The scenes in the art gallery with Kensi ("Keith"!) and art-dealer Kim trying to out-cool each other when discussing blank canvases selling for 50K was the funniest spoof of foolish pretentiousness I've seen.
Concept and execution of the joke was brilliantly crafted, including the lead-in with Deeks & Kensi.
Lots of subtle nuances, including Kensi's eyes flicking down Kim's frame as she says, "Do you have anything that's a little more ...off ... market?" (Kim was definately "off").
Hope the art-dealer character comes back to assist the team with another ridiculous avante-garde "coolness" beat-down of an East-coast art dealer ...
Kim: Hi.
Kensi: Hi!
Kim: I'm Kim.
Kensi: I'm Keith.
Kim: Do you like ... like what you see?
Kensi: I don't know. Tell me what I'm looking at. This is a series of...
Kim: Blank canvases.
Kensi: Fascinating.
Kim: According to the artist, the pieces are about what you don't see, what isn't there.
Kensi: What's left unsaid.
Kim: The pieces pick up where Rauschenberg, Ryman and Martin left off.
Kensi: I get it.
Kim: You get it. The artist said he was inspired by real-life events between 1998 and 1999.
Kensi: Mm, like the war in Kosovo.
Kim: No.
Kensi: Like the Lewinsky scandal.
Kim: No ....... His parents' separation. His mom and dad later reconciled and are apparently really happy now and have won all these ballroom dancing competitions. But the trauma of the moment still left a huge impact on his childhood.
Kensi: Clearly.
Kim: They're selling for 50.
Kensi: 50?
Kim: K. 50,000.
Kensi: Apiece?
Kim: All but two are spoken for.
Katherine ( over comm ): Tell Kim you're interested in something a bit more off-market.
Kensi: (Clears throat ) Yeah, I, um... love them ALL. I just don't want something that everybody else has ...
Kim: Totally.
Kensi: ... You know?
Kim: Totally.
Kensi: Do you have anything that's a little more... off-market?
Kim: I mean, I could make some calls.
Kensi: Whatever.
(Later, slinky music (what is this song?), as the new scene opens with Kensi alone, staring at a blank canvas. Kim walks up from behind))
Kim: This one (looks at blank canvas) is my favorite. That one (looks at another blank canvas) freaks me out.
Kensi: That one does nothing for me. This one freaks me out, which is why I like staring at it. Mmm.
Kim: I made some calls.
Kensi: Okay.
Kim: There's a lot of really cool stuff floating around out there, but it doesn't come cheap.
Kensi: Whatever. Is there anything in L.A., or is everything in New York?
Kim: B**ch. Screw New York. The world revolves around L.A.
Kim: Here's the number. Good luck, if you, like, believe in it.
Kensi: I don't.
Kim: Yeah. Cool. Me, either.
( Typing )
Nell (in ops): Holy guacamole!
Concept and execution of the joke was brilliantly crafted, including the lead-in with Deeks & Kensi.
Lots of subtle nuances, including Kensi's eyes flicking down Kim's frame as she says, "Do you have anything that's a little more ...off ... market?" (Kim was definately "off").
Hope the art-dealer character comes back to assist the team with another ridiculous avante-garde "coolness" beat-down of an East-coast art dealer ...
Kim: Hi.
Kensi: Hi!
Kim: I'm Kim.
Kensi: I'm Keith.
Kim: Do you like ... like what you see?
Kensi: I don't know. Tell me what I'm looking at. This is a series of...
Kim: Blank canvases.
Kensi: Fascinating.
Kim: According to the artist, the pieces are about what you don't see, what isn't there.
Kensi: What's left unsaid.
Kim: The pieces pick up where Rauschenberg, Ryman and Martin left off.
Kensi: I get it.
Kim: You get it. The artist said he was inspired by real-life events between 1998 and 1999.
Kensi: Mm, like the war in Kosovo.
Kim: No.
Kensi: Like the Lewinsky scandal.
Kim: No ....... His parents' separation. His mom and dad later reconciled and are apparently really happy now and have won all these ballroom dancing competitions. But the trauma of the moment still left a huge impact on his childhood.
Kensi: Clearly.
Kim: They're selling for 50.
Kensi: 50?
Kim: K. 50,000.
Kensi: Apiece?
Kim: All but two are spoken for.
Katherine ( over comm ): Tell Kim you're interested in something a bit more off-market.
Kensi: (Clears throat ) Yeah, I, um... love them ALL. I just don't want something that everybody else has ...
Kim: Totally.
Kensi: ... You know?
Kim: Totally.
Kensi: Do you have anything that's a little more... off-market?
Kim: I mean, I could make some calls.
Kensi: Whatever.
(Later, slinky music (what is this song?), as the new scene opens with Kensi alone, staring at a blank canvas. Kim walks up from behind))
Kim: This one (looks at blank canvas) is my favorite. That one (looks at another blank canvas) freaks me out.
Kensi: That one does nothing for me. This one freaks me out, which is why I like staring at it. Mmm.
Kim: I made some calls.
Kensi: Okay.
Kim: There's a lot of really cool stuff floating around out there, but it doesn't come cheap.
Kensi: Whatever. Is there anything in L.A., or is everything in New York?
Kim: B**ch. Screw New York. The world revolves around L.A.
Kim: Here's the number. Good luck, if you, like, believe in it.
Kensi: I don't.
Kim: Yeah. Cool. Me, either.
( Typing )
Nell (in ops): Holy guacamole!
