I Love You, Daddy Page #4

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It's really nice to hear from you.

Personally.

Okay. Good.

How are you?

I'm all right.

I saw a piece of your movie.

Which one?

Uh, Haven?

Oh, right. Is that why

you're calling?

'Cause you saw me with

my shirt off?

No, no, no, no.

I'm teasing.

Actually, I got um,

got in a fight with my daughter

because of your

'cause of your movie.

Really?

Yeah, she's a-

she's a big fan of yours.

And sh-now she's-and now

she's mad at you because of my movie?

Yeah, I guess I was uh,

I was mansplaining or whatever.

Okay, so, here's what you're

gonna do to fix it:

Bring her to my party this weekend.

A party?

Yeah, I'm having a party

at my house in the Hamptons

this Sunday.

It's gonna be ridiculous.

I'm hosting it

for a friend of mine.

Every young famous person

your daughter's ever heard of

will be there.

Everybody she loves

and everybody she hates.

You'll find it very tedious but

that's your penance.

Bring her here, and I promise you

she'll love you again.

Oh, my God.

- Daddy, this house is so cool.

- Hmm.

This is f***ing retarded.

This is the most retarded

f***ing day of my life.

Yeah, me too.

That's like, what?

Daddy, do you see who

all's here?

Yes, it's all very...

Oh, wow, there's Grace.

- Yup, that's Grace.

- She's so pretty.

- Oh, my God.

- What?

That's Leslie Goodwin.

I've been wanting to meet him

my whole life.

Ew.

Isn't he a child molester?

- Allegedly.

- That's just a rumor.

- Dad, he's a child molester.

- You don't know that, China.

It's-that's just a story.

Ugh, God, he's gross.

Yeah, but he's sexy.

Zash, come on.

You know, China, you shouldn't

say things like that about a person

that you don't know

who you just heard rumors about.

Okay, well, he also dates

really young women.

And he's what,

like 80 years old?

He's a great artist.

Probably the best writer, film maker

in the last 30 years or more.

Now his private life is,

that's not anybody's business.

It is, if he's molesting children.

What makes you think that that's

something that you know about him?

- Glen! Hi!

- Hi!

Oh, I'm so happy that you came.

- Is this?

- This is China...

and this is uh, my-

is her friend, Zasha.

Sasha or Zasha?

- Whatever you want.

- Oh, I love Zasha.

- And you're China! Hi.

- Yes, hi.

- It's nice to meet you.

- It's nice to meet you, too.

Your dad's a genius, China.

- Oh, uh, sometimes, I guess.

- Please.

It's true! I'm sure this is annoying

because he's your father, but honestly...

Oh, Les, Leslie, come here.

- Hi.

- Mwah.

Leslie Goodwin, this is

Glen, China and Zasha.

Hi.

Hi, it's my manna-my-mynard

to meet you.

Y-your name is China?

No, no, uh, my daughter, this is...

Th-this, your daughter here?

Yeah, I'm Glen

Topher. I'm Glen Topher.

Got it.

Hi, I'm Leslie.

Hi.

Girls, would you like to meet Cameron?

Cameron who?

- Shut up, Dad.

- Come on, ladies.

Okay.

She's a terrific girl.

Yeah, yeah, she is.

How do you know her?

Oh, Grace?

We go back a while. You?

Oh, um, I'm-I'm-I'm writing a new-

it's a new show.

I-I-I write TV shows.

Make TV shows.

Made-I made some shows.

Anyway, uh, the new show

I'm working on,

um, Grace might be in it.

Oh, what's the show?

Uh, just a thing.

It's not a...

To be honest with you, it's not-

it's not my favorite project.

It's not?

No, no. But you know-

you know how it goes.

I never worked in television.

I know.

I know that. I...

I-I'm a very big admirer of yours.

Not to be...anyway,

so this new show...

um, we're going to series,

which is great.

Um, but it's not something

I'm in love with, you know.

It's just not...

I don't have a feel for it.

Then, why are you doing it?

Right, yeah, I mean, you know.

I can't imagine

being in that position.

Why would you do that?

Did you need the money?

No, no, I... I'm doing fine.

My oth-my other shows have

been very successful. It's just...

Sure, but make a show unless you

had a desire to do it

or unless you're poor.

Right. But you know when

you get in that kind of mode

after a while where you just sorta

just start kinda makin' stuff

just 'cause you-

because you can.

Yeah, I would never do that.

But I'm not you.

How did you come up

with the name China?

Oh, China, uh, her mom.

That's her mother's name?

She's China Jr.?

No, no, her mother-

her mother named her.

And you just stood there.

That's, yeah, that's basically it.

It was really nice to, mhmm,

it was very nice to meet you.

Are you having a fabulous time?

Yes, oh, yes.

I'm glad that they're

enjoying it.

And uh, it's nice to see you.

It's nice to see you too.

It's uh, how do you know?

- Leslie?

- Yeah.

Oh, we sort of dated

when I was younger.

- Really?

- Hmm.

I've...I've always wanted to

be that guy.

- He's pretty impressive.

- Yup.

I just-I never-I wouldn't expect to see

him at-at this kind of-this kind of party.

Oh, he likes me throwing these parties

so he can scam on all the young girls.

Really?

He loves it. He's an old perv.

So, are you an intersectional feminist?

A radical feminist?

Uh, I don't know.

It's kinda just something

I started thinking about.

Well, that's the best way.

If it starts with your own feelings.

Then you reach out into the world,

find out who else thinks

the way you do.

That's how those movements form.

What... you know, is exactly

is a radical feminist?

So, your average,

garden-variety feminist...

not that they like

to be called that...

So, but your basic feminist

wants women to succeed

on an equal basis

within the existing system, but

your radical feminist says,

"Let's throw out the patriarchy

destroy the whole system,

start from scratch."

And they-they have a point

because the patriarchy

uh, has a pretty awful

track record.

Hitler or Genghis Khan, Donald Trump.

These are some of the great

products of the patriarchy.

Okay, but uh... so they think

women would do better?

Yeah, that's the question, isn't it?

I mean, humans are human.

I don't think gender

makes so much difference.

If this had been a matriarchal history,

then you'd have Jane Hitler, and...

maybe... Doris Khan.

Somehow still Donald Trump, I think.

Personally, I think it's just busywork.

All these different groups

of people trying to figure out

uh, how could we solve everything?

What's the key to making

humanity work?

Where really, civilization,

no matter how you slice it, uh

it is a necessary, messy complex

of barely coherent disaster

of people

loving and hating each other,

murdering and kissing each other,

telling stories and lies,

buying and stealing from each other.

There is no solution.

And, uh, I wouldn't have it

any other way.

The great poetry comes from our flaws.

But that's just me.

What do you think?

Me? Um...

I don't know.

You know what?

Th-that's really the only

honest answer, so, good for you.

Do you have-do you have

plans for your life?

Are you gonna go to college?

Um...

You know, I don't know.

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