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Patricia and Terry have turned on their roommate, Marjorie, and are all but blaming her for Raul’s assault against her. When Marjorie fought back against Raul, she blinded him with insecticide spray, but refuses to look at how he has been burned by the aerosol. Patricia is demanding Marjorie recognize how Raul is injured, and when Marjorie refuses, Patricia opens Raul’s jacket, looking for other injuries. He is wearing a large knife in a sheath under his jacket, and Marjorie grabs it and lays
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Start: Raul: I use it for work. (Pause.) I cut open boxes in a warehouse.
Marjorie: Cut boxes, eh?
Raul: Yeah.
Marjorie: I thought you didn’t have a job.
[... … …]
End: Raul: … And maybe if I could have a little radio so’s I could listen the ball game so it won’t be so quiet because I hate the quiet because the dark, I don’t care, but the quiet, please don’t let it be quiet.
Marjorie: (Long pause.) I think you should go get … help.
For the full extended scene, refer to the script listed here: Mastrosimone, William. Extremities. In Collected Plays, Smith and Straus, New York, NY. pp. 142-144.
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