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Janet Planet (2023)

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Janet Planet (2023)

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(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(CRICKETS CONTINUE CHIRPING)

GIRL: Lacy.

Hi.

I'm gonna k*ll myself.

I said I'm gonna k*ll myself

if you don't come get me.

MAN: He said to me

-(GUITAR PLAYING)

-GIRLS: He said to me

MAN: Don't take a sip

GIRLS: Don't take a sip

For if you do

For if you do

I'll surely slip

I'll surely slip

He said to me,

don't take a sip

For if you do,

I'll surely slip

-I took a sip

-I took a sip

-And he went down

-And he went down

-Down to my belly

-Down to my belly

-He might have drowned

-He might have drowned

I took a sip

and he went down

Into my belly,

he might have drowned

LACY: It was

a motorcycle accident.

I'm so sorry, Lacy.

LACY: It's really sad.

But he and I

aren't very close.

I hope your stepdad

gets better.

LACY: He's actually

just her boyfriend.

You can have this one.

That's so nice.

I don't wanna go.

GIRL: Is that your mom?

-LACY: Yeah.

-GIRL: Can we meet her?

LACY: Mm, I don't think

that's a good idea.

Why is Wayne here?

I'm not gonna kick Wayne out

because you decided

to come home from camp.

I wanna stay.

I've changed my mind.

You can't do that.

I thought nobody liked me,

but I was wrong.

This is a bad pattern.

And I've already

convinced them

to give me part

of my deposit back.

(MIRACLE MAN BY BOB CARPENTER

PLAYING ON STEREO)

Up on the river

Along with the miracle man

that I am

With true found lovers

And true found brothers

of man in the plan

I don't know what I did

But I did and I am, I am

I don't know where you go

when you're sad

But I ride, ride, ride

Everything lies inside

Leave all your cares

and troubles behind

I don't care

what you've got to hide

Yes, ride, ride, ride

Roll out the train

for the liberty line

You'll be giving me yours

I'll be giving you mine

I don't care

what you've been denied

(MUSIC STOPS)

(MECHANICAL WINDING)

(W.A. MOZART'S LACRIMOSA

PLAYING ON MUSIC BOX)

(MUSIC ENDS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

LACY: Where did you grow up?

WAYNE: South Carolina.

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

I don't wanna fall asleep.

LACY: Five more minutes?

Wayne thinks it's weird

we still sleep together.

Can I have a piece of you?

What do you mean,

a piece of me?

A little piece of you

to sleep with.

Thanks.

(WHISPERS) Welcome home.

(KISSES)

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

(GENTLE SNORING)

(PRACTICING SHINICHI SUZUKI'S

FRENCH CHILDREN'S SONG)

(STOPS PLAYING)

(LAWNMOWER WHIRRING)

(PLEASANT MUSIC PLAYING

ON SPEAKERS)

LACY: Is that your daughter?

Say "uthag" after anything

that isn't A, E, I or O or U.

-After a consonant?

-Yes.

But if it's A, E, I, O, U,

you say it before.

Before what?

Uthagi duthago nuthagot

knothagow.

What does that mean?

Uthagits uthaga

suthagecruthaget.

(DELIGHTFUL INSTRUMENTAL

MUSIC PLAYING)

(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)

(DELIGHTFUL INSTRUMENTAL

MUSIC CONTINUES)

"Jondalar relaxed

beside Noria.

"After a while, she sat up

and looked at him

"with glowing lang..."

"Languorous."

"...languorous eyes.

"'Jondalar, man,

Noria, woman,' she said,

"as though she truly felt

she was a woman now

"and leaned over to kiss him."

(CAR ENGINE HUMMING)

(PARKING BRAKE ENGAGES)

(ENGINE SWITCHES OFF)

Suthagee yuthagou

luthagatuthager.

Guthagoodbuthagye.

MOTHER: So nice meeting you.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

I like Sequoia.

That's good.

I like Sequoia, too.

I'd like to be friends

with her.

I usually have a hard time

making friends.

Why doesn't she live with you

some of the time?

Do you have any other kids?

Wayne has a wonderful son

named Eric.

He's 20.

Where does he live?

Iraq. And California.

(BIRDS CALLING)

Eyes up here.

Very good.

You're ready to concentrate.

-(CLAPPING RHYTHMICALLY)

-Mississippi hot dog.

Mississippi hot dog.

Mississippi hot dog.

