WEBVTT 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:03.330 [Typewriter noise] 00:00:03.330 --> 00:00:05.425 I'm not sure where Jankélévitch writes that 00:00:05.425 --> 00:00:06.920 man is basically a visual being, 00:00:06.920 --> 00:00:08.545 but women have known that forever, 00:00:09.415 --> 00:00:10.588 even the least pretty. 00:00:10.588 --> 00:00:11.578 [Typewriter clacks.] 00:00:11.578 --> 00:00:13.806 Especially the plainer women, because they know 00:00:13.806 --> 00:00:15.006 if they want love, 00:00:15.006 --> 00:00:16.591 they have to work harder for it. 00:00:16.591 --> 00:00:18.281 Might be unfair, but that's how it is. 00:00:18.281 --> 00:00:19.191 Oh shit! 00:00:21.532 --> 00:00:22.732 [Bottle opens] 00:00:22.732 --> 00:00:23.475 [Sighs] 00:00:23.867 --> 00:00:24.958 [Bottle closes] 00:00:26.211 --> 00:00:27.161 [Thud] 00:00:27.161 --> 00:00:28.421 [Typewriter noise] 00:00:28.421 --> 00:00:29.928 You don't wait until it dries? 00:00:29.928 --> 00:00:30.657 No. 00:00:30.657 --> 00:00:39.647 [Typewriter clacks] 00:00:39.918 --> 00:00:41.174 It's funny. 00:00:41.174 --> 00:00:43.427 When I see a friend with an ugly girl, 00:00:43.427 --> 00:00:44.781 I always think: 00:00:44.781 --> 00:00:47.698 "Doesn't he know there are special girls out there, 00:00:47.698 --> 00:00:49.389 and his is not so great?" 00:00:49.849 --> 00:00:51.331 Right after that, I think: 00:00:51.331 --> 00:00:54.077 "Maybe he is the clever one, smarter than I am. 00:00:54.677 --> 00:00:58.013 He loves her for who she is, and because she's kind to him." 00:00:58.493 --> 00:01:00.917 But, I never quite convince myself. 00:01:01.232 --> 00:01:03.362 [Typewriter clacks] 00:01:03.362 --> 00:01:06.077 I think a lot of men prefer a lesser challenge, 00:01:06.077 --> 00:01:07.507 [Typewriter clacks] 00:01:07.507 --> 00:01:09.378 and to stick with what they have. 00:01:09.378 --> 00:01:10.950 Don't you think so, Catherine? 00:01:10.950 --> 00:01:12.692 Please. I'm trying to work. 00:01:13.032 --> 00:01:14.045 Oh. Excuse me. 00:01:14.045 --> 00:01:15.707 Wait! I have a story for you. 00:01:15.707 --> 00:01:17.217 [Typewriter clacks] 00:01:17.217 --> 00:01:19.270 In fifth grade, I was in boarding school. 00:01:19.270 --> 00:01:20.240 [Typewriter clacks] 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:22.001 There was this guy, an intern. 00:01:22.001 --> 00:01:23.982 Big, Germanic guy. Fascinated me. 00:01:23.982 --> 00:01:26.125 He was 12 or 13, named Fletcher. 00:01:26.125 --> 00:01:27.688 This guy barely spoke. 00:01:27.688 --> 00:01:29.604 Never more than a few syllables. 00:01:29.604 --> 00:01:30.844 [Typewriter clacks] 00:01:30.844 --> 00:01:31.570 I thought, 00:01:31.570 --> 00:01:33.519 "this guy is far more mature than we are, 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:34.778 and a lot classier, too." 00:01:34.778 --> 00:01:35.790 I really admired him. 00:01:35.790 --> 00:01:38.043 I noticed the priests didn't like him very much, 00:01:38.043 --> 00:01:38.967 and I wondered why. 00:01:38.967 --> 00:01:40.966 He was just a boy, but very, very serious. 00:01:40.966 --> 00:01:43.365 He took Communion daily, like an obsession. 00:01:43.365 --> 00:01:45.366 Then one day, we found out that 00:01:45.366 --> 00:01:48.111 this boy would never be in college with us. 00:01:48.831 --> 00:01:49.532 Yes. 00:01:49.532 --> 00:01:51.295 You see, Catherine, it was because of 00:01:51.295 --> 00:01:53.129 his strange demeanor, his vacant stare, 00:01:53.129 --> 00:01:54.099 his aloof nature -- 00:01:54.099 --> 00:01:55.799 things we thought made him cool. 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.102 But, he was backwards. 00:01:57.102 --> 00:01:58.174 He was crazy. 00:01:58.174 --> 00:02:01.170 It was a little like meeting a guy who likes blood sausage. 00:02:03.220 --> 00:02:05.763 I began by envying his detachment as a type of grace. 00:02:05.763 --> 00:02:06.997 Then I thought -- 00:02:06.997 --> 00:02:07.981 But -- 00:02:08.081 --> 00:02:09.591 Listen, I'd like to finish. 00:02:10.371 --> 00:02:11.256 I touched a nerve! 00:02:11.256 --> 00:02:12.206 No, it isn't that. 00:02:12.206 --> 00:02:14.096 The way you stare at me is distracting. 00:02:14.096 --> 00:02:14.796 Fine! 00:02:14.796 --> 00:02:16.947 In that case, I'll stay behind you. 00:02:17.947 --> 00:02:19.301 No. Don't lurk behind me. 00:02:19.301 --> 00:02:20.130 No, but -- 00:02:20.130 --> 00:02:21.665 Now you can't see me.