The Trotsky Page #7

his father at exactly your age.

lsn't that right? ls it?

Just nod your head vaguely

in my direction.

did Leon Trotsky

make his whole family

the laughing stock of the city?

- lt's half the city.

The French don't care.

- You live in the West lsland!

- ctually, Dollard.

- Just so that l know

what to expect between us, Leon,

you mind telling me

what chapters l can skip,

so l can get to

the relevant parts?

'Cause most of this

is incredibly boring!

- David!

- Stop reading that book.

- Why?

l'm finding out so much

about both of you.

- Well, it's too late!

You can't wake up one morning

and decide now to take

an interest in my life!

Goddamn it! l'm not supposed

to be talking with you!

- Oh, poor baby!

- l asked you

not to talk about this.

- Dad, he's totally out of control.

- li!

- What? He's my brother.

l can say what l want.

Leon, are you O..?

Come and have dessert, honey.

- Come on, Toronto.

Don't let me down.

Hello?

ls this Mr. Ulianov?

ls this Mr. Vladimir Ulianov?

lt's ei-- lt's either

your name or it isn't, sir.

lt's a simple question.

Fantastic.

How old are you, sir?

l understand why you think

it's none of my business,

but humour me?

You're 73. That's, uh...

Your children should come

to visit you more often.

O.., O.....

Yeah?

Hello, ma'am.

l'm looking for Vladimir Ulianov.

That's you.

Hello?

ls your name Vladimir Ulianov?

No? Thank you!

Thanks for nothing.

- Yes?

The eagle has landed.

- Thank you.

- Can't believe

he wants us to leave.

- re you gonna do it?

- Yeah, probably...

So are you gonna

walk out at 11:
30?

Yeah.

- Good morning, gentlemen.

Oof!

Not for you, it isn't.

- ll right, how much trouble do

you think we'll get in for doing this?

- Dwight!

- What? l have a right to know.

- You're not going

to get in trouble.

l've already taken the fall.

Listen. Have we gotten the word out?

Does everybody know?

ls this going to happen?

- verybody is talking

about it, so everybody knows.

The only thing l'm worried about

is that no one will want to be

the first person to walk out.

- l know but they'll hear us

in the hallways.

That'll put some hair on

their balls. We're gonna be fine.

- l don't like this.

- Then please leave.

- Yeah, that's great idea.

What if l do leave?

What if l go straight

to erkhoff's office,

let him know what all you guys

are planning? Smart ass!

- l held a press conference.

l'm pretty sure he knows.

- You're stupid, Dwight.

- F*** it!

That's it, you stupid--

- Hey! Whoa!

- Seriously!

- You seem fairly calm, Henry.

- l am.

- How?

- What do you think is going to

happen when they get outside?

- What do you mean?

- Well, what do you think

about kids these days, Jeanne?

re they bored or apathetic?

- Well, l don't know.

- Well, l think l do.

nd l don't think

it's what Leon expects.

- David.

Phone.

- Ooh! Hello?

Oh, hi, Laura.

No, l just thought

it was somebody else.

No!

My god! Why would you even think

l'd think it was Leon?

You're so--

w!

- lexandra does this

really annoying thing

where she moves things

with her feet.

l think it's from being

a ballerina as a child.

cup of coffee is meant

to be held with a hand.

h!

They're doing a little shuffling

with the curriculum l hear.

Some of the teachers

are gonna be downsized...

- Hmm!

- O.., let's go!

Let's move it.

Let's clear the exit!

School progress!

Let's go! Let's go!

This way. This way.

- Leon! Leon!

Stop for a second.

- No! Mustn't

cease the momentum.

- Leon! Stop! Stop!

- What?

- Stop!

Hey, hold up! Hold up!

- What is this, recess?

This is supposed

to be a f***ing revolution!

- l know American Idol totally

used to be about talent.

Now, it's all about

who has the best voice.

lt's bull sh*t.

- Man, what the f*** are you saying?

l do too shave my pubes!

- No, no, dude.

Listen to me.

l need herbal Oxy cotton!

l'm allergic to chemicals.

- Well, O...

We'll keep texting about it,

but l don't feel like talking.

Thank you.

- xcuse me.

- l'm gonna do a new one.

Bottled up slipstreams

And old broken moonbeams

They won't see us through

till the dawn

- - Shh!

And you call in the lights

in the royal blue night

And you ask me

to tell you what's wrong

Well crowned kings some days

Run 6 ways from Sundays

You got your Sunday vest on

And you'll fix it

You'll find it

This time you'll mind it

But baby I'm already gone...

- It's all over.

l'm not it.

l'm not the man for the job.

oth my heart and my cause

lie broken and bleeding

on a basketball diamond

in Montreal West.

- ln nglish, please.

- Don't talk to me like that!

- Don't talk to me like that!

l don't want the press release.

- Oh, right, right.

Uh, l forgot, this is all an act.

l can't feel things.

l don't feel anything,

so l guess this doesn't

bother me at all.

- No.

That's not what l meant.

l'm sorry.

- lexandra...

l don't trust you anymore.

- ... can't find it

And baby we're already gone

F***.

And I'm black and I'm blue

But I'm still made up of you

And there's just

no place left alone

But I go face the grey

Be better some day

And baby I'm already gone

Thank you.

- What?

- l think l'm in love.

- You are?

- pparently.

- h!

Hey, lex!

All! a va?

Mmm! Mmm!

- Oui!

You look beautiful.

- Oh, thank you.

You too.

- l brought champagne to

Thanksgiving. ls that weird?

- There's never

a bad time for champagne.

- That's what l thought.

- Uh, lex?

Listen, um, you've got a bunch

of ex-boyfriends or something

in the kitchen.

- Oh... O...

- Just wanted to let you know.

- Yes, thank you.

- l'll take that.

They take any more

money out of History department,

there won't be one left.

That's not what l heard.

l heard Russian studies is gone.

You find that funny?

- No, it's perfect.

lt's a perfect thing to,

uh, give thanks for..

- Hey, you.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Hey!

l thought l'd put this in the fridge.

- Sure.

- Hey, lex.

You, uh, you look great.

- Thanks, Julian.

Hi!

- Hi, lex. You look great.

- How've you been?

- l have to go to the washroom.

- Don't worry, guys.

lt's slightly more embarrassing

for me than it is for you, so...

bottom's up.

- Hey!

- We already did that.

- O...

Uh, l haven't heard

from you in a few weeks.

- l haven't heard from you

in a few weeks either.

- How you been?

- Not great, but whatever.

- O...

We should, um,

have coffee or something...

- Oh, please stop.

Please stop this.

- O...

l was just trying to--

- l know--l know

what you're trying to do.

Uh, l would rather not talk to

you at all than talk like this.

- O.., fine.

- ll right.

- Yeah.

- Oh no, it's just that history

is so important that--

- Oh sh*t, Julian,

if you really feel that way,

you ought to be doing

something about it.

Like Leon here.

- Yes, good call, Francis.

l'll be his shining example

of utter ineffectiveness.

- lt was not ineffective!

Reason it didn't work, is because

you didn't teach the kids

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