Dialogue Essay: Where Was College?

Yet, despite the fact that the bell could be helpful ad a redemption, one would say they are lying to each other just make it seem as they are “the one”. Every time the bell is rung, the two characters basically get another chance at love again. But when one of the characters change their answer, were they being truthful the first time or just changing their answer to fit the others personality? Bill had to change his answers quite a few times before Betty would accept his answer. For instance, Bill and Betty were talking about their education when a bell rung when Bill told her where he attended college.
“BETTY: Have you read it?
BILL: Yeah, I read it in college.
BETTY: Where was college?
BILL: I went to Oral Roberts University.
(bell)
BETTY: Where was college?
BILL: I was lying, I never really went to college. I just like to party
(bell)
BETTY: Where was college?
BILL: Harvard.”
Bill said he wanted to Oral Roberts
The reason we have the bell, is to inform us when the conversation is going to restore itself and why. If we did not have the bell and the conversations would restart, the audience would be in confusion for a while. Eventually, the audience would see the conversations restarting but not fully understand the reason why. Remarkably, the bell is there to distinguish why the conversation restarted and when one of the characters does not like an answer they received. David made this into a though experiment, having the thought of “what-if I said this?” or “what if I said that?”. Ives is telling the audience to never give up. Director Heather Kalonick agrees with this interpretation. She says "What Ives' plays come down to is making connections and communication, how we fail and succeed at it," in an article written about Ive’s All in the timing play. He played around with communication very differently during the play, especially with the