1
(torso of white woman,
with muscular and figurine-sized man on shoulder)
MAN (GRENDEL): MAN UP! MAN UP! WAKE
UP
2
(close-up of woman looking in
mirror)
CHRISTINE: MANNING UP is what
fucked me over- it’s why I’m angry enough to consider these
things in the first place.
GRENDEL: MAN UP
3
(close up of woman’s
squinting eye, behind dialogue)
CHRISTINE: He attacked me to
‘man up’ for himself– manning up is the
whole issue!
GRENDEL: Okay, feminazi, so you’re
going to let him off?
CHRISTINE: He was afraid of looking
vulnerable so he attacked me. Now I attack him because I feel
vulnerable. It’s childish.
GRENDEL: This isn’t a fucking
ESSAY
4
(frame of GRENDEL standing with
arms raised in air, screaming)
GRENDEL: IT’S CALLED REVENGE
5
(image of CHRISTINE
looking at mirror, with GRENDEL looking up to her)
6
(image of GRENDEL
yelling at CHRISTINE, who seems dejected)
CHRISTINE: Reacting without
thinking isn’t revenge, it’s being a dog.
GRENDEL: PUPPERS HAVE THE MOST FUN
CHRISTINE: Too dumb to question how I’ve been trained: hurt to
stop my hurt. In the end, I still feel shitty. How about stopping the
hurt in the first place?
GRENDEL: BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA
7
(CHRISTINE looking into
mirror, smiling)
CHRISTINE: There’s a smarter way.
I really love this back and forth. Christine's raising some good points, but it's hard to deny the instinctive appeal of some of Grendel's counter-points. An elegant version of the devil on the shoulder story-trope.
ReplyDeleteAlso, "manning up is the whole issue" is a brilliant line.