Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding Page #2

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- When do we want it?

- Now!

- Hey!

- Hey.

F*** you!

A**hole!

Sorry!

Sorry.

Oh, Jasper!

Are you making a movie?

Are you an actress?

My name's Tara.

Now!

- What do we want?

- Peace!

- When do we want it?

- Now!

- What do we want?

- Peace!

- When do we want it?

- Now!

Zoe!

- What do we want?

- Peace!

- Jesus, Mom.

- Where's Jake?

What--

- Mom, what are you doing?

Put it down!

Don't grab me!

What are you looking at?

Go!

- When do we want it?

- Now!

The audacity.

I mean, to drag you into

her ridiculous politics--

But that's no excuse

for killing Jake's game.

Oh, please, he has no game.

It's true.

Grow a pair, will you?

- I have a pair.

They just don't get out much.

Jesus Christ.

No, I am not gonna go in there

with that thing.

- Yes, you are.

Come with me.

Don't be so melodramatic.

- It's not melodrama.

It's ethics.

- It's a dead pig.

- How can I help you?

- Uh, what do you recommend?

- Well, we move

a lot of lamb chops.

- Lamb.

Wow.

Could you pick on

a more helpless animal?

- Can I interest you

in some veal?

- I'll take a couple pounds

of sirloin, please.

Um, what else

do you like here?

How about those sausages?

They look pretty good.

- The sausage was made

this morning, all organic.

- Oh, okay.

And I want to make lamb kabobs.

You want to bone him, don't you?

You want to T-bone him.

- Yes?

A war protest?

Really?

They are my kids, Mom.

I don't want you filling

their heads with useless crap.

See, this is what

you always do.

Look at you.

You're just like--

You barrel through

people's lives,

and you let everybody else

pick up the pieces.

- Your spirit guide

brought you here,

but she can only

lead you to water.

- Talk like normal people

for once.

Please?

- I am so happy you're here,

and I hope you're thirsty.

- What are you doing?

- Jake has a headache.

- Then give him an aspirin.

- No need.

This is a less invasive remedy.

- You can't heal him

with rocks.

- No, but you can

with crystals.

- There's science in action.

- Some things transcend science,

Mother.

- Did you tell him that?

- Shh, focus on the healing.

Oh, I want to invite

the protest team over

for a little fiesta today.

- Everybody?

Like, everybody

that was there yesterday

at the protest?

- Shh.

Exclusion

is an unnecessary violence,

don't you think?

Yes, unnecessary.

Can I film?

- Oh-ho-ho!

It might be dangerous.

There might be drugs.

- Mom.

- Oh, relax.

It's just gonna be

a little happening.

I had the sweetest sex

at this concert.

It was so--oh.

- Go back upstairs.

- No way!

- Now!

- Oh, my God!

Grace, is this Diana?

- It's Diane.

- What does enlightenment

look like in the 21st century?

- Welcome, welcome.

Whoa.

- I think it looks a lot like

Krishnamurti and not...

- Oh, oh.

I'll see you in a sec.

Jude.

- Hi.

- Somebody I absolutely

want you to meet.

- Okay.

- Absolutely want you to meet.

This is my gorgeous daughter,

Diana.

- Diane.

- Diana.

Like the goddess!

- Oh, the goddess of the hunt.

You must be

a formidable woman.

I'm a lawyer.

- No, you see, I was

a bit prophetic in those days,

and I could feel

the flinty nature of my Diana.

- You're not a prophet, Mom.

- Even in the womb.

Oh, hush.

I'm positively oracular.

# In the thick

of the evening #

# When the dealing got rough #

# She was too pat to open

and too cool to bluff #

- It's why collage was

the medium of the 20th century.

- Well, where does

the perpetuation

of fragmentation lead us?

You know, it seems like

we should be

finding a way back into harmony

with one another

rather than representing

and thereby replicating

our division.

- Hmm.

- The art of seduction

lies in the convergence

of timing and atmosphere.

Seize the moment.

Mm.

- It's only in recognizing

the beauty in fragmentation...

- That we can begin

to transcend it.

Right on.

Excuse me.

Oh, ew.

You smoke too.

Could you have

any less respect for life?

- Is now a good time

to tell you that I hunt?

- So what are you doing here?

- I'm usually at the protests,

but I had work yesterday,

so...

What are you doing here?

- Grace is my grandmother.

- Oh, wow.

- Wow, what?

- Grace is an institution.

I mean, they say Dylan

had a thing for her.

- Bob Dylan?

- No, the other Dylan.

- Well, you know,

there's Dylan Thomas.

- Yeah, well,

Dylan Thomas died in the '50s,

so you do the math.

# La, la, la #

# You're better off with a... #

- Hey, dude.

How you doing?

- I'm good.

- See, cattle from

small grass farms

are essentially

solar powered.

They spread the seed,

then they fertilize it

with their manure,

so it's a closed system,

as nature intended.

- Okay, but you're still killing

a helpless animal.

- Okay, first of all,

I don't actually kill the cows.

They typically come

pre-slaughtered.

- That's right.

You merely dismember them.

- And second of all,

have you seen a cow?

I mean, I'm pretty sure

I'd lose in hand-to-hand combat.

- Hand-to-hoof.

- Shouldn't you be stalking

some unsuspecting local girl?

- I can't get romantically

involved with my subjects, so...

Can I film you?

- Sure.

Come up to the shop sometime.

- Sweet.

- Hey, there.

The party's out there,

you know?

Why were you in such a hurry

to leave the protest yesterday?

- It's disrespectful

to our troops.

- You don't think it's more

respectful to bring them home?

I think it's pointless

to debate foreign policy

with a hippie.

- Excuse me,

but don't tell me that

holding a cardboard sign

and baring your breasts

is ever gonna be

a viable political tactic.

- There were breasts?

- No, no, no!

This...

He said

this was a collaboration,

and you can see

the male influence there.

- Is it true

you had her arrested?

- Do you always ask strangers

such invasive questions?

- I do if I want

to get to know 'em.

You know, you're something

of a legend around here.

Your mom talks about you

all the time.

- Let me guess.

Tight-ass lawyer,

who is in need

of a soul transplant.

- Actually, no.

She's fonder of the details.

You used to collect leaves.

You liked the Beatles.

- Everybody likes the Beatles.

- That is true.

All right, how about

when you were a little girl,

and you were scared,

she would gather all

the pillows from the house

and pack them around you

for protection

so you could sleep.

- Oh, Jude.

Mary Ann wants to...

Oh, am I interrupting

something?

- You're not interrupting.

# The shine #

# The shine #

# The shine... #

- Whoa.

- Mom?

Good morning.

Mom!

- Good morning.

- Morning.

- Huh.

- You're up early.

- You too.

- That's what you have to say?

"You're up early"?

There's a naked man

sitting next to my daughter,

eating cereal.

- It's okay, Mom.

It's organic.

- Jake, shut that thing off

right now,

or I'll beat you with it.

- I'll be upstairs.

Hey, it's nice meeting

you all.

- Oh, Jake and I want to go

into town.

Can I borrow the car?

- Oh, take the Bug.

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