Complicity

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[ Silence ]

[ Instruments Tuning ]

[ Whistle Blows ]

[ Man ] Up, two, three, turn!

[ Marching Band ]

[ Continues ]

[ Whistle Blows ]

[ Fades Out ]

Can anyone tell me

the meaning of "parataxis"?

Anyone?

Parataxis is the technique Allen

Ginsberg experimented with...

in his seminal,

1955 poem "Howl."

Using starkly dissimilar images, he

juxtaposed them with no clear connection.

- This left the readers to make their

own connections... - [ Chuckles ]

Implied by

the paratactic syntax.

So he engaged the readers...

[ Chuckles ]

- To figure out his meaning.

- [ Chuckles ]

Samuel Beckett,

widely regarded as

one the most influential...

poets, novelists, playwrights

of the 20th century,

was an extreme proponent

of the paratactic form.

This from Beckett's

The Unnameable.

"The Place.

I'll make it all the same.

I'll make it in my head,

I'll draw it out of my memory.

I'll gather it all about me.

I'll make myself a head,

I'll make myself a memory.

I have only to listen:

The voice will

tell me everything,

tell it to me again,

everything I need in dribs and drabs"...

[ Bell Rings ]

"Breathless."

Monday morning... Ginsberg's "Howl,"

parts one and two.

Be warned. It has

graphic sexual content.

Ooh. Graphic sexual content.

Hey, a party sounds great.

I'll text you later.

[ Man ] Shannon.

- Bye.

Can I speak

to you for a moment?

Here's my recommendation.

Schneider's been hounding me

for your entrance package.

[ Squeals ] Thank you so much,

Mr. Allusen.

You are the best.

Mmm!

[ Chuckles ]

Where are you going?

Wellesley, I hope.

My mom went there,

so it's really important to her.

Thank you. Thank you.

Hey, what was that about?

The recommendation that Schneider

twisted his arm to get.

Maybe now my mother

can get off my back.

Oh. Lucky.

Scholarship?

Scholarship?

Are you kidding me?

This is just my mother's game.

She's an alumni,

and she's already made a donation.

- I'm going no matter what.

- You don't want to go?

Peace has its price.

- Mm-hmm.

- What are you planning after graduation?

Oh, I don't know.

I haven't thought about it.

I'll just follow this body

to my own higher education.

What?

You don't mean that.

I don't have the pull, I don't have

the grades, so I'll use what works.

[ Rings ] [ Rings ]

- Yeah?

- Hello?

Yeah, it's tonight at, um...

- 9:
00. Or should I do 8:00?

- No.

- Yes. Bring everybody and anybody.

- She says 9:
00.

- And bring everything.

- You're coming?

[ Sniffles ]

[ Exhales ]

[ Tapping ]

Come on.

Close the door.

So, and why did you

miss our meeting last week?

Don't know.

Your parents didn't return my

questionnaire I sent them.

Did you give it to them?

Sure.

Dylan.

Come on.

I did. I don't...

I don't know what they did with it.

Look, sweetie, I'm the only one standing

between you and Principal Malic expelling you.

You understand that?

Your grades have been

very impressive...

until this fall.

Tell me why.

What's going on?

[ Man ] If I didn't have him in the house,

things would have been fine!

[ Woman ] Do you want him to carry

that around for the rest of his life?

Listen to me.

Look at me.

Okay.

[ Sighs ]

There is nothing I can do if

you won't let me help you.

Is that it?

Yeah.

[ Chattering ] [ Man ] Gross.

Do you believe the math

assignment she gave us?

[ Man ]

Smile, my lovely princesses.

- Hello.

- I only see one princess here.

True.

[ Laughs ]

[ Kim ] Gorgeous, darling.

Work it.

Well, hello.

[ Kim ] Nice shoes.

[ Chuckles ]

- Yeah.

- Oh, yeah.

[ Kim ] And who do we have here?

- Don't point that at me!

[ Chuckles ]

Don't do it. He's serious. He's so strange.

He's going to bust my camera.

He's not going to bust anything.

He's such a poser.

He can bust anything he

wants as long as it's me.

[ Chuckles ]

I heard he already did

last summer. That true?

No, it's all rumors, Kim.

There's nothing to tell.

- He's just shy. That's all.

- Okay.

I'll see you guys tonight.

We'll all kick some major ass.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

Hey, he's your mother.

Hey, see you, buddy.

- Hey, Kurt!

- Hi.

[ Rock On Radio ]

Good luck tonight.

What, you, uh,

not coming to the game?

I can't. My party.

You're coming, aren't you?

- Please.

- I don't... I don't know.

Oh, come on. You can bring Dwayne

if you want. I'll see you tonight.

[ Tires Squealing ]

Women.

[ Whistle Blows ]

[ Chattering ]

[ Whistle Blows ]

[ Whistle Blows ]

[ Crowd Shouting ]

[ Crowd Cheering ]

- Make way. [ Mica ] Work it.

Work it. Oh, yeah.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Stereo:
Rap ]

- Right. Here we go.

[ Mica ] Um, hello.

Save some of that for me, Shannon.

Whoo! Yeah!

My party!

Make way for the party queen.

[ Continues ]

Oh. [ Chuckles ] [ Mica ] Oh, God.

Get a room.

[ Laughs ]

- Hello, you sexy thing.

- Oh, hello. Hi.

- Hey, guys.

- Say hello to the camera, Shannon.

Who are they?

Go check the living room, okay?

- Okay, see you in a bit.

- Go check it.

Love you.

What do we have in this room?

[ Stereo:
Woman Singing ]

Oh, a deejay.

[ Continues ]

[ Woman ] Hey, Mica.

- Hello, you sexy thing.

Spin me, baby.

Spin me.

- Spin me.

- Hey, you.

Handsome.

There's my princess of darkness.

[ Rap ]

[ Laughing ]

[ Continues ]

That look in your eye

has got me hypnotized

[ Mica ] Look at that.

But, girl, you got me

feelin' high

You rock that body, baby

You really

got me goin' crazy

[ Continues ]

- Hey. [ Mica

] Look at you.

Hi.

- Come on.

[ Mica ] Look at her hair.

[ Chuckles ] Hey.

[ Mica Chuckles ] Cute.

[ Continues ]

Say it like

you mean it, babe

Say it like you want it

[ Continues ] [ Mica ] Ooh,

I want some of that.

[ All Laughing ]

Take the picture.

Not bad for last-minute, huh?

[ Sighs ] I should have been smart

and charged everybody for this.

Speaking of charging for it.

What are you wearing?

Don't worry, Shan.

When you grow up, you might be able

to pull off something like this.

Maybe.

[ Continues ]

I want to feel it

I want to feel it

- Whatever.

- Could... Could I get a hit of that?

- Yeah.

[ Coughs ]

[ Laughing ] [ Coughing ]

[ Stereo:
Woman Singing ]

If you look, you'll sense

a charge of static energy

Shoot down through me Force

the impact was so unexpected

Didn't know what hit me

Gosh

[ Continues ]

You're not going Columbine

on me, are you?

And stole my mind

Don't know what you started

There's nothing to stop it

[ Continues ] - Are you

still staying at your grandma's?

What do you care?

Hey, what's with the attitude?

School starts, and you

turn into dark matter.

I mean, you don't even

look like yourself anymore.

What's happened to you?

You. That's what happened to me.

You're so electric

I'm so magnetic

My pulse is racing

You set my soul on fire

[ Continues ]

If you won't listen,

how can I explain?

What's to explain?

I was stupid.

That's all.

[ Continues ]

- I don't want to talk about it.

- Okay, that's not fair.

- How you played me...

- That's not fair.

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