Naturalism as theatricalism.
Hang hunks of meat carcass.
Cook real food.
Have real animals on stage.
And MAKE IT SNOW.
You've got an unlimited budget, show off.
Bonus:
have one element be painfully and purposefully
faux.
Like... your sweetheart. Your father. Your dog.
Something important.
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Still struggling with a
scene to give this context, but this is following up on the whole "second
choice" issue that got in the way for Jeffrey and Duncan earlier...
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JEFFREY
You
said no one likes being second choice.
DUNCAN
No
one should settle for being second choice.
Or
settle *for* their second choice, not if there's someone else they really want
instead.
JEFFREY
But
what if that person isn't an option.
DUNCAN
Then
hopefully you can let them go.
JEFFREY
Nobody
gets their first choice though, not really.
I
mean, sure, some people settle down with their childhood sweetheart but very
very few.
DUNCAN
You
saying they only call it first love because there's a second?
JEFFREY
Kind
of.
DUNCAN
You're
dodging the issue.
JEFFREY
OK,
I'll give you that.
DUNCAN
You
shouldn't have to talk yourself into liking someone.
JEFFREY
I
think you're selling yourself short.
DUNCAN
I've
been burned before. A lot. I'm trying to develop a better
self-preservation instinct.
JEFFREY
Which
is admirable.
But
we all go through a lot of people, a lot of choices, some of whom are good for
us, some of whom aren't.
But
they all help make us who we are, for better or worse.
So
hopefully you've made enough mistakes by the time the right person comes along
that you can appreciate them when they're standing right in front of you.
And
you can convince them you're the right person for them, too.
Look,
neither of us is the other's first, or fourth, or even 20th choice -
DUNCAN
Just
how many people have you dated?
JEFFREY
Shut
up, I'm trying to be romantically realistic here.
DUNCAN
OK,
continue.
JEFFREY
You're
not my first. But would you like to take
a shot at being my last?
DUNCAN
You're
getting better at this.
JEFFREY
That
mean a kiss is in my future?
DUNCAN
Get
over here.
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