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Flip, a lawyer, and Gail, an actor, are visiting Harlem from Wisconsin to attend the wake of Flip’s old teacher, Sister Rose. Flip and Gail are married, and Flip said he’d introduce Gail to his old friends as his husband. Now that they’re here, however, Flip has changed his mind and is begging Gail to act straight. Gail is offended and tells Flip that he can seem straight if he wants, and Flip disagrees while also telling Gail that he’s the worst actor in Wisconsin.
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Start: Flip: Do not act like a fa#!ot!
Gail: Excuse you?
Flip: Put your collar down!
Gail: My collar?
Flip: Where’d that scarf come from?! You were not wearing that scarf when we left the hotel, Gail!
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End: Gail: On my worst day, I’m more masculine than you.
Flip: Gail--
Gail: I’m like a young Al Pacino: intense, soulful--
Flip: Oh, you aren’t a “young” anything, Gail! And you certainly, certainly, ain’t no Al Pacino!
Guirgis, Stephen Adly, Our Lady of 121st Street, Dramatists Play Service Inc., 2004, Act 1, Scene 3.
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