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Scene 2
Dot can't sleep and is comforted by her mother -
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Dot's experience in BLUR
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Scene 3
Thanksgiving (this was the actual date of Thanksgiving in 1985). Dot and Mom eat their Thanksgiving dinner alone. Dot notices she's having trouble seeing for the first time. -
Scene 4
Dot goes to the eye doctor and learns she has LOA. -
Scene 5
Mom and Dot talk about her disease at home. -
Scene 6
Dot has her first nightmare and expresses that she's afraid to fall asleep because of the darkness. -
Scene 7
We meet Father O.O for the first time as Dot gives him her confessions. -
Scene 8
Dot meets Francis in Home Ec. -
Scene 9
Dot and Francis on the peer together with Joey -
Scene 10
Dot goes to the eye doctor and her vision has only worsened a little bit. -
Scene 11
Dot tells Mom about her new friends. Mom believes she's going blind out of sympathy. -
Scene 12
Later the same night with Dot, Francis, and Joey. Dot and Francis discuss what Dot's date with Joey. The date happens. Dot returns home very late. Dot is 18 by this point in the play, meaning her birthday is probably somewhere in mid January. -
Scene 13
Dot confesses to Father O.O. about drinking, smoking and sex. She admits her sight is "not too good." (p. 39) -
Scene 14
Dot argues with Mom about Joey, who unwraps Dot from her protective layers and takes her as she is. They leave and mom is shocked. This was actually a Saturday in 1986 so it fits. -
Scene 15
The same night at the zoo with Joey. There are many time jumps in this scene, but the day is the same. -
Scene 16
Dot goes to the eye doctor again, and feels that her vision has improved. -
Scene 17
Later the same day, Dot discovers her disease can only be passed from mother to child, realizes her mothers lie, and walks out on her. -
Scene 18
In this scene, Joey and Dot escape to their new place, the mother has a breakdown of sorts, and Francis struggles openly with her sexuality and conceptions of beauty. -
Scene 19
Francis and Dot on the peer talking about their mothers. Dot confesses she took one of her moms shirt because it smells like her, showing that she does miss her mother. -
Scene 20
Dot's encounter with the blind student at the School for the Blind -
Scene 21
Later the same night, Dot's fight with Joey about the student at the School for the Blind -
Scene 22
Dot's interaction with Father O.O after he's kicked out of the church. -
Scene 23 (p. 58)
Joey gives Dot the relief globe. -
Scene 24 (p. 58)
Dot, Francis, and Joey all get high at the pier. Francis wakes up the next day after having a very odd dream. -
Scene 25 (p. 59)
Dot goes to visit her mother at home, only to discover she's a mess. -
Scene 26 (p. 64)
Dot goes to see Father O.O. only to discover that he's a mess as well. -
Scene 27
Dot brings Father O.O. home to live with her in her apartment. -
Scene 28 (p. 66)
Dot goes to the eye doctor again, this time almost completely blind. -
Scene 29
Dot's 19th birthday. This is when she freaks out at everyone in the apartment. -
Scene 30
Dot brings Mom to the apartment, tucks her into bed with everyone else, and sings herself happy birthday.