Scenic designer Adam Rowes ingeniously morphing set (filled with Trish Gallagher Glenn and Maria Nays multiple props) takes us from workplace break room to mall food court to restaurant lobby to baseball diamond in scene changes that might overstay their welcome without the crackerjack team of stagehands that make them happen almost lickety-split, transitions underscored by Mark Tschanzs edgy, cinematic original music. Huh? Scene Two Carly visits Greg (who is yet again reading some classic literature). ", Read the full review, Listen, You Brat, to Plain Truths About the Beauty Myth, Read the full review, Neil Labutes Pretty probes our ugly obsession with beauty. / No more (Beat.) Enter Demetrius running, with Helena in pursuit. / Hmmm? Said she even put in her notice, so there. (to the others) OK, show's over now, go back to your chop suey shit that you're eating and leave us be STEPH watches the crowd disperse; turns to GREG again.GREG This shouldn't be happening STEPH But it is.GREG I care about you, Stephanie. 'S been a ball, lemme tell you. It is.GREG Yeah, but STEPH I could feel all that and still love you. It does. That's KENT I'm just not willing to make lunch for myself all week so you can feel like some big-time Clarence Darrowsorry, bro. By Neil LaBute.Directed by Susi Damilano.Through May 11. (Beat.) She carries a set of keys and her flashlight, for Chrissakes! I'll just wait. its a play about societys obsession with physical appearance and its effect on the lives of the four people who are the characters in this play. That's a fact. Apply for Rights. / 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. / God KENT That's all I'm saying.CARLY Great. In the next room, OK, so don't try and Lance Armstrong your way outta this one!GREG I'm not! This idea is variously known as 'reasons internalism', 'internalism about reasons', or 'the internal reasons theory'. I am finished with our relationship and I'm gonna need you to acknowledge that before I go (pointing) Flowers don't save the day.GREG Steph STEPH Gregory. I am. 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! 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! It is the third and final installment of a trilogy ( The Shape of Things, Fat Pig, and Reasons to Be Pretty ). Lyceum Theatre; 149 W. 45th St., New York, NY; De Steph ass op engem Datum, an de friere Koppel schwtzt e klengen Diskussiounen, versicht et agreabel z'erreechen. Being observed by a woman makes guys dumb. Casting is by Donna Morong, CSA. She's afraid that her life will always be defined by the way she looks but she's sincere and honest and tries to be a good friend. 6. (Beat.) (He slaps the table and sits.) I mean, think about that. Something like that. Huh? Maybe it's easier that waytreat you like a preschooler.GREG I don't need anything to be easier, OK, I don't Look, I'm not scared of you or about anything I said because it wasn't a big deal; we had a few beers and maybe we were a bit loud out in the garage where we were talking, but I didn't say shit.STEPH She was in the kitchen, Greg. / That's what she does to me.GREG 'S great. / I am, too! Better?CARLY A little.She smiles and nudges him. That's not true. Churl, upon thy eyes I throw. 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. Why would you ? Why? (Beat.) 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. Now we get to true pain and politics. GREG. / Her ass is kicking, right? Scene Two Carly visits Greg (who is once more perusing some great writing). / Yeah.STEPH That's it? Go for it.KENT Thanks. Vertical tabs is expected in the Insider channels in the next few months. A nice little fight. Not a single blow or a bilious barb is thrown for a gratuitous reason, making this LaBute's tightest and most immediately affecting play yet. (Smiles.) In . Waiting.GREG I see. / Yes, you did!GREG Steph STEPH No, don't, do not "Steph" me right now!GREG Come on, Stephanie STEPH Don't do that, you prick! I think so. The savagely comic work of this dramatist and screenwriter whose credits include the plays bash and Fat Pig and the film In the Company of Men has always been more likely to elicit flinching, wincing, recoiling in repugnance and gasping (or smiling cynically) at the perfidy of the human beast. and that was about it. Act Two of