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Last to Know by Nico. Part of Pop Opera but it works as a standalone.
They'd pulled one of the routines Alex termed "social experiments" at about five places around town. Joey pretended to be an undercover cop busting Alex for drugs, then beating him while he was handcuffed. Their first two efforts got more laughs than looks, since they were still working on their choreography and most of Joey's muffed punches missed by a good foot, but by the last run someone called the real police and someone else took a swing at Joey, and they declared it a success. Rodney King--and Reginald Denney--had apparently done at least a little for public intolerance of street brutality.
They'd pulled one of the routines Alex termed "social experiments" at about five places around town. Joey pretended to be an undercover cop busting Alex for drugs, then beating him while he was handcuffed. Their first two efforts got more laughs than looks, since they were still working on their choreography and most of Joey's muffed punches missed by a good foot, but by the last run someone called the real police and someone else took a swing at Joey, and they declared it a success. Rodney King--and Reginald Denney--had apparently done at least a little for public intolerance of street brutality.