Life, Animated Page #6

whether it's an unknown place or

someone he doesn't know, or sex.

It's been a little tricky to navigate

because Owen's basis for pretty

much everything is Disney,

and Disney, beyond the, like,

kind of final kiss in every movie...

The, you know,

straight kiss, no tongue...

It doesn't really

delve into relationships

and sex really that much.

I've tried a number of tactics

that work to varied degrees.

Bringing up the idea of a French kiss,

I found out just didn't work.

You know, he's a red-blooded

American man.

He's got his same biological

needs as everyone else,

but in terms of, like,

full-on sex, I have...

I mean, I have no idea how to really

get to that point, short of...

I don't know.

Showing him Disney porn, maybe?

I really don't know.

Owen, you know your

favorite Little Mermaid songs?

- Yeah, "Kiss the Girl."

- What do I mean by that?

- Just kiss her, using my tongue.

- Okay.

I will do it.

- How you doing?

- I'm doing good. I'm Owen.

Nice to meet you.

My name is Jeffrey Ortiz.

- Hi, Jeffrey.

- You can have a seat right here.

All right, so why are you interested

in working for us here?

'Cause I love going to movie theaters

and cinemas all the time.

And do you come here pretty often?

- Yes, I do.

- Yeah? Very good.

How many hours

were you looking to work?

- Twenty.

- Okay.

- So this is the concession area.

- Yeah.

Do you do any cash handling?

- No.

- No? Okay.

I'll walk you out if you'd like.

- Okay.

- All right.

- Thanks for having me, Jeff.

- Oh, you're very welcome.

When can I hear a response?

As soon as we get your references back.

It should be a pretty

quick turnaround after that.

- Okay.

- All right?

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

I just got a call.

Apparently Emily

broke up with Owen.

There was a meeting with

all the caseworkers today,

so basically,

the caseworkers told Owen

that it was over with Emily

in the room.

It sounds bad.

I'll give him a ca...

Is he just... Yeah.

He needs a brother

call right now.

Emily gave these reasons, like, five

points about Owen being too close

and needing space

and everything else, so...

Goddamn it.

I don't think it is.

Why, Mufasa.

Hi, Emily.

Emily?

- No.

- Good luck, Emily!

Come on, guys.

Come on, come on, come on.

We've got to get

in the van, okay?

Hey, Emily.

At least I waved to her.

Hi, honey.

Mom'?

- Yeah, sweetie?

- Why is life so full

of unfair pain and tragedy?

Owen, it's just the way life is.

That's- That's the way life has

always been and will always be.

We have incredibly

joyous times...

- Yeah!

- And relaxing times,

but we also have sad times

and painful times.

I can't... But it's...

But it's not fair.

I know, honey. It's... So much things

that happen in life aren't fair.

So many things.

What do we have to do? Just face the

truth and be sad forever?

No, not forever at all.

Just... You have to face the truth

and grit your teeth

and... and know that things

are gonna get better.

- Yeah. Yeah, hi, Mom.

- How are you, buddy?

- I'm so glad to see you.

- I'm so glad to see you too.

And I fear Emily

will be this way forever.

She won't, honey.

She won't.

Have you started a journal

about your feelings,

that you can write things out

and you can write...

But I don't want

to be alone and single.

Well, that's really not

a choice right now, huh?

- It's not a choice.

- But it doesn't mean

- you're gonna always be.

- But I don't want her to forget me.

- Hey, Owen?

- Yeah?

- Emily's fine.

- I don't want her to forget me.

Do you know who I'm

a little bit concerned about?

- Me.

- It's you. Most people at your age,

they don't meet the love

of their life forever...

- What?

- At your age.

What's the saying?

"Boy loves girl, boy loses girl,

boy love...

Gets girl back in the end."

- Boy finds another girl.

- But I...

- This is driving me crazy.

- Yeah.

Why did this have to happen

to make my life sad forever?

I created Fuzzbutch,

who is a villain

in the Land

of the Lost Sidekicks.

Fuzzbutch's evil powers are

to blow fog into people's head

to make the world look

like a weird place to them

and make them look sad.

There is evil in the forest.

- Owen, Owen!

- Owen, Owen.

- Owen, Owen.

- Owen, Owen, Owen.

- So, Mom...

- Owen, has Daddy talked to you

- about going to France?

- France? When?

- France.

- France.

- You don't want to go?

- I love Paris, France.

So there's a conference on autism

where they want you to speak.

It's actually

the very first time, Owie,

that people have gotten

together to learn about

how autistic people use their passions

to help them understand the world,

just like you use Disney.

Yeah, does that sound good?

- It sounds great.

- Good, yeah. It'd be fun.

Yeah.

You're gonna get to give

a speech in English

to a delegation,

an international delegation.

Most of them are French, but they're

from all over the world.

- Yeah.

- Okay?

They are gonna translate

your speech into French.

So I'll speak in English,

but they'll translate into French.

You should just speak in Lumiere's

accent the whole time.

- Should I really speak in...

- What do you think?

- English.

- English.

What should I write?

You're not telling me?

No, I can't tell you.

It's got to come from...

- Myself.

- Right.

The way people see

autistic...

Autistic people...

Don't look at me.

- This is challenging.

- Just write right to here.

- Another ten sentences?

- All right? Come on.

- Don't whine?

- Don't whine.

A little kid whines.

A little kid whines.

You're not a little kid anymore.

I'm a young adult.

What else?

Think. Think hard.

You could break into song

at any moment.

They can sing, they can dance

After all this is France

N' Dinner here

is never second best N'

N' Come on and fold your napkin N'

N' Take a glance

and then you'll N'

N' Be our guest, be our guest,

be our guest N'

N' Beef ragout, cheese souffle N'

N' Pie and pudding en flamb N'

- ls this it?

- It looks like a town hall, yeah.

- Owen.

- Owen, this is Marie.

- Hey, Marie.

- She's running the conference.

- Hi, Marie. Bonjour.

- Bonjour, Owen.

I am very pleased

to meet you, Owen.

Thanks, Marie.

- Are you fine?

- Yeah.

- Owen, come. Come chat, say hi.

- Yes, I am.

- I don't like the smoking.

- He doesn't like smoking.

A lot of people smoke in France.

Do you want to do it yourself? Didn't

Walter teach you how to do this?

No. Can you help me?

Okay, I'm not always gonna

be here to do your tie, you know.

I know.

I can't believe it.

I just don't believe it.

- Owen, are you ready?

- Yeah?

I'm ready.

Okay, everybody,

let's move it. Okay.

Bonjour, mesdames et messieurs.

I am honored

to be here with you.

My name is Owen Suskind,

and I love animated films.

My friend Connor

loves superheroes.

My friend Brian is an expert

on the history of all actors

and comedians who are Jewish.

There's a lot of them.

The way people see

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