July 22nd, continued:
A man, shaggy-haired & in white buckskin -- a bear-claw necklace around his neck -- bright lights, a stage (maybe a podium -- but to the side). he's talking, a voice calls rudely from the audience, interrupting him, "First you called it 'ethos' then you called it 'mystique' and then you called it 'charisma,' but what I want to know is, what are you going to call it next!"
The audience hushes.
The man paces slowly back & forth on the stage, pulling patiently at his beard, looking down. "look, son. If that's the way you heard it I'm not oging to dispute about it. But really, it's like a joke. If you haven't got the point by this time, you never will." Laughter.
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Maybe I'd have him doing a "new" lecture, but have it a collage of all the transcripts I could get a hold of. I'd want biographical explanation,
"They wanted me to introduce myself, so I will. I was born in the San Joaquin valley..."
Maybe we coudl pull a handpress on stage -- light it during a certain part of the performance -- have him pace around it.
We'd need an older man -- someone who really looked like him. I'd want as much of Prodigious Thrust as i could get my hands on.
I'd want to quote him directly as much as possible -- and when not, just splicing whatever writing I could get. After I had a good amount of stuff togther, I'd want to --
I could attend the University of new Mexico and write the play, while attending college there. I'm willing to do that.
I can easily see myself doing this. I'd want first to contact Lee Bartlett.
and see what kind of reaction I get out of him. I'll go from there.
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