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Synonyms: forgery, counterfeit, copy, sham, fraud, hoax, imitation, mock-up, dummy, reproduction, lookalike, likeness, charlatan, quack, mountebank, humbug, impostor, pretender, masquerader, hoodwinker, hoaxer, cheat, cheater, deceiver, dissembler, trickster, confidence trickster, fraudster, forged, fraudulent, false, bogus, spurious, pseudo, artificial, synthetic, simulated, replica, ersatz, plastic, man-made, mock, so-called, feigned, faked, put-on, assumed, improvised, invented, affected, insincere, unconvincing, forge, falsify, feign, mock up, reproduce, replicate, pretend, simulate, put on, make-believe, affect

Antonyms: genuine, authentic, true, real, sincere, honest, actual, legitimate, veritable, natural, heartfelt, candid, bona fide, frank, truthful, unfeigned, straightforward, unaffected, valid, factual, original, open, literal, artless, pure, proper

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1. Mr. Roberts Meets The Master

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... bag, Mr. Roberts. The hand \npuppet didn't come in a bag so I used one of mine. You may keep \nit if you wish. \nMR. ROBERTS: No. I have plenty of plastic bags, Mr. McDoley. \nYou may take it with you. \nMR. McDOLEY: All righty, Mr. Roberts. The money bag and the \nhand puppet are yours and I'll just take my plastic bag. And \nspeedy delivery off. All righty? \nMR. ROBERTS: Well, how much is the delivery? \nMR. McDOLEY: That would be "one -- two" today, Mr. Roberts. All \nrighty? \nMR. ROBERTS: Great. All ...

2. THE RECEPTIONIST

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... part at a time. And so what’s to stop him from living forever? And even if he is my own brother, I think that’s a very unpleasant prospect. Because he could take over the world if somebody gave him half a chance. With a wooden arm and a plastic heart and a metal head - everybody likes the guy. I mean, even my old man gets kind of proud when he hears about him. GRACE Well, at least your brother is committed to something. SETH Is that all you can say? GRACE How about this: "Blessed are the poor." SETH ...

3. Face-Lift

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... I am. \nPATIENT: That's what I thought.\nDR. REILUF: Lie down.\nPATIENT: I don't want a psychiatrist. I came in for a face-\nlift. \nDR. REILUF: (PULLING AT PATIENT'S FACE) Oh, I zee vhat you \nmean. \nPATIENT: I need a plastic surgeon.\nDR. REILUF: I can do zat, too.\nPATIENT: You do plastic surgery?\nDR. REILUF: Ya, part time, I do. Lie down. Ve begin. \nPATIENT: People don't like me. \nDR. REILUF: I can easily see zat. But, don't vorry. I can make \nyou beautiful. I do movie stars. \nPATIENT: You do?\nDR ...

4. THE OLD MAN IS WASTING

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... suppose it’s something dirty. SETH I suspect that you’ve got no more devotional life than a goldfish. JAREL Devotional life? SETH Prayer life. Spiritual life. JAREL Oh, for God’s sake, now you’re going to give some pitch to buy a plastic tablecloth - with the Lord’s Prayer printed no it. SETH (Whisking a fancy, embroidered handkerchief from a coat pocket) Only half right, sweetheart. Genuine 24 kt. gold leaf embossed on imported Irish linen, done by hand in a home for retired circus employees. The ...

5. Judgment Day

Mark 13:1-31

Drama

Steven E. Albertin

... great structure is indeed a sight to behold. It is immense, imposing, enduring. Why do so many come to visit? Maybe because in this world of disposable diapers, non-returnable soft drink bottles, throw-away cartons, biodegradable shopping bags, and plastic everything, it is reassuring to encounter something so substantial. So much that surrounds us is too transitory, here today and gone tomorrow. Everything changes, decays, and is tossed on the garbage heap of history. But the National Cathedral, eternal ...

6. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... ... covered a ratty-looking tray with foil and a paper doily ... (ALL are making notes enthusiastically and nodding) ... baskets lined with red paper napkins ... and for an elegant but EASY dessert, I made individual Jell-O-and-pudding parfaits in clear plastic cups ... and served them on paper dessert plates ... with paper doilies, of course ... stuff like that. JANE: You know, even regular plates or pie plates look elegant with paper doilies on them. And here's a trick ... a foil-covered magazine makes ...

