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Act One: Scene 1-(We are in the living room of a fairly normal present-day house. On the coffee table are several half-filled drinks, crumbs, and food wrappers. Scattered on the floor are various blankets, pillows, and stuffed animals. The DVD cases of all three LOTR movies lie opened on the couch. The Mom enters.) Mom: Reader, are you-(spots mess) Aaaauugghh! What have they done to my floor?! (Reader-yes, that is her real name-and three giggling friends enter. Their laughter dies as they spot Reader’s Mom glaring at them.) Reader: Ooops. Sorry Mom. We meant to clean that up after Two Towers finished, but I guess we forgot when we left for a short break to go to the bathroom and stretch our legs. Three hours is a long time to be sitting, you know. Mom: Well, pick it up before you watch Return of the King. I don’t want Twinkie crumbs getting all in the carpet. (She exits) (The girls quickly pick up their mess, depositing their trash in the proper place. One of the friends looks under the coffee table, reaches under and pulls out two DVDs. They are the Fellowship and Towers DVDs.) Friend 1: (stands staring at the disks for a minute, then shrugs and puts them away) Friend 2: C’mon girls, let’s finish up so we can complete the last lap of our LOTR movie marathon. Friend 3: Yeah, sitting around the TV for nine hours on a weekend beats everything! (Within minutes, all four girls are crowded around the TV and the opening titles of Return of the King begin to scroll down the screen) Reader: (yawns) Hey, I think I’ll take a short rest. My eyes are getting tired from watching movies all day. Wake me up when Gollum’s finished obsessing over the Ring. Friend 1, 2, 3: (not really listening) Sure, all right, okay, etcetera. (Reader yawns again and lays down on the couch. Suddenly there’s a bright flash and the room dissolves into a tunnel of rapidly moving colors. Reader’s sleeping form appears to float in this tunnel. There is a bright flash of light) Unknown Voice: WARNING! Falling asleep after infusing your head with LOTR may produce uncanny realistic dreams. Keep reading for further demonstration of this. Review: | |||||
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