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Complete This Phrase / Fill In The Blank(s) - The Return of Laura / Re: Episode #0144
« on: April 02, 2022, 01:40:21 PM »
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Just for the record, both the Burnt Offerings book (1973) and the film (1976) predate Stephan King's book The Shining (1977).
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Carl, asleep, dreams. We see a pretty multi-colored lamp beside his bed, a ball atop the legs of a jester balancing it. Pansy hums her song. He calls to her, over and over. She's in her dressing room, getting ready for her show, dressed in spangles, all made up. Carl comes to her and she tells him he's just in time for her farewell performance--I'm going away! Why? he asks. The way things worked out, she says, it's time to retire. You can't go, he objects. It's the way things worked out, she repeats--and it ain't been all roses for Pansy, ya know--psychic powers take it out on a girl. He kneels and tells her, if you stay with me, I'll but you a big house, beautiful clothes, and we'll go around the world together! Sorry, luv, she says, it's time for Pansy's farewell, and you can't stop me, the show must go on--and what a revealing show it's going to be! she grins--come and see for yourself, luv, she invites. We hear applause, see PANSY FAYE in glitter. She stands onstage and says, "There is one answer we seek tonight, and it must be found. She asks for a volunteer, and points to Barnabas, who shakes his head, no. She asks Judith to come up, not to be afraid, give her a hand! she calls. She instructs Judith to concentrate on the answer, which will come slowly, but it will come. Judith says she can't concentrate on the answer without knowing the question. You know the question, says Pansy harshly, everyone at Collinwood does! Judith doesn't! Carl comes up and squeals, "I do!" Pansy invites him up. "The question is this!" says Carl. "Who is the vampire?!"No, says Judith. What do you mean, no, demands Pansy. Judith insists, you know what I mean. "I certainly do," says Pansy--"your mind's a pane of glass to me--you think the vampire dead!" He is, says Judith. No, says Pansy, the vampire is not dead, he lives, he walks among you. Judith runs off, screaming. Barnabas watches her flee. Pansy asks for another volunteer, and points to Barnabas. No, he says again, "but how about this boy--he's the brightest of the lot." Carl, ecstatic, races up onstage. Pansy kisses his mouth, for luck, then says, "The question." "Who is the vampire!" says Carl. Pansy raises her hands and says, "Hidden by day, stalking by night, killing those who cross his path, Pansy will tear away his mask, Pansy will find his hiding place, and put a picture of it in your mind--concentrate. . .concentrate...is there an image for me?" Carl says he can't tell yet. Don't fight it, she urges, see it with your mind, your inner eye, your psychic soul. . .see it!" A vision of the Collins mausoleum comes to Carl, who yells out, "I see it!"--I don't understand--what does the picture of the mausoleum mean?--who will I find there, you must tell me more! "There is no more tonight--or any other night," she says (and it's spooky, too, the way she grins). "My music, please!" Applause. She sings her song, off-key, not matching the music. Carl comes out of his dream with a start. "The mausoleum!" he says. "I must find out what it means!"
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