One-Act Play
by wjw on October 18, 2018
SCENE: I (hereafter ME) am driving down the freeway in my car. The phone rings.
ME: Hello?
RUSSIAN ACCENT: Hello. Where are you right now?
ME: I’m in my car, driving.
RUSSIAN ACCENT: Can you pull over? This is an important message.
ME: No, I can’t pull over.
RUSSIAN ACCENT: Are you sure? This is very important.
ME: I can’t pull over.
RUSSIAN ACCENT: You have just [inaudible].
ME: What?
RUSSIAN ACCENT: You have just won Publisher’s Clearing House!
ME: I’ve just won Publisher’s Clearing House?
RUSSIAN ACCENT: Yes, you have won!
ME: Great! Have Ed McMahon bring the money over in the morning! (Hangs up)
Action, time, place. The classic unities…
You really want a zombie to show up on your doorstep?!
in Soviet Russia, lottery wins you!
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