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Richard and Brigid have offered to host Thanksgiving dinner at their new apartment in Chinatown. Brigid’s family, including her mother, father, and senile grandmother have all arrived and are catching up with one another. Erik disapproves of the fact that Brigid spends her money, as he describes, “on juice cleanses...and yoga” instead of attending church to feel her spiritual and mental best. Erik and especially Deirdre (Brigid’s mother) are Catholic and regularly go to mass. In fact, as a
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Start: Richard: I’ve been better for years, it’s why I’m comfortable talking about it…
Erik: You take medicine for that?
Brigid: Dad, that’s rude to ask--
End: Erik: Well what about--Rich’s mom is a therapist, why don’t you get it from her?
Brigid: Yeah, Dad, I’ll get therapy from my mother-in-law, that’s an awesome idea.
Dierdre: She’s not your mother-in-law unless you get married.
Karam, Stephen, The Humans, Dramatists Play Service, 2016, pp. 95-97.
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