{"id":5104,"date":"2018-08-29T19:07:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T23:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2022-10-25T10:01:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:01:47","slug":"mike-white-brads-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/mike-white-brads-status\/","title":{"rendered":"An Excerpt From the Sequel to Mike White’s Brad’s Status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An excerpt from the screenplay to Mike White<\/a>‘s forthcoming sequel to Brad’s Status, under the working title Get the &%#$ Over Yourself, Brad<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FADE IN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INT. BRAD’S DEN – NIGHT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRAD slumps in his sofa, staring morosely at his TV as the end credits of Mike White’s movie Brad’s Status<\/em> scroll past. An array of remote controls are on a coffee table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRAD (V\/O):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was watching Brad’s Status, the movie Mike White made about me, but all I had to eat today was Pringles so I tried to pause it go grab a snack. But I accidentally clicked the regular TV remote instead of the AppleTV remote, and my system got all fouled up. I thought about how my more successful friends never use the wrong remote. I saw a copy of Middle Aged Bro Digest at a dinner party, and it had this whole article on how rich people get beautiful young women and men in bathing suits to operate their remotes for them. And provide sex and cocaine too, I assume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TV REMOTE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t drag me into your midlife crisis, Brad. Look, it’s not my fault if you click one of my buttons and nothing happens because I’m not even on. You’re only using the AppleTV because streaming movies online makes you feel younger and “with it”, but I remember when antennae and co-ax was all you had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRAD eats a Pringle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRAD (V\/O):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think the cable TV remote hates me. When I was younger, more virile and idealistic, I didn’t care what any of my gadgets thought about me. But then I realized that was before AppleTVs and DVRs and whatever were even invented, and I could just watch a movie without having to keep track of all this crap. But that just made me sadder as I pined for a simpler time when I played hacky sack on the quad all day, with friends that respected me. I’m such a sad pathetic failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APPLE TV REMOTE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check your privilege, Mr. Patriarchy. I don’t see what we have to do with your feelings of inadequacy. You can’t even tell which way I’m facing, which let’s be honest, is a sign of your mental decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROKU REMOTE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi guys! Long time no see! I saw on Facebook that you’re having a fun-looking party on Brad’s coffee table. I guess you just forgot to invite me, which is OK. Or NBD, as the kids say, right AppleTV? I’m sure you’re all busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TV REMOTE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not now, Roku. And you shut the &%#$ up, AppleTV Remote. NOBODY can tell which way you’re facing. I saw your Instagram selfie, looking all clean and shiny in a sunbeam on Brad’s coffee table, when EVERYBODY knows you’re always covered in gross fingerprints and lost in the sofa cushions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRAD (ALOUD):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, to be honest, it’s true that I did only find the AppleTV remote because I was cringing so much during Brad’s Status that I practically sank into the sofa too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROKU REMOTE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is fun! Are you guys talking about Mike White? I was a little troubled by Year of the Dog<\/a>, but I loved Enlightened, and thought Beatriz at Dinner was one of the best movies of the year until it kinda went off the rails in the last few minutes. Did you ever wonder that maybe White has a better feel for female characters than male?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APPLE TV REMOTE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zip it, Roku! Look, how about we all go out and get so drunk we say really embarrassing stuff and give Mike White more material for his next movie?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TV REMOTE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

&%#$ off. It’s so cute that you think movies are made just for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FADE OUT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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