% Demo file for using ScriptTex 1.03%version

% This isn't a particularly exciting script, but it is demonstrative of what
% you can do with ScriptTex.

\input ../screenplay.tex

% optional \twoside
% optional \jlbrooks

\TV % or \movie (\TV is default)
\proof % or \manuscript or \shoot  (\proof is default)

\series{}  % Optional
\title{Taxi!} % used on title page and in \proof footlines
\author{Joseph Mack} % used on title page and in \proof footlines
\basedon{Fractured Fairy Tales, Sesame St and Pantomime}
\draft{draft} % used only if \proof is in force
%\date{25-OCT-1991}  % defaults to \today
\showcopyright{\number\year}
\address{5112 Longwood Dr \\
         Durham, NC, 27713-8010 \\
         (919) 401-2047\\
         jmack@austintek.com}

\maketitle % creates a title page

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%%%% For the first part of this script, I won't take advantage of any synonyms
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%\act %

\introduce{Taxi driver}: 

\introduce{Fred Wolfe}: 

\stage
script consultants: 

\stage
Two chairs representing the front seats of the taxi.

\stage
?mins. 

\stage
buy a halloween wolf mask for Fred, that doesn't mask the actor's face.

\stage
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Author's introduction:

\stage
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\act

\open{fade in}

\scene{int.\ Car interior, ~--- , day}

\stage
Driver is driving around town, doing taxi driver things,
like
looking for fares, 
looks at watch, 
making comments about other drivers,
pedestrians, 
weather,
wondering when her shift will be over.
Passenger hails taxi, opens door and gets in.

\dialog{taxi Driver}
Where to mister?

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
Wolfe, Fred Wolfe. The Three Little Pigs house please.

\dialog{taxi Driver}
OK Fred. What's happening at the Three Little Pigs house this evening?

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
We're going to have dinner, maybe play some Scrabble(R), 
do some jigsaws, write a few stories.

\dialog{taxi Driver}
Oh, what's for dinner?

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
Beans. The Three Little Pigs always stew up a great big pot of beans
and carrots, celery, potatoes. Great stuff. I love it.

\dialog{taxi Driver}
So you're a vegetarian wolf?

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
Oh yes. Have been for ages. Much better for you, you know.
%I do like donuts unfortunately. It's my only weakness.

\dialog{taxi Driver}
\paren{suddently suspicious}
Say .... aren't you the Big Bad Wolf?!

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
\paren{delighted to be recognised}
Why yes! You recognised me! 
%It's one of my favourite roles!

\dialog{taxi Driver}
\paren{incredulous}
... and you're friends with the Three Little Pigs?!

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
\paren{do "blowing" as if for real}
Absolutely! 
We've known each other for ages.
You know that story about "I'll huff! and I'll puff! and I'll bloooooow your house down!"

\dialog{taxi Driver}
\paren{stage terrified}
er... yes!

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
The Three Little Pigs and I made that one up.
That was our first story together.
We did it as a bit of a lark.
At the time, we thought it was too gruesome, 
especially that part at the end,
where I fall into a pot of boiling water 
and the Three Little Pigs hold the lid down.
We didn't expect anyone to like it, 
but to our surprise, 
kids everywhere loved it and it took off.
It turns out that now everyone knows the story.

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
Now whenever I go on stage, 
the kids all yell out 
"Look out! Look out! It's the Big Bad Wolf! It's the Big Bad Wolf!"
and they pelt me with candy or pennies.
They're screaming with glee.

\dialog{taxi Driver}
\paren{looking a bit dubious}
Ah. Were you the one with that little girl 
... ah, what's her name, Little Red Riding Hood?

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
Oh yes! That's me too.
After the surprise success of the Three Little Pigs story,
I was at Grandma's house with Red one day, having tea and scones.
We realised there was another story in the off'ing.
This story turned out to be even a bigger hit 
than the Three Little Pigs story.
Grandma wrote all the gruesome bits at the end, about chopping me up.
She's quite a fun old bird really, when you get to know her.

\dialog{taxi Driver}
\paren{perplexed}
You made all this stuff up? I thought it was real.

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
\paren{hold hand in front of face like a kid hiding}
Well, when Red is walking along the path through the forest,
I'm hiding behind a tree so Red can't see me. 

