[Spamfic] [Rumic] "The Plays the Thing"
or: "The Thespian and the Aquatranssexual"
Being a one and half woman show.
By Henry J. Cobb
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These characters and situations are the creation of Rumiko Takahashi.
No infringement of her copyrights is intended.
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Damn Ton-chan anyway.
Doesn't he know how important this drama competition is to me?
But no, he had baseball practice. Always baseball practice. For
somebody who was always practicing, one would think he'd actually get
good at it.
In desperation, I had asked Ataru to come along. That would have been
fun. We could have gotten pictures taken. Both Ton-chan and my dearest
brother would have been sent copies. It would even have been worth
kissing the idiot, just to see the looks on their faces.
But Lum had found out about it and now I sit here all alone, while a
bunch of amateurs mutilate my favorite play. Life is so dull and
unfair. I take a tissue from the box offered by one of my kuroko and
dab at my eyes.
At least it will be over soon, this is the last group of losers in the
competition.
They really don't seem to any grasp of the lines at all. How I want to
jump up there and take over, but even idiots deserve the chance to stage
their productions.
It does seem to have some interesting twists with two Juliets and
several Romeos and a subplot about inheriting a Dojo.
Now at the end, this Romeo is unable to awaken his Juliet with a kiss.
That is exactly like my life, deadly dull with no prince capable of
sparking any life into it. Finally, the "corpse" takes matters into her
own hands and pulls him down to her.
Yes, that is what I should do. I applaud heartily this reinterpretation
of the classic. The winning team is no surprise.
I gesture for my kuroko to attend, "Find out all about that Romeo. The
last one."
Henry J. Cobb hcobb@slip.net http://www.io.com/~hcobb