(Continued from last week's post, "Hold My Beer: The Musical??")
INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
Two people are here, sitting on a couch and watching "Spider-Noir" on Amazon Prime. They are FELICITY, late teens to early 20s, and JOEL, same age range. The show cuts to a commercial.
Joel: I agree.
Felicity: To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to expect. But I'm glad we started watching it.
Joel: Me too.
Felicity: They should make a Spider-Gwen solo show.
Joel: I've heard they're making an animated Spider-Gwen movie.
Felicity: Oh, cool. Still, though, I want a live-action version.
Joel: That would be good.
Felicity: Hey, switch the show to black and white before the commercial ends.
Joel: Okay.
A middle-aged man bursts into the room. This is BRIAN.
Brian: Hey, you guys!
Felicity (sighs, to Joel): Pause the show.
Joel: Okay.
Felicity (to Brian): What is it now?
Brian: Remember last week, when I said I wanted to produce a stage play version of Hold My Beer?
Joel: Yes.
Felicity: I wish I could forget.
Brian: Well, I've changed my mind.
Felicity: Big surprise.
Brian: Instead, it's going to be a stage play version of the first book in the Joel Suzuki series.
Joel and Felicity exchange glances.
Brian (cont'd): I started working on the Hold My Beer adaptation, but then I realized it might be a little too mellow for live theatre. A play needs to be visual and dramatic. So then I thought, hey, Joel Suzuki would be a great fit for the format.
Felicity: Hold on a sec -
Brian: And instead of having to write a bunch of new tunes, we could just use songs from Second Player Score's catalog. I know a few that would go really well with the story.
Felicity: Wait. Back up. I -
Brian: We could call it "Wavemaker: A Rock Opera." I mean, I know rock operas are usually sung-through, and this would have dialogue like a standard musical, but the songs would all be rock songs pulled from what were originally concept albums. And there'll be costumes and props and sets. I mean, nothing too fancy or expensive, just enough to get the idea across. Also, we -
Felicity: Dude. Stop.
Brian stops.
Felicity (cont'd): What do you mean by "the Joel Suzuki series"?
Joel: Um...I was kind of wondering that myself.
Felicity: Are you saying that there's a book series about Joel?
Brian pauses and looks around.
Brian: Oh. Yeah. Right. Never mind. Forget I said anything.
Brian hastily exits the room.
Felicity: He is so weird sometimes.
Joel: I agree.
Felicity: Anyway, let's get back to the show.
Joel: Okay.
To be continued...?
