AMERICAN SKIN: A New Musical Music by Joshua Davis Book and Lyrics by Eric C. Jones
Based on True Events
Revised Version @ 2016 2615 Leadpoint Dr. Original Version @ 2006 Missouri City, Texas 77459 [email protected] 8326877738 1.
ACT_____ I Place: Coney Island, New York City, New York. A dream-like setting which loosely resembles an old, dilapidated section of a Coney Island Boardwalk. A world filled with amusements, "carnie" booths, concession stands, nightclubs, and sideshows. Time: Early 21st Century. Present time. Early Evening. Scene______I The play opens up with another start of another business night. (Play Rock overture) Enter GUITAR HERO as HE starts to play scales and begins to riff while two people are passing by. THEY don't drop any money into HIS pot. HE continues to play. The local carnies and the local sideshow performers are setting up their stands. Enter BIG LOUIE as HE is opens up HIS Club Inferno. HE kisses HIS girls; DESTINY, ECSTASY and FANTASY on their cheeks as THEY arrive to start another night shift. As the sets are complete and in place, the entire cast are scattered throughout various sections of the stage.THEY freeze except the GUITAR HERO as he continues to play. Enter MIKEY MIKE , the Emcee of the Great American Sideshow as HE faces the audience. Track One- " BUSINESS AS USUAL " (Alternative Rock) MIKEY MIKE (Sings) YOU WON'T FIND A PLOT LIKE THIS ON REALITY TV; HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN, A TRUE SIGHT TO SEE.
CHARACTERS SO AMAZING, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE; WHAT A MAD AUTHOR'S VISION WOULD CONCEIVE.
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(Sings) THIS IS THE REAL WORLD WE'RE LIVIN' HERE TODAY. THERE AIN'T NO SCRIPT, STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP; AND IT'S ONLY MAY. IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, DOWN ON THE BOARDWALK. TIME TO PUNCH IN. IT'S A NIGHT FOR SIN. GET READY FOR THE SHOCK.
BIG LOUIE FORGET A NIGHT AT THE THEATER. COME DOWN. RELAX AND CHILL. WE GOT WINE IN THE CELLAR. WE GOT GOOD TIMES THAT'LL THRILL. TAKE A BREAK FROM WALKING DOWN THE BOARDWALK. C'MON! LET'S HAVE SOME FUN. HAVE A FEW DRINKS. LET'S TALK. COMPANY THIS IS THE REAL WORLD WE'RE LIVIN' HERE TODAY THERE AIN'T NO SCRIPT STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP AND IT'S ONLY MAY
IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, DOWN ON THE BOARDWALK TIME TO PUNCH IN IT'S A NIGHT FOR SIN
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GET READY FOR THE SHOCK MIKEY MIKE Yo, check it out y'all! We have the largest collection of freaks and oddities anywhere in the U.S.A. Come on down, pay a small fee and be amazed. BIG LOUIE No way man! Folks don't wanna be bored with a freak museum. You want to fight for ya right ta party. I got the remedy! MIKEY MIKE What are ya doin' man?!
BIG LOUIE (Sings)
IT'S ONLY FREE ENTERPRISE. THIS IS THE HOME OF BRAVE. IT AINT ROCKET SCIENCE. I'M JUST A BUSINESSMAN. CHILLAX BEHAVE
MIKEY MIKE Y'ALL JUST HERE TO QUENCH MY THUNDER. BUT I CAN SHOW THEM A WORLD OF WONDER. BIG LOUIE Yea Right! COMPANY THIS IS THE REAL WORLD WE'RE LIVIN' HERE TODAY. THERE AIN'T NO SCRIPT STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP
AND IT'S ONLY MAY IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, DOWN ON THE BOARDWALK. TIME TO PUNCH
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IT'S A NIGHT FOR SIN GET READY FOR THE SHOCK BIG LOUIE Oh please! (Sings) LIFE IS HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS. YOU CAN'T CURE THIS WORLD WITH SHOWBIZ. NO ROAR FROM THE CROWD OR SCENT OF GREASEPAINT; IS GONNA TURN ANYBODY OUT THERE INTO INTO A SAINT. COMPANY
THIS IS THE REAL WORLD WE'RE LIVIN' HERE TODAY. THERE AIN'T NO SCRIPT STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP AND IT'S ONLY MAY. IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, DOWN ON THE BOARDWALK. TIME TO PUNCH IT'S A NIGHT FOR SIN. GET READY FOR THE SHOCK. TIME TO PUNCH IN. IT'S A NIGHT FOR SIN. GET READY FOR THE SHOCK. Fade down lights. The enter cast freezes except MIKEY MIKE as HE faces the audience.
MIKEY MIKE Ladies and Gentlemen! Children of all ages! May I direct your attention to the front entrance. (Spotlight on Front entrance of the Sideshow.) Inside is a world beyond imagination. A world that transcends time, color and borders! A world beyond the norm! (BIG LOUIE interrupts)
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BIG LOUIE Like his love life! He hasn't had a customer in years and from what I heard, he hasn't gotten laid twice that long! (He giggles) MIKEY MIKE Don't listen to that pseudo P.I.M.P. We are a thriving business. Besides, I have a mistress. It's my career! (Big LOUIE giggles) Excuse me. Action! Everyone unfreezes. The cast begins to exit except for MICHAEL SCHWERNER, JAMES BYRD JR, and BLACK COYOTE. BLACK COYOTE Hey boss! Are you talking about those crazy boys that came here this past weekend. JAMES BYRD JR. Man, them boys were a piece of work. MIKEY MIKE Yes Lord!
MICHAEL SHWERNER I have never seen a group of more uncouth cats in all of my short adult life. (Begin the underscore of "DA BOYS OF CONEY ISLAND")
BLACK COYOTE Yea! What Mike just said! MIKEY MIKE And those boys got under your skin and you lost the weekly pool. JAMES BYRD JR. He didn't get the best of me! Y'all just frontin'! BLACK COYOTE Frontin' James? I'm going to win that prize! I hope we never get to meet the likes of them again.
MICHAEL SCHWERNER Not if I win the prize first. BLACK COYOTE Oh yea!
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MICHAEL SCHWERNER Yea! THEY all start to argue! MIKEY MIKE interrupts. MIKEY MIKE Knock it off you guys! You all got played. But I promise you, if you stay on point and do your job, you all might be lucky enough to win the prize too.
JAMES BYRD JR. Hey boss! While we've been arguing, the folks still don't know what happened. We're violating the fist rules theater. We need to show and not tell. Let's give them the 411? MIKEY MIKE Alright, I'll show them. It happened just a few days ago. Track Two- DA BOYS OF CONEY ISLAND (Classic Rock) (Sings) IT WAS THE MEMORIAL WEEKEND IF YA DIDN'T KNOW. THREE YOUNG CATS WHO WANTED TO HAVE FUN. THEY WENT TO DA BEACH TA SOAK UP THE SUN. MICHAEL SCHWERNER They did more than just head for the beach to soak up some rays. JAMES BYRD JR. They committed a few misdemeanors. BLACK COYOTE And some felonies while you're at it. MICHAEL SCHWERNER That's the understatement of the year Black Coyote. MIKEY MIKE Let me finish! (Sings) BOYS WILL BE BOYS WHEN YA HAVING FUN. BUT AIN'T NO FUN WHEN THE DAMAGE IS DONE.
WHEN YA HURT SOMEBODY, IT BREAKS THEIR SOUL. YA NEVER COUNT THE COST OR SEE DA DEATH TOLL.
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Spotlight on HYDE, RALPHIE and D.J. as they are in a mock interior of a mustang car. The car rotates as they are driving across an empty projector screen. The boys are creating havoc on the roads. HYDE Outta my way punk! Yo, step off! RALPHIE Who taught that Gook to drive? D.J. Screw him, man! Hey watch the road! The boys start to skid and slide. Play FX tape of them passing traffic and tires skidding. COMPANY THEY ARE DA BOYS OF CONEY ISLAND. THEY ARE BURNIN' UP DA TOWN. THROUGH THEIR WICKED WAYS! THEY ARE DA BOYS OF CONEY ISLAND. MISGUIDED YOUTH, WITH NO SENSE OF TRUTH. RELIEVING THEIR GLORY DAYS.
RALPHIE Would you pay attention? Numb nuts! HYDE Screw you, man! RALPHIE Hey look! Here comes another one! DJ Yea, an ugly spic and his hoochie mama getting' his swerve on!
RALPHIE Let's put a stop to that shall we gentlemen?
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He picks up two water filled balloons. HYDE Are ya ready with the balloons? D.J. Yes sir! RALPHIE You may fire when ready number one! D.J. Bombs away! He throws out the balloons. Enter a couple making out. THEY get sprayed and yell obscenities in Spanish at THEM. Direct hit! RALPHIE A balloon filled with urine! Gotta love that. D.J. Hey guys, do ya think they're PISSED OFF? ( He laughs) Ya get it? Pissed off! (They don't laugh) You fags! HYDE Hey man look out! (They start to skid and slide)
MICHAEL SCHWERNER /JAMES BYRD JR. /BLACK COYOTE
WHAT A PATHETIC DISPLAY OF INDECENCY TERRORIZING THROUGHOUT THE VICINITY THEIR DEEDS AND ACTIONS SPEAKS VOLUMES. WHILE DRIVING THAT OLD MUSTANG ON FUMES D.J. Hey man, crank it up! I like this part!
DA BOYS WE ARE DA BOYS OF CONEY ISLAND. THIS PLACE IS OUR DOMAIN. WE ARE DA BOYS OF CONEY ISLAND.
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CROSS US AND WE'LL BRING DA PAIN. WE'RE GONNA STOMP ALL OVER YOU TILL WE'RE DONE. IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT. TIME TO HAVE SOME FUN. HYDE Yo man! Pass that paint gun! Ya see them? RALPHIE Yeah! Niggers playin' ball at nine o'clock! HYDE(GIGGLES) Hold the wheel, jackass! Alright, this is my impression of a drive by. He fires gun unto projected screen as there is a film image of black street ball players getting sprayed with paint balls) (DA BOYS laugh) Bulls-eye! The same street ball players stand up and pull out their pistols and start firing. THEIR make shift car starts to produce sparks as if it's being shot at.
D.J. Oh, Shit! Those moolies are really pissed off, dude! Put the peddle to the metal! RALPHIE Look out! HYDE is swerving the wheel. And they begin to slide. COMPANY/______DA BOYS
THEY ARE DA BOYS WE ARE DA BOYS OF CONEY ISLAND OF CONEY ISLAND THEY ARE BURNIN' UP DA TOWN WE CAME TA PARTY DOWN.
MISGUIDED YOUTH THIS PLACE IS OUR DOMAIN. NO SENSE OF TRUTH. CROSS US, WE'LL BRING DA PAIN. RELIVIN' THEIR GLORY DAYS.
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TOGETHER THEY/WILL STOMP ALL OVER YOU UNTIL THEY'RE DONE. IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT! IT'S TIME TO HAVE SOME FUN. Spotlight back on the boys. RALPHIE Look at that Camel Jockey! He's only 2 blocks away. Let's get him. HYDE Speed up, money! I think he sees us. D.J. Get closer! I want to shoot him. He might be a terrorist. He pulls out his paint gun. HYDE That's an extra 50 points.
RALPHIE Time to make the Chimichangas! Ready! AIM! Project image on screen of a Telephone pole. D.J. Look out Hyde! Play SFX tape of a car crashing. Fade down lights. Spotlight on MIKEY MIKE as the music begins slow down in tempo.
MIKEY MIKE (Sings tenderly) BOYS WILL BE BOYS WHEN YA HAVING FUN. BUT AIN'T NO FUN WHEN THE DAMAGE IS DONE. WHEN YA HURT SOMEBODY, IT BREAKS THEIR SOUL. YA NEVER COUNT THE COST OR SEE DA DEATH TOLL.
Fade to Black. Scene______2: PLACE: Side Show Entrance, Coney Island, New York
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TIME: Early 21st Century, Present, Late Afternoon DA BOYS rush into the boardwalk. THEY look disorientated. MIKEY MIKE is on center stage and faces the audience. MIKEY MIKE Well folks, it was a nasty accident. But somehow, them boys got outta there without a scratch. These boys were life long friends. Three local cats! Three troublemakers! DA BOYS enter and move towards center stage. THEY check to see if THEY are fine and not injured. THEY freeze. (Spotlight on RALPHIE) Ralphie! (Spotlight on Hyde) Hyde! (Spotlight on DJ as he unfreezes as he is picking his nose and scratching his butt.) And DJ ! Don't ask. Since they knew they were in a world of trouble, and they tried to keep their heads up. MIKEY MIKE steps over to the ticket counter and watches them come in running and looking around for hiding places.
HYDE Is everybody OK? DJ We're good! RALPHIE That telephone pole just came outta no where man! D.J. Oh my God! My brother's gonna kill me. That car was a graduation gift. HYDE Would you shut up? I have to think. The Po-po's didn't see us did they? RALPHIE I don't think so. D.J. The cops ain't the ones I'm worried about Hyde. It's my brother's car, man!
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HYDE D.J.! Would ya shut the hell up about that car? Christ, that's the least of our problems.This is our last hurrah fellas. Or have you forgotten? D.J. Of course not! What do you think I am stupid? HYDE Naw! It's too easy. RALPHIE This suppose to be our weekend! The three of us. Da Boys. We're suppose to have fun. D.J. I just trashed my brother's car! PARTY!!! RALPHIE It's gonna be OK man! I know what ya mean Hyde. It kinda sucks ya. We've been through so much together. But in time. after we have a few laughs about this, it's gonna be over sooner than you think. I just wish. I wish. HYDE Hey yo! Knock it off man! I'm not gonna have that talk. Would y'all rather stay here and do nothing with your lives. Not me. Track #3- THE NEIGHBORHOOD (BROADWAY/PIANO ROCK) THIS IS GONNA BE OUR LAST SUMMER WE GOTTA MAKE THE BEST OF IT AFTER LABOR DAY, WHAT A BUMMER THE REAL WORLD CAN BE AN ENDLESS PIT THE PLACE WE COME FROM AIN'T BEEN DA SAME FOR YEARS THERE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT CRIME, DEATH & TEARS OTHERS AIN'T SO LUCKY. THEY WISH THEY COULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WE'RE ABOUT TO FOLLOW OUR DREAMS THE ROAD CAN GET ROCKY IT SEEMS DON'T LET YOUR MOOD TURN BLACK WE'RE FINALLY GETTING OUTTA HERE
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I AIN'T GOING BACK
DA BOYS
THE PLACE WE COME FROM AIN'T BEEN DA SAME FOR YEARS THERE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT CRIME, DEATH & TEARS OTHERS AIN'T SO LUCKY. THEY WISH THEY COULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HYDE I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE IN MY FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE. D.J. I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SERVE MY COUNTRY. RALPHIE I'LL BE MOVING ON TO SEEK INNER KNOWLEDGE DA BOYS WE'RE ABOUT TO CHANGE OUR FAMILY TREE AMERICA'S THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT IF WE TRY HYDE WE CAN'T MAKE A MOVE IT WE STAY HERE AND YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY DA BOYS THE PLACE WE COME FROM AIN'T BEEN DA SAME FOR YEARS
THERE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT CRIME, DEATH & TEARS OTHERS AIN'T SO LUCKY. THEY WISH THEY COULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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HYDE SETBACKS AIN'T GONNA STOP OUR PLAN STAY FOCUS. STAY COOL. ARE YA LISTENING TO ME MAN? IN 90 DAYS, WE'RE GONNA BE LONG GONE READY OR NOT! IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. DA BOYS THE PLACE WE COME FROM AIN'T BEEN DA SAME FOR YEARS THERE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT CRIME, DEATH & TEARS OTHERS AIN'T SO LUCKY. THEY WISH THEY COULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. RALPHIE Hold up? DJ, where's the paint guns? DJ Uh, what? I didn't hear ya? What was that again? HYDE Hello, moron! (Mimics a deaf person's speech and sign language.) Where are the paint guns?( HE shrugs HE's shoulders.) RALPHIE You left 'em in the car? You son of bitch! Why don't ya just give the cops a loaded gun with my finger prints on them? I'm going to kill you. He comes over to DJ and he attacks him. Hyde comes over and breaks them up. HYDE C'mon y'all. We got to find a place where we can lay low for a little while.
RALPHIE Maybe you can call your step brothers, DJ. They're rich! They got insurance. They can pick us up. We can hide out in the Hamptons!
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DJ I don't think that's a good idea? RALPHIE Why stupid? D.J. I left my phone in the car after we ran. RALPHIE Well DJ?(Beat) What else did you leave behind? Your brain? D.J. No, but I did leave your sister's phone number. She got ugly needs! RALPHIE You jerk! Don't you talk about my sister like that. HYDE Knock it of guys!
DJ You better tell him to get his hands off me Hyde! RALPHIE You don't talk about Rita like that. She's pure and innocent. D.J.____ Not last night she wasn't! RALPHIE______Shut up! D.J. Ralphie, your sister's is so skanky she makes Kim Kardashian look born again. RALPHIE I'm going to kill you, man! D.J. It's true.
RALPHIE My sister is not a slut. C'mon Hyde, back me up!
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D.J. Hyde! Didn't you take Rita to the senior prom and she told you she sick and you brought her home. But instead, you found out she was humping the captain of the basketball team. HYDE Yea, I vaguely remember that! RALPHIE My kid sister is not a slut! HYDE No, she's not a slut! RALPHIE Thank you Hyde! HYDE She's a freaking Ho! (DJ laughs) And you warned me too! Ya saved me from Hurricane Rita! My Johnson didn't fall off. RALPHIE Both of you can go to Hell!
HYDE(GIGGLES) Hey Ralphie! Don't look so down. Look at the bright side. You sister Rita and Kim Kardashian both share the same attributes. Their love of performing in sex tapes and their love for athletic black guys. RALPHIE I'm not talking you guys right now! D.J At lest you got a sense a humor about the whole thing. HYDE I got to have a sense of humor. It keeps me from committing a felony. (He notices DJ is staring at Mikey Mike) RALPHIE What's up retard?
DJ Why is that black guy looking at us? RALPHIE Who?
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DJ That black guy over there. He's been staring at us the entire time. (RALPHIE and DA BOYS come over to MIKEY MIKE) RALPHIE What are ya looking at Moolie? MIKEY MIKE Who me? RALPHIE Yea you Buttmunch! Who are ya staring at?
MIKEY MIKE Oh, I'm just overhearing your conversation. That's all! DJ Why don't you admire our conversation in another direction. OK "Brother"! MIKEY MIKE Brother! That's a good word. We can be brothers if you want. DJ Is this dude trying to hit on me? I think this guy is trying to pick me up? RALPHIE Well if he is, give him flowers. Queens love flowers. DJ You should know beiotch! (Hyde and Ralphie laughs hysterically) This ain't funny Hyde! HYDE Alright, look here man! I don't think my friend is interested in you so why don't take the ferry and go back to Fire Island or whatever you came from. MIKEY MIKE I can't . HYDE What did you say? I said step off, G!
