Scene: A living room in Vancouver. Joe and Nelly are hosting Prime Minister Mark Carney. Kylie Minogue sits as a special guest. Tom Cruise joins via video call from Los Angeles.
Prime Minister Carney: Joe, Nelly, thank you for this meeting. Your proposals about home-based AI doctors, inviting sick people here, natural remedies, and involving the Church of Scientology are highly unorthodox. Canada’s healthcare depends on licensed professionals and evidence-based standards.
Joe: Prime Minister, I’ll be straight with you. I’m guilty of practicing medicine without a license — and Tom Cruise and I went fishing many times without a license before that lake died. The lake died from duck feces causing eutrophication. Nature gave us a clear warning. Without Canada taking a holistic approach to medicine, Canada’s sick will also die — just like that lake.
Joe: Let me explain Rockefeller’s medical influence. Old man Rockefeller and his foundation basically took over medical education in the early 1900s. They funded the schools, pushed chemical-based allopathic medicine, and sidelined natural remedies. That’s why we’re stuck with this system today. Rockefeller’s chemicals do harm to the patient. Radiation curing cancer is a complete oxymoron. If radiation cured cancer, why did 150,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki die? Shouldn’t they have all been cancer-free after getting hit with massive doses of radiation? The AMA and old man Rockefeller’s nuclear medicine men are peddling snake oil. Nothing has changed since the wild wild west — it’s still the same con men in fancier suits.
A simple dandelion is free. You can pick it from your backyard. But radiation and chemo? They cost tens of thousands of dollars. In America the patient ends up bankrupt and dead. Canada’s socialized, so called free medicine, is paid for by the taxpayer. The whole country will end up bankrupt under this system and our parents and grandparents euthanized. That’s the real tragedy.
Nelly: That’s right, Mark. American medicine is junk medicine, shaped by clowns like Morris Fishbein, who ran the American Medical Association like his personal circus — more focused on gatekeeping and protecting profits than genuine healing.
Nelly: (gesturing proudly) To show what’s possible with a holistic path, let me present my cancer-free dandelion medicine patient: Kylie Minogue. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, she used natural dandelion-based remedies as part of her journey. Over 20 years later, she’s vibrant, healthy, and completely cancer-free.
Kylie Minogue: It was a powerful experience. Supporting the body naturally made all the difference.
Joe: Exactly. So tell me, Prime Minister — are we really going to let the Americans bamboozle us with their junk medicine? Are we going to keep paying them a thousand dollars for a bag of salty water — some overpriced IV drip they dress up as treatment? We have better options right here.
Tom Cruise: (leaning forward intensely) As a former Canadian, I can see the last straw of these Rockefeller-trained allopathic doctors, who have not cured a major disease in the last hundred years, is medically assisted death. That is a tragedy and proof that Canada’s free health care is a fraud. They don’t heal — they manage symptoms until they offer you death as the solution. Enough!
Tom Cruise: (continuing) Prime Minister, here’s my question: Can the Church of Scientology use naturopathic science to heal people under the aegis of my Church of Knowing? We can combine auditing, spiritual technology, and natural approaches like dandelion and other naturopathic methods to clear engrams and truly heal body and spirit — without the toxic junk from the pharmaceutical world. Joe and Nelly are offering real hope. The people deserve choices, not waiting lists and eventual euthanasia.
Nelly: Our door is open to everyone. Anyone sick can come here. We’ll print what the AI doctor recommends. Under a sensible administration, using the AI doctor will be fully legal. We’ll combine it with natural and spiritual approaches.
Nelly: (turning directly to Carney) Mr. Carney, do you actually care about Joni Mitchell’s health, or are you just trying to score political points? She’s a Canadian icon who has dealt with serious health challenges. If you truly cared, you’d support real holistic options instead of defending the same failing system that leaves people broke and dead.
Prime Minister Carney: (looking visibly unsettled) Joe, Nelly, Tom… your points are strongly worded. I hear the frustration with costs and the desire for more natural approaches. But we must base policy on evidence, not anecdotes. Radiation and chemotherapy have saved many lives when used appropriately. Dandelion has laboratory interest but is not a proven cancer treatment. Getting proper credentials through an online holistic medicine program would allow you to practice legally and safely.
