Monday, May 3, 2021

"A Nun's Story," Scenes 4 and 5

It's back to the apartment at night:

LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY ARE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE LOOKING AT SNAPSHOTS WITH AMUSEMENT.

LAVERNE
Hector's never been the same since.

Onscreen, Shirley points out that it was AM's idea but Laverne is the one who got grounded for three months.  Laverne says it was worth it and Hector hasn't bothered them since.

The main other change in this scene is that in the script, Shirley matter-of-factly says, "I knew you'd come around," while onscreen Shirley plays up her triumph more, so Laverne says to forget the whole thing, and Shirley has to beg her again.

This one-page scene is followed by another one-page scene, also at night, but several days later.  In the script, Shirley's banner reads, "Welcome Anne Marie," rather than "Welcome Nutsy."  And she says, "Hi Anne Marie," rather than "Welcome, Nutsy!"  This scene originally ended on Shirley's "stunned look," but I like the addition of the line, "What's new?"

And so ends Act One.

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