Fast Fiction: On Screen
Even the unwilling must be alert to their image, as Richard Mallinson’s story reveals.
'You, yes, you, what do you think you're doing?'
'Nothing.'
'Yes, you are - you're trespassing.'
'But this is a public pavement.'
'No, not for you, it isn't.'
'Why? Why not for me? All these other people are using it.'
'Ah, but they're not trespassing.'
'Nor am I. Why single me out?'
'Because you're trespassing.'
'Are you mad?'
'No, I'm just saying what I've been told to say by the director. He wants to film the reactions of people when they're told they're trespassing on this pavement. . . Good idea, don't you think?'
'Bloody stupid.'
*
'Saw you on television last night.' 'Me? No way.'
'It was that thing about people trespassing on pavements.'
'But I told the buggers to leave me out. I said I'd sue if they didn't.'
'Yes, I can guess why. You came across as a right pompous prat.'
'Oh, now, steady on ... I wasn't that bad, surely?'
