Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for April 19, 2013
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Transcript:
Dakota: I'm a lollipopless ladybug... I've lost my lolly like a LUG. Would you give a lolly FREE... to such a bouncy bug as MEEE? Choke on that, unicorn girl. Phoebe: On what, the scenery?
There are at least seven unrelated English words that have ended up being spelt “l u g”. This does not appear to be any of them.
But it looks as though I’m right about the play. There’s a scene of exposition, then an interminable succession of two-scenes between Lisa Ladybug and another character (in each of which Lisa recites this speech or a close variant and the other character makes a negative reply), and then the last scene offers a resolution, and a Moliére-like re-entry of all the characters, unless each new character has tagged along with Lisa, like the Henny-Penny gang. Either way, it all ends in a final chorus, ending with a couplet that shamelessly begs for applause while setting up a company bow.
Well, at least that’s how it’s supposed to work. You know—/without/ a unicorn.