...ItGOesON::::::: A Joke

Friday, March 24, 2006

It wasn't supposed to be a joke... but everyone laughed when they heard it. It's a writing exercise for drama in my creative writing class. The question's: Every couple fights. Free write about an argument that your parents (or anyone else) have quite frequently. Then radically shorten the argument to just three staements from mom and dad. Then write a short drama in which the characters talk about other things and as the conversation builds weave in the statements from mom and dad. I worked on it with Vincent, who's my classmate. Here's what we've got eventually. (Sorry for the foul language. The language is used for authenticity.)

M=Mom; D=Dad; S=Son

M: Oh, honey. It's the time to gimme the money for this month.
D: Can I give it to you later? It's just the 20th of January.
M: I know it's the 20th of January, and you recieve your salary today.
D: Is it necessary to be that quick?
M: You'll use it all up for gamblin' if I ask later!
D: Bull shit! How' bout you bitch? You play Mahjong every day and loose most of the money I give you!
M: You bastard! You never give enough! If you give enough, do I need to play Mahjong to make the money I need?
D: Bastard? Did you call me bastard? Hey son. Look, this is your mother. She called your father a bastard!
S: *Crying*

Don't know why everyone laughed when I and Vincent acted it out (They didn't laugh at the others...). I read it to Dean. He laughed a bit and asked if my parents did argue like that. Well, they don't. Vincent and I just made it up... Just wonder if that's really the case in some families. You never know.