Monday, April 4, 2011

Send in the Clown

Oh, Jedi Spaccarelli!  Who knew, in those salad days of sixth grade, that she would be able to cry on cue?  "Feel many leads, I do, in Jedi Spaccarelli's future," Yoda said, enjoying the glitter of a real tear on her cheek.  "Learn well, the young one has.  Proud, of her growth, she should be."  Here's how she got there . . .

While many of her peers were busy doing other things, Yoda noted Allie's commitment to acting in the background of Tinsel without a defined role.  He decided she deserved more.  Why not a clown?  A melodramatic mime?  Doesn't every farce need one?  But did she have issues, he asked?  Well . . . not exactly . . . but . . . maybe a little.  And with that fearful commitment, a clown was born.

After contacting a professional clown to instruct Jedi Spaccarelli in make-up and movement, Yoda announced the exciting news to the Broadway Knights.  "There's really such a thing as a clown college?" Jedi Rogers asked, excited.  "Forget about college.  I want to go there!"

"Have a feeling, I do, that Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, my neck, is going to break!" Yoda exclaimed.  And so it goes.

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