The John Malkovich Situation - Late for the Heist - The Musical - Part Two

Author's Note: If you have not read Late for the Heist - The Musical, it will probably make more sense if you read that first, then come back and read this.

This, Part 2, was inspired by a discussion I had with Roy Stevens in the comments section of Part 1.

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Dana and Ella were rooting around in the cupboard and found a mask of actor John Malkovich.

"Mommy, Daddy, look what we found!"

With a wink, "Oh boy!" and a soft shoe shuffle to the piano, it was time to regale the girls with another musical theatre-inspired anecdote from Janie's chequered past.

"Your mom is a cinephile

She robbed banks in style

She dressed like The Virus

From Con Air, Good ol' Cyrus"

Janie stood on top of the piano, slipping the Malkovich head over hers, encompassing the legend once more.

Leading into a solo…”Alexa hit the spotlight”, she called out tunefully.

“One day before you were born,

I used to blow my own horn

Best of the best is what I would say,

I always commanded the highest pay

I entered a building so strange and out of place,

then walked into a lobby and had a shock on my face…

Malkovich on Malkovich

Waiting for me

Malkovich on Malkovich

Staring at me

I was trapped

With no escape

In my

Own

Personal

John Malkovich

Nightmare”

“What did you do next, mommy?”

“No pay was worth such an affair”

So I ran."

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