Play script Essays - Culture, Human Behavior, Entertainment

Play script Essays - Culture, Human Behavior, Entertainment Group Play Script Man living in his house Narrator: old man Jones living there. he's been there for a long time. All his memories are here. Landlord comes and (air knock on door) "Hello Mr. Jones how are you" "I'm here to notify you that as of next month the rent prices will be increasing" (charges more on living space) "I'm sorry sir, but the developer told me i had to raise the prices, the competition of the housing complexes is getting fierce" "Besides there's other people willing to pay more for this house" "I have to keep up with the market you know" Narrator: this is an example of capitalism. With the mindset to maximise profit the landlord has kicked the elderly man out Man is obviously upset, talks about family and living here forever Man is homeless now Narrator: Fast forward this man is now homeless and the home that held all his memories is now for sale "White man" Connor comes talks to the landlord and inquires about the property and talks about how cheap the living area is. Narrator: The price of living went from 800 to 1,600 which was a steal for Connor Narrator: in a fit of rage Jones fights Connor and gets arrested *i'm arresting him* Jones realizes Connor has taken his home As narrator returns to spot Landlord: "I'm sorry for what just happened our neighborhood has changed drastically and some people just aren't happy with it" "the crime rate has actually decreased in this neighborhood" Narrator: This is a prime example of Pyrrhic defeat which is a theory by J. Reiman. Pyrrhic defeat theory explains how the criminal justice system serves the rich by its failure to defeat crime. The criminal just creates the image that crime is exclusively the work of the poor which in turn serves the interest of the powerful. The crimes done by poor people has been reported as going down but by the pyrrhic defeat theory it is just being masked to hide the true crime which in this case is gentrification that is being done by the developers. Starts presentation Gentrification is: the process in which affluent people move into poor homes and neighborhoods and attract new and more expensive businesses