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vardathemessage ([personal profile] vardathemessage) wrote2004-12-21 11:10 am
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script:
Shannon suddenly grabs Mandy’s arm, glaring.
 
SHANNON

Don’t you ever tell Brian –

MANDY

Ow! Hey –

She  yanks free.

SHANNON

Swear to me you’ll never breathe a word of this – ever!
 

MANDY

I swear. Jesus.
 
Mandy gets up, rubbing her wrist, and walks off, not a little spooked.


What an odd scenario - the wife comforting the employee who's upset because the wife's husband is sleeping with someone else. Mandy's being sympathetic but she simply cannot understand Shannon's point of view since long ago she accepted that love and sex are not the same thing - a necessary trait when married to a rock star. Shannon's not crying for Mandy but because some romantic notions she had about Brian were shattered. Precisely what upset her is up for conjecture - is it because Brian went to bed with someone else or because that someone else was a man. The wild sex party was enough of a rite of passage for her, but then, seeing Brian naked bed with Curt forced her to think about what men do in bed together. Shannon - like Arthur - is an unsophisticated outsider who had no idea how the ramifications of a mere kiss would resonate in her life.

[identity profile] happytogoblind.livejournal.com 2004-12-22 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
i also can never help thinking that the way mandy comforts shannon isn't without any emotions. She is bisexual and I think the way she rubs her arm to make her stop crying is very intimate - to Mandy it might mean nothing but Shannon would probably realise it if she wasn't that stressed out...just my thoughts...

[identity profile] vardathemessage.livejournal.com 2004-12-28 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm, very perceptive of you and I agree!