Rheumatoid Floyd

This is Jay’s spoof of Orson Welles’ classic movie Citizen Kane. Charles Foster Floyd utters his last word “Rosebud” and falls to the floor. Enter Bradford Thompson, a reporter, who immediately begins to write Floyd’s obituary. But, as Floyd lies there dying, he doesn’t like what he hears Thompson write. So, he wills himself to get up, stay alive, and help Thompson write the piece.

However, Thompson finds Floyd’s memories of his life to be a bit unbelievable. As they bicker about the details, Thompson learns about Floyd the man that the public never knew. And Floyd begins to see that he may have held himself in too high of a regard. In the end, they strike a compromise about reporting the truth and respecting the dignity of a man’s death.

Two men. One set.

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