Tuesday, June 19, 2007

blarg. i am dead.

i used to work for a children's theatre company, and my friend and former co-worker, sean, decided to write a children's show using the epic poem Beowulf as his source material. the show was written to be performed by a class of theatre students. the best line was towards the end, when Old Beowulf slays the dragon-beast. the dragon was portrayed by six or seven kids covered with red fabric and with a Chinese-style dragon head at the front. when Beowulf slayed the dragon, the kid in front of the line (wearing the head) fell down and the rest of the dragon's body exited the stage. kid-friendly beheading -- gotta love it. anyhow, the dragon's last line was "blarg. i am dead." that line killed.