Spring 2011 - The Heschel School

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An Apology This puzzle is all one color. The pieces first looked like they all fit But we crammed them together unthinkingly. This is a beautiful room in a castle on a hill But I see the paint chipping, and stains on the walls. I search for the inevitable bad So it comes as no surprise. I’m sorry for testing you Thinking you’d reach for it again When I let go of it But your fist is just as closed as mine. But I can admit to my tangled, contradicting branches Visible when the sun cools down And leaves begin to fall. And I can apologize for my ways. I really did want to leave it be When we finally reached mutuality, But it’s not in my nature to enjoy daylight Without looking ahead towards night. “THE ODD COUPLE” Black screen; image of opening set slowly expands from center to fill screen during voiceover Voice (increasing slowly in volume): You’re traveling to another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Scene I: The MacAfee’s Abode The interior of a lavishly decorated, and expensive house in Evanston, Chicago, in May, 1959. George, 19, handsome, innocent and charming, enters through the front door of the home he shares with his widowed father, Charles. George (while removing his postal cap and jacket): Hi, Dad! I’m home. Screen to Charles, 64, a burly, military man, with quick eyes and handlebar white moustache, lying on the couch in his reading glasses, smoking jacket, and slippers with a pipe in his mouth. The day’s “Chicago Tribune” is in his hands. Charles (barely lifting his eyes from his newspaper): You’re late! We were parallel lines And I couldn’t reach you, so I gave up. But so did you And that’s what undid my line. (i’m sorry i saw grey clouds on sunny days) Charlotte Marx-Arpadi George: Only by a few minutes, Pop! I can’t help it if the boss has got it in for me so he keeps me late sorting the mail. Charles (speaking to George as George runs upstairs): Son, when you say you’ll be home by seven, I expect you home by seven. It is now (pulling out his pocket watch)… 7:13! When I was in Austria, if we came to dinner even a millisecond – George (running back down the stairs, pulling on a sock): Well it’s a good thing this is Evanston, not Austria, Pop. Gotta run! Charles: Now where are you going? Marissa Schefflin, watercolor George: Eddie’s. Pages 28 – 29
Charles (about to repeat an idea he’s put out multiple times): George – you’ve grown to become such a handsome young lad. You ought to be out chasing girls and thinking about finding someone to settle down with, rather than spending so much time over at that Jefferson boy’s place. George (exhausted with the subject – heading towards the door): Don’t worry, Dad. George and I were planning to go to the diner tonight to check out some cute birds. Be home later. George leaves as Charles grunts an incoherent goodbye and returns to his paper. Scene II: The Jefferson Home Eddie’s bedroom. The two boys are lying in Eddie’s bed, and, though fully clothed in their pajamas, are “snuggling”. As Mrs. Jefferson (off-screen) calls up to the boys, George scrambles to the floor. Mrs. Jefferson (off-screen): Boys? Would either of you like anything to eat? George (calls back, still scrambling, disheveled): No thank you, Mrs. Jefferson! (Then glances back at Eddie and both boys erupt into fits of self-silenced laughter.) Narrator steps into the doorway of Eddie’s room. Narrator: You have just met two boys with a dangerous secret. One they cannot share with anyone else – even their own families. They are in love. They sleep now, and when they will wake, they’ll discover a world – not unlike their own – but with one minor difference. Everyone in the world with be like them. In a moment they will be experiencing the wonders of a world that can only be found in another dimension. Scene III: Eddie’s bedroom The boys wake up and dress. George: Well, I better get going…Pop’ll be wondering where I am! Eddie: Yeah, and I better go with you, gotta go pick some stuff up at the cleaner’s for Ma. But maybe we should go to the diner and grab a bite to eat first? What do you say? George: Yeah, I don’t see why not… Boys head downstairs and out the door. Eddie, 20, is also handsome but a little less boyish and more manly looking than George. He has the air of being more experienced, intelligent, confident and mature than George – someone for George to look up to. Once the laughter subsides, the boys return to Eddie’s bed, and George rests his head on Eddie’s chest as Eddie strokes the side of George’s face. George (comfortable, dreamily): I wish we didn’t have to sneak around so much. (Looking up at Eddie) I wish I were able to shout from the rooftops how I feel about you! Eddie (as he is opening the door): Goodbye, Ma! They walk down the stairs and outside to a charming street. They see two women taking a walk; one woman carries a stroller. They turn on to the main road and observe that an inordinate number of women are with other women and men are with other men. They enter the diner. Scene IV: The Diner Eddie: One day… one day. The boys find seats at the bar and order. The boys fall asleep in each other’s arms. Eddie: Bob, George and I’ll have the usual. Above/opposite page: Zerlina Panush, ink Pages 30 – 31
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