Musical

“Two nights until the premiere and nothing is as it ought to be!” The director storms down the hallway with a half dozen production assistants trailing behind. “The elves are off-key. The orcs are on-key. The ent makes me lament. The prosthetic feet and ears look like they were made by three-year-olds. This is a disaster!”

Production Assistant Angela speaks up, “Maybe if we weren’t attempting to recreate the entire trilogy, we could focus on the more important aspects—” She is cut off by the director.

“More important aspects?” The director fumes. “This is Tolkien were talking about! They had to make a twelve hour movie and the fans still wanted more. ‘Where’s Tom Bombadil? Where’s the Scouring of the Shire?’ No! We have to painstakingly recreate every passage if we want the respect of the fans.”

Production Assistant Tom speaks next, “I’m not sure a twenty hour long musical is exactly what fans are wanting.”

“Artistic license!” the director says, “Also cut Arwen’s skirt shorter.”

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This is a story written in five minutes for the 5MinuteFiction contest held weekly at Write Me! We’re given a prompt of one word (this week was “musical”) and then we write a story in five minutes.