MIKEY MIKE Nope! I'm on the clock! RALPHIE He's not interested Faggot! So please hit on someone else.
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MIKEY MIKE I'm not gay. And I'm not hitting on your friend. I'm the Emcee for the Great American Side Show. Hey, why don't you come in. It'll be fun.
HYDE Look here man! I'm not interested in seeing any circus freaks aight! So leave us alone! MIKEY MIKE I'm only here to show you wonders you've never seen before. A chance to see ourselves as who we really are. (Begin underscore of "American Skin") RALPHIE And what are you, anyway? A circus freak? (He giggles) MIKEY MIKE No. Are you? RALPHIE I don't think you know who you are talking to Boy! MIKEY MIKE Watch who you be calling a boy? There are a lot of things in this world you need to know. Maybe if ya smart, you might one day become a better man.( Sings) Track #4- AMERICAN SKIN (R&B/POP) WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME WHAT DO YOU SEE? DO YOU ONLY SEE THE COLOR ON MY FACE? ARE YOU SO BLIND? SUCH A NARROW MIND, THAT YOU JUDGE ME FOR BEING A PART OF AN INFERIOR RACE I'M MORE THAN A COLOR. I'M MORE THAN A MAN I'M A CREATION OF THE MASTER'S HAND
The Freaks' heads appear from the cutouts of their caricatures from the Posters lined throughout the Front Entrance.
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THE FREAKS( SINGS) WE'RE A TAPESTRY OF AMERICA COLORS THAT BLEND AND STAND OUT DIVERSITY IS TRULY THE SPICE OF LIFE AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT IF BEING DIFFERENT IS A CRIME, WE'RE GUILTY FROM WITHIN. IS IT REALLY A SIN TO HAVE AMERICAN SKIN AMERICAN SKIN HYDE I don't want to hear all that noise man, let's bounce. MIKEY MIKE Wait? I'm not finish. (Sings) THROUGHOUT MANY AGES WE BUILT BORDERS AROUND EACH OTHER BUT THE GOOD LORD TAUGHT US TO LOVE OUR BROTHER BUT IN THIS DAY OF DIVISION WE MAKE THE WRONG DECISION AND REFUSE TO BREAKOUT OF OUR SHELL WE ALSO TEND TO HIDE OUR FEELINGS AS WELL THE FREAKS( SINGS) WE'RE A TAPESTRY OF AMERICA COLORS THAT BLEND AND STAND OUT DIVERSITY IS TRULY THE SPICE OF LIFE AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT IF BEING DIFFERENT IS A CRIME,
WE'RE GUILTY FROM WITHIN. IS IT REALLY A SIN TO HAVE AMERICAN SKIN
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AMERICAN SKIN
RALPHIE Oh, let me think? Yea! (They start to leave) MIKEY MIKE Wait!(Sings) DO YOU SEE ME AS A MAN? OR DO YOU SEE ME AS A THREAT. I MEAN YOU NO HARM MY FRIEND TAKE A CHANCE. PLACE YOUR BET OPEN YOUR MIND THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TAKE A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT SOMEONE NEW. The freaks pop out of their posters and are dancing and positioned in various areas of the stage. DANCE BREAK
FREAKS (SINGS)/ MIKEY MIKE( SINGS) JUST TAKE A CHANCE JUST TAKE THAT CHANCE STEP OUT ON FAITH C'MON HAVE SOME FAITH THAT'S ALL YA HAVE TO DO BEST THING YOU'LL EVER DO TOGETHER(SINGS) YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WE'RE MORE THAN A DEMOGRAPHIC WE HAVE A NAME D.J. You do? Then what's your name?
MIKEY MIKE My name is Mikey Mike!( The Boys Laugh) RALPHIE Word? So this must be the funky bunch!
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(laughs) Come on guys, let's get outta here. MIKEY MIKE AND THE FREAKS WE'RE A TAPESTRY OF AMERICA COLORS THAT BLEND AND STAND OUT DIVERSITY IS TRULY THE SPICE OF LIFE AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT IF BEING DIFFERENT IS A CRIME, WE'RE GUILTY FROM WITHIN. IS IT REALLY A SIN TO HAVE AMERICAN SKIN AMERICAN SKIN Begin underscore of "Night at the Inferno". Enter Big Louie and Inferno Girls as they are observing the spectacle. BIG LOUIE Hey boys, come here! I'm sorry you had to go through that weak After School Special speech. But you boys look like you need some time to unwind. RALPHIE Dude, you have no idea. BIG LOUIE The name's Mr. Cyfair! Friends call me Big Louie! Anything you need is at my disposal gentlemen as long as you have the right connections. I can get you into the best club on the boardwalk. RALPHIE Sweet! D.J. What club is that?
BIG LOUIE The place where dreams are made of! Isn't that right girls? (The Girls shout Uh Huh)
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TRACK #5- NIGHT AT THE INFERNO (1970's Glam Rock) BIG LOUIE HEY MAN! YA WANNA HAVE SOME FUN? HEY MAN! YA WANNA GET OUTTA THE SUN? IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT YOU CAN PARTY ALL NIGHT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FANTASIES COME ALIVE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AT THAT DIVE
MIKEY MIKE Hey!
BIG LOUIE HEY MAN! YA WANNA SCOPE SOME CHICKS? HEY MAN! YA WANNA GET YOUR KICKS? I KNOW A PLACE DOWN BY THE BOARDWALK WHERE THE BREW IS CHEAP LAST THING YOU'LL BE THINKING ABOUT IS SLEEP. INFERNO GIRLS A NIGHT AT THE INFERNO ROCKS TO THE CORE. A NIGHT AT THE INFERNO IS DOWN BY THE SHORE. COME GET YOUR PARTY ON. THE FUN NEVER STOPS EVEN TIL' DAWN FOLLOW THE RED CARPET IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GO.
STEP ON UP TO CLUB INFERNO! CLUB INFERNO! BIG LOUIE HEY BRA!(Comes to DJ.) DO YA WANNA SMOKE?
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YEA BRA! (Lights up a joint and puts it in DJ's mouth.) ( DJ smokes) DON'T BE SCURRED, HAVE A TOKE. INTOXICATED BLISS IS WHAT I PROVIDE THAT POURS OVER YOU LIKE THE RUSH OF THE TIDE INFERNO GIRLS A NIGHT AT THE INFERNO ROCKS TO THE CORE. A NIGHT AT THE INFERNO IS DOWN BY THE SHORE. COME GET YOUR PARTY ON. THE FUN NEVER STOPS EVEN TIL' DAWN FOLLOW THE RED CARPET IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GO. STEP ON UP TO CLUB INFERNO! CLUB INFERNO!
D.J. Club Inferno sounds like a good place to chill . Don't you think guys? HYDE C'mon man, think about it. That's the first place the 5-Ohs will look at. RALPHIE Well, where else can we go dude? MIKEY______MIKE Well, you can come to my sideshow. I'll give you a good deal. BIG LOUIE Screw that! My deal is better. (Sings) HEY MAN!
SO YOU'RE IN A LITTLE OVER YOUR HEADS? HEY MAN! I CAN HELP YOU HIDE FROM THE FEDS
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FOR THE RIGHT PRICE, YOU CAN DISAPPEAR I CAN CHANGE YOUR MOOD FROM GLUM TO CHEER DO YOU WANNA GO?
DA BOYS/ INFERNO GIRLS Let's go! A NIGHT AT THE INFERNO ROCKS TO THE CORE. A NIGHT AT THE INFERNO IS DOWN BY THE SHORE. COME GET YOUR PARTY ON. THE FUN NEVER STOPS EVEN TIL' DAWN FOLLOW THE RED CARPET IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GO. STEP ON UP TO CLUB INFERNO! CLUB INFERNO! MIKEY MIKE GUYS WAIT DON'T BE A DOPE DON'T YOU DARE CROSS THAT VELVET ROPE DA BOYS/INFERNO GIRLS/ BIG LOUIE TONIGHT LET'S GO TO THE CLUB INFERNO BIG LOUIE Alright boys, that'll be $30 cover charge. HYDE Cool! DJ pay the man!( DJ pauses)
DJ Uh Hyde! I left my wallet in my brother's car.
BIG LOUIE Pack it up girls! They're ass broke! Come on Destiny! Fantasy! Ecstasy! DESTINY Sorry!
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FANTASY Come back when you can grow some hair. ECSTASY And a bank account! SHE giggles and the girls walk into the front door of the Club RALPHIE You're killing me DJ. You're killing me! MIKEY MIKE whistles and motions them to come to HIM. MIKEY MIKE Yo fellas! You can still come to the sideshow. HYDE Look Playa! We're a little strapped right now so I think you can give it a rest. DJ Really? MIKEY MIKE Yeah! RALPHIE Forget it man! I'm not hangin' with that nigger! DJ Come on Ralphie! What do we have to lose. The cops will never find us in here. RALPHIE That's the stupidest thing I ever ....( Beat) Whoa, that's brilliant. We can blend in with the Carnies and the Concession stands. We can be away from the crowds. (Enter BIG LOUIE as he over hears their conversation) HYDE I don't know man. D.J. Come on!
RALPHIE Come on Hyde! (Play sound effects of Police sirens and helicopters. Lighting
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schemes will mask the helicopter lights searching the perimeter. Enter Two COPS) COP#1 Alright, spread out. We know they're in the perimeter. Don't let them get away! COP#2 If we find them, can we use the taser this time? COP#1 Sure. COP#2 What if the purbs are black? COP#1 Choke hold if necessary. COP#2 Ain't that illegal? COP#1 Cops don't go to jail! (THEY exit)
MIKEY MIKE I believe that's your ride. RALPHIE Alright! You certainly drive a hard bargain. DJ We would like to thank you for your invitation but I believe it's time to run. MIKEY MIKE Get in boys! The helicopter lights are shining on the boardwalk. Searching the area. The boys go into the entrance. Play underscore music. (Fade Down Lights)
Scene______3: PLACE: The Freak Show
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TIME: Early 21st Century, Present, Early Evening Begin the underscore of "Welcome to the Freakshow". The cast is dancing and are in various positions. JOSE CAMPOS TORRES is on a unicycle, ABRAHAM ATTA is Juggling with YANKEL ROSENBAUM. VINCENT CHIN and MIKYOUNG KIM are doing some acrobatics. James Byrd Jr. is a fire breather. JOSE DIAZ and Violet Luizzo are doing the Tango. YUSEF HAWKINS and EMMITT TILL are break dancing. Enter MIKEY MIKE , cast freezes. Ralphie, DJ , HYDE and BIG LOUIE are sitting on bleachers .BIG LOUIE is trying to influence DA BOYS to leave. MIKEY MIKE Yo, check it out. I'm your MC Mikey Mike on the microphone stand. I'm in full effect son! Check this out! I know you're going to dig this! Track #6-WELCOME TO THE FREAKSHOW (HIP-HOP/R&B/ Carnival music) YANKEL ROSEMBAUM SIT YOUR SELF DOWN HAVE SOME POPCORN HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN AS SURE AS YOUR BORN MIKEY MIKE THE STAGE LIGHTS ARE LIT. THE ACTORS ARE IN PLACE THIS SHOW'S A HIT AND IT'S ALL ABOUT RACE.
THE FREAKS WELCOME TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH LET'S MILK THIS FEELIN' FOR EVERYTHING IT'S WORTH DON'T THINK ABOUT LEAVIN'
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YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO GO WELCOME MY FRIENDS TO THE FREAK SHOW.
AMY LOCIERO/VIOLA LIUZZO ( SINGS) ARE WE HAVING FUN YET? THIS PLACE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
JOSE CAMPOS TORRES/JOSE DIAZ (SINGS) APPETITES ARE WHET SEE WHAT MAGIC YOU'LL FIND YUSEF HAWKINS NEW THINGS YOU WILL SEE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOOD
ANDREW GOODMAN/MICHAEL SCHWERNER/JAMES CHANEY THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME YOU SHOULD THE FREAKS(SINGS) WELCOME TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH LET'S MILK THIS FEELIN' FOR EVERYTHING IT'S WORTH DON'T THINK ABOUT LEAVIN' YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO GO WELCOME MY FRIENDS TO THE FREAK SHOW.
VINCENT CHIN/MIKYOUNG KIM LIKE A RECORD THAT SPINS OUR JOURNEYS WILL TAKE FLIGHT. YANKEL ROSENBAUM AFTER THE ENCORE, EVERYONE WINS
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HEARTS COULD CHANGE TONIGHT
MIKEY MIKE( SINGS) THESE FREAKS ARE NUMEROUS THEY AIMS TO PLEASE THEIR LIVES MAY SOUND HUMOROUS BUT PLEASE DON'T TEASE.
FREAKS( SINGS) THIS SHOW MAY SHOCK YOU GET READY FOR A RIDE BUT EVERY WORD IS TRUE WE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE
COMPANY WELCOME TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH LET'S MILK THIS FEELIN' FOR EVERYTHING IT'S WORTH DON'T THINK ABOUT LEAVIN' YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO GO WELCOME MY FRIENDS TO THE FREAK SHOW. MIKEY MIKE Waz up! COMPANY WELCOME TO THE FREAKSHOW! (End Song) DJ Not a typical opening number for musical comedy. I'll give it a C for effort and a D for execution.
RALPHIE DJ, you're scaring me!
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Begin underscore for "Colored Folks" MIKEY MIKE Yo! Yo! Check it out y'all. Our.....(RALPHIE interrupts) RALPHIE Hey! Hey! Enough with that Flava Flav Shit!
MIKEY MIKE Oh thanks, that really puts a stress on my voice. As I was saying, we begin our show by introducing our cast. Ladies and Gentlemen! Presenting "The Freaks". (DA BOYS boo's and jeers.) Track #7- COLORED FOLKS (VAUDEVILLE/ TIN PAN ALLEY STYLE) THE FREAKS (SINGS) WE ARE COLORED FOLKS WE ARE BLACK, WHITE BROWN YELLOW AND RED LIKE A COLORFUL KALEIDOSCOPE THAT SPINS THROUGH YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE HEADLINES OUR STORIES CREATED SCANDALS OUR MURDERS WERE MORE THAN WHAT MOST FOLKS COULD HANDLE.
MIKEY MIKE Ladies and Gentlemen! In no distinct order, I would like to introduce to you our freaks for this evening. First on the roster are the "JIGABOOS". JIGABOOS Yaz sir boss. MIKEY MIKE Next, The INJUNS! INJUNS
How! MIKEY MIKE The ORIENTALS!
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ORIENTALS Ya want eggroll wit that? MIKEY MIKE The WETBACKS! WETBACKS Odelay! MIKEY MIKE The Crackers! THE CRACKERS Forgetaboutit! MIKEY MIKE And The RAGHEADS! RAGHEADS Thank you for comin' have a good day! INJUNS How! JIGABOOS Yaz sir! WETBACKS Odelay! ORIENTALS Want egg Roll! THE CRACKERS Forgetaboutit! RAGHEADS Thank you for comin'! THE FREAKS WHEN FOLKS BEGIN TO STARE THEY TEND TO STEREOTYPE US JIGABOOS SOME FOLKS WANT TO PUT YA IN THE BACK OF THE BUS. THE CRACKERS SOME PEOPLE THINK WE'RE TOO GREEDY.
WETBACKS OTHERS THINK WE'RE TOO SLOW. THE FREAKS SOME THINK WE'RE TOO NEEDY.
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RAGHEADS AND OTHERS THINK OUR MORALS ARE LOW. FREAKS(SINGS) WE ARE COLORED FOLKS WE ARE BLACK, WHITE BROWN YELLOW AND RED LIKE A COLORFUL KALEIDOSCOPE THAT SPINS THROUGH YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE HEADLINES OUR STORIES CREATED SCANDALS OUR MURDERS WERE MORE THAN WHAT MOST FOLKS COULD HANDLE. DJ What kind of freak show is this? RALPHIE Where is JoJo the Dog Faced Girl? MIKEY MIKE I'm sorry but Mother's day was 2 weeks ago.
THE ORIENTALS SOME PEOPLE THINK WE'VE JUST CAME OFF THE BOAT. WETBACKS WHILE OTHERS OSTRACIZE YOU WHILE THEY GLOAT. JIGABOOS (SINGS) SOME LADIES HOLD THEIR PURSES WHILE YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET THE CRACKERS WHILE OTHER FOLKS ACT LIKE THEY ARE THE SOCIAL ELITE. INJUNS______SOME FOLKS LIKE TO HURT YOU BY CALLING YOU NAMES. RAGHEADS WHILE OTHERS FEEL THEY CAN PLAY MIND GAMES.
THE FREAKS(SINGS) WE ARE THE REAL RAINBOW COALITION WE STAND TOGETHER TO STOMP OUT TRADITION.
DON'T UNDER ESTIMATE WHAT LOVE CARRIES WITHIN WE'RE NOT ASHAMED OF OUR AMERICAN SKIN. AMERICAN SKIN. WE ARE COLORED FOLKS
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WE ARE BLACK, WHITE BROWN YELLOW AND RED LIKE A COLORFUL KALEIDOSCOPE THAT SPINS THROUGH YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE HEADLINES OUR STORIES CREATED SCANDALS OUR MURDERS WERE MORE THAN WHAT MOST FOLKS COULD HANDLE. CAN YOU HAND THIS? CAN YOU HANDLE US. INJUNS How! JIGABOOS Yaz sir boss! ORIENTALS Ya want egg roll wit that?
WETBACKS Odelay!
THE CRACKERS Forgetaboutit!
RAGHEADS Thank you for comin' have a good day! End Song. Fade to Black (Underscore for next Scene)
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Scene______5: INJUN'S LAST STAND PLACE: INSIDE OFF THE FREAK SHOW TIME: EARLY 21st Century, Present , Early Evening An extra comes in and places a sign of "Injun's Last Stand" and exits. Fade Up on Lights
MIKEY MIKE Ladies and gentlemen! Children of all ages ! We're glad you've came into our gracious big top to celebrate and marvel at the oddities that make this nation great. This sideshow wouldn't be made possible without our major sponsor. The U.S. government! Yes, the U.S. government! That multinational conglomerate! The makers of such great products as The Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution . And it's many resources! EMMITT TILL The US Slave trade! JOSE CAMPOS TORRES The Texas Revolution! VIOLET LUIZZO The Me Too# Movement!
MICHAEL SCHWERNER The Civil War! JAMES BYRD JR. Jim Crow!
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JOSE DIAZ The Mexican American War! VINCENT CHIN/MIKYOUNG KIM Japanese American Interment Camps! YUSEF HAWKINS The LA Riots!
