EXERCISE 3.0.

‘THE HAND OF GOD’

A Professional Killer is interviewed by an Investigative Journalist for a feature piece that will only be released after their death. They are asked one question: “How does it feel to kill someone?”

KEY POINTS

Position: Sitting (head bowed) - slowly rising to stand tall

  • Embrace the silence.

  • That is how you control the room.

  • Slowly stand tall…

  • Fixating coldly on the ‘Interviewer’.

  • Answer the question:

  • “How does it feel to kill someone?”

  • Be succinct and professional in your answer.

  • But, maybe allow the directness of the question to overwhelm you a little bit?

  • This is all about ‘economy of movement’.

  • Settling comfortably within the mindset of a person who murders people for money.

  • Do you like it?

  • Are you disgusted by it?

  • Can you justify it?

  • You are not a psychopath.

  • You are just someone who believes you are doing what you have to do to survive.

  • Finish the interview by describing one particular victim that has stayed with you.

  • Why have they stayed with you?

  • And has that put questions in your mind?

  • Perhaps it hasn’t.

  • Perhaps it has just reinforced your belief in the ‘good’ you are doing.

  • Or maybe that is an answer for another day…

Suggested Duration: 3 Minutes

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