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City Slickers

By Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel - Film

FilmScreen

Roles

  • Mitch Robbins - Adult (36-50), Male

About this piece

Mitch Robbins address his child's classmates about how depressing life in going to be for them

Summary

Mitch (Billy Chrystal) has just turned 39 years old and is going through a mid life crisis. He and his friends Ed and Phil decide to take a 2 week vacation in New Mexico where they participate to a cattle drive. In the process they find purpose and renewal. In this monologue Mitch addresses his child's class and expresses his frustration on how his life has turned out.

Tone

PersuasiveDescriptiveDepressedFrustratedSpeech

Use cases

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