Giuoco terapia (2016)

Mario Palladino: Michele

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• Michele : Anyway yes, my game is a dope. That's why I wanted you to try it. I wanted you to understand that the decisions you took in my game are not that different from those you take in real life. Declaring yourself to a girl, facing your bullies, knowing how many Eurospin's cookies you can eat before you feel satiated. This is what every person has to go through.

  Teo : Yes, but the "real l..." the real life is different, a girl rejecting you hurts, a punch in the stomach hurts, finding you are good-for-nothing... hurts.

  Michele : You're not a good-for-nothing.

  Teo : [sadly]  Yeah, I'm a skilled sniper on Call of Duty...

• Teo : Hi, I'm Matteo.

  Michele : Hi, I'm Michele, but you can call me MadMike.

  Teo : What's that, your nick?

  Michele : No, Michele is my nick, MadMike is my actual first name.

  Teo : Are you serious?

  Michele : Sure!

• [While Teo is in the therapy, he has to pee really badly and he can't pee in the bed, because, the Game Therapy will fry. So Mad Mike makes him pee in a bottle] 

  Michele : [Since the pee is alot]  Wow, wow, hold on, how much do you have, we're arleady at half the bottle!

  Teo : I don't know. But i'm surely not done.

  Michele : I need to empty it! STOP, STOP!

  Teo : But how can i stop? It's impossible!

  Michele : Shit, you're gonna make a mess here soon!

  Teo : Ahhh yes, what a relief!

  Michele : FUCK TEO, THE BOTTLE IS ALMOST FULL! STOP, STOP!

  [Teo stops] 

  Michele : Fiuu! I saw death face to face.

• Teo : It's cool, it's really cool. Everything looks so real and...

  Michele : And?

  Teo : I don't know. It scares, at least as much as the "real life".

  Michele : "The" what?

  Teo : The "real life", the real life!

  Michele : Ah, speak clearly! "Real life", goddamn!

• Michele : Open your eyes!

  Teo : [opens his eyes]  Cool! Is this your game?

  Michele : Exactly. Do you like it?

  Teo : Geez, Miché, it's a blast! I've never seen a graphic like this! I feel the sun, its warmth! I feel the wind on my face!

• Teo : [Teo is about to enter the Game Therapy]  But it's not dangerous, right?

  Michele : Don't worry, it's not like it will fry your brain.

  Teo : WAIT! It fries my brain?

  Michele : I said no.

  Teo : But, you used those words! You said: it's not like it will fry your brain

  Michele : Calm down, okay? You're safe. It won't fry your brain.

  [pause] 

  Michele : Maybe.

  [Teo enters the Game Therapy]