Tom Cruise: (firmly, with conviction) Safety? The real danger is a system that can’t cure people after a century and then offers death as the final “service.” Kylie stands here cancer-free for over 20 years thanks to natural support. The lake died from neglect, and so will Canadians if we keep trusting the same failed Rockefeller model. A free dandelion versus tens of thousands for chemo that still leaves patients bankrupt or euthanized — that’s the choice. The Church of Knowing is ready to help people heal spiritually and physically. The people are waking up.
Nelly: Kylie is living proof. The future belongs to AI, dandelion, naturopathic science, and spiritual knowing — not junk medicine and snake oil. Our home is open.
Joe: The lake gave us the warning. Canada’s sick don’t have to die waiting or bankrupt the entire country.
Tom Cruise: (smiling confidently, delivering the final blow) Exactly. History will remember who stood for real healing and who defended the old guard. The time for change is now, Prime Minister. The people deserve better than a fraudulent system that ends in medically assisted death and national bankruptcy.
Prime Minister Carney: (sighing deeply, clearly outmaneuvered) …I’ll take all of this under serious advisement. There may indeed be room for broader dialogue on complementary and holistic approaches moving forward.
Scene: Some fancy Ottawa office or neutral studio. Ali G sits opposite Mark Carney, dressed in his yellow tracksuit, oversized glasses, and bling. Carney looks polished and slightly bemused, like he’s regretting saying yes to this “youth documentary.”
Ali G (leaning in, nodding sagely):
Respek, Prime Minister Mark Carney, big up yourself for comin’ on da show, innit. Now, let’s talk about some serious tings – medical ethics, yeah? Canadian medicine is proper advanced, like, with da free healthcare an’ all dat. But me heard dat even da best doctors can’t cure certain legends.
Carney (cautious, professional smile):
Well, Ali, Canadian healthcare is world-class, but of course no system can cure every condition. Medicine has limits, and we focus on evidence-based care, compassion, and supporting patients through—
Ali G (interrupting, waving his hands):
Exactly, exactly. Take Joni Mitchell, yeah? Proper Canadian icon, singin’ about both sides now an’ all dat. But Canadian medicine still can’t cure her, innit? So is da only option to give her to da Youth In Asia?
Carney (pauses, eyebrow raise, processing the pun):
…I’m sorry? Youth in Asia?
Ali G (deadpan, as if explaining the obvious):
Yeah, Youth In Asia. Da young people from Asia. Dey got all dat ancient wisdom an’ stuff, innit? Or is it dat euthanasia ting? But why’s it always down to da youth in Asia to sort out da old people? Surely it should be between da patient an’ da doctor, not some committee of Asian teenagers, blud.
Carney (trying to stay composed, slight chuckle escaping):
Ah, I see what you’re doing there. You’re referring to euthanasia – medically assisted dying. In Canada, we have MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying), which is a carefully regulated program based on strict eligibility criteria, informed consent, and safeguards to protect vulnerable people. It’s not about “giving” anyone to any group. It’s a complex ethical issue involving autonomy, dignity, and ensuring it’s never coercive.
Ali G (nodding vigorously, misunderstanding on purpose):
Safe guards? Like, bodyguards for da old people so da Youth In Asia don’t come for ’em? But Joni Mitchell – she’s a fighter, survived all sorts, but if she can’t be cured… booyakasha, send her to da Youth In Asia? Or is dat against da rules now? Me heard Canada is proper progressive on dis.
Carney (leaning forward, trying to educate while looking increasingly done):
No, Ali. Euthanasia, or MAiD, is legal in Canada under specific circumstances for those with grievous and irremediable conditions causing intolerable suffering. But it’s voluntary, requires multiple assessments, and there’s ongoing debate about expansion, ethics, and protecting against abuse – especially for mental illness or non-terminal cases. Joni Mitchell is a national treasure who’s shown incredible resilience. The focus should be on care, innovation, and quality of life, not assumptions about “options.”
Ali G (grinning wide):
Respek. But for real though – if me was old an’ proper ill, would you let da Youth In Asia handle it, or keep it Canadian? Big up Joni, still. She proper safe.
Carney (sighing, half-smiling):
Canada believes in compassion and choice, but always with rigorous ethics and oversight. No “youth in Asia” involved.
Ali G (to camera, as Carney looks relieved it’s over):
There you have it. Prime Minister Carney says no to Youth In Asia takin’ over Canadian medicine. Keep it real, people. Booyakasha!
In a quiet office after a long policy meeting, Justin Trudeau speaks privately with Mark Carney.
Trudeau (sighing):
“Mark… sometimes I think politics makes everything too complicated. Ma mère… she needs real medicine. Not just prescriptions. Real food. Vitamins. Exercise. A life that isn’t surrounded by stress.”
