Six the Genderbend Musical

Dialogue (Part 8)

Adam Boleyn -
Wait, I don't get it.

Cristian Parr - 
Okay, look. Why does anyone know who we are?

Adam Boleyn -
My sixth finger.

Cristian of Aragon -
Put it away, son!

Cristian Parr - 
No. Okay, let me put it in a different way. Who was Henriette VII's husband?

(They all look around at each other for an answer.)

Adam Boleyn -
I don't know.

Cristian Parr - 
Anyone?

(The Kings chatter amongst themselves, but no one knows the answer.)

Cristian Parr - 
And Henriette VI's husband?

(Once again, none of them know the answer.)

Cristian Parr - 
And Henriette V's husband?

King's excluding Howard:
We don't know.

Kristian Howard -
Cristian de Valois— I mean, I don't know.

Cristian Parr - 
The point is, the only reason any of these people have come here tonight is because once upon a time—

Cristian of Aragon -
The same girl fell in love with us.

Cristian Parr - 
Right.

John Seymour -
So we can sing our hearts out.

Adam of Cleves -
And get down like it's 1499.

Cristian Parr - 
I mean if we hadn't married Henriette VIII...

Cristian of Aragon -
No one would want to hear our stories.

John Seymour -
And so each of our solos end up as backing vocals on Henri's greatest hits.

Kristian Howard -
Yeah... but isn't there a bigger problem here?

Cristian of Aragon -
The dissolution of the monasteries?

Kristian Howard -
...Nope. I'm talking about us 'cause when we get together as a group it just—

Adam Boleyn -
Everyone notices John can't dance!

Kristian Howard -
This is what I'm talking about! We compare ourselves, and when we're the six grooms of Henriette VIII, we each become just that.

Cristian of Aragon -
One of her husbands.

Cristian Parr - 
One of...

Kings -  
Six.

Adam Boleyn -
Oh, I get it. Since the only thing we have in common is our wife, grouping us is an inherently comparative act and as such unnecessarily elevates a historical approach ingrained in patriarchal structures... Yeah... I read.