BLACK COYOTE The Trail of Tears! ABRAHAM ATTA The War on terrorism! MIKEY MIKE And the War on Wall Street! We are the 99%! The list is endless. RALPHIE This is gettin' boring! MIKEY MIKE One more outburst from you and I'm going to strangle you with this microphone.( Screams) I swear to God! (HE retains HIS composure) Speaking of trail of tears, our first oddity comes from the plains of South Dakota. On December 29, 1890, his people were decimated of years of war with the US. After the murder of Sitting Bull, they arrived at Wounded Knee to surrender. He was the first to lose his life in the massacre. Over 150 men, women and children were killed. HYDE Oh Boo Freakin Hoo! Who cares? MIKEY MIKE Where the hell's my gun? MIKEY MIKE starts to look into HIS coat pocket. Hyde gets nervous. Psyche! Hey lets hear it from the man himself. (Play drum roll) Here's Black Coyote! Enter Black Coyote in his full Sioux war paint and buckskins. LEO FRANK, JAMES BYRD, JR. and JOSE CAMPOS TORRES are beating the ceremonial drum. He is standing erect and no saying a word. HE
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looks like a traditional Wooden Indian. DJ Wow, It's great to see that he's working after the Village People broke up. (Laughs) HYDE I know who he is. He got busy with that Land of Lakes trick. That's her baby's daddy! (laughs) RALPHIE Uh, Mike we're suppose to hear from his own words. Why ain't he talking. MIKEY MIKE Oh, I'm sorry he's a slightly deaf. You might want to speak up a little. RALPHIE Hello! Hello!(Clears his throat) Uh, Coyote ugly! Are you listening to me? MIKEY MIKE Yo, man there talking to you. BLACK COYOTE I'm deaf. I'm not dumb. I know what you're saying. I didn't respond to you because I was deaf, I don't answer because you don't have anything smart to say! Play the overture for "What gives you the right?" HYDE You better whatcha self redskin. You about ta get jumped? RALPHIE Maybe it's true, a good Indian is a dead one. (They both begin to stand up at the bleachers)
BLACK COYOTE I scalped more white men in one day than you guys changed your underwear in your whole Damn life. Do you think I'm really scared of you? Please!
The boys slowly sit down in fear. Track#8- What gives you the right? (FOLK ROCK) GO AHEAD BOYS
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LAUGH AT ME MY SKIN'S AS THICK AS A SYCAMORE TREE. GO AHEAD BOYS MAKE FUN OF WHAT I WEAR I SEE I YOUR LAUGHTER AND I DON'T CARE YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME? WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT? BECAUSE MY SKIN IS RED AND YOU'RE SKIN IS WHITE. YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE HERE I AM WHO I AM AND I HAVE NO FEAR HYDE Hey man! You're outta line. BLACK COYOTE I COME FROM THE PROUD SIOUX NATION I CARRY TRADITIONS FOR MANY GENERATIONS I FEAR NO MAN NO, NOT EVEN YOU WHAT CAN YOUR HATEFUL WORDS REALLY DO? YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME? WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT? BECAUSE MY SKIN IS RED AND YOU'RE SKIN IS WHITE. YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE HERE I AM WHO I AM
AND I HAVE NO FEAR AS LONG AS THE EAGLE SOARS OVER THE SKY AND THE WOLF STILL HOWLS AT THE MOON. MY SPIRIT WILL NEVER DIE
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JUST AS LONG AS THIS WON'T SURRENDER TOO SOON TAKE A LOOK AROUND AT WHAT THE CREATOR HAS MADE LOVE IS SKIN DEEP AND IT'S BEAUTY WILL NEVER FADE. The Freaks begin to dance in a traditional Native American Ghost Dance. RALPHIE Bull Shit! BLACK COYOTE I'M A BRAVE WARRIOR A RELIC FROM THE PAST MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED BUT OUR WAYS STILL LAST WE'RE ALL NATIVE AMERICANS IF YOU LOOK AT IT. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEN YOU OUTTA QUIT YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME? WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT? BECAUSE MY SKIN IS RED AND YOU'RE SKIN IS WHITE. YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE HERE I AM WHO I AM AND I HAVE NO FEAR End Song. Fade down lights. Play underscore for next scene.
Scene______5: Riotous Good Time PLACE: Inside of the Freak Show, Coney Island, New York, CLUB INFERNO'S Balcony.
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TIME: 21st Century, Present, Evening The Extra comes in and brings in the next sign of "Riotous Good Time".(exits) BIG LOUIE is watching the show from HIS club's balcony. (The Boys start to boo)
BIG LOUIE I would have paid you guys not to see this crap. And you guys saw it for free. MIKEY MIKE No more outbursts from you Louie! Your presence is not welcomed. BIG LOUIE Neither is your breath! (MIKEY MIKE Covers HIS mouth) MIKEY MIKE Whatever? On with the show! I would like to present the next Freaks in our fantastic collection. These two men come from South of the Border. What they differ in time periods and trends they're untied in their experiences. Their murders inspired people to take action. Presenting the Two Joses! Jose Campos Torres! The father of the Moody Park rebellion and Jose Diaz. The architect of the Zoot Suit Riots! Enter Yankel Rosenbaum in his full Hasidic black clothing. He has a thick Australian accent. YANKEL ROSENBAUM Uh excuse me mate. I was wondering if I could get into this number too? MIKEY MIKE Yankel Rosenbaum! You're a cracker! You're number doesn't come up until the start of the Second Act! YANKEL ROSENBAUM I know mate but I also was in the mist of great Crown Heights riots of 1991. C'mon, I want to do it. JOSE CAMPOS TORRES C'mon Ese' let him do it! (The boys start to laugh at him) JOSE DIAZ What's so funny?
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MIKEY MIKE I think these fools are laughing at your accent? JOSE CAMPOS TORRES What accent? I don't have an accent? JOSE DIAZ I understand ya clearly Caudron! You Puntas! THEY all argue at each other. JOSE DIAZ shouts HE wants to quit. MIKEY MIKE calms everyone down. MIKEY MIKE Alright! Alright! Y'all about ta make me lose my mind up in err! Up in err! Presenting. Two Joses' and a Yankel! MIKEY MIKE exits and begin underscore of " It's going to be a riot" RALPHIE Wow this outta be stupid! Track #9- IT'S GONNA BE A RIOT (LATIN POP/DISCO/KLEMEZER) TWO JOSE/YANKEL ROSENBAUM HAVE YOU EVER HAD ONE OF THOSE DAYS? YA TRIED TO FIGURE IT OUT IN SO MANY WAYS. YOUR LIFE TURNS UPSIDE DOWN LIKE A DROP OF A DIME. YOU WERE JUST AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. IT'S GONNA BE A RIOT WHEN I TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS TO ME. NO PUNCHLINE COULD DESCRIBE THIS BLACK COMEDY WHEN FOLKS GET PISSED OFF IT'S GONNA GET HOT WHEN AMERICA STARTS BURNIN' NO ONE GETS CAUGHT.
The FREAKS start to reenact THEIR murders through dance. JOSE CAMPOS TORRES (SINGS) JUST LIKE THE SPRING OF '77.
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I WAS GOING HOME FROM WORK I STOPPED AT A 7-11. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HOUSTON COPS ACCUSED ME OF A CRIME I WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. THEY BEAT ME UP AND BLOOD SPILLED ON THE GROUND THEN A COP PULLED OUT A GUN AND IT MADE A DEAFENING SOUND THERE WAS NO ROOM AT THE ER THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO THEY DUMPED MY BODY AT THE BOTTOM OF BUFFALO BAYOU ONE YEAR LATER ON CINCO DE MAYO ANGRY YOUTH GATHERED AT MOODY PARK THEY WEREN'T READY TO GO. THE COPS SHOUTED AT THEM TOLD THEM TO DISPERSE BUT THE SITUATION ONLY GOT WORSE.
TOGETHER IT'S GONNA BE A RIOT WHEN I TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS TO ME. NO PUNCHLINE COULD DESCRIBE THIS BLACK COMEDY WHEN FOLKS GET PISSED OFF IT'S GONNA GET HOT
WHEN AMERICA STARTS BURNIN' NO ONE GETS CAUGHT.
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JOSE DIAZ That was good Caudron! But my story's a bit deeper! (Sings) IN THE SUMMER OF '43. TENSIONS WERE RISING IN EAST LA STREET GANGS WERE A PLENTY AND VIOLENCE WAS PUSHING IT'S WAY I WAS DRINKING MY MARGARITA WITH LIME I WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME SOME VATOS WERE FIGHTING AND I GOT IN THE WAY I WAS STABBED AND DIED QUICKLY OR SO THEY SAY ACCUSATIONS SPREAD THROUGHOUT MANY LINGOS THE WORD STARTED TO REACH THE GRINGOS. BROWNS BEAT ON WHITES WHITES BEAT ON BROWNS LA IS ON FIRE AND IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT SURROUNDING TOWNS. TOGETHER IT'S GONNA BE A RIOT WHEN I TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS TO ME. NO PUNCHLINE COULD DESCRIBE THIS BLACK COMEDY WHEN FOLKS GET PISSED OFF IT'S GONNA GET HOT WHEN AMERICA STARTS BURNIN' NO ONE GETS CAUGHT. The Freaks begin to dance in a Salsa and Swing style.(Music is very Up tempo) SIMMER DOWN SIMMER DOWN THE KETTLE IS GONNA BLOW
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SIMMER DOWN SIMMER DOWN HANG LOOSE BRO SIMMER DOWN SIMMER DOWN JUST STAY COOL SIMMER DOWN SIMMER DOWN DON'T BE A FOOL YANKEL ROSENBAUM Now it's my turn mates!(Sings) CONTRADICTIONS IN MY LIFE HAD CREATED SUCH A BLUNDER I'M A HASIDIC JEW FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER CAME TO CROWN HEIGHTS TO ATTEND SCHOOL I THOUGHT LIVING IN AMERICA WOULD BE COOL WHEN A BLACK BOY GOT RAN OVER BY A KOSHER EMS CROWN HEIGHTS WAS ABOUT TO SEE A HOT GHETTO MESS THERE WAS NO REASON NO SENSE OF RHYME I WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME THE BLACKS WANTED REVENGE AND I WAS IN THE WAY I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DIE THAT DAY. TOGETHER IT'S GONNA BE A RIOT WHEN I TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS TO ME. NO PUNCHLINE COULD DESCRIBE THIS BLACK COMEDY
WHEN FOLKS GET PISSED OFF IT'S GONNA GET HOT WHEN AMERICA STARTS BURNIN'
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NO ONE GETS CAUGHT. (End Song) ( Fade Down Lights) (Begin under score for next scene.)
Scene______6: A Coon's Age PLACE: INSIDE OF THE FREAK SHOW, CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK TIME: 21st Century, Present Day, Evening The extra places a sign "Coon's Age on the side of Stage and exits HYDE I'm not feelin' this show at all. Ya know what I'm saying? RALPHIE Hyde? HYDE Yea! RALPHIE You can stop the wigga act any time now. HYDE Kiss my ass! You just ain't down that's all.
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RALPHIE If being down means you bang black chicks, then no! I don't think you get a Colored Pass for humpin' Moesha! You're a white, middle class, suburban college boy. You are as black as frosted flakes. HYDE Funny, I didn't know that the master race came from Sicily! RALPHIE It's better than that Black Irish trash you grew up with. HYDE Fuck you! DJ Come on you guys! Chill!
MIKEY MIKE Oh that's good. Before we start our next act. Let's take a moment to get to know a little about our audience. Are there a volunteers? HE stares right at the three boys and Big Louie. Anyone at all? Anytime now? How about you? HYDE Go to Hell! MIKEY MIKE And you? RALPHIE I don't talk to niggers! MIKEY MIKE Timeout! (Every freezes. HE looks at the audience) You know? No one ever dies in Musical comedy? But if this was a blaxplotation film, I would shot these fools and this story would been over in 3 minutes. But what fun would that be? Time In. OK, you need help? How about you?
DJ Who me? MIKEY MIKE Yes?
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DJ What ya want to know? BIG LOUIE Don't answer him. You don't need to talk to him. MIKEY MIKE Well I am so shut up! Back to my question. Tell me about yourself? DJ Well, I'm 19. I was living with my Mom, my Step bastard and two brothers. I use to spend most of time playing play station Four until three in the morning. But in 24 hours, I'm going to be all I can be by serving in the US Army. And.... RALPHIE Shut the Hell up! You're a flunky just like the rest of us. How can you talk when we live in a country that is giving wetbacks, rug riders and gooks American jobs over seas from decent white Americans. VINCENT CHIN , JOSE CAMPOS TORRES AND JAMES BYRD JR start to yell at RALPHIE. HYDE You never worked a damn day in your life. What the hell are you talking about? MIKEY MIKE Oh that's good! We're making progress! HYDE Dr. Phil! You want to psychoanalyze us? I'll break it down for ya. We just trying to have a little fun for the summer before DJ splits for boot camp and plays GI-Joe with ISIS. I start college in the Fall and Ralphie can join the rest of those Trump Nazi wannabes to help get the first Orangutan elected into the White House. DJ/RALPHIE
Screw you! HYDE You're welcome! Now, if you got any more questions, let's get on with this piece of crap! Aight! MIKEY MIKE We're not going to start this next number like most typical musical theater fare. You know, with it's dated pop music
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Yes sir boss!
JAMES CHENEY
Sure Nuff!
YUSSEF HAWKINS
Give me some skin? (HE gives some skin from Emmitt Till)
EMMITT TILL
Solid!
JAMES CHANEY Yo Daddy-O!
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(Play underscore for White Man's Burden Medley.) YUSSEF HAWKINS
Cool!
JAMES BYRD, JR.
Outta Sight!
JAMES CHANEY
Groovy! JAMES BYRD JR.
Right on! YUSSEF HAWKINS
Fresh! EMMITT TILL
Dope! JAMES CHANEY
Crunk! THE COONS
Aight! MIKEY MIKE
This is the soundtrack of our lives. Played to glorious music. So play on playa!
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Track #11- " White Man's Burden medley" (R&B Do Wop/Neo Soul/Motown/Hip Hop)
THE JIGABOOS
DEALIN' WITH THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A BROTHER MAN DEALIN' WITH THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN BUT WE'RE DOIN' THE BEST WE CAN WE'RE PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE BUT DON'T THEY SEE I'M A NATIVE SON DEALIN' WITH THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN BUT THE BURDEN DOESN'T LIVE IN ME. Mikey______Mike It's all here. A collection of classic recordings spanning over 400 years of social oppression for your listening pleasure. Who could ever forget this classic from 1955. Begin a Doo Wop 1950's style song" THE BALLAD OF EMMITT TILL. The Video Projector will show images of Emmitt Till and 1950's Jim Crow era. The Freaks will pantomime the action. JAMES CHANEY ON JULY 25, 1941 LOUIS AND MAMIE TILL GAVE BIRTH TO A SON THEY CALLED HIM EMMITT.
EMMITT TILL They nicknamed me "BOBO".
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JAMES BYRD JR. HE WAS BORN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.
EMMITT TILL (SINGS)
AFTER MY FOLKS SPLIT, DADDY WAS DRAFTED, WENT TO WAR AND DIED. HIS MOTHER SPENT HOURS ALONE AND CRIED YUSSEF HAWKINS
HE WAS HER PRIDE AND JOY!
JAMES CHANEY
EMMITT TILL WAS HER ONLY LIVING BOY.
MIKEY MIKE FAST FORWARD TO THE SUMMER OF '55. WHEN BEING A SOUTHERN BLACK MAN WAS TOUGH TO SURVIVE.
EMMITT TILL
MY MAMA RUSHED ME TO THE 63rd STREET STATION SHE KISSED ME GOODBYE WITH SWEET ADORATION.
JAMES CHANEY
HE TOOK THE SOUTH BOUND TRAIN
WHERE HE WOULD EVENTUALLY MEET HIS FATE. HE SPENT HIS SUMMER WITH HIS UNCLE IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE.
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EMMITT TILL MISSISSIPPI IS NOT LIKE THE WINDY CITY THE FIELDS ARE SO GREEN AND THE BUILDINGS AIN'T SO GRITTY.
JAMES BYRD( SINGS) BUT THERE WAS JUST ONE THING EMMITT DIDN'T KNOW WAS THE UGLY TRUTH AND HIS NAME WAS JIM CROW. MIKEY MIKE( SINGS) ON AUGUST 24th AT BRYANT'S GROCERY STORE NINE TEENAGERS WERE STANDING BY THE DOOR THEY WERE PLAYING AROUND HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIFE THEN SUDDENLY, EMMITT MESSED UP BY WHISTLING AT THE OWNER'S WIFE.
YUSSEF HAWKINS TODAY, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO BAD CAROL BRYANT LOOKED OUTTA SIGHT. BUT IN 1955, YOU COULDN'T DO THAT IF SHE WAS WHITE.
MIKEY MIKE
SO FOUR DAYS LATER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THE STORE OWNER AND HIS BROTHER CAME TO EMMITT'S HOMESITE.
EMMITT TILL
THEY KIDNAPPED ME AND BEATEN ME SO THAT THEY CRUSHED MY LIVER
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I WAS STRANGLED BY THE NECK AND WAS THROWN INTO THE TALLAHATCHIE RIVER. The other FREAKS lift up EMMITT TILL as if HE died and was about to be buried. MIKEY MIKE
IT TOOK THREE DAYS TO FIND HIS BODY. THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK HOME IN A WOODEN COFFIN. HIS MAMA WAS THERE WITH THE FAMILY AND PHOTOGRAPHERS IT'S A SIGHT YOU DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN. JAMES BYRD JR
HIS DEATH WAS A NATIONAL DISGRACE WHEN THE WORLD SAW HIS BODY AND MUTILATED FACE
JAMES CHANEY(SINGS)
THEY NEVER CONVICTED THE KILLERS AND I GUESS THEY NEVER WILL SO ENDS THE BALLAD OF EMMITT TILL
THE JIGABOOS
THEY NEVER CONVICTED THE KILLERS
AND I GUESS THEY NEVER WILL SO ENDS THE BALLAD OF EMMITT TILL DEALIN' WITH THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN BUT THE BURDEN DOESN'T LIVE IN ME.
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Begin the next song " Summer of '64"
MIKEY MIKE
I know you remember this rockin' Motown hit from 1964! JAMES CHANEY
Right now, I wanna take this time to bring to the stage, some men who know what went down with me. When we wanted colored folks to vote in Mississippi. Andy! Michael! Let's show them what happened. (Sings) IN THE SUMMER OF '64 WE WE'RE WORKING FOR THE C.O.R.E. WE BELIEVED WE COULD MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE COLORED FOLKS CAN CAST THEIR VOTES REGARDLESS OF RACE.
ANDY GOODMAN/MICHAEL SCHWERNER (SINGS)
OH YEAH!
JAMES CHANEY
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME TO THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI LIKE A MIGHTY WIND BLOWING THE LEAVES OF A MAGNOLIA TREE
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ANDY GOODMAN/MICHAEL SCHWERNER (SINGS)
OH, YEAH!