Mississippi hot dog.

Mississippi hot dog.

Mississippi hot dog.

(PLAYING FRENCH CHILDREN'S

SONG BY SHINICHI SUZUKI)

Better.

You're using the fat part

of your thumb.

You need to stay

right on the edge.

This little man...

should be kissing the keys.

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

Something's wrong with Wayne.

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(WAYNE MOANING SOFTLY)

(WAYNE BREATHING DEEPLY)

(WIND CHIMES TINKLING)

(WAYNE MOANS SOFTLY)

(CONTINUES BREATHING DEEPLY)

(SWITCH CLICKS)

-(SWITCH CLICKS)

-(KETTLE WHISTLING)

MOTHER: Wayne has a migraine.

I think you should

go back to bed.

What's a migraine?

A really bad headache.

LACY: You had a headache

yesterday.

MOTHER: Yes.

He thinks maybe

I transferred it to him.

It's too hot for tea.

WAYNE: Turn off the light.

What's she doing here?

MOTHER: Lacy, go back to bed.

WAYNE: Close the door.

(DOOR CREAKS)

LACY: Why doesn't Sequoia live

with you part of the time?

WAYNE: Please get her

out of here.

MOTHER: Lacy, leave.

WAYNE: Is she still here?

I need quiet.

I need to be alone.

(WHISPERING)

My head is splitting open.

Do you know what

a migraine feels like?

LACY: What does it feel like?

WAYNE: Please

get her out of here.

I can't listen to her voice

right now.

LACY: But I'm not trying

to talk to you.

MOTHER: Lacy, get out!

LACY: I'm not trying

to talk to you!

I'm not trying to talk to you!

MOTHER: Get out!

LACY: I wasn't

saying anything!

I wasn't talking to you!

-(MOTHER GRUNTS)

-(DOOR BANGS)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

MOTHER: So what do I do?

LACY: You want me

to tell you what to do?

MOTHER: Yes.

I think you have

to break up with him.

(PRACTICING SHINICHI SUZUKI'S

ALLEGRETTO I ON KEYBOARD)

(FINISHES PLAYING)

I'm done with Book One.

Congratulations, honey.

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

LACY: Can I hold your hand?

It's kind of hard for me

to fall asleep

when we're holding hands.

How about for a minute?

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

You know what's funny?

What?

Every moment of my life

is hell.

I don't like it

when you say things like that.

But it is.

You actually seem very happy

to me a lot of the time.

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

It's hell. I don't think

it'll last, though.

I'm actually

pretty unhappy, too.

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

(DISTANT INDISTINCT NOISE)

(MAN LAUGHS)

MAN: Hey.

MOTHER: (WHISPERS)

Don't turn on the light.

(LACY SIGHS)

LACY: (WHISPERS)

The worst part of this for me

is that I really wanted

to see Sequoia again.

(BELL JINGLING)

(FLUTE MUSIC PLAYING)

(WELCOMING BELL

CONTINUES JINGLING)

(FLUTE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(CABASA RATTLING)

(GENTLE DRUMMING)

(CLARINET PLAYING NOTE)

(BAND PLAYING

PERPLEXING MUSIC)

(PERPLEXING MUSIC CONTINUES)

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

(SINGING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

I know her.

(SINGING CONTINUES)

(PERCUSSIVE ACCOMPANIMENPLAYING)

(VOCALIZING)

(CONTINUES VOCALIZING)

(BAND PLAYING

WHIMSICAL JAZZ MUSIC)

MAN: What experience

has made you

Everything is a door.

What experience

has made you suffer most?

(MAN CONTINUES SINGING

IN TANDEM)

If to drink tastes bitter,

become wine.

MAN: Become wine

Let the magic powers

of this night's excess...

MAN: Magic powers

...at the crossroads

of your senses,

give meaning

to this strange encounter.

MAN: Crossroads

of your senses

When the world

has long forgotten you,

to the silent earth, say...

MAN: Encounter

WOMAN: "I am flowing.

"I am flowing.

"I am flowing!"

To the rushing waters, speak:

"I am.

"I am!

-"I... am."

-(MUSIC ENDS)

Something

is about to happen.

(BAND PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)

(APPLAUSE)

(CROWD CHEERING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(BAND PLAYING PEPPY MUSIC)

Well, a number of you

have asked me

why we call

what we did tonight

a service

and not a performance.

Well, um...

