GLOW (TV Series)

The Wrath of Kuntar (2017)

Alison Brie: Ruth Wilder

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Quotes 

• [Sam sees Ruth and Bash staring at an art piece] 

  Sam Sylvia : Are you guys tripping?

  Ruth Wilder : We're appreciating this piece of art.

  Sam Sylvia : Oh yeah. I like art that tells you exactly what it is.

  [art piece is a neon sign that reads 'Neon'] 

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Can you give us a little alone time?

  Ruth Wilder : Oh, don't mind me. I'm just hiding from Debbie.

  [Sam stares at Ruth] 

  Ruth Wilder : I'll go.

  [Ruth walks away] 

  Sam Sylvia : So what is this? The old Malibu ambush? You're gonna ply me with some drinks and tell me you don't like my vision?

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Sam, I hired you to direct a wrestling show. Which I came up with. It was my idea.

  Sam Sylvia : It was the seed of an idea. I'm... I'm trying to elevate the form.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : And that is so bitchin', but can you maybe also not do that? When I said that I wanted something different, I meant the way Ms. Pac-Man is different from Pac-Man. As in, almost the exact same thing, but with a bow in her hair. Not set in the desert after a nuclear war.

  Sam Sylvia : Oh, okay. So I see, you don't want story.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : The Iron Sheik. right? What's his story? Where does he come from?

  Sam Sylvia : I don't even know who that is.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : He's a fucking wrestler, Sam, okay? And it doesn't matter because he just wears a head scarf and he hates America. That's all you have to do. Bottom line: your ideas are just too complicated. We need to simplify. Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. That's what we're doing here. Gorgeous Ladies. Wrestling.

  Sam Sylvia : Okay. All due respect. Okay, you hired me, because I'm a professional. I know how to do this. I've made eight films; two of which are taught in colleges. I'm not some 25-year-old child who thinks he knows everything. I need a drink.

  [Sam walks away] 

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Try the punch.

  Sam Sylvia : I'm not twelve!

• Ruth Wilder : Are you having fun?

  Debbie Eagan : Just 'cause we're at a party doesn't mean we're at all okay. If you talk to me again, I'll throw you through the fucking window.

• Ruth Wilder : Men... walk in fear through these city streets. For it is there you may meet me. And though I am only moderately attractive, I am desperate. And there's nothing more dangerous than a desperate woman. And there is no woman more desperate than the Homewrecker.

  [pause] 

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : It's not working.

  Sam Sylvia : Yeah.

  Ruth Wilder : Did you want me to push it further, or... ?

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : No, it's just...

  Sam Sylvia : I don't know. The whole thing's...

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Yeah, it's like, it's like... I mean, who is she?

  Sam Sylvia : Yeah. Yeah. Help us out, Ruth. Um... who do you think you are?

• Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Ronnie takes out his pen, signs the picture, and he says, 'It's a good thing Bonzo is a Democrat. Otherwise, he'd have won the nomination.'

  [the ladies laugh] 

  Debbie Eagan : You're hilarious.

  Sam Sylvia : Ladies. Hi. I see you've met... Sebastian Howard, our producer.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Uh, 'Bash', please.

  Sam Sylvia : Just know that he's the one signing your checks, so, be nice.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : I don't like to talk about money, okay? I'm the patron of the arts. And wrestling is an art, despite my mother's opinion, which is wrong.

  Sam Sylvia : I thought you were in Peru.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Yeah. I... I... I came back early. Loving the casting!

  [grabs Sheila] 

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Even Miss Serious over here. So, so, so, what, what moves have you guys learned?

  Cherry Bang : We've been mostly learning to fall on our backs without hurting ourselves.

  Arthie Premkumar : And pain faces.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : W-w-what about, uh, powerbombs? Or, or DDTs? Salty's famous for his DDTs. Where is Salty, by the way?

  Sam Sylvia : Yeah, yeah, Bash. Salty didn't work out. Cherry's our new wrestling coach now.

  [Cherry waves at Bash] 

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Um... d-does she have any wrestling experience?

  Cherry Bang : Um... I'm right here.

  Sam Sylvia : Yeah, all right. Anyway, you know that fans are gonna tune in for the moves, but they're not gonna stay tuned in unless we give them what, ladies?

  Reggie Walsh : Blood!

  Melanie Rosen : Tits!

  Sam Sylvia : Storytelling. Storytelling.

  Melanie Rosen : Oh.

  Sam Sylvia : Now, I know it's exciting to be in the midst of a big-shot producer, but I have something even shinier. A script. Hot off the Xerox. I only made ten copies, so we're gonna have to share 'em. And I'm just gonna cast as we move along, starting with Ruth.

  Ruth Wilder : Yes! Anything you need.

  Sam Sylvia : Uh, yeah. I'm gonna need you to read stage directions.

  [disappointed look in Ruth's face] 

• Arthie Premkumar : But I'm Indian, not Arab.

  Jenny Chey : I'm Cambodian.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Backstory. Wrestling is not about backstory. It's about type. And your type is...

  Arthie Premkumar : Intelligent and whimsical?

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : No. No. Terrorist, or or genie or some sort of other evil Arab.

  Arthie Premkumar : You mean stereotypes.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Yes! Bingo! Exactly! Here, look...

  [Bash hands Arthie the Uzi] 

  Sam Sylvia : Don't take that gun.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Take the gun.

  Sam Sylvia : Don't take the gun.

  Arthie Premkumar : Um, which one of you is in charge?

  [Ruth shows up] 

  Ruth Wilder : Did somebody call for a meeting?

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Oh! Yes! Here we go. Perfect! Uh, I don't know. Farmer's daughter. A girl next door.

  Ruth Wilder : No, I'm Kuntar, a vision of hideousness.

  Sam Sylvia : See?

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : There's no world where people look at her and see hideous or evil. She's apple pie and ice cream.

  Sam Sylvia : Look, I didn't take this job to be bossed around by some wannabe producer who takes fake phone calls at the polo lounge.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : Those calls are real! You took this job because no one else would hire you.

  Sam Sylvia : And who are you now? Robert Evans? You haven't done this before. You haven't done anything.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : GLOW is my idea!

  Sam Sylvia : So what? Ideas are cheap. Everyone's got ideas. Your idiot butler probably has ten Oscar-winning ideas.

  Florian : I do.

  Sebastian 'Bash' Howard : You leave my butler out of this, all right? Florian kicks ass!