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Sugar and Spice

Date: Jul 26 2004

Intro

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“Boys are made of snakes and snails and puppy dog tails. That’s what boys are made of. Girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. That’s what girls are made of”. This is a popular children’s saying in America. See how two famous young ladies have remade themselves to be sugar and spice.

Dialog

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Beth

John

Beth: John, you know those twins * Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen?

John: Yeah. The ones that were on that show a long time ago called Full House*?

Beth: Yeah. Well, they have been getting so much press lately as they’ve matured in front of the entire world. What do you think about that?

John: I dunno. I, I saw on TV the other night that they were the youngest self-made millionaires ever. I think they were millionaires by the time they were six or something.

Beth: Yeah. It’s crazy! They sell all kinds of products and movies and then they perform in different movies and. Yeah, they sell all kinds of products, especially to the teen market. I think it’s kind of interesting how they decided to change their look a little bit to differentiate themselves.

John: What do they look like now?

Beth: Sugar and Spice!

John: Oh, really?

Beth: One is blond and the other is like a reddish brunette.

John: That sounds awesome! I wonder how long they’re gonna stay popular.

Beth: Who knows?!

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Discussion

It must be hard, growing up in the limelight. These two young ladies are about to start at NYU (New York University) in the fall. They will certainly be among the most well-known NYU students. It kind of makes sense that they changed their look a little bit to look different from one another. I would! Would you?