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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 getting to know Richard. In the Blake family, there is a tradition of each member taking turns to smash a candy “peppermint pig” as they say what they are thankful for. Since it is Richard’s first holiday with the Blakes, he is given the honor of the “first smash.” He’s anxious to make a good first
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Start: Brigid: Okay, here we go...why don’t you start, babe.
Richard: Ah, now I’m nervous. Okay, uh...this year I’m most thankful for falling in love with Brigid and for...getting a new family in the process.
End: Erik: Hope there’s nothing any of us could ever do to..change that. What we’ve got right here, ‘cause this is what matters. This family.
Dierdre: All right, well, I’m with your dad and--it may sound cliche, but I’m thankful for the both of you.
Karam, Stephen, The Humans, Dramatists Play Service, 2016, pp. 110-111.
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