The Incredible Jessica James Page #3
- Year:
- 2017
- 85 min
- 1,105 Views
- Joking.
Everybody scream as loud
as you possibly can.
Oh, my God. That was awful.
Now, you're on a trampoline.
Boing, boing, boing.
Who can backflip? Just kidding.
Don't do that, it's a liability.
Hands up in the sky. High, high, high.
Get on your tippy-toes.
Now, wiggle your fingers
like your tickling a giant.
- Except he's got armpit hair.
- Ew!
Gross. Gross, gross.
Okay, you just dropped your ice cream
and you don't have money to buy a new one.
- Oh, sh*t!
- Kayla.
Valid reaction. Don't say sh*t.
- Oops.
- Your best friend moves to Hawaii.
Send me a postcard.
It's too hot there.
You get stood up at your own wedding.
Woo!
Marriage is an outdated social construct
anyway.
- I don't care. I don't care.
- I don't care.
I don't care. I don't care.
I don't care.
All right, guys, great job today.
Also, don't forget
that I need your permission slips
for our writer's weekend coming up.
And I haven't gotten anything from anybody
except for Shandra.
Seriously, don't forget
to ask your parents.
Or I will do it myself.
I will make it weird.
Kayla? Seriously.
Hey, Ms. James?
Hey.
You okay?
I can't go to the writer's weekend.
What? Why?
Shandra, no, you're the only one
who turned in your permission slip.
I'm sorry.
Is somebody coming to pick you up?
I wanna see... Oh, there it is.
Excuse me. Are you Shandra's mom?
Yeah.
Hey, I'm Jessica James.
I know who you are.
All right, uh, Shandra mentioned
something to me earlier
about her possibly not making
the writer's weekend next month?
- Yeah, that's right.
- She cannot miss that weekend.
Well, unfortunately, she has to.
- Why?
- It's complicated.
It's just that it's a really big deal.
Sarah Jones is gonna be there.
Look, I don't know who Sarah Jones is,
but Shandra can't go.
She's an amazing playwright.
She, like, won a Tony.
Do me a favor, when you get home,
- Okay. Come on.
- Seriously, why can't she make it?
Well, if you must know,
Shandra's dad is taking her
and her brother to Six Flags that weekend.
I'm sorry, Shandra's mom.
That is the stupidest thing
I've ever heard.
It's her dad's weekend.
This is the weekend
where they actually write their plays.
You know how long it took
to reach a custody agreement with my ex?
Two years.
Two years, six lawyers, and $34,000.
We just signed an agreement last week.
He gets that weekend.
Do you mind if I talk to him?
You're kind of an annoying person,
aren't you?
Yes.
Hey, uh, Mr. Phillips.
This is Jessica James
from the Children's Theater Project.
I was just calling because...
Well, because I'm 25
and I haven't been completely broken
by life yet.
But also, I was hoping to try
and convince you
to rethink taking Shandra to Six Flags
during the writer's weekend.
And I know from talking to Mrs. Phillips
that you all have had a really hard time
the last couple of years
and that you just reached
a custody agreement.
I don't want to butt in,
but I just want to say
that I kind of know
what Shandra's going through.
really empowering for her
to sort through all those really confusing
and scary emotions
and turn them into something good.
And, look, I know that a lot of people say
that theater is a dead art form
performed by the rich
for the even richer, and...
to some extent, but...
I think it has the power
to transform lives.
I mean, it completely transformed mine.
So, Mr. Phillips, can you please, please
let her come to the writer's weekend?
I promise you will not regret it.
- Mr. Phillips?
- Hey. No. Uh, it's Boone.
- Who?
- Yeah. We had dinner.
Remember? We, um, stayed over at my place
and we had dessert?
The divorced guy.
Oh, wow. Sh*t.
Sorry, I forgot that was your name.
No, sure, that's understandable.
Uh, how are you?
It's, um, kind of a weird moment for me.
But... I guess I'm okay.
- What about you?
- Oh, I'm great. Thanks for asking.
Listen, I had a terrific time
the other night.
Oh, my God. Is this a booty call?
No.
No. No.
Do people still say booty call?
Oh, Boone.
Okay, I guess it's kind of a booty call.
But I did enjoy spending time with you.
Just because you catch
a unicorn in the wild
doesn't mean you get to tap it
whenever you want, buddy.
Are you calling yourself a unicorn?
Maybe.
I didn't realize unicorns
were so arrogant.
All right, look, we can go for a walk.
But only if it's in my neighborhood.
And that's it.
Okay. Cool.
I'll, um, I'll take that.
All right. Well, don't forget.
We're just literally walking...
- Boone, are you okay?
- I'm fine.
- Are you sure?
- Huh?
Did some trash cans fall over on your end?
Is that your end?
- Ew. What?
- Oh, no, I don't know.
Okay, I'll see you soon.
- So this is, uh, this is Bushwick, huh?
- Yeah.
- It's pretty great, right?
- It's delightful.
So, when are they gonna burn it down?
Well, not all of us can afford to live
in neighborhoods
where you got artisanal pickle shops
on every corner.
Every person that I've seen
in this neighborhood, so far,
looks like they work in a pickle shop.
That is true.
So, I think my wife has started seeing...
My ex-wife has started seeing somebody.
Oh, Boone.
Is that what you wanna talk about
right now? Really?
- Come on.
- I'm struggling.
- How'd you find out?
- F***ing Instagram.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah.
How many times a day
do you check her Instagram?
Oh, you know, not that often.
- Yeah, pretty much every waking moment.
- Yeah, me too.
- Do you still talk to him, though?
- No. I don't want to talk to him.
You just prefer to obsess
about what he's doing online?
- Yeah. Yeah, I do.
- Don't think that's very healthy.
Well, that's coming from a guy
who checks his ex-wife's Instagram
- Oh, true, that.
- Yeah.
Hey, what do you think would happen
if you unfollowed him?
I don't know.
What do you think would happen
if you unfollowed her?
To be honest, I'd be kind of relieved
that I didn't have to look
at so many pictures of food
on my timeline.
Oh, is she one of those ladies
that posts photos of food all day?
It's the worst.
How could you marry somebody like that?
Well, to be fair, she is an award-winning
food photographer.
- Oh, that's kind of cool.
- Yeah.
Hey. I'll do it, if you do it.
- Do what?
- Unfollow my ex.
- Oh, are you serious?
- Yeah.
Yeah, this is really good.
Actually, we should do this.
That's like a really big step, Boone.
No, it's just a couple of little taps.
Then, we can get on with our lives.
- Okay. Fine. F*** it, let's do it.
- You're gonna do it?
- Yeah, I'm gonna do it.
- Sweet.
- Let's do it on three.
- Hold on.
- Okay.
- One, two, three...
Bye-bye.
Okay, how do you feel?
I already hate it.
I want to know what's going on already.
What about you?
Yeah, I've got this belly-full of regret.
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