A Single Man: Making of a Single Man Page #3

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Think about it.

Fear of being attacked.

Fear of that there are communists

lurking around every corner.

Fear of that some little

Caribbean country...

...that doesn't believe in our way

of life poses a threat to us.

Fear that black culture

may take over the world.

Fear of Elvis Presley's hips.

Actually, maybe that one is a real fear.

Fear that our bad breath

might ruin our friendships.

Fear of growing old and being alone.

The of that we're useless and that

no one cares what we have to say.

Have a good weekend.

Sir! May I talk to you for a minute?

Why don't you always

talk to us like that?

I don't think it went over very well.

Man, fear of things gets

to me all the time.

But you can't talk about it with

anyone or you just sound like a fool.

- You can't even talk about it with Lois?

- I don't think she's afraid of anything.

Everyone's afraid of something, Kenny.

What are you afraid of, sir?

Cars.

How can you live in Los Angeles

and be afraid of cars?

Maybe you can't.

Sometimes my fear of things

can almost paralyze me.

It's like I get really panic stricken and

I feel like I might explode or something.

- May I ask you a personal question, sir?

- If you like.

Do you ever get high?

- How old do I look to you?

- Have you ever taken any drugs?

Of course, Kenny.

Like what?

I don't feel I should be discussing this

with you on campus Mr. Potter.

It's the only way I get by sometimes.

- Have you ever tried mescaline?

- Not my drug of choice.

I shaved off one of my eyebrows once

on mescaline. Not a good look for me.

- Sir?

- I looked in the mirror.

Big mistake if you're high on mescaline.

I decided that my eyebrows

were taking over my face.

Before I knew it, I had shaved one off.

I wore a band-aid over my eye for about

six weeks while my brow grew back.

Very embarrassing.

- You didn't take it again after that?

- Kenny, have you been listening to me?

I shaved off my eyebrow.

I wanted an experience Mr. Potter,

not a career on stage.

If you ever want to get high sir,

I usually have some dope.

You're really mad aren't you?

I'm sorry, sir. I guess you don't feel

very comfortable talking like this.

What makes you say that?

Lois thinks you're kind of cagey.

Like this morning...

...when you were listening to all that

crap we were talking about Huxley.

Well, not all of you.

I didn't notice you open

your mouth once.

I was watching you.

You let us ramble on and on

and then you straighten us out.

But you never really tell us

everything you know about something.

Well, maybe that's true up to a point.

It's not that I want to be cagey.

It's just that I can't really discuss

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