R. Storm
Published: 2016-10-10
Total Pages: 234
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In this not for the faint of mind, politically incorrect, social satire (can you write a social satire without being politically incorrect?), the authors blow apart the traditional Frankenstein story and reassemble what's left of the pieces to make something relevant (ooh! dirty word) about the modern world, as they pit the everyman against the corporate global mentality (ooh! big word). Yeah, we don't patronize here. If you want patronizing, better catch an Al Gore show at the Petrified Forest. Set in New York City in the dawn of 21st century, Frankenstein, having long since Americanized his name to Frank N. Stein, is a once famous but now hopelessly incompetent and out of work actor, struggling in vain to keep his non-existent acting career on track, money in the bank to pay the rent, and a cap on his rumbling monster instincts. Suffering from stress induced back issues, separated from his singer/performer diva wife, and barely in control of his wayward 17 year-old daughter, our much-too-mild-mannered "Frankie" accidently crosses paths with and trips the hair-triggered wrath of the image-obsessed, New York billionaire, Benedict Sedgwick, CEO of the multi-lifestyle Classy Corp product empire, who quickly proceeds to strip away what's left of Frankie's unhinged world, forcing Frankie to tap into his long dormant inner monster to get tough and survive... or continue on his downward spiral. Revolving around the periphery of Frankie's fast crumbling world is his old pal, Joe "his bark is as big as his bite" Dogman, who, along with other of the city's independent hotdog vendors, and despite being one of New York's ace hotdog vendors himself, is fast losing the economic battle to Classy Corp's Classy Dogs which are quickly cornering the New York hotdog market. Looking to recruit a reluctant and independent obsessed Frankie into the local hotdog fight, Joe sums up the conflict between the everyman's struggle and Frankie's diehard independence streak when he serves up the streetwise advise: ..". you know, Frankie, the funny thing about independence is that... if you don't band together with other likeminded independents, you usually stand a good chance of losing what little independence you started out with." With an idea originally conceived a decade ago, this irreverent comedy holds even more relevance today as it offers up the age old question, who is the real monster in the room, while suggesting what the everyman and woman might want to do about it...while there's still time to do something about it. While its very easy to read "screen story" (screenplay) format will be more fully explained in the Preface, and should pose no problem at all for any reader short or tall, skinny or fat, black or white, male or female... or any permutation in between.