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Prudence answers Bruce’s personals ad. Both are there as a part of their therapy: Prudence is an uptight perfectionist, and Bruce is emotional, impulsive, and looking for more stability in his life than he has with his current lover, Bob. Bruce and Prudence meet up for dinner, hoping to find love, but it quickly becomes apparent the two could not be less suited for each other.
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START: Prudence: Hello.
Bruce: Hello.
Prudence: (referring to a newspaper in her hand--The New York Review of Books): Are you the white male, thirty to thirty-five, 6’1”, blue eyes, who’s into rock music, movies, jogging, and quiet evenings at home?
Bruce: Yes, I am.
[... ... ...]
END: Prudence: You’re not rejecting me, buddy. I’m rejecting you. You’re a real first-class idiot.
Bruce: And you’re a castrating, frigid b*^&%!
(She throws a glass of water in his face; he throws water back in her face. They sit there for a moment, spent of anger, wet.)
Prudence: Absolutely nothing seems to get that waiter’s attention, does it?
(Bruce shakes his head no. They sit there, sadly.)
Durang, Christopher, “Beyond Therapy,” Christopher Durang Explains It All For You: 6 Plays, Grove Press, 1983, pp. 256-264.
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