What would happen if both couples ran into each other in the street days, weeks, months later? What would their reactions be? Would they ignore each other? Would they think "hey, those were those people we had that crazy night with"?
shareSounds like a pretty good sequel! This time the other couple could be the insane ones and they're just old and still playing elaborate games with each other, but they enjoy it more since the dissapointment has subsided. Were going to make millions. I want half.
shareOnly if Mike Nichols is in.
shareI didn't think that at the time, as far as I recall. I suppose I thought they would just pretend that none of it happened. I experienced something similar as a grad student; a professor's got party out of hand, with other professors making total fools of themselves, one even doing a striptease! Another (male) prof. hit on me in front of his own cousin, whom I was dating. Everyone was smashed.
It never got as nasty as George and Martha's debacle but I expected that the young couple would have done what I did: act like it didn't happen, since the profs probably didn't remember anything anyway. And I couldn't avoid them...not if I wanted to stay in their classes...and good graces!
lol...I just figured out why they were all divorced!
Nothing is what it seems. Everything is a test. Rule #1: Don't...get...caught.
Great question!
Let's set the scene...I like the idea of the two couples seeing each other at another faculty event...
Honey: Either doesn't remember anything (total black-out, from all the brandy) or pretends the entire evening is a blur.
Nick: This is an interesting one! He heard George's "confession" (accidentally shooting his own mother, driving a car into a tree and killing his own father, spending time in a psychiatric hospital, being mocked as a teen, seeing himself as a total failure)...AND he tried to bang George's wife (whether or not he was "up for it" is open to interpretation.
And even further, he was allowed to witness George telling Martha their son was dead...in fact, he was invited in as a private guest to the entire sadistic game that the older couple played. I'd think Nick would avoid talking to them as much as he could, and if that wasn't possible, he would have been nervous (Martha, being the daughter of the president of New Carthage) could have him fired, and mumbled some sort of generic pleasantries, then made an excuse and beat a hasty retreat.
Martha: She's a spoiled princess, and used to dressing others down with her sharp tongue. I don't think she needs to be drunk to insult George either. I imagine her flirting openly with Nick, not caring if Honey OR her own husband is offended. In fact, I think she would encourage Nick to take her to bed again, giving him a chance to 'improve his batting average.'
George: I think he would inquire as to Honey's health, and wouldn't miss a chance to remind her of her "frail condition when last they met." George is a hen-pecked husband, and would most likely ignore his wife's open advances to the younger man. He might, as a way to get a rise out of Martha, put the moves on Honey.
Thoughts?
Honey: Either doesn't remember anything (total black-out, from all the brandy) or pretends the entire evening is a blur.
I'd think Nick would avoid talking to them as much as he could
I don't think she needs to be drunk to insult George either.