Creature Feature

4. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

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Universal Respect Montage / Polite
Driver
ST. LOUIS, MO
3:12 PM
PANORAMA OF ‘UNIVERSAL RESPECT’ ESTABLISHMENT SHOT, LIKE
OLD FOLKS IN ROCKING CHAIRS OUT FRONT OF BARBER SHOPS TO
ESTABLISH THE TOWN THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE COMING TO IN SOME
MOVIE, NEWS ON THE RADIO
WELL, THE RAINMAN COMES WITH HIS MAGIC WAND
AND THE JUDGE SAYS, “MONA CAN’T HAVE NO BOND”
AND THE WALLS COLLIDE, MONA CRIES
AND THE RAINMAN LEAVES IN THE WOLFMAN’S DISGUISE
  ROPOUT
I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER, BABY, I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER, BABY
I DON’T WANNA BE HERS, I WANNA BE YOURS
WELL, THE UNDERTAKER IN HIS MIDNIGHT SUIT
SAYS TO THE MASKED MAN, “AIN’T YOU CUTE!”
PARENT’S GETTING DIVORCED
WELL, THE MASK MAN HE GETS UP ON THE SHELF
AND HE SAYS, “YOU AIN’T SO BAD YOURSELF”
I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER, BABY, I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER, BABY
I DON’T WANNA BE HERS, I WANNA BE YOURS
MOM LOSES HER JOB
WELL, JUMPIN’ JUDY CAN’T GO NO HIGHER
SHE HAD BULLETS IN HER EYES, AND THEY FIRE
RASPUTIN HE’S SO DIGNIFIED
HE TOUCHED THE BACK OF HER HEAD AN’ HE DIED
MUSIC GETS QUIET
DON’T WANT TO BE DEGENERATES
KIDS HIS GIRLFRIEND IS AFRAID OF GETTING PREGNANT BECAUSE
THEY ARE HAVING SEX ALL THE TIME... AND THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT
NOT HAVING SEX SO MUCH... (THIS IS LIKE THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL) GIRL’S LIKE “WE DON’T WANT TO BECOME
DEGENERATES” THEY JUST DID IT FOR THE FIRST TIME SIX MONTHS
AGO... OR SOMETHING I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be
your man
I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER, BABY
I DON’T WANNA BE HERS, I WANNA BE YOURS
WELL, PHAEDRA WITH HER LOOKING GLASS
STRETCHIN’ OUT UPON THE GRASS
SHE GETS ALL MESSED UP AND SHE FAINTS –
THAT’S ’CAUSE SHE’S SO OBVIOUS AND YOU AIN’T
I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER, BABY, I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER, BABY
I DON’T WANNA BE HERS, I WANNA BE YOURS
‘Bad’ kid (rebel) with the smart kid, the one who is in his
group, reading the marquis de sade
I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER , BOB DYLAN SAYS...
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, FREEDOM CONTRASTED TO WORK
JUNE 2. 6AM.
Last day of school.
Senior Year
Thinking in the netherlands.
Nathan driving. Picks up Alissa. Nathan thinking about the
“Netherlands” of after graduation. “Out in north ridge, Out in
the larger world.” – from that Soul Coughing song about innocent
farm girl raised by the aliens… Also in the car Jen and
Dresden.
Nathan lets in a car.
“You always do that.”
He looks over, hearing the comment directed at him.
“What?”
“You’re like the most polite, proper driver.”
“Nooo....”
“Yeah.”
netherlands of after graduation: some dialogue about that
here...
before car crash: “pretty soon it’s gonna be, ’back in high
school’... back in high school we hadn’t a care in the
world.
we used to eat lunch behind the gym and smoke behind the
chapel. skip out after assemblies. we used to rule the
school. back in high--.(car crash)
Crashing the car into the person you just really
deliberately
let in
THEY BUST OUT LAUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY, GUY THEY HIT IS A
GUY LIKE A SKINNY MUSTACHIOED ‘WHAT THE FUCK’S SO FUNNY” GUY///
QUICK CHANGE TO
They’re about a half mile to school and walk it instead of
waiting for the AAA dude to get there. They don’t want to miss
the last day.

Last Day of School
Teacher’s from each class / Cut Sequences
‘THIS IS THE LAST DAY SO WE WON’T DO ANYTHING REALLY’
MONTAGE
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HOME ROOM TEACHER:
Settle down, settle down.
STUFFED SHIRT TEACHER:
Today as you all know...
SCIENCE TEACHER:
Is not really important for your grades or anything...
GYM TEACHER:
So I thought we would play whatever you wanted to.
STRICT TEACHER WHO REGRETS NOT HAVING THEM TO DISCIPLINE OR
GIVE WORK TO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LIVES:
_____________
OLDER TEACHER:
You’ve had enough advice from me over the years to--
NICE GUY ENGLISH-LIKE TEACHER:
Get through the summer in one piece.
OFFICIOUS LAST CLASS WAITING FOR 2:50 (Math Teacher? Or is
that an Art Teacher?):
So, take what we’ve given you. It’s for your--
STUDENT, CROWDING CAMERA RUNNING TOWARD THE WORLD:
free! Free at last! Thank God almighty, I’m free at last!