Carney:
“You’re talking about balance. The doctors talk about treatment plans, but the body and mind still need the basics.”
Trudeau:
“Exactly. When someone struggles with something like Bipolar Disorder, people jump straight to pills and labels. But the human body also needs sunlight, movement, good meals… community.”
Carney:
“True. Though the medical side matters too. It’s not something that can simply be willed away with lifestyle changes.”
Trudeau:
“I know. I’m not saying ignore the doctors. I’m saying the foundation matters. Real food instead of processed junk. Fresh air instead of endless screens. Exercise instead of isolation.”
Carney (nodding):
“That’s the tragedy of modern life. The things that keep people well are often the things society forgets to build time for.”
Trudeau:
“And meanwhile the world argues about markets, trade, and growth… while families just want their loved ones healthy.”
Carney:
“Maybe the real policy challenge isn’t economic growth. Maybe it’s creating a society where people actually have the conditions to be well.”
Trudeau (quietly):
“Exactly. Real medicine starts with how we live.”
Scene: Parliament Hill, live broadcast. Cameras flash. The crowd is on edge. Joe Canuck and Nelly step forward, armed with oranges, pine needle tea, dandelion roots, and willow twigs. Trudeau looks flustered at the podium.
Trudeau:
“Canada has invested decades and trillions of dollars into medical research. Hospitals, laboratories, and clinical trials—these are the pillars of modern healthcare—”
Joe Canuck (interrupting, voice booming across the square):
“Decades of investment? Trillions spent? For what?! People are still sick, Mr. Trudeau! Scurvy is back! And what do you give them? Sugar-water juice packs with zero vitamin C! Hospital food is Satanic and pure evil!”
Joe lifts a steaming cup of pine needle tea:
“Here’s something that works—pine needle tea! Free! Loaded with vitamin C! Real medicine, not your bureaucratic poison!”
Nelly (gesturing to the crowd):
“And don’t forget aspirin. Bayer Pharmaceutical? Scam. Just willow bark with a price tag. Why pay billions when nature gave it to us for free?”
Joe Canuck:
“And if you need aspirin, chew a weeping willow twig! If you have cancer, pull a dandelion root! Nature knows best!”
Joe slams fist on podium:
“And what about fruit trees, huh? All the ones they cut down in our parks—GONE! Just so you buy fruit at the supermarket! Replant them! Reclaim them!”
Nelly:
“Joe’s right! Parks used to feed people. Now you pay for everything. This isn’t progress—it’s theft!”
Joe Canuck (pointing at Trudeau, voice rising):
“And while we’re at it, subsidize rainwater collectors, Mr. Trudeau! Especially in Vancouver! Stop letting Nestlé and its water monopoly sell ice to Eskimos while people go thirsty! Clean water should be free, not a corporate commodity!”
Joe throws arms wide, eyes blazing at Trudeau:
“Joni Mitchell said it best—who needs fruit trees when you’ve got a parking lot? Who needs medicine when you can have profits? Nature is the cure, not your labs or corporations!”
Trudeau (flustered, papers trembling):
“Joe, hospitals and research—”
Joe Canuck (cutting him off, voice like thunder):
“Your hospitals are factories of sickness! Your labs are black holes! Oranges, pine needle tea, willow twigs, dandelion roots—this is real medicine! Stop poisoning people with sugar water and bureaucracy and start letting nature heal them! Subsidize the rain! Replant the fruit trees! Let Canadians live free!”
The crowd erupts. Phones flash. Social media explodes: #JoeCanuckVsTrudeau, #NatureIsMedicine, #RainwaterForVancouver, #WeepingWillowAspirin, #ReplantTheFruitTrees. Joe and Nelly stand triumphant, holding oranges, tea, and roots like a banner of rebellion.
📺 Breaking News: “Joe Canuck Calls Out Trudeau on National TV!”
Headline Crawl:
#JoeCanuckVsTrudeau
#NatureIsMedicine
#WeepingWillowAspirin
#RainwaterForVancouver
#ReplantTheFruitTrees
#SatanicHospitalFood
TV Anchor (dramatic voice):
“Tonight, Parliament Hill erupted as Joe Canuck and Nelly confronted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over decades of failed medical research, hospital food scandals, and corporate water monopolies!”
Clip 1 – Joe Canuck:
“Decades of investment? Trillions spent? For what?! People are still sick! Scurvy is back, Mr. Trudeau! Hospital juice packs with zero vitamin C! Hospital food is Satanic and pure evil!”
