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Dialogue

The Conspiracy of Theories

Stephen Brewer stealthily records a dialogue in which Freya argues that conspiracy theories are illogical, but Orin is not so sure.

Scene: An empty room with two chairs and a table. Orin sits at the table feeling somewhat bad-tempered due to a pain in his right leg, and, as advised by his doctor, he is on the second of his alcohol-free days. Enter Freya. She sits at the table holding an open bottle of beer, and looks annoyed.

Freya: Would you believe I’ve just had my ear bent for two hours by my idiot cousin, telling me how 9-11, the global economic crash, climate change and so on, are the actions of an all-powerful elite conspiring to control the world? And when they’ve achieved that they’re going to kill us all off! Nothing I said would make him see reason.

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