Challenge: All too often lights and sound support a play
rather than participate in the action of a play. Write a scene where a light cue indicates
that character is lying- maybe they figure it out? maybe the liar tries to hide
it?
PINK
LIGHT SPECIAL
ANNOUNCER
Tired
of people lying about gay men and lesbians and just generally making the world
unpleasant? Try the Pink Light Special!
Enter your typical Westboro Baptist Church-style
anti-gay protesters: BIGOT DAD, BIGOT MOM, and BIGOT TEEN GIRL. They chant and wave their similarly worded
signs (If you want to be nice, they don’t even have to be misspelled.)
BIGOT DAD
God
Hates Fags!
BIGOT DAD is bathed in a bright pink light that
dances. He tries to wave it off.
ANNOUNCER
Every
time they tell a lie, the pink light bursts forth around them so passersby know
they can safely ignore that nonsense.
Plus, it’s a colorful light to brighten everyone’s day.
BIGOT MOM
Adam
and Eve, not Adam and Steve!
The pink light dances around BIGOT MOM, much to her
unease.
BIGOT TEEN GIRL
Gay
sex is an abomination before God and man!
The pink light gleefully spotlights BIGOT TEEN
GIRL.
BIGOT TEEN GIRL
(cont’d)
Daddy! Mommy!
Make it stop!
BIGOT MOM
Stand
tall in your truth, girl!
BIGOT DAD
It’s
just the pink light of the devil trying to sow doubt in your mind!
ANNOUNCER
As
an added bonus, there’s also the Rainbow Light Closet Detector! Great for when you need to thin the herd in
Congress after unfortunate brushes with the law.
SENATOR CLOSET CASE is trying to hold a press
conference.
SENATOR CLOSET CASE
My
record speaks for itself. This arrest
for solicitation in the men’s restroom at the airport is politically motivated.
No pink light.
ANNOUNCER
Well,
he’s not lying. Yet.
SENATOR CLOSET CASE
I’m
a married man.
No pink light.
ANNOUNCER
Still
not lying. Yet.
SENATOR CLOSET CASE
I
am not a homosexual!
The pink light dances like crazy all around the
Senator’s podium/microphone. In
addition, a wild rainbow of color also gleefully taunts him. The SENATOR tries to make his excuses.
SENATOR CLOSET CASE
I
was minding my own business in that toilet stall. I just have a wide stance, and I was picking
up a piece of paper.
The lights go crazy. The SENATOR scurries away, bemoaning -
SENATOR CLOSET CASE
I
should have brought my wife to this press conference!
ANNOUNCER
Want
to make your relatives a little less uncomfortable at holiday gatherings? The Pink Light Special is good for that, too.
SHARON and ANGELA arrive for dinner with the
family.
SHARON
Hi,
everybody. You remember my good friend,
Angela?
ANGELA waves shyly as a warm pink light embraces
the two of them.
SHARON
We
have something to tell you.
The rainbow light pulses around them as SHARON and
ANGELA take each other’s hand.
ANNOUNCER
Sometimes,
it’s a good thing to shine a little light on people’s lies, so everyone can see
the truth. Order the Pink Light Special
with Rainbow Light Closet Detector today.
The world will be a much brighter place once you do.
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