Jia Tolentino

They're watching the VHS tape. He's like, it's giving Pippin.

They're watching the VHS tape. He's like, it's giving Pippin.

And Jim, the legendary Scott Glenn –

And Jim, the legendary Scott Glenn –

We were just going, it's what, Apocalypse Now, you were saying?

We were just going, it's what, Apocalypse Now, you were saying?

Oh my God, his outfit in Urban Cowboy.

Oh my God, his outfit in Urban Cowboy.

It's giving Pratt.

It's giving Pratt.

Pratt student.

Pratt student.

He's got a cane. But he knows something is wrong almost immediately. Like he knows once Rick calls Frank, Frank. He knows. Like, there's a look in his eye and he's like, something is up here. But he engages Rick with it. He's like, OK, let's take it to the den. Like, he knows something's up.

He's got a cane. But he knows something is wrong almost immediately. Like he knows once Rick calls Frank, Frank. He knows. Like, there's a look in his eye and he's like, something is up here. But he engages Rick with it. He's like, OK, let's take it to the den. Like, he knows something's up.

But he's used to having enough power in his whole life that he's like, fine, let's see what this is fucking about.

But he's used to having enough power in his whole life that he's like, fine, let's see what this is fucking about.

test that he passed but it's I mean I think I think to me what it is it's like you confronted reality as it is right you confronted the fact that this person was a different person then someone that was capable of murdering in cold blood now he's probably still capable Scott Glenn is still capable of murdering in cold blood but he's old he's frail now and you have power over him like he had ultimate power over here for how for 50 years right

test that he passed but it's I mean I think I think to me what it is it's like you confronted reality as it is right you confronted the fact that this person was a different person then someone that was capable of murdering in cold blood now he's probably still capable Scott Glenn is still capable of murdering in cold blood but he's old he's frail now and you have power over him like he had ultimate power over here for how for 50 years right

Now you functionally and completely physically existentially like this man is at the end of his life. You still have Chelsea waiting for you back home, not fucking Patrick Schwarzenegger. And and he's sort of like, OK, I mean, the test, so to speak, is different because of the actual reality that confronts him in the moment. It's not can I kill this man? Do I have the strength to kill this man?

Now you functionally and completely physically existentially like this man is at the end of his life. You still have Chelsea waiting for you back home, not fucking Patrick Schwarzenegger. And and he's sort of like, OK, I mean, the test, so to speak, is different because of the actual reality that confronts him in the moment. It's not can I kill this man? Do I have the strength to kill this man?