The Reaction of Chad Roberts to the Music Video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or: Vincent Price.

Time: 1983
Setting: Chad’s Apartment


AT RISE:


CHAD ROBERTS, 23 years old, sits on an old recliner.
He’s watching a television, which faces upstage. We hear the end dialogue of the music video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. CHAD is sitting absolutely still, his mouth agape. The video ends.

CHAD:
Holy shit, he’s a werewolf.


SCENE TWO

CHAD as before, his girlfriend, AMY now stands beside him, unimpressed. We again hear the end of the video.

AMY:
So is he like a zombie and a werewolf or …what?

CHAD:
No “or what”. He’s a fucking werewolf, Amy.

AMY:
Make love to me, Chad Roberts.

Blackout. End play.