We think of our work

as a funeral

and also as a celebration.

We're in service for you,

and with you,

to collectively process

and mourn

our nihilistic, materialistic,

dead and asleep culture.

And we're here to celebrate

radical, impersonal love.

Because that's the deepest

source of political

and spiritual resistance.

-Right?

-WOMAN: Yes.

MAN 1: Don't forget...

MAN 2: What about the table?

-Tell them about the table.

-Oh. Yeah.

We also want you to leave with

some really good zucchini.

(LAUGHTER)

We grew too much of it

over the summer

and we're trying

to get rid of it.

So, it's on the picnic table

on your way out.

So, uh, leave a donation or...

Please, just take a zucchini.

(LAUGHTER)

(BAND PLAYING CHEERFUL MUSIC)

(GROUP SINGING INDISTINCTLY)

(LIVELY CHATTERING)

She was in a relationship

with Avi.

The guy with the beard?

Then she broke things off

with him, but he...

Well, I wouldn't go so far

as to call it a cult,

and Regina insists it isn't,

and they're actually

really wonderful...

What's a cult?

MOTHER: Mm...

(SNICKERS) Good question.

A group of people

who all gather around

and maybe worship someone,

like he's a religious figure

or something.

And they usually

all live together.

And you know these people do

all live together at the farm.

And he's slept

with a lot of...

Hold on, what is that?

Oh, f*ck. Oh, my God.

What is it?

MOTHER: I need

to find my tweezers.

LACY: (SHOUTS) What is it?

(GRUNTS)

It's still alive.

Die, tick, die.

-(DOOR CLACKS)

-(SOFT FOOTSTEPS)

(MUFFLED INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(CHATTER CONTINUES)

(SWITCH CLICKS)

How long were you and Will

together?

-Three years.

-Oh, wow.

And where does he live now?

He moved to New Mexico to be

closer to his grandchildren.

-Grandchildren?

-I know.

And when did you get

your license?

Mm... five...

no, yeah,

four-and-a-half years ago.

-Will you do some work on me?

-Of course.

I can't pay you.

You're not paying me.

And you're not paying

for the room, either.

You're a beautiful person,

Janet. You really are.

Do you remember meeting me

when you were two years old?

JANET: I don't think

it's possible

for her to remember that.

You seem familiar.

See?

Lacy, how do you feel

about me staying here?

Is that all right with you?

It's okay with me if we go

on some adventures.

Lacy's always talking about

how we don't go

on enough adventures.

I'll take you

on some adventures.

It's hard when there's a

five-year gap on your resume.

But I actually do have a lot

of waitressing experience.

LACY: You were an actress

for five years.

D'Angelo's doesn't care

about that.

My mom had

a lot of different jobs

before she got

her acupuncture license.

Yeah, but do you know

your mom got $30,000

from your grandfather

when he died?

That's how she could

go back to school.

Do you want kids?

Probably not.

Do lots of people

fall in love with you?

Why do you say that?

Mm, lots of people

fall in love with my mom.

Well, your mom is fantastic.

But she also has

terrible taste in men.

Yeah.

-You think so, too?

-Yeah.

The guy she just broke up with

sounds awful.

Yeah.

He was okay.

(REGINA SIGHS)

Someone lit himself

on fire here.

Wait, where?

On the town common.

Why'd he light himself

on fire?

He was against the w*r.

That always

makes me think about

-spontaneous combustion.

-What's that?

It's like where you, like,

explode or disappear

or catch on fire,

but there's no explanation.

Let's go to the ice-cream shop

-and then go home.

-Okay.

Wouldn't you rather be

hanging out with your friends?

I don't have any friends.

-Why?

-I don't know.

It's a complete mystery to me.

(SCHUMANN'S PIANO QUINTET IN

E-FLAT MAJOR PLAYS ON RADIO)

(OVEN HUMMING)

(SNIFFS)

(EXHALES)

(SNIFFS)

(EXHALES)

(MY EYES BY LAURIE ANDERSON

PLAYING IN OTHER ROOM)

If I were the president

If I were queen for a day

I'd give the ugly people

All the money

I'd rewrite

the Book of Love

I'd make it funny

I got a job.

Wheel of fortune

WOMAN ON TV:

...there is an evolution here,

and that we are

a part of the evolution.

And the self of woman

that is articulated now

and conceptualized,

and the possible life patterns

of women taking

our own experience

seriously...

