Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Curator's Toothbrush

Christiana and I have come with a wonderful short that we desperately need to get produced! It was spawned by her irrational fear of sculptures (which I think might have come from the rock people in the Never Ending Story) and my love for sculptures... and the fact that we both get in trouble at museums. Oops!!

Now, this would be produced in the style of the old silent films: black and white, silly music that doesn't really match the scenes, and the screen shots of a few words every now and again to really hit home what's going on. I will call them the "Captain Obvious Card"

Sit back, relax and enjoy the CURATORS TOOTHBRUSH

The scene is a museum, heavily laden with sculptures. Sculptures of people, animals, busts of famous people, replicas of columns and buildings. This place is choc full of sandstone and ivory, people.

Enter David. David is a poor, but handsome, traveler, wanting to see the sites of this great city, to experience culture beyond what he has ever known. He becomes facinatated with all of the sculptures - examining them inch by inch. He comes to the sculpture by Micheangelo "David" and smiles.
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: This one is just like me!!
David begins to get closer and closer to the statue. He wants to see how he compares to the famous statue.
Enter Curator. We see the curator exit from her office. She is in an ill fitting skirt suit, wrinkled shirt, she doesn't seem to care what her hair looks like, no make up, large glasses, a grumpy sour puss of a face. The curator see's David getting closer and closer to the statue and scurries over to him.
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: Stand back, don't touch the art work!
David smiles, blushes, steps back. The curator goes about her business. David leans back in to the sculpture as if he is trying to measure something. He smiles.
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: I am bigger!
As David is smiling, pleased with him self, he looses his balance and falls forward. Into the statue of David. The priceless work of art crashes to the ground.
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: Doh!
The curator scurries over, and fusses over the broken bits of her precious David (the sculpture, not the real man).
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: He's Ruined. You Must Pay.
David looks down, ashamed and turns out his empty pockets.
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: I am a poor traveler. I have nothing to pay you with.
The curator looks back and forth between the remains of the priceless sculpture and David, the handsome traveler. David puts his finger up as if to say "AH HA!"
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: I have an Idea!
The curator continues to hold several pieces of the statue in her hand... including his, ahem... man bits. She looks as though she is in mourning
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: I know how I can repay you.
David takes the curator's hand and leads her into her office. As the door closes we see David embrace her in a passionate kiss.
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: David repays the curator in sex.
The door opens and David walks out (debt free) and the curator is standing, with a smile on her face, brushing her teeth. She pulls out her cell phone and starts to text. We pan over the screen. She is texting Maintenance: bring in another one.
We then see 2 maintenance men, one with a giant floor brush, and one with a dolly bringing in another statue of David.
The camera then pans over the sign for the statue room: REPLICA STATUES.
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS CARD: The End.

2 comments:

  1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

    Also, Captain Obvious Card's abbreviation is C.O.C.

    Coincident? I think not.

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  2. Love it. This must be made. Cinema history awaits.

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