JAMES CHANEY
THE KLAN MAY TAKE OUR LIVES. BUT THE MOVEMENT STILL SURVIVES LET'S STAND UP. STAND UP TAKE A STAND DON'T TURN BACK NOW I WON'T BOW I'M NOT AFRAID TO DIE THE GOOD LORD IS STANDING AT THE DOOR I WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN IT WAS THE SUMMER OF '64 MICHAEL SCHWERNER( SINGS) IN THE SUMMER OF 64 THEY THOUGHT I LOOKED LIKE A FOOL A BEATNIK WHO WANTED TO START A FREEDOM SCHOOL ON JUNE 16th I TOLD MY WIFE I HAD TO GO SO I SAID GOODBYE AND LEFT FROM OHIO.
ANDY GOODMAN/JAMES CHENEY OH YEAH!
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MICHAEL SCHWERNER
I HEARD SOME CHURCH FOLKS WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE KLAN THEY'RE WEREN'T GETTIN' ANY SUPPORT FROM THE MAN.
ANDY GOODMAN/ JAMES CHANEY
OH YEAH!
TOGETHER
THE KLAN MAY TAKE OUR LIVES BUT THE MOVEMENT STILL SURVIVES LET'S STAND UP STAND UP TAKE A STAND DON'T TURN BACK NOW WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO DIE THE GOOD LORD STANDS BY THE DOOR
WE'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 64.
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JAMES CHANEY
Hey Andy tell them what happens next.
ANDREW GOODMAN
I WAS ON SUMMER BREAK IN NYC I WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES I'VE SEEN I LEFT COLLEGE AND CAME TO OHIO FOR A TRAINING STINT THE CORE NEVER TOLD ME HOW BAD IT WAS DOWN SOUTH I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE HINT
MICHAEL SCHWERNER/JAMES CHENEY OH YEAH! ANDY GOODMAN
I JUST FINISHED MY FIRST FULL DAY IN THE SOUTH MICHAEL TOLD ME BE SILENT AND NOT OPEN MY MOUTH THE NIGHT OF JUNE 21st WE DROVE ON THE ROCK CUT ROAD THE SHERIFF AND HIS POSSE PULLED US OVER AS THEY UNLOAD WE WEREN"T CRIMINALS THAT WERE CAUGHT THEY ASSUMED US TO BE COMMIES
THE SHERIFF ORDERED US TO BE SHOT.
MICHAEL SCHWERNER/JAMES CHENEY
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OH YEAH! TOGETHER THE KLAN MAY TAKE OUR LIVES BUT THE MOVEMENT STILL SURVIVES LET'S STAND UP STAND UP TAKE A STAND DON'T TURN BACK NOW WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO DIE THE GOOD LORD STANDS BY THE DOOR WE'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 64. ( Andrew and Michael exits.) THE JIGABOOS
WE ARE PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE DON'T YOU KNOW WE'RE A NATIVE SON. MIKEY MIKE
Order" The Coon's Age" now and we will also feature an added bonus. A love song from James Byrd,Jr. In 1998, Byrd was hitching a ride when two confessed Klansmen offered it to him. It would be a deadly mistake. JAMES BYRD JR.
They beat me unconscious and tied up my feet to the back of their pick up. I was dragged half a mile when they decapitated my head and my left arm. But I still love you Jasper, Texas. Let me tell you why?
Begin the Neo-Soul Song" Jasper ROSE. (Sings) JASPER ROSE SWEET JASPER ROSE
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PRETTY YELLOW ROSE FROM THE LONE STAR STATE JASPER ROSE SWEET JASPER ROSE YOU'RE HATRED WOULD SEAL MY FATE YOUR LOVE IS LIKE A POISONOUS THORN AND WHEN YOU GET PRICKED YOU WISH YOU WERE NEVER BORN JASPER ROSE SWEET JASPER ROSE YOU LOVE TO BE SO MEAN YOUR EMBRACE IS SO OBSCENE YOUR KISSES TASTE LIKE STRYCHNINE YOUR FRAGRANCE IS LIKE TURPENTINE YOUR VOICE IS LIKE A SILENT SCREAM YOUR PASSION IS LIKE A REQUIEM FOR A DREAM OOOOH JASPER ROSE SWEET JASPER ROSE YOUR HATRED WOULD SEAL MY FATE PRETTY YELLOW ROSE OF THE LONE STAR STATE!
THE JIGABOOS
WE MAYBE DEALIN' WITH THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN BUT THE BURDEN DOESN'T LIVE IN ME MIKEY MIKE
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Wasn't that pretty? The hits just keep on coming and ...( YUSSEF HAWKINS interrupts) YUSSEF HAWKINS
Yo Mike! I'm not feeling this old school joint. MIKEY MIKE
Well, what you want to do? YUSSEF HAWKINS
We need ta set this thing off. Begin an old school hip hop sample mix as he and 2 hip-hop dancers come down stage. Begin Hip-Hop Song "Streets of Bensonhurst". Yo man, I need to tell them where I'm from. Yo DJ, Kick it one time. (Raps) I'M YUSSEF HAWKINS AND I'M A FLY GUY AND I'M ABOUT TO SHOUT MY RALLY CRY. BED-STUY OR DIE. BED-STUY OR DIE. I MAY BE POOR BUT I DON'T STEAL OR LIE WE ROCKS DA PARTY WE ROCKS DA PLACE DON'T JUDGE ME BECAUSE OF RACE WE GET STUPID
KINDA FANATICAL ALMOST RADICAL WE TALK ABOUT DA MOTHERLAND LEARNING HOW TO TAKE A STAND
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BUT ALL THAT CHANGED IN AUGUST,'89 THANGS AROUND QUEENS WASN'T LOOKIN' FINE HOMIES HATE THE GUIDOS GUIDOS HATE THE RICANS EVERYBODY WAS JUST GETTIN' ILL AND BUGGIN' OUT IT MADE ME WANNA SHOUT OVER WHAT ALL THIS NONSENSE WAS ALL ABOUT I WAS SIXTEEN AND I WANTED TO GO FAR SO I WENT TO BENSONHURST TO LOOK FOR A CAR I THOUGHT THE DAY WOULD GET BETTER BUT IT ONLY GOT WORSE WHEN I WALKED THE STREETS OF BENSONHURST
THE COONS/B-BOYS
TICK TOCK YOU DON'T STOP FOLKS ARE ILLIN' AND THEY GONNA BLOW THEIR TOP. TICK TOCK YOU DON'T STOP IF THEY JUMP YA, YOU GONNA GET DROPPED. YUSSEF HAWKINS (RAPS)
Bust it! I WAS SCOPIN' THE CAR LOT WITH MY G'S. THE OWNER WAS ABOUT TO HAND ME OVER THE KEYS. THEN SUDDENLY I SAW A MOB OF GUIDOS
THEY SPOTTED MY ADIDAS AND KANGOLS THEY WERE YELLIN' PRETTY HARDY THEY BELIEVED ONE OF THEIR HONIES INVITED ME TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY
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WE TOOK OFF RUNNING AND WE LOST OUR HATS 'CUS THEM GUIDOS WERE CARRYING BASEBALL BATS I TRIPPED AND FELL AND BOYS CONTINUED TO RUN THEY BEAT ME DOWN AND ONE FOOL PULLED OUT A GUN HE SHOT ME AND MY LIFE ENDED ON A DIME. I WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME I THOUGHT MY LIFE WAS GETTIN' BETTER BUT IT ONLY GOT WORSE I DIED ON THE STREETS OF BENSONHURST
Dance Break After Hip-Hop Dance Break, They continue with song. THE JIGABOOS
TICK TOCK YOU DON'T STOP FOLKS ARE ILLIN' AND THEY GONNA BLOW THEIR TOP. TICK TOCK YOU DON'T STOP IF THEY JUMP YA, YOU GONNA GET DROPPED Squash it! (Mikey Mike interrupts in mid tempo)
MIKEY MIKE
So call for your copy of $29.99. Your money goes to the 40 acres and a Mule fund. Operators are standing by.
THE COONS/MIKEY MIKE (SINGS)
WE MAYBE DEALIN' WITH THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN BUT THE BURDEN DOESN'T LIVE IN ME.
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(End Song)(Fade to Black)
Scene______6: PLACE: Inside OF The Freak Show, Coney Island, New York TIME: Present Time, Late Evening/Early Morning DA BOYS give the performers shallow applause. THE FREAKS are getting frustrated with THEM while THEY are setting up for Act II. MIKEY MIKE
Thanks a lot! Right now we're about to have a brief intermission but before we do we. ..(Ralphie interrupts by sneezing) Hey what's wrong? RALPHIE Oh (Sneeze) It's my allergies! (Sneezes)
MIKEY MIKE
Your allergies? What's wrong dog? ( He sneezes) RALPHIE
I'm allergic to something. (Sneezes) MIKEY MIKE
Allergic to something? Oh no! I hope my liability insurance was paid off? Tell us so I can go get the first aid kit. RALPHIE I'm allergic. I'm allergic to, to, Horse Shit!
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DA BOYS start laughing and Big Louie laughs harder. BIG LOUIE Now that is a joke! (Laughs) The rest of The JIGABOOS, WETBACKS, MICHAEL SCHEWERNER, ANDREW GOODMAN AND Black COYOTE start to come out of the curtains. THEY had it with the DA BOYS Shenanigans. MICHAEL SCHWERNER That's it boss! I had it. There rudeness has gone too far. ANDREW GOODMAN I can't work under these conditions. MIKEY MIKE
Don't let the audience get you! You are stronger than that. ANDREW GOODMAN
Not today Boss! Not Today! Let's get outta here. MICHAEL SCHWERNER
We'll be in our dressing rooms. (THEY exit) RALPHIE
Wow! I never thought Jews could be so temperamental? MIKEY MIKE
What's your problem man? RALPHIE Do you really what to know? Do you? I'm tired of this Zionist Organized Government telling decent white folks that they are some how responsible for the oppression of minorities in America. So the Indians lost their land. They don't understand the principles of ownership. BLACK COYOTE
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I'll remember that at next Lehman's Brothers stockholders meeting?
RALPHIE
So the Blacks we're enslaved? Big freakin' whoop! My ancestors didn't own them. And frankly, I don't care. YUSSEF HAWKINS
Yeah but many corporations still benefited from our suffering. That's why I want my reparations and I want them now! MIKEY MIKE
C'mon Yussef! Chill! Don't forget the prize man! YUSEF HAWKINS
Screw that! I'm gonna bust his ass! HE tries to come to attack RALPHIE. MIKEY MIKE pulls HIM back. BLACK COYOTE comes towards HIM. BLACK COYOTE
Hey, hey take it easy man! We all got it bad! So my ancestors got slaughtered. Your ancestors had a bad travel agent! It doesn't matter what directions brought us here we're all in the same boat now. OK?
YUSSEF HAWKINS
Aight! RALPHIE
Uh, are you done. Can I finish? BLACK COYOTE Just a moment!
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(THEY give each other a hug) YUSSEF HAWKINS
I love you man! THEY stop embracing each other shaking it off with machismo. BLACK COYOTE
OK we're done. RALPHIE
As I was saying! Why should I have to accommodate these re- fried bean eating bastards by giving them Puerto Rican Day and Cinco De Mayo. When they don't even have the decent respect to learn our God Damn Language! JOSE DIAZ
You don't even know how to speak your own language. What the Hell are you talking about? JOSE CAMPOS TORRES
He better learn how to say 911 in Spanish after I get my hands on him!(Curses in Spanish) Starts to lunge at RALPHIE. The JIGABOOS hold HIM back. I got your re-fried ! I'm going to re-fry your ass! JOSE DIAZ
I can't do this man! Not today. Vamanos! (THEY exit) HYDE Yo Money, Chill out! It's no biggie man. Their just actors doing a role. It's entertainment.
RALPHIE
And another thing, Hyde! Do you know what I hate the most? White folks who to talk black!
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YUSSEF HAWKINS
Amen! (The JIGABOOS and MIKEY MIKE at HIM strangely) He's a redneck but he does have a point.
RALPHIE
Somebody has to take a stand! I'm outta here. HYDE
Don't be stupid man. The cops are out there.
MIKEY MIKE
Don't leave Ralphie! You're making a mistake.
BIG LOUIE
I like your style. You don't have to take this. Tell ya what boys. Drinks and admission is on me. RALPHIE
Sweet! MIKEY MIKE It's a set up. I can feel it man! RALPHIE Look, my grandfather didn't come here from Germany just so he can miss an opportunity. And my grandmother Gertie didn't leave the cotton fields of Money, Mississippi without taking a risk.
MIKEY MIKE Come back Ralphie! Don't you dare cross that velvet rope. RALPHIE I'm outta here!
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EMMITT TILL Money, Mississippi? Your grand-mama is from Money? My family is from there. RALPHIE Yeah whatever! (HE starts to make HIS exit) EMMITT TILL Your Grandma Gertie's last name wouldn't happen to be Gibson? RALPHIE Yea so? EMMITT TILL I gotta admit. Her family sure don't look a thing like us! RALPHIE Of course not boy! She's white. EMMITT TILL That can't be. Money, Mississippi! Money? Money? RALPHIE What? Are you some kind of a parrot? Speak up! EMMITT TILL Money, Mississippi is 100% Negro! It's a coloreds only town. RALPHIE What the hell are you saying? Huh? EMMITT TILL (Speaks in Sing-Song)
Your Grand Mama lied to you! RALPHE Are you tellin' me that I'm..Im... JAMES BYRD, JR. What's happening Brother? RALPHIE No freakin' way! No!
DJ What kind of Jedi mind trick are you playing? He's lying? EMMITT TILL I've been dead for 60 years. I've never been more real.
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HYDE(GIGGLES) A Ha! You've been dissing me all day saying that I talk too black and your blacker than all of us! I ain't mad at you. I think that's dope. RALPHIE Shut up! No it aint! I don't believe this.
MIKEY MIKE Hold Up! Let me get this straight. ( Points to Hyde) This boy is white and he's trying to act Black. That is of course until the police comes. ( Points to Ralphie) And this white boy finds out that he is actually black but don't want to be black.( Points to DJ)( DJ is picking his nose.) And this boy, I still can't figure you out yet. I learned something new today. JAMES BYRD, JR.
What's that? MIKEY MIKE
White folks are crazy! JAMES BYRD JR.
No what is crazy is that someday in the future, the greatest tennis player of all time is black and the greatest rapper of all time is white. (Enter JAMES CHENEY) DJ News Flash! It already happened. Serena Williams! Eminem! JAMES BYRD JR. Damn! You miss a lot when ya being dragged to ya death. JAMES CHENEY Yea ! And I bet you're gonna tell me that in the future we're going to have a black US President?
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DJ Of course stupid! He's name is Barack Obama. He's been our president for eight years. He's from Hawaii.
JAMES BYRD JR. Hold up now! Ain't no brother from the Aloha State with a name like Barack! He sounds like a drummer for Earth Wind and Fire! RALPHIE DJ! Shut the Hell up! I don't want to hear another word about that Marxist Kenyan Socialist. JAMES CHENEY Marxist Kenyan Socialist? Sounds like a cool brother to me. DJ Don't tell me to shut up Ralphie! You're nothing but a faker. RALPHIE What the Hell did you say to me? THEY come towards each other as if THEY want to fight . HYDE stands in the middle. HYDE Yo man chill! RALPHIE Hyde! You're not black! Knock it off! DJ You sure are! BIG LOUIE Black or White! Who gives a damn? The beer is on me. Let's go! DJ I can't believe you man. All this time! You've been putting me down and telling me that you are better than me. I almost fell for it. But in the end, I realize that your just simply full of crap! RALPHIE pushes DJ. Begin underscore for ROMPER STOMPER.
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RALPHIE You son of a bitch! Who do you think you are? You're an embarrassment to your rich step daddy's family. That's why you couldn't get into college. You think the army is your last chance? Hell no! You nothing but a weak ass bitch! DJ I'd rather be a weak ass bitch than a lying Nigger! RALPHIE butts DJ's head and knocks him out. RALPHIE starts to scream! The Freaks scream back at HIM. Track #12- ROMPER STOMPER (Punk Rock/Nu Metal RALPHIE Shut Up!( Sings) I CAN"T TAKE THIS ANYMORE I'M ABOUT TO BREAK SOME STUFF AND TEAR DOWN THE DOOR I'M A STEEL ROCKET AND I'M ABOUT TO BLOW I DON'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION TO GO I'M LIKE A ROMPER STOMPER GOTTA PUT ON MY DOC MARTEN BOOTS RIP THE HAIRS FROM THE ROOTS DON'T YOU MESS WITH ME I'M A ROMPER STOMPER I'M PROUD THAT I'M WHITE I'LL DEFEND THAT RIGHT YOU'LL SEE (Enter GUITAR HERO as he is playing his solo) HYDE Whatcha doin' bra?
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RALPHIE THE VOICES IN MY HEAD ARE AS LOUD AS CHYMES I HATE THESE POLITICALLY CORRECT TIMES YOU CAN'T EXPRESS YOURSELF WITHOUT OFFENDING EACH OTHER HELL, I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR BROTHER I'M LIKE A ROMPER STOMPER GOTTA PUT ON MY DOC MARTEN BOOTS RIP THE HAIRS FROM THE ROOTS DON'T YOU MESS WITH ME I'M A ROMPER STOMPER I'M PROUD THAT I'M WHITE I'LL DEFEND THAT RIGHT YOU'LL SEE DON'T GET IN MY WAY OR I'LL MAKE YOU PAY BEAT ON BLACK BEAT ON BROWN BEAT ON GAY I'M THROUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO I'M AN ANGRY WHITE YOUTH WHO WAS DENIED THE TRUTH
GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY The CRACKERS are dressed as skinheads and punk rock chicks and they are dancing and showing their
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solidarity in a dream like state of mind in RALPHIE'S HEAD.
RALPHIE AND SKINHEADS (SINGS) OI OI HEY! OI OI HEY! OI OI HEY! OI OI HEY! X 2 THEY repeat two times as RALPHIE pulls up his sleeves reveling his swastika tattoos on his fore arms. I'M LIKE A ROMPER STOMPER GOTTA PUT ON MY DOC MARTEN BOOTS RIP THE HAIRS FROM THE ROOTS DON'T YOU MESS WITH ME I'M A ROMPER STOMPER I'M PROUD THAT I'M WHITE I'LL DEFEND THAT RIGHT YOU'LL SEE You'll SEE. HE starts to break down the set and tear up a few things. He busts up guitar hero's guitar. BIG LOUIE
Yeah boy! RALPHIE WHITE POWER!( He exits with Big Louie.)
MIKEY MIKE Ralphie! No!!!
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End the underscore. Fade to Black. End of Act I.
