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There’s No SHOWBIZZ, LIKE
by Thanos Kalamidas & Asa Butcher

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Directed
by
Thanos Kalamidas
& Asa Butcher

Rooster
Script-writer, author,
director
Or
How a rooster can be
more stupid ...
Pig
The pig for all jobs
Or
How much sarcasm
loyalty can carry.

Turttle
The shadow star
Cow
The primadonna look
of nothingness
Or
Where naivety
met stupidity
Dog
The “fetch” expert
of all times
Or
Turtle’s companion
in mockery
Cat
Most cats have
seven lives
Or
Like this cat
constant hunger.
Or
Mockery and irony is
a turtle

It starts!

Directing 1
My friends,
after long
consideration
I have decided to
expand our intellectual
horizons...
...as artists
we need
to enrichen our souls
with culture!
We need to
break free
from the commercial
mass media...
SB001/01

We need to
break free
from the commercial
mass media...
Therefore I have
formed an
elite troupe d’arts!
Great idea,
rooster boss.
SB001/02

Orwell’s allegory
of the Russian Revolution will be
our debut treading the boards, it
will be our contribution
to art...
It will be...
Yeah, yeah,
we get it.
An amateur dramatic
group performing
Animal Farm.
Geez
SB001/03

It starts
what?

Directing 2
Seriously,
do you believe
we are going to be
any good?...
As
what?...
Be good?...
You know!
Be good!
As actors.
Are you
serious!...
SB002/01

So you
really take him
seriously?
Did you really
believe that
he can direct
a play?
How can you be
so naive?
Don’t you
ever have enough
of his
dumb ideas?
You really
believe that
he can create
theatrical magic?
SB002/02

SB002/03
One day he says he
will be this ...
...the next day
he wants to
create that...
?
Do you know what
I believe?...
That you are
jealous...
...he never
sees
a project
through
the end.
...of his
talents!!!

Start
running now!

Directing 3
I deeply respect
all of Orwell’s
work, Really!
What have you
read?
What
do you mean
read?
I watched
Citizen Kane
twice in a row.
I think
you are
confused.
SB003/01

SB003/02
I’m sure you
meant
H. G. Wells.
The scene with
the time machine
called Rosebud
was genius.
Come on! Orwell,
1984, Big Brother,
Newspeak.
Yes, yes,
that’s whom
I meant.
Err, yeah.
It truly
was art.

Gets a bit
complicated,
huh?
I’ve seen
that film too.
So much for
Orwell that
ends Welles.
Heh heh!
You’re
not kidding.
SB003/03

Run,
run, run!

Directing 4
We need to
start casting for
our production.
No, no, no.
Careful and
thorough thought
is required.
Ohhh.
SB004/01

We shall hold extensive auditions.
We’ll contact all the casting agencies.
Are you writing this down?
Sure.
Are you?
Mmm-hmm.
SB004/02

You can start now.
Ok, I’ll play the cat,
turtle plays the turtle,
cow is the ...
Sounds fine.
SB004/02
Sounds fine.

Where?
What?

Directing 5
Boss, the casting
is fantastic.
Pure brilliance!
I know, I know.
I have a certain
je ne sais quoi.
Jernersay,
what?
Is it contagious?
No, it is French
for something
indescribable.
Indescribable,
huh!
SB004/01

All my life people have
said there is
something indescribable
about me.
Really,
I’ve heard
some words used
about you.
That comes
from jealousy
and cultural ignorance.
That is
what I told
them
SB001/05

Let’s go, so I can
start working
my magic.
What time
is the first
rehearsal?
Cat said
he would
tell you.
No, no!
He said: “he
would tell you.”
SB001/03

What?

Directing 6
No, no, NO!
You are so
incompetent!
That was hopeless!
A stone has more
charisma!
SB004/01

SB003/02
Idiot!
You missed three words
from that monologue.
One more
mistake
and you’re out.
Stop!
Watch me, I’ll show
you how to do it
properly.

An artist,
such as I,
does not deserve
this garbage.
What a waste
of everybody’s
time.
I don’t know
why they don’t
respect me.
SB003/03

Errrr!!!

Directing 7
All the tickets
are sold!
Plus we got a generous
grant from the Animal
Actors Fund.
The profit is
incredible for
us.
SB003/03
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There’s No SHOWBIZZ, Like
1st edition: December 2007
2nd edition: June 2021
Thanos Kalamidas & Asa Butcher
Ovi magazine
Illustrations & Design: Thanos

There’s No SHOWBIZZ, LIKE
How many cocks have you ever
seen? Perhaps I should rephrase
that: how many roosters have you
ever met? I have met one rooster in
my life and it was a nasty day on
the farm… if you want to see what
happened just … read the first book
with the adventures of Showbizz.
by Thanos Kalamidas & Asa Butcher