I LOVED the drama “Sure Thing” by David Ives. It was so entertaining even thought it was about nine pages of the same thing over and over with only slight variances. I found if funny because it seemed like if one approach didn’t work, start over and try again. It was sort of like that poem “The Flea” by John Donne where he kept trying to seduce the women by convincing her that there was nothing wrong with having premarital sex; every time he struck out he simply recouped and tried another argument. Unlike Donne, Bill actually gets his date.
This also made me think about how when you approach someone for the first time you get nervous and try to script out what you’re going to say in your head and you start trying to figure out what the their reply will be. You think, “Oh no, that’s dumb” or “That’ll make me sound stupid” so you go with some general and safe approach. You try to decide what topics you want to discuss: politics, relationships, books, movies, astrology, sports…whatever you think will stimulate the conversation. Seriously, how many of us have not been in that boat before? And, how would you like to have the opportunity to just rewind and start the conversation over if it did not go as well as you would have liked? Just go until you get it! Maybe you don’t put a whole lot of effort into making the conversation start, but you have to admit that you replay it and think about what you could have said differently…don’t lie! I know I’m not completely crazy! Haha J
I also like how it switches between Bill and Betty asking the other one out and how they trade off starting conversations. Sometimes he’s not interested and other times she is not; this allows every possibility of the conversation to be explored. Overall, this was definitely my favorite drama.
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I totally agree with you. You are defitely not crazy. I am a person who tends to anaylze everything, perhaps too much some times. I never can say what I want to in the moment. But I always come up with a perfectly good conversation after the fact and I find myself saying that was so simple, why couldn't I have thought of that then. It would be so nice to be able to go back and have redos but I don't think I believe in that. I think maybe its more taking a new direction including the knowledge of the mistakes you have made in the past. Maybe more simply stated is I don't think we should be able to change the past but make note of the faults in order to make a better or different future. Anyways, I am glad they end up together in the end. I love positive and happy endings!!!
Hey Lauren!!
I loved this play too!! I thought it was so sweet because they actually end up with one another in the end. Personally, I think that living in a world like this would be very interesting and could be beneficial in some ways. When I say beneficial I mean for those conversations that get so awkward to where you just want to rewind it and start all over again. I know that I've been in that situation thinking, oh god did I just say that? And usually after I do, I worry about it, and eventually make a way bigger deal than what it was to begin with. I also like in the play where it switches off between Bill and Betty. In a sense it shows that both parties are guilty in the conversation, and not just one. However, after a while I would think that each party is trying to appease the other so wouldn't you end up living one big lie in the end? I have no clue...but it’s defiantly something interesting to think about. This drama is without a doubt my favorite so far in this class!! In the end, Bill and Betty are together and what more could you ask for in a romantic drama! :)
I totally agree! I mean seriously, it happens all the time with someone I don't know very well. The interesting thing about it is that it doesnt have to be someone we are attracted to. As long as you dont know them, you act out a possible senario of how you want the conversation to go and then you just kinda go with it. THe rehersal in your head can last maybe a second or longer in your head, but it most definately happens!
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