An Attempt to Do as Dan Brooks Suggested And "Cut All the Fat" Out of My Writing, Tossing Aside the Dead Weight, Jettisoning the Redundant Repetition, The Superfluous Sentence, The Extra Example, In Favor of a Leaner, Less-Gristled Monologue, As Performed by Adam Burton—Thanks to Dan for the Inspiration and to My Mother for Her Love And Support. Peace. Out.
By Chris "Succinct is Now My Middle Name, Thanks to Dan" Okiishi
Oct. 8, 1999
[LIGHTS UP. Adam is center stage.]
ADAM: The other day, I was driving home from someplace and I thought of something really funny, and painfully ironic, involving my car, my mother and a truck-load of poorly decapitated Beanie Babies.
[Pause, almost imperceptible change in tone.]
And, quite unexpectedly, it made me sad, because it reminded me of you.
[Hold two beats, then BLACKOUT.]
"An Attempt to Do as Dan Brooks Suggested And "Cut All the Fat" Out of My Writing, Tossing Aside the Dead Weight, Jettisoning the Redundant Repetition, The Superfluous Sentence, The Extra Example, In Favor of a Leaner, Less-Gristled Monologue, As Performed by Adam Burton—Thanks to Dan for the Inspiration and to My Mother for Her Love And Support. Peace. Out." debuted October 8, 1999 performed by Adam Burton.
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