Lula recounts the disturbing and eccentric history of her cousin Dell to Sailor while they hide out in a motel. She details Dell's descent into madness, involving bizarre fixations and disappearances, highlighting the couple's shared sense of being outsiders in a strange world.
SAILOR: You tell the boy who knocked you up?
LULA: It was my cousin, Dell, done it? His folks used to visit with us summers.
SAILOR: What happened to him?
LULA: Oh, nothin'. I never let on to mama about Dell bein' the one. I just flat refused to tell her who the daddy was? I didn't tell Dell, neithe
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Find audition scenes for Lula from David Lynch's Wild at Heart. This dramatic duologue, Lula's Abortion Story, features a confessional and darkly humorous tone. Perfect for actors seeking intense, contemporary character-driven material.
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