How To Defend Yourself Scene 2 (Kara)

DIANA: I thought this was a women’s self defense class.

It’s an assault prevention workshop.

ANDY: Sorry we’re late,

MOJDEH: /Yeah

How is susannah?

ANDY: We didn’t see her.

What?

ANDY: We asked but the hospital chick was like: Family only.

She is family.

BRANDI: Aw.

Fuck that.

ANDY: I said to him, I said, sir, I just want you to know that we do not condone the violence that befell your daughter.

Befell?

EGGO: Fucking Tom.

Spencer can go to hell.

ANDY: Heh. yeah. Etcetera,etcetera.

It’s not all bad.

DIANA: It’s the worst when you’re thinking- how long this gonna go on? You’re like [hand job] come on. Okay. come on.

Totally.

pair with eggo

EGGO: Eggo.

Eggo is short for?

EGGO: Eggo.

Ok, I’m Kara.

EGGO: I know who you are.

Oh-ho, I’m famous!

EGGO: Justin said

Oh

EGGO: Sorry

I’m fine, what did he say?

EGGO: He said you- no it was someone else.

Who

EGGO: It’s not you. I got confused.

Whatever he said, it’s probably true

EGGO: I just ate garlic shrimp, do you mind if we-

No, I was gonna say, yeah, thank you

Eggo and Kara look at each other

Are you in pain?

EGGO: I’m trying not to blink.

You can blink.

EGGO: As a personal challenge.

Ok.. I’ll do it too.

BRANDI: How do yu want to feel after this exercise?

NIKKI: I’d like to feel strong?

DIANA: I’d like to feel like I’ve learned something new.

Uh. Relaxed.

EGGO: Ladies first.

You go first.

EGGO: Oh ok. Can you breathe? On my palms?

What?

EGGO: Just like breathe on my palms. Like- Ah. ah. ah.

That’s really fucking weird bro.

EGGO: Nevermind. (1st time)

Sure.

EGGO: that’s good. warm. can you lick my forearm?

…

EGGO: Nevermind. (2nd time)

No it’s ok, I’m just thinking. Garlic.

EGGO: That makes sense.

Anything else?

EGGO: No, that was good. Thanks. Do you wanna go? What can I do for you? What would you like? And where? c’mon, you can tell me. I follow directions very well.

No- no thanks.

BRANDI: What’s the issue here?

We did it.

BRANDI: You both went?

EGGO: No

Yes

BRANDI: You both need to- need to go

Yeah, it’s not really my thing?

BRANDI: What’s not your thing?

I’m not trying to offend, B, but this exercise is kinda- not my style.

BRANDI: It’s about communicating desire. That’s a growth edge for you, Kara.

Why?

BRANDI: I think youcan-

Brandi, when I’m in bed I don’t have to fucking talk.

BRANDI: using your voice can be scary

If Todd was like, “how do you want to feel?” I’d be like 1.) gross. 2.) are you a woman? 3.) I don’t know

BRANDI: You don’t know, huh

Huh.

BRANDI: Maybe that’s because you’re not in touch with your desire.

I am so in touch with my desire.

BRANDI: Are you

Are you?

BRANDI: I-I’m getting there.

Maybe I desire to be told what to do. Maybe I desire to be useful. Maybe I desire to be used. Maybe I desire to be the object of HIS desire. Maybe that is what I desire.

BRANDI: Honey, that’s the conditioning of the patriarchy.

It’s what I like/It’s what gets me off.

BRANDI: Here’s an opportunity for you to feel your own cells, your own-

I want a man who just takes me. Uses me. tosses me on a bed. Makes me a little animal. I don’t want to think, I don’t want to talk. I just want to get totally fucked. Like totally fucked. Till I have no idea what’s going on. Till I’m just holes. Getting fucked. When I’m fucked i wanna get fucked, sorry!

BRANDI: I need to apologize for Kara.

No you don’t.

BRANDI: I think it’s important. I think it’s important to understand the context of Kara’s sort of-

The context? I’m not saying anything new

BRANDI: Kara is it ok if I-?

I’m saying what I honestly like. Isn’t that your point?

BRANDI: It sounds like abuse. It sounds like violence, not sex.

Because those things are soooo different.

BRANDI: It sounds like what happened to Susannah.

It’s nothing like what happened to Susannah.

BRANDI: Well…

You asked how I like it, that’s how I like it

BRANDI: Maybe you can interrogate why you like that.

Maybe you can interrogate why it scares you.

EGGO: …turns out she’d been fucking Justin.

Ugh Justin

ANDY: You are limitless. You are beyond thought. If sex is too clean, too polite, too planned- it kinda defeats the purpose

I know what you mean.

ANDY: Yeah?

Sometimes you can’t really explain the things you want.

DIANA: That’s true.

ANDY: yeah.

When I was little I used to spray Mr. Clean into my vagina.

EGGO: The bald guy?

I’d sneak into the bathroom and talk to him and just like, hold him and spray him inside me.

MOJDEH: Didn’t that hurt?

YEAH.

ANDY: Yeah.

Haha yeah.

BRANDI: How old were you?

4,5 years old?

BRANDI: Oh honey,

I liked it, ok?

DIANA: Everyone does that.

MOJDEH: I decapitated them.

I’d sneak into my brother’s room and grab his GI Joes

ANDY: Ay-o!

And lay on the floor

ANDY: Uh huh!

And put them on his bed, sort of towering over me like watchmen and imagine they were spitting all over me.

MOJDEH: Spitting?

ANDY: Like [spitting]?

Drenched.

BRANDI: This is a little much, Kara. This feels like it’s coming from a trauma space, which is-

Sorry, wanna go back elbow to fingertip?

BRANDI: Actually yes, we can learn a lot from subtlety.

And we can pretend that means anything? That that’s applicable at fucking all?

BRANDI: It’s just an exercise to get you listening to each others’ bodies. It really works!

Might as well just do a crossword puzzle. Sudoku.

BRANDI: Honey, you ok?

Pretty amazing, actually.

ANDY: I am so into consensual whatever. And I mean whatever.

Yeah?

ANDY: Real pleasure can be terrifying.

That’s what makes it good.

BRANDI: I think we’re saying the same thing.

Sex makes Brandi nervous.

ANDY: Absolutely, I’m having a great time.

Me too.

DIANA: Aren’t they in jail?

BRANDI: Detained.

For now.

BRANDI: So this is a class, not a bar.

Sorry I didn’t play your game right.

BRANDI: Are you aware one of our sisters is in the hospital right now?

Well aware. Did I take her or did you?

BRANDI: Are you taking any of this seriously?

Yeah, I think so. I feel serious, but I don’t feel guilty. Do you?

BRANDI: Why would I?

I dunno. Do you?

BRANDI: About what?

If she was my little, I don’t know. I’d just- I never let my little out of my sight.

BRANDI: She asked me to leave her.

Let her go with them…

BRANDI: She ASKED me to leave her.

Strength in-

BRANDI: SHE ASKED ME TO LEAVE HER ALONE>

Oh. And you listened.

BRANDI: You were still there.

I didn’t know she was on my watch. You coulda told me. at some point, I got this gut feeling, thank God. Who knows how long she woulda lain there.

BRANDI: What? WHAT?

Yeah, I don’t know. Nothing. Nevermind B. Don’t blame yourself.

BRANDI: I don’t blame myself.

Good.

BRANDI: I don’t.

I think it’s healthy. It’s healthier your way.

BRANDI: Ok.

Honest.

BRANDI: Yeah.

You could drive yourself insane.

BRANDI: Will I see you later?

Maybe. Text me.