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
\paren{wave tail in air to your side}
All the kids can see my big bushy tail sticking out and waving around.
The kids don't know what to say.

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
\paren{poke head around hand}
But when I hear Red coming along the path, 
I poke my head around the tree,
just to make sure it's her.

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
\paren{make big eyes etc.}
All the kids suddenly see my big eyes and my big teeth and my big ears.
Then they know it's me.
To make sure they know it's really me, 
I wink at all the kids.

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
\paren{put head out, wink at taxi driver, pull head back in, wave bushy tail}
As soon as I do, the kids all start screaming
"Look out! Look out! It's the Big Bad Wolf! It's the Big Bad Wolf!".
Then when I see Red coming into view, 
I pull my head back in behind the tree, so Red can't see me.
But the kids know I'm still there behind the tree,
because I'm so excited to see Red, 
I can't stop waving my big bushy tail all around in the air,
and I've forgotten that it's poking out behind the tree,
where all the kids can see it.

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
All the kids yell like mad, 
trying to warn Red that I'm behind the tree.
"Look out! Look out! It's the Big Bad Wolf! It's the Big Bad Wolf!".
Then I jump out and chase Red around in circles on the stage,
while the kids pelt me with candies and pennies.
Then Red escapes off stage to Grandma's. 
 
\dialog{taxi Driver}
What about that one with a wolf in amongst all the sheep?
Is that you too?

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
Oh yes! There's a whole bunch of sheep and I come out
wearing a sheep skin fleece. 

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
\paren{spell SHEEP with hands in the air}
I have big black letters on my side saying "S H E E P"
so that all the kids know I'm supposed to be a sheep.
But all the kids know it's me, 
because my big bushy tail is waving around above the sheep's backs, 
for all the kids to see.
Then I poke my head around from behind one of the sheep.
All the kids suddenly see my big eyes and my big teeth and my big ears.
They know it's me.
Then to make sure they all know it's me, I wink at the kids.
The kids all start screaming, to warn the sheep about me.
"Look out! Look out! It's the Big Bad Wolf! It's the Big Bad Wolf!".
 
\dialog{taxi Driver}
What about Peter and the Wolf? Was that you too?

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
Yes, we did a musical. Oh hold on, it's my phone...

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
Red! Long time no hear!!!
How's Grandma? You took her another basket of goodies?!
Oh, you must be her favourite granddaughter.

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
We should do lunch.
How about the Three Bears House?
Goldilocks has turned it into a restaurant;
great location, right in the middle of the forest.
Momma and Poppa bear do the cooking and 
Goldilock handles the business side.
Baby Bear sings.
He does this great blues number about how he came home one day and
someone had eaten all his porridge and broken his chair.
Gotta go! I'm at the Three Little Pigs House. 
Give my regards to Grandma. 

\dialog{Fred Wolfe}
\paren{blows kiss over the phone}
Ciao!

\fadeout

\stage
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\stage
Author's comments:

v1.0 29 Apr 2015

The format (a taxi) is a standard acting exercise, 
where a series of people get into a taxi,
being completely different characters.
I'm always stumped for characters to be when I'm in the taxi,
so today I was thinking about who I should be next time I do it.
Last time I was Little Red Riding Hood and Allison was the driver,
with Georgina and Fred as the other passengers.
I wanted to do something similar here.

Initially when I started to write this,
I was Goldilocks going to The Three Bears house,
then I became the Wolf. 

I've had parts of this rattling around in my head for ages
but I couldn't get it to gel.
It was only today on a walk that, unbidden, it all fell into place.

The inspiration came from a Sesame St. I saw with my son about 15yrs ago
where Katie Couric is interviewing the Big Bad Wolf.
The Big Bad Wolf is a cheery friendly fellow, 
who turns out to be on good terms with everyone in fairystoryland.
I don't remember the details, except at the end,
the Big Bad Wolf gets a call 
(landline, Katie picks it up and says to the wolf in puzzlement "it's for you") 
from Red and arranges to have ("do") lunch with her.

In another Sesame St, Baby Bear plays the piano and sings the blues
about how everything in his life is so bad 
(his porridge is eaten, his chair is broken).
It's one of my favourite Sesame St pieces.

So OK some of this stuff isn't mine. 
Yes I stole some of it.

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\theend

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\bye % cleans up and exits
