El Toro y el Matador
by Timothy Meinke
Cast
The Matador ..........
Spanish Beauty ......
SPANISH BULLRING. A LARGE CROWD OF SPECTATORS IS GATHERED.
TRUMPETS SOUND AND CHEERS ERUPT AS THE MATADOR IN FULL REGALIA STEPS FORTH. HE STRUTS PAST THE SPECATORS WAVING LIKE ROYALTY. HE APPROACHES A SPANISH BEAUTY IN FULL SPANISH SLENDOR SITTING IN THE STANDS. SHE COYLY DROPS HER HANDKERCHIEF. HE GALLANTLY PICKS IT UP AND HANDS IT TO HER WITH A FLOURISH. SHE EXTENDS HER HAND TO BE KISSED.
TRUMPETS FANFARE. CUE THE SOUND OF A LAWNMOWER STARTING CORD BEING PULLED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE THE MOWER STARTS. CROWD OOHS AND AHS. MATADOR TURNS TOWARD THE RING.
CUT TO CLOSE-UP OF THE TORO LOGO. PAN BACK TO REVEAL A PUSH LAWNMOWER. CUT TO THE MATADOR TAKING HIS POSITION IN THE CENTER OF THE RING AND WAVING HIS RED CAPE. THE LAWNMOWER CHARGES PAST HIM A FEW TIMES. THE CROWD SHOUTS "Ole!" AT EACH PASS.
THE LAWNMOWER PAUSES. THE MATADOR DOFFS HIS HAT AS THE CROWD CHEERS WILDLY. HE TOSSES HIS HAT TO THE SPANISH BEAUTY. CUT TO HER CATCHING IT AND BLOWING HIM A KISS.
TRUMPETS FANFARE. CUE SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC AS THE LAWNMOWER REVS ITS ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES AND THE MATADOR GRIMLY WAVES HIS CAPE. THE LAWNMOWER CHARGES. AS IT PASSES THE MATADOR, HE REACHES FOR THE OFF SWITCH. THE LAWNMOWER SPUTTERS, THEN SHUTS OFF WITH A BIG BILLOW OF SMOKE.
THE CROWD CHEERS AND THROWS DANDELIONS AT THE MATADOR. THE SPANISH BEAUTY THROWS A DANDELION AT THE MATADOR AND HE CATCHES IT WITH HIS TEETH.
FLASH THE WORDS, "No lawnmowers were harmed in the making of this video." FADE OUT.
The End
Directors Notes
- A Baseball park with grass should be used as the bullring.
- The effect of the lawnmower charging could be achieved either by rigging a self-propelled lawnmower and speeding up the videotape or stop-action photography.
- The effect of the matador catching the dandelion with his teeth could be achieved by pulling the dandelion from his teeth with invisible string and running the tape backwards.
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