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ACT______II Scene______I Place: Contemporary America.Inside the Great American Sideshow Tent, Coney Island , New York. A Dream like setting. Time: Early 21st Century, Present, Late Night The rest of FREAKS and MIKEY MIKE enter from various parts of the stage as they come and clean up the mess that RALPHIE and BIG LOUIE made. DJ and HYDE are still sitting in the bleachers. They are talking and looking at each other. MIKEY MIKE comes over to Guitar Hero and presents HIM with a new guitar. HE opens guitar riff as they begin overture of "Da Boys of Coney Island" Reprisal In mid tempo , the cast stops what they are doing and they turn to the audience. TRACK#13- DA BOYS OF CONEY ISLAND REPRISE (Classic Rock) FREAKS AND COMPANY (SINGS)
BOYS WILL BE BOYS WHEN THEY'RE HAVING FUN BUT IT'S NO LONGER FUN WHEN THE DAMAGE IS DONE IF YOU STEP OVER A PERSON YOU'LL BREAK THEIR SOUL YA NEVER SEE THE COST OR THE DEATH TOLL BOYS WILL ALWAYS BE BOYS. Fade Down Lights. Change overture to next number. "Party On". A techno/trans type tempo and style. Some extras come in and start to dance as if there is a seedy, Rave environment. FANTASY Come on baby. Don't be shy. We don't bite sugar.
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DESTINY Unless ya into that!(The girls giggle) RALPHIE Sweet! HE becomes seduced by the Inferno muses. Track# 14- PARTY ON (Hip-Hop/R&B Style of The Neptunes) INFERNO GIRLS (SINGS)
CRYSTAL METH, QUAALUDES, CHARDONNAY HENNESSY, CHINA BLUE, PERRIER COCAINE, OXYGEN, PCP ATIVAN, PERCODAN, LONG ISLAND ICE TEA.
BIG LOUIE (SINGS)
DOM PERRION, COURVOISIER______, GHB HEROIN, VICODIN AND ECSTASY PROZAC, Z-PAK, HEINKEN BEER HYPNOTIC, ABSOLUT, IT'S ALL HERE INFERNO GIRLS LET US EASE YOUR MIND LET US TAKE CONTROL FEEL THAT FUNKY BASS LET IT FILL YOUR SOUL DON'T WORRY ABOUT A THANG BIG LOUIE
Hear them divas sing. INFERNO GIRLS
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WE'RE CLUBBIN' TIL' DAWN GET YOUR PARTY ON THE CHRYSTAL IS CHILLIN' NO ONE HERE IS ILLIN' YOU"RE OUR SPECIAL VIP THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE YOU'RE AT CLUB INFERNO BIG LOUIE
WE KEEPS IT ON THE DOWN LOW INFERNO GIRLS(SINGS)
CRYSTAL METH, QUAALUDES, CHARDONNAY HENNESSY, CHINA BLUE, PERRIER COCAINE, OXYGEN, PCP ATIVAN, PERCODAN, LONG ISLAND ICE TEA. BIG LOUIE
DOM PERRION, COURVOISIER______, GHB HEROIN, VICODIN AND ECSTASY PROZAC, Z-PAK, HEINKEN BEER HYPNOTIC, ABSOLUT, IT'S ALL HERE
THEY start to dance uptempo. Continue to move towards RALPHIE ECSTASY gives HIM a lap dance.
RALPHIE
This is so freakin' sweet.
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DESTINY THE MUSIC WON'T STOP FROM THE CLASH TO HIP HOP YOU'LL FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR FREE DRINKS FROM THE BAR BIG LOUIE LIGHT IT UP SMOKE YOUR POT DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT WE'RE CLUBBIN' TIL DAWN GET YOUR PARTY ON.
INFERNO GIRLS(SINGS) FEED YOUR HEADS NO SIGN OF THE FEDS IT'S AN ALL NIGHT RAVE LET'S MISBEHAVE
FANTASY(SINGS) FEEL THAT OLD SCHOOL FUNK IT'S ABOUT TO GET CRUNK
INFERNO GIRLS WE"RE CLUBBIN' TIL' DAWN GET YOUR PARTY ON DANCE BREAK
THEY start dancing. Then the music reaches a crescendo. CRYSTAL METH, QUAALUDES, CHARDONNAY HENNESSY, CHINA BLUE, PERRIER
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COCAINE, OXYGEN, PCP ATIVAN, PERCODAN, LONG ISLAND ICE TEA. BIG LOUIE DOM PERRION, COURVEUSIER, GHB HEROIN, VICODIN AND ECSTASY PROZAC, Z-PAK, HEINKEN BEER HYPNOTIC, ABSOLUT, IT'S ALL HERE HYDE What the hell are ya doin' up their Ralphie? RALPHIE Having more fun than you.
DJ You're excepting your blackness quite well.(Sarcastic) Brother!(Laughs) RALPHIE
I hate this jungle bunny music! But did you get a look at that ass! Ecstasy starts to shake and giggle her butt. The boys are in disbelief. DJ/HYDE Damn!! RALPHIE (SINGS) THIS PLACE IS SO SICK CHECK ME OUT TRICK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT I'M OUTTA WORK I CAN SPEND ALL NIGHT WATCHING HER TWERK
YOUR SIDE SHOW AIN'T WORTH A BUCKET OF SPIT THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT AND IT'S ABOUT TO GET LIT I HOPE THIS PARTY WILL LAST
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IF IT DON'T YOU CAN KISS MY ASS LET'S PARTY TIL' DAWN GET YOUR PARTY ON COMPANY CRYSTAL METH, QUAALUDES, CHARDONNAY HENNESSY, CHINA BLUE, PERRIER COCAINE, OXYGEN, PCP ATIVAN, PERCODAN, LONG ISLAND ICE TEA. DOM PERRION, COURVEUSIER, GHB HEROIN, VICODIN AND ECSTASY PROZAC, Z-PAK, HEINKEN BEER HYPNOTIC, ABSOLUT, IT'S ALL HERE GET YOUR PARTY ON GET YOUR PARTY ON GET YOUR PARTY ON (Speaks) You know! (End song. Fade to Black) Scene______2: (Now and Zen) PLACE: Inside of Freak Show, Coney Island, New York TIME: Early 21st Century, Present, late Evening Enter the VIOLET LUIZZO wearing a traditional Chinese gown. SHE brings in the next sign for the following act. "NOW and ZEN". SHE exits.
DJ Dude! Ralphie is partying his ass off. And He's partying without us. HYDE Ralphie is a bone head. He's going to get caught.
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DJ I'm not so sure. HYDE Come on DJ! We got to stick together. So what if Ralphie bailed on us. He wasn't a real friend anyway. DJ Yea! This is our weekend. I got your back man. HYDE And you know this! THEY dap each other. MIKEY MIKE clears his throat. MIKEY MIKE Uh, excuse me. Now that we have no more distractions, I would like to begin. But before I go any further, I need to ask a question. Do any of you guys have anymore bombshells you would like to drop before we start? I dunno? You two are lovers? Or your sista is really your mother? DJ Maybe Hyde's sista!
HYDE Quit trippin' man! We're straight! Let's start this thing. MIKEY MIKE Alright now, cus' I'm not puttin' up with that! DJ Today! MIKEY MIKE Ladies and Gentlemen! Children of all ages! We begin Act II with our next group of oddities. They come from the largest continent on the planet. And with Zen-like patience, they are ready to soar like wings to a dragon. They meet on an afterlife dating service. So presenting for your listening pleasure ,Detroit's favorite son, Vincent Chin and the Jewel of Long Island, Mikyoung Kim. The remaining cast members are apart of a Chinese Dragon dance ceremony. Enter Vincent and Mikyoung as they do a Martial arts dance. They bow to each other and then give each other a passionate kiss. (End of Dance)
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DJ Oh gross! Those are the bastards who screwed up the grading curve at community college. No wonder I had to drop out. HYDE You dropped out because you we're high and you couldn't find your classes. DJ Oh yea! HYDE Silly rabbit! VINCENT CHIN Meehow! I bring you great joy, prosperity and hope. MIKYOUNG KIM I bring you love, friendship and faith.
TOGETHER We both want to bring you a little understanding about who we are. HYDE Who you are? I'll tell you who you are. You freakin' gooks are responsible for the USA offshorin' my father's ship building plant to Shanghai. A lot of folks I know lost their jobs man. That's why my folks are on food stamps. DJ Who you are? You are those super brainy exchange students whose only reason why ya there is that ya took all the good scholarships away from the poor white trash. Ya sit all day at the library? You live in those places man! VINCENT CHIN Uh, excuse me. But unlike you who I assumed spent quality time at the Frat House, drinking all day, skipping class, and depend solely on your rich daddy's tuition to maintain your fake mack daddy lifestyle in the dorm room named after great-grand daddy. We gooks worked hard, studied on weekends, dateless by the way, just so that we can increase our GPA's, and graduate on time with honors so that we can get the better jobs first and be your bosses in 10 years! MIKEY MIKE Burn!!! MIKYOUNG KIM Vincent, come on. Let's be fair. These boys came here on their own accord just to see us.
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VINCENT CHIN Mikyoung, what do you know about fair? In '82, I was just walking down the street after my best friend's bachelor party then all of the sudden, I was beaten to death by two drunken bigots. Bigots like them.
MIKYOUNG KIM You don't think I know anything about suffering? I was on my way to work and I took the Long Island train into Manhattan. This Crazy Jamaican came into my car and opened fire on any passenger that was white. He shot me. I'm not white. What did I ever do to him? MIKEY MIKE Hold on y'all! We need to get perspective on this whole thing. What you should really be mad about is that the US outsourced our jobs due to NAFTA and TPP policies. It's not the Asian people per say. HYDE Look into my eyes. Do you think I give a damn about that? Crooked Trade Policies from Crooked Politicians don't change the fact that I'm being cheated out of better scholarships from these rice eaters. VINCENT CHIN You make me sick ya know that? HYDE Screw you man!
VINCENT CHIN No screw you! MIKEY MIKE Vinnie baby! You're blowing ya bonus man! You're blowing it!
Hyde starts to get up off the bleachers. Vincent is in a Kung-Fu stance. DJ Hold it man? He might know Martial arts.
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VINCENT CHIN Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Wanna give me a try? HYDE He got his ass beat to death. He's no Bruce Lee. MIKYOUNG KIM Vincent, please. We're losing focus. We're here to teach these boys something. Something that could change their hearts! (Begin underscore of "Asian") VINCENT CHIN They can start by changing their underwear. HYDE That's it. I'm gonna jump ya man! DJ Chill out! He's just an uptight oriental. VINCENT CHIN What did you say? What did you call me? An Oriental? MIKYOUNG KIM Vincent no! VINCENT CHIN Forget it Mikyoung! Track #15- ASIAN ( J-POP/ Techno Style) YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT GETS MY GOAT SOME FOLKS THINK WE'VE JUST CAME OFF THE BOAT WE'RE MORE THAN IMMIGRANTS WE'RE CITIZENS OF THIS NATION WE'RE ASIANS WITH ATTITUDES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. MIKYOUNG KIM
We are?
DJ You are the strangest Orientals I've ever seen?
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Mikey Mike hits a Gong. Vincent looks at MIKEY MIKE strangely. VINCENT CHIN Really? What's up with the gong man? This ain't Sixteen Candles and I'm not Long Duc Dong. OK! MIKEY MIKE
Sorry! I just got excited their for a moment. VINCENT CHIN
Let me give you the 411! (Sings) I'M NOT AN ORIENTAL I AM ASIAN I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MY PERSUASION IT MAY BE HARD FOR YOU TO AGREE BUT YOU ALL LOOK ALIKE TO ME YOU LOOK AS IF YOU SWALLOWED A BUG AN ASIAN IS PERSON AN ORIENTAL IS A RUG (Speaks) Dumb Ass! MIKYOUNG KIM
Be nice Vincent!
VINCENT CHIN Listen! (Sings)
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MY PARENT'S DON'T OWN A STORE I'M NOT A WIZARD IN MATH I'M PISSED TO THE CORE CAN YA FEEL MY WRATH? NOT ONLY CAN WE DESIGN CARS WE CAN ALSO DRIVE WE CAN BE ELECTED TO OFFICE JUST LIKE YOU, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE I'M NOT AN ORIENTAL I AM ASIAN I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MY PERSUASION IT MAY BE HARD FOR YOU TO AGREE BUT YOU ALL LOOK ALIKE TO ME YOU LOOK AS IF YOU SWALLOWED A BUG AN ASIAN IS PERSON AN ORIENTAL IS A RUG HYDE
Who cares?
MIKYOUNG KIM Wait one damn minute!(Sings) WHEN I'M WALKING DOWN HE STREET DO YOU NOTICE MY ACCENT
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MY DRESS, MY SLANTED EYES WE COULD BE THE NICEST PEOPLE YOU'LL MEET IF YOU BELIEVE THOSE STEREOTYPES ARE FULL OF LIES (DA BOYS start to laugh) VINCENT CHIN
Ya see what I mean Mikyoung! (Sings) WHEN MY ATTACKERS SPOTTED ME THEY ONLY SAW A THREAT THEY WOULDN'T LET ME BE THE RAIN POURED DOWN I WAS SOAKING WET TO THEM I WAS THE ENEMY OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY THEY KNOCKED ME TO MY KNEES THEY ASSUMED I WAS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY BUT I AM CHINESE.
THE ORIENTALS
I'M NOT AN ORIENTAL I AM ASIAN
I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MY PERSUASION IT MAY BE HARD FOR YOU TO AGREE BUT YOU ALL LOOK ALIKE TO ME YOU LOOK AS IF YOU SWALLOWED A BUG
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AN ASIAN IS PERSON AN ORIENTAL IS A RUG MIKEY MIKE
Vinnie! Mikkie! I don't think they're feeling ya! MIKYOUNG KIM
All right let's break this down shall we? (Sings) RED LANTERNS PAGODAS HAIKU TEMPLE HALLS GREAT WALLS LUCY LIU
VINCENT CHIN CHERRY BLOSSOMS BUDDHA KING OF SIAM SAMUARI JACKIE CHAN AND VIETNAM
MIKYOUNG KIM
CHOPSTICKS GHANDI
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MAO TSE TUNG
VINCENT(SPEAKS) HIMALAYAS. Yakuza, and William Hung....( Hyde and DJ interrupts in mid tempo)
HYDE/DJ She bangs, she bangs...... ( Laughs) VINCENT CHIN Don't help! (Continue underscore)
MIKYOUNG KIM (SINGS) KUNG FU ANIME HELLO KITTY HONG KONG SINGAPORE LION CITY
VINCENT(SINGS)
NINTENDO
TOYOTA AND BOMBAY TSUNAMI KAMIKAZE
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AND TAIPEI
THE ORIENTALS GROWTH WOULD MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN THE RING, YAO MING AND JEREMY LIN I'M NOT AN ORIENTAL I AM ASIAN I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MY PERSUASION IT MAY BE HARD FOR YOU TO AGREE BUT YOU ALL LOOK ALIKE TO ME YOU LOOK AS IF YOU SWALLOWED A BUG AN ASIAN IS PERSON AN ORIENTAL IS A RUG
VINCENT CHIN (SINGS)
TO BE ASIAN IN AMERICA YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE CHARLIE CHAN We Come from ...
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MIKYOUNG KIM
KOREA! VINCENT CHIN
CHINA!
THE ORIENTALS VIETNAM AND JAPAN! WE ARE INDIAN, FILIPINO AND POLYNESIAN CAMBODIAN, TAIWANESE, AND INDONESIAN OUR SHADES COME IN COLORS OF PALE, YELLOW AND BROWN THERE IS MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF YOU SO DON'T SCREW US AROUND. I'M NOT AN ORIENTAL I AM ASIAN I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MY PERSUASION IT MAY BE HARD FOR YOU TO AGREE BUT YOU ALL LOOK ALIKE TO ME YOU LOOK AS IF YOU SWALLOWED A BUG AN ASIAN IS PERSON AN ASIAN IS A PERSON
MIKYOUNG KIM ASIAN! ASIAN! ASIAN! WOO WOO YA!
She starts to riff with a soulful, gospel type sound. MIKEY MIKE interrupts. MIKEY MIKE
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Go ahead girl! You got Soul! MIKYOUNG KIM
What do you expect? I'm from Korea!(Beat) Who wrote this crap anyway?
THE ORIENTALS AN ORIENTAL IS A RUG! Wu Tang! They pose in a B-boy stance. (Fade to Black) (Play underscore for next scene) Scene______3: ALL LIVES MATTER RALLY PLACE: Inside of Freak Show, Coney Island, New York TIME: Early 21st Century, Present, late Evening Enter the JAMES BYRD JR. HE brings in the next sign "ALL LIVES MATTER RALLY" to side of the stage. HE shakes His head in embarrassment exits. HYDE Who does that gook think he's talkin' to? MIKEY MIKE Uh, correction? He's not a gook. He's a chink! Don't worry we've got an Asian/redneck dictionary for our departing guests after the show. HYDE Hey! I'm not a redneck! Now Ralphie! He's a grade A bigot! That's something grandmother would think. I'm not a racist! I'm judgmental! That's the difference.
MIKEY MIKE Oh I most definitely see that. You're love for all things Asian is evident! Have you learned anything about what is going on in this show?
