While getting manicures, Maureen delivers a thinly veiled insult to Margaret by comparing her sexual reputation to the behavior of Bonobo apes. Margaret maintains her composure and delivers a sharp, cutting rebuttal that highlights Maureen's own insecurities and lack of prowess.
MAUREEN: I thought of you the other day.
MARGARET: Oh?
MAUREEN: We went to the monkey house. My dear, those chimps with their ghastly pink bottoms, just hideous.
MARGARET: They don’t know that, do they. They probably think they look adorable.
MAUREEN: And there were these other monkeys. Apes. Bonobos. Quite fascinating. Everything they do is about sex. They meet a new Bonobo, they have sex with them. And I thought, that’s Margaret. In and out, in and out. Margaret is a Bonobo.
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