(PHONE RINGING)

Don't answer it.

And what if it's someone

calling for us?

They can leave a message.

WOMAN ON TV: ...sharing

our experience here,

in forums like this,

when it isn't that...

What do you think he wants?

Avi is ultimately harmless.

He just wants me to come back.

What if you talked to him?

I don't want to talk to him.

WOMAN ON TV:

...seem to us as serious

as the problems

that we started out with.

But they must be met

and articulated

and we must be tuning it in,

tuning our rhetoric in

for life.

Do I need this much?

This is nothing.

You could take three times

this much and be fine.

You could take five times

this much and be fine.

WOMAN: ... then we are

on the right political track.

If it doesn't open lines,

if it isn't true to our own...

It's to help sleep tonight.

WOMAN: ...then we have to go

back to the drawing board.

And this is

what we must do now

because Erin Kaplan is right.

It is fragile, our victory.

It is fragile,

the basic covenant

that we could move from here

and that our daughters...

Well, the short version is,

when I was 15,

Mum died

and I moved in with my dad.

And things were going well,

I mean, relatively speaking,

I made some new friends

and I started hanging out

with these older kids.

I guess one of them was 19,

or 20, maybe.

And then someone sent my dad

an anonymous letter.

It said something like...

I mean, I read it at the time.

It said something like...

"Your daughter is, you know,

"hanging out with bad

characters and doing drugs,

"and you should do

something about it."

And this letter

was the beginning

of the two worst years

of my life.

You already know this part.

It was the reason

they sent me to Ireland

to live with my grandparents,

which is, of course, when

I had my nervous breakdown.

Anyway, two years ago,

which is, what,

almost 30 years later,

I'm visiting my dad

for Christmas

and I'm having coffee with

one of my old best friends.

And we stop in

to see her mother.

And when we're all saying

goodbye, she starts crying,

I mean, my friend's mother

starts crying.

And we say, "What, what?"

And she says,

"I'm the one...

"who sent the anonymous

letter, it was me."

And she's sobbing.

And she says,

"I see now it was a mistake."

And I was... I mean,

I just moved to Massachusetts,

and I'd just met Avi,

and I was in such a good place

in my life

for the first time

in a long time.

And I said, you know,

"Estelle," and I was bubbling

over with forgiveness.

And I hugged her

for a long time,

but she wouldn't stop crying.

And then that night, I got

back to my dad's house,

and I said, "Hey, Dad,

I just saw Jackie's mother

"for the first time

in decades,

"remember Estelle?"

And he says, "Yeah."

And I say, "Well, it turns out

she's the one who sent

"the anonymous letter

about me 30 years ago."

And Dad says, "What letter?"

Erm... no.

Yeah?

No, we never had any dogs

and we never had any cats.

It was just me and

my Holocaust-survivor dad

and my angry mom.

And then finally, one day,

after I'd begged

and begged them for a pet,

they got me a dove.

REGINA: A dove?

Mm-hmm. They got me a dove

and I named her Susan.

(ROUND AND ROUND BY LIBANA

PLAYING ON STEREO)

Round and round

the earth is turning

Turning always

'round to morning

And from morning

'round to night

I think I know

what it feels like

to be a baby in the womb.

I just got in touch with it.

What's it like?

It's wet...

and warm...

and wooshy.

(JANET BREATHES DEEPLY)

It's really good.

(ROUND AND ROUND CONTINUES

PLAYING ON STEREO)

There's no language for it.

No thinking

and no language.

What are we

even talking about...

when we talk about mothers?

What are we even

talking about?

Look, there's making

bad decisions.

Choosing the wrong person.

(EVER NEW BY BEVERLY GLENN-

COPELAND PLAYING ON STEREO)

But then there's also

worrying all the time

that you're making

bad decisions

and not trusting yourself.

So, you develop an identity.

You develop an identity

as an untrustworthy person.

Untrustworthy to yourself.

And so that...

I mean,

once you're in that pattern,

that's how you make

bad decisions.

Because then you think...

When you have an instinct

about something, you think...

"Oh, I can't trust my instinct

because I'm the one...

"I'm the person

who makes bad decisions here."

REGINA: So, then you make

a bad decision.

But even the word "bad."

But even the word

"bad."

What is that word?

Why do we say that word

to ourselves?

I would never say that

to one of my patients.

That's my...

That's my narrative

of myself, but...

who's to say?

