Overview
- Female: 2
- Male: 0
Context
April is hiding in the attic, away from her family--especially her father. She has just been fired from her first job writing for a TV show, as it has been cancelled by the network. She is angry that the President used his influence to cancel the show, just because he did not like a joke about himself. Daisy does not follow her sister's politics, and thinks that April is just being silly and ruse.
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DAISY Come back downstairs.
APRIL I’m good here.
DAISY It’s a party. You should be there.
APRIL It’s not my party. I think it’s better if I’m up here. I think this is the right distance for everyone to enjoy the party. Did you also get tired of listening to the ways our new president is going to re-build relationships with Russia?
DAISY No. (beat) It’s hot up here.
APRIL So go back down.
DAISY You’re acting like a brat.
APRIL I actually thought this was the grownup way to handle things. Squash down your unfavorable opinions so others are more comfortable around you. If you can’t say something nice...
DAISY Go hide in the attic? Mom is looking for you. Again. C’mon, you can’t keep doing this.
APRIL I tried, Daisy. I came here. I tried. (beat) He’s glad that I lost my job. Dad is happy about it. My dream job.
DAISY He never said he was happy about that. He’s not glad you got fired.
APRIL I didn’t get fired. The show was canceled. Because it’s hard to do a show without a host.
DAISY Ok.
APRIL He said he was glad to see the show gone. Specifically, that “that radical piece of garbage that my daughter was working on is finally off the air. Hoo-yah.”
Daisy purses her lips.
DAISY It’s not about you. It’s about the show.
APRIL Really? He could have phrased that differently in front of me I think.
DAISY Probably, but he doesn’t have to like the show because you were working on it. He disagreed with everything they said. And I heard it was canceled because the network wasn’t happy with the show.
APRIL That’s bull!
DAISY April!
APRIL The show was canceled because that bozo can’t take a joke!
DAISY The joke wasn’t that funny.
APRIL What did you say?
DAISY You can’t make fun of the President like that. It’s disrespectful and just name calling.
APRIL Yes you can. And it was funny. You didn’t laugh?
DAISY When he called them morons? It’s not even a joke, it’s just name-calling. Who’s gonna be convinced by a third-grade joke?
APRIL Oh come on. He didn’t just out and call them morons, there was a whole setup bit. People loved it.
DAISY The people who laughed at that are people who already agree. And the people who don’t agree with you-like Dad-you’re just making them mad. (MORE) And instead you’ve given them a reason to decide that you’re not that smart, and that’s why sponsors back out.
APRIL It’s free speech. And it wasn’t half as bad a joke as they were going to use.
DAISY But he’s the President.
APRIL And he’s a moron.
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