SCENE: A wedding. DECKARD and RACHEL are standing, in a suit and dress, on either side of TYRELL, who's wearing priest's robes. TYRELL: Dearly beloved, we are gathered today to witness the marriage of Deckard and Rachel, in this unprecedented union - him, a human, an ex-blade runner, her, a replicant. Truly, love can overcome all. Ah. It almost makes my heart sing. By the power vested in me by the Tyrell corporation, I pronounce you man and - [A big crash sounds. PROTESTORS burst onto the stage. Two of them, PAULINE and GLENN, walk up to the central podium] PAULINE: In the name of all that is good, stop this blasphemy! GLENN: This is a crime against humanity! This is a travesty! RACHEL: Who are you? What are you doing here? PAULINE: We represent the League for the Protection of Marriage, and we're here to stop this monstrosity. DECKARD: Monstrosity? Our love is just as real as any human-human couple! GLENN: It stops here. First we legalised regular marriage, then interracial marriage, then gay marriage, then then robo-marriage... and now, this! PAULINE: Enough. It stops today. DECKARD: But we love each other! RACHEL: Isn't that enough? GLENN: [to Rachel] You shut your lying, replicant mouth! [pauses, then, to Deckard] Or was it YOUR lying replicant mouth? ...well, ONE, or BOTH of you has a lying, replicant mouth, and that's what matters. This marriage is an abomination. RACHEL: See? You can't even identify us! You don't even know which one of us is a replicant! PAULINE: But we can tell! By your filthy replicant scales! And your fleshy replicant gills! And your slimy replicant fins. DECKARD: Aren't you thinking of fish? PAULINE: It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! What matters is the sanctity of marriage. RACHEL: But we're more human than human! DECKARD: That's why we make them! RACHEL: Surely marriage is the most basic human privilege we're entitled to! GLENN: Hah! You call yourselves human? Do you bleed when cut? Do you cry when sad? RACHEL: Yes! We do all of those things! GLENN: Yeah, well... fine. I guess you're right. PAULINE: Replicants and humans can get married after all. RACHEL: THANK you. TYRELL: Wait. What about gay replicants? [all four look at him] [lights down] |
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