Trivial Pursuits (ePub)
"TRIVIAL PURSUITS" is a 3-act, 4-character, 1-set play that asks: "How much can an audience learn about a bunch of guys who are sitting around a table playing a board game?" Because that's about the only action taking place on...
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It ain't dinner theater.
"TRIVIAL PURSUITS" is a 3-act, 4-character, 1-set play that asks: "How much can an audience learn about a bunch of guys who are sitting around a table playing a board game?" Because that's about the only action taking place on stage.
Unless you count the struggle for Timmy's soul.
TIMMY is the timid host of this week's gathering, which includes buddies TOM, the skirt-chaser; ROD, the logic-monger; and BEAR, the large and shambling animal four vertices of a box called "maleness". And at the center of this box is a question, a single thin story thread upon which hangs pages of character revelation like sheets upon a clothesline: Will Timmy grasp his last chance at salvation, saving himself from the hollow fate of his fellows by seeking the not-so-subtly-named Hope?
Because, mostly, "Trivial Pursuits" is about girls. Or, rather, the attitude of Timmy's counterparts toward girls. Each (TOM, ROD, BEAR) is given a devoted ACT and a particular P.O.V. to present, all while playing a sometimes metaphorical game. They use a number of time-proven male methods to get their points across. They eat chips. They drink beer. They cheat. They deliver monologues in the john. They draw pictures. In short, they cover every angle of their favorite topic from the juvenile to the sobering to the downright offensive.
With the final goal? To reach out and touch each member of the audience with those twin masks of the theater, laughter and tears.
And possibly discomfort.
So, please: No dining allowed.
[Note: I'm a screenwriter ("THE WONDER YEARS", "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES") and this story is presented in its original scripted format.]
1960: Born.
1961-1982: Grew up. Did non-writing stuff.
1983-1985: Worked with NASA as Aerospace Engineer. Started writing scripts part-time for no money.
1986-1987: Started writing scripts full-time for no money.
1988-1990: Wrote for first two seasons of "THE WONDER YEARS". Nominated for Emmy, Humanitas, and Writers Guild Awards. Won Humanitas and Writers Guild. Lost Emmy to pilot of "Murphy Brown" but I'm not bitter anymore especially since show never lived up to its potential.
Wrote the first two "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" movies. Became rich, but with occasional pangs of guilt.
1991-1992: Tried to elevate the quality of films coming out of Holywood by rejecting all script assignments and writing only on spec. I.E., Obscurity and Unemployment.
1993-1995: Ran away to Europe for a few months, returned, wrote first play. Ran away to Asia for a few months, returned, directed first short film.
1996: Stopped running long enough to get in line to write a feature film version of "I Dream of Jeannie". BLINK! Next.
1997-1999: Completed Quest for Seven Continents with travels to Africa, Australia, South America, and Antarctica (whiter even than The Blank Page).
2000-2002: Solidified reputation as International Man of Leisure. Blew it by writing a book in here somewhere.
2003-2005: Nap.
2006-2007: Wrote, produced, and directed a 90-minute compilation of comedy shorts called "42 STORY HOUSE". Sold very nearly that many DVD'S.
2008-2009: Pangs of guilt concerning sudden wealth now a distant memory, sought status as "Too Big To Fail". Failed.
2010: Attempted to finance an indie movie called "WHY THE SQUIRREL WON'T FRY". Fried.
2011: Published first eBook "THE TELLING OF MY MARCHING BAND STORY". Fell.
2012: Published some eScreenplays to see if anybody was interested in reading eScreenplays. Seriously, anybody. Hel-loooooooooo...?
2013-2014: Started YouTube Channel "Todd Trumpet Videos". Reached
2015-2016: Wrote "A CHRISTMAS CODA". Received lavish praise from Dickens Experts. Who - "Bah! Humbug!" - apparently don't impress the General Public.
2017: Adapted "A CHRISTMAS CODA" into a stage play. Learned Broadway and Hollywood, despite being on opposite sides of the country, actually share the same Welcome Mat.
2018-2019: Achieved ...
- Autor: Will Todd
- 2012, Englisch
- Verlag: Will Todd
- ISBN-10: 1476362319
- ISBN-13: 9781476362311
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.04.2012
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- Dateiformat: ePub
- Größe: 0.32 MB
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