Act I

I kinda thought the first scene to Act I was a little slow and spent a while cutting that one. To me, the interest in the characters really builds in the diner scene (Act I, Scene B).
Now, I think this is my favorite act of the three. It even has a joke just for jonag (well, I put it in because I thought it was funny, but she should appreciate it the most). Also, I give more for Lulu to do who I think ends up being a scene stealer. Act III, though, has most of the action and lesbians. Well, I’ll post Act III tomorrow and you can decide for yourselves which part is best.
Anyhoo, kinda glad I didn’t win the contest; would have had to move to L.A. (no offense, Silly Sister Sarah).
And on to Act II:

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Decided I should get back to doing a topical humor piece (otherwise I’d do “Know Thy Enemy: Self Moves”). Having trouble getting my groove back with the current news, though. I could do a “Know Thy Enemy: Tsunamis,” but I realized one of the fun facts would be, “Since so many people died from the tsunami, you shouldn’t make jokes about tsunamis.” Too bad; an Aquaman vs. a Tsunami fight would be pretty interesting. For other topics, there’s the Social Security issues, but that’s just the same old rhetoric that’s been flying back and forth since FDR. There’s the hearing about Alberto Gonzales and torture, but I got lost on what was said and of what importance any of it is. There was how Barbara Boxer delayed the certification of Bush’s reelection by two hours, but that hardly seemed worth mentioning. Finally, there is the continuing trouble in Iraq, but that’s not funny.
So there is only one thing left: the issue of Prince Harry wearing a Nazi uniform.
Now, most would say that anything involving the royal family is, by definition, unimportant, but I think this is worth mentioning because of the issues involved. First, I would like to congratulate CNN for including this paragraph:

The Nazis murdered 6 million Jews and millions of others including Poles, homosexuals, Soviet prisoners and Gypsies. Millions more were imprisoned or forced to work as slaves.

Now anyone who reads the article and never heard of the Nazis knows that they’re bad. Not patronizing at all. Kudos.
Anyhoo, here are the pertinent points to this story:
* The Nazis are bad.
* Dressing up as the Nazis is bad because it makes you look like a Nazi who is bad and might make people think you support the Nazis which would make you bad.
* It would be funny if Prince Harry had long hair and a beard so we could all jokingly call him Prince “Hairy.”
* Actually, it would be funnier if his name was Larry, because, with his name being Harry, no one would know when you’re jokingly calling him “Prince Hairy.”
* I still haven’t finished my first cup of coffee this morning and already lost my place.
Anyway, I think the suggestion of sending Prince Harry to Auschwitz is too harsh. In such a forced labor camp, he would most likely die. Instead, I think he should brought out to the public square where, in front of everyone, the queen smacks him in the back of his head with her royal scepter while loudly proclaiming him a “dumbass.”
Now, why was Prince Harry dressed as a Nazi? Apparently he was at the birthday part for a friend Harry Meade (Harrys have to stick together) and it seemed logical to come as a Nazi. Now, if my mead was ever hairy, I’d say, “Bring me new mead, or I shall cut thee down!” That is so more elegant than “I’ll blow your @$%& brains out!” I wish I were in medieval times.
No, wait; they didn’t have HDTV back then. I don’t think they had blogs back then either, but, if they did, it would just be the Glenn Reynolds quoting scripture and commenting “Forsooth.” Also, he’d be much angrier having to churn his puppies instead of blend them.
I’m getting more coffee.