OK, here we have a scene from a new horror film (that I just made up) called
PENCILS ( which will be followed by PENCILS II, PENCILS III, etc.). In the series,
hack political cartoonist Stan "Pencils" Brewster is
murdered by a
cabal of corrupt politicians and businessmen who took
umbrage at Brewsters depiction of them as
rats feeding on the corps of
Blind Justice (with everything
clearly labeled). The tale revolves around Pencils' spirit returning to
wreak hideous vengence upon his murderers and their
moronic progeny. Unfortunately, Brewster having been a
mere hack (an uncle got him the job on the paper in the first place), his methods of dispatching his enemies are rather
unimaginitve and
insipid, just as were his cartoons --
Oh, and when the cops find Brewster's victims, the scenes of his vengence are "composed" like an
editorial cartoon, and even have his "Pencils" signature prominently displayed. Eventually, the
teenage heroes of the film eventually put Pencils' spirit to rest (at least until the next sequel) using a
neo-pagan ceremony involving a
Pulitzer Prize and some
Thomas Nast cartoons.
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This is an excerpt from their performance of Louisiana Williams' THE WOMBAT PRINCE, a story that takes place in the un-airconditioned world of the Great Depression. Smedly Arcola was content in his sweaty, brow mopping, stained under arm world, until a delicate, perfumed uppercrust woman entered his life, and for a breif moment, he forgot that he was a loser, and then she left, and then he remembered he was a loser, but forgot how to be content as a loser...
