The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #84182   Message #1578621
Posted By: The Shambles
08-Oct-05 - 02:24 AM
Thread Name: BS: Opening threads - a debate.
Subject: RE: BS: Opening threads - a debate.
And a few more villagers.

A scenario like Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? is played out by married couple Stella and Charlie, who use their prospective son-in-law Tony as a pawn in their ongoing bitter war of words. Then there's Barbara Dixon, the local minicab driver, midway through a sex change (from male to female) and more than willing to share the visceral details of his/her operations with passengers. Seemingly the most normal of the residents is Les McQueen, one-time member of the progressive rock group Creme Brulée, now sadly reliving his past glories (which certainly do not seem that glorious) while dreaming of renewed stardom. Although not local, the touring community theatre group Legz Akimbo, with their dreadful stage productions, demonstrate enough angst to blend in perfectly, and another visitor is the German tour operator Herr Lipp, an oily individual who makes homosexual advances and mouths crude double entendres.