COMIC SHOP GIRL

If I may toot my own horn a bit -- I've have had a number of short plays produced locally.  Four one-acts at Venture Theatre's Annual One-Act Play Festival and three 24 hour plays produced for Venture's WET INK shows.  However not everything I've submitted for the one-act festival has been chosen for the festival. 

My first attempt at submitting something to the show was an ambitious piece.  A musical! About what else? COMIC BOOKS. GEEKS. And of course GIRLS.

Poster concept.  How many pop culture objects can you find?

COMIC BOOK GEEKS! THE MUSICAL!? is the story of Max and his three friends (all named Jason) who hang out playing RPGs in the back of their local comic book shop.  Max mostly hangs out because he has a crush on Bridget, the geek goddess who is employed at the store. 

There are a couple of moments in the play where I must have been sipping the Nostradamus juice... because they reflect things that have come to be.   One of the jokes in the play had to do with one of the characters being repulsed by the idea of seeing Dustin "Screech" Diamond naked.  Who'da thunk that one day ol' Screech would release a porno movie of his own making?

Unfortunately I am what I like to call MUSICALLY DECLINED.  I know nothing about writing music, so basically I had a collection of lyrics without a score.  Thus making my project a little too ambitious to put together in the time alotted for the one-act festival.

The following is the final song (and reprise) from the script.  This is where Max finally expresses his feeling to Bridget.  The chorus is full of SHA LA LA LAs... which I'm NOT proud of, and if I ever rebooted this project I would definitely change that.  The song, with many of it's spoken moments is definitely very BNL-influenced.

I spruced it up a bit with some illustrative pictures.  Italics indicate spoken dialog.  ALL CAPS represent singing.

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YOU’VE BROUGHT THIS MUTANT TURTLE OUT OF HIS SHELL
PIERCED THIS IRON MAN’S PROTECTIVE ARMOR AS WELL
YOU BROKE DOWN THE WALLS OF MY FOUR COLOR WORLD
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A COMIC SHOP GIRL

MY HEART GOES

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE ROOM

And the geeks in the back sing!


CHORUS
SHA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
HE LOVES YOU COMIC SHOP GIRL
SHA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
MAX IS IN LOVE WITH THE COMIC SHOP GIRL

UP TIL NOW MY LIFE'S BEEN GRIM...

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jason
Dude, did you just mention your thing in a love song?

Max
Not my thing, THE THING y’know from the Fantastic Four?

Jason 2
Four? Four is nothing to brag about.

Jason 3
Now nine… NINE would be FANTASTIC!

Collective groan and laugh, MAX resumes singing:

YOU’LL BE MY MARY JANE
I’LL BE YOUR PETER PARKER…

3 Jasons (snort laugh)
Peter?!

FORGET MARY JANE I DON’T WANT HER
MY SPIDEY SENSE IS TINGLING FOR YOU…
MY COMIC SHOP GIRL

(repeat chorus)

I’VE GOT MY MIND MADE UP
LET ME TELL YOU HOW I FEEL
I THINK YOU’RE MY WONDER WOMAN
MIGHT I BE YOUR MAN OF STEEL?

ARCHIE NEVER CHOSE BETWEEN VERONICA OR BETTY
ONE DAY I WILL GET DOWN ON BENDED KNEE

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I THINK WE’D MAKE A DYNAMIC DUO, YOU AND ME
MY COMIC SHOP GIRL….

***REPRISE***

BRIDGET
I CAN TELL THAT YOU’RE NOT A PLAYER

MAX
YOU’RE CUTER THAN A CERTAIN VAMPIRE SLAYER

BRIDGET
Wesley Snipes?

MAX
(laughing) No…

MAX
ON MY SLEEVE MY HEART I DO WIELD

BRIDGET
LIKE CAPTAIN AMERICA WITH HIS BIG OL’ SHIELD

MAX
IT’S NOT A LINE OR A JEDI MIND TRICK

BRIDGET
I’M STARTING TO THINK YOU’LL MAKE A HANDSOME SIDEKICK

MAX
Sidekick, huh?

BRIDGET
Uh, huh… you got a problem with that?

MAX
(happily) No…

I’M GLAD I FOUND YOU
MY COMIC SHOP GIRL

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