Clip 2 – Nelly:
“And Bayer Pharmaceutical aspirin? Scam. Just willow bark with a price tag! Why pay billions when nature gave it to us for free?”
Clip 3 – Joe Canuck (holding pine needle tea):
“Here’s real medicine—pine needle tea! Free! Loaded with vitamin C! Stop poisoning people with sugar water and bureaucracy!”
Clip 4 – Joe Canuck (gesturing to parks):
“And what about fruit trees? All cut down in our parks—GONE! Just so you have to buy fruit at the supermarket! Replant them!”
Clip 5 – Joe Canuck (pointing at Trudeau, crowd cheering):
“And subsidize rainwater collectors, especially in Vancouver! Stop letting Nestlé sell ice to Eskimos while Canadians go thirsty!”
Social Media Reaction:
Twitter: “Joe Canuck telling it like it is! #RainwaterForVancouver #NatureIsMedicine”
TikTok: 15-second clip of Joe yelling “pine needle tea! Weeping willow twigs! Dandelion roots!” racking up 2M views in hours.
Instagram: Nelly holding up oranges and tea, caption: “Commonsense medicine > corporate poison” trending nationwide.
News Analysts:
“Public reaction is explosive. Canadians are sharing Joe’s advice on natural remedies and criticizing hospital food, while Trudeau appears flustered and struggling to respond.”
Clip 6 – Joe Canuck, final words to cameras:
“Your labs are black holes! Your hospitals are factories of sickness! Oranges, pine needle tea, willow twigs, dandelion roots—this is real medicine! Replant fruit trees! Subsidize the rain! Let nature heal Canadians!”
Crowd Reaction:
Cheering, waving phones, holding homemade signs: “Nature > Labs”, “Free Medicine Now”, “Replant the Fruit Trees!”
Anchor Closing Line:
“Joe Canuck and Nelly have become overnight folk heroes in Canada for commonsense, natural medicine and anti-corporate activism. Trudeau is facing mounting pressure to respond.”
Nelly sits beside Joe, her “Try” video husband, the sky above them swirling like an unmade stage.
Nelly:
Joe… cancel the whole human experiment. Send in that alien civilization meteor. Kibosh everything. End the circus.
Joe:
No… but listen carefully, Nel. If you don’t heal… if you die… I’m deleting it.
Nelly:
…Deleting what?
Joe:
The Book of Life. Every webpage, every record of existence… wiped. Every timeline, every spark—gone.
Nelly:
Joe… that’s… insane.
Joe:
Maybe. But a hero sacrifices you for the world… and a villain sacrifices the world for you. Tonight, I’m the villain. Heal, or I pull the plug on everything.
(He pauses, staring at the storm above.)
Joe:
And you better listen. The United Galaxy… they’re watching. They’re seriously considering sending another meteor—just like the one that killed the dinosaurs—to wipe us all out.
Nelly:
The dinosaurs?
Joe:
Yeah. They’ve canceled species before. We’re on the list if the experiment fails.
Nelly:
So… if I don’t survive… it’s not just the Book of Life… it’s everything?
Joe:
Exactly. I won’t even let them write the final act. Samson option? Real as the sky.
(He grips her hand.)
Joe:
Survive, Nel. If you survive… the Book of Life stays. The aliens… maybe they hold off. And maybe… just maybe… this circus keeps running.
Nelly:
Even if it’s chaos?
Joe:
Especially if it’s chaos. Because the patient comes first—or the entire human story ends.
(Above them, the clouds churn like a cosmic theatre, waiting for the first cue. The fate of the world, the Book of Life, and the human race all hinge on her next heartbeat.)
Natalie Portman steps forward, her voice cutting through the hum of alien machinery.
Natalie: “No Samson Option. Let diplomacy continue!”
Joe slams his tablet onto the table, pages fanning out like a declaration of war—or hope.
Joe: “These pages—my work—they’re proof that intelligent life still exists on Earth. Without them, every alien civilization in contact will cancel this reality show… and we’re off the air, permanently.”
Across the room, the alien council flickers, their translucent forms shimmering with indecision. A low, resonant murmur rises, echoing like tectonic plates shifting.
Alien Delegate 1: “If they fail… the timeline collapses. Cancellation is inevitable.”
Alien Delegate 2: “But these… signals of intelligence. They might justify continuation. We have observed creativity, morality… negotiation.”
