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Stuart is stuck in the limbo of his mind after a suicide attempt (his body is comatose). Daniel, already dead of a gunshot wound, tries to get Stuart to talk about his feelings and frustrations. Even more than that, Daniel wants to help Stuart get into the reasons why he attempted to take his own life, revealing that Daniel has regrets about his own suicide. In this scene, Stuart tries to play his guitar, but is overcome with pain in his fingers--there is no pleasure in limbo. Ultimately,
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DANIEL: Hey, Stuart? How’d you learn how ta play the guitar? Take lessons like once a week? Your mom drive you to the teacher?
STUART: (laughs.) I taught myself. She wanted me to play the violin or the cello or something stupid you can stick against your neck.
DANIEL: But you taught yourself, ey? That explains a lot.
[... … …]
End:
STUART: … It’s just I get so down for so long and I keep thinkin’ the next day’s gonna be better than the last day, but it’s worse than the day was before, and you know, the spiral just … I don’t know.
DANIEL: I know.
For full extended scene, refer to the script edition cited here: Aaron Levy, Pizza With Shrimp on Top, Dramatic Publishing, 2006, pp. 38-41.
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