Educating Rita is about two from opposite worlds

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This script is about two people from two different worlds. Frank is a professor who teaches at a Victorian built university and his only leisure is to drink alcohol as it shows in the beginning ‘(Jubilantly he moves to the Dickens section and pulls out a pile of books to reveal a bottle of whisky)’. He leads a boring life which consists of his girlfriend and her lamb and ratatouille-“Because, darling, I like my lamb done to the point of abuse and even I know that ratatouille cannot be burned”. Frank is very straight forward when it comes to having a conversation “Erm-probably”, “No-no-you’re probably right”. On the other hand, Rita, a hairdresser, leads an out-going, sloppy life ‘The door swings open revealing RITA’, ‘RITA (going to the chair by the desk and dumping her bag)’. Rita has a husband and her only habit is to smoke unlike Frank-whose habit is to get drunk. Rita knows how to put humor into a conversation by making fun of herself-but that doesn’t mean other people are allowed to make fun of her as well.

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        Frank thinks Rita’s life is a lot more gratifying, he wants to be free and have a life like Rita’s. Since Rita burst into his life there had been a breath of fresh air in the room “Is that all you wanted. Have you come all this way for so very, very little?” The fact that Frank uses terms like “darling” or goes to parties wearing formal clothing is little to him. However, Rita thinks otherwise. She believes having a life like Franks is called “freedom” Going to fancy parties, wearing fancy clothing and to talk without using any ...

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