Playing The Part – Lydia Black & Shiri Allwood

A rotary phone rings and Lydia Black, dressed in retro 80s clothing, swoops in to answer it. Her friend Shiri Allwood is on the other line, asking if Lydia wants to meet up since their husbands are spending the day at the golf course. It is revealed that Lydia and Shiri have both married into a succesfful oil family, but Lydia can’t help feeling envious of Shiri, who seems to have snagged the more successful of the husbands. As they speak, there’s a hint of falseness to their voices- almost as if they are actors in a soap opera…