Star Spangled Man

"Who’s strong and brave, here to save the American Way? Who vows to fight like a man for what’s right night and day? Who will campaign door-to-door for America, Carry the flag shore to shore for America, From Hoboken to Spokane, The Star Spangled Man with a Plan!"



Star Spangled Man
Star Spangled Man is a play written by Tony Stark that has not been produced yet. It was written for one certain Steve Rogers, completely based on him. It also features a war theme, which is somehow a trademark for Tony's scripts. It's a story about dreams and patriotism and the real morals in which the state should be based on.

It's probably gonna be the next hit to star on the big stage of Stark Hall and maybe the first play to not have a sad ending.

Plot
The play tells the haunting tale of a young idealist artist named Stephen. In a way, Star Spangled Man is a B side to War Machine. Both protagonists are very patriotic, believing in justice, morals and freedom in the hard times of war. Instead of giving in to the violent nature of war though, the main character in Star Spangled Man sacrifices himself much like a martyr, giving the play a somewhat more bittersweet ending. This one though is specifically a historical play, set in before the US had its official flag.

Stephen was born with a birthmark in the form of the american flag in his back. Always an dreamer, he wanted to help his country somehow but his body was too weak to enable him to fight the war. So as a sensitive painter, he tried to inspire people to believe in what the country stood for. As the years went by, the horrors of wartime deeply increased as well as the death toll. The country slowly lost himself on the way and betrayed everything it stood for in the most cruel of ways.

Stephen found himself disheartened then, as he watched his homeland engage in monstrosities and war crimes. It wasn't about freedom or justice anymore, it was about inflicting suffering on others, about winning a game with the lives of civilians. Horrified, the young painter decided to become a symbol of what the country should fight for, what they used to stand for, and proceeds to rip off the skin of his back.

His blood dyed the stripes red and his birthmark became the US flag, a memoir of the dreams and morals of a dead man and a dead country. It is said though that Tony decided to change the ending for some skinny blond reason. Stephen probably survives now to give the first happy ending to one of Stark's plays.

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