THE CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS: SLACK FOR ALL
Screenplay Scene
FADE IN:
EXT. DESERT GOLF COURSE – SUNSET
A shimmering neon-pink sky. The fairways look like they were grown on Mars. Over the dunes, a billboard of “BOB DOBBS — THE ROUTE TO SLACK” grins like a Cheshire prophet.
BOB DOBBS (JOE JUKIC), pipe in hand, plaid suit immaculate, steps onto the tee. He radiates accidental holiness.
CONNIE DOBBS (NELLY FURTADO), fierce, stylish, and enlightened in her own cosmic-pop way, carries a golf bag covered in sigils, quotes, and stickers that read “PRAISE BOB” and “STOP WORK – ACHIEVE SLACK.”
They are joined by DONALD TRUMP, in gold-trimmed golf gear, sunglasses at dusk. Two Secret Service agents trail behind carrying iced Diet Cokes.
From a nearby speaker hut, MADONNA’S “Holiday” starts playing—bright, ecstatic—giving the whole desert a rebellious spark.
TRUMP
So, Bob… you want a four-day work week. Everybody does. Everybody always wants something.
What do I get?
BOB
(sliding tee into the ground)
You get a nation with more Slack. And more slack means more loyalty, more joy, more votes, more spending… and fewer people yelling at you on the internet.
CONNIE
And—economically speaking—
(to Trump, matter-of-fact)
When you cut the work week to four days, 20% more jobs appear automatically. Companies need extra people to fill the lost day. It’s arithmetic, not revolution.
TRUMP
(raises eyebrow)
Twenty percent more jobs? That’s a good number. Tremendous number. My favorite number is still “one”—as in “number one.” But twenty is nice.
CONNIE
Plus—
(smiles like a trickster oracle)
Paychecks rise. Less labor supply means more demand for workers. Wages go up. People spend. Everyone dances. Just like Madonna told us.
“Holiday” swells in the background at that exact moment.
BOB
(swinging his club gently, almost saintly)
Look, Donald…
I’m not here as a conqueror. I am meek and humble of heart.
I come offering rest…
(beat)
/rest/… /requiem/… for their works.
Trump pauses. For a moment, he looks moved, like he’s hearing gospel from a man who smells faintly of pipe smoke and destiny.
TRUMP
(squints)
You’re saying if I agree to this… everyone gets more money, more vacations, more… slack?
BOB
Exactly.
Every worker becomes happier, and happier workers make happier economies.
And a happy economy makes a very happy president.
CONNIE
(leans in, whispering)
And SubGenius prophecy says the leader who brings the Four-Day Work Week becomes…
(dramatic pause)
The Temporary Bearer of Slack.
Trump beams. He likes titles.
TRUMP
Alright, Bob.
Hit your shot.
If you make it onto the green… four-day work week goes into negotiations.
Deal?
Bob nods solemnly, like a mystic accepting the terms of a cosmic contract.
BOB
Prepare your soul.
Bob swings.
The ball rockets across the Martian fairway… bounces… rolls… and settles gently on the green, eight feet from the pin.
Madonna’s “Holiday” hits the chorus triumphantly.
TRUMP
(throws hands up)
Fine!
We’ll talk four-day work week.
You SubGeniuses might actually be onto something.
CONNIE
(smiles radiantly)
We always were.
BOB
Come, Connie.
There is Slack to spread.
And an overworked world waiting to be freed.
They walk off into the glowing desert, music rising, Trump following behind with his golf cart entourage.
FADE OUT.
TITLE CARD:
SLACK FOR ALL – COMING SOON