This is Life!: Revolutions Around the Cruciform Axis

Special Sense: I see stupid people

You've seen the T-shirt, I'm sure, but here's a "rewrite" of the official script (scroll about halfway down):

COLE
I want to tell you my secret now.

Malcolm blinks very slowly.

MALCOLM
Okay.

Cole takes an eternal pause. A silent tension engulfs them both.

COLE
...I see people.

Malcolm just gazes quietly.

COLE
I see stupid people... Some of them scare me.

Beat.

MALCOLM
In your dreams?

Cole shakes his head, "No."

MALCOLM
When you're awake?

Cole nods, "Yes."

MALCOLM
Stupid people, like in TV and movies?

COLE
No, walking around, like regular people... They can't see each other. Some of them don't know they're stupid.

MALCOLM
They don't know they're stupid?

Beat.

COLE
I see morons.

Malcolm becomes completely motionless. Works to hide his shock. He and Cole stare at each other a long time.

COLE
They tell me stories... Things that happened to them... Things that happened to people they know.

Beat. Malcolm's words are extra-controlled. Revealing nothing.

MALCOLM
How often do you see them?

COLE
All the time. They're everywhere. (beat) You won't tell anyone my secret, right?

Beat.

MALCOLM
...No.

Posted by Clifton at May 22, 2004 09:25 AM | TrackBack