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Who do you side with?

· Guy’s mother: Guy is a true artist. His commitment to miming can be only admired. He tried to find self-fulfillment in raising social issues to the height of art. It was not his fault that the audiences did not appreciate his service to art and society.

Carol’s father: Guy is an irresponsible and immature, self-centred man who has always neglected his duties. He has never been able to keep his feet firmly on the ground. That’s why it is only natural that in Dorking he is considered to be almost a social outcast.

· Guy’s mother: Carol is too mercenary and money-oriented to appreciate Guy’s talent. She seems to be over-concerned with her social status and does not want to stand out from the crowd. I have always expected her to stand by Guy. A devoted wife will never let her husband down!

Carol’s mother: Carol may sometimes have her head in the clouds but she is a devoted wife and mother. She puts her family first and has sacrificed the dreams she had when she was young and carefree. She is a saint to have put up with Guy’s eccentricities so long!

· Guy: I wonder why Carol is always picking on me. True, we’ve had our ups and downs, but we have always seen eye to eye on so many things. Why should she envy my friends now? I am sure that Neal’s and Richard’s life has been dull and uneventful. Imagine going to the same office for over twenty years! No freedom, no choice, no challenge. Poor office workers! They are real robots in the deadly machine of the Friends Provident Insurance.

Carol: I was over the moon when Guy proposed to me. He had a great future of him as an actor. But now I can only envy Neal’s and Richard’s wives. To start with so little and finally to have such a helluva lot! A converted farmhouse for the summer with a swimming pool for the kids and everything. I was green with envy when I heard it from Sally the other day. It’s most depressing, especially now that the boys are in their teens and are unlikely to get a decent college education. Not with a father like that!

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