Question

[Suburban Man 1 walks over to his neighbor’s house,hedge shears in hand.]
Suburban Man 1
: Hello there, neighbor! I see you’reedging your lawn. That’s a fine, fine cutting tool youhave. May I ask where you bought it?
[Suburban Man 2 turns from cutting an exact edgewhere his grass meets his driveway.]
Suburban Man 2
: Online.
[Suburban Man 1 squints, suspicious, and then hemasks his face with a smile that doesn’t meet his eyes.]
Suburban Man 1
: Online where? Plenty of places topick up garden tools online. Take these shears.
[holdsthem in the air while Suburban Man 2 keeps his headdown while edging]
. They are top-of-the-line, Britishhedging shears. You know the masterful hedgerows inEngland, right? Well, I have just the tool to make thathappen. See here, you could set a dinner plate on topof my hedge and eat a five-course meal off of it.
[Suburban Man 2 does not look up from his edging.]
Actually, you could lay out a table setting of twelve ontop of my hedge, serve a five-course meal, and have acase of the finest drinks on there.
[Once again,Suburban Man 2 does not look up from his edging,making Suburban Man 1 irritated.]
Come to think of it,since such fine hedges are found in England, why notlay out a high tea on top of my hedge, with the dinnersetting, and the case of drinks. That’s right: all the finestcakes, scones, cookies, silverware, all here on top ofmy hedge….
A)
Use the play excerpt to answer the question.
What does this satirical scene criticize?
(1 point)
how people live in the suburbs
how much the characters value gardening
attention to appearances and material things
the relationship dynamics between the two
characters

Answer 1

attention to appearances and material things

Suburban Man 1’s exaggerated bragging about how perfectly his hedge could hold a full dinner and expensive items mocks the suburban obsession with appearances, status symbols, and conspicuous grooming rather than genuine substance.