The Dummy Chucker TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text You see, he figured that in the wilds of Brazil there wouldn't be any chance for drunkenness."<br><br>"A game guy," commented the dummy-chucker. "Well, what happened?"<br><br>"He died of jungle-fever two months ago," was the answer. "The news just reached Rio Janeiro yesterday."<br><br>The dummy-chucker lifted his glass of Scotch.<br><br>"To a regular feller," he said, and drank. He set his glass down gently. "And the girl? I suppose she's all shot to pieces?"<br><br>"She doesn't know," said the host quietly.<br><br>The dummy-chucker's eyebrows lifted again.<br><br>"I begin to get you," he said. "I'm the messenger from Brazil who breaks the sad news to her, eh?"<br><br>The young man shook his head.<br><br>"The news isn't to be broken to her--not yet. COMMENTS: Visual Text (Note from NMI: A dummy chucker is a person who fakes epileptic seizures in order to gain sympathy or charity.)<br><br>This one has some potential. The con man learns there are limits to what he’ll do for money. (He is unable to “murder the faith in a woman’s heart.”) Funny anti-hero wouldn’t “get the girl” in the end, which would be refreshing. The fact that the woman’s intended is actually dead is a bit of a downer; not sure how to fix that part. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: TheDummyChucker.pdf
