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Comic Dialogue Research Paper

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Laura Anne Harris – Nafeesa Fazel 88808324 – Assignment 3: Comic Dialogue 50 + 788 Words ANGIE, a previously-pious, friendly-neighborhood-lesbian, is at her crush’s house on a date. She finds herself in a predicament as old as time: she’s clogged the toilet. Desperate to fix the situation to avoid putting-off her crush, over whom she’s been pining for months, she results to asking for GOD’s help. ANGIE: [panicked and desperate] Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Nope, don’t do that. This is not the time. Please stop. Please, please stop. Just leave smoothly like you’re supposed to. Don’t make a scene. Please. Please. God! I’ll do anything. GOD: [intrigued] Anything, you say? ANGIE: [startled] What the hell?! Who was that? GOD: Look …show more content…

I mean, yeah. I’m really into this girl and I don’t want to ruin things by clogging her toilet. [ANGIE pauses, realizing something] But first, where were you when I was coming out and all confused about how my faith and sexuality can coexist? GOD: I was [a datebook manifests] unclogging someone else’s toilet. Duty calls, you know? ANGIE: You’d rather unclog a toilet than help me out in a real crisis? GOD: Well, if this isn’t a real crisis, then I’ll be on my way… ANGIE: WAIT! No! It’s fine, I forgive you. Things ended up working out; my period of [enunciating] queery was fruitful. GOD: [sarcastically] There’s the wit I gave you. You had me worried for a minute. Tell me more about this girl… ANGIE: Well, she and I met an open-mic night, and for months while we hung out, I tried to suss out whether or not she’s into women, and then last week, she started flirting with me- GOD: You only noticed her flirting last week? No wonder she asked for my help. Jesus. ANGIE: Wait, is that okay for you to say? Double wait, she’s been flirting for longer than that? GOD: Yeah, she literally made eye contact with you while singing an entire Tegan and Sara song. How did you not know? Also, yeah, I was just fucking with you earlier. I’ve literally been alive forever, and things get pretty

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