The Holdovers (2023)

PAUL

A screenplay character in The Holdovers (2023).

Sample dialogue

Here’s something I’ll bet you didn’t know. Your uniform, festive as it is, is historically inaccurate. St. Nicholas of Myra was actually a 4th-century Greek bishop from what is now Turkey, so a robe and sandals would be closer to the mark. But I guess that would be impractical, given the weather, and, of course, all the silly -- but lucrative -- mythology about Santa Claus and elves and reindeer and chimneys and what not. Still, what can you do? As Democritus said: “World is decay. Life is perception.”
scene 104, source scene 105 — INT. CANDLEPIN BOWLING ALLEY - DAY
That’s glaringly apparent.
scene 16, source scene 17 — INT. PAUL’S CLASSROOM - DAY
I’m as disappointed as you are, if not more so. I could be spending the rest of my vacation reading mystery novels.
scene 39, source scene 40 — INT. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HALLWAY - DAY
I mean, I used to think I could prepare them for the world, even a little -- provide standards and grounding, like Dr. Green always drilled into us. But the world doesn’t make sense anymore. It’s on fire, the rich don’t give a shit, poor kids are cannon fodder, integrity’s a punch line, trust is just a name on a bank.
scene 76, source scene 77 — INT. MISS CRANE’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Get up, kid. It’s daylight in the swamp.
scene 103, source scene 104 — INT. HOTEL ROOM - MORNING

Philistines. Lazy, vulgar, rancid little Philistines.

See ‘ya.