On Romance

AT RISE:

PHIL and JILL walk through the park on a beautiful snowy day. There is magic in the air, possibly due to fairies.

PHIL:
Have you ever noticed Hollywood's tendency to take shortcuts with love stories merely by implying that the two romantic leads have a sexy "history" together? I mean it's one of those things that's easy to overlook, but if you actually think about it, it's an incredibly lazy screenwriting tool. It's like going up to a girl you want to sleep with and being like "Hey, we slept together in the past, so there's gonna be some intense chemistry going on in the following exchange. In fact, it's more than likely that no matter how big an asshole I am, we will in fact fall in love and bump uglies in the next twenty-four hours. Just a heads up." It's ludicrous, and completely flies in the face of every rule about good character development, but we just accept it! I dunno, maybe deep down we don't care, we just want to cut to the chase and watch the sexy people have sexy times, living vicariously through their sexy antics, but I like to think we all would like a slightly more satisfying view of romance.

JILL:
You're just saying that because of our sexy history, aren't you?

PHIL:
You're damn right, baby.

They make out.

BLACKOUT. END PLAY.