I'm working on my monologue from Burn This, a play by Lanford Wilson. And in the interest of knowing the context of the monologue, I got the play out of the library.

Had I read the play beforehand, I wouldn't have picked this monologue. My character is a drip. I think Lanford Wilson meant to create a modern romantic drama for our time.

Instead, I think he couldn't stop himself from asking, "Why do beautiful and talented hags end up romantically involved with men who are either nonentities or Neanderthals?"

And that sub-text is just all over everything, like bad mayo on a sandwich.