Wonderful World
- Latte and mocha.
- Thank you.
Thanks.
- Vincent's merger's dead.
You'll be out of here in 6 months.
The "until" job.
How long you been
working here, Ben?
Jesus.
I know. Pretty pathetic.
At least I don't delude myself
with hopes and dreams.
He's against hopes and dreams.
He's the anti-everything dude.
The antichrist.
You think getting a job in a TV series
In 3 days, you'll realize
it's just the same old crap
in a new package--
you'll still be working for The Man,
same as everyone else.
The Man? Who's The Man?
You know-- society, the establishment,
the corporate super-organism.
Him.
You're one dark dude, man.
He's here.
Hi, dad.
So what's new in school?
I don't know.
Math and stuff.
A guru from an ashram
in social studies.
He could remember
That kid recognizes you.
Probably from one of your C.D.s.
What were his past lives?
In one he was a prince.
In the other he was a
slave leading a rebellion.
That's the trouble
with reincarnation--
Everybody was always
a prince or a warrior.
Nobody was ever a museum guard,
a paramecium or a bed of moss.
People want to think
they were special, I guess.
Yeah, well,
that's how they get you.
They figure if they can fill you up
with that pie-in-the-sky stuff,
maybe you won't notice how much crap
you've eaten in your own lifetime.
Ready?
I think I'm a lesbian.
Why, 'cause you like hockey?
I like boys, but...
Not to kiss.
I like hanging out with them.
I wouldn't jump
to any conclusions.
You haven't even reached
puberty yet.
You're programmed from birth.
They have studies.
So...
What do you want to do?
You wanna go ice skating?
Dad, I like watching hockey.
I don't even know how to skate.
Do you want to go to McRory's?
Sure.
Very good. Nice-- Nice guitar.
Hey, Ben, this just came in.
Brazilian.
So fine it almost plays itself.
You want to play it?
Go ahead.
Jim and Sweeny are in the back.
Do you mind?
Just for a minute?
Maestro!
All right. I see
you got the Brazilian.
Sweet.
It's a shame.
What is?
To be so great at something
no one cares about.
I think I want to sleep
in my own room tonight.
Ibu snores too loud
and I have a bio quiz tomorrow.
Hey, what's the matter?
She wanted to come home,
that's all.
I love you, dad.
Hey, sweetie.
What did you say to her?
For God's sakes, Ben,
she's 11 years old. She still wants
to think the world is a nice place.
Hey.
She wants me to feed her
that positive-think crap.
We just exited the bloodiest century
in the history of civilization.
We got terrorism,
atomic bombs,
genocide of mythic proportions.
And what have all
these horrors produced
as we go into the new millennium?
Positive f***ing thinking.
You know what that's about?
It's about grabbing
as much as you can
with your greedy little fingers.
So why don't you do
something special with her?
Take her to a hockey game
or something.
The only crime left in the whole
f***ing world is negativity.
Negativity is treason.
They even have a pill for it.
It is a world in which The Man
is the presiding authority--
The 2 worst inventions
in the past 20 years--
The TV remote and positive thinking.
You know, I-- I hear something
on the radio today.
It was very interesting.
It was about this game theory.
They say if a man acts
in his own interests,
that he would act in a way that is
beneficial to those around him--
if he acts intelligently.
Big "if."
I don't know.
So I went on the internet
to read a little more
about it, you know?
And the cake is--
How you say?
Mutual game theory.
They say, you know,
The game theory between
like each one wanting
what is best for the other.
No fret, no fret.
Glucose spike, yeah?
Like you are my friend, right?
So that which you want,
I want for you.
I go out of my way
for you, Ben.
I would do it happily
because I know
you would do the same.
Great things can come
from this game theory--
Great things.
You know, the Wolofs back
in Senegal,
we don't say,
"that man has this"
or "this man has that."
That is why still magic
exists in Senegal, yeah?
What kind of magic is that?
When it rains, the fish,
they fall from the sky.
This happens
because we believe.
It is like-- like a form
of game theory, I think.
There's an old Wolof saying:
"Your thoughts are things."
And you've seen this?
You've seen fish fall from the sky?
With my own eyes.
The fish, they flap about in the grass,
trying to get back in the stream.
I told my sister about it in a letter.
She has seen it too, you know.
Check mate.
Every time we play, you get me
into one of these conversations.
It's a Goddamn decoy.
Maybe you should look at
the world as your friend.
Yeah,
as soon as I see fish
fall from the sky.
Your--
Your car is supposed to be
flush with the pole.
This has been going on
since I moved in.
It takes me 5 swings
to get out of my spot.
What do you do?
Come out here with a ruler?
Bottom line--
Your car is illegal.
I'm trying to be civil
about this, dude, you know?
I could just call the police
and have your car towed.
You know what you are?
You're a vampire.
You think you're new to the earth,
but you're not.
You've been around for,
like, 10,000 years.
You were in the bible.
You're indestructible.
You're like an insect.
And when the nuclear
holocaust comes,
there'll be swarms of you
driving around in your S.U.V.s
- informing on each other.
- Park where it's legal!
Shut up.
So 8:
30, Friday, funny bone.Everyone's coming, right?
Cassie? Leon?
- Cassie?
- Yes.
Okay. Claire?
Funny bone, Friday?
You gotta come.
I rep a comic and he's
gonna be on at 10:00, so...
Who are you?
I'm The Man.
Are you God?
No, he deals with
the birds and beasties,
planetary alignments, quarks.
I just deal with
the human element.
Then I have a question.
Why are there soda machines
in schools?
Why is it all about
greed, agenda, money?
It is easier to
keep people in line
impulses than their best.
Now everyone has bad impulses?
Not everyone has
good ones.
Maxine, go get dressed.
Lucas, go get dressed for school.
Lucas?
Thank you.
Go get dressed, sweetie.
Hey. Look at this ass clown.
- Who is that?
- It's a guy I work with.
- In proofreading?
- Yeah.
Did you know that there's
a new study that says
cinnamon is good
for the heart?
I'm not listening. You're just
trying to get me off my game.
No no no, seriously, though,
dark chocolate lowers
the blood pressure,
tannins in red wine.
All the medicine we'll
ever need is in the food.
you will have cancer--
The doctor will make you a salad.
Hey, Ben, Cyril G. Here.
I'm going down the list,
and you're coming, right?
You got somewhere to go?
All right, I'll see you there!
He just needs a warm body.
But of course, the consumables
have their own perils--
Mercury in the fish, caffeine.
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