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Audio from Redwood Hwy S in Novato

Created: 2015-03-06 01:14  |  Updated: 2015-03-06 01:19  |  Source: mobile.iphone
Transcription

Alright, I'm on the 101 home. Going home. I had a couple more ideas. One was an idea when Omar is trying to get the girl next door. I don't know her name yet. I forget. But anyway, trying to get her to listen to his music and like it. He wishes, you know, because at that time, you know, there were only the wraparound headphones. He wished he had a second pair because his Walkman had a slot for headphone too. Let's say that. Yeah, that'd be pretty cool. And then there was maybe some song he wanted to listen with her together because he didn't have that second pair of headphones. You know, he couldn't. They represent the cultural gap, the language barrier, virtual geographical gap between them. So that's what that moment represents. But nevertheless, they, you know, one could argue they fall in love or they just, you know, they have an intimate moment together just in that scene before he leaves and goes back home. So that's one scene. A device I wanted to use in that scene. The other, of course, I'm drawn a blank on it now. As to do with, you know, his fear of learning anymore about his culture. Basically, he, you know, like when he recalls how he discovered he was Muslim, he discovered he was Muslim by accident. Had he never found the cross and war in it, maybe he'd never known he was Muslim. And then there was that class field trip to the pizza parlor where, you know, he couldn't wait. Well, would he know he, you know, he can't eat pepperoni or not. Anyway. Maybe that's the, you know, he's another moment when he recalls. Yeah, because obviously I think it'd be 12. But yeah, it's that other moment when he recalls that, you know, he can't eat pepperoni pizza. So basically, you know, he has anxiety about this trip because he's going to find out things about his culture that are just about his father's culture that are just going to make him feel like more of an outsider, more like someone who's different. You can't raise someone like an American and then tell them they're not American. You just can't do that. It's like a chocolate cigarette. It's either a cigarette or it's not. So, and that's the obvious metaphor. But, so those are the two thoughts. Okay, done.