The Password
Satire, total security
- Satire
- Monologue
- 1 min
- Male role
- Adult
- Beginner
Casting
6 lines- MOI Male role, Adult your role
Full text
(Facing a screen. He types, rereads, sighs.)
MOI
“Your password must contain an uppercase letter.” There. Done.
“A lowercase letter.” Of course. “A number.” Fine. “A special character.” I’ll put an exclamation mark, because that’s what I feel.
“This password is too common.” Too common? Nobody on earth has my dog, my birthday, and this level of despair.
“This password resembles your old password.” Obviously. I made it. I only have one brain.
I invent a string of symbols no human will ever remember. “Strong password!”
(A beat.)
MOI
Perfect. Now nobody can get in. Least of all me. Security is total.
What you can do with it
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