ABSTRACT
Gorgeous Teitelbaum (46) is married to an attorney and hasfour kids. She has blossomed from a suburban Massachusetts housewife into a popularphone-in radio agony aunt, 'Dr Gorgeous'. (She hasnoformal qualifications, the 'Dr' is merely for show.) As a confirmed chatterbox, shehasfound theperfect outletfor hergregarious and vivacious'people' skills. 'Funsy' is herfavourite catch phrase, and she wants theworldto be a 'funsy' place. She is in London leading a tour group of twenty ladiesfrom the TempleBeth £1 in Newton, Massachusetts, and she is alsoin town to celebrate hersister Sara's birthday. She is a 'very pretty but overdone woman. . . She wears a fake Chanel suitwith too many accessories.' She loves shopping and aspires to own genuine designer garments. In this scene she enters, drenched, with an umbrella and a shopping bag.She launches intothisspeech detailing herdisastrous day for the benefit of her two sisters.
