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Both plays are surreal, to say the least. In Kiddie Pool, the characters are never referred to by name and so instead are identified by their locations: Couch (Shawn H. Snyder ’03) and Pool (Robert A. Hodgson ’05). Margo says that he chose the title of his play because, as an actor, he has always wanted to be “playing with goop, sitting in a pool, climbing up things, fighting with swords...stuff like that,” rather than just standing and reciting his lines. “Kiddie pools...
Unfortunately, there is no actual kiddie pool in Kiddie Pool. Margo says he was unable to find one. Instead, one character draws the pool on stage with chalk. Pool, the grown man in the imaginary kiddie pool, is then propositioned by Couch...
...huge cock. (silence) Do you have a big cock?” Couch asks him in the opening line of the play...
...ever consider the possibility that maybe one of us has an especially large asshole?” Couch asks Pool. “I mean, if we’re going to compare, let’s compare. What if I’ve got an asshole like putty? What if I’m just like this big turkey waiting to get stuffed? You ever think about that...
...When Couch mentions girls, Pool protests: “Girls can’t come in my pool. Their robot wiring would short circuit.” The bizarre conclusion of the one-act involves a female robot, “Domo Arigato Mister Roboto” and chocolate frosting...