Have you read The Goat or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee? He's perhaps my favorite playwright and that is just a stunning piece of work. It's about a man who falls in love with a goat and it's not really a comedy... some parts are funny, but it's really got a lot going on.
I haven't read that yet, but I love Albee to no end.
This one isn't so much about the bear as a love object. It's more like a PTSD love story about damaged people trying to connect. I'd like to say it "has a lot going on," but really that's a euphemism for "it's a big old mess" at this point.
(No, really, I've been syndicating it for about a week, since I discovered it from my booksalon true crime list. The posts aren't overwhelmingly often and they are really freakin' good.)
Man. I was going to start writing stories about adulterous New York yuppies like everyone else but this is going to keep me in sordid crimes for years to come.
Oh, that's great...I hadn't even thought of that one. I'm thinking of expanding the short version of the play into a full-lengther at some point, and if I do I think that'll be handy. Clever.
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on 2008-02-14 07:46 pm (UTC)Speaking of bear maulings: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=253
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on 2008-02-14 08:17 pm (UTC)Will we get to read it, eventually?
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on 2008-02-16 10:51 pm (UTC)Yes, sooner or later. It's kind of a mess right now but I'll put it up at some point.
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on 2008-02-16 10:52 pm (UTC)This one isn't so much about the bear as a love object. It's more like a PTSD love story about damaged people trying to connect. I'd like to say it "has a lot going on," but really that's a euphemism for "it's a big old mess" at this point.
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on 2008-02-15 12:27 am (UTC)(Just for the bear. I don't think there is a mauling. But there are prostitutes!!)
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on 2008-02-15 12:39 am (UTC)Syndicated on lj at: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/incoldblog/profile
DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU FAIL COLLEGE.
(No, really, I've been syndicating it for about a week, since I discovered it from my booksalon true crime list. The posts aren't overwhelmingly often and they are really freakin' good.)
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on 2008-02-17 01:56 am (UTC)Man. I was going to start writing stories about adulterous New York yuppies like everyone else but this is going to keep me in sordid crimes for years to come.
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