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).
- lines
- 16
- words
- 329
- scenes
- 6
- dialogue
- 3.1%
- avg words / line
- 21
- shortest / longest
- 4 / 58
source review flagged 1 dialogue line
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 50, source scene 51 — INT. CARL BRUNT’S OFFICE - SAME TIMEYeah, you’re very welcome.
scene 50, source 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 95, source scene 96 — INT. BANQUET HALL - NIGHTHey, what’s going on?
scene 99, source 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 50, source scene 51 — INT. CARL BRUNT’S OFFICE - SAME TIME
Bookends
Hey, what’s going on?