Reasons To Be Pretty beginn an der Lobby vum Restaurant. Said it and meant it.GREG As a comparison. If you don't have a meal or instead ofnot after you already ate.GREG Oh.KENT They're not dessert. "Reasons to Be Pretty," showing this weekend at The Playhouse in San Antonio, Come on, just say it GREG All right. Four years that are now gone so totally lost and gone that it makes me cry when I see any little bit from our time together. Duh GREG No.KENT I've been seeing her. Nobodys going to call Neil LaBute a redemptive playwright, and even in this reflective mood, hes not exactly forgiving about mens failings and womens weaknesses. Courtesy Geffen Playhouse. ". Just right there, my boyfriend, who's over at the grill and laughing and making burgers for all of us and he was, too. It is not. A bundle of flowers on the table.After a moment, his cell phone rings. I'm yeah. I'm right here. So she can hear me talkingshe's suddenly like Wonder Woman or something and from an entire room away she hears me and what I'm saying to Kent as we're out there banging away on his Chevelle. Plop!KENT makes the noise again and pokes her in the rib. (Beat.) How good do I gotta be?KENT Good enough to get us that motherfucking trophy! I rang up their place but I'm only getting the answering machine. / Right.KENT rises and goes to the clock, checks his watch with it.KENT (to himself) Come on, come on.GREG What's up?KENT Huh? Prior to the inquiry, Carly uncovers that she is three months pregnant. Exit, Pursued by a Bear. / You know / I was just STEPH Oh. (Looks around.) This play was written by Neil LaBute and was first performed in 2008. I am. A little You do because you think that you don't have to shower after work and you'll get in bed and sleep and sweat some more and then use a little deodorant and off you go, like, to work or wherever. Kinda like Gothic.KENT Huh. It doesn'tshe's not mad because her best friend had the guts to tell her the truth; she is upset because of the things you've said about her GREG Thing! For I must now to Oberon. (Beat.) Even back at school that was true GREG I didn't even think to KENT I'm just saying. throughout the story, she is furious. (Beat.) Shejumps up and pushes him away.CARLY Don't! Et ass d'drtt an di lescht Tranche vun enger Trilogie. Scene One - After the Break Up Act Two of Reasons to Be Pretty starts in the entryway of a caf. Coming up next is a rundown and investigation of the occasions in Act Two. / Yeah, but not all of me.GREG That's not true STEPH It is. Fr vem du r och vad du har gjort, och fr allt du kommer utan tvekan att beg resten av ditt liv. That her boyfriend thinks her face is "OK." You can't swallow that down and find a way to come up smiling or anything, you know what I'm saying? We ride that wave. All the power this charm doth owe. (Starts to eat.) (to him) Are you listening?GREG Yep. OK?GREG Great.CARLY Yeah, lots of shit and cried a little GREG Come on CARLY I'm not kidding! An adult having an "adult" version of a temper tantrum (i.e. They did. The authenticity of naked feeling and self-reflection Sadoski brings to the role is instrumental in placing Reasons to Be Pretty among the prolific LaButes more satisfying plays. (Dead calm.) (Beat.) My life.GREG I'm by what? Your girlfriend cried on the phone to me and it doesn't matter who called who. Kent says that he expects Carly to go to the rec center the day after the child is conceived. Kent says that he expects Carly to hit the gym the day after the baby is born. Hon slr honom och frsker pltsligt be om urskt. "We're doing it my way or else!") is just as common and generally happens for the same reason: They want something they can't have, and refuse to accept that they can . And she's got roommates.GREG Great. (Decides to let it go.) 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. I mean, I don't think so. Margot Lee Shetterly. 