© Kent Bonham
Trak leaned back in the limo and
savored the sweet satisfaction of the moment. He was on his way to the world
premiere of his new motion picture, Trak All The Way, his first
ever starring effort. He wondered what that bastard Shrek must be thinking.
Trak and
Shrek had gone to drama school together, but while Shrek found fame in a series
of Disney pictures, Trak had struggled. Years of undistinguished bit parts had finally led to the second banana role in a series of Mel Gibson movies, but all
of them had been stinkeroos, especially Lethal
Ogre 3.
Unfortunately
the critics were not kind to Trak All The Way. "Trak carries a movie like other actors would carry a ten
ton weight,” mocked Variety.
Next day the phone rang. "It's Shrek,” said Trak's mom. “Says he can’t
wait for Lethal Ogre 4."
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I don't know about you, but I've never seen any of the Lethal Ogre movies. I hear the fading Gibson pretty much sleepwalks through each one of them and Trak delivers lines like Comcast delivers services. Anyway, this tale of Trak represents my take on the picture prompt above for this week's Friday Fictioneers.
The other Friday Fictioneers will give you no Shrek (in Yiddish, it means "fright") and keep you on Trak with their takes on the picture prompt if you grab a big club (optional) and click right here.
The other Friday Fictioneers will give you no Shrek (in Yiddish, it means "fright") and keep you on Trak with their takes on the picture prompt if you grab a big club (optional) and click right here.
Shrek may gloat, but Trak All The Way actually wasn't that bad a movie. I just didn't find the love scenes between Trak and Scarlett Johansson all that convincing.
