Narrator: This is a conflict story.
Director: CUT! Narrator, you need to have more emotion. Say it like this: This Is a CONFLICT
story. See. Much more dramatic. And… ACTION!
Narrator: This Is a CONFLICT story.
Director (muttering to himself): That’s a little better..
Narrator: You will soon see the consequences of Man vs Self.
Director: No, no, no, no NO! You need to have a British accent. Think— Mrs. Doubtfire.
(imitates Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire): Carpe Dentum. Seize the teeth!
Narrator: You want me to say (British accent) Carpe dentum! Seize the teeth!
Director: No! Just use a British accent in your lines.
Narrator (annoyed, restarts): You will soon see the consequences of man vs self. Why do
people so often have a war within themselves?
Director: You are terrible at this! That question wasn’t in the script!
Main Actor: Director… Sir, when will we get to my part? I have an appointment in 35 minutes,
and you said–
Director: Shut up, man! I said that this would take about 2 hours when I thought we had a good
Narrator. Argh! I should have hired Morgan Freeman when my wife suggested it. Why did I hire
some nobody from off the street?
Main Actor: Nobody off the street? This is Meryl Streep, for goodness' sake!!
Director: LEAVE! GO TO YOUR TOE FUNGUS APPOINTMENT!
Main Actor scurries away.
Narrator: (yelling)We were supposed to be filming about conflict and conflict resolution and now
you are mad at me for not doing what you want me to do. You know what! You should just do it
yourself. Make it a freaking monologue.
Director: I might! Since no one around here can do their stupid job! I may as well run the whole
show! I’ll do the lighting and the filming and the cutting and the producing all by my bloody self!
Narrator: Fine with me. (puts on a Mrs. Doubtfire British accent) Cheerio, dear! Narrator
sashays out of the building, followed by most of the team.
Lighting Director: Everyone needs a team, Jim. Even you. You should apologize to Meryl.
Maybe you should give up directing after this, though. Talk to her. Have her finish the job and
then find a new job. Your blood pressure is too high. And I don’t think you can do the lighting
and the filming at the same time. Walks away
Director looks around and starts to feel guilty. He walks into the hallway and sees Meryl
standing outside, sipping water from her bottle. She looks up and chuckles.
Director: I am so sorry, Meryl. Will you come and help me finish? You can do it your way as
long as you take some of my suggestions. I really did like your Mrs. Doubtfire accent.
Narrator: As long as you forgive me for blowing up at you and as long as you can get all of your
workers back. Some of them were pretty mad.
Director starts calling all of them individually, but when he walks back in he sees everyone in
there all ready getting the stage ready for the next run-through. Meryl pulls on his arm.
Narrator: You need to apologize to them too.
Director: I will.
The End
This is my script. The conflict was Man vs Man. The way it was resolved was through an
apology on both sides and a compromise. Meryl/Narrator got to do it her way while still taking
Jim/Director's advice. She also had to do the British accent.