Complicity Page #5

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[ Scoffs ]

Now we have no choice.

It's all one big lie that we

have to live with forever.

[ Vehicle Approaches ]

Mica...

The rest of you stay here.

He's not gonna fit

inside the trunk.

[ Sighs ] We're gonna have

to put him in the back seat.

Fine.

Get his legs.

- [ Girl Screams ]

- [ Shouts ]

- Oh, my God!

- Oh, my God!

- Who is she?

- How do I know?

[ Screams ]

What have you done?

- [ Screams ]

- Please! Please, don't.

Stop!

Don't come any closer!

- Just calm down.

- [ Kurt ] Shut up! Now.

Please.

[ Screams ]

What the f***?

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Look, this is no time to panic!

- [ Gasps ]

- Sh*t.

This way.

Stop her.

[ Screams ] Stop!

Everybody stop!

Don't come any closer to me!

We just want to talk.

It's okay.

I saw him in there.

He's dead.

He's f***ing dead!

Let me go!

Just let me go!

- [ Dwayne ] Get her!

- [ Shannon ] Wait, wait, wait, wait!

Damn it!

- Just go away! Leave me alone, please!

[ Kurt ] Open the door.

Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Who is she?

- Oh, my God. Cosmo girl.

- What?

I've seen her at school.

[ Kim ]

What are we gonna do with her?

[ Sobbing ]

[ Sobs ]

Calm down, okay?

We just want to talk.

Just please, please don't hurt me.

Please.

Please, just go away!

No one is going to

hurt you, okay?

I promise.

Can you open the door?

Just get away from me!

Just leave me alone!

[ Gasping ]

I saw him.

He's dead!

I know.

[ Girl Sobs ] -

Can you just let us explain?

Please.

[ Gasping ] [ Lacy ] Let us in.

[ Doorknob Rattles ] [ Crash ]

Stay back! Get out!

Back up right now!

[ Lacy ] We just...

- Get back from me.

We just wanna talk.

Just put it down, okay?

No one's gonna hurt you,

I promise.

- We just wanna talk.

- Back away from me.

Hey,

y-you're in cheer, right?

No, I'm in marching band.

- Marching band's cool.

- Shut up.

No, it's not.

Everybody knows

that it's not cool, okay?

What's your name?

Rachel.

Rachel?

Okay.

Rachel, this isn't

what it appears to be.

What is it then?

Dylan... raped Kim.

Dylan Hudson?

He raped Kim?

I don't know. It's really hard for me to

believe that he could do anything like that.

It's true.

Then what happened to Dylan?

An accident.

It's hard to explain,

but that is all that you need to know.

This is all just really weird.

We understand.

Can you keep our secret?

Okay.

Yeah.

[ Pole Clatters ] - Yeah.

It'll be our little secret.

We can, like, hang out

and do stuff together...

Yeah, yeah.

I totally get it, you guys.

I'll keep it a secret.

Just us.

That sounds great.

Yeah.

We'll all be good friends.

That's so great. I have so many friends

that you guys are really gonna like.

What is she talking about?

Rachel, we've got to go.

Got it.

I'm just gonna get my shoes, okay?

Wait.

Hey.

- Do you have a car?

- Sure.

I mean, it's my mom's.

But, yeah.

What kind?

An S.U.V.

Why?

We need a bigger car.

Okay.

I get it.

What are friends for?

[ Chuckles ]

- What are you doing?

- You know you can't trust her.

What's with the car?

[ Birds Cawing ]

[ Sighs ] I don't know about this.

Listen.

We get Dylan in her car,

and what can she do?

Nothing.

- All right, now what?

- Bring your car up the drive.

Don't make any noise.

Mica, go with her.

This is insane.

She's crazy.

We can't trust her to keep quiet.

Listen.

Kim's on point.

Once we get her involved,

she won't be able to say anything.

[ Kim ] Don't be stupid.

She'll never keep

her mouth shut.

[ Dwayne ] I don't get it.

This was your idea. Get her involved?

She can't say nothing?

And we have.

We still won't

be able to trust her.

We get Dylan in her car,

and we drive north. Together.

So then what do we do with...

No. No.

Do you want to go to college?

Or you want to go to jail?

[ Kim ] Don't look so surprised,

you guys.

There's no other way,

and you know it.

No. No way.

No. No, he's right.

We can't.

You want to put the rest of our

lives in that girl's hands?

You think she's gonna

keep this quiet?

Maybe for a few days, a week.

But we all know she'll blow it.

We don't have another choice.

Dylan was bad enough. But the girl?

She didn't do anything.

Not yet.

[ Sighs ] Come on.

Let's get this done.

You takin' this sh*t too far.

I'm not gonna let you hurt that girl.

Let me?

You're not gonna let me what?

Dwayne, it's not me.

It's us.

Remember? You're a part of us,

whether you like it or not.

This is what we have to do.

This is survival.

- [ Door Closes ]

- [ Sighs ]

Mica.

Help me with this.

Don't you think

you should help too?

[ Bird Caws ]

- [ Grunts ]

- [ Thud ]

[ Sighs ]

Wh-What's

going on?

Come on.

What is it?

[ Dwayne ] Go on, Kim.

Tell him.

I think he deserves to know.

Don't you?

Tell me what?

[ Ragged Breathing ]

[ Vehicle Approaching ]

[ Sirens, Faint ]

[ Panting ]

- [ Engine Sputters ]

- [ Sirens, Faint ]

[ Whispers ] Oh, my God.

[ Engine Starts ]

[ Siren Wails ]

Sh*t.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

F***.

Oh, my God.

Who called them?

Who?

[ Screams ]

[ Shannon ] Sorry, Officer.

It really was just supposed to start small.

And then people started...

You know, it turned into something way

bigger than it was supposed to be.

I was gonna call the police,

but you know...

My parents are out of town, and that's

why I had them step in for a little bit.

Because it got out of hand.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Sobs ]

[ Tires Screech ]

[ Sobbing ] [ Rapid Honking ]

[ Honking Continues ] - Oh, God.

Please help me, please.

[ Water Babbling ]

[ Dog Panting ]

[ Flies Buzzing ]

- [ Whistle Blows ]

- [ Drums Pound ]

[ Whistle Blows ]

[ Allusen ]

Pa... ra... tax... is.

Parataxis.

Can anyone explain

Ginsberg's use of parataxis?

Anyone?

Samuel Beckett?

All right then.

Kimberly.

Can you describe

how Ginsberg used parataxis?

He, uh...

He used words to express

how he felt.

But not the right words.

He chose his words carefully.

He painted a different reality,

but he can't tell you what it is.

He wants to say

something else, entirely.

You have to decide what it is.

Go on.

He... makes a puzzle

with his words.

Creates a rhythm

with his breath.

It's like

everything's disconnected.

He's not gonna just come out

and tell you what he's thinking.

He hides his true meaning.

No one can be trusted with it.

You have to...

find out the truth on your own.

That was a very creative answer,

Kimberly.

Let me read some excerpts from

Beckett's The Unnameable again...

so you might be able to expand

on Kimberly's answer.

"It's like a confession,

a last confession,

you think it's finished,

then it starts again,

there were so many sins,

the memory is so bad,

the words don't come,

the words fail,

[ Allusen And Dylan ]

the breath fails."

[ Dylan ] "I don't know:

Perhaps it was all a dream,

all a dream."

[ Mica, Narrating ]

"That would surprise me.

- I'll wake, in the silence, and never

sleep again. - [ School Bell Rings ]

It will be I?

Or dream, dream again,

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