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The women are desperately trying to get the 100 dresses done that they need to finish by tomorrow. It’s so hot in the factory that they can barely focus on their tasks. Ana decides to take her shirt off, and it prompts a discussion about body language and female gender roles. Most of the women are embarrassed by their bodies, but once they start talking about their feelings and their fears, they start to open up and eventually they all have their shirts and pants off. They laugh and bond even
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Start: Carmen: (smelling her armpits) Phueeehh! ¡Fuchi! I stink. Aquí huele a pura cuchupeta y pedo. Phuehhh! Who farted?
Estela: Amá, it’s probably you who did it. Like they say, the one who smells it first is the one who has it underneath her skirt.
Ana: ¡Que calor! It feels like we’re in hell!
Pancha: How many more dresses to finish, Estela?
Estela: Fifteen.
[.. … ..]
End: Carmen: (fanning her breasts) Pero que bien se siente. It feels so good to be rid of these clothes and let it all hang out.
Ana: Pues sí. Nobody is watching us. Who cares how we look.
Estela: So this is how we look without clothes?
Carmen: Just as fat and beautiful...
(They all hug in a semi- circle laughing triumphantly.)
Lopez, Josefina, Real Women Have Curves, Dramatic Publishing, Act 2, Scene 3.
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