Michelle, a ruthless and polished CEO, attempts to record a corporate video about diversity but quickly loses her patience with the script. She masks her professional frustration with sharp, condescending wit, ultimately belittling her diversity consultant under the guise of 'progressive' humor.
MICHELLE: It's too many ‘diverses’ I'm going ‘diverse, diverse, diverse’ over and over like ‘buh-duh, buh-duh, buh-duh,’ like a fucking metronome.
CHRIS: Well. It is diversity training?
MICHELLE: Yeah but it’s too many, Chris. Can we please diversify the language?
CHRIS: No, sure.
MICHELLE: Maybe cr
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