We re-wrote some of the explanation...
Kath, a nervous and put upon mother of three from Wisbech goes to the supermarket. However, when she gets there she is so overcome by the choice of apples that she suffers from an existential breakdown.
After this crisis she is taken to a local hospital where she is referred by the faceless totalitarian medical authorities to a meditation workshop called 'The Lake of Healing' - to brainwash her into submission and conformity.
However, at the meditation workshop, she meets Bodhisattva Rick Clarke and he takes her on a spiritual journey. The attraction between them is sudden and undeniable. Soon, finding herself in the lake of healing she finds herself
fantasising that she has turned into fish and that she is romanced by Rick, himself transformed into a mighty disco Eagle.
Rick is a professor of Cyborg theory at the local adult education centre. He asks Kath to join him in a new and dangerous experiment, where they hope to measure the effects of italo disco on the pre-frontal cortex and occipital lobes. He shouts excitedly that they will become 'like italo-gods!!'
Rick straps Kath down to a table in some kind of deranged Frankenstein
homage. Soon they are both being bombarded by the intense disco
radiation - which causes their thoughts to become erratic and jumbled.
Images of buckyballs, vietnam, diving cells and old men fill Kath's mind as she
finally slips unconscious...
Kath comes back into consciousness and finds that the
concentrated dose of Italo Disco sound waves has transformed her and Rick
into a failed Italo disco band 'Macho macho' from Hunstanton from 1984.
The friendship between Arnold Morris and Fabio Gulgio was cemented when Arnold asked Fabio which Prince song was his favourite. Fabio turned to face Arnold and answered with one word.
"Sexuality".
With that their friendship, though platonic, was strengthened by a deep sexual bond.
They play out the the young mens' dreams of holiday EuroDisco. Through playing out this shared musical aspiration, the supermarket over-choice conflict is resolved and a deep spiritual healing is achieved.
But to be honest, I feel a bit iffy about the sexual politics of Rick undertaking thee experiments on Kath. I guess I hoped that Kath would find resolution and empowerment from the breakdown and Macho Macho experience but in this scenario it seems she would be a passive subject of Rick's scientific schemes.
I kind of think they should either turn into the bird and fish or Macho Macho, but not both.
I like the idea that the end resolution is to turn into a 12 year old boy though. But this project is Rich's too so we'll have to see what he says.
Right now the whole thing is 10 mins, which seems quite short.
Also, the part after Kath's breakdown goes on for ages and is a bit repetitive.
We also have to think about where to show it- a feel a bit worried that if we don't do it somewhere arty enough we'll be booed off stage.
We also have to think about if we will speak/sing live or just have it all pre-recorded. I think it will be more tricky not to do 'beaky guy' live... But we only have one microphone with effects that we used on 'beaky guy'. Maybe we could have regular mics but mime with them- it will be very obvious though.
Comic book/booklet
I think it might be good if the explanation was in the form of a little comic or booklet that people could read before it starts. That would set the scene- I'd love to do a comic- but could I make it in good enough quality in the time space?
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