[Quick Summary: When slobby Oscar and neat freak Felix become temporary roommates, chaos ensues.]
Here's how Neil Simon SHOWS (and not TELLS) us that Oscar is a slob:
"INT. REFRIGERATOR
It is an unholy mess. [Oscar's surroundings = Oscar himself.]
Most of the things are uncovered, a half-eaten lamb chop, bottles without caps, melting ice cream in a dish, etc. [Oscar is unorganized.]
Oscar's hand reaches in to get a bottle of Coke and he knocks over a jar of syrup that drips onto the next shelf, getting the lamb chop. [Syrup + lamb = Messy.]
It's too horrible to describe. Oscar gets the Coke out." [Oscar is unaffected.]
WHAT I'VE LEARNED: One prop can show so much about a character's inner state.
The Odd Couple (1968)
by Neil Simon (based on his play)
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