FICTION

ON A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION

Renée 5-G-3 FPE

On a local television station we can see a program that is given on the stage of a theater. Before the program is on the air, men and women are chosen in the audience to participate in different games that take place during the program. Prizes are given to the winners of the dif- ferent games.

One night I was in the audience and the number of my ticket was called. I was entitled to participate in one of the games. Like the others that were called, I walked backstage and met the program producer. He explained to me what he expected me to do during the program.

The idea was to dress a man as a woman, have him sit in the audi- ence and then, send two women in the theater, from backstage to try and find among all the women present who was the one who really was a man I do not know why, but I was chosen among the other male participants to be the one to impersonate a girl. While the other partici- pants sat in a row, on stage. I was taken to the dressing room backstage.

There stood two girls: a makeup artist and one who looked after the costumes. The producer explained to them what he wanted them to do

with me. He asked them to do then best to have me took exactiv like a

girl, in order to make the game more difficult for the two ladies he had appointed to find me in the audience.

Everything had happened so quickly and I was so excited for having heard my ticket number called that I had not thought of protesting against what was going to happen to me. He left the room immediately, leaving me alone with the two girls. The girl in charge of the costumes told me to undress. I looked for a place where I could do it without them seeing me, but there was none.

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