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HYDE Yea, I learned that folks of color got a raw deal but what does that have to do with me? My family's ancestors didn't own any slaves. They never discriminated against anyone. Hey I see it everyday on TV. All those Black Lives Matters cats protesting. I get it. It kinda sucks to be black. But look around jack! It's tough all around. All lives really matter. MIKEY MIKE But that doesn't mean that you have not taken advantage of your white privilege or that you culturally appropriated black culture as if it's a trendy piece of clothing when it's convenient for you. Of course All Lives Matter. But black lives matter too. Begin the underscore of LIBERAL HYDE You're about to piss me off. You don't know anything about me. I'm not some right wingnut Nazi! Oh no! I'm a dying breed. Track#16-LIBERAL (R&B/POP) EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE BOY MY FATHER TOLD ME I WAS HIS PRIDE AND JOY HE SAID ONE DAY THAT WHEN YOU BECOME A MAN THERE IS ONE THING YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE DESERVES A FAIR SHAKE INSTEAD OF BILLIONAIRES GETTING A TAX BREAK HE WAS A LIBERAL MY FATHER WAS A LIBERAL AND AS A LIBERAL HE CARED ABOUT THE LITTLE GUY HE WAS A LIBERAL MY FATHER WAS A LIBERAL HE BELIEVED THAT REAGANOMICS WAS A LIE
WE SUPPORT EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORTH WE BELIEVE THAT LIFE BEGINS AFTER BIRTH WE SUPPORT GREENPEACE, BIG GOVERNMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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HYDE CONT'D
MY CONSERVATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD THINKS MY FOLKS ARE STRANGE THEY WERE LIBERAL THEY WERE LIBERAL AND AS A LIBERAL THEY CARED ABOUT THE LITTLE GUY THEY WERE LIBERAL THEY WERE LIBERAL WE BELIEVE THAT REAGANOMICS WAS A LIE BEING LIBERAL IS A DYING BREED. SOME CALL US ELITIST'S WHO CAN READ THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH GOING GREEN BUT THOSE RIGHT WINGERS CAN BE SO MEAN CALLING US PINKO LOVING SOCIALISTS IT MAKES ME WANT TO RAISE MY FISTS I'M A LIBERAL I'M A LIBERAL AND AS A LIBERAL I CARE ABOUT THE LITTLE GUY I AM LIBERAL I AM LIBERAL I BELIEVE THAT REAGANOMICS WAS A LIE I'M SO PROUD OF MY FOLKS FOR RAISING ME THIS WAY
I'M NOT EMBARRASSED BY WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY I'M SO GLAD THAT I FINALLY CAME TO THE LIGHT I WILL NEVER BACK DOWN OR GIVE UP THE FIGHT BECAUSE
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I AM A LIBERAL I AM A LIBERAL AND AS A LIBERAL I CARE ABOUT THE LITTLE GUY I AM A LIBERAL I AM A LIBERAL I BELIEVE THAT REAGANOMICS WAS A LIE MIKEY MIKE
OK! So you're a liberal bigot! HYDE Whatever man! When are we going to wrap this up man? MIKEY MIKE
Just chill! We're almost done. (Clears his throat) Grabs the microphone) Right now. I would like to bring up to the stage. Some oddities that are a little close to your heart. That's right, I'm talking about the Crackers! DJ Watch it man! Don't you be callin' us any racial slurs! MIKEY MIKE (Stares) Why ain't that the bread roll calling the wonder bread white? Just an hour ago, you we're happy to hear and express your own words of epitaphs to my other freaks but not your own. Hey, we're an equal opportunity offender. Get over it! ( Clears his throat) We wanted to bring these freaks out towards the end. Because let's face it, if minorities had to wait longer just to get that piece the pie. Y'all can wait too. Enter VIOLET LUIZZO, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER AND AMY LOCIERO. THEY are holding protest signs with ALL LIVES MATTER or WE COUNT TOO. Umm, What are y'all doing? ANDREW GOODMAN What do you think we're doing? We're protesting.
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MIKEY MIKE
And why are you doing that? Don't you know that we got a show to do? YANKEL ROSENBAUM
Listen mate! We're not going to perform any further until you realize that ALL LIVES MATTER. MIKEY MIKE Uh, Yankel! We already know that! But I think what's going on with the people of color in this country right now is a little more significant so please I need you to....(THEY chant ALL LIVES MATTERS four times) Oh give me break! HYDE Dost my eyes deceive me but I see a labor dispute going on! MIKEY MIKE I got this! Now listen family. We're here to help the folks out there to learn erase hate in this country and bring reconciliation to everybody. AMY LOCIERO We know that but we have to acknowledge the fact that minorities are not the only folks who were killed because of the color of their skin. White folks lost their lives too. MIKEY MIKE I know that! That's why I hired you.
VIOLET LUIZZO Do you really? Begin Underscore for THE CAUSE I saw the brutality of young black people being beaten in Selma on television. I couldn't stand their and watch this happen. I left my husband and my children behind in Detroit because I wanted to make a difference. That's why I went. Track #17- THE CAUSE (Piano Rock)
A PERSON CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH IT TAKES REAL COURAGE FOR SUCH TIMES LIKE THESE WE JUST CAN'T SIT DOWN. WE JUST CAN'T SIT DOWN.
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WE SIMPLY CAN'T SIT DOWN WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE FREE TO HAVE LIFE, HAPPINESS AND LIBERTY I WILL FIGHT FOR THE CAUSE NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES I'VE COUNTED THE COST AND RAISED THE STAKES
MICHAEL SHWERNER
Me too! I saw how cruel Jim Crow has been treating the black man and that's why Andrew and I went to Mississippi. Because everyone's vote should count for something. ANDREW GOODMAN Every vote should count. MICHAEL SHWERNER EVERYONE DESERVES THE RIGHT TO VOTE IT'S A HEAVY BURDEN WE ALL HAVE TO TOTE ANDREW GOODMAN TO DENY THEM IS WRONG JUST WRONG IT'S JUST PLAIN WRONG. CAN'T YOU HEAR OUR FREEDOM'S SONG
ANDREW GOODMAN/MICHAEL SCHWERNER WE ARE WILLING TO RISK OUR LIFE
SO WE CAN END RACIAL STRIFE WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE FREE TO HAVE LIFE, HAPPINESS AND LIBERTY
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I WILL FIGHT FOR THE CAUSE NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES I'VE COUNTED THE COST AND RAISED THE STAKES
YANKEL ROSENBAUM I could have went to any Jewish seminary school in the America. But I decided to go to Crown Heights. A neighborhood of poor Jews and Black People. People need to hear the word of God. I wanted to make a difference too. I ANSWERED GOD'S MISSION TO STUDY HIS TALMUD I ANSWERED THE CALL I ENROLLED IN THE FALL IF I DIDN'T DO IT, SOMEONE ELSE WOULD GOD IS ON MY SIDE GOD IS ON MY SIDE I'M ALWAYS ON GOD'S SIDE I HAVE COURAGE AND I'M NOT GONNA HIDE THE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR GOD'S TRUTH
FROM THE BOOKS OF GENESIS TO RUTH COMPANY WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE FREE TO HAVE LIFE, HAPPINESS AND LIBERTY
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I WILL FIGHT FOR THE CAUSE NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES I'VE COUNTED THE COST AND RAISED THE STAKES
THE CRACKERS
WE LOST OUR LIVES BUT WE MADE THE DIFFERENCE WE BROKE DOWN THE DOOR AND OPENED THE FENCE IF I COULD DO IT OVER AGAIN I'D WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN LET LIBERTY REIGN AND FREEDOM RING WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE FREE TO HAVE LIFE, HAPPINESS AND LIBERTY I WILL FIGHT FOR THE CAUSE NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES I'VE COUNTED THE COST AND RAISED THE STAKES MIKEY MIKE
Thank you for sharing your point of view with me family. Give me love. (THE CRACKERS embrace each other)
HYDE Oh give me a break! I ain't got time for no fairy tale endings.
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I'm so sorry that you don't get. I really am. SO DJ are you still with us. Do you agree with your friend? DJ Well I don't know. I...(HYDE stares at HIM)
HYDE We are Da Boys of Coney Island. Nothing's gonna stand in our way. DJ That ain't got nothing to do with me. I kinda understand. Maybe. I don't know. I don't care. MIKEY MIKE DJ! For once, can you at lest make a stand or have an opinion for yourself? DJ Well? I.. HYDE You don't have to answer a god damn thing DJ. I'm not feeling this hug fest right now. You guys were at each other's throats and now your lovey dovey with each other. Corny! MIKEY MIKE And you have a problem with that? HYDE It's not that simple! It's not easy to forgive folks who hurt you. Hey I know you're still in character and you think that you are real but in the real world, I would find it difficult to forgive somebody who would kill you just because of your skin color or whether you are a Jew or Gentile. It's not that easy. MIKEY MIKE In your own strength no. But it takes faith and courage to forgive someone. (AMY LOCIERO interrupts) AMY LOCIERO Uh, Mr. Mike! May I say something? ( Begin underscore to A Woman's Heart) Hyde. I know it's not easy to hear this. Believe me, I couldn't explain it if I tried. I was angry that I would have to die and leave my love ones behind. I realized that it was God's will that my life would be cut short so that others will learn about me. So that one day;
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MIKYOUNG KIM We're the victims of Calvin Ferguson. We and about 19 people were shot by him on December 7, 1993. He killed eight people that day. Including 5 men and 3 women. I had to forgive him in order for me to move on. VIOLET LUIZZO In March of 1965, I was driving late night driving near Selma, Alabama bringing two young black youth home from a Civil Rights March. A White Man in a pickup truck chased me off the road and opened fired on my car. He shot me in the head and I died instantly. I hated the fact that I'll never see my husband again. Or see my children grow up. I had so much to teach them about loving your fellow man.But I had to forgive him in order for me to die in peace. AMY LOCIERO I had to forgive my killer not because he was black, or that he targeted white people or even the fact that I was a shot because I'm a widow. I forgave him because he was lost. He had no hope. Nothing is more powerful than a heart that forgives. (Sings) TRACK #18- A WOMAN'S HEART OOOOh. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE REALLY IN LOVE HAVE YOU EVER FELT BLESSED FROM HEAVEN ABOUT OOOH I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD I EVER LOVE AGAIN BUT WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR HEART GOD'S JOY FILLS IN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A WOMAN'S HEART IF THAT HEART CAN'T FORGIVE,
YOUR SOUL TEARS ITSELF APART THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS ONLY COMES FROM ABOVE LET LOVE TAKE CONTROL BY EXPRESSING YOUR LOVE.
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Enter Vincent as he comes to Mikyoung as he embraces her MIKYOUNG KIM OOOOh. HAVE YOU EVER LOST SOMEONE THOUGHT YOU NEVER FIND YOUR WAY WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THE CORNER SOMEONE COMES AND MAKES OUR DAY (Vincent gives her a rose. They embrace each other.) OOOOh. If IF YOU ONLY KNEW WHAT IF FEELS LIKE TO HAVE UNCOMPROMISING BLISS. IT'S LIKE THE LORD APPEARS TO EMBRACE YOU WITH A KISS (THEY kiss. HE exits) WOMEN YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT"S LIKE TO HAVE A WOMAN'S HEART BUT IF THAT HEART CAN'T FORGIVE THE SOUL TEARS APART THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS ONLY COMES FROM ABOVE LET LOVE TAKE CONTROL BY EXPRESSING HIS LOVE
VIOLET LUIZZO OOOOh. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE ALL ALONE AND NOBODY UP THERE LOVES YOU
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WELL, THAT'S A LIE MY WORD IS TRUE OOOH. JUST OPEN YOUR HEART AND LET LOVE COME IN NOBODY LOSES ANYONE CAN WIN
WOMEN YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A WOMAN'S HEART BUT IF THAT HEART CAN'T FORGIVE THE SOUL TEARS APART THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS ONLY COMES FROM ABOVE LET LOVE TAKE CONTROL BY EXPRESSING HIS LOVE AMY LOCIERO YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT"S LIKE TO HAVE A WOMAN'S HEART BUT IF THAT HEART CAN'T FORGIVE THE SOUL TEARS APART THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS ONLY COMES FROM ABOVE LET THE LOVE TAKE CONTROL
MIKYOUNG KIM
TAKE CONTROL. VIOLET LUIZZO TAKE CONTROL.
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AMY LOCIERO
TAKE CONTROL. WOMEN BY EXPRESSING YOUR LOVE. AMY LOCIERO
All things work together if you have forgiveness in your heart. HYDE Give me a break! AMY LOCIERO
I'm serious. I was fortunate in life to be an organ donor. After my demise, I gave my heart to a local Long Island woman named Theresa Caravella. She is alive up in her seventies. As I said, All things work together. HYDE Bull shit! AMY LOCIERO How can you say that to me? Who do you think you are? The WOMEN start to yell at HYDE. DJ Hey c'mon Hyde! That wasn't nice dude! HYDE Life ain't nice you moron! Think man! VINCENT CHIN
Hey! HYDE Oh, will ya look at this! The yellow scare! VINCENT CHIN
I think you better apologize. DJ That's a good idea, Hyde!
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HYDE Hey, I got a better idea. Let's not!! VINCENT starts to push HYDE. HE fights back. BIG LOUIE pulls HYDE back and MIKEY MIKE pulls VINCENT back. Enter BLACK COYOTE, JAMES BYRD JR. Jame Byrd, ANDY GOODMAN. Mikyoung is in tears. Enter RALPHIE as he is up above the rafters of the Club Inferno with his beer in hand. Laughs softly. VINCENT CHIN Why did you do that? HYDE The spirits told me too stupid! VINCENT CHIN Those aren't spirits. That's you breaking wind. (They attack each other) MIKYOUNG KIM If you lay one inch on that man, you are no better than him. MIKEY MIKE Listen to her man! VINCENT CHIN You may be better than him, but I'm not! He kicks HYDE in the crotch. He goes down and uses an upper cut to the right fist to knock Vincent down. They are both down wincing in pain. ANDREW GOODMAN
You guys are idiots, you know that. BIG LOUIE
Would they even know?
MIKEY MIKE
Violence doesn't solve anything. This is not the way we use to do things when I was coming up?
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BIG LOUIE
Was that before or after the Stone ages! MIKEY MIKE
Shut up! BLACK COYOTE
What are we going to do Mr. Mike? Begin underscore of "It's your move". MIKEY MIKE
If we had a conflict, we talk it out. BIG LOUIE
Talk is cheap, Einstein! MIKEY MIKE Maybe for our generation, but not this one. I believe ya'll call it battlin'! VINCENT CHIN
Battle? HYDE Battle! (They both laugh) I can smoke this fool out in two minutes.
VINCENT CHIN
I doubt you can even spell the words two minutes. RALPHIE
Hyde! Don't let that Ying-Yang ass wipe jerk you around. MIKEY MIKE Shut up! You're drunk!
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C'mon, you can do it. (Speaks in Cajun accent) JAMES BYRD JR. C'mon Vincent. Kick his monkey ass! BLACK COYOTE When ya done, let me scalp him for old time sake.
Enter MIKEY MIKE comes in with a deadlocked wig reminiscent of the character "Rabbit" from the movie 8 Mile. BIG LOUIE Some business your running.
MIKEY MIKE Silence! Now boys! I want a nice, clean battle. No profanity, no run on sentences, and no stammering. And if anything else, please don't start your rhyme with YO! That's so stereotypical. Word! VINCENT/HYDE
Word! MIKEY MIKE
Hyde! Vincent kicked you in the nuts first. You set if off! . Yo maestro! Start the music! Track #19- "It's your move" (Contemporary Hip-Hop) HYDE (RAPS) YA MESSED WITH THE WRONG MC, CHINA MAN IS GONNA TO CHANGE YA FROM A START INTO A FAN YA CAN'T JUDGE ME
I'M A KING SON YOU AIN'T JACK I'M NUMBER ONE I KNOW YA FRONTIN'
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CUS YA AIN'T GOT THE BREAKS I SEE YA TREMBLIN' I'M A HURRICANE I MAKE THE LEAVES SHAKE YA WISH YA WE'RE LIKE ME BUT YA AIN'T WHITE YA NOT IN CHARGE YA KNOW I'M RIGHT YOU AIN'T JACK HYDE (CONT'D) I GOTS NOTHIN' TO PROVE C'MON CHINA MAN IT'S YOUR MOVE Everyone at the club starts to Laugh and Cheer. RALPHIE & DJ cheer Hyde on. DJ is High Fiving HYDE. RALPHIE Coney Island in da house!
VINCENT CHIN (RAPS)
YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF LEFT WING YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A REDNECK TRICK YOU IN MY HOUSE NOW. I'M DA KING YA CLOSE MINDED THINKING MAKES ME SICK YA THINK YOU BETTER THAN ME CUS' YOUR WHITE YOUR BIGOTRY HAS BLINDED YOUR SIGHT
YA THINK YA HARD AND GOT SOMETHIN' TO PROVE YOU'RE A WANKSTA! IT"S YOU'RE MOVE
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The freaks start to cheer Vincent on.
HYDE (RAPS)
DO YOU THINK I'M SCARED OF YOU. YA THINK I CARE? LOOKIN' LIKE AN ASIAN NIGHTMARE FRONTIN' ON ME LIKE I GOT SOME ISSUES I KNOCK YA OUT UNTIL UNTIL I MAKE YA CRY GOT SOME TISSUES? YA THINK YA HARD AND GOT NOTHING TO PROVE IT'S YOUR MOVE RALPHIE Yea, baby, yea! MIKEY MIKE It ain't over yet!
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VINCENT CHIN So you want to go there huh? Well...( Raps) THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF IT'S ABOUT TO GET CRUNK YOU'VE JUST BEEN SERVED I'M THROWING OUT YA RACIST JUNK YOU'RE DADDY TAUGHT YA WRONG BUT YOUR HEARING THE SAME OLD SONG YOU'RE HYPOCRITICAL FANATICAL YOU NEEDS TO TAKE A SABBATICAL WHITE FOLKS DON'T HAVE REAL AUTHORITY WORD OF STRENGTH FROM THE MODEL MINORITY FOLK NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOIN' ON THAT YA PLAYIN' THIS B-BOY CON YOU TRY TO ACT BLACK BUT YOUR NOTHIN' BUT A POSER YA THINK YOU'RE EMINEM, BUT YOUR REALLY A HOSER IF THE TRUTH IS IN YA YOU GOT NOTHING TO PROVE
PLAYA, IT'S YOUR MOVE
The freaks start to cheer.
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JAMES BYRD JR.
Choir!(Clears his throat) THE FREAKS
Burn!! RALPHIE
You gonna let that gook talk to ya like that?
VINCENT CHIN
I'm not a gook! Redneck! I'm a chink! Vincent and Hyde start to fight. The freaks and Big Louie break up the fight. MIKEY MIKE(RAPS) Yo! SQUASH THIS LET'S NOT FIGHT THERE AIN'T NO WRONG OR RIGHT WE MAY BE DIFFERENT BUT WE'RE A LOT ALIKE WE'RE BOTH TRYING TO LIVE LARGE AND ROCK THE MIKE YOU GOTTA CHANCE TO CHANGE YOU CAN GET BACK YOUR GROVE IT'S WORLD PLAYAS.
IT'S YOUR MOVE (Music continues) ( Speaks) C'mon Y'all!
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MIKYOUNG KIM
Vincent! Do it for me!
VINCENT CHIN
All right! Hey man. We cool? HYDE Cool? ( HE slaps HIS hand away from VINCENT'S) ( Raps) I AIN'T GONNA HEAR ALL THAT MESS I'M NOT CHANGIN' FOR YOU I'M NOT GONNA STRESS I'M ABOUT TO WALK OUT THIS DOOR THIS CHANGES NOTHIN' I'M STILL HARDCORE MY MINDS MADE UP YOU AIN'T NOTHING LIKE ME I"M NO WAYS RELATED TO YOUR FAMILY TREE LET'S NOT FRONT THERE"S NO WAY YOU WON YOU THINK IT'S YOUR MOVE SORRY SON. YOU THINK IT'S YOUR MOVE NAH I'M DONE (End Song) BIG LOUIE
The red carpet awaits you. Meet your Destiny. DESTINY Hey!
