Paul Shapera
The Beginning Of The End
[Helen, spoken]
Wow! Ladies and gentlemen, Henry the Alchemist!

[Han-Mi, spoken]
Great job, Henry. That was fantastic!

[Henry, spoken]
Thanks, guys. But Han, I know you see something I don’t. Could you tell me please?

[Han-Mi, sung]
Henry it really was great, I mean that

[Henry, spoken]
Thanks!

[Han-Mi, sung]
But as long as you ask
I might talk with the writer bout one thing

[Helen, spoken]
Han, let's let Henry get...

[Han-Mi, sung]
It's just in the subtext

[Henry]
No, please I want to know
[Han-Mi]
Well, your song is about a gay man whose major trait
Is that his sexual urges make him a beast, they make
Him a monster, they're uncontrollable
He’d be normal as long as his sexual desires were erased

[Henry, spoken]
Oh my god!

[Helen, spoken]
Oh, Christ...

[Helen, sung]
The audience loves it, they do
Let's just stop

[Han-Mi]
The audience would love if you performed without a top

[Helen, spoken]
Oh my god...

[Han-Mi, sung]
Doesn’t make it the right thing to do

[HENRY:] (spoken)
No, that's okay, I never thought of it that way. What should I say?
[Han-Mi, sung]
Can you talk to the writer?

[Henry, spoken]
Of course

[Han-Mi, spoken]
Thank god

[Han-Mi, sung]
So...
Who is he?

[Henry, spoken]
Come to think of it, I don't know

[Han-Mi, sung]
You don't know?

[Henry]
I should know
But my mind's a blank

[Han-Mi]
Helen? What's his name?
[Helen]
I can't say

[Han-Mi]
Can't or won't?

[Helen]
I don't know

[Han-Mi]
Who writes this show?

[Helen]
I’m sure I know

[Han-Mi]
Who directs it?
When do we rehearse?

[Helen]
I don’t know
Let's just get on with the show

[Han-Mi]
What did you eat any one day this week?

[Helen]
Don't let madness come seep in
Don’t let it creep
The carnival comes
I don't want you to go

[Han-Mi]
Helen, can you really stop the show?

[Helen, spoken]
Of course. Folks....

[Hank]
Wait! Wait wait! Wait, I have to speak to Han. It’s important. There’s something I have to tell her