I don't see how you could and, and stillI mean, it just isn't possible to feel that kind of, like, hatredI guess that's what it isand still want to be with a person.STEPH Love is blind, shithead. / (Glances at screen.) According to other philosophers, not all reasons are related to motivation in any of the ways internalists say. "Whatever" is right.GREG All right, just don't be so don't look so triumphant or whatnot. (Yawns.) I mean, really. And in front, too, but that may hold "GREG For fuck's sake STEPH "I don't like your eyes. (He slaps the table and sits.) / No uh-uh, no! Nothing? Hmmm?GREG No. 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. (Digs in pocket.) In comparison to the protagonist in Fat Pig, Greg exhibits both courage and selflessness by the end of the play. If that's all you can do right now, try and dilute the issue at hand by sidetracking us / Or getting us all turned around by GREG I'm just pointing it out / I'm not, I swear I'm not, but you're being all STEPH or, or trying to make me laugh or any of that shit that you usually do, then "fuck you" is what I have to say! / Cannot.GREG Why, Steph? Further complications surface when Kent begins an affair with the unseen new colleague. Read the synopsis and character outline of Act One. 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? (Smiles.) It is.GREG Yeah, but STEPH I could feel all that and still love you. Federal law makes it illegal for most employers to fire an employee because of the employee's race, gender, national origin, disability, religion, genetic information, or age (if the person is at least 40 years old). ", "It takes a tender man to make plays as tough as Neil LaButes. Amazing to the touch is all, some, you know a gymnast or one of those cheerleaders, that age. What follows are a series of tte--ttes set either in the break room of the factory where Greg, Steph, Gregs best buddy Kent (Mercer Boffey), and Kents security guard girlfriend Carly (Andrea Hunt) pull the nightly third shift, or at a mall food court or local Italian restaurant lobby oron the playing field where Kent vows to lead the factory softball team to its first trophy in over twenty years, and since this is Neil LaBute(Tony-nominated for reasons to be pretty) were talking about here, audiences can rest assured that dialog doesnt get any more astute, razor-edged, or in the case of this play in particular, outrageously funny than the words shouted, sneered, spat out, snarled, or otherwise uttered by his four flawed yet achingly real characters. / You fucker GREG I mean it. Reasons to Be Pretty Lucille Lortel Theater; 198 seats; $59 top Production: An MCC Theater presentation, by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation, of a play in two acts by Neil . Carly continues to pressure him, asking Greg to look her in the eye and say he doesnt know anything. / No matter how far back we go GREG I see. Scene Three Greg and Kent prepare for work-related softball game. Change is resisted because it can hurt. By Ben Brantley. Why?STEPH Because this stuff, all this stuff I said about you? Before he thumps Kent, Greg clarifies that he is doing it Because you need it, alright? So what?! What're you, confused?GREG Yeah, I am. Don't get her all CARLY Greg, don't start GREG Tell me what else you said! No. Sometimes I'll go after her, follow along, and try to spook her or whatnot, just for kicks. Preliminaries. Big time.GREG This is just stupid, so I'm not gonna STEPH Don't do it! Care for. Throw the fish in the toilet again, it's not like I'm gonna be surprisedI'm not about to hang out here and get abused like this. That's what I'll do so you'd better just stay right thereno, I don't want you to come over and hold me, God nobut you better stay around and argue this shit out or I'm gonna wreck your life a little bit. Right here?GREG Yeah?STEPH I made that up. (Beat.) Anyway KENT She was mad at me before, so I'm sure it just carried over. Steph an Greg un enger Iwwerraschung stoen. Thanks.She starts to leave again, then turns back. Dude, you seem anxious; I can get outta here if Carly's coming back. / Seriously.STEPH Don't say that, either. She asks if Greg was out with Kent and girls, but Greg lies and says that it was just guys from work. Huh? I'm not Jesus GREG I know. Read the full review, Neil Labutes Pretty probes our ugly obsession with beauty. I mean, I'm constantly on the alert, either seeing how some dude is eyeing her at a diner or who she seems to be looking atI'm not saying she cheats on me, I'm notbut with a face like that it's hard to believe it's not always up in her head, the idea of being sexy, or at least how she makes other guys feel. Left a message, anyway. (Beat.) !CARLY Why'd you say it?! OK.KENT Cool.GREG Not to be rude, but I've known you since we were freshmenwhere the hell did you ever hear of Clarence Darrow?KENT Dude, you're not the only one who reads. Skip to document. GREG and KENT sitting around the break room of their workplace. "Reasons to Be Pretty," showing this weekend at The Playhouse in San Antonio, GREG staring straight at her.GREG What's that mean?CARLY I'm saying when she calls again I will ask if that's what you did.GREG So, you mean what? At first, Greg contends that he does not believe that Kent is unfaithful. 