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/ Bitch.GREG Yeah. De Steph ass e Manager bei hirer Friseursalon ginn. And I looked over to where she was pointing, expecting to see a boy from the neighborhoodwe know a lot of people, having grown up here since, like, foreverand she's pointing at Greg. / I was joking!STEPH Fuck jokes! STEPH angrilypiles her hair into a makeshift bun-type thing.GREG Man, this is you're talking nuts now. OK? Shit KENT Well need you strong and fast for the team, man. Scene Four Carly and Greg are hanging out in the lounge. Organizational Behavior Research Paper Topics. / Promise.KENT To anybody. Do not walk out of here when we're fighting or I swear to God I'll I will murder your fish when you're gone. / Is that what you told her to do? / I mean, boy, if you're looking for things to get shitty then OK, but otherwise I wouldn't say a thing like that, not anything about being psycho or that sorta junk. Scoop your top layer away from your face and add soft curls for a pretty style, or straighten it and put it in a high, tight ponytail to look sleek and stylish. Vad betyder Charlotte Perkins Gilmans "The Yellow Wallpaper"? The English Theatre of Hamburg Greg has plans to go to college, realizing that he doesnt want to work at a warehouse for the rest of his life. And that's what hurts the most GREG No.STEPH You said stuff. You'll know it and I will pounce on you like I was death itself if you're lying to me Seriously. Without question.GREG nods and checks a wall clock against his watch. !KENT Don't feel like I can trust you (Beat.) Greg frsker ta verhanden och antyder att han kanske berttar Carly sanningen, men Kent tror att han bluffar. Just so you know, though it's a pan.GREG Fine! This is a shame but it's true, I've hated kissing you from almost the first time we did it and that's really depressing. I'm taking the bedroom TV. Wrongfully Terminated Due to Discrimination. Sorry that I'm looking at the clock, it's got absolutely no bearing on whether I wanted to see you or notbecause I dobut I'm also trying to be a useful employee which can only be of benefit to our lifestyle and that, I'm seeing now, places me in a bit of a bind. Fuck, fuck, fuck.GREG tries to scoot closer and comfort her but she pulls away like he's holding a branding iron.STEPH STOP. GREG flinches as he opens up an energy snack.KENT What's that?GREG PowerBar.KENT Why're you having that?GREG What do you mean?KENT You just had lunchnow you're having one of those, too?GREG Uh-huh. I'm just, like, totally baffled by this KENT nods and yawnschecks his watch. Greg tries to get the upper hand, hinting that he might tell Carly the truth, but Kent believes that he is bluffing. Tight.GREG All right, that's it (Stands.) OK?GREG Great.CARLY Yeah, lots of shit and cried a little GREG Come on CARLY I'm not kidding! / TELL ME, I just want you to say it and then I'll stop!GREG No / No, you're STEPH Say it! Steph admits that she cannot stop thinking about Greg, yet at the same time believes that she will be much happier with her soon-to-be husband. Carly och Greg hnger i pausrummet. (Beat.) Phil Knight. Han tackar Greg fr att han tckte ver sin affr och brjar bertta om sina senaste sexuella bedrifter med Crystal, den "heta tjejen" frn kontoret. (Beat. (Nods.) Hit the pet store.They sit quietly for a moment, staring straight ahead. (Beat.) More audition instructions are at https://www.act2theatre.org/2013/01/07/auditions/, More about the director at https://www.act2theatre.org/2013/01/12/meet-pretty-director-beau-bowden/. 6. / I didn't do anything GREG Yeah, uh-huh, she's all CARLY I just GREG You got her totally worked up and, and, and she's completely pissed, and now I can't even get her to take my CARLY I'm sorry, but she called me so you're the one with a problem, obviously.GREG What?CARLY She did. / Do what you gotta do.STEPH Ohhh, you're all Mr. Casual now, is that it?GREG Whatever.STEPH You're such a dick.GREG How do you want me to act, Steph? You know what I mean STEPH I do, yeah, that's why I just corrected you on it. Tiffany White Stantons first-rate costumes range from factory wear to dress casual, David Svengalis lights all of the above with flair as his sound design sets both mood and place, and fight director David Rowdenthrows inone very believable fist-to-fist