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In the last 3 years

you've given great pleasure

to an overwhelming number of people.

And, really, what more can I say

but thank you, Steven Shorter.

You are more than an artist.

"From from the staff and executives

of Federated Records

"and its overseas subsidiaries in

Germany, France, Japan, United States

"to our platinum boy."

You worship me as if I were...

as if I were a sort of god.

I'm someone. I'm a person.

I'm a person! I'm a person!

I'm a person!

When asked the reason

for his overwhelming popularity

93.5% of the population of the

British Isles said that they loved

Steven Shorter because he

so generously and willingly

shared himself with everyone.

I am nothing. This is me.

Nothing.

And this is you

because you've made me nothing.

I hate you! I hate you!

I hate you!

Forgive us all!

All that Steven Shorter has just done

has been to express the wish

to become an individual.

But that, in an age of conformity,

can become a social problem.

Alvin, out please! Thank you.

Out, Alvin!

Hell of a row in the office.

I've just had Butler on the telephone.

We'll make a statement tomorrow.

Tell me what you're going to do.

You were the clever little boy.

Half an hour earlier you were making

all the smart remarks. Come on!

- Tell me what you're going to do.

- Leave him alone, will you?

Why did he do it?

What do you think you are?

A bloody preacher?

Have you had a call?

Have you had a vision?

Why don't you leave him alone?

You've done enough damage already!

Don't talk to me about damage!

You've done more damage

than is possible to estimate.

You put more moronic thoughts into

this boy's mind... It's incredible!

It's impossible to estimate

how great the damage is.

You're pleased, are you?

You're pleased?

Yes, I thought you would be.

You've done such a good job.

Marvellous!

Alvin, I've told you!

Get those men out of this room!

Alvin! Get them out!

It's now about 11.30am

and we are outside Steven Shorter

Television Station no. 3

situated in a suburb near London.

Late yesterday night a statement

was issued

by the Steven Shorter

Management Group

to the effect that Steven Shorter

would make

a special television appearance today

to explain the statement he made

during yesterday's banquet.

The crowd are very angry

here today because-

Please keep your distance.

On September 26th

with public endorsement...

Steven Shorter is barred from this and

any further appearance on television

just to ensure that he does not again

misuse his position of privilege

to disturb the public peace of mind.

The public knows what it feels.

Its love for Steven

has turned to hate.

That we must accept...

like an act of God.

What about your business interests

in Steven Shorter?

I'll sever my connections with

Steven Shorter Enterprises.

Do you not feel that's rather abrupt?

Not at all. My main responsibility

is to my investors

and I think it would be quite wrong

to keep their money

in a concern that I now consider

to be a bad investment.

Mr. Butler; do you think

it's possible that

Steven Shorter could ever

win back his popularity?

I don't think so.

Perhaps in time to come

after he's dead

he may be remembered

with affectionate nostalgia.

Within about a year all that remained

of Steven Shorter

were a few old records

and a piece of archive film...

with the sound, of course, removed.

It's going to be a happy year in

Britain this year in the near future.

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