FEO 4 Prof.
Marina Cantarutti
Dialogues 1. From An Education
JENNY I bought this for you. MISS STUBBS That's very kind of you. But I can't accept it. JENNY Why not? MISS STUBBS It's because of people like you that I plough through illiterate essays by Sandra Lovell about her pony. But I know where this came from, Jenny. And If I took it, I'll feel like I'd be betraying both of us. Jenny. You can do anything you want. You know that. You're clever and you're pretty...Is your boyfriend interested in clever Jenny? JENNY I'm not quite sure what you're trying to tell me. MISS STUBBS I'm telling you to go to Oxford. No matter what. 'Cause if you don't, you'll break my heart. JENNY Where did you go? MISS STUBBS Cambridge. JENNY Well. You're clever. And you're pretty. So presumably, Clever Miss Stubbs won. And here you are with your pony essays. I don't know. These last few months, I've eaten in wonderful restaurants, and went to jazz clubs, and watch wonderful films, heard beautiful music... MISS STUBBS Jenny, you're taking precautions. JENNY Nothing to do with that. MISS STUBBS Isn't it? JENNY Maybe will our lives going to end up with pony essays. Or housework. And yes, maybe we'll go to Oxford. But if we're all going to die the moment we graduate, Isn't it what we do before that counts? MISS STUBBS I'm sorry you think I'm dead. JENNY I don't think you're dead. I just... MISS STUBBS I think you'd better get to your next class. (227)
FEO 4 Prof. Marina Cantarutti
From Corpse Bride
(Emily and Victor, recently married corpses in the world of the Dead) EMILY: Isn't the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any. Isn't it romantic? VICTOR: Look, I am terribly sorry about what's happened to you...and I'd like to help, but I really need to get home. EMILY: This is your home now. VICTOR: But I don't even know your name. EMILY: ()It's Emily. VICTOR: Emily. EMILY: Oh, I almost forgot. I have something for you. It's a wedding present. VICTOR: Thank you. Scraps? Scraps! My dog, Scraps! Oh, Scraps, what a good boy. EMILY: I knew you'd be happy to see him. VICTOR: Who's my good boy? ()Roll over. Roll over. Good boy, Scraps. Play dead. Sorry. EMILY: Oh, what a cutie. VICTOR: You should have seen him with fur. Mother never approved of Scraps jumping up like this. But then again, she never approved of anything. EMILY: Do you think she would have approved of me? VICTOR: You're lucky you'll never have to meet her. Well, actually...now that you mention it, I think you should. In fact, since we're, you know...married, you should definitely meet her. And my father too. We should go and see them right now. (195)
FEO 4 Prof. Marina Cantarutti
From A place called Notting Hill
(Birthday dinner. Friends together with a special guest: famous actress Anna Scott) MAX Having you here, Anna, firmly establishes what I've long suspected, that we really are the most desperate lot of under-achievers. BERNIE Shame! MAX I'm not saying it's a bad thing, in fact, I think it's something we should take pride in. I'm going to give the last brownie as a prize to the saddest act here. WILLIAM Bernie. BERNIE Well, () obviously it's me, isn't it --I work in the City in a job I don't understand and everyone keeps getting promoted above me. I haven't had a girlfriend since... puberty and, well, nobody fancies me, and if these cheeks get any chubbier, they never will. HONEY Nonsense. I fancy you. () Or I did before you got so fat. MAX You see -- and unless I'm much mistaken, your job still pays you rather a lot of money, while Honey here, she earns nothing flogging her guts out at London's seediest record store. HONEY Yes. And I havent got hair -- I've got feathers, and I've got funny goggly eyes, and I'm attracted to cruel men and... actually, no one'll ever marry me because my boosies have actually started shrinking. MAX You see -- incredibly sad. (199)
