Monday, January 7, 2013

Les Mis (Abridged)

A conversation in bed with a groggy husband after coming home with eyeballs all bloodshot and puffy from seeing Les Miserables with the girls.


Larry: Less Miserabless...So it’s all singing?
Me: Yeah, it’s an opera. 

Larry: No talking at all?

Me: Nope.


Larry: Anne Hathaway was the lead?

Me: No, she dies like, half an hour in.

Larry: Wow, her part is small.

Me: But SO important. 

Larry: Yeah?

Me:  So she gets fired from this factory.  Wait, I have to go back further.  Ok, Wolverine is in prison for stealing bread and Gladiator releases him but is like, “You are on parole forever, so best of luck. Jerk.”  So Wolverine finds Jesus and decides to change his identity and do good for others.  Then Catwoman is working in his factory which always sounds bad but in this case it’s good because Paris is a total hole right now and it’s either: factory or be a whore.  She calls out for Wolverine to help her but last minute Gladiator shows up and Wolverine has to bolt.   So she becomes a whore.  He finds her later and she’s all, “Thanks, I’m a whore now.  And also I have tuberculosis.  And also I have a kid, so.  Yeah. Thanks.”  So Wolverine promises to take care of little Amanda Seyfried after Catwoman dies. 

Larry [singing]: I’m dyyyyyyying now.  Cough!  MeeOwwwww!

Me: Right, just like that.  So before Wolverine gets Little AS, Gladiator tells him they found the prisoner that Gladiator thought Wolverine was, and Wolverine gets all sweaty and guilty and is like, “Do I come clean and save this poor guy they think is me or bolt?  Sigh, I found Jesus and I’m awesome, so I’m gonna come clean and save this dude.”  So he does, then runs and grabs Little AS and they run off.  Nine years later Paris is still a mess and this political figure who spoke for the people dies.  So all these college boys are like, “LAST STRAW, KING ASSHOLE THE 15TH or whatever!  VIVA LA FRANCE!  NO MORE EVERYBODY HAVING TO BE WHORES!”  But one of the Red-Headed ones is also in love with Little AS, who is now Grownup AS.  And he’s pretty torn up about dying for his country now.  But his hotter friend goes, “Man, get your head back in the game!” So Redhead joins up anyway and they build this barricade out of chairs and a coffin and there’s lots of singing by everybody here, including this one girl who is in love with Redhead, but he doesn’t love her back.  And the standoff has started. 

Larry: Get off our chair and coffin mooouuntaaain, you jeeeeeeerrrrrks!

Me: Exactly.  So Wolverine finds out that Redhead loves Grownup AS and is like, “Crap, I never let her do anything because I’m a fugitive of the law.  I have to make sure this guy doesn’t die.”  He goes to the barricade and lo and behold, they have Gladiator tied up there because he was double-agenting them and got busted.  Wolverine tells the boys he’ll take care of the nasty man.  But when no one’s looking, he cuts Gladiator loose.  Gladiator’s all, “I am SO still going to hunt you down, you know!”  And Wolverine’s all, “Who cares, I’m awesome, just beat it.” 

So they fight the royal guard and they all get killed including this little kid, like, cheap shot, show.  Except Redhead because  Wolverine drags him the hell out of there through the sewers and sure enough Gladiator busts them and Wolverine’s like, “Dude, stop it.  This guy needs a doctor.”  But Gladiator goes, “NEVER.  One more move and you’re effing dead.”  But Wolverine’s like, whatever, and leaves and Gladiator does nothing.  He’s so wigged out about how Wolverine is so much more awesome than he is that he SPLATS himself right into the dam. 

Larry:  AAAAaAAAHHHH!!! OOF!

Me:  Those are actually kind of his lines.  So Redhead is ok and he marries Grownup AS, but Wolverine is dying that day and they all cry, but Grownup AS finds out the truth about Catwoman and then Ghost Catwoman comes and takes Wolverine to heaven.  The End.  I left some parts out, but that’s the gist.