I would like to create a TV drama surrounding the lives of college students. The show would begin as a typical program about undergrads: they would eat bad food, go to classes and have sex with each other. Throughout the series, however, the characters’ lives, bodies, clothing, speech, behaviors, living spaces, etc. would begin to resemble those of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
At first, these transformations would be very subtle and occur at a very slow rate. For instance, in one episode mid-series, after skipping studying to have sex with her boyfriend, Sheila, a sophomore international relations major, would cut down a cherry tree on campus. In later episodes, the transformations would be a little more obvious. For instance, while cutting class to eat pizza, Red, a sophomore international relations major, would sign the Declaration of Independence. Over the course of ten later episodes, the name of Clay Venable, a senior graphic design major, would slowly transform into the name “John Hancock” at a rate of one letter per episode. Towards the end of the series, the characters would wear powdered wigs, own slaves, become Presidents of the United States, address congress, sign bills, etc. Their lives would no longer resemble what they were in the beginning, and the whole show would become a straightforward period piece.
