Last night I looked back over the script for Grenadine and realized there are still lots of holes to fill in–lots of blank spaces where jokes should be, lots of songs left to write. And don’t even get me started on the technical stuff I’m going to have to tackle between now and opening night; the wig-styling issue alone is enough to make me wanna curl up and D-I-E die. (By some strange coincidence, the company members who left town just happened to be the same ones who felt most comfortable amongst rat-tail combs and Aquanet.)
Still, there are several bits that make me giggle–like this one, which leads into what I hope will be an Elvis-y parody of “Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me” as sung by Loweezy from Snuffy Smith:
PINEY: (Breaking down) Who knew that marryin’ my dead sister’s husband would lead to so much tribulation? If only I coulda resisted the powerful urgings of my womanly loins! Oh, woe is me! (Sobs) …It’s a sad, sad state of affairs, Madge, I tell you what…
(Longish pause)
MAGDE, THE ACCOMPANIST: (Sighs) Maybe you’d like to sing about it?
PINEY: (Standing up, straightening herself) If you don’t mind. Somethin’ in the neighborhood of “C”.
Well, at least I think it’s funny. But then, I rank incest right up there with meat and the letter “k” when it comes to guaranteed comic material….
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