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Inez and Norca used to be best friends, but they had a falling out when Norca slept with Inez’s husband (now ex-husband), Rooftop. They have met up at the Bar and Grill to catch up, and they seem to be having a great time until Inez brings up the infidelity. Norca apologizes for the first time ever. A woman named Sonia comes over to borrow their ketchup, and Norca thinks she is a girl named Wendy Elmer from their childhood. Norca hates Wendy Elmer, and she starts getting hostile with Sonia.
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Start: Inez: So I toal that ni@$a, “If the sh@% can’t stay up, then put the damn thing away, okay?
Norca: You said that sh@%?
Inez: Sister, please. Then he say, “Maybe if you”... and he start makin’ this gesture like he afraid ta say, “Put yo mouth on me,“ so instead he juss tries to mime it, like--
Norca: No he didn’t!
Inez: Oh, yes he did!
[.. ... ..]
End: Sonia: Yeah, people always think I’m someone else.
Inez: And then they slap you upside the head?
Sonia: Well, no, but sometimes I get the feeling that they want to.
(pause)
Inez: That’s...that’s strange.
(Inez exits)
Sonia: Yeah...Yeah, it is.
Guirgis, Stephen Adly, Our Lady of 121st Street, Dramatists Play Service Inc., 2004, Act 1, Scene 6.
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