The Education of Charlie Banks Page #2

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You could do

whatever you want.

I could just say my statement

was made under duress;

it was all lies;

I stand by none of it.

Where'd you pick up

that bullshit?

My father owns a bookstore.

I looked it up.

- Has somebody threatened you?

- No.

What happened?

I changed my mind.

Oh.

What's your old man

have to say about it?

Um...

You didn't tell him, did you?

There could conceivably be

legal ramifications to this,

not to mention those two kids

almost died.

(phones ringing)

(door chime jingles)

What did you do,

drop out of school?

Worse.

Did you join the army?

Hi. I got a call from the DA.

I'm terribly disappointed

with the choice you made.

Actually, it's a little more

complicated than that.

Bullshit.

There's no justification

for senseless brutality.

And you were not raised

to stand by and condone it.

I'm not condoning it.

The DA is dropping the case

because you were all they had.

And this Leary character--

he spent the last three weeks in jail

for what he did to these two boys,

and now he's just gonna

walk away.

Well, I'm sorry.

Yeah.

You can have a head

full of the best ideas,

but if you can't make

the right moves in the world,

they're worthless.

Charlie's voice:
I stayed out

of the Village and avoided Mick

for the next couple of years

until I went away to school.

And after a while

the fight on the roof

and my flirtation

with the judicial system

faded from my daily thoughts

like a bruise.

I was in college now.

It was time to start over

and aim high.

Only two things mattered--

books and girls.

Well, one thing really.

...Perfect way

to end the war of ways

The only way to be a

Work of art

Oh, to be a work of art

Work of art

Oh, to be a work of art...

(exhales)

(chuckles)

Oh, thanks.

These were a gift.

Are you down with Schumpeter's theory

of constructive destruction?

No, but it sounds very cheeky

and kind of ironic.

Hmm.

Yeah, Schumpeter posits

that when industries advance

new technologies

that cannibalize the old--

it's constructive destruction.

Yeah, you gotta be cruel

to be kind.

That's not Schumpeter.

No, Nick Lowe.

Hmm.

Well, spare the rod--

spoil the child.

Uh, no pain, no gain.

(chuckles)

Ever cloud has

a silver lining.

Okay, we need to leave

this room immediately.

Yeah.

- It's depressing.

- It is depressing.

(chattering, laughing)

Oh, man, yo, there she is.

Yo, she's going into the Wick.

Wait, hold on. Hold on.

- What, her?

- Yeah.

I don't want to follow her right in.

I might as well bring some binoculars.

What, she's what?

She's a super-hot scion

of a 200-year-old American

political dynasty?

- Yeah.

- Well, okay, your grandfather

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