CLIFF Wow. She was hitting on me. JOHN...
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Cliff has just started college and, with the help of his sister Anna, he has been accepted into the theatre clique who hang out in the green room. Cliff is cutely geeky and not hugely experienced with women. When Divonne, one of the group, hits on him, he is super excited. However John, the drama 'jock', tries to persuade Cliff why he is better off playing the field.
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CLIFF
Wow. She was hitting on me.
JOHN
Divonne? Don’t get mixed up with her, she doesn’t care about anything except theater.
CLIFF
I live and die for theater, too! It’s a perfect match. That’s the kind of girl I could marry.
JOHN
Marry?! Are you nuts? The biggest fringe benefit of being a theater major is the sex.
CLIFF
Then what are you doing hooked up with Anna? She’s not going to have sex until she’s married.
JOHN
Nah, she’s about to give in! I know how to handle a leading lady. You’ve got to be the boss, dear boy! Women want a brute, a caveman who’s going to knock them over the head and drag them back to the cave.
CLIFF
Who are you, Stanley Kowalski?
JOHN
Come on, boy, release your inner tiger. Give me a growl.
CLIFF
(making a weak attempt)
Grrrr.
JOHN
Weak... Try this,
(impersonating a caveman)
“Marriage Bad!”
CLIFF
(attempting it)
Mar..mmm....I’m too cerebral for this...
JOHN
Use your brain! Think of all the world-famous, class-A bachelors!
CLIFF
Like James Buchanan.
JOHN
Who?
CLIFF
James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States--the only bachelor President.
JOHN
No Geek Squad, I’m talking about real men:
(MUSIC STARTS)
Hemingway, Macarthur...
CLIFF
The Pope...
JOHN
Patton!
CLIFF
Liberace!
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