Calypso+1

The Good Samaritan of Lovely Braids

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Radio Monologue
__ SCENE 1: __ __ MUSIC  SMOOTH HIP HOP INTRO. __ __ CALYPSO: __ My name is Calypso, nymph of the lovely braids. Atlas was my father the Titan who upholds the pillars separating earth from sky. Our family is the prime of the gods, looking over the people of the world and acting with the best of intentions. Let me tell you the true story of wily Odysseus’ visit to my island of Ogygia.

__SCENE 2:__ __CALYPSO:__ Odysseus was sailing back to Ithaca from the Trojan War, his ship wrecked, his crew dead, when he landed on my island. Of course I insisted that he seek warmth and shelter in my arching caverns. Some would even say that I forced him, but I think that’s a bit of an overstatement. With my tempting ways and lovely braids, what handsome, interesting, strong mortal would want to stay by the sea? __SOUND: SEDUCTIVE HUMAN WHISTLE.__ And that is why I, so lovingly, took him in, purely out of the goodness of my heart. So he stayed with me for years, obviously content to have an immortal taking care of him and tending to his needs! I fulfilled every desire he had, even when he didn’t voice them. __SCENE 3__: __CALYPSO__: There were those times when he cried for what he said was homesickness and frustration from being restrained on my island, but of course I knew he wasn’t right in the head from swaying up and down on a boat for all those years. I knew that never in a thousand years would Odysseus want to leave me, well the truth was, everyone wanted me, even Paris. Let me get you in on a little secret. Because I’m so eternally beautiful, Paris, the Trojan prince, fell in love with me. Despite his constant gifts and passionate love notes, I didn’t find Paris attractive at all. I asked Cupid to give Helen a little poke with his arrow, __SOUND: BOW AND ARROW BEING SHOT.__ and the pair fell in love. That’s the reason Helen was so attracted to Paris, because no matter what the bards sing nowadays, he was quite ugly. __ SCENE 4: __ __ CALYPSO: __ Randomly one day, after years of fulfilling Odysseus’ dreams, Hermes came down to take Odysseus away from me and to force him to leave the comfort of my house, and to sail home, to return to doing the very things that had put him in such a weak state! I was obvious that Odysseus had no desire or strength to be thrown back on a ship to go out to the sea again. But Hermes left us with no alternative. He pulled Odysseus away, and Odysseus did not resist because he was too overcome with distress and anguish from our separation. __SOUND: DISTRESSED NOOO!.__ As a last gift of our partnership, I begged Hermes to let me stock Odysseus’ ship with food and supplies to make his voyage less painful. __SOUND: OH MY GOODNESS.__ How it pains me to think about the horrible hardships Odysseus must be going through nowadays. __ SCENE 5: __ __ CALYPSO: __ So here I wait until my beloved Odysseus can come back to me and love me. I’m sure he’ll return someday! __ MUSIC: ARABIAN LULLABY. __