What’s Donna going to have to do to pry this information out of Mona? What’s going to happen when she does? In real life hiding from situations like this is corrosive and poisonous, in a depiction with any credibility it is no different.
I know from friends that if they really want to smoke and drink there isn’t always a whole lot you can do about it other than to try to be there if they change their mind.
The events of the prior 24 hours cut to the core of who Mona is. Her character as depicted she is all about two things, control and memory. Her persona, from the prickly appearance and the surly I-don’t-give-a-damn attitude is designed to keep other people at arms length, leaving her always in control. She has based her career on memory, being an art historian and newspaper columnist. Her whole life is based on recording her observations. This incident involves the total loss of control and memory. Trying to bury it goes against the grain of everything that makes Mona who she is. Deal with it in the open or be destroyed by it. Pretending it didn’t happen is not an option.
The missing M. Smokey over 12 years ago
You look great — for a drunk.
Peabody-Martini over 12 years ago
What’s Donna going to have to do to pry this information out of Mona? What’s going to happen when she does? In real life hiding from situations like this is corrosive and poisonous, in a depiction with any credibility it is no different.
ejcapulet over 12 years ago
Perhaps this will convince her NOT to smoke like a chimney and drink like a fish.
Buzza Wuzza over 12 years ago
I know from friends that if they really want to smoke and drink there isn’t always a whole lot you can do about it other than to try to be there if they change their mind.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Donna has, as they say, a good heart. Mona is depressed, maybe frightened, and needs a friend to lean on….
Peabody-Martini over 12 years ago
The events of the prior 24 hours cut to the core of who Mona is. Her character as depicted she is all about two things, control and memory. Her persona, from the prickly appearance and the surly I-don’t-give-a-damn attitude is designed to keep other people at arms length, leaving her always in control. She has based her career on memory, being an art historian and newspaper columnist. Her whole life is based on recording her observations. This incident involves the total loss of control and memory. Trying to bury it goes against the grain of everything that makes Mona who she is. Deal with it in the open or be destroyed by it. Pretending it didn’t happen is not an option.