Who's to say but me

whether it's a bad decision?

Yeah.

But objectively,

you do make bad decisions.

Well, who knows?

Well, you know.

I mean, I know.

We know when we know.

But I'm saying maybe we don't.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

(INHALES)

Okay, but...

also,

and I mean this with love...

don't kid yourself, Janet.

I mean...

-you know.

-(EVER NEW CONTINUES PLAYING)

The summer blooming flower

Welcome the child

whose hand I hold

I think I might be dehydrated.

You should sit down.

Lacy, can you get some water?

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Yeah, I don't know.

I think I was...

I think I was onto something

and you stepped on my toe.

Stepped on your toe?

Or however you say it.

Interrupted me.

No, no, no.

Oh, I didn't mean

to do that. I...

Yeah, but

that's what happened.

I was onto something and I was

being kind to myself for once,

and you stepped on my toe.

Huh.

Okay.

(CHUCKLES LIGHTLY)

That's not...

I actually felt

filled with love for you

in that moment.

That's what filled with love

looks like?

That's what it's like

when you're filled with love?

I was, like,

yes, you're onto something.

You do make bad decisions

sometimes,

but you're facing up to it.

But you don't know me.

You haven't seen me for years.

We're friends.

You gave away

all of your money.

You can't pay a month's rent.

I've worked

really, really hard.

I know you have.

I've changed my life.

(EVER NEW CONTINUES PLAYING)

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Hi.

REGINA: Are you gonna be

in there much longer?

No, I'm getting off.

REGINA: You've been in there

for 45 minutes.

Also, Lacy?

LACY: Yes?

REGINA: I don't

wanna sound rude,

but can you stop

using my shampoo?

(TOILET FLUSHES)

I didn't use your shampoo.

Also, why do you smear your

hair all over the shower wall?

I don't.

I forgot to wash my hands!

Use the kitchen sink.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(DON'T TREAT ME BAD BY

FIREHOUSE PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Well, this could be

the best thing

That you'll ever have

Baby, don't treat me bad

You can do anything,

but, baby

Don't treat me bad

Oh, don't treat me bad

I gave everything

But you threw it all away

I can't take anymore

Of these games

that you play

Oh, I've been

through heartache

And I've been through pain

And it's hard to believe

You still treat me

this way

But I won't cry no more

'Cause the tears

are all in vain

(LOVE OF A LIFETIME BY

FIREHOUSE PLAYS ON SPEAKERS)

I finally found the love

of a lifetime

A love to last

my whole life through

I finally found

the love of a lifetime

Forever in my heart

I finally found

the love of a lifetime

-(INSECTS CHIRRING)

-(ANIMAL CALLING IN DISTANCE)

JANET: Are you okay?

LACY: What do you mean?

You're covered in something.

It's just ice cream.

Lacy, this is

Regina's friend, Avi.

He just stopped by

to say hello.

Great to meet you.

I saw you in the play.

JANET: He directed it, too.

Did you like it?

She loved it.

So, what do you do

for fun, Lacy?

I have a piano lesson

in five minutes.

Fantastic.

(TICKING)

(PIANO PLAYING IN OTHER ROOM)

(CLOCK CHIMING)

(CLOCK STRIKING 5 O'CLOCK)

(PLAYING SHINICHI SUZUKI'S

GOODBYE TO WINTER)

I can tell

you really practiced.

I actually didn't practice

very much this week at all.

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)

(FOOTSTEPS RUNNING

DOWN STAIRS)

I don't know. He showed up

and he was friendly,

and he asked if he could

tell me about

what happened between them.

What happened between them?

We didn't end up talking

that much about it.

It really surprised me

how nice he was.

I thought he'd be

a narcissistic,

artist type of guy.

He asked a lot of questions.

Would you be disappointed

if, one day, I dated a girl?

No, I wouldn't be

disappointed at all.

I'd be very happy for you.

I've always wondered

if you might turn out

to be a l*sbian.

I didn't say I was a l*sbian.

I know, I know.

Don't get mad at me.

I just said I wondered.

Why?

Because you have a kind of...

a forthrightness.

(EXHALES)

You have a kind

of aggressive quality.

It sounds like a criticism

and I don't mean it as one.

I've just always worried...

I've just always wondered

how that would work

with a man.

I've wondered

if it might be easier

for you to be with a woman.

Men like you.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

What?

I know I'm not that beautiful.

