Act 1 Scene 7

Question 1

J: Hi, Melanie.
M: ___
J: Something wrong?
M: ___
J: Really! I mean–really? King and Queen of the prom.
M: ___

Answer 1

1. Hi, Jacob.
2. Mike and I are splitting up.
3. Yeah, well. The “king” spends all day on his throne drinking beer and scratching the crowned jewels.

Question 2

J: Twenty years is a long time to celebrate homecoming. What are you going to do?
M: ___
J: Melanie, I’ve always been in love with–California.
M: ___

Answer 2

1. Move. Start over. Someplace warm–like California.
2. Right?

Question 3

J: How’d your dad take the news?
M: ___
J: Remember how you’d avoid confronting him when you were a kid–making up all those elaborate lies?
M: ___
D: Hey, Mel. You and Mike coming for Thanksgiving, right?
M: ___

Answer 3

1. Yeah. I haven’t really told him yet. He kinda likes the ways things are.
2. Painted myself into some pretty tight corners back then. Not anymore. These days, I stand my ground.
3. With bells on! Mike will make the turkey and maybe I’ll be pregnant!

Question 4

D: Thunka. Thunka. Thunka. Hi, Jacob!
J: Hi, John. My dad says hello.
D: Send him my worst.
M: Jacob, pour some hot water on that drain pipe, will ya?
D: Speak of the dickhead.

Answer 4

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Question 5

M: Putz.
D: Moron.
J: Stuffing. Pumpkin pie. Singalongs of “Over the River and Where’s the Spouse”. Sounds like he’s warming up now.
M: ___

Answer 5

1. Okay, then.