Monday, September 16, 2013

"Tremors, Part One"

            (MRS. HO sits in a large wicker chair, fanning herself.  WESTWARD HO
            approaches.)

WESTWARD
Mother.

            (MRS. HO continues to fan herself.)

                   WESTWARD (Continued)
Have you been following the blog?

            (Silence.)

                   WESTWARD (Continued)
What do you think of it?

MRS. HO
            (After a pause)
I don’t understand it---

WESTWARD
I know it’s popular with lesbians.  I’m just not sure---
 
 MRS. HO
She told me it would be a soap opera.  But it’s a horror movie; am I right?

WESTWARD
I guess.

MRS. HO
Hmmm . . .

            (She turns away.)