But I've...

always had this knowledge...

and I don't even know

if it's true,

but I've always

had this knowledge...

deep inside of me that I could

make any man fall in love

with me if I really tried.

And I think maybe

it's ruined my life.

I've never actually said that

out loud before.

I guess it sounds kinda silly.

Can you stop?

Stop what?

Stop trying.

(CAR ENGINE HUMMING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(BACH'S SYMPHONIE CONCERTANTE

IN F MAJOR PLAYING ON RADIO)

Good news.

You're in Mr. Mac's class.

He's supposed to be

the nice one, right?

(SIGHS) Phew.

You glad?

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

So,

we're in agreement that

before the universe existed,

there was nothing, right?

Are the two of you

in agreement with me?

Theoretically?

There was nothing,

and out of nothing

came something.

I mean, we're... we're talking

about the Big Bang.

There was nothing, and out

of nothing came something.

Right? Okay.

So, out of nothing

came something.

There was just God or...

or Brahmin or whatever

you want to call him.

There was God and the state

of nothing ever happening

for an infinity of time...

well, of no time,

'cause time didn't exist.

Imagine you're God, okay?

And you are God, by the way.

I know you don't think

you are, but you are.

And just imagine you've been

doing nothing forever.

And then imagine the thought

crosses your mind that,

"You know,

maybe I should do something."

And then

another billion years go by.

And then, "Hmm,

"maybe I should do something.

"Nah, I'm gonna go back

to doing nothing."

Pfft.

Once you have that thought,

God,

once you have that thought,

it's hard to let go of, right?

It's hard to let go of that...

that impulse.

Maybe I will. Maybe I won't.

But you do.

Okay, so

you create the universe.

Bang. Everything changes

in an instant.

And millions of years later,

you get human consciousness.

Now, are you both

still with me so far?

All right.

Every Buddhist scripture

says...

And I know that you know this.

Every Buddhist scripture says

there's only one I, right?

That's the first thing

we learn.

I may look like a man,

and you may look

like a woman, but...

we're all the same.

We're all one.

So, if there's only one I,

which we acknowledge to be

a spiritual truth,

then you...

you created the universe.

You made that decision.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

JANET: He said I can

come up with it myself.

I had a good one last night,

but now I forget it.

It has to do with truth

before ego.

Truth before the desire

to be liked,

which is a very female thing.

LACY: What is?

JANET: The desire to be liked.

My own liberation

depends on my ability

to put truth before

the desire to be liked.

My own liberation

depends on my ability

to put truth before

the desire to be loved.

My own liberation

depends on my ability

to put truth before ego.

My own liberation

depends on my willingness

to put truth

before my own self-image.

My own liberation

depends on my willingness

to see truth beyond

my own self-image.

My own liberation

depends on my willingness

to see truth

beyond my own self-image.

Something like that.

And then

you can do prostrations.

(EXHALES HEAVILY)

My own willingness...

My own liberation

depends on my willingness

to see truth

beyond my own self-image.

My own liberation

depends on my willingness

to see truth

beyond my own self-image.

My own liberation

depends on my willingness

to see truth

beyond my own self-image.

(JANET EXHALES)

It's really starting

to smell like fall.

I think it's my favorite smell

in the whole world.

(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

She says she can't think

because of the headache.

And my face is numb.

And her face is numb.

It was her first day

of sixth grade today,

and I think

she was really nervous.

I'm gonna throw up.

The headache's

gonna make me throw up.

You wanna use the bathroom?

Mm-hmm.

(SPITS)

He said you can go

on antibiotics,

in case it's some kind

of infection.

But, you know,

I hate antibiotics.

What do you want to do?

LACY: I don't want to go

on antibiotics.

JANET: You scared

about middle school?

Yes, but that's not

why I'm sick.

( CLARISSA EXPLAINS IT ALL

MAIN THEME PLAYING ON TV)

Na, na, na, na, na

All right, all right

Na, na, na, na, na

Na, na, na, na, na

Hey, cool

Na, na, na, na, na

Na, na, na, na, na

All right, all right

Na, na, na, na, na

Na, na, na, na, na

Hey, cool

Na, na, na, na, na

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Sweetie, I'm gonna have

to ask you to go inside,

otherwise my clients

will see you and get worried.

-(WIND CHIMES TINKLING)

-(INSECTS CHIRRING)

(FLOOR CREAKING

UNDER FOOTSTEPS)

Are you still throwing up?

