The Guy and his Uncertain Future.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Not so undiminished, huh?
THE GUY
No.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Ah well.
THE GUY
Yes. Ah well.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Maybe you should stop writing these guys into your plays.
THE GUY
Yeah, no kidding. Maybe writing is more powerful than I thought.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
How do you figure that?
THE GUY
Well, it seems the second a guy finds out he’s here… he gets kinda nervous.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Well…
THE GUY
I know.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
I don’t blame ‘em.
THE GUY
Yeah.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Imagine if you found out that something sort of private you said to a person ended up blogged on the internet in a play in which you are cute-ishly personified.
THE GUY
Good point.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
The pen is, I guess, mightier than the sword.
THE GUY
Then men need to be stronger than pens.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
You got that right.
A sound of trumpets. Heraldic. Like for the entrance of a royal.
The Uncertain Future looks off left. (Or right, stage it how you will.)
A few of the actors in the play emerge, in messenger finery – feathers and tunics and those big long horn things with banners hanging down.
LEAD FOPPISH HERALDIC MESSENGER
Announcing the arrival of –
THE GUY
Whoa whoa whoa WHOA!!
The heraldic messengers halt.
THE GUY (cont.)
No entrances. Okay? Not yet. This one’s just mine for a while.
Everyone looks off left (or right) at the person in the wings.
The Guy smiles.
The lights go down.
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3 comments:
i enjoy the word foppish.
and as for the theme, don't knock newton just yet. i like to think of our returns as not so much dimished as dispersed.
i guess some people just aren't as reflective.
I misread this line at first. I guess a skewed space perception: "The pen is, I guess, mightier than the sword."
I'm sorry...just had to point that out.
I would think that the man that doesn't get...nervous...when being mentioned in something so personal...something coming from deep within you...would be the one to hold onto...only then have you met someone that is truely your equal...
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