Season Two, Ep. 3 "Kill All The Brutes"

Hello!  "Rose Russo" here.  (yes it's a pen name). I just received a promising new piece by Andrew S.  It's a monologue from his hot new play "Kill All the Brutes".  Enjoy, and if you have any questions or want to know more or have ideas for this monologue, feel free to submit at rkinne@vandals.uidaho.edu.  

KILL ALL THE BRUTES

(1.)

(A pinspot opens on JAKE, a punk. His bright pink liberty spikes shoot from the top of his skull. He’s plainly dressed in fatigue pants, combat boots and a white tee.)

JAKE

The moment you know they have you. 

(A RECRUITER appears) 

It’s not when you sit in the office signing your life to a piece of paper. The smiling man offers you the pen, claiming this is the best family you’ll ever now.

(pause)

It’s not when you sit on a bus, with a ticket they paid for, driving through the great nothing that is middle America. A steady ready death march going night and day with sad faces staring out windowsills -watching wheat field after cow pasture-losing count of all the states you barrel through.

(A SERGEANT appears)

And its not when Sargeant Spits Too Much is barking at you to get your “faggot ass off the bus.” To “file up”. “stand straight.” “arms at your side”. You look down the line and you see some porcelain toys already to crack. But that isn’t the moment. 

(pause)

The moment you know they have you, is when you’re sitting in a chair. The chair.

(A BARBER appears)

He tells you to sit. He tells you not to move, which for a punk is damn near impossible. They love the kids who love their hair. Fucking sadists the way they are, they click the trimmers and they smile. Approaching you like some B-Movie Dracula, trimmer at the ready. You’re clenching the armrests,

(All but Jake disappear) 

He tells you this is the brand new “You”. 

That’s the moment you know. They have you.

(Pinspot on Jake fades.)