Act One, Four This scene occurs in the motel room after the previous interview scene. As the two women review the interview we see their different responses to the process of dredging up these memories. Some of these are class and cultural differences we see from their dialogue. The tensions that we witnessed in an earlier scene are still evident and the reasons for them are still not clear to the audience. As they reflect on the interview, their conversation turns to their memories and this time they relive a moment of comic delight as they replay the sticking of the pin in Lipstick Larry’s loin cloth. This incident is played out a play-within-a-play as they are both recalling the past and enacting how they will talk about it to the camera. Then enacting it as if a camera were there to capture their performance. The scene then concertinas into one image as the sounds of Lipstick Larry punctuate their performance. There is a blackness in this performance the beating of the young – Bridie and Sheila’s attempt to save her from it a premonition (forewarning / hunch / omen) of – something more deep and powerful that is later to be revealed. The played moment then rbings the audience back into the present and there is a moment of reality as they stand now at a distance from the sound of Lipstick Larry beating Bridie. The scene ends with the sounds continuing as the two women in the present clink galsses a – dramatic action that signals their reunion. How have the women reacted to their television interview? How is the huimour used to convey their different attitudes? Name of Response to watching the Attitudes to the British that is character interview demonstrated (use quotes and techniques) Bridie Sheila relief is used in the making of the loin cloths. What insights do we get into Bridie as well as her relationship with Sheila?
Act One, Four This scene occurs in the motel room after the previous interview scene. As the two women review the interview we see their different responses to the process of dredging up these memories. Some of these are class and cultural differences we see from their dialogue. The tensions that we witnessed in an earlier scene are still evident and the reasons for them are still not clear to the audience. As they reflect on the interview, their conversation turns to their memories and this time they relive a moment of comic delight as they replay the sticking of the pin in Lipstick Larry’s loin cloth. This incident is played out a play-within-a-play as they are both recalling the past and enacting how they will talk about it to the camera. Then enacting it as if a camera were there to capture their performance. The scene then concertinas into one image as the sounds of Lipstick Larry punctuate their performance. There is a blackness in this performance – the beating of the young Bridie and Sheila’s attempt to save her from it – a premonition (forewarning / hunch / omen) of something more deep and powerful that is later to be revealed. The played moment then rbings the audience back into the present and there is a moment of reality as they stand now at a distance from the sound of Lipstick Larry beating Bridie. The scene ends with the sounds continuing as the two women in the present clink galsses – a dramatic action that signals their reunion. How have the women reacted to their television interview? How is the huimour used to convey their different attitudes? Name of character Response to watching the interview Attitudes to the British that is demonstrated (use quotes and techniques) Bridie Sheila relief is used in the making of the loin cloths. What insights do we get into Bridie as well as her relationship with Sheila?