Permanent Page #9

Synopsis: Permanent is a comedy about bad hair, adolescence, and socially awkward family members. It involves life-altering permanents and poorly-made toupees. Obstacles to daily survival ensue.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Colette Burson
Production: Magnolia Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG-13
Year:
2017
93 min
$12,777
Website
99 Views


It's a new life for me...

Fish...

in the sea...

You know how I feel...

Rivers running free...

You know how I feel...

Blossoms...

on the trees...

You know how I feel...

It's a new dawn.

It's a new day.

It's a new life for me.

And I'm feeling good.

And this old world

is a new world,

and a bold world for me.

(Aurelia screams)

And now Mrs. Florence Jacks...

I shall now read the winners.

My decision is irrevocable.

You're lucky I don't wanna

mess up my hair right now.

Or I'd beat you up some more.

Mrs. Jacks:
Third place...

Petey McMichaels, 25 dollars!

Second place...

Kelly Keester, 50 dollars!

Miss Kelly Keester,

50 dollars,

United States Savings Bond!

Kelly Keester!

Second place is very good.

First place with

complete originality

like Mark Twain...

Lydia Johnson!

(Aurelie)

Yes! Yes, yes, yes!

(applause)

75 dollars!

Yeah, louder! Come on!

Yes, yes, yes, Lydia!

Aurelie:
Yes, Lydia!

Thank you!

This is the end of our assembly!

Aurelie:
Yes! (cheers)

Lydia, you did it!

I can't believe it's 75 bucks!

You think

I'm gonna give you my money?

- No.

- See, you don't know me.

I'll let you have some.

Go fix your hair

if you hate yourself,

and you're so desperate.

But I think it looks okay.

I don't care

about my hair anymore.

You keep it.

You earned it!

What are you doing?

Aurelie:
What are you doing?

I don't care

what the honkies are gonna say!

Yeah!

Those honkies can kiss my ass!

(both laughing)

You look beautiful.

(sound of hair dryer)

You don't have

hair like that.

You'll never have

hair like that.

Maybe you're good-looking...

and maybe you're not.

But you're still alive.

(Aurelie and Jeanne cheering)

Jeanne:
You can do it!

- Yes! Come on!

- (Jeanne screams)

You can do it, Jim!

- Aurelie:
Come on, Dad, jump!

- Yes, yes!

(women continue screaming)

Come on, Dad, dump it!

Throw it away!

Come on, Dad!

(both screaming and cheering)

(Jim screaming)

(gasps)

Jeanne:
You did it!

Look at your beautiful

bald head!

You look like a dolphin.

(chuckling)

Jeanne:
Oh!

(all laughing)

Jeanne:
Come on, flipper.

(all cheering)

Aurelie:
We did it!

Aurelie:
I love you guys.

(whales calling)

(music playing)

(whale calls)

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Colette Burson

Colette Burson is an American television writer, screenwriter, producer and director. She is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the HBO television show, Hung. She also wrote for The Riches and is the writer and director of the 2017 film Permanent. more…

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