The Roses | Clip 1 - video Dailymotion

Picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo's marriage crumbles as his career fails while hers soars, igniting competition and resentment.

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00:01Sure. Um, one, I would rather live with her than a wolf.

00:08Did you say wolf?

00:10Yeah.

00:11Wow.

00:12Uh, one, he has arms.

00:17Well, I saw a documentary once about a man without arms, and it looked like a difficult life, particularly for the partner, so...

00:23I like that he has arms.

00:25Yeah, it's fair.

00:28Arms.

00:30Two, the shape of her head is somewhat pleasing at a distance.

00:35Three, I have memories of her being witty.

00:38Four, she smells pleasant on occasion.

00:41Actually, I struggle to write any more.

00:43Uh, two, his breath smells like an anchovy that's been in the piss all night.

00:47Three, the way he laughs is like a diseased dog's death rattle.

00:50Four, uh, he's a bad father, a fucked lover, a complete dead shit, a victim, a loser, a wanker.

00:56Number ten, Theo, what a cunt.

01:02That wasn't the task.

01:04Those are things you hate.

01:06It's not funny.

01:07That is, that's, that's actually quite funny.

01:09I see so much resentment and defensiveness.

01:13An inability to apologize, to share your vulnerability.

01:17Oh, at least defense, he is a whiny baby, so that's vulnerability, isn't it?

01:21Verbal cruelty.

01:22In England, we call that repartee.

01:24Self-righteousness, mockery, and inability to admit wrongs.

01:28I don't think you have the capacity to fix your problems.

01:31I don't think you have the capacity to fix your problems.

01:36I don't think you have the capacity to fix your problems.