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Character Analysis: You Re In The Dog House Now
“You're in the Dog House Now”

Cast:
Owner of a poodle named Lacey (Samantha) ………………………..................Christine Petrakis
Owner of a pit-bull named Max (Jillian) …….................................................Kaitlin Montgomery
Character Description:
• Samantha is getting close to the age of forty as she is a thirty-seven year old woman, who has a poodle named Lacey. In the past, Samantha would always bring Lacey to a beach called ‘Sugar Beach’, but their memories of lying in the sand, soon washed away as a dog (Max) urinated into the water and started to cause trouble. Samantha is very sassy and is determined to be the queen bee at every situation and / or fight she embarks upon, and she is always holding onto a cigarette especially
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(Samantha gives Jillian an intense glare) Now I have to resort to the low life peasant style of going to the park with the likes of people like you.

(Samantha walks away from Jillian, and turns her back against her, while smoking her cigarette)

(Jillian stands up angrily and marches up to Samantha)

JILLAIN: It’s not a ball in the park for me either to have a stuck up (Samantha mutters the words to herself as she quickly lights up a cigarette and fearfully puffs, heavily short of breath, looking the other way),

JILLAIN: (She moves to the right side of Samantha) Arrogant

(Samantha gasps while she mutters the words and then another quick puff, as she fiddles with the cigarette)

JILLAIN: Crazy (She moves to the left side of Samantha)

(Samantha questions the thought as she takes another quick short puff in the opposite direction of Jillian, but soon she can’t stop, she tries to hide it but she trembles and starts to puff her cigarette at a faster pace in all directions).

JILLAIN: Lady like you bothering me when all I want to do is to go on a peaceful walk with my dog. I’m sorry for the incident at sugar beach but if max didn’t do his business there it would only be a matter of time till someone

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