(man comes up aisle working on instrument)
PROFESSOR:
(involved in work) Revolutionary! This will change the face of technology! (holding up instrument, very proud of work -- arrives at front) Simply revolutionary, yes, revolutionary and INCREDIBLE! Now, how in the world do I turn it on?
ANGEL:
(floats up aisle unseen by professor) Here goes man again! The next "Great Invention" to revolutionize the world! (hovers about the professor, in the background, still unseen)
PROFESSOR:
Hmmmm. Now let's see. (bangs on instrument) That doesn't seem to work. (fiddles with instrument with a screwdriver) My my my. Hmmmmm. (finally lifts up leg and kicks instrument) No, no, no. That'll never do! (thinks, licks finger, holds finger up to check wind) Hmmmmm. (rearranges himself to be downwind of instrument) My my my, hmmmm, let us see let us see let us seeeeeeeee...
(tentatively holds out finger and promptly receives electric shock!)
Oh my! (finger is stuck to instrument, electric current runs through professor's body, shaking him, rocking him back and forth) Oh my! This simply won't -- this simply won't do! (he tries yanking his hand away, tries prying finger away with foot) Help! Oh help! (the current is getting worse)
ANGEL:
(thoughtfully) Should I free the poor schmuck? (circles about the electrocuting professor) Hmmm, I'd probably save the world a lot of trouble if I allowed the current to finish its job...
PROFESSOR:
(gasping for breath, convulsively removes hand-held dictation machine from pocket and manages to make a verbal note) Note to self: it's not a good idea to touch the instrument with a wet finger...
ANGEL:
(looking up) Well, what do you say, Boss? (listens) Well, I wasn't going to actually allow him to FRY, you know. But maybe he'll be a little for responsible in using the instrument when he realizes how serious the ramifications are... (pauses to consider professor)
PROFESSOR:
(consumed with convulsions) Oh dear! I feel a little strange! (thinks a moment, then in high voice shrieks) I'm melting! I'm melting! Oh my oh my! What a world, what a world!
ANGEL:
(looking up, listening) Okay, okay! But maybe now he'll change his mind! Maybe he'll go back to growing bigger daisies, or an improved clapper to turn on the shower! (faces professor -- reaches out one finger and slowly touches him on the arm)
PROFESSOR:
(freed from the instrument and the deadly current, is flung away) WOW!
ANGEL:
Yes, WOW.
PROFESSOR:
(looking startled) Where did you come from? (before the angel can answer) Who are you? (before the angel can answer) Do you know that you just saved my life? (before the angel can answer) You need to be more careful, this instrument is highly sensitive, and must be regarded with utter caution at every single solitary moment! (returns to tweaking instrument with screwdriver)
ANGEL:
(looking over professor's shoulder) Do you know what you've invented here?
PROFESSOR:
Why yes I do, I surely and most certainly do indeed, yes indeedy do, I should surely think I do, surely, indeed yes!
ANGEL:
It will revolutionize the world.
PROFESSOR:
(excited) You realize THAT? Why YES, it will, it will!
ANGEL:
Professor, this instrument you have created, it will be used for the greatest of evils. It will turned into a weapon!
PROFESSOR:
Why no! This instrument is for GOOD! It will feed the homeless, provide shelter for the hungry, and put an end to cancer! This instrument is NOT a weapon! The idea is simply hideous!
ANGEL:
This thingee-muh-cuhbobber here will be responsible for the countless deaths of innocent children, and their parents as well. It will start diseases in populated places, deadly fluctuations in the weather which will bring about flooding, earthquakes, wars and rumors of wars!
PROFESSOR:
This instrument will not be starting any rumors! It's not a gossip machine, you know!
ANGEL:
Ok, so I might have been waxing eloquent with that one. But before you give this "gift" to the world, I just thought I'd let you in on a few of the consequences. It IS a remarkable instrument, and there IS a lot of good inside it, but you know man -- man will betray your good intentions, and think only evil...
PROFESSOR:
(disturbed, thoughtfully considering angel's words, eyeing his machine) You know, when I see all the hungry people . . . I just have to DO something about it. And all the people out there living on the streets . . . I feel like I have to DO something. When I think about the diseases . . . don't you see what I'm trying to do here? I want to help. I want to do good. I want to give the world something positive.
ANGEL:
(listening, nodding) Go on...
PROFESSOR:
I guess something bad can come from everything good. But that doesn't mean we have to stop doing good things, does it?
ANGEL:
Of course. I knew this would be the outcome. You ARE a chip off the old block, you know. Created in His image, and all that... (begins to exit)
PROFESSOR:
(picking up the invention) You know, I was thinking. (following angel) I'm going to build a failsafe into the machine, so that after man messes the whole thing up, turns everything good to evil, that there will be a button he can push, to save everyone!
ANGEL:
(pausing) You COULD do that, you know. But it would cost a great investment!
PROFESSOR:
I'd do it! I'd do it, no matter how great the cost!
ANGEL:
(begins to exit again) It would be your very life. You would have to invest your own life in that button to save others.
PROFESSOR:
(pauses, the angel, pauses too) My own life? Why yes. For GOOD. I am responsible for this gift. I will pay that price. (begins to exit)
ANGEL:
(exiting) By the way, good job, professor. It is a great machine...
PROFESSOR:
Why yes, I see that. It IS good. Incredible, isn't it?
ANGEL:
Yes, professor.
PROFESSOR:
By the way, I was meaning to ask you, what's with the wings? You doing some kind of commercial or something?
(they exit)
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