The Room: Lisa's Mother's plot
Lisa's mother, Claudette, only wants to live. Claudette, at the tender age of 73, stricken with breast cancer believes she does not have much time left. After Johnny, a man she warned her daughter lisa against, has killed himself, she has resolved to live life to the fullest. No one seems to care that she has breast cancer or that she has maybe a month to live. Her own daughter doesnt even care. Claudette doesnt care, she will do what she loves in her last month of life and leave her daughter to clean up her own mess.
What is the first thing a 73 year old woman would do? Yes thats right, she went to the beach. She spent the whole day at the beach. She just stared into the horizon thinking about the future, past, and the present. The mess that she had left in San Francisco was behind her. They didnt care about her impending death, so why should she care about them? She was happy for the first time in a while and she didnt want to change a thing.
The next day she decided to do something crazy, she bought a plane ticket to D.C. and when she landed she went straight to the white house. She bought a large cardboard sign and some markers. She wrote "More awareness for Breast Cancer" and began chanting outside the white house gates. Eventually some people joined her and the crowd was large enough they got media attention.
Claudette gave tons of interviews about her struggle and how her own family didnt care about her impending death. Her organization received tons of donations. She was starting to make a difference. She was starting to do something with her life. Yet her month was almost up.
She started a charity, she got media attention on breast cancer, she visited kids in hospitals with cancer, she did interviews and was famous. She had done what she had always wanted. She had finally gotten the attention she deserved. She could die happily now.
One day she fell very ill and went in to see the doctor. The press was scrambling to find out if this was the end of claudette. She made top news.
"Yup" said the doctor "You definitely have a cold"
"What?" Claudette remarked "I dont have Breast Cancer?"
"No" the doctor laughed "You definitely dont have Breast cancer!"
She walked out of the doctors office in awe. A miracle had happened. Now a bigger question remained. What was she to do with the rest of her day? And the infinite days to follow?
The horizon seemed a little brighter.