Willing to Pay

--  I had so much fun putting together the solo show, mainly because writing around a theme tends to bring out the best in me.  So is it any wonder I want to do it again?  (Not a solo show, not just yet, I'm still tired from the last one.)  I want to do something that's a combination between the monologue show and an actual play.  Based around what theme?  Sex.  Simple enough, right?  As someone recently pointed out, most of what I write features sex in it.  I say, why just feature it?  Let's put it front and center.  Ha!  So here's my idea.  I want ten negative words and/or phrases that are related to sex--Not just obscenities, let's be creative people.  Words like "hookup," "one night stand," etc.  I'm even going to do the first one for you:  Hooker.  'Cause let's face it--who doesn't love hookers?  All my favorites happen to be in Broadway shows, but that doesn't mean I can't write one sans Cy Coleman.  I'm not entire sure where I'm going with this whole idea yet, but that doesn't mean y'all can't chime in with thoughts, suggestions, anecdotes, etc.  Let's hit the ground running, shall we? --

"Willing to Pay"

So you charge?

How much do you charge?

Are you going to charge me?

Oh, okay

Well that's good

So this is what?

What would you call this?

A freebie?

Is it free just to talk?

We're just talking

I mean

I wouldn't

Not with a--

You know

What do you call yourself?

A hooker?

Ohhh

Sorry

Didn't mean to--

Never mind

So what do you charge?

And what do you charge for?

I mean

What can they touch

Before they pay?

They must be able to touch you

Right?

I mean

You shake hands

Don't you?

Without charging?

Do you ever give out coupons?

Sorry

That was a joke

A bad one

A bad joke

Can you talk into my tape recorder?

Thanks

That makes life easier

For me

Thanks, yeah

Do you ever get scared

I mean there are a lot of sickos out there

You must have met some of them

Did any of them try to kill you?

Not even one

Wow

That's disappointing

I mean

For me

I mean

Not for me

But, you know

Dramatically speaking

See

I'm putting together this piece

This piece about sex

And I'm just curious about--

You know

People who engulf themselves

In sex

Well

Isn't that what you would--

What would you say you...

You know

Isn't that what you do?

It's your life, right?

I mean

This is your life

Isn't it?

Why do you think--

Can I just ask this?

Why do you think

People are willing

Willing to pay?

Some sort of

Sick thrill of it?

I mean, because--

You can get sex

Pretty much anywhere

For free

So why pay?

You know?

Or

You don't know

Of course

I--what?

Well I'm not paying

Not for that

I mean

I can pay for--

Talking's fine

I can pay for that

That's kosher

But it's just talking

It's for a project

Why pay for anything more?

It is more

It's intimate

It's private

It's vulnerable

The person is paying

To make themselves vulnerable

I mean

Why do that?

Does that make sense?

This isn't intimate

We're just talking

This might be public one day

In front of people

What you're saying

Might actually be spoken

This is just me

Trying to validate

Put some validity

Towards my idea

My idea about sex

That it's...

It's...

What do you think it is?

And I mean

Why pay for it?

Why pay anything for it?

It doesn't make sense to me

Can you speak into the tape recorder?

Yeah, sure

We can work something out

But first

Let's talk