for good measure. As he showed in Awake and Sing! and Dying City, Schreiber has considerable range, bringing complexity to what could have been just another loathsome, LaButean archetype, his personal relationships irredeemably polluted by brutal male competitiveness. / Yeah, yeah KENT I don't like doing a shoddy job, is all. Unfortunately, he also thinks she has a few physical imperfections, and when he casually mentions them, all hell breaks loose. I don't see you doing cardio work or, like, lifting. It's no big deal, anything we said, and if she is gonna call you every time I open up my mouth over at their place, then I'm never gonna go there again! Even though she's beautiful?GREG Pretty. I actually meant the first CARLY So, yeah, she rang me up and we chatted, like friends do. I'm STEPH She was in the other room, you bastard! The Australian premiere took place in May 2012 at the Darlinghurst Theatre in Sydney, directed by National Institute of Dramatic Arts graduate James Beach and starring Andrew Henry. If it stumbles in illustrating this lesson, it also opens its author's ears to a new, richly human music. But "reasons to be pretty," the third entry in this unofficial trilogy, cuts even deeper than its predecessors. [6], Reasons to Be Pretty has also been put up in San Francisco at San Francisco Playhouse where it opened on March 26. I'll just wait. Character: Carly works as a security guard in a warehouse, a job she got because she was pretty, not because she has an aptitude for it. And she's got roommates.GREG Great. [Exit Robin. / COME ON!CARLY No! (to him) Are you listening?GREG Yep. Because she needed someone to talk to today, and GREG Yeah, but wait CARLY because I would never say such a mean and horrible thing to her, that's why.GREG Oh. Lyceum Theatre; 149 W. 45th St., New York, NY; Really. Ta-da!GREG Nice.KENT No shit. Regular.STEPH OK.GREG See? (Smiles.) Door to the kitchen was open. 'S been a ball, lemme tell you. "Reasons To Be Pretty", is the play chosen for the director's analysis essay. The following is a summary and analysis of the events in Act Two. (Beat.) Right? Act Two of Reasons To Be Pretty beginn an der Lobby vum Restaurant. I go nuts if I still break out on my chin or anything, carry tweezers in my purse, and I'm not even, like, all crazy about it like a lot of my friends are and every one of them, the ones that I've called, at least, they all said to dump him. She is portraying the role of Carly. / What?GREG Just talking! He repeatedly calls Greg a pussy. More in sorrow than in anger, and more in annoyance than rancor, it must be said that the talented . As their relationships crumble, the four friends are forced to confront a sea of deceit, infidelity, and betrayed trust in their journey to answer that oh-so-American question: How much is pretty worth? / No matter how far back we go GREG I see. So, so, so. Damn KENT Right. In the course of these conversations, you realize anew what a sensitive ear Mr. LaBute has for the uncommonness in common speech of the individuality within everyday language and for how people of all levels of education and eloquence use words as instruments of power What makes this play resonate is less its Big Theme beauty (or lack thereof) and its discontents than how that theme illuminates the insecurities of people who don't feel they have much to offer the world reasons to be pretty is in part about learning to listen. Margot Lee Shetterly. Steph concedes that she can't quit contemplating Greg, yet simultaneously accepts that she will be a lot more joyful with her prospective spouse. Reasons To Be Pretty will be performed by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. / I was just making conversation GREG Great. Han berttar fr henne att hennes datum s smningom kommer att skada hennes knslor ocks och att han inte kommer att vara dr fr att hjlpa henne. / 'Preciate it.GREG No prob. Following Carly departs, Stephanie makes a trip to share the news: she is locked in to be hitched. NYT Critic's Pick. He expresses gratitude toward Greg for concealing his undertaking, and starts to relate his ongoing sexual endeavors with Crystal, the hot young lady from the workplace. I'm not Jesus GREG I know. (Beat.) STEPH watching his every move. I don't careI couldn't care less about her. Seriously. (Beat.) Each