Play 265: What Self-Commentary?

CHARACTERS
BEN, 17
JOE, 17

BEN
Nothing.

JOE
At all?

BEN
Nope.

JOE
That sucks.

BEN
Yeah.

JOE
So?

BEN
What?

JOE
What’ll you do?

BEN
I don’t know.

JOE
Cop-out?

BEN
Probably.

JOE
That sucks.

BEN
Yeah. It’s been a bit since the last one.

JOE
Really?

BEN
At least since one this bad.

JOE
Doing one once in a while isn’t so bad.

BEN
I guess not.

(Pause.)

JOE
So what’ll you do?

BEN
Probably write a scene about me talking to someone who doesn’t actually exist but is just there to let me say shit.

JOE
Yeah, with some simple generic name (beat.) John maybe?

BEN
And I’ll try to at least pay some attention to the rhythm and use short lines with as little punctuation as possible to try to make up for the fact that the content sucks.

JOE
Cool.

(Beat.)

BEN
And of course add in a healthy dose of self-commentary.

JOE
Of course.

(Blackout.)