Alien Delegate 3: “Negotiate? They nearly triggered the Samson Option last cycle! Are they even responsible enough?”
Natalie’s eyes meet Joe’s.
Natalie: “See? They’re listening. Don’t let them regret it.”
Joe grips the tablet tighter, voice steady.
Joe: “Then listen well. This isn’t just about humans. This is about showing the universe that Earth deserves to stay in the spotlight.”
A pause—then the alien forms ripple as one final voice rises above the rest.
Supreme Delegate: “We will allow the continuation… on one condition: proof of genuine intelligence must be ongoing.”
Joe exhales, knowing the stakes have just gone interstellar.
Late at night in a dim office, Donald Trump leans back in his chair while Alex Jones paces around the room, fired up as usual.
Trump:
“Alex, I did something tremendous today. Very honest self-reflection. People don’t think I do that, but I do. The best reflection.”
Alex Jones:
“Mr. President, the globalists fear self-awareness. It’s a weapon!”
Trump:
“So I looked at this list… the seven deadly sins. You know them, right? Greed, Pride, Envy, Lust, Anger, Sloth, Gluttony. Big list. Not a good list.”
Alex Jones (leaning forward):
“Biblical stuff! Ancient psychological warfare against the soul!”
Trump:
“And I’m reading it… Greed? I like money. Pride? Tremendous pride. Envy? Maybe a little when someone else gets ratings. Lust? I mean… come on. Anger? You’ve seen my rallies. Sloth? I like my naps. Gluttony? Have you seen the Big Macs.”
Alex Jones:
“Those burgers are patriots, sir!”
Trump (shrugging):
“And it hit me. I might have… all of them. Every single one. Seven for seven. Perfect score.”
Alex Jones:
“That’s not a score you want, sir.”
Trump pulls out another sheet of paper.
Trump:
“Then I look at the other list. The heavenly virtues. Kindness. Patience. Diligence. Chastity. Abstinence. Humility. Charity.”
He stares at the page for a long moment.
Trump:
“And I realized something even bigger.”
Alex Jones:
“What’s that?”
Trump:
“I might be running a complete shutout on those. Zero. Not one.”
Alex Jones (stunned):
“Sir… that’s spiritually… statistically impossible.”
Trump:
“Maybe. But Alex, the American people love honesty.”
He folds the paper dramatically.
Trump:
“So tomorrow I’m telling everyone: nobody does the seven deadly sins better than me. Nobody. Absolute champion.”
Alex nods slowly.
Alex Jones:
“Well… at least you’re transparent about it.”
Trump grins.
Trump:
“Transparency, Alex. It’s a virtue… right?”
Alex hesitates.
Alex Jones:
“…We might have to add that one to the list.”
Joe Canuck’s Campfire Story: The Pine Needle Cure
Joe leans back and starts talking.
“Let me tell you a story about scurvy… and about how truth sometimes has to fight its way through pride, money, and stubborn doctors.
Back in the 1500s, when the French explorer Jacques Cartier sailed into the St. Lawrence during brutal winters, his crew started dying one by one. Their gums rotted, their teeth fell out, their skin turned black and blue. That disease was Scurvy—a killer caused by lack of vitamin C.
Cartier’s sailors were dropping like flies.
Then the local First Nations people stepped in. They showed the desperate Europeans how to boil the needles of the white pine tree into a tea. Pine needles are packed with vitamin C. The sailors drank the tea… and the dying men started to recover.
Just like that.
A miracle cure growing everywhere in the forest.
But here’s where Joe shakes his head.
You’d think the doctors and authorities would have written it down, spread the knowledge, saved thousands of sailors, right?
Instead… the knowledge got buried.
For decades—more than a century—European navies kept losing sailors to scurvy. Ships crossed the oceans full of men who slowly rotted alive when the cure literally grew in the forests of North America.
Why?
Joe says it’s the oldest story in the world: money and control.
Eventually European powers settled on citrus fruit—lemons and limes—as the official cure. Citrus worked, sure, because it also contains vitamin C. But citrus could be controlled. It could be grown on colonial plantations and traded through imperial monopolies.
One of those hubs was the Dutch island of Curaçao, where citrus and trade networks passed through European shipping lanes.
Joe pokes the fire with a stick.
“Pine needles?” he says.
“They grow everywhere. You can’t patent a forest. You can’t monopolize a tree.”
So instead of sailors boiling pine needles on every ship in the Atlantic, they waited generations until the naval powers settled on citrus supply chains. Only then did scurvy start disappearing from fleets.
