Duck Butter

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You're the smartass

Duplass Brothers, aren't you?

How does the work break down?

What do you do?

All of our filming

happens right on the set.

-Very organic, in the moment,

like a therapy session.

Right.

We're improvising,

we're trying things,

we're getting upset and nervous

'cause it's not working.

We have a breakthrough.

"Holy sh*t!

This is so exciting!

It wasn't even in the script.

Let's go get it."

You know,

it's like the best version

-of what the scene could be

in this moment,

Right.

with the people we got

and where we're at.

We know what the scene

is supposed to be,

so let's just, like, see

what happens.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi, I'm Naima,

I'm playing Natalie.

-How are you doing?

-Hello, good. How are you?

-Good. Welcome to set.

-Thank you.

Mark and Jay wanted

to talk to you before...

Yes, of course.

I wanna talk to them.

-Oh, thank you.

-Read this.

-And you don't get anything.

-Yeah.

I feel like all dentists

are like that.

-Hi, guys. Hi. Sorry.

-Hey.

-Hey. Jay. Nice to meet you.

-How are you?

Naima. "Nima,"

if you can call me that.

Naima, thank you

for being here.

We loved your tape,

it was awesome.

Oh, thanks. I'm so glad.

I'm such a big fan

of you guys. I'm...

Yeah, I'm just honored

to be here.

We're huge fan of yours.

How's life? What's going on?

You know, I've been up

all night, just kinda...

getting ready for this.

-Oh, boy.

-Yeah.

-We're kind of like--

- We're pretty easy

about everything.

We can totally get something.

-Hey.

-Oh, hello, geniuses.

Hi, sweetheart.

These guys are

Lindsay and Kamal.

-Kamal.

-Naima. You can call me Nima.

-Hey. Lindsay.

-Nima.

Uh, welcome to the set.

So we were talking

and doing the scene yesterday.

-It just felt a little...

It was different.

-Yeah.

-It would be great to block

It was f***in'

incredible.

with the onion rings,

don't you think?

-I know it's just like a prop--

-Onion rings?

Yeah, I think there was

onion rings in the scene.

It was kind of

specifically noted.

-Oh.

-I don't even remember.

I think we just learned

maybe the onion rings

aren't that important.

-Right, yeah.

This is the first time in life

that onion rings

aren't important.

-Right.

Yeah, yeah.

There were a number of people

who wanted to talk to you.

Nobody wanted to talk to me.

Yes, they did.

And I think

there were, you know,

a lot of different things

going on tonight.

Tell me one...

What was the most...

Who was the cutest guy?

Okay. I know before we had

the whole thing,

where I was like,

you were pumped

that they went to the gay club.

It was a first time thing,

but, clearly,

things have changed,

and maybe less about

the onion rings?

Yeah.

I think the thing

to remember is that

Kamal is crushed

when he comes in,

and you need to respond

organically to that energy

and let go of the old version

of the scene.

I thought that...

all it took was me

to know I was gay,

and then I'd be gay.

But I don't know how

to talk to anyone. I don't--

Are you gay?

No, I think there were...

-Yeah.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay, let's pause

for a second, guys.

-We're gonna pause real quick.

-We're gonna just come in

real quick.

Still rolling. Still rolling.

Well, just, while, like...

Um...

- Lindsay.

-Yeah, when Lindsay

is going to touch him,

if she makes it more clear...

-Right.

-...that she's hitting on him.

It's not really about her.

Your soulmate is coming undone

and you're here for him.

-Yes.

-Yeah, right?

And the more you can just be

an empathetic, open human being

that is receiving emotion,

that's all we need.

- He's in a great spot,

so once...

- Okay, okay.

Everybody good?

Let's get quiet on the set.

And, Naima,

you're just chilling.

How many have you put down?

I don't know,

but it is double figures.

Yeah!

Onion rings

without the onion

in the middle.

That's the worst part.

The onion is where

all the calories are, by the

way.

I swear it's the secret spot.

Hi. How's it going?

Hey, what's up?

Is it okay if I join you guys?

Yeah. Of course, yeah.

Ah.

Sorry it was a little

intense in there.

-No.

-Yeah.

I mean, it's just...

It's hard to get everyone

on the same page, you know?

Especially when it feels

like a little forced.

Mm-hmm.

I really feel like

with Kamal and, uh...

-Lindsay.

-Lindsay, right.

It's just that we have

very different acting styles,

I think.

We could, you know...

That's...

Talk about process and styles

and stuff like that.

I mean, at the end

of the day, you know,

we're happy with what

they're giving us,

-and it works for us.

-You are? Okay.

I mean,

all I can say is,

Jay and I were part

of a writers room one time,

and we got some notes

on our scripts,

and we went in and...

we told our showrunner

for an hour why he was wrong,

and why everything

he was telling us was idiotic.

And it didn't really

go well for us.

And we now realize

that we were probably being

a little defensive

and a little scared,

and that's okay.

I mean, we've kind of realized

that a lot of times

when you feel scared

or whatever,

you're actually right on

the precipice of, like,

an emotional breakthrough.

Yeah, I'm not...

I feel good.

I feel okay,

um, about it.

I had never been

on a set like that,

'cause, like, on commercials,

it's not like that.

But, like, the way

that Mark and Jay work,

it was like very...

It was so collaborative

right away.

It just made me feel like,

"Oh, this is what

it's supposed to be like."

Do you feel good about it?

Like...

Yeah. I feel great about it.

Do you think I look okay?

Yeah, you look fine.

Have you been talking

to this girl?

Yes, we've been texting.

Saw each other on the Internet,

and you know...

Right. Naturally.

Of course. I mean,

it's all in the hopes

of getting into some kind

of relationship, right?

But then, you wonder, like,

"Who did they actually

vote for?"

-You know, are they--

-Please don't bring up the...

What?

Like, the world is going

in the shitter.

You don't wanna talk about

what's actually happening

in the world?

Not on my first date

-with this girl that

I'm hopefully gonna like.

-Do I have a rule book?

Can you give me a check book

of what I'm supposed

to talk about?

How you guys doing?

Give the man a big

round of applause.

Are you ready to party?

Okay.

I have to bring

this young lady up.

She's always bringing

her ass in here,

wanting to sing with us.

She's from Spain.

I'm gonna let her do

this one damn song.

And her name is Sergio.

with an "O."

Hi.

This is my first song

I've written all in English.

And it's the first time

I'm gonna sing it to you.

So I'm, like,

a little bit nervous,

but I think it's gonna be

so cool.

I hope you like it.

Aw!

Bloom

My boy says make room

When the hand come

At the gloom

When the arm comes

Creeping up

I spread my arms so wide

Assume that

That forfeits doom

With the brightness

I resume

And my broken leaves

On my branches

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