Ten Minutes from Now story
A performer is suspected of making bomb threats against an official. Directed by: Alf Kjellin. Story by: Arthur A. Ross (teleplay), Jack Ritchie (short story).
13 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| how to commit a crime and get away with it | choice | The purpose of James' eccentric behavior was revealed at the conclusion of the story: It was all a ruse to hoodwink the police into evacuating the museum so that James and his cronies could conduct a savvy switcheroo and make off with original paintings worth millions, while leaving the police unable to charge James with any crime. |
| art forgery | major | The big reveal of the story is that the struggling painter James' disgruntlement toward the municipal authorities was a diversion from the true purpose of him and his accomplices: replace five museum paintings with his forgeries and make off the the originals without anybody being the wiser. |
| human vs. institution | major | The viewer is led to believe that James' string of plausibly deniable bomb threats stemmed from him being disgruntled with the municipal authorities. The reason was that he apparently felt aggrieved when a government appointed panel selected the paintings of others to be put on display over his. |
| law enforcement | major | James played Lieutenant Wymar and his fellow officers like a fiddle. |
| painting | major | The big reveal of the story is that the struggling painter James' disgruntlement toward the municipal authorities was a diversion from the true purpose of him and his accomplices: replace five museum paintings with his forgeries and make off the the originals without anybody being the wiser. |
| terrorism | major | Through the latter part of the story, the police thought that James was target the museum and its visitors with his two boxes that seemed to contain bombs, but alas did not. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | The viewer is led to believe that James was pursuing a vendetta against the municipal authorities stemming from a government appointed panel not having selected his paintings for public display. |
| theft | major | The big reveal of the story is that the struggling painter James' disgruntlement toward the municipal authorities was a diversion from the true purpose of him and his accomplices: replace five museum paintings with his forgeries and make off the the originals without anybody being the wiser. |
| art discussion | minor | Dr. Glover asked aloud why "paranoids use such an excessive amount of yellow when they paint" while examining one of James' paintings. |
| harassment | minor | The Commissioner or Recreation & Parks made a public statement about having been the recipient of several death threat letters. |