:06:01
In your letters, you expressed
a vehement opposition to deb parties...
:06:04
and to conventional society
in general.
:06:06
- I take it you've changed your mind.
- No.
:06:08
- I'm just as much opposed to them as ever.
- Then what made you decide to come tonight?
:06:12
He got an invitation.
:06:13
He's right. I got an invitation and didn't
particularly have anything else to do.
:06:18
I think that's the case
with almost everybody.
:06:21
No. Nick goes
whether he's invited or not.
:06:24
Unlike Tom, I'm in favor of these kind of parties,
and I wanna show that support however I can.
:06:28
It's a bit ridiculous for someone to say
they're morally opposed to deb parties...
:06:33
and then attend them anyways.
:06:35
It's - It's untenable.
:06:37
- Everyone does.
- But that's no contradiction.
:06:39
I wasn't trying to.
:06:41
I think it's justifiable to go once,
to know firsthand what it is you oppose.
:06:44
I'd read Veblen, but it was amazing to see
that these things still go on.
:06:47
- You're a Marxist?
- No, I'm a committed socialist, not a Marxist.
:06:51
I favor the socialist model developed by
the 1 9th-century French social critic Fourier.
:06:55
You're a Fourierist?
:06:57
Yes.
:06:59
Fourierism was tried
in the 1 9th century and failed.
:07:02
I mean, wasn't Brook Farm Fourierist?
:07:05
- It failed.
- That's debatable.
:07:07
- Whether Brook Farm failed?
- That it ceased to exist, I'll grant you.
:07:10
But whether it was really a failure
I don't think can be definitively said.
:07:13
Well -Well, for me,
ceasing to exist is failure.
:07:17
I mean, that's -
that's pretty definitive.
:07:20
Well, everyone ceases to exist.
That doesn't mean everyone's a failure.
:07:26
- You really feel that way?
- I really do.
:07:28
- Really?
- Really!
:07:31
Tom Townsend.
:07:33
( Whispers )
Tom Townsend.
:07:35
It's a fine name.
:07:37
What about Tommy?
Tommy Townsend?
:07:39
It's sounds more U.C.
:07:41
Really? What's that?
:07:43
Well, we come here all the time,
thus the S.F.R.P. -
:07:47
- Sally Fowler Rat Pack.
- Oh.
:07:51
Mine and Charlie's are too.
:07:53
But that's the ex -
exception though.
:07:55
I mean, divorce is actually comparatively rare
among standard New York social types...
:07:59
contrary to what people might think.