Modern Choir

BARRY

How to be famous, how to be famous? How will I ever walk on the Walk of Fame? How will millions adore me and listen to me? How?

CHOIR

How indeed? How would you ever be famous?

BARRY

I’ll act.

CHOIR

you’re as stiff as a plank.

BARRY

I’ll sing.

CHOIR

Choir: you sound like one too.

BARRY

I’ll teach.

CHOIR

About what?

BARRY

About my life so far.

CHOIR

You’re just Twenty-one.

BARRY

About all the things I know.

CHOIR

Nobody cares.

BARRY

I’ll run for president.

CHOIR

You’re broke.

BARRY

I have charisma.

CHOIR

Your own reflection runs away from you.

BARRY

I will carry the voice of a generation.

CHOIR

And you’ll be the only one?

BARRY

I’ll paint.

CHOIR

Like shit.

BARRY

I’ll draw.

CHOIR

Like Shit.

BARRY

I’ll sculpt.

CHOIR

Like Shit.

BARRY

Direct.

CHOIR

Shit.

BARRY

Animate.

CHOIR

Shit.

BARRY

Write.

CHOIR

Shit.

BARRY

Direct.

CHOIR

Shit.

BARRY

I’ll become a Pornstar.

CHOIR

You’ll have to pay to star

BARRY

I’ll write a musical about a Founding Father

CHOIR

Wait for it

BARRY

I’ll play sports. That’s it

CHOIR

You’re exhausted after lunch

BARRY

Tennis

CHOIR

You can’t aim

BARRY

Sprint

CHOIR

You can’t run

BARRY

Basketball

CHOIR

You’re not black

BARRY

Football

CHOIR

You’re not Brazilian

BARRY

I’ll cause a mass shooting

CHOIR

Again, you can’t aim

BARRY

Then what can I do to be famous?

CHOIR

 Who asked you in the first place?

BARRY

I did

CHOIR

And you trust yourself?

BARRY

Yes, I do

CHOIR

No you don’t

BARRY

Sod it. 

- Ruben Dewulf