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. Here are seven things the studies found. Denna pjs fokuserar p kroppsbild inom Amerika, Vad du behver veta om Neil LaButes feta gris, The Dutiful Mother: Mrs Alving frn "Ghosts", verklaganden misslyckas, Georgia avrttar make-mrdaren Kelly Gissendaner, Varfr Tolstojs roman "Anna Karenina" frn 1877 fortfarande resonerar idag, Studiefrgor fr ditt klassrum frn en klassiker frn Kate Chopin. / Then GREG stop. Listen to me very carefully, OK, 'cause I'm only gonna say this the one time. Although we never see the confrontation between Carly and Kent, it is implied that Carly will discover the truth about her husbands affair, and will move onto a new chapter in her life. In any case, Greg has had enough. Pulitzer prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once stated "Beauty is whatever gives joy." Observing the arguments and revelations between characters in Neil LaBute's newest drama-comedy "Reasons to Be Pretty," one could also conclude that beauty can be whatever drives you mad. / OK?CARLY Fine. You can even cuff me if you wanna CARLY No, I'm tired of you now.KENT That's nice.CARLY I am.KENT Well, damn, baby, I don't know what sort of remedy I've got for that CARLY I do. / No prob.KENT Exactly. Si rckelt, awer net virun e puer Kieren him gutt. I mean, I can take a lot, pretty much, anyway, but I'm, like, my face?That's shit. This post focuses on the men in the story. / Because, Greg GREG But why? Jesus Don't be such a dick about it KENT 'S a beautiful thing.GREG I'm sure Too bad her attitude sucks.KENT Ha! / It wasn't.STEPH No? Neil LaBute dissects male-female relationships as only he cansavagely, but not without humor and maybe even a sliver of hopein reasons to be pretty, his 2008 button-pusher now being given a dynamically directed, sensationally acted intimate revival at Hollywoods Lounge Theatre. 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. Greg has plans to go to college, realizing that he doesnt want to work at a warehouse for the rest of his life. I've got a remedy, which is to take off and go back to my station. I'll flush them or I'll, I'll do whatever it takes but I will hurt you and you will not like it! 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. Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Boulevard. America's obsession with physical beauty is confronted headlong in this brutal and exhilarating work. The cast included off-Broadway cast members Thomas Sadoski and Piper Perabo joined by Marin Ireland and Steven Pasquale. Ride it to shore and see what comes of it. I never said "ugly. If you want a detailed description of scenes and characters, check out this resource pack from the Almeida Theatre in London. Here. (Noun) The act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express . The trio of plays (which also include The Shape of Things and Fat Pig) are connected not by characters or plot but by the recurring theme of body image within American society. It just is (Beat.) I might be willing to overlook your general fuckheadedness if I felt as if the truth might be on its way at some point here GREG I'm telling you the whole STEPH Don't say it if it's not because I will know and you know that I'll know. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. / Uh-huh.STEPH Cool. Called me at home.GREG Right, right, that's what I meant CARLY She said stuff to me. 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. Monologue Master List Women 1. Hon sger till honom: "Jag vet inte varfr Gud gjorde det s svrt fr oss att lita p er men han gjorde det, och det suger.". I think they're small and piggish and you make it worse by squinting a lot. And remember GREG Got it.KENT keep this shit to yourself. Greg tries to get the upper hand, hinting that he might tell Carly the truth, but Kent believes that he is bluffing. REASONS TO BE PRETTY a Play. I've made this over the last however long I dunno, since I left, and it covers all your shit. Read the full review, Neil Labutes Pretty probes our ugly obsession with beauty. "As its title suggests, "Reasons to Be Pretty" deals to some extent with a culture in thrall to physical beauty. Fuck it, I'm gonna go.GREG I'll wait for ya.KENT Cool. Dick.GREG OK, would you stop, please?STEPH I'm not gonna stop, no, for what? I mean, it's nice as well, I don't mean to imply it's not but there's various drawbacksand not just, like, that joke that people tellthe one about how "behind every pretty woman you'll find a guy who's tired of fucking her," not even that although that's mostly accurate and you hear it because it's become a clich, which just means "true."
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