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Life sucks as usual and I'm still not able to write anything here tonight. But I do have some things other writers have come up with...
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"And you will want so much for them to like you, and they just won't. And it'll break your heart. And that'll make your heart bigger, and open your eyes, and suddenly you will realize that there is more to life than proving you are the smartest person in the world."
-Lois, to Malcolm, in the season finale of the very last season of the show.
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184 EXT. PARK 184
Cameron's laying on a picnic table. Sloane's sitting beside
him on the table. She's stroking his hair. Ferris WALKS INTO
THE FOREGROUND. He addresses CAMERA.
FERRIS
This may very well be for real. I
think Cameron might have blown a
micro-chip or two. He's always been
a little keyed-up. All I wanted to do
was give him a good day. We're
gonna graduate in a couple of months.
Then we have the summer. He'll work
and I'll work. And we'll see each
other at night and on the weekends
but then he'll go to one school and I'll
go to another. And basically that'll
be it. As much as we like each other,
the process of growing up will
separate us.
He begins to walk. We follow him.
FERRIS
Sloane's a bigger problem. She still
has another year of high school. How
do I deal with that? I was serious when
I said I'd marry her. I would. This isn't
just teenage infatuation. That's what my
parents call it. What do they call what they
have? If that's love, I'll take infatuation.
CU. CAMERON
His eyes are closed. Sloane's stroking his hair.
FERRIS (VO)
Cameron's never been in love. At
least no one's ever been in love
with him. He's gonna marry the first
girl he lays. And she's gonna treat
him like shit because he's gonna
kiss her ass for giving him what he's
built-up in his mind as the end-all,
be-all of human existence. She won't
respect him because you can't respect
someone who kisses your ass. It just
doesn't work.
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It's such a pity that Malcolm never achieved the popularity of The Simpsons, Family Guy, and I doubt even King of the Hill. Malcolm's always got some good themes in its episodes, compared to Simpsons or King of the Hill which only have them in the really good episodes. Family Guy just straight up chucks themes out the window along with Peter and he then proceeds to fight a rooster for 5 whole minutes and contributes nothing whatsoever.
Watching Ferris Bueller again tonight (switching back and forth with Mean Girls) was definitely different compared to when I saw it before, and the only reason is the scene I quoted. I guess I must have skimped over it before, just watching the rest of the film as this random abstract comedy thing. Tonight, though, it just made a much greater impression. I think the script speaks more than I can about its significance, but then again, maybe not for y'all. The zillions of Americans who have watched Ferris Bueller over the last 2 decades will probably instead rather remember the teacher with the glasses going "Bueller... Bueller... Frye... Frye..."
Anyone in this world who can understand what I say what I don't say and what I want to say? ...Bueller?
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"And you will want so much for them to like you, and they just won't. And it'll break your heart. And that'll make your heart bigger, and open your eyes, and suddenly you will realize that there is more to life than proving you are the smartest person in the world."
-Lois, to Malcolm, in the season finale of the very last season of the show.
--
184 EXT. PARK 184
Cameron's laying on a picnic table. Sloane's sitting beside
him on the table. She's stroking his hair. Ferris WALKS INTO
THE FOREGROUND. He addresses CAMERA.
FERRIS
This may very well be for real. I
think Cameron might have blown a
micro-chip or two. He's always been
a little keyed-up. All I wanted to do
was give him a good day. We're
gonna graduate in a couple of months.
Then we have the summer. He'll work
and I'll work. And we'll see each
other at night and on the weekends
but then he'll go to one school and I'll
go to another. And basically that'll
be it. As much as we like each other,
the process of growing up will
separate us.
He begins to walk. We follow him.
FERRIS
Sloane's a bigger problem. She still
has another year of high school. How
do I deal with that? I was serious when
I said I'd marry her. I would. This isn't
just teenage infatuation. That's what my
parents call it. What do they call what they
have? If that's love, I'll take infatuation.
CU. CAMERON
His eyes are closed. Sloane's stroking his hair.
FERRIS (VO)
Cameron's never been in love. At
least no one's ever been in love
with him. He's gonna marry the first
girl he lays. And she's gonna treat
him like shit because he's gonna
kiss her ass for giving him what he's
built-up in his mind as the end-all,
be-all of human existence. She won't
respect him because you can't respect
someone who kisses your ass. It just
doesn't work.
--
It's such a pity that Malcolm never achieved the popularity of The Simpsons, Family Guy, and I doubt even King of the Hill. Malcolm's always got some good themes in its episodes, compared to Simpsons or King of the Hill which only have them in the really good episodes. Family Guy just straight up chucks themes out the window along with Peter and he then proceeds to fight a rooster for 5 whole minutes and contributes nothing whatsoever.
Watching Ferris Bueller again tonight (switching back and forth with Mean Girls) was definitely different compared to when I saw it before, and the only reason is the scene I quoted. I guess I must have skimped over it before, just watching the rest of the film as this random abstract comedy thing. Tonight, though, it just made a much greater impression. I think the script speaks more than I can about its significance, but then again, maybe not for y'all. The zillions of Americans who have watched Ferris Bueller over the last 2 decades will probably instead rather remember the teacher with the glasses going "Bueller... Bueller... Frye... Frye..."
Anyone in this world who can understand what I say what I don't say and what I want to say? ...Bueller?