SCRIPT (GOSPEL ELEM): ITS OKAY TO BE ANGRY

March 8, 2015 // 3rd Sunday of Lent // John 2: 13-25

(Written by: Juan Miguel A. Tolentino)

PAGE ONE FIVE PANELS
PANEL ONE
LONG ACTION SHOT, Jesus in medias res, driving the merchants and money-changers away from
the temple. Jesus is brandishing a whip in one hand, hitting and scattering the coins from the tables.
With His other hand, He is overturning a big table, which hits other tables, as well as the cages of
sacrificial animals (chickens, lambs). Meanwhile, the merchants and money-changers are either
cowering behind the tables or running away scared.
CAPTION Its okay to be angry.

PANEL TWO
MONTAGE ONE of social injustices, labelled. POVERTY (poor kids), ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
(trees being cut down).
CAPTION Has anybody ever told you?
CAPTION The world is unfair, and people can be cruel.
CAPTION We have all the reasons we need to be angry.

PANEL THREE
MONTAGE TWO of social injustices, labelled. DISCRIMINATION (kids laughing at throwing stuff at
a gay kid), ACCESS TO EDUCATION (kids having class in a cramped classroom).
CAPTION Thus, we cant afford to be complacent, to be apathetic, to be indifferent.
CAPTION We have to take a stand, and fight for what is right.

PANEL FOUR
SIDE VIEW, LONG SHOT. A kid looking out of a school bus, seeing beggars in the street and the
filth in the garbage strewn around. Meanwhile, the other kids in the bus are silhouettes, but they can be
seen just goofing around.
CAPTION Its okay to be angry but we have to be careful to use our anger properly.
CAPTION The world needs us to be angry to act, and not just to react.

PANEL FIVE
MEDIUM SHOT, rich bratty kid crying and pulling on the hem of his mothers dress, trying to pull
her towards a toy store. The mothers face is exasperated. Meanwhile, on the other side of the malls
glass wall, a poor kid in tattered clothes mournfully looks at the toy store.
CAPTION We cant afford to be selfish, when there are more important issues we have to face.

PAGE TWO SIX PANELS
PANEL SIX
Jesus, MEDIUM SHOT, angrily shouting at the temple merchants.
LABEL JESUS CHRIST. Took a stand against religious commercialization.
CAPTION Its okay to be angry...
CAPTION ...whether it may be against those who abuse religion for their own selfish purposes...

PANEL SEVEN
Corazon Aquino, MEDIUM SHOT, holding hands with rallyists (with rosaries and rally
paraphernalia) against military people (refer to EDSA pictures).
LABEL CORAZON AQUINO. Took a stand against Martial Law.
CAPTION ...or against the abuses against human rights of a power-hungry dictator...

PANEL EIGHT
Desmond Tutu, MEDIUM SHOT, in black clerical garb, reaching out to African students. Behind
him is an altar. Mirror this panel with the next.
LABEL DESMOND TUTU. Took a stand against the apartheid.
CAPTION ...or against the culture of racism which abuses everyone who is different...

PANEL NINE
Efren Penaflorida, MEDIUM SHOT, in a polo shirt, reaching out to his students. Behind him is a
chalkboard.
LABEL EFREN PENAFLORIDA. Took a stand against education inaccessibility.
CAPTION ... sometimes, we just have to make a stand.

PANEL TEN
Susan B. Anthony, MEDIUM SHOT, in a 60s blouse, with other women, their fists up in the air,
with SUFFRAGE rally placards in their hands.
LABEL SUSAN B. ANTHONY. Took a stand against womens discrimination.
CAPTION We have to stand for something, or we will fall for anything.

PANEL ELEVEN
Jesus, Cory, Desmond, Efren and Susan in powerful poses (think superhero lineup), MEDIUM
SHOT. They have determined expressions.
CAPTION Its okay to be angry.
CAPTION The question is, what do you do now?
CAPTION The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
Edmund Burke