| Who Shot Jacques Lacan? | |
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| (In the black the Boys all run upstage and get into somewhat of a chorus line. Rosalba turns on the light, Jacques falls to his knees and moves slowly towards Rosalba.) | |
| BOYS: | Unconscious desire proceeds by interpretation Interpretation proceeds by Unconscious desire proceeds by interpretation Interpretation proceeds by unconscious desire |
| MARK L: | (Takes three strides away from the group moving stage left and collapses as Jacques, who has reached Rosalba, turns to face the audience. He speaks into his hands as Jacques mouths the words.) SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO ME?!! ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME THAT MEANING INFINITELY EXCEEDS THE SIGNS MANIPULATED BY THE INDIVIDUAL?!! |
| (Pause as the Boys look to each other in a kind of ‘Yeah, sure, I guess so, why not’ kind of way.) | |
| ROSALBA: | Yes. |
| MARK L: | (crying as Jacques lip-syncs) BUT THAT MEANS I AM NOT WHAT I MEAN!!!! |
| (Mark J starts on skins. Andrew walks calmly to the mike.) | |
| MARK L: | Mean!!!! Mean!!!! Mean!!!! |
| ANDREW: | Jacques! What we always must know is how to ignore what we know. |
| MARK J: | (punctuates the end of Andrew’s sentence with a riff, and in the silence that ensues he speaks) This. Thing. Speaks.
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