The Mugger story
Gerald Overton, a politician has fallen in love with a beautiful woman he met at a party. Things go wrong and his entire career and reputation are in jeopardy. Gerald decides to take the law into his own hands. Directed by: TBA. Story by: Miriam Bienstock.
12 total · 5 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| crime | major | Gerald was so set on fighting crime that he was compared to a fascist - ironically he ended up committing a crime albeit by mistake. |
| facing muggers | major | Gerald faced what he thought was a mugger. |
| husband and wife | major | Gerald and his beloved wife Jenny. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | Gerald was so set on fighting crime that he was compared to a fascist - ironically he ended up committing a crime albeit by mistake. Gerald was being tough on crime, but then he got to experience what it was like for the law to be strict on him. |
| the desire for professional success | major | Gerald was mighty please with himself as he had all but won some sort of minister post. |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | minor | It unfolded that Gerald did not at all relish the attention the seductress Mary lavished on him - in the car she started touching him inappropriately and he alighted to walk home. |
| father and son | minor | Gerald played with his son and put him to bed. |
| matrimonial love | minor | Gerald told the seductress Mary that he loved his wife. |
| mother and son | minor | Jimmy went to visit his mother in her bedroom when he was sick with a cold. |
| resisting a temptation | minor | Gerald rejected la femme fatale that threw herself on him. |