7. THE WITCH OF ENDOR

Drama

Marcia Miller

... . Within ENDORA’s house, MUIDEM, RECOS and DARCY are performing a ritual dance. ENDORA is sitting on the floor, beating the rhythm out on a set of hand drums. [Bongos could be used. If none is available, decorate a coffee can which has a plastic lid.] ENDORA: One - two - three. One - two - three. Ver - ry good. Ver - ry good. One - two - three. Con - tin - ue. One - two - three. [ENDORA exits. DARCY stops the second ENDORA is out of sight. RECOS and MUIDEM continue dancing until each one speaks.] DARCY ...

8. MR. CAIN

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... . Nightmares begin in the stomach. That’s what the doctors say. CAIN Too much rich food, that’s what’s the trouble. JAREL I’m tired. CAIN I’ve got a big dealing coming up tomorrow. JAREL You’ve got it made. CAIN Maybe I could have plastic surgery. JAREL Sweetheart, the whole world loves you ... just like you are. CAIN The whole world loves a Rotarian. JAREL That’s right. Just keep telling yourself that. CAIN I don’t know. It still gets me, when I look in the mirror and see that scar. JAREL ...

9. THE JOURNEY

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... you’d learn a lot about human nature. CAIN You don’t necessarily LEARN anything. But you see. You see, for example, that the whole world is filled with crutches and hearing aids and artificial arms and artificial legsand glass eyes and plastic hearts and stainless steel kidneys and rubber-tubing stomachs and false teeth. Every day they pass through bus depots and train stations and department stores and public libraries and hotels and motels and down the public thoroughfare, thousands of them, and they ...

10. SALLY JANE

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... out in the barn building furniture for him. CAIN It’s like everything’s crumbling inside of me. I never felt this way before. JAREL Well, you can’t tell me it all evaporated into thin air. There’s nothing now, just junk, paper plates and plastic forks. CAIN (Finally noticing JAREL) Hmm? Are you drinking again? JAREL (Emptying her glass) That’s a chrome-plated table in the dining room. CHROME! Dime store stuff. You can’t tell me they bought chrome because the original wore out. Oak is good for a ...

11. The Voices Of Christmas

Drama

Jerry Nordstrom

... had one like that at our office party! HOMEMAKER: I baked a coffee ring. It turned out so pretty I wanted to hang it on the door for a wreath. CORPORATION MAN: You shoulda seen the boss chasin’ her around the desks. Knocked over the Christmas tree and two plastic palms. Wild! SPORTSMAN: Next Christmas I’m going to Switzerland! CHILD: And I want a pair of skis. SPORTSMAN: Yeah, it makes my folks sore, ya know, when I’m gone at Christmas time, but, man! When I’ve got a week off, I mean, I’ve got to ...

12. Change

Mark 6:7-13

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... a briefcase. I need my briefcase and my daytimer -- my laptop, printer, fax. No bag? Are you sure you took good notes? THADDEUS: Yes, it's right. He went over it twice. MATTHEW: "No money"? I don't carry much anyway. I put it all on plastic. Then you have a record. I do need something for tips, though. "No extra pair of shoes"? What about those dinner parties? How would it look wearing hiking boots to a dinner party? THADDEUS: That's pretty well covered. MATTHEW: "No extra clothes"? Well, I guess there ...

13. Christmas Puppet Play

Luke 2:21-40

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... response.) Carl: Yep. They are nuts over presents, too. Hey, Odie, what do you hope you get for Christmas? Odie: Well, Carl, that’s easy. I have my list right here. Let’s see ... five dozen dog biscuits ... 46 chewy bones ... a plastic fire hydrant ... Carl: (interrupts) Okay, okay. Your list is extremely long. Here’s what I want: my own personal river to swim in ... 500 chocolate-covered fish ... 17 large toothbrushes ... a large mud bath ... and, and ... (Frieda enters, interrupting Carl.) Frieda ...

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