Hello, Thelonious. My name is Carl Brunt. I’m the director of the New England Book Association.

American Fiction (2023)
CARL
A screenplay character in American Fiction (2023).
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- 16
- words
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- 6
- dialogue
- 3.1%
- avg words / line
- 21
- shortest / longest
- 4 / 58
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Sample dialogue
Well, that’s related to why I’m calling. Like many American institutions, mine was recently rattled by the notion that our lack of diversity has led to a blindspot in our work. So we’re kind of trying to remedy that and, to that end, I was wondering how you might feel about being a judge for this year’s award.
scene 51 — INT. CARL BRUNT’S OFFICE - SAME TIMEYeah, you’re very welcome.
scene 51 — INT. CARL BRUNT’S OFFICE - SAME TIMEBut, before I announce the winner, I would like to acknowledge our group of judges -- our incredibly diverse group of judges -- who’ve sacrificed valuable time so we can all celebrate here tonight. So if you could your hands together -- they did a fantastic job.
scene 96 — INT. BANQUET HALL - NIGHTHey, what’s going on?
scene 100 — INT. BANQUET HALL - STAGE - SAME TIMEOK. One other crass perk I reference when people are on the fence is that this will allow you the opportunity to literally judge other writers for once, rather than just figuratively.
scene 51 — INT. CARL BRUNT’S OFFICE - SAME TIME
Bookends
Hey, what’s going on?