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(She waves at Hyde) BIG LOUIE Not you! MIKEY MIKE Don't do it, man! HYDE Nobody calls me a poser! No one! BIG LOUIE Let's get outta this freak farm. Hyde exits and walks into the red carpet into the club. Two for Three! This has not been your day. (He exits with Hyde) MIKEY MIKE The day is not over yet! (Fade to black)
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Scene______4: One America PLACE: Inside of Freak Show, Coney Island, New York TIME: Early 21st Century, Present, late Night The Freaks are gathered around various positions on the stage. DJ is in his bleacher seat, pondering. Da Boys, Hyde and Ralphie, Big Louie and the Inferno Girls are up on the balcony partyin'. Track #20- "One Nation" (Power Ballad) FREAKS (SINGS)
BEYOND BORDERS BEYOND STRAITS BEYOND CITIES BEYOND STATES BEYOND COLORS BEYOND CREEDS BEYOND SACRIFICE BEYOND DEEDS BEYOND POLITICS BEYOND RACES BEYOND RELIGIONS BEYOND FACES
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MIKEY MIKE AND BIG LOUIE (SINGS) BEYOND JOY BEYOND SORROW BEYOND YESTERDAY BEYOND TOMORROW FREAKS (SINGS)
WE ARE ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE FROM ABOVE WE ARE ONE NATION BUILT BY GOD'S LOVE WE ARE ONE NATION FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL WE ARE ONE NATION TOGETHER WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL WE ARE ONE WE ARE ONE WE ARE ONE GENERATION WE ARE ONE NATION
BLACK COYOTE
AS LONG AS THE EAGLE SOARS OVER THE SKY
AND THE WOLF HOWLS AT THE MOON MY SPIRIT WILL SURVIVE AS LONG AS THIS NATION WON'T GIVE UP TOO SOON.
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INFERNO GIRLS AND BIG LOUIE
WE'RE NOT SAINTS IT'S NO SURPRISE BUT WE BELIEVE IN FREE ENTERPRISE RALPHIE/HYDE(SINGS) WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO FIGHT WE'LL DEFEND THAT RIGHT YOU'LL SEE
INFERNO GIRLS AND BIG LOUIE(SINGS)
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM BUT WE STILL BELIEVE IN THE THE AMERICAN DREAM FREAKS BEYOND BORDERS BEYOND STRAITS BEYOND CITIES BEYOND STATES BEYOND COLORS BEYOND CREEDS BEYOND SACRIFICE BEYOND DEEDS BEYOND POLITICS BEYOND RACES BEYOND RELIGIONS
BEYOND FACES RALPHIE/HYDE ROMPER STOMPER!
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BLACK COYOTE MY SPIRIT WILL SURVIVE AS LONG AS THIS NATION WON'T FIVE UP TOO SOON. RALPHIE/HYDE
WE'LL DEFEND OUR RIGHTS YOU'LL SEE FREAKS (SINGS) BEYOND COLORS BEYOND CREEDS INFERNO GIRLS AND BIG LOUIE THINGS AIN'T ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM. FREAKS
BEYOND SACRIFICE BEYOND DEEDS COMPANY
BUT WE STILL BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM WE BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM WE ARE ONE NATION
BLACK COYOTE(SINGS) AS THE EAGLE SOARS FROM THE SKY! COMPANY ONE NATION!
RALPHIE/HYDE(SINGS) WE'LL DEFEND OUR RIGHTS TIL WE DIE
COMPANY (SINGS) ONE NATION MIKEY MIKE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
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COMPANY ONE NATION BLACK COYOTE TOGETHER WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL COMPANY ONE NATION BIG LOUIE WE'RE NOT SAINTS ITS NO SURPRISE COMPANY ONE NATION HYDE/RALPHIE WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ANY MORE LIES COMPANY (SINGS) ONE NATION BIG LOUIE Things aren't always as they seem! COMPANY( SINGS) BUT WE STILL BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM. WE ARE ONE WE ARE ONE WE ARE ONE GENERATION WE ARE ONE NATION (End Song) ( Fade to Black)
Scene______5: PLACE: Inside of Freak Show, Coney Island, New York TIME: Early 21st Century, Present, late Night
Back at the Freak Show.Play music underscore of "Party On". RALPHIE, HYDE, the Inferno Girls and Big Louie are up on the balcony.THEY are frozen in a moment of High
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energy and revelry. DJ is alone and is sitting on the bleacher. HE is picking his nose and scratching HIS head. HE is frozen. (Spotlight on MIKEY MIKE) (HE looks at the audience)
MIKEY MIKE Now you can see the predicament I was in last weekend. Before the end of the Second Act, I had two patrons walk out because of Louie and that infernal club. Look at them !(Points to HYDE and RALPHIE) (They are unfrozen and they're dancing with the Girls) They look like fools up there. And look at DJ (Unfreezes. He is picking his nose.) All right. That's a bad example. But I didn't give up. I decided to give DJ the best grand finale of his life. (Play a drum roll) ( Clears his throat.) Uh, Ladies and Gentleman! The management would like to present our finale for this evening. Our oddity comes to us as the newest member in our cast. He comes from a land of deserts and minarets. Their jobs are as diverse as convenience store clerks to oil executives. But after 9/11, they became the most feared and hated minority in America. They are public enemy number one. Sorry brothers! (Enter YUSSEF HAWKINS offstage) YUSSEF HAWKINS
Welcome to the club! MIKEY MIKE motions YUSSEF HAWKINS to get off stage. MIKEY MIKE Let's give a warm hand to the Rag Heads! Enter ABRAHAM ATTA as he is in traditional Saudi dress. HE pauses and doesn't know what to say. Go ahead, man! ABRAHAM ATTA Hello, my name is Abraham Atta! It's really a pleasure to let me entertain you. (DJ interrupts)
DJ You suck!
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MIKEY MIKE Go on boy! Ya doing great! Hursh now! ABRAHAM ATTA As I was saying! It's difficult to make people believe that I have strong loyalties to my country and not be suspected of being a terrorist. DJ You suck! MIKEY MIKE Don't make me get my gun! Go on! ABRAHAM ATTA It's almost like a juggling act. So right now I would like to juggle for you. DJ I'm having a birthday party disaster flashback! Abraham begins to juggle three balls. In between each ball that he drops. HE apologizes. HE keeps on going. RALPHIE and HYDE are up on the balcony and they are making out with ECSTASY and DESTINY. RALPHIE Hey down there! What are ya doing man? DJ Getting bored what else?
HYDE Yo big money, I'ts about to get live out here! ECSTASY Is that your friend? He's delicious! DESTINY I wish you were here with us. We're dying to meet you. DJ These girls are freaks. HYDE
(Hyde cuts off Ralphie) Don't talk to my baby's mama like that. Destiny, meet our poor little rich boy, DJ.
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DESTINY HI DJ!(She is giggles and is intoxicated. She falls over) HYDE She's a little tispy! Ya Think? RALPHIE Do you care to take part in a joint session? HYDE Finally something we can both agree on! THEY start to pass and smoke a joint. THEY are giggling and are having a good time. DJ I want be a part of a joint session. ABRAHAM ATTA Uh, excuse me? I can't concentrate if you're not going to watch. MIKEY MIKE DJ! You need to pay attention to this you, might learn something! DJ I'm learning that this act sucks and my friends are having more fun than me. ABRAHAM ATTA Hey, Boss he's right. This act needs a new approach. Let me try something more direct. A little history about me! MIKEY MIKE Sounds good! DJ Yeah, whatever! ABRAHAM ATTA Well, young man let me tell ya how I got here. I was walking down the street after I came back from church. DJ You mean the Mosque? ABRAHAM ATTA No church! I'm a Christian. DJ Yeah Right!
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ABRAHAM ATTA I am and please don't interrupt me again. I'm a pastor of an Arab-American Christian Church. It's a store front! I just came from bible study and then all of a sudden, I was being chased by an old mustang! DJ What year was the car? ABRAHAM ATTA
Does it really matter? DJ If ya telling the story , it would. I'm getting bored. ABRAHAM ATTA
All right! It was a blue 67 Mustang. (DJ pauses and thinks) DJ Have we met before? ABRAHAM ATTA Don't know! Can I finish? DJ Sorry. ABRAHAM ATTA Well, this car chased me about half a block until it spun outta control and pinned me to a telephone pole. Splitting me in half. I was gone in 60 seconds. DJ Ouch! ABRAHAM ATTA I was a young man. I left behind a wife and twin daughters, I was content before it was over. DJ Don't you ever ask why?
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ABRAHAM ATTA No, I knew it was God's will. And besides, I will see my family again. You're very lucky. DJ What do you mean? ABRAHAM ATTA From what I heard, you have a rich step-dad and a mother and siblings. You're blessed. DJ Screw Bob! He ain't my real dad! It wasn't even two weeks after my pops was buried in the ground, my ma marries this bastard, sent me prep school and cast me away. They were embarrassed of me. I'm going to show them. When I get into the army, I'm going to be my own man. ABRAHAM ATTA
I'm sorry. I'm.. (DJ pushes Abraham away) DJ I don't need your damn sympathy. Especially from some freakin' Punjab! I can't stand you bastards. My Pops was a firefighter. And on 9/11, he lost his life when the North tower collapsed! ABRAHAM ATTA I'm sorry about your father. But you have to understand that not every Arab American is a terrorist. We are on your side! (Begin the underscore of "Unlearn") DJ Bull Shit! ABRAHAM ATTA It may be hard for you to agree, but you have to decide in your mind to change your attitude to things you can't control. Change your attitude and your heart towards people like me. (Enter the Freaks in various positions)
Track#21-UNLEARN (World Music) DJ How? ( Sings) A LEOPARD CAN'T CHANGE IT'S SPOTS
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A ZEBRA CAN'T CHANGE IT'S STRIPES ABRAHAM ATTA BUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR CAN CHANGE LIKE THE WEATHER FROM CONTENTMENT INTO GRIPES AN OLD DOG CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS YOU CAN HAVE A CLEAN STATE A MAN CAN CHANGE HIS HEART BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
FREAKS YOU MUST UNLEARN WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED UN-THINK THE THINGS YOU'VE THOUGHT CAST YOUR OLD THINKING INTO THE SEAS OF THE PAST RELEARN THOSE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN TAUGHT UNLEARN WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE OR YOUR HATRED WOULD SEAL YOUR FATE ABRAHAM ATTA RACISM IS NOT SOCIAL DISEASE IT'S SIN CONDEMNED BY ANY PREACHER PEOPLE AREN'T BORN RACIST THEY ARE TAUGHT YA LEARNING FROM THE WRONG TEACHER FREAKS YOU MUST UNLEARN WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED UN-THINK THE THINGS YOU'VE THOUGHT
CAST YOUR OLD THINKING INTO THE SEAS OF THE PAST RELEARN THOSE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN TAUGHT UNLEARN WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE OR YOUR HATRED WOULD SEAL YOUR FATE
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UNLEARN ABRAHAM ATTA
THE THINGS YOU'VE THOUGHT FREAKS UNLEARN ABRAHAM ATTA THE PATH THAT CAUSED YOU TO LOSE YOUR WAY. FREAKS UNLEARN ABRAHAM ATTA WHAT FOOLS TAUGHT YA TO SAY.
TOGETHER UNLEARN BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE BEFORE YOUR HATRED WOULD SEAL YOUR FATE UNLEARN UNLEARN (End Song) ( Spotlights on DJ and Abraham.) ABRAHAM ATTA We are all brothers! The bible, the Torah and the Koran all teaches one true thing. We are all created by the image of God. DJ Sorry to change subject but, you look really familiar. ABRAHAM ATTA You're probably thinking that we all look alike. DJ No, I'm serious! ABRAHAM ATTA So am I? DJ is frozen he starts to realize what he and the boys did.
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DJ My brother had a blue 67 mustang! It was you. We killed you! MIKEY MIKE DJ ! Relax man! Just Breathe! Breathe brother! DJ Oh my God! Oh my God! I'm so sorry!(He starts to cry) ABRAHAM ATTA It's OK. It's OK. DJ It's not OK. What the hell is going on? Are ya guys telling me that this is not an act? You're not playing a role? MIKEY MIKE Lights up guys! You can come out everyone. The mist and fog begins to come out of the curtains and the freaks begin to come out of a black wall two by two. Come on! Don't be afraid. DJ Don't tell me not to be afraid. I see dead people! Is this place haunted? Are you a ghost? MIKEY MIKE No I'm very real. And so are these "dead people". ABRAHAM ATTA Listen, we're not here to harm you. We are here to teach you. DJ Why?
ABRAHAM ATTA Cus' your not like the others. You have an open heart. It's not so hard like Hyde's or Ralphie's. MIKEY MIKE You can still change. It's not too late.
DJ Too late? What are you talking about? Too late for what?
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ABRAHAM ATTA After I was killed, I saw myself floating over the accident scene. I saw the car. It was totaled. DJ I know. Me, Hyde and Ralphie left the scene. The cops were chasing us. ABRAHAM ATTA What cops? There were no cops. I only saw three people unconscious in the car. They were smashed up. There was lots of blood. DJ Shut up! ABRAHAM ATTA I don't think they were moving! DJ Shut Up! ABRAHAM ATTA
Nor Breathing! DJ You're lying! Nothing happened to us because I'm here. My friends are here. ABRAHAM But if you're really here , where are your scratches, your bruises. After I was caught up, I saw the EMS vans. I'm sorry. ( DJ starts to break down) DJ It can't be. We can't be gone. Not now! I haven't even started to live. MIKEY MIKE DJ! There's something else. I....( DJ looks up to towards the balcony where Ralphie and Hyde are and they are still making out with Ecstasy and Destiny) DJ Ralphie! Hyde! Oh my God! We're dead! RALPHIE What? Oh my God you're a butthead! HYDE No shit!(Laughs)
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DJ Come on! Why aren't they listening to me? ABRAHAM ATTA Their hearing is as cloudy as their thinking. DJ C'mon Fellas! (Begin underscore for "Is this Heaven") HYDE Baby I'm so into you uh, Debbie, Darlene, uh Damn what's your name ....( Destiny interrupts) DESTINY
Destiny! HYDE Whatever!
RALPHIE You're love is pure ecstasy. Ecstasy! Do you love me? ECSTASY Sure why not! Track #22- Is this Heaven (Pop Ballad) HYDE I MUST BE DREAMIN! THERE IS NO WAY OF ACHIEVIN' THE FEELINGS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWIN' YA GOT A FUNNY WAY OF SHOWIN' IS THIS PLACE IS A DREAM COME TRUE
RALPHIE IT'S JUST SO UNREAL THE KIND OF EMOTIONS I FEEL
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THIS PLACE MUST BE A DREAM THERE'S NO PLACE I WANNA BE THAN THIS STATE OF SERENDIPITY. (Speaks) I don't even know what the hell that means. THERE MUST BE MORE TO THIS PLACE THAN IT SEEMS. HYDE/RALPHIE
THIS MUST BE HEAVEN OR A CLOSE SUBSTITUTE. THIS MUST BE HEAVEN NO DEBATES TO DISPUTE THERE IS NO PLACE I COULD EVER WISH THEE ARE NO RUMORS I COULD DISH TO BE BLESSED WITH EVERYTHING EVERYTHING THAT I GOT IS THIS HEAVEN? MAYBE MAYBE NOT DJ Listen to me! We are dead! RALPHIE You give Head! You HOMO!
DJ Oh man! (Sings)
I'M ALL ALONE IN THIS PLACE WILL I EVER SEE AGAIN MY LOVE ONES FACE?
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MIKEY MIKE
Uh, DJ! DJ THERE IS NO WAY OF TELLING THIS HAZY FEELING IS COMPELLING HAVE I BREATHED MY VERY LAST BREATH? IS THERE TRULY LIFE AFTER DEATH? MIKEY MIKE I need to tell ya something! DA BOYS THIS MUST BE HEAVEN OR A CLOSE SUBSTITUTE. THIS MUST BE HEAVEN NO DEBATES TO DISPUTE THERE IS NO PLACE I COULD EVER WISH THEE ARE NO RUMORS I COULD DISH TO BE BLESSED WITH EVERYTHING EVERYTHING THAT I GOT IS THIS HEAVEN? MAYBE MAYBE NOT RALPHIE/HYDE LET'S NOT WAKE UP LET"S KEEP THIS FANTASY GOING FILL UP OUR CUP THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING
IS THIS REALITY OR IS IT A DREAM THERE MUST BE MORE TO THIS PLACE THAN IT SEEMS.
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DESTINY Boys! The girls would like to change into something a little more comfortable. FANTASY You'll love our outfits. It's a scream! RALPHIE OK!(They give each other a high five) (The girls exits) DA BOYS (SINGS) THIS MUST BE HEAVEN OR A CLOSE SUBSTITUTE. THIS MUST BE HEAVEN NO DEBATES TO DISPUTE THERE IS NO PLACE I COULD EVER WISH THEE ARE NO RUMORS I COULD DISH TO BE BLESSED WITH EVERYTHING EVERYTHING THAT I GOT IS THIS HEAVEN? MAYBE MAYBE NOT HYDE I'm going to tap that ass! DJ THIS MUST BE HEAVEN
ECSTASY (SPEAKS OFF STAGE) Get ready for a surprise boys!( They Holler and Cat Call) DJ THIS MUST BE HEAVEN
RALPHIE This will be a night we'll never forget.
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DJ THIS MUST BE HEAVEN MAYBE MAYBE!
(Enter Big Louie as he bust opens the door.) BIG LOUIE I say not!( End Song) Well, ya told bonehead the big news? ABRAHAM ATTA It's too late Big Louie! Mr. Mike was about to tell DJ that he's not dead yet. DJ I'm not ! Oh thank you! Thank you, God! He starts to act like a he's been slain in the Holy Ghost. ABRAHAM ATTA
But he's not quite alive either. DJ You want to run that by me again? MIKEY MIKE You're in between worlds. When a human being is unconscious during the last stages of earthly breath, he comes to a place of serenity. A peace ya might say. Where a person can make an intelligent decision before he crosses over. BIG LOUIE Don't buy into this crap. You're not dead. This place is as real as me. MIKEY MIKE DJ! We're telling the truth. BIG LOUIE Oh really. So I guess that Abraham told you the complete story of his life huh? ABRAHAM ATTA What are you getting at?
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BIG LOUIE I'm disappointed in you Abraham. You forget to mention somewhere in your bio about.I dunno maybe your cousin. ABRAHAM ATTA Leave my cousin outta this. BIG LOUIE I believe your cousin is responsible for this boy's current state of mind. ABRAHAM ATTA
Shut up! DJ What is going on? And this time please explain it in English! ABRAHAM ATTA All right! My distant cousin was Mohamed Atta. He was an operative for Al-Kaeda and chief architect of the 9/11 attacks. He hijacked American Airlines flight 11 and crashed it into the North Tower of the Trade Center. The north tower that killed your father. BIG LOUIE OOH, that's gotta hurt! ABRAHAM ATTA I'm sorry , I didn't tell you. Please forgive me. DJ Shut up! You are a liar. You're all liars! MIKEY MIKE No DJ No! DJ Shut Up! Everybody Shut Up! BIG LOUIE It's time to go DJ! Come to the Club. Forget about your worries. MIKEY MIKE Don't do it. That's why you're here. You need to have enough strength to forgive. Forgive your step father and mother's neglect. Forgive your self of the guilt of losing your real dad. Forgiving Abraham's family!
