| March 13, 2010 |
DONE TO A DEAD END & THE DEAD OR ALIVE SALE
by Giles Bailey and Martijn in’t Veld
(An Excerpt)
onethousandandonenights.info SD&G
Saturday 7-10pm Zwaanshals 243a
13 March 2010 Rotterdam
With the support by the Piet Zwart Institute – Willem de Kooning Academy, TENT.Rotterdam & Fonds BKVB.
JOSEPH rises and ranges about the room listlessly. He picks up a photograph of RONALD that is lying on the cabinet. He stares at it.
RONALD
(without looking up, remaining focused on his book)
What do I look like?
JOSEPH
You look like a scholar.
Scrutinizing it closely
Smoldering into the camera.
RONALD
(Still not looking up)
Do I wear glasses?
JOSEPH
Indeed.
RONALD
Am I waving at you?
JOSEPH
Yes.
RONALD
Does smoldering mean smile?
JOSEPH
It means to burn slowly with no flame.
RONALD
(finally looking up)
That is not a very nice thing to say.
JOSEPH
(Hurriedly, to appease him)
No, this is a compliment, burning like the embers of the campfire…
He pauses as if summoning up the words.
the hot cherry of a rope set aflame… the coals of a sauna.
RONALD
Wow, you are making an effort to get me back in the comfort zone
He closes his book and places it on the table.
OK, I am back in front of the fireplace. Now tell me a story.
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Complete script at http://onethousandandonenights.info/Episodes.htm
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The first thing you see is the brightest.
The next thing you see is not actually there.
Owing to the fact that they imply more than one light source, double shadows have come to signify dubious morals and hidden motives. The doubling of light has an uncanny presence; subconsciously we do not register this as a contradiction of the pervasive unity of first light, commonly accepted as natural – we only recognize that having more than one shadow doesn’t feel quite right.