:12:05
First you took pride in being alone.
:12:07
Wanna make a name for yourself
in the big city.
:12:10
After a while, you started thinking
how it might be nice to meet somebody.
:12:14
Winter's not far off,
and it gets lonely sometimes.
:12:19
Okay. And?
:12:22
And so you develop a crush
on your supervisor...
:12:27
even though the other women
in the offiice tell you...
:12:30
''Keep clear. He's bad news.''
:12:32
- Why is he bad news?
- Because he's a player.
:12:35
He's a guy who collects trophies.
:12:38
Every woman who takes a job there
ends up in bed with him.
:12:42
And if you give in to temptation...
:12:44
you'll end up the punch line
to a sordid joke by the water cooler.
:12:47
Am I hot or cold?
:12:52
- It's a good story.
- It's a cliche.
:12:55
So what do you do
when you're not reducing the world?
:12:57
What's wrong with reduction,
boiling things down to their essence?
:12:59
What's wrong with...
seeing what's really going on?
:13:03
And what's really going on?
What's the big revelation?
:13:07
Why should I tell you?
:13:09
Telling you
isn't going to change anything.
:13:12
For instance, I could tell you that
what you think of as your personality...
:13:16
is nothing but a collection
of Vanity Fairarticles.
:13:19
I could tell you your choice
of sexual partners this evening...
:13:24
was decided months ago by some
account executive at Young & Rubicam.
:13:27
I could tell you that
given a week to study your father...
:13:30
and the ways
in which he ignores you...
:13:32
I could come up with a schtick
you'd be helpless to resist. Helpless.
:13:40
I could tell you all that, but what
would you do with the information?
:13:43
Are there women
who fall for this stuff?
:13:47
I'm telling the truth as I see it.
:13:49
You wanna go fuck your boss?
What business is it of mine.
:13:56
He's not Daddy.
He's just a guy in a suit.