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From "Jennifers" Act II Sc 2


By Dean Lundquist - Posted on 05 November 2008

(Carl is David's drag queen college roommate who loves to roll his r's.  He is preparing to audition for a university production of Racine's Phedre  (and, of course he wants to play Phedre.))

CARL
(in an overly affective manner)
Venus I felt in all my feverrrr'd frrrrame,    
Whose furrrry had so many of my rrrrace    
Purrrrsued. With ferrrrvent vows I sought to shun    
Herrrr torrrrments, built and deck'd for herrrr a shrrrrrine,    
And therrrre, 'mid countless victims did I seek    
The rrrreason I had lost; but all forrrr naught,    
No rrrremedy could currrre the wounds of love! [1]
 
DAVID
Oh god.
 
CARL
Pardon?
 
DAVID
The gods! Venus…
 
CARL
Would you like to see my Venus?


[1] Excerpted from an English translation by Robert Bruce Boswell.
Amy of the Lakes's picture

I could hear him there, rolling his rrrrrr's, jumping about flamboyantly.

Not sure if you ever watched "Star Trek: The Next Generation" but I am reminded of an episode where they were talking about Limericks. A couple of the starfleet officers told some classic ones, then Data told this one:

 

There once was a woman from Venus

Whose body was shaped like a ---

 

the captain interrupts him and says, "Data," warningly.

Perhaps you had to be there, and perhaps you had to share a home with a total nerd to get the nuance, but I thought I'd share that gem.

Awesome lines. I already get a sense of who Carl is and his relationship with David.

 

Wrrrrrrrrrite on!

Amy Peterson
Playwright, journalist, law goddess

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