Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Extra Credit

teve sits at a computer the night before an extra credit assignment for “An excess of light makes the infant lose sight” is due, he hopes to get extra points from making this play)

STEVE (Talking to himself): Dammit, dammit, dammit, I need this extra credit but I can’t think of anything

Steve walks around the computer and table pacing back and forth

STEVE (Talking to himself): If only I got this extra credit, how awesome would that be, I mean really, I could turn in a piece of crap play to my English teacher and get at least 10 extra credit points, just think about it, that could turn a B+ into an A-, a 3.3 GPA into a 3.7, ahhh

STEVE (Talking to himself): I just need something remotely plausible to write about, something to get those extra points

STEVE (Talking to himself): I’ve got it! I’ll write a play about someone writing a play for extra credit for some theater thing. Man that is brilliant, genius even, I mean really, I’ll just crank out some lines of dialogue with some generically named character.

STEVE (Walks off stage): Man I’m a genius, the best part is those teachers will think my play is ironic and witty, friggen brilliant.
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2 comments:

  1. Steve WeiskopfApril 2, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    Clever if a little cynical toward the enterprise at hand.

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  2. Dr. IalacciApril 4, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    Clever but not witty, friggen brilliant.

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