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ABRAHAM(CRIES) I'm so sorry DJ that this happened to you. I just want to say..(DJ spits at Abraham) DJ Go to Hell! BIG LOUIE Is that your final answer!( Begin underscore for Garden of Good and Evil) Track#23-Garden of Good and Evil (Pop/Rock) MIKEY MIKE
DJ please! You're making a big mistake.(Sings) DON'T YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE? YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO FAR THERE IS ALMOST OVER YOU'RE AT THE CROSSROADS OF LIFE THE TRUTH CUTS LIKE A KNIFE
THE FREAKS IN THIS PLACE YOU'VE GOT FREE WILL YOU"VE ENTERED INTO THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL THE GARDEN IS A GATEWAY BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL WHERE YOU END UP ONLY TIME WILL TELL IT'S A REFLECTION OF GRACE AND SADNESS OF PEACE AND MADNESS YOU'RE IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL IN THE END
YOU MAY WIN OR LOSE IN THIS PLACE OF FREE WILL YOU MUST CHOOSE.
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DJ Choose? Why? ABRAHAM THERE IS NO TURNING BACK NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO ENTER FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER IN THIS PLACE YOU ONLY HAVE A CHOICE VIOLET LUIZZO/AMY LOCIERO
I MISS MY HUSBAND MICHAEL______SCHWERNER/ABRAHAM ATTA I MISS MY WIFE VIOLET______LUIZZO/ABRAHAM ATTA
I MISS MY CHILDREN
FREAKS(SINGS)
NOW WE ARE FAR FROM STRIFE.
JAMES CHENEY/JOSE CAMPOS TORRES
I MISS MY FATHER
EMITT TILL/YUSSEF HAWKINS
I MISS MY MOTHER!
DJ I ALREADY MISS MY SIBLINGS IT'S A SHAME WE CAN NO LOVER SEE EACH OTHER
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FREAKS(SINGS) WE MISSED BEING A FAMILY. AMY LOCIERO
I miss my pets. YUSEF HAWKINS THE NY JETS! ANDREW GOODMAN
Pretty Girls!
VINCENT CHIN
My nieces' curls! THE FREAKS( SINGS) WE'RE FILLED WITH JOY AND SORROW THERE IS NO YESTERDAY, TODAY OR TOMORROW IN THIS PLACE YOU STILL HAVE FREE WILL YOU'RE IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL THE GARDEN IS A GATEWAY BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL WHERE YOU END UP ONLY TIME WILL TELL IT'S A REFLECTION OF GRACE AND SADNESS OF PEACE AND MADNESS YOU'RE IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL IN THE END, YOU MAY WIN OR LOSE IN THIS PLACE OF FREE WILL YOU MUST CHOOSE.
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MIKEY MIKE Well what's it going to be? You're so fortunate to make a choice. You can choose to go with Big Louie or you have the opportunity to have forgiveness in your heart. BIG LOUIE Don't fall for that crap! The damage is done. Nothing can heal your pain better than a tall cool one. The Inferno Girls come back with their S& M masks and whips. RALPHIE Oh these girls are kinky! HYDE I really must be in heaven. MIKEY MIKE Two Thousand years ago, Jesus came into this world to be a living sacrifice for our sins. His death on the cross was his way of forgiving us all for the bad things we've done. BIG LOUIE Nonsense! DESTINY Are ya ready for some fun? HYDE I think I'm going to cry. MIKEY MIKE I'm not here to preach. Just know that you have a choice to make. And it's all up to you. BIG LOUIE Nonsense! RALPHIE We'll have more fun if you take off those masks. FANTASY But we just made our faces? DJ pauses and then exits with Big Louie. Continue the underscore of Garden of Good and Evil.
BIG LOUIE This is ridiculous. We're going now. (Grabs DJ by the hand and pulls HIM away from the Freaks)
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DJ__ Where are you taking me Mr. Cy Fair? (THEY exit out of the freak show) BIG LOUIE You don't need them. I'll give ya anything you want. But please. Don't call me Mr. Cy Fair. Louie is fine. DJ OK Louie! RALPHIE I want to see your face right now! DESTINY OK, if you insist!
DJ Louie Cy Fair. That's odd! BIG LOUIE Ya know what's even more odd? If you say my name fast three times. DJ starts to say Louie's name fast in his head. Then lights fade up to Inferno Girls look at Hyde and Ralphie. ECSTASY All right boys! Wait till you get a load of this! The Inferno girls remove THEIR masks. DJ (In Horror) Lucifer! The INFERNO GIRLS have the heads of ugly demons. The boys scream and they begin to attack and take Hyde and Ralphie down into a steamy pit. BIG LOUIE Free Will's a bitch ain't it!
He laughs. As well as the Inferno Demons.
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FADE DOWN LIGHTS
Scene______6: PLACE: Club Inferno red carpet entrance, Coney Island, New York TIME: Early 21st Century, Present, Late Evening BIG LOUIE is grabbing DJ closer towards the entrance of his club. Track#24-Angry White Men (Glam Rock) BIG LOUIE I got something to show you. STEP RIGHT UP THERE'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW THE SHOW'S ABOUT TO BEGIN WELCOME TO THE FREAK SHOW COME ON IN WHAT WONDERS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT FOR ALL ETERNITY I DON'T THINK I REMEMBER WHEN I'VE SEEN AN UGLIER DISPLAY OF ANGRY WHITE MEN HATRED BUILT UP THEIR FACTIONS THEY'RE THE VICTIMS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
YOU MAY NEVER SEE THEIR LIKES AGAIN SAY HELLO TO THE ANGRY WHITE MEN
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DJ sees RALPHIE being whipped by the INFERNO GIRLS. HE is screaming for DJ while wincing in pain.
DJ Ralphie! What have you done with him? BIG LOUIE THIS FREAK THINKS HE'S A PART OF THE MASTER RACE BUT HE'S REALLY HITLER'S DISGRACE A MAN WHO CAN'T DEAL WITH HIS MULTICULTURALISM HE WALLOWS IN PITY AND BITTER RACISM RALPHIE DJ! Help me please! BIG LOUIE I DON'T THINK I REMEMBERED WHEN I'VE SEEN AN UGLIER DISPLAY OF ANGRY WHITE MEN HATRED BUILT UP THEIR FACTIONS THEY ARE THE VICTIMS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION YOU MAY NEVER SEE THEIR LIKES AGAIN SAY HELLO TO THE ANGRY WHITE MEN HYDE is also in the same torment and sees DJ HYDE Please DJ! Help us!
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BIG LOUIE THIS FREAK HIDES HIS BIGOTRY LIKE A CLOWN PRETENDING THAT HE'S SOME HOW DOWN A MIND FILLED WITH LIBERAL SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS IT TRULY IS A HOT GHETTO MESS HIS EGO'S GOTTEN BIGGA BUT DEEP DOWN HE'S JUST PLAYED OUT WIGGA WHAT STRANGE ODDITIES IN LIVING COLOR THE DOMINANT RACE SUCH PROFITABLE COMMODITIES ALL IN ONE PLACE BUT THE GREAT FINALE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN THEIR FATES ARE SEALED BECAUSE OF SIN THEIR CARDS HAVE BEEN DEALT THAT'S THE REAL THEIR HATRED HAS TURNED THEM INTO A DEMON'S MEAL Soups on! THE INFERNO GIRLS grabs RALPHIE and HYDE down into a pit were they are slowly being devoured. Now that's a spicy meatball. DJ No! Please I don't want to be eaten. Please God no!
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BIG LOUIE God ain't got nothing to do with this. I got plans for you. YOU'LL BE MY STAR ATTRACTION AND YOU'RE THE BIGGEST FOOL OF ALL YOU FOLLOW THE CROWD AND YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE THE FALL DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT SILENCE CAN KILL I GUESS THAT'S THE PRICE FOR FREE WILL I DON'T THINK I REMEMBERED WHEN I'VE SEEN AN UGLIER DISPLAY OF ANGRY WHITE MEN HATRED BUILT UP THEIR FACTIONS THEY ARE THE VICTIMS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION YOU MAY NEVER SEE THEIR LIKES AGAIN. SAY GOOD BYE SAY GOOD BYE SAY GOOD BYE TO THE ANGRY WHITE MEN Let's go DJ__ Please Mr. Cyfair! This can't be it! I can't go to Hell! BIG LOUIE Listen! I know it's all disconcerting to take at once. But, I'll make the transition easy for you. I like ya kid! DJ You do! BIG LOUIE Sure thing kid! Yea! The beer is on me. All you have to do is walk across that red carpet and your home.
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DJ I don't know. BIG LOUIE Look man! I don't have a lot time right now. I need you to step right up! DJ is being distracted by the voices of two surgeons. Play voice over of two surgeons. Play Sound FX of EKG machine playing.
SURGEON ONE Atropine! Lactated Ringers! Epi-pen! Where's my Epipen? SURGEON TWO Everyone Clear! (Play FX of EKG Machine) OK! Give him 100 volts. SURGEON ONE OK Step back everyone! SURGEON TWO Clear! (Play FX machine of EKG) BIG LOUIE It's simple. You just put one foot in front of the other. C'mon,lets go. DJ starts to walk towards the entrance then HE stops when HE hears the SURGEONS SURGEON ONE
Nothing! SURGEON______TWO Come on DJ don't give up now. I need 150 Volts. SURGEON ONE Stand back everyone.
SURGEON TWO Clear!
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BIG LOUIE I'm getting tired of this. For once in your life can you make a decision for yourself! Huh! DJ Free will! I got free will. That means! I never truly decided I wanted to go with you. You just dragged me out of there. I never said I really wanted to go with you. I was just following the crowd. Not any more. No! I'm going with you. BIG LOUIE
What did you say? DJ I'm not going! BIG LOUIE We'll see about this. Get over here. HE start to force DJ to cross over towards the red carpet. Enter MIKEY MIKE in full Angel Costume. HE is wearing armor and is carrying a sword. The sideshow next door starts to smoke like angelic clouds. MIKEY MIKE
Don't you dare! DJ Mikey Mike? MIKEY MIKE
The name is Michael!
BIG LOUIE
No! He walked out under his own accord. He belongs to me. MIKEY MIKE That's not what I see. His Soul is not yours it belongs to God! Release him.
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BIG LOUIE
No! MIKEY MIKE
This boy's been covered with prayers from his love ones. Listen! Enter DJ'S MOM, OLDER BROTHER & STEPBOB DJ'S MOM Please Lord! Don't let him die. DJ Mom! It's me! Can you hear me? OLDER BROTHER I don't care about the car. Please come back to us. DJ That's my older brother. STEPBOB I'm sorry that we never got off on a good foot. Please forgive me! DJ I'm sorry too but I can't see you. MIKEY MIKE It's over! BIG LOUIE No! No! You think this is over? It's not. Hey man! Let's make a deal. I'll do anything for you.I can give you anything you want. DJ Anything? Well, there is just one thing you can do for me. BIG LOUIE
You got it!
DJ Go to Hell. BIG LOUIE screams and exits into his club. The club starts to smoke
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and the embers start to burn brighter. SURGEON ONE
We got a pulse. SURGEON TWO
OK Bag him! Take him to ICU! DJ What's going on? MIKEY MIKE It's time to go home. DJ__ Home? No Wait! Please don't leave me.
MIKEY MIKE Leave you? I'll always be here. But right now, it's not your time yet! DJ What are you saying? MIKEY MIKE It's time to go! Your love ones are waiting for you. He exits. Track#24-Back to Before (Power Ballad/ Gospel) DJ Lord I'm so sorry! I know I hurt a lot of people. I was wrong. Please forgive me. Help me! Help Me! HOW DID LIFE GET SO HARD HOW DID THINGS GET SO COMPLICATED I'VE BEEN THROWING DOWN THE WRONG CARD
MY HEAD FEELS SO DISCOMBOBULATED I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WAYS THINGS WERE BEFORE I WANT TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN BE YOUNG ONCE MORE
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I WANT NEW RELATIONSHIPS WORTH FIGHTING FOR I'M NEVER GOING BACK. GOING BACK BACK TO BEFORE. MY NIGHTMARE HAS FINALLY WENT AWAY NEVER AGAIN WILL I TAKE THE WRONG TURN JESUS WASHED AWAY MY SINS SO I DON'T HAVE TO PAY. IF YOU DANCE WITH THE DEVIL YOU'RE GONNA BURN Enter all of the Freaks. As they are like a heavenly host singing and praising God.
COMPANY (SINGS) I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WAYS THINGS WERE BEFORE I WANT TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN BE YOUNG ONCE MORE I WANT NEW RELATIONSHIPS WORTH FIGHTING FOR I'M NEVER GOING BACK. GOING BACK BACK TO BEFORE. DJ I WILL LOVE ALL OF GOD'S PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF RACE IGNORANCE AND FEAR HAD VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE BEAUTY OF FORGIVENESS MUST COME FROM WITHIN I'M PROUD OF MY AMERICAN SKIN
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I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WAYS THINGS WERE BEFORE I WANT TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN BE YOUNG ONCE MORE I WANT A NEW FRIENDSHIP WORTH FIGHTING FOR I'M NEVER GOING BACK. GOING BACK BACK TO BEFORE. DJ walks through a bright lit door and closes it. Enter ABRAHAM ATTA
Enter MIKEY MIKE dressed in his ringmaster outfit. MIKEY MIKE Abraham and Mikyoung! Front and center. ABRAHAM ATTA/MIKYOUNG KIM Yes sir! MIKEY MIKE You two went above and beyond the call of duty by reaching out to DJ tonight. And because of that. The Bonus Prize is given to both of you. The FREAKS start to applaud and THEY come over to congratulate THEM EMITT TILL Congrats you two! MIKEY MIKE Abraham! Because you kept your cool throughout the night. I'm giving you this. MIKEY MIKE pulls out of his murse a vintage VIEW-MASTER ANDREW GOODMAN
A View Master? JOSE DIAZ I thought it would be some bread ese!
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MIKEY MIKE
Take a look. EVERYONE gathers around ABRAHAM as HE is looking at the VIEW-MASTER ABRAHAM ATTA
Hey that's my house. We get to keep the house. That's my wife. She has a new husband. She didn't take that long. JAMES CHENEY
It's death do us part man.
ABRAHAM ATTA
My little Yasmin is all grown up. She's married. To a White boy? MICHAEL SHWERNER Hey? What can you do! ABRAHAM ATTA They look so happy. They're going to be alright! This is the best bonus I ever got. Thank you sir. MIKYOUNG KIM That is wonderful Abraham. I'm happy for you. MIKEY MIKE Mikyoung! I thought about it long and hard. But I feel that you are ready. I want you to be my Emcee Apprentice. MIKYOUNG KIM Me?
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MIKEY MIKE You earned it! MIKYOUNG KIM Thank you! What do I have to do? MIKEY MIKE Well, our cast of players have expanded and we need to give our latest performers a warm welcome into our show. Can you do that for me? MIKYOUNG KIM Of course! MIKEY MIKE Here's the script. OK! I know it will take a while to go over it but the names are not difficult to recite and ,... MIKYOUNG KIM
Got it! MIKEY MIKE Oh your good! Go ahead girl do your thing! MIKYOUNG KIM Step right up folks! The Great American Side Show is about to begin. Come see the freaks. We have a cast of hundreds. Our star attractions include. Amadou Diallo. Trayvon Martin. Michael Brown. Eric Gardner. Tamir Rice. Sandra Bland. Alton Sterling, The Charleston Nine..... SHE continues reading the list of people in recent news that has been murdered because of their skin color. The rest of the Freaks gather around. Play Track#25- AMERICAN SKIN REPRISE (R&B/ POP) MIKEY MIKE AND THE FREAKS
WE'RE A TAPESTRY OF AMERICA
COLORS THAT BLEND AND STAND OUT DIVERSITY IS TRULY THE SPICE OF LIFE AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT IF BEING DIFFERENT IS A CRIME,
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WE'RE GUILTY FROM WITHIN. IT'S NOT A SIN IT' NOT A SIN IT'S NOT A SIN TO HAVE AMERICAN SKIN AMERICAN SKIN AMERICAN SKIN MIKEY MIKE and The Freaks gather inside of the tent and they close the curtains. SPOTLIGHT ON THE CLOSED CURTAIN. MIKEY MIKE opens it up. MIKEY MIKE Come on in! (Closes the Curtain) FADE TO BLACK END OF PLAY
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CAST______OF CHARACTERS: DA______BOYS: RALPHIE: White Male, Early 20's Baritone Range HYDE: White Male, Early 20's, Tenor/ Hip-Hop Rapping Skills DJ: White Male, Late Teens- Early 20's, Rock Tenor THE______INFERNO: FANTASY: Hispanic Female, Early 20' Mezzo Soprano ECSTASY: African American Female, Early 20's Soprano, Strong Belt DESTINY: Asian American Female, Early 20's Alto, Strong Belt. BIG LOUIE: White American Male, Late 30's, Rock Tenor, Flamboyant personality. SIDE______SHOW FREAKS: JIGABOOS: JAMES BYRD JR: African American Male, Early 40's Baritone-Tenor JAMES CHENEY: African American Male, Late 20's Tenor EMMITT TIL: African American Male, Early Teens, High Tenor YUSSEF HAWKINS: African American Male, Late Teens, Baritone/ Hip Hop Rap Skills. INJUNS:______
BLACK COYOTE: Native American/Hispanic American Male, Early 30's. THE______WETBACKS:
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JOSE CAMPOS TORRES: Hispanic American Male, Early 20's Tenor JOSE DIAZ: Hispanic American Male, Early 30's, Baritone.
THE______ORIENTALS: VINCENT CHIN: Asian American Male, Mid- Twenties, Rock Tenor MIKYOUNG KIM: Asian American Female, Early 20's, R&B Soprano, Riff and has Strong Belt Voice. THE______CRACKERS: VIOLET LUIZZO: White Female, Early 30's, Mezzo-Soprano AMY LOCIERO: White Female, Late 20's, ALTO MICHAEL SCHWERNER: White Male, Early 30's, 2nd Tenor ANDREW GOODMAN: White Male, Early 20's, High Tenor YANKEL ROSENBAUM: White Male, Early 20's, Baritone THE______RAGHEADS: ABRAHAM ATTA: Middle Eastern American Male, Mid-20's, Tenor MIKEY MIKE: African American Male, Early 30's Tenor, Emcee of the GREAT AMERICAN SIDE SHOW. SUPPORTIVE______CHARACTERS: Can all be played by the Main Cast.
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PRODUCTION______NOTES: This musical can have all of the actors play multiple parts. It's a free form show with a lot improvisation and antics that is encouraged. A lot of interaction with the audience is essential. SYNOPSIS : This irreverently funny and powerful rock musical tells a story of how three white misfits wild night of hell raising turns upside down when they crash their car. While escaping from the Law, THEY are unwilling patrons of a Side Show where the freaks are people who have been murdered because of the color of their skin. This wild supernatural show forces the boys to come face to face with their own deep seeded prejudices & inner demons. It's ASSASSINS meets CRASH.