Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 16, 2013
Transcript:
Petey: Look, dads home. Alice: Hey, dad! You're late. We've finished our dinner. Alice: Mom put yours in the fridge. It started to shrivel. Petey: Gee, dad, you look awful. Was here a fight at work? Alice: Now I can do my song or you! And my dance! Petey: Was there a road rage accident? Alice: Ill sing it loud so you can hear it over my dancing. Petey: Were the police involved? Alice: You'd think an inspiring moment with the arts would be a perfect end to a dads day. But no. Beni: The repressive, boorish father is a standard figure in all artists lives. Dill: Yeah, and it sounds like the police are after him anyway.
Leave it to Dill to make a bad day even more dramatic than it really was! Alice has not yet learned the subtle art of cheering a depleted Dad, but she will….