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Tired of this shit...
Which is it? You gotta keep your focus straight.
You're absolutely right. The focus is on the college admissions process today.
And you want Scooby to be the focus of all this?
Scooby and a few other students of different socioeconomic backgrounds.
Oh, well, I don't have them yet, but
Reconceive.
'Cause Scooby does have a quality that I've been looking for, a quality that is emblematic of American today. It's part disillusionment, part hope...
Oh, I know, I know that. Well, sharing your story, your ups and downs, and so forth, can I hope, be an illuminating experience.
Yeah...How do we know we won't be exploited?
But what kind of pull did you have?
I have a cousin. Very big giver to the alumni fund.
I think Scooby's like a lot of kids. He just hit aa speed bump. Now he's gonna find his way, his path is gonna be cleared, and I think he's gonna continue his education at a good college. And everybody else is gonna be happy.
...But Mr Livingston, aren't you a bit fearful that Scooby will be confronted with hollow values and systemic conformism?
Hey, you want to hear my short story now?
Huh?
I can read it to you.
You mean, again?
Well, I changed the ending a little.
Oh. What happens now?
Well, actually, it's the same, but longer. I think it's better. More...raw.
Well then, maybe you should just read the ending.
But it won't make any sense if you hear it out of context.
I think you should leave it the way it was. It was good.
So you don't want to hear my new ending?
You'll read it in class tomorrow. Surprise me. Anyway, I have to go. I promised Melinda I'd help her with her oral.
You're tired of me. I can tell.
Marcus, I'm tired. That's all.
You've lost interest...You hardly even sweat any more when we have sex.
I was never much of a sweater. You know that.
Look, Vi, I don't blame you. You feel You feel pity now. The pleasure isn't there any more. The kinkiness has gone...You've become kind.
What do you want?
Don't be so upset. It's OK...
What the fuck are you talking about? What's OK?
You know he hated my story also.
Your story was terrible!
Marcus...You'll write something better next time!
Patronizing fuck! If you had just been honest with me in the first place I wouldn't have read it. I knew it was shit. But idiot! I believed you!
That's not fair! I was honest! Just because I wasn't sucking up like that bitch Catherine.
Well, I sure didn't hear you voice your opinion in there when it mattered.
I admit it I was scared! I was shocked, in fact , by what he said. And he's so...convincing. I'm sorry if I let you down, but really, I still say he's just one opinion. I don't even like his books that much. They're all so aggressively confrontational. I don't care if he's won the Pulitzer Prize.
Was anyone in my room today?
Is everything OK?
My CD case like totally collapsed. I'm gonna have to recatalogue all weekend. Hey. Can you pass the salad over.
What are you going to do?
I dunno.
We did the same thing last year also.
How was the class?
Well...yes. If it hadn't been for Hitler, he wouldn't have had to leave Europe. We would have been...European.
But then, in a sense, since you would never have met Dad if your family had stayed in Europe...if it weren't for Hitler, none of us would have been born.
Hi, Scooby! How was school today?
Fine.
Ready for tomorrow?
What's tomorrow?
The SATs, knucklehead. SCOOBY I'm not taking them.
Steak's really good tonight. SCOOBY Good.
Got a lot of homework?
Marty...
You started filling out your college applications yet?
Not to be crass, but what do we get out of this?
Don't worry, he doesn't mean money.
We used pull.
You know, you have to. Sometimes you just have to, Toby.
It's all about who you know.
Look, we're not suckers. Everyone else is out there doing the same thing.
He's right.
Sure!...
Of course, honey. Come in bed with us. Come on.
Don't even joke about that!
I'm serious! What happens if he blows up the school?
Twinkeys!
Boys, take napkins...Napkins...
Mom?
Yes, Mikey?
I was looking through Scooby's SATs practice books this afternoon and I took one of the practice tests. Guess what score I got?
What?
550 verbal, 520 math. And I'm only in fifth grade!
So whaddya think?
Well, I'm not really sure what you're trying to say. It's funny, I suppose. But it seems glib and facile to just make fun of how idiotic these people are.
I'm not making fun. I'm showing it as it really is.
You're showing how superior you are to your subject. TOBY No, but I like my subject. I like these people.
No, you don't.
Yes, I do. I love them!
The camerawork's nice.
Thanks. I'll tell Mike. Well, it's still just a beginning. I know I can...dig deeper.
This is definitely better.
You think so? You don't think that this might not be a little dry?
This is entertainment you're making, Toby. This story about a kid in the suburbs and the state of the college admissions process has, with this Brady crisis, evolved into something much richer and more provocative.
Yes, I knowBut still, it should be somewhat entertaining.
I mean, without this footage, without this rigorous documentation, it would feel like exploitation.
No, no, no. No exploitation. This is seriousBut don't you find it a little funny too, at the same time?
You've got a family tragedy on your hands. Will you tell me what's funny about that? About a kid in a coma?
Nothing, I guess
I mean, why are you making this documentary if you can't treat your subject with appropriate gravity?
OK, you're right, you're right You know, we need to screen what we've gotinvite some regular people, just some random offthe street typesand see what real people think of this.
I dunno, Toby. We really have a long way to go. You still need a lot more footage, and it's probably a little premature to start screening
OK, then we can invite serious intellectual types.
We're not ready.
Hip alternative types who will understand the process better
We're not ready!