bankyedwards

LESTER BANGS
They make you feel cool. And hey. I
met you. You are not "cool."

WILLIAM
I know. Even when I thought I was, I
knew I wasn't.

LESTER BANGS
That's because we are uncool! And
while women will always be a problem for
guys like us, most of the great art in
the world is about that very problem.
Good-looking people have no spine!
Their art never lasts! They get the
girls, but we're smarter.

WILLIAM
I can really see that now.

LESTER BANGS
Yeah, great art is about conflict and
pain and guilt and longing and love
disguised as sex, and sex disguised as
love... and let's face it, you got a
big head start.

WILLIAM
I'm glad you were home.

LESTER BANGS
I'm always home! I'm uncool!

WILLIAM
Me too!

LESTER BANGS
(leveling)
The only true currency in this bankrupt
world if what we share with someone
else when we're uncool.

WILLIAM
(distraught)
I feel better

LESTER
My advice to you. I know you think
those guys are your friends. You want
to be a true friend to them?

William takes a deep breath. Looks at the research cassettes and
notebooks. The empty page.

LESTER BANGS
Be honest and unmerciful.