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Comedy
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The Job Interview

from Trainspotting

Written by John Hodge

Trainspotting

Spud attempts to sabotage a job interview while high on speed to ensure he continues receiving unemployment benefits without actually getting hired. He oscillates between manic honesty about lying on his application and bizarre, inappropriate tangents about his violent friends, much to the bewilderment of the panel.

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SPUD: No, actually I went to Craignewton but I was worried that you wouldn't have heard of it so I put the Royal Edinburgh College instead, because they're both schools, right, and we're all in this together.

MAN 1: Mr. Murphy, do you mean that you lied on your application?

SPUD: Only to get my foot

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CharactersSpud, Man 1, Man 2, Woman
Duration00:03:00
Age Range20s-50s
GenderMale & Male/Female
GenreComedy
PeriodContemporary
Formatgroup
SourceTrainspotting
ToneAbsurdist, cringeworthy, pathetic
AccentScottish
Suitable Fordrama school audition, agent showcase, self tape, general practice
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