/ Yeah, I'm just yep, yep, yep.GREG What?KENT I dunno. 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. That was all I'm yes. / You know / I was just STEPH Oh. / "Regular. You know what I mean STEPH I do, yeah, that's why I just corrected you on it. Finally follows.A moment with STEPH.STEPH He hurt me, he really did, you know? Amazing to the touch is all, some, you know a gymnast or one of those cheerleaders, that age. / Thanks.GREG Of course. If it stumbles in illustrating this lesson, it also opens its author's ears to a new, richly human music. Can't mention it.GREG Fine.KENT Or to the guys down at your end there I don't need Rich or those assholes hearing about it. No, I meant that my what he writes about is CARLY So it's gonna be you know. A firestorm of abuse and invective, hot enough to scald the hide off a thick-skinned man, blasts through the opening minutes . Anyway she's just lashing out for no reasonwell, not "no" reason but barely.GREG Women, huh?KENT Yep. (Beat.) She visits about her pregnancy. At all?/ You got this far, don't fuck it up now GREG I said No, what I said was, I know what I said now This is it. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. / No?GREG No. God KENT Dude, I used to work over at Denny's, so I should know. This idea is variously known as 'reasons internalism', 'internalism about reasons', or 'the internal reasons theory'. He watchesher, shaking his head but saying nothing.GREG Wanna get a bite or something? Greg apologizes and is understanding. And she is fine, man, lemme tell you. That's OK KENT I guess. (Beat.) Following Carly departs, Stephanie makes a trip to share the news: she is locked in to be hitched. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. They can be super judgmental. / (Glances at screen.) Hien huet d'Grnner Greg fir seng Affr ze bedecken a fnkt un seng kuerz Regisseure mat Crystal aus, di "Hot Girl" aus dem Bro. 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. He discloses to her that her date will in the end hurt her sentiments as well, and that he wont be there to support her. In Reasons to Be Pretty, Greg's tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhand remarks about a female coworker's pretty face and his own girlfriend Steph's lack thereof get back to Steph.But that's just the beginning. (Slaps heron the butt.) I would never say that about you, ever, and I'm not gonna be STEPH Bull-shit!/ BULLSHIT! The story takes place during the spring in present day Pittsburgh. Come on, just say it GREG All right. GREGlooks around, embarrassed by what's happening.GREG We should probably just / Go. To watch.KENT See, that's how you do it, man. !KENT Don't feel like I can trust you (Beat.) 'S been a ball, lemme tell you. I told her thatsaid I'm sorry for I think I said "I'm sorry." MIN. / SAY IT!GREG It's not / I didn't say How did this happen, why are you such a freak? Is that OK?GREG 'Course. / Yeah, yeah KENT I don't like doing a shoddy job, is all. I'm STEPH She was in the other room, you bastard! Save time with smart copy. Said she even put in her notice, so there. Twenty-three, so, you know, only starting to fade a bit.GREG You're disgusting KENT What?! 2023 Variety Media, LLC. 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. Mr. Act 2 of Reasons to Be Pretty Reasons to Be Pretty is a hard-edged comedy written by Neil LaBute. Well, it's night out.GREG Right. I'm not Jesus GREG I know. It was nominated for three Tony Awards (Best Play, Best Leading Actress, and Best Leading Actor). REASONS TO BE PRETTY a Play. My life.GREG I'm by what? She's married to Kent and the stakes go up when she finds . / No prob.KENT Exactly. (Beat.) / Uh-uh. / I KNEW YOU HATED ME! Det r den tredje och sista delen av en trilogi. If I do then somebody notices and I'm not the guy they call for the extra shifts or the holiday hours or that type of deal and you know you like the money.CARLY Everybody likes money.KENT Uh-uh. / That's true GREG And I don't even get what you're going on about What'm I privy to about you? Steph and Greg out of the blue experience one another. On the 11th of May, less than two weeks after losing her final legal appeal, Mrs Diane Pretty died, under sedation and in the care of a hospice. Reasons to Be Pretty. / (Gives her the bouquet.) / It wasn't.STEPH No? Today we announced vertical tabs, a feature that helps you easily find and manage many open tabs at once. It's hard when it happens on the job, so I try to keep that down to a minimummy thoughts about the matterplus I gotta deal with all the crap I get from people about her being a detective or whatever, wearing a uniform and all that shitit's humiliating, really, even having her at my place of work, but we're stuck needing two incomes. "The Birth Mark." 1. I'm sorry that I wanted to go early or whatever Damn. Our playwright develops four characters in his story; Greg, Steph, Carly, and Kent. Ls sammanfattningen och karaktrsplanen fr Act One. Hon frgar om Greg var ute med Kent och