Opined October 14, 2003
Usher Nonsense #8
TOUCH - Women's Project, by Toni Press-Coffman
This is the story of a man who's wife is murdered. We know this because the first 15
minutes or so of the play is a monologue about how he fell in love with her. So of
course you know that something HORRIBLE happened because we don't actually see
her anywhere. He talks about her, then his best friend talks about her, then her sister
talks about her to his best friend. Later he goes to a hooker and she talks to us about
him.
There is a lot of monologue trading in this piece instead of a lot of action. Even when
the man finds his wife's body on a nearby reservation, instead of uncovering it, he sits
off to the side and reads Tennyson out loud while his best friend removes the rocks.
This probably started out life as a short story. It might make a good one someday.
© 2003 by Tulis McCall
Usher Nonsense #8
TOUCH - Women's Project, by Toni Press-Coffman
This is the story of a man who's wife is murdered. We know this because the first 15
minutes or so of the play is a monologue about how he fell in love with her. So of
course you know that something HORRIBLE happened because we don't actually see
her anywhere. He talks about her, then his best friend talks about her, then her sister
talks about her to his best friend. Later he goes to a hooker and she talks to us about
him.
There is a lot of monologue trading in this piece instead of a lot of action. Even when
the man finds his wife's body on a nearby reservation, instead of uncovering it, he sits
off to the side and reads Tennyson out loud while his best friend removes the rocks.
This probably started out life as a short story. It might make a good one someday.
© 2003 by Tulis McCall
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