UNDERCURRENT INCORPORATED, 1999
La MaMa, NYC; Exodus Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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| Black-Eyed Susan (L) played an agent for dead celebrities and Mary Shultz (R) played a jazz musician and small-time criminal in "Undercurrent Incorporated " by Jim Neu. Photo by Suzanne Opton. |
Explores the plight of downsized spies in the market economy. Facing the future with nothing in their resumes but duplicity and double-dealing, the ex-spies infiltrate the fields of pop fashion and televangelism. Their success surprises even them, but old habits die hard and their urge for intrigue finally can’t be denied.
Bob
you can’t argue with the tide of history
as spies, the future we didn’t have in Asia was exceeded only by the lack of our prospects in Africa
Joe
washed up by the tide of history
Simone
(entering) impaled on a rocky outcrop of muck encrusted sub-culture
Joe
ah Simone, the spin is never quite right until you get here
Simone
I hope you had enough sense to not talk about anything important
Joe
we were sharing our feelings
Simone
that couldn’t have taken much time