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The Fungus Among Us
(This is a man of average height, weight, age......nondescript. He walks on, turns sideways, then faces forward)
I like weird stuff. I know a lotta weird stuff.
Didja know that if a murder isn't solved in the first 24 hours, the odds start to go down EXPONENTIALLY that it will ever be solved?
Didja know that all the TV stories about cold cases are taken from the very few that are ever solved?
Didja know that right now, in this country, over one third of all murders.....are never solved.
That's right, in 33 out of one hundred cases....the murderer is actually....free.
(Points into the audience)
And they are walking around....like a fungus among us.....maybe even, sitting right next to you.
Think about this cheery thought when you are out in a crowd sometime.....downtown, or in a bus, on a subway......waiting in line at the bank.....who is that person next to you? Have they actually...taken another's life?
(Smiling, goes into audience)
Because....if you think about it, in any busy day, in any busy city.......you are going to be very close....
(Nudges up next to an audience member)
.....to someone who has done something.....bad.......very bad.
So when they say 'be careful'....., maybe, just maybe, you have to ....be careful....be very careful....
(Jumps back onstage and turns to exit, stops, looks back)
Because .....you never know......that person next to you......could be........me.......
(He points into the crowd and runs offstage. Not the end of doubt.....)
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Monologue Mania Day # 1215 The Fungus Among Us by Janet S. Tiger (c) June 12, 2017
This is part of a full-length play called CRIME - other monologues are on these days-
171, 172, 190, 193, 219 - 223, 226, 239, 320, 393, 409
This is part of a full-length play called CRIME - other monologues are on these days-
171, 172, 190, 193, 219 - 223, 226, 239, 320, 393, 409
The Fungus Among Us
a monologue by Janet S. Tiger
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(This is a man of average height, weight, age......nondescript. He walks on, turns sideways, then faces forward)
I like weird stuff. I know a lotta weird stuff.
Didja know that if a murder isn't solved in the first 24 hours, the odds start to go down EXPONENTIALLY that it will ever be solved?
Didja know that all the TV stories about cold cases are taken from the very few that are ever solved?
Didja know that right now, in this country, over one third of all murders.....are never solved.
That's right, in 33 out of one hundred cases....the murderer is actually....free.
(Points into the audience)
And they are walking around....like a fungus among us.....maybe even, sitting right next to you.
Think about this cheery thought when you are out in a crowd sometime.....downtown, or in a bus, on a subway......waiting in line at the bank.....who is that person next to you? Have they actually...taken another's life?
(Smiling, goes into audience)
Because....if you think about it, in any busy day, in any busy city.......you are going to be very close....
(Nudges up next to an audience member)
.....to someone who has done something.....bad.......very bad.
So when they say 'be careful'....., maybe, just maybe, you have to ....be careful....be very careful....
(Jumps back onstage and turns to exit, stops, looks back)
Because .....you never know......that person next to you......could be........me.......
(He points into the crowd and runs offstage. Not the end of doubt.....)
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First posted Day #527 July 24, 2015
First posted Day #527 July 24, 2015
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Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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