of the four characters opens up in a monologue, and while Greg, in the final one, gets to articulate fully the themes of the play and his own emotional maturity through experience, the device does feel a little schematic. I've made this over the last however long I dunno, since I left, and it covers all your shit. Summary of the play Reasons to be Pretty meet the characters: steph is the central argument of the play. Steph and Greg out of the blue experience one another. Trio drama tidak terhubung oleh karakter atau plot tetapi oleh tema citra tubuh yang berulang dalam masyarakat Amerika. by Neil LaBute. Han betonar att hon har ett vackert ansikte och fr henne att m bttre. Fr vem du r och vad du har gjort, och fr allt du kommer utan tvekan att beg resten av ditt liv. / Thanks.GREG Of course. I am. So what about her?KENT I'm, you know (Waits.) Omedelbart efter att Carly lmnar stannar Stephanie in fr att bertta nyheterna: hon r frlovad fr att gifta sig. Or STEPH I see. The fact that you rip off your toenails with your teeth and then eat them, or nibble at them, anyway, after you've done it. Rosewood would feel very different without Ian Harding's Pretty Little Liars character. Just go back to the house and climb into bed with you, say "I'm sorry" again if you want me to, but crawl in and have you up against me your back against me and I can feel your heartbeat when we get all quiet like that That's what I want.STEPH Oh. (Beat.) Steph har blivit chef p hennes frisrsalong. / No, that's great, Kent.KENT It's whatever, man, but it's smacked me for a loop, tell you that much. OK?STEPH No, you're fucked, that's what's fucked here, mister, you are you are fucked. Si schwtzt iwwer hir Schwangerschaft. We ride that wave. LaBute is writing some of the freshest and most illuminating American dialogue to be heard anywhere these days. , Macmillan Code of Ethics for Business Partners. If she shows before I get back tell her I'm in the can GREG I'll probably flower it up a bit, but OK. Fine.KENT nods and gathers up his trash, heading for the door. Not that, but even on the fence How can I? Liest d'Synopsis an d'Zeecheschrft vum Act One. De Greg huet Plng fir d'Schoul ze goen, a realisiert datt hien net op engem Lagerhaus fir de Rescht vu sengem Liewen ze schaffen. Am Verglach zum Protagonist am Fecht Pig , huet Greg sech an der Courage an der Selbstlosegkeet duerch d'Enn vum Spill ze gesinn. Huh? Si huet si Rot. Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Boulevard. In Underground Productions' most accessible work yet, Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty explores society's obsession with beauty. He doesn't stop.GREG watches and shakes his head. Coming up next is a rundown and investigation of the occasions in Act Two. My life.GREG I'm by what? Here's my key I'll get it off the lemme shit, I don't have any nails, can you do it?He hands over the keys and she proceeds to remove the keyfrom the rest of the set.STEPH Thanks. To watch.KENT See, that's how you do it, man. anyway, I'm just, you know, I'm saying that I'd never do something shitty like that to her. When pregnant Carly airs her suspicions about her husband to Greg, he at first tries to stay neutral, then gets trapped by the rules of male loyalty into lying to corroborate Kents alibi. Twice. Greg has plans to head off to college, understanding that he doesnt need to work at a distribution center for an amazing remainder. / I didn't say that!STEPH Don't lie, you fucker! Let's not pretend, OK, 'cause he's being pretty obvious about it (Beat.) Thanks.GREG Sure. Twenty-three, so, you know, only starting to fade a bit.GREG You're disgusting KENT What?! et seq. This idea is known as 'reasons externalism' or 'externalism about reasons'. Until now. / Thank you. It just is (Beat.) Over the sound of hot meat she can hear me talking?STEPH Awww, you're so / You asshole GREG I'm just asking! Following The Shape of Things and Fat Pig, it is the final installment of a trilogy that focuses on modern-day obsession with physical appearance. / It is to me, anyway.She shakes her head, putting an end to that part of the chat.He opens his mouth to say something else but stops himselfwhat's the use?She glances at her watch and checks her phone. Federal law makes it illegal for most employers to fire an employee because