Meghan: He just wants to be understood

In Which: Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster Tries to Make Peace with his Creator


WARNING
The Jerry Springer Show may contain adult themes or strong language. Parents are cautioned that this program may not be suitable for children.

A joyful crowd can be heard clapping and chanting, “JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!” A smiling Jerry Springer is walking among them, shaking hands here and there. Eventually the people calm and sit in their seats.
Jerry smiles into the camera, “Welcome to the show. My guests are here today to fix a long lost relationship.”
The screen pans to a horrifying man-shaped beast who dwarfs the plush chair that he sits on. The daemon waves shyly to the crowd and a few women faint.
Jerry continues nonchalantly, “This is Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster; please tell us why you’re here today sir?”
The daemon clears his throat and begins his story in a cultured voice, “I have come here seeking the man who would call himself my father. He has abandoned me.”
The crowd answers this statement with heartfelt ‘boos’.
“Do you know why your father abandoned you in this way?” Jerry asks as he cocks a concerned brow.
The monster chuckles dryly and gestures towards himself, “As you can see, I am no pleasure to look at, but even so I feel that the one who made me has a responsibility to live with what he has made.”
Jerry nods, eyes narrowed as if deep in thought, “Well we have Dr. Frankenstein backstage now.”
The monster perks up in his chair, “You do?”
“Yes,” Jerry continues, “He doesn’t know that he’s come to meet you specifically, he has been called here to meet a ‘long lost friend.’”
The monster throws an anticipatory glance at the curtain that hid the backstage.
Jerry gestures towards the cameras, “Well I guess it’s time to bring out Dr. Frankenstein to meet his son.”
A skinny man in a grungy lab coat stumbles out of the curtains to the jeers of the crowd. He looks around wildly and when his gaze lands on the monster he seems to shrivel into himself. His eyes bulge and his hands creep along the walls behind him like he’s looking for an escape. The taunting of the crowd dies off in puzzlement at the extremeness of his horror in seeing his creation.
Dr. Frankenstein stretches out a white shaky finger towards his monster, “Murderer!” He whispers hoarsely.
“What do you mean by this accusation?” Jerry asks in a puzzled voice.
The doctor pinwheels his arms wildly, “Go! You’re all in danger! This monster is a murderer! Run for your lives!”
The audience cheers happily at this exciting turn of events.
The monster smoothes his jacket agitatedly, “Father please, last time was a terrible mistake-“
“A mistake?!” Dr. Frankenstein roars, “You killed-you killed…” He breaks down into sobs.
Jerry roams the audience, and stops by a man with a raised hand. He holds his microphone by the man’s mouth for his question,
“Yeah I was just wonderin’” The man drawls around his gum, “Why your daddy should take you back when you’re so ugly?”
One of the monster’s eyes twitches.
Jerry moves on to another audience member, they continue the abuse: “Do you have some sort of Daddy complex or something? Who cares? Move on!”
“Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!” The audience begins chanting again.
The monster’s eye twitches again and he slowly rises to his feet, staring menacingly at the audience. Though the bouncers for the show are only as tall as his chin, they attempt to form a loose barrier between him and the audience.
But when the crowd started chanting, “Ugly! Ugly! Ugly!” The floodgates break.
“I knew coming on this show was a bad idea.” The monster sys in a thoughtful tone before he launches himself over the bouncers and into the crowd.
“Tune in next week for Confessions of an Angry Porn Star,” Jerry says frantically into a camera as screams can be heard in the background, “This has been the Jerry Springer Show.”


-M