Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Old West

In a funny conversation with a colleague I was told that he recently was directed/scolded to be nicer to another peer. My colleague finds this peer rather flamboyant and obnoxious. He was told that he needed to at least say hello to the other when they are in the room.
I found it funny that he was told to be cordial then in my mind I started imaging how this situation would look in different movie sense.



And Scene...
A tumble week rolls down a dusty road and the camera pans to the left revealing a sullen cowboy riding down the street in a small but busy frontier town. The cowboy is wearing a long black duster coat with the collar lifted to block the dirt from hitting his face and his hat drawn low to block the heat of beating Sun. Through the narrow space between there are sharp eyes that see all and quick ears that hear all.

Along comes bouncing a brightly colored carriage with 4 white horses. On the forehead of each horse is a fastened horn to give each embraced steed the appearance of a Unicorn. Popping down the street the driver swerves recklessly to waves wildly at all. With an eye roll people wave back then glance at one another as if to ask who was that and what was that all about. The sullen cowboy in the distance sees a wave fly his direction. He states with a nod and a raspy grumbling voice, "Acknowledged".

This could also be played out in 15th century England (Thinking something along the lines of Jane Austin). It could be set in the forbidden city China With Jet Lei and Jackie Chan. Roman Empire, Neanderthal cave, Disney's Pixar, Hip Hop Dance movie, Buddy cop film and the list goes on.

1 comment:

  1. I'm glad you are writing down your feelings and thoughts, and ideas. This idea has so much potential. Imagine yourself as an advertising agent coming up with endless plots to sell products with, or, or...writing scripts for sitcoms, or, maybe disney channel, or a western...

    Really, your take on what pompous people would look like in different scenes is pretty funny. I can see Clint Eastwood as the sullen cowboy, and the kook as gosh, I can't think of anybody, who can you think of? This description makes me think of the movie Rango. Have you watched it? It is the spaghetti western of cartoons. Totally fun to watch. Sammy saw it and was delighted. "Just sayin'..."

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