CGM | The Moth Cries (1868)
Channel: Lazy at Churches
Date: 2020-07-24

Computer-Generated Monologues
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Hello all you cybernetic thespians out there. I used an algorithm to create brand new dramatic works, spanning multiple styles and hundreds of years. Please enjoy this piece from The Balloon Crew, or, The Moth Cries (1868) by Lillian Hellman.

Feel free to perform, wherever and whenever!

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OLENA.

Do you remember the first time you wrote a story?

I remember the first time I wrote. I was sitting by a window, with a little boy who was looking for firewood. I wrote this down in a notebook, 'The boy is looking for firewood.' They say the first moth made firewood. My pages light up with reds and oranges, just as the moths do. There is a sound as if a moth were shrieking. Then it dies and another appears. The next day I write again, and it is different. 'The little boy wants firewood.' There is a sound as if a moth were laughing.

There's a whole herd of them coming on the air. Oh, my dear...How it brings back memories! Oh, it's so much like autumn! The 'not and before' is coming fast, one by one! By God, what will it be then, don't you know? Will they only choose this one person? Well, we must be sure. What will happen? Will they insist on transmitting their carefully written notes on to the chairperson? Will they say, 'Come and join us in a little squabble here,' while it's really a melodrama? You mustn't be frightened, at all.

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