Snowtown Page #2

Gidday, mate. I'm John.

How are you?

Jesus, a barrel of

f***ing laughs, he is.

What, did he have a big night, love?

ELIZABETH:

I'd assume so, yes.

Live one, is he?

ELIZABETH:

Absolutely.

[DRUMS PLAYING LOUDLY]

Troy, cut it out!

I don't think he likes us.

Is that it?

[LAUGHTER]

Troy, come on!

BARRY:

I'm late.

Yeah, give it a go, mate.

BARRY:
Been having pains.

[CAR ENGINE CHOKING]

Yeah?

I'm craving gherkins and cheese.

Yeah?

I think I might be pregnant.

[ELIZABETH LAUGHS]

[CAR ENGINE REVS]

ELIZABETH:
Woo-hoo! Yeah!

Alright!

JOHN:
There you go.

[CHEERING]

[BIKE HONKS]

Alright, grab the straps.

That's it.

Give us a look.

Make sure you hold on

really tight for me, alright?

ELIZABETH:
There you go.

On you get.

Hold on tight! Hold on properly.

JOHN:
Nice and tight, mate.

You ready?

Got his foot in foot peg? That's it.

Hold on tight, babe!

[ICE CREAM VAN

MELODY PLAYS]

There you go.

- What do you say?

- Thank you.

- Thank you. Good one.

- VENDOR:
That's a good boy.

- There you go.

- Thank you.

- VENDOR:
I like to hear manners.

- JOHN:
Yeah, good on ya. Hey?

JOHN:
Come here.

Come here. There you go.

Chuck it at the house.

There you go, mate.

Chuck it out.

Chuck it at the house. Go on.

[KIDS AND JOHN LAUGH]

Come here,

come here, come here.

Have a look.

Come on, come on.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

Oi! Good work.

Anyone touch my kids,

I'm going to go honey over

a f***ing bullants' nest.

JOHN:
Yeah,

and rightly so, mate.

Rightly so.

Or a hungry rat in a tube and let

them eat their f***ing dick off.

- Right.

- You know, full on.

Those f***ing dirty bastards

deserve-- [JOHN LAUGHS]

- WOMAN:
In a nutshell.

- In a nutshell.

- The system's f***ed isn't it, really?

- VERNA:
Full on.

Here's an example how

the system's f***ed, right?

And I know you can go

along with this, Nige...

because this has happened

to your boys, hasn't it?

- Yes.

- JOHN:
Now here we go.

They've got a police check, dont they?

To get into teaching at schools, right?

- MAN:
Yep, and working.

- Absolutely.

- VERNA:
And volunteering.

- A f***ing police check, right?

So Claire across the road, right?

We all know her.

She's a great girl,

she's been studying for six years,

She's been studying to be a teacher.

She goes to get a f***ing job,

she can't get a job...

because she stole a f***ing

watch when she was 18.

But Mr. F***ing Bum Puncher,

your mates, mate.

BARRY:
No, they're not my mates.

No, they're all your f***ing friends,

Barry. We know, mate.

- Yeah, I know mate -

- They can just stroll into schools.

Just strolls into school, right?

WOMAN:
Yeah,

you're a nasty character.

No, no, no f***ing worries,

no f***ing worries.

And takes my kiddie...

- to the f***ing bathroom.

- Oh, there's the keys, mate. Absolutely.

There's your f***ing keys.

The gents are just down the hall.

- Have a fiddle, on us. On us.

- WOMAN:
Have a smorgasbord, mate.

And what did the

school do about that?

NIGEL:
The school? The school

actually did absolutely nothing.

Nothing.

I honestly don't see an answer

to any of our questions.

- MAN:
And when you--

- I don't see a solution to any of it.

I'm f***in' sick to death of it,

I really am.

I've had a gutful, and sitting

around here talking about it,

it's all great, we're all venting.

That's f***ing fantastic.

But it's happening right f***in' now,

right while we're sitting here.

Some little kid's being

touched up.

WOMAN:
But how difficult--

ELIZABETH:
Can you please

go back in there with the boys?

I really don't want you here.

JOHN:
No Jamie, it's

alright, mate. You can stay.

No John, I really don't want him

a part of this, John.

No, it's... it's alright.

It's alright love. He's a big boy.

He is going to learn more in

here than he is in--

BARRY:

Tell him to go back inside.

JOHN:
Come here, mate.

Come here, mate.

I really don't want him in here,

John.

Hey hey, it's alright love.

It's alright.

He's a big boy. He's a big boy.

You want to sit down, mate?

- You want to join in? Yeah.

- Yeah, I want to sit down.

Rob, get up for him,

would ya?

Take a seat, mate.

- Do you want a beer?

- Yeah.

BARRY:
You want to

push the legislation ...

up to the welfare and the

dogs too.

Hey, hey, it's alright.

It's alright.

I'm sleeping in the bedroom.

You've got the couch.

JOHN:
How are you, mate?

- You want to join in the conversation?

- Yeah.

BARRY:
You can't blame

every gay for being a paedophile.

I want to ask you a question.

Yes, you can.

Our queer friend here...

thinks that it's okay for poofter

teachers to teach at school.

What do you think about that?

- I don't know.

- Go on, mate.

Tell us what you really think.

We're all friends here.

I don't think they

should be doing that.

Don't think they should be

doing that, do you?

Touching up your friends.

Stay behind class, please,

I need to see ya.

That's not f***ing right, is it?

BARRY:
Well some boys know

what they want, don't they?

Shut up, Barry.

VERNA:
They're children.

What do you reckon?

What should happen to 'em?

- F***ing kill 'em.

- Kill 'em.

WOMAN:
Well done!

What, are you gonna go and kill the

rest of the world?

I could name 250 'round here.

( IN UNISON WITH WOMAN )

Shut up, Barry.

You've gotta take it in your own

hands because I bet you,

I bet you after you kick the sh*t--

I bet you after you kick the sh*t out

of that f***ing pedo...

he's gonna put his cock away, and

he didn't touch no other kid after.

And that's exactly what me and Rob

are doing, aren't we mate?

- Right on.

- You know what I mean?

VERNA:
There should be

more people like me doing it.

- You're right.

- There should be more people like you.

I mean, you should see the

hours that we put in.

You gotta take it into

your own hands.

- Morning, mate.

- JAMIE:
Morning.

How'd you sleep?

Pretty good.

Come over here mate and pick that

up and put it in the bucket for me.

Just put all those in there.

Chuck them in the bucket.

And the tail, too.

- Head as well?

- Yeah, mate. All in.

Woo!

That was a f***ing bastard,

wasn't it?

JAMIE:
Yep.

In she goes.

Give it a go.

Go on mate, put your back into it.

That's enough.

JOHN:
Pick up the bucket.

Get his f***ing couch.

[DOG BARKS]

Pick up the bucket.

[GAME ARCADE SOUNDS]

[SOFT GUITAR PLAYS]

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[UNINTELLIGIBLE

INSTRUCTIONS BY JOHN]

JOHN:
That's it.

That's it.

You can go a bit slower if you want.

You're a natural, mate.

- You want to go up a gear?

- Yeah.

Yeah, alright.

Put your hand on the clutch,

clutch in, foot underneath the peg.

Up. There you go.

Release the clutch, give it a bit.

There you go. Look at that.

COMMENTATOR:

There's a man ...

back to normal square leg...

even perhaps sometimes

behind square leg...

when the left hander

bounces you.

That's where the

top edge can go...

Oi. What's on?

I don't know.

Is that your boyfriend?

What?

What are you gonna

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