Sunday, July 29, 2012

"What Kind of Man" from "Curtains"

CARMEN:
What kind of man would take a job like that?
OSCAR:
What kind of slob would take a job like that?
CARMEN, OSCAR:
Who could be mean enough,
Base and obscene enough,
To take a job like that?
AARON:
What kind of mom would raise her boy like that?
GEORGIA:
Who'd want her baby to destroy like that?
CARMEN, OSCAR, AARON, GEORGIA:
Who could be jerk enough?
Hard up for work enough?
To want a job like that?
Oh, what kind of low-down, dirty bum?
Oh, what kind of swine-ish, scurvy scum,
Loathesome as they come?
I wonder...
OSCAR:
What kind of man would want a job like that?
CARMEN:
What kind of putz would squeeze your nuts like that?
Who could be prick enough?
CARMEN, AARON:
Mentally sick enough
CARMEN, AARON, GEORGIA:
Who'd want to grow to be
CARMEN, AARON, GEORGIA, OSCAR:
Everyone's enemy?
Critics are hated
And so excoriated
Tell me what kind of man
Would want a job
Like...
What kind of genius has a mind like that?
So perspicacious, wise and kind like that?
Far from his mother's knee,
She must be thrilled to see
How he grew up to be
Such brilliant company.
Refined and reflective,
We're completely objective
But it lifts up your heart
To meet a man like that!

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