: Sure, sure, I'll just set this back...
Alana: No, Dave, no: it's OK. My grandmother probably would've voted for Trump, anyway...
Dave: Okay then...
(Dave throws vase to ground, shattering it).
Ted: I bet that felt good, right Dave?
Dave: It feels like something, that's for sure...
Alana: We're here for you, Dave: we're her for you...
Dave: You know, it's getting late. I got an early day at work tomorrow -- I think I'll get going...
Alana: We understand, Dave.
Ted: You sure you don't want to break one more thing?
Alana: Yes, Dave: break one more thing! America owes you!
Dave: Alright,if you insist...
(Dave pulls over shelf, all the items go falling and breaking)
Dave: See you guys tomorrow?
Alana: Sure thing, Dave!
(Dave walks to door, puts "Make America Great Again" hat on, looks at wreckage of apartment, shakes head, leaves)
Alana: I think we really helped him work through some of his emotions...
Ted: That's what friends do, Alana: that's what friends do...
(Ted and Alana sit in the wreckage of their living room; TV voice-over of announcer describing protests as "mostly peaceful")
I am Laslo.
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