of the employee's race, gender, national origin, disability, religion, genetic information, or age (if the person is at least 40 years old). I don't remember now. Greg och Kent frbereder sig fr arbetsrelaterat softballspel. Something like that. Frst hvdar Greg att han inte tror att Kent r otrogen. You said it loud enough for her to hear it, for her to repeat it to me in complete detailverbatimso you can say it to my face Go on.GREG Jesus STEPH Nope, that wasn't it.GREG Stephanie, stop it STEPH You want me to say it? MEDDLING SPIRITS JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN. He really is a handsome man," but, see, that still isn't any big deal to me. All right? The plot centers on four young working class friends and lovers who become increasingly dissatisfied with their dead-end lives and each other. (Laughs.) I've got a job in some warehouse and a limited number of skills and a Chevrolet that I'd like to take a blowtorch to that's my life in the foreseeable future. Nothing? Called me at home.GREG Right, right, that's what I meant CARLY She said stuff to me. Kent says that he expects Carly to go to the rec center the day after the child is conceived. Adorable.STEPH Yeah? (Beat.) Why don't we just ?STEPH Don't, all right? / This might help you if you meet somebody else who's dumb enough to date you GREG Why? I gotta take a dump.GREG Ha! Swear I fucking willI don't care if I'm late going in or not. "The complicated, often explosive relationships between men and women are a source of eternal, often contrary fascination for Neil LaBute, and they have been superbly realized in "Reasons to Be Pretty," his most compassionate, appealing work to date. / Really?CARLY Yep. Han hvdar att Greg aldrig skulle bertta fr att han r rdd fr att folk ogillar honom. Sometimes that's all it takes for a person to see how life really is, that they are, like, careening down the wrong highwayof life, I'm sayingthat they managed to get off at the wrong exit or to miss a road sign or something Fuck, that analogy sucks but you know what I'm saying here. Two people in their bedroom, already deep in the middle of it. (Beat.) / I barely mentioned you, that's all. This calms Carly until further notice. Even though he is in his own way it's not the thing about him that first made me like him. / Bionic Woman. Dude, you seem anxious; I can get outta here if Carly's coming back. "No one takes me seriously. Even before getting to know the person, they jump into the worst assumptions of them. They work at a food packing factory and spend most of their breaks together. / Her ass is kicking, right? What's she supposed to do, smile 'em to death?! (Yawns.) Shejumps up and pushes him away.CARLY Don't! Another one of the signs of a petty person is that they can be very judgmental of others. I know I like it, even with you, so I'm guessing it's you. Don't try to act like it didn't happen and I'm just having a "girl thing" here because that's not the story, bud. This is perhaps amplified by the shift away from the sleek corporate or professional worlds LaButes plays often inhabit into a blue-collar milieu in which the characters lives are punctuated by time clocks and pay dates. / I am, too! And remember GREG Got it.KENT keep this shit to yourself. 7. Reasons To Be Pretty Still - H 2014. Not very nice stuff, either. OK?! / That's true GREG And I don't even get what you're going on about What'm I privy to about you? The changes in women have brought a lot of benefits to society (e.g. and that was about it. Waiting.GREG I see. A hopelessly romantic drama about the hopelessness of romance, reasons to be pretty is the final installment (following The Shape of Things and Fat Pig) in Neil LaBute's critically acclaimed trilogy focusing on America's obsession with physical appearance.When an off-handed remark disrupts the lives of two young couples, they confront self-deceit, treachery . Act Two of Reasons to Be Pretty brjar i lobbyn p en restaurang. About you, mostly.GREG AndI mean, then, what'd she say? Haven't heard a word since. Kent zitt him d'Rumeuren, rifft hien op de Buedem, a rifft dann seng Ex-Frndin "ierlech". Oh yeah!KENT stands, points to a dusty shelf above the cabinets whereseveral other trophies stand. August 11, 2014 10:48am. 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