Willie- taking John's cue, here.
[The pivotal scene, in which the characters actually meet, at the wake for their dead comrade, Ignatz Katz, of the Eye, known to his family as Jeff Miller, of somewhere in Ohio. Jeff has died of _____ after moving back into his parents' at the age of 35 or so. He is not the total loser he appears to be, having been the funnest and funniest Eyester of all. But he has died, just the same, and he never really had a decent job. MAYBE he worked in the stock room at JP in the old days before JP became famous, etc.
SCENE, a suburban living room. One of the main characters has just walked in. Seated on nice, but hardly extravagant furniture, are two parental types, and an assortment of relatives. This is clearly some kind of wake, though there is nothing rowdy about it. A normal enough looking guy has answered the door.
NELG- Hi I'm Jeff's brother Adam. Those are my parents over there.
Main Character- I'm _________.
NELG/ Adam "How did you know Jeff?"
MC. Actually, I'm not sure I really did. You see, we were internet penpals, I guess you could say.
NELG/Adam. Oh, from J Peterman's Eye. I think there are a couple of other people here from there. You know, like I said in my eMail, we really didn't have any idea what a large part of his life it was until we went and looked at his computer. Jeff had pretty much turned into a mess these last few months.
MC- Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. He was a very entertaining presence on the Eye. Did you ever discuss it with him?
NELG/Adam. No, you see, I live in San Francisco with my friend Lance and we really aren't comfortable in my parents' home and, honestly, Jeff was five years older than me, so no, I don't know much about Peterman's Eye. Someone told me he still has some fabulous leather goods. And those dresses are too much.
(Camera pans and MC suddenly notices two of the women over by the makeshift bar have on identical dresses, which might have come from the Owner's Manual. Character registers that he really doesn't have the consciousness or understanding of women's clothes to recognize JP offerings.(is this a voice over?) He walks towards the assembled group, wonders who is an Eyester and who is a relative..(More VO- he thinks...SO, which of these are relatives? Did anybody else come from the Eye? What kind of weirdo travels 500 miles to a funeral for a guy he never met? That guy has on what looks like a JP jacket. Do you suppose it's Peterman?)
The man in the fringed jacket turns to greet him. HI, I'm Lance. I'm Adam's partner.
[somehow this gag has to be worked out better- the idea is Lance looks like a page from the Owner's Manual, but he has nothing to do with the OM or the Eye... He is just the dead guy's brother's boyfriend...]
ANYWAY, he gets a drink and turns to the woman next to him and says something:
MC-So, Are you related to IG, I mean Jeff?
Woman ( this should be one of the main characters, but I don't know enough about them to know which one ) No. I guess that means you aren't either.
MC. No, I just corresponded with him. How about you? .....
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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