Sunday, November 20, 2011

Christmas in Cricket County

A cover commission for a play written by Eddie McPherson.
The synopsis goes something like this:
Hillbilly hilarity abounds in this down-home drama with broadly played characters. It's a clash of cultures when the well-heeled preppie city cousins take a limo to their country cousins' home for the reading of their Uncle Zeke's will on Christmas Eve. When they discover that they are to receive only one hundred thousand dollars apiece, they throw a tantrum over such a "small" amount of money -- but the country cousins are thankful for their fifty dollars to buy new coats and shoes. In their tradition, the country cousins perform a simple Nativity reenactment for the city kids. Only then do the preppie cousins understand what it means to give without reservation or condition. A surprise twist at the end gives the country kids an unexpected bonus.

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