The ViewPoint

The ViewPoint ON SCREEN: B-roll of an excited audience with announcers voice heard. ANNOUNCER (O.S.) A whole new viewpoint is live with your hosts Alliah Alliah, Noor Sackett, Amina Navidi, and Iman Razavi. INT. VIEWPOINT TABLE - DAY ALLIAH (Loudmouth), IMAN (Sassy hand-talking wildcard), AMINA (Stoner blonde) and NOOR (conservative) sit around a communal table in hijabs, faces partially shown except for NOOR. ALLIAH Hello everyone and welcome to the viewpoint, as always praise be to Allah for allowing us to be here as women to discuss the things Allah asks of us...under limited supervision. On the side, MOHAMMAD holds an AK, signaling them to get on with the show. ALLIAH (CONT’D) So ladies, what should we talk about today? Mohammad clears his throat and camera pans to him holding a cue card that reads ISIS. ALLIAH (CONT’D) (defeated) Ahh yes ok then. Soo it seems ISIS has been doing quite well lately. They all talk about ISIS like it's a sports team. IMAN Really?! Idk, I feel like they've been slippin the last couple battles. AMINA Yes, it's true... Amina looks ditsy. NOOR No! They're doing much better now, they took Mosul again! IMAN (unenthusiastic) Uhh Mosul again!? ALLIAH Ahh yes and it only took them three days this time! AMINA Woooow. IMAN That's fast for them, almost as fast as my husband marries other women. Someone throws a rock at her face for blaspheming her husband. Iman gets the hint and looks defeated. ALLIAH Uhh yes, anyway they got some new leadership at the company level and now they're flying through towns like nobody's business. NOOR You know it all comes down to good leadership. You put the right people in charge and they're going to make things happen. Everyone agrees, the audience claps, and they start to feel empowered (daydreaming). Mohammad senses their hope and yells at them in Arabic. They stop their dreaming and proceed. ALLIAH So let's bring out a woman who knows much more than we do, but still not more than a man, here she is, the first female soldier of ISIS. All of the women look jealous. ALLIAH (CONT’D) Please welcome, Ayesha Taylor. AYESHA, White female in camouflage joins the group. She acts cautiously with every word. AYESHA Hello. Mohammad looks excited. All the ladies seem shocked she's fair skinned, but still revere her. ALLIAH Umm hello, Ayesha, I'm sorry I wasn't expecting the uhhh...white. AYESHA Yes I know it's a bit odd for me to be in ISIS and be from Connecticut but you know, Allah works in mysterious ways... Ayesha nervously laughs then darts to the door. She is stopped and put back in her chair by Mohammad. NOOR So how is ISIS treating you?! AYESHA (on the edge of tears) They are the best! They feed me sometimes, I get to go outside from time to time, and in between the beatings and rapings they are real sweethearts. Oh my look, an infidel. Ayesha points to nothing, camera follows it then turns back and sees Mohammad carrying her away screaming. All the girls are unfazed. ALLIAH So, I almost forgot to tell you guys. We hear a gun shot. The girls stop for a second then regroup. ALLIAH (CONT’D) I've brought with me a surprise. AMINA What!? Alliah pulls out a drivers license. IMAN Oh woooman, you did not! All the women look really excited except for Noor. NOOR We must burn it immediately! Noor moves to grab the ID and Alliah stops her. ALLIAH No no no Noor, it's ok, it's ok. Isn't it wonderful!? Noor inspects it as if it's something out of this world. NOOR Your picture looks very plain and dull. ALLIAH Aww, thank you. AMINA So like what kind of car are you getting? All the women look up day dreaming of beautiful cars. Mohammad sees their optimism and clear his throat. He glares at Alliah. ALLIAH (relectant) Umm I would get a Ford Ex... A wrench hits her in the head. ALLIAH (CONT’D) Ford Ranger, to help with resupply while my husband is on a jihad. Mohammad nods in approval. ALLIAH (CONT’D) We take now a commercial break. FADE OUT. INT. VIEWPOINT TABLE - DAY Everyone sits at the table with ABDUL, more academic than terrorist. ALLIAH Welcome back everyone and now it's time for another guest. I am so excited to have today a man whose been on Al Qaeda's best seller list for 10 weeks in a row! With his amazing and inspiring novel Eat, Pray, Kill. Please welcome Abdul Abdullah. Abdul sits awkwardly. ABDUL Thank you, thank you everyone. You all have very domesticated eyes. All the ladies seem flattered. IMAN Told ya he was a charmer. Everyone laughs. ABDUL Silence! Everyone shuts up and it gets awkward for a few seconds. ALLIAH (clears throat) So Abdul, you are one of the leading authors within the terrorist community with such best sellers as Bomb Making 101, Suicide and You, War in Pieces, and screenwriter for how to kill a grunt in 10 days and twilight. ABDUL (humble) Yes. ALLIAH How do you come up with all this genius? ABDUL I really don't think of this as genius, our prophet has given me a divine gift and I channel his words through my writing, there is no thought, just do. IMAN So you're saying you don't come up with any of these books!? ABDUL These are the Prophet Mohammad's words, he uses me as his vessel to get the truth out! Abdul affirms his thought with an Arabic saying. AMINA Wow, even Twilight? ABDUL Especially Twilight. NOOR Incredible! Well I want to talk about your new book Eat, Pray, Kill, can you tell us about it? ABDUL Indeed, Eat, Pray, Kill is part cookbook, (drops his hardness) my eldest wife makes the best hilal, we have recipes for beja fry, chicken biryani, and hummus made from goat anus, delicious... AMINA Mmhhhm Anus. ABDUL Yes, yes also I include my favorite calls to violence from the Quran such as "and kill them wherever you find them", "kill for me, kill", and "if you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you're a princess". ALLIAH Oh wow. NOOR Beautiful. ABDUL Yes, the last one was from Moana but I think the message is pretty clear. All the girls nod in agreement. ALLIAH Amazing! Well thank you so much for joining us today Abdul, where can your followers and newly brainwashed recruits be able to find this revolutionary book? ABDUL A limited signed release will be dropped from the heavens in Afghanistan and the rest will be available on Amazon. NOOR Ohh I could only hope to get pelted with such divine scripture. A copy of the book nails her in the head. She is hurt for a quick second, then looks up sincerely. NOOR (CONT’D) Oh, thank you. ALLIAH Ok, well stay tuned because after the break Abdul will join us for our hot terrorist pick of the week! Commercial break. ALLIAH (CONT’D) Hello everyone welcome back. Now our hot terrorist of the week goes to Razi Almurrahani for his execution of the Tazheldi bombings. All the women look like they're about to orgasm. ALLIAH (CONT’D) Wait ladies, check out these numbers 257 deaths, 564 casualties, including at least 4 U.S. Citizens, one of which was in the military, but he died of a heart attack. NOOR That one still counts! All three girls are shivering. ALLIAH Oooh, I think I might need a flogging break AMINA Yes me too. IMAN Ugh Allah, why can't we masturbate! Iman gets shot in the forehead with a 3 round burst and drops dead. The women look at her shocked, then look up at Mohammed, who is holding his AK. ALLIAH Well, thank you for watching the ViewPoint. Mohammad has seen enough and storms to wrangle up the girls for execution. They all head offscreen pretending to be confident. Amina is crying, Noor turns to her. NOOR Don't worry Amina, Allah will protect us. Everyone heads off screen and the set is left with Abdul sitting there alone. 3 AK shots are heard and then a new group of four women come out wearing head to toe hijabs. We hear the announcers voice come on. ANNOUNCER (O.S.) A whole new viewpoint is live and it starts now. FADE TO BLACK.
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