Play Analysis: Saluid Talks

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A 43-year-old woman lies about her age and falls for a younger man who doesn’t know the truth.

STORY COMMENTS
SALAD DAYS features a likable, high concept premise. The idea of an older woman pretending to be a younger woman and lying to her boyfriend/husband is a great setup for comedy, conflict, and character development.
The script explores the idea of timeless love and examines the age differences between men and women. It poses the moral question if love is ageless.
Given the concept, one can easily envision the fun.
While the concept is solid, the script requires more development.
The first act sets up the ordinary world of the protagonist, Suzy. She’s works for a candy company, she’s single, and doesn’t know how to meet men.
The opening …show more content…

The comedy style uses physical and visual comedy, which is fine as long as the comedy style remains consistent throughout the script. To note, there’s a very funny moment when she says the bike is fine and then it gets run over by a …show more content…

If the story is about Suzy hiding her age from Valentino then the scenes need to focus more on this. Thus make Suzy more proactive in hiding her age from Valentino and trying to act younger.
Right now the series of events don’t feel focused. Suzy’s serial dating is a repeat of Valentino’s serial dating. This slows the pace. In other words, the main concept is that she’s deceiving Valentino, yet in the first 40 pages nothing much happens, excepts that she lies about her age. There’s no other activity that she does to cover up that she’s older from Valentino.
Also, as structured, one sees Valentino looking at dating sites. Then there are a series of dates and one assumes that he’s dating the women from the website, but after the series of dates, he wonders where he can find a woman quickly and again looks at websites. This needs to be re-organized. Don’t take too much time on this.
When they get back from the party, Valentino feels a bit out of character when he shows up at Suzy’s apartment with food etc. He’s too nice and there’s no witty banter or tension.
The idea of the arrest of Suzy, again, takes the focus off of the main plotline and is a distraction. Also, eliminate the brief

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