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? I know my parents loved me ?

? Stand behind me come what may ?

? I know now that I'm ready ?

? For I finally heard them say ?

? It's a different world ?

? Than where you come from ?

? Yes, it is now, yeah ?

? Here's our chance to make it ?

? And if we focus on our goal ?

? You can dish it, we can take it ?

? Hey, just remember That you've been told ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? Than where you come from ?

? Ooh ?

? Than where you come from ?

Good-bye, hairspray. Good-bye, notebook.

Good-bye, pencils.

Good-bye, cookies.

Whoa. These are my cookies. What are you doing?

I am ridding this room

of everything marketed by Hamilton-Winslow, Incorporated.

Good-bye, bra.

Am I safe in assuming your job interview did not go well?

Ooh, deputy dog.

Sniffed that one right out.

Whitley, you're an art history major, right?

Why are you