I picked up the antibiotics.

I think maybe

you should take them.

Why?

In case you have

a bacterial thing.

But we hate antibiotics.

Well,

it's your decision.

I'm leaving the bag

on the counter.

How would you feel

about me meeting up

with Avi for a walk?

When?

He wants to have

a picnic dinner.

You're invited, of course.

If you're not feeling

well enough,

I'll leave out some of those

frozen blintzes you love.

Without the fruit.

Yeah, without the fruit.

(MICROWAVE BEEPS)

(MICROWAVE WHIRRING)

(MICROWAVE BEEPING)

(WHIRRING STOPS)

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

JANET: I thought that part

would get easier

as I got older, but it's

pretty much stayed the same.

The guilt, but also...

sometimes I feel like

she's watching me.

AVI: When you're not with her?

JANET: Yeah.

(WINDING MUSIC BOX)

(W.A. MOZART'S LACRIMOSA

PLAYING ON MUSIC BOX)

(MUSIC ENDS)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

"And you, my parents,

am I not right?

"You who loved me

"for that small beginning

of my love for you,

"from which I always

shyly turned away,

"because the distance in

your features grew, changed,

"even while I loved it,

into cosmic space

"where you no longer were.

"And when I feel inclined to

wait before the puppet stage,

"no, rather to stare at it

so intensely that in the end,

"to counter-balance

my searching gaze,

"an angel has to come

as an actor

"and begin manipulating

the lifeless bodies

"of the puppets to perform.

"Angel and puppet!

"Now at last there is a play.

"Then what we separate

can come together

"by our very presence.

"And only then the entire

cycle of our own life-seasons

"is revealed

and set in motion."

It's... It's part

of a much longer poem.

Will you read it again?

I spaced out for a second

in the middle.

I really like you, Janet.

I really like you.

Read it again.

"And you, my parents,

am I not right?

"You who loved me

"for that small beginning

of my love for you,

"from which I always

shyly turned away,

"because the distance in

your features grew, changed,

"even while I loved it,

into cosmic space

"where you no longer were.

"And when I feel inclined to

wait before the puppet stage,

"no, rather to stare at it

so intensely that in the end,

"to counter-balance

my searching gaze,

"an angel has to come

as an actor

"and begin manipulating

the lifeless..."

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(LEOPOLD MOZART'S TOY SYMPHONY

PLAYING ON STEREO)

(MILK POURS)

(PILLS RATTLE)

(INSECTS CHIRRING)

(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

(GIRLS LAUGHING)

(BUS DRIVING AWAY)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)

I'm so glad you came.

I'm a terrible dancer.

It's not really

about being good or bad.

It's just a great way

to meet people.

Are you gonna contra dance,

Lacy?

JANET: Lacy has made it

very clear to me

that she is not going

to contra dance.

(PLAYING FOLK DANCE MUSIC)

(SINGSONG)

Circle to the left,

two circle lefts.

And back to the right,

circle right, right, rights.

Now the ones with the twos.

It's lady 'round lady

and the gent around gent

and swing in the middle

of the sentence.

Now, men center,

go four by four.

Back on up.

Ones arch, twos dive through.

On to the next

for the figure eight.

Box the gnat.

Circle to the left.

Now back to the right,

circle right, right, rights.

New ladies!

There's your partner.

MAN: Hi.

Hi.

CALLER: Gentlemen, left hands.

Long line to the middle.

Go once and a half.

Now box the gnat.

Find your partner.

Balance here.

You okay?

Yeah.

I'm here with my mom.

MAN: You wanna dance?

(FOLK DANCE MUSIC

CONTINUES PLAYING)

You sure?

(FOLK DANCE MUSIC

CONTINUES PLAYING)

(MUSIC ENDS)

Round and round

the earth is turning

Turning always

'round to morning

And from morning

'round to night

Round and round

the earth is turning

Turning always

'round to morning

And from morning

'round to night

Round and round

the earth is turning

Turning always

'round to morning

And from morning

'round to night

Round and round

the earth is turning

Turning always

'round to morning

And from morning

'round to night

Round and round

the earth is turning

Turning always

'round to morning

And from morning

'round to night

Round and round

the earth is turning

Turning always

'round to morning

And from morning

'round to night

Turning always

'round to morning

And from morning

'round to night

(RUSSIAN LULLABY

BY LIBANA PLAYING)