Hoping to realize at least one of the handful of things one can do with a monkey, a man in New Orleans is staging a live recreation of Dunston Checks In—the searing 1996 drama in which an orangutan rebels against the life of crime that’s been thrust upon him, choosing instead to go straight with the legitimate business of annoying Jason Alexander. “I’ve recently acquired a monkey through means that I shall not disclose; however, it has given me the opportunity to act out a childhood fantasy,” writes the unnamed poster on Craigslist. He then continues in the best way someone posting on Craigslist about sketchily obtained monkeys and his “fantasies” possibly can: “Of course you know what I’m referring to, Dunstin [sic] Checks In.”
The man’s spelling of “Dunston” may be corrupted, but his intentions are pure. “Charles, my monkey will of course play Dunstin [sic], I will play Kyle Grant, and all other parts are open,” he says, before redundantly adding, “Please only serious inquiries.”