{"id":342,"date":"2009-03-09T08:35:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T12:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summerofjim.com\/2009\/03\/09\/now-appearing-at-the-forum\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:08:26","slug":"now-appearing-at-the-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":"Now Appearing at the Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first to arrive at the home of Gaius Cassius Longinius was Servilius Casca, and he was quickly followed by Tillius Cimber, Rubrius Ruga, Sextius Naso&#8230; and finally Marcus Junius Brutus. Brutus brought the leaflets and the large laminated poster: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center\">\n<p>Now appearing at the Forum:<br \/><em><strong>The Liberatores<br \/><\/strong>An evening of beautiful musical entertainment<\/em><br \/><em>Athenian Ballads * Hebrew Marching Songs * Current Popular Tunes<\/em> <br \/><strong>\u2014<\/strong><br \/>One night only:<br \/><strong>The Ides of March<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>CASSIUS: &nbsp;Not bad.&nbsp; I like it. &nbsp;He\u2019ll never suspect anything. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CASCA: &nbsp;Are we really going to go thru with this? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CASSIUS: &nbsp;We all agreed that Caesar has got to go. He is a threat to the Republic. Declaring himself Dictator for Life? Are you kidding? It would be easier if he were hated by the lower classes&#8230; then <em>they<\/em> could kill him! But the son-of-a-bitch is too popular. So we\u2019ll have to do it&#8230; we\u2019ll do it to save the Republic and all the Red States!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRUTUS:&nbsp; Cassius who is going to play the drums? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CASSIUS:&nbsp; Drums? What the hell are you talking about? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRUTUS:&nbsp; You know&#8230; in the Liberatores. Who is going to play the drums? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CASSIUS:&nbsp; No one is going to be playing the drums, you ninny! That\u2019s just a ruse to get Caesar to the Forum so we can take turns stabbing him repeatedly or hitting him with a baseball bat like DeNiro did to that guy&nbsp;in the <em>Untouchables.<\/em> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRUTUS:&nbsp; Oh&#8230; well, I guess that&#8217;s a good thing. I didn\u2019t know any Hebrew Marching Songs. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CASSIUS: &nbsp;Cimber, are you sure that Caesar got his copy of the leaflet? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CIMBER: &nbsp;I think so&#8230; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CASSIUS:&nbsp; Think so? Think so! Listen&#8230; we got to be sure that he shows up. I already paid for all these fancy Swiss knives and bats&#8230; what do you think? And those knives have all those neat attachments&#8230; I&nbsp;got them on sale and I can\u2019t even return them! Shit! Hand me my cell phone&#8230; <em>Hello! Who is this? Oh&#8230; hello Calpurnia, would you put Julius on the phone, yes&#8230; yes I can wait \u2019til he is finished going #2&#8230; <\/em>he\u2019s probably playing with himself&#8230; <em>Hey, Jay Jay&#8230; good to hear your voice. You&#8217;re beautiful, just beautiful. Look, I know it&#8217;s late; but a few of us have put a group together and&nbsp;we have a gig at the Forum on the Ides. You\u2019ll love it, some period things, a few covers and some original stuff, too. Brutus?&nbsp; Sure, he&#8217;s playing Fender Bass. Wild, huh? Anyway we don\u2019t want you to miss it&#8230; we&#8217;ll save you a seat in the front row.&nbsp; Yeah, sure you can sit in on a number! We\u2019ll give you the cowbell! What? Can we \u201ccover\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>Don&#8217;t Fear the&nbsp;Reaper<em>? Sure, you got it! What? No, no&#8230; leave Calpurnia behind. After the show we can all go out and get wasted. Be&nbsp;there or be square! I can count on you right? I knew it!&nbsp; You\u2019re beautiful, just beautiful!&nbsp;<\/em>Well, that&#8217;s that. He wants to sit in on \u201cDon&#8217;t Fear&nbsp;the Reaper\u201d! Can you imagine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRUTUS: &nbsp;Cassius, I don&#8217;t know how to play the Fender Bass. Although I think I can fake singing a Hebrew Marching Song. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CASSIUS: &nbsp;Here&#8217;s a bat, Brutus. 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