tjejer, men Greg ljuger och sger att det bara var killar frn jobbet. (Beat.) / No.GREG Come on it's lunchtime, isn't it? / No, go ahead, I'm justgo on. So why's it different? Sexual desire. Anyway KENT She was mad at me before, so I'm sure it just carried over. (Sunday performances are matinees). In hopes of showing Carly the truth about her husband, Greg strongly suggests that she takes the evening off and go home to her husband. However, the real subject of this taut, unexpectedly affecting drama is a man forced to take a long, hard look at himself after a flippant comment about his girlfriends appearance kills their relationship. / Whatever.CARLY Yep. And remember GREG Got it.KENT keep this shit to yourself. He really is a handsome man," but, see, that still isn't any big deal to me. Scene One - After the Break Up Act Two of Reasons to Be Pretty begins in the lobby of a restaurant. / I am, too! The trio of plays (which likewise incorporate The Shape of Things and Fat Pig) are associated not by characters or plot however by the repetitive subject of self-perception inside American culture. Though life is not what he thought it would be, he reads a lot of classic American literature in an effort to better himself. Centred around four young working class friends (who are also coupled up), the play follows the aftermath of a seemingly off . She talked shit about you, if you really wanna know. However, Greg has had enough. 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. She took the job anyway and now she goes around every hour or so, puts this little key in the timer box at various stations, plus the duties I already mentionedgets full benefits for that! That new girl, up in the shipping department. I always felt like my face was one of my better parts and he's talking about me like I'm some old Buick out in the backyard that he keeps thinking about fixing but just can't get to it. I don't careI couldn't care less about her. From the start, Greg battles that he doesn't accept that Kent is unfaithful. (Beat.) Here are seven things the studies found. No offense but she can be a real fuckhole sometimes, dude. I'm not some old person dying in a home somewhere gimme a shoulder and I'll smile at you all happy and forgiving. / Thank you. Oodles of items that we order with our paychecks off QVC so I don't get why you're busting my balls when I say that I'm trying to be a useful member of my team tonight which can only lead to more work which equals money and additional crap to purchase and wear and eat. (Beat.) Reasons to Be Pretty (stylized in all-lowercase) is a play by Neil LaBute, his first to be staged on Broadway. Churl, upon thy eyes I throw. 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. He scrambles to get the call before it's gone.GREG Hello, yes? LEGAL STANDARD Or "raspberry" or whatever, doesn't really matter. This new thing just, you know, makes it more than perfect (Beat.) This incenses Kent, who feels that Greg is being critical. We're like fucking buffaloes out here.KENT slips out, a punch to GREG's arm as he goes off.GREG Yeah. Si erzielt him: "Ech weess net firwat Gott et gemaach huet esou schwier datt mir dir Leit vertrauen, awer hien huet et ferdeg.". Steph seet, datt hatt sech net u sech iwwer Greg denken kann, awer glichziteg glaubt, datt si mat hirem bid Egenner Mann glcklech wert sinn. You always wanna say shit for me, vouch for me or sign shit that we should both have our names on and I'm not gonna have it anymore You are not me so you don't know. Seriously. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I don't think so.GREG You're smoking, man, because if anybody has issues with privacy it's your family, OK? That's OK I'll just walk around for a bit. Greg, stop it! (Takes out a book.) Dst knppt Kent, deen fillt datt Greg Gregory ass. / Let's be honest here.KENT Fine. (Yawns.) Before he thumps Kent, Greg clarifies that he is doing it Because you need it, alright? (Checks his watch.) 64 views, 2 likes, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Reels from JeGaysus: You know EXACTLY the type of Christians I'm talking about. I left mine in my other purse.GREG Fine.STEPH OK then. It's probably not what you'd think it'd be, all great and wonderful at every turn of the road; it has its disadvantages, believe you me. Shit KENT Well need you strong and fast for the team, man. / The second time right from the parking lot of Super Cuts GREG Really?