Dan s Script

last night, tony sent me dan's synopsis for the christmas production. i read it over and came to the same conclusion as tony: it was impossible. there was no way that anyone would be able to write an effective script and then cast and block it. there were just too many scenes and too much stuph going on at the same time.

since tony is busy with other things, i offered to try and come up with something for the christmas production. i took, what i felt, was the strongest idea and focused on it.

here's the synopsis:

Cassidy, Thor, Mel, are bio students sitting around trying to study. Their questions about studying shift to the news and current events. First, they chat a little bit about some political conflict, but then the conversation turns to the subject of an odd pregnancy. One of the members hasn’t heard the news and rumors so it’s explained. It is revealed that a young girl is claiming that she has been impregnated without having had sex. Was it rape? Was she drugged? Is she lying? No one is sure. The strangest part of the story is the DNA test which has broken several different machines they tested it with. Upon closer inspection, the DNA is composed of 6 protein strands rather than the typical 4. As shocking as all this is, the conversation leads into celebrity news.

i spent a bit of time this morning and managed to hammer out a short little script:

Triple Helix

Cassidy, Thor, and Mel are seated in a semi circle trying to study for their finals.

CASSIDY
I still don’t get all this stuff about the mitochondria.

THOR
Yea, the teacher said that there’s going to be a lot on that too.

MEL
Did you guys hear about North Korea?

THOR
Yea, scary stuff. Do you think we’ll actually go to war over it?

MEL
I hope not, if we do, that means my brother will be shipped out. He can barely kill a fly let alone try and kill another person.

THOR
(laughs) Yea, I can’t imagine him with a gun.

CASSIDY
... respiratory ... double membrane ... what the?

THOR
Did you hear about that girl that’s pregnant?

MEL
Oh man, that’s some weird stuff. It just blows your mind.

CASSIDY
Huh? What are you guys talking about?

MEL
That pregnant girl that’s been all over the news lately.

CASSIDY
So? People get pregnant all the time.

THOR
This is different. She claims that she doesn’t know the father.

CASSIDY
This is New York. People claim that all the time.

MEL
You got it all wrong, Thor, she claims that she’s still a virgin. She’s never had sex.

THOR
Really? I heard there was no father.

MEL
That’s what they thought at first too. When she went to the hospital, they thought that she was raped and just didn’t know who the father was. But when the cops came to question her, she told them that it wasn’t rape, she’s just never had sex before.

CASSIDY
How can that be? She probably was raped and is just too scared to come forward. Does she have a boyfriend?

MEL
She does, but he says that he didn’t do it.

THOR
So why don’t they just do a DNA test?

MEL
Oh oh, this is the best part. So the cops are skeptical and suspect the boyfriend drugged her. So they ask both of them if they can do a DNA test on the fetus. They tried everything. From fetal DNA isolation, to amniocentesis, to chorionic villi sampling. And it broke all of them!

THOR
What do you mean it broke them?

MEL
The results, they were just... garbage. They didn’t make sense. She’s been sent all over the country to be checked out by the top medical centers. Everyone’s freaking out.

CASSIDY
I’m still confused. How can the DNA testing come up with nothing?

MEL
Apparently, now this is really freaky, after more testing, they found that the fetus has 6 protein strands. That’s why all the DNA testing came up with garbage. The extra pair was messing everything up.

THOR
What the...

CASSIDY
No way! That’s impossible!

MEL
Hey, I was just as shocked as you guys.

THOR
6 protein strands... wow!

CASSIDY
Wait, so what does that mean?

MEL
I have no idea.

THOR
Hey, maybe he’s superman! Like in issue 274 when Lana is pregnant and they think that the baby is half Kryptonian!

Mel and Cassidy look at each other.

MEL
Right.

CASSIDY
Anyways, did you hear that J Lo hooked up with Ashton Kutcher?

MEL
No way, that loser?

THOR
Psh, I can’t stand him.


indian food

jeff and m came over bearing food. they stopped by this indian restaurant called saphron i think. the food was pretty good. considering this was the first time that i had indian food, i wasn't sure what to expect. overall though, it was very enjoyable. i was actually expecting a little more curry, but that's fine.

i had this chcken in red sauce, spinach w/ what looked like cheese in brown sauce, and rice w/ a little side of cucumbers, onions and basil. we also got some indian flat bread on the side.