S11E09 · SCENE 6/19 · 07:58
Grift of the Magi · Springfield Elementary stage
Burns dinner theater play performance

Children perform a grim play for Mr. Burns and the audience, with an ending involving poison.

07:58→08:32
in the episode · 0m 34s · S11E09

What happens

07:58–08:32

Children perform a play called The Nice Man Giveth, complete with poisoned broth and a mock medical scene. Mr. Burns is moved by the performance. A news crew announces the school reopening.

WhereSpringfield Elementary stage
DriverSkinner
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadSchool closure and Burns funding

Key lines

from this scene
08:13

Oh, it's doing that thing again.

08:16

ANNOUNCER: We now return to (speaking in Spanish)

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
scheme2.0
absurd2.0
humiliation1.0
menacing1.0
monologue

Beats

08:02Skinner admits the hidden agenda

Scene in the episode

07:58–08:32
A · Funzo toy's sinister rise
B · School closure and Burns funding
C · Gary Coleman Christmas redemption

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