/ Why? Greg a Kent kmmeren sech fir beruffleche Softballspill. Regular.STEPH OK.GREG See? Hey, hi, I'm so glad that you Hello? It's just a thing, it happened, I can't help it.GREG No, I'm sure you probably didn't have much to do with it, really. Guess again GREG Really funny STEPH I don't think so. Nope. Mouth shut, OK?GREG Promise.KENT It's Crystal.GREG What is, your skull?KENT Hohoho. All fake love, with no valid reason to gossip or care about other's. Ini adalah angsuran ketiga dan terakhir dari sebuah trilogi ( The Shape of Things , Fat Pig , dan Reasons to Be Pretty ). (reading) "I've never thought you had a great body, it's OK, but nothing really special and I hate how you walk aroundnot just at home but outside during the summer or at the gym; a lot, anywaylike you are super cute or something, like you have all these muscles and a nice stomach or whatever, you don't. You got me out in right field. He is also the author of. Pricks.GREG Great (Beat.) Carly besicht Greg (deen nach e puer klassesch Literatur liest). (Beat.) Why? Can't have any dead weight.GREG That's really sensitive, thanks.KENT Dude, it's for youI'm throwing a little love your way, don't be a hater.GREG Just shut up, OK? It was more of, like, a point of contrastwith you as the good thing.STEPH Huh. Steph concedes that she can't quit contemplating Greg, yet simultaneously accepts that she will be a lot more joyful with her prospective spouse. (Dead calm.) In spite of the fact that we never observe the showdown among Carly and Kent, it is inferred that Carly will find reality with regards to her spouses undertaking, and will move onto another section in her life. (Beat.) "No one takes me seriously. Sorry, but I'm not GREG Stephanie, this is crazy, all the stuff you're saying, because I really care for you and you do, too, I know you do STEPH No! Attractive people, they reason, are the big winners of natural selection. Hon lmnar, men inte innan hon kysser honom hejd en sista gng. Or to yank my chain, like usual KENT Yeah, well, not this time. "As its title suggests, "Reasons to Be Pretty" deals to some extent with a culture in thrall to physical beauty. A simple desire to have sex can motivate some people to cheat. tolerance of others, a more loving approach to running a society), but it has also . Before I pissed you off? The Shape of Things showed a shambolic geek getting a ruinous makeover. That's a typical trick, after they get mad and all thatding the paint or smack the fender into something.GREG Shit you know, I never even checked?KENT You better.GREG Yeah.KENT I could absolutely see her doing that after what you said. Third-shifters.KENT and then what?GREG She left. (Smiles.) Listen, it's weird, I know that, because I don't count looks as my top thing in a guy, not at alllook at Greg. Reasons to Be Pretty premiered on Broadway . / I mean a contrast! A slow shake of his head.GREG Oh, boy.At work. 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. Even back at school that was true GREG I didn't even think to KENT I'm just saying. And as people. / We're perfect.GREG Right. (Beat.) But the protagonist here not only acknowledges his weaknesses, they cause him shame and suffering. Marking the playwrights belated Broadway debut, this lacerating and extremely funny work should appeal to younger theatergoers especially. How 'bout if we do it that wayI say it to you and you tell me if it's true or not?GREG I'm not, no that's stupid, so no.STEPH You sure? She suspects that Kent is cheating on her. 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. How strong is strong language? / Come on, Steph, you know how we are when we get STEPH Yeah? Peruse the summation and character framework of Act One. Two hours, 5 minutes. So, so, so. Said it and meant it.GREG As a comparison. but it works for Schreiber in one scene in the second act when his rational facade must break down in a . Omedelbart efter att Carly lmnar stannar Stephanie in fr att bertta nyheterna: hon r frlovad fr att gifta sig. A stupid thing, I know, I agree with that, but it's STEPH Yeah. The following is a summary and analysis of the events in Act Two. / 'Cause it gets dark at night, so.GREG Oh. 3. No shit.GREG That pretty much says it all KENT Oh yeah.GREG One day they're gonna save a little time and just stick that word in the dictionary all by itself. NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW: "A firestorm of abuse and invective, hot enough to scald the hide off a thick-skinned man, blasts through the opening minutes of "Reasons to Be Pretty," the surprising new play by Neil LaBute that opened Monday night in a . I was!CARLY Oh, really GREG Yeah. Look, Carly, why'd you have to do that? / Say it! Seriously, I don't get it.STEPH I know you don't.GREG But how come? 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. "Match." (She starts crying.) (Beat.) The English Theatre of Hamburg. How gay is that?GREG Very. OK?STEPH No, you're fucked, that's what's fucked here, mister, you are you are fucked. GREG sitting at a table, waiting. Voices travel. 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. To search for an exact name or title, use quotation marks at the beginning and end. It is the third and last portion of a set of three. / OK?CARLY Fine. / I'm going to STEPH Then-do-it. (Beat.) / Thanks, Officer They wait silently for a moment. De Greg knnt endlech op Kent, net nmmen well hien onbestnneg ass, net nmmen well hien e Adulterer ass, an net nmme winst senge Kommentaren iwwer Steph. 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