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Ariel is the “bad cop” of a pair of detectives in
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Well, y’know, I’ll tell you what there is about me. There is an overwhelming, and there is an all-pervading, hatred . . . a hatred . . . of people like you. Of people who lay even the littlest finger . . . on children.
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Not because of the sweets, I don’t really like sweets, but because I’d know . . . I’d know in my heart, that if I hadn’t been there, not all of them would have been there. Because I’m a good policeman. [...]
For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: McDonagh, Martin. The Pillowman, Dramatists Play Service Inc. Acting Edition, 1996, pp. 52-3.
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