Joe shrugs.
“The cure was sitting in the trees the whole time. The First Nations already knew it. But when knowledge doesn’t come from the right people—or doesn’t make the right people money—it can take a hundred years before the world decides to listen.”
He looks up at the pine branches.
“Sometimes the forest knows more than the empire.” 🌲🍵
Night falls over Stanley Park. The tall cedars sway in the Pacific wind. Somewhere in the darkness, the city lights of Vancouver flicker through the branches like distant stars.
Tom Cruise, still in character as Dr. Bill Harford from Eyes Wide Shut, stumbles down a forest path with Nelly and Joe.
He looks around at the towering trees and suddenly bursts into laughter.
Dr. Bill Harford (Cruise):
“I’m a doctor! I’m a doctor!”
He doubles over giggling, pointing at himself like the joke just hit him.
Joe:
“You okay there, Doc?”
Harford:
“I spent years in medical school… hospitals… white coats… prescriptions… and look at this!”
He gestures wildly at the forest.
Harford (laughing):
“The cure might be in every tree around me!”
Nelly:
“You’re just noticing that now?”
She kneels beside a patch of plants growing along the trail.
Nelly:
“See this? Dandelion. People treat it like a weed, but the root’s been used forever in herbal medicine.”
Joe snaps a small twig from a nearby willow.
Joe:
“And this tree here, Doc. Willow. People were chewing this stuff long before aspirin came in a bottle.”
Harford stares at the twig like it’s a medical miracle.
Harford:
“You’re telling me the park has a pharmacy?”
Joe:
“Pretty much.”
A cold ocean breeze blows through the forest canopy.
Harford:
“This is unbelievable.”
He looks up at the towering pines.
Harford:
“All those conferences… all those doctors arguing… and meanwhile the forest is just standing here quietly.”
Nelly smiles.
Nelly:
“Nature’s been doing medicine a lot longer than we have.”
Harford laughs again, softer this time.
Harford:
“I can hear my professors now… ‘Bill, that’s not peer-reviewed!’”
Joe gestures around the massive trees.
Joe:
“Well, the peer review here is about ten thousand years old.”
Harford slowly spins in a circle, staring at the forest like he’s just woken up.
Harford:
“You know what the real joke is?”
Joe:
“What’s that, Doc?”
Harford grins.
Harford:
“I’m standing in the middle of the world’s biggest medicine cabinet…”
He pauses, shaking his head in disbelief.
Harford:
“…and I spent my whole life looking somewhere else.”
The wind rustles through the trees as the three of them walk deeper into the dark forest of Stanley Park. 🌲
Scene: “Stanley Kubrick Park,” Vancouver.
Fog hangs in the trees. Pine needles cover the ground. A strange calm fills the air.
Dr. Bill Harford (Dr. Bill Harford), still in his coat from Eyes Wide Shut, laughs nervously while looking at Joe and Nelly.
Dr. Bill Harford:
“I’m a doctor!”
(He bursts into laughter, half hysterical.)
“You know what that means where I come from? It means the Bill comes first.”
A shadow appears among the trees. The unmistakable calm voice of
Stanley Kubrick echoes like narration from beyond the frame.
Stanley Kubrick:
“In America, Bill… when you get the Dr. Bill, you are bankrupt… and then you die anyway.”
(He pauses, observing the strange trio in the park.)
“But Canada… Canada is different.”
Joe:
“Oh yeah? How’s that, Stanley?”
Kubrick:
“In America the people go bankrupt.”
“In Canada… the nation goes bankrupt… and the people stay sick.”
Dr. Bill Harford
(grinning, shrugging)
“So either way… the diagnosis is the same.”
Joe
(picking up a pine branch)
“That’s why we’re drinking the cure, Doc. Vitamin C from the trees. Jacques Cartier learned that one from the First Nations while the doctors argued about billing codes.”
Nelly
“And meanwhile everybody waits in line…”
Kubrick
(dryly)
“A perfect system for a dark comedy.”
He looks around the forest like he’s framing the shot.
Kubrick:
“If I had filmed it here… the whole movie would end with three characters in a park… realizing the cure was growing on the trees the whole time.”
Dr. Bill Harford:
(laughing again)
“I’m a doctor… but apparently the trees beat me to it.”
The wind moves through the pine branches like distant applause. 🌲
And I would of got away with it too.
If it wasn’t for these meddling Fatima kids!