Clowney

Clowney
PLAY: Clowney
snippet: “I like my men clowney. I like clowns.”
time: 1:03; specs: (only!) 1 MB mp3
script and music: Cecil Vortex; cast: EB
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There she is. Sitting at the far end of the bar, watching folks as they stumble around: juke box to pool table to bartender to juke box. She’s thirsty — anyone can see that. And you’re flush. So go on — buy her a drink. Who knows? — she might just tell you a story. A story we like to call: Clowney. Watch the skies, -CV.

Category: Vignettes

7 comments on “Clowney

  1. Boy, that’s really good. I would go so far as to say perfect. Well done on both the writing and acting ends.

  2. Hear hear! Very well done. And so short. I wonder how many we could fit into a car radio. . .

  3. Ditto on all the above. Stellar performance–subdued but not cold. And is it weird that this one put me a little on edge? I think twice a little background noise gave me a start; like I was eavesdropping, and was caught in the act .
    Bravissimo.

  4. Freaky and cool. Was that bar on our planet?

  5. HEY! TELL HER I’M A CLOWN! FOR CHRISTS SAKE I USED TO BE A CLOWN! CALL HER ON THE CELL WHILE YOUR IN THE CAR AND TELL HER ALREADY! CLOWN, I’M YOUR CLOWN HONEY!

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  7. totally agree — fabulous. love the almost whisper and sexiness, like she’s confiding in a chat room or 1-900 number. and, who can blame her? clowns are hot!
    “But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the CLOWN.”
    —Carl Sagan (1934 – 1996)
    Blessed be the meek, for they shall inherit six feet of the earth.
    —The CLOWN Prince of Darkness, corresponsdence

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