Dialogue

James R

Just this guy, you know?
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This is a fun two-minute play from a Chicago theatre group called the Neo-Futurists. It was featured on the radio show/podcast This American Life.

Remind you of anything?


Here's a transcript:

Her: Title. Go.

Him: Statement. Statement. Statement. Question?

Her: Agreement.

Him: Reassured statement. Confident statement. Confident Statement. Overconfident statement.

Her: Question?

Him: Elaborate defensive excuse.

Her: Half-hearted agreement.

Him: Insecure statement. Distracted statement. Absurd statement.

Her: Clarification question?

Him: Hemming bullshit explanation. Quick, meaningless, comic non sequitur. Fake laughter. Ha ha. Fake laughter. Ha ha. Accidental compliment of physical characteristics.

Her: Pleased response.

Him: Shocked continuation of meaningless comic non sequitur. Ha ha. Relief laughter. Relief laughter.

Her: Superficial compliment.

Him: Self-assured agreement as denial. ... Exaggerated statement. Exaggerated statement. Grossly exaggerated statement.

Her: Clarification question?

Him: Extremely exaggerated elucidation.

Her: Gentle compliment with accidental double entendre.

Him: Ha ha. Confident laughter.

Her: Laughter.

Him: Confident laughter. Confident, suggestive proposition.

Her: Violent denial!

Him: Aghast repetition as question?

Her: Disgusted, violent denial!

Him: Defensive, incriminating implication.

Her: Offensive retort!

Him: ... Aggressive childish insult!

Her: Disbelieving rhetorical question?

Him: Aggressive childish insult.

Her: Long silence.

Him: ... Aggressive childish insult!

Her: Aggressive childish retort!

Him: Aggressive childish retort!

Her: Aggressive childish retort!

Him: Attempted condescending conclusive statement!

Her: Brilliant scathing remark with literary allusion and long-term devastating scatological implication!

Him: Pathetic self-revelation.
 
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