'S the only way I'll make it to break KENT That doesn't make sense GREG They're good, though. CARLY and KENT seated at a table, eating. A slow shake of his head.GREG Oh, boy.At work. The cast included Piper Perabo, Pablo Schreiber, Alison Pill, and Thomas Sadoski. CARLY watches as KENT keeps checking the time.CARLY You're not late.KENT 'Kay.CARLY I don't know why you have to keep looking at the clock.KENT Because we've got a lot to do tonight.CARLY Oh.KENT Putting in overtime, might as well do the thing right. ". "As its title suggests, "Reasons to Be Pretty" deals to some extent with a culture in thrall to physical beauty. She is a knockout, she really is. [3], In reviewing the Broadway production for the New York Times, Brantley said, "Even more than when I saw it last June, reasons flows with the compelling naturalness of overheard conversation" and concluded, "It's never easy to say what you mean, or to know what you mean to begin with. (Beat.) If it stumbles in illustrating this lesson, it also opens its author's ears to a new, richly human music. (Hands back the book.) In Underground Productions' most accessible work yet, Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty explores society's obsession with beauty. Nodeem de Ex-Frnd scho matkritt huet, verlisst de Greg Kent, deen zu Wut handelt. / (She crumples up the page and drops it.) 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. (Shoves him.) Steph, no! It's kind of pathetic; I am not the only person who thinks that I'm not gonna be so crass as to say much about your dick because that would put me on your levelbeing hurtfulbut I will say this: you're way too hairy down there and most girls find that disgusting. (Beat.) After trying to flatter him, Carly then wants to ask him an important question about Kent. He is also the author of. II. He hasn't got any "plan"! Direkt no der Carly Blieder, stoppt Stephanie di nei Noriichten ze verteelen: si ass bestued ze heiran. We need to get back, anywaygot, like, thirty pallets of cereal backed up.CARLY Hey, baby They have a shared momenta little nuzzle for show; GREG isforced to wait. I said OK and there you go GREG God / And she knows about Carly?KENT Fuck yeah. Over the sound of hot meat she can hear me talking?STEPH Awww, you're so / You asshole GREG I'm just asking! Nope. Greg och Kent frbereder sig fr arbetsrelaterat softballspel. / 'Cause it gets dark at night, so.GREG Oh. Kent says that he expects Carly to go to the rec center the day after the child is conceived. / Yeah.STEPH That's it? Fuck.GREG Uh-huh. It sucks." 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. Do not. Premiere on 6 September, 2012 Preview Performances at reduced prices on 3, 4 and 5 September Peformances Tuesday to Saturday at 19.30 Hours Matinee Performances at 11.00 Hours on Tuesdays and Fridays beginning 11 September. He over and over calls Greg a pussy. Et ass d'drtt an di lescht Tranche vun enger Trilogie. You like shit, clothes and stuff so you can cook and like that, right? Kent seet, datt hien de Carly erwaart datt de Fitnessstudio de "Dag vum Baby gebuer ass". / Who that you know doesn't like some money?KENT I'm only making a point here CARLY Then make it.KENT I am. I know you don't get this, can't fathom that this is the end of what we've had but you're there. Anyway she's just lashing out for no reasonwell, not "no" reason but barely.GREG Women, huh?KENT Yep. Marking the playwrights belated Broadway debut, this lacerating and extremely funny work should appeal to younger theatergoers especially. Happy?GREG What? Swear I fucking willI don't care if I'm late going in or not. "The complicated, often explosive relationships between men and women are a source of eternal, often contrary fascination for Neil LaBute, and they have been superbly realized in "Reasons to Be Pretty," his most compassionate, appealing work to date. (Beat.) Gender: Female. You need some "alone time" or KENT No, no, she's gone up front. Efter att ha verdrivit sin ex-vn lmnar Greg Kent, som raser av ilska. Waiting.GREG I see. Seeds.KENT You'd be surprised.GREG Yeah, but I mean, athletes eat 'em all the time. Trio av pjser (som ocks inkluderar The Shape of Things och Fat Pig ) r inte kopplade till karaktrer eller plot utan genom det terkommande temat kroppsbild inom det amerikanska samhllet. (Beat.) / Fine. Summary of the play Reasons to be Pretty meet the characters: steph is the central argument of the play. Two days.KENT No?GREG No call, no text, nothing. 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