Hey guys and gals,
I'm working on a script right now called, "Let Loose the Horses". Of course, it deals with homosexuality as one of it's main subjects. However, it is not simply a musical about being gay. It's more than that.
Remember, this is a preview. Just...something small that I've been working on. Let me know what you think.
Photo Courtesy of Woolf and Wilde
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DENVER: I don’t want to be laughed at. I don’t want to feel hated. I don’t want to be left out of family gatherings. I don’t want any of that.
ALAN: What do you want?
DENVER: It doesn’t matter because I’ll never have it.
ALAN: You’re right.
Denver sighs, long pause.
DENVER: I just want…to be held. I want to feel the warmth of another man against my body. I want to feel his breath on my neck as he whispers that he loves me. I want him to buy me presents and call me when he’s going to be home from work late. I want him to smell bed and not do the dishes, so I can yell at him and we have make-up sex. I want to buy a house and grow tomatoes in the backyard and invite people over and watch stupid movies and get a dog and have a family…and just…live. I want to live.
ALAN: Deep in thought What’s stopping you?
DENVER: Scoffs. Everything. Everybody. God. My parents. My friends. My students.
ALAN: I’m gonna say something to you, that you may not like. But, you’ve gotta hear it, okay? I don’t want you to start crying, or to take offense, but it’s the truth, and sometimes, the truth hurts. Denver, you are a good man. You will make some other man so lucky that he’ll curse the days when he never got the courage to come and talk to you sooner. He’ll wake up in the morning before you, look over at your sleeping body and wonder how lucky he ever got to be with you. He’ll probably go into the kitchen and make you breakfast and make the eggs the way you hate them. He’ll go to work, he’ll come home, he’ll make money—but none of that will matter to him, because the only thing that does…is you. You might not notice it yet. But there have been men in your life that have wanted to drop everything just to be with you. It’s you who’s holding yourself back. Not them, not God, not your parents, not the freakin’ president of the united states. It’s you, Denver. And the only person who’s going to be able to help you get what you want...is yourself.
This is awesome! It encapsulates in a really evocative way the internal monologue that so many of us go through...the fear, the dream of a "normal life." And it leaves us with the hope and optimism of choosing our own destiny. To me, this is a really thought-provoking window into what it is like to be gay in a religion or culture that doesn't accept you.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous--Thanks! I am glad that you appreciate it. I hope to continue this script and this idea. I think I will be posting it in segments on my blog. Thanks again for your kind words! They mean a lot to me...even though I have no idea who you really are. :)
ReplyDeleteLove it. :-)
ReplyDeleteOther than the misspelling of the word "bad" and some awkward wording in the last section, the excerpt really has a great message. I've watched for years as people have belittled my uncles for their relationship, but they are happier together than most married couples that I've seen.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it's hard to get out of your own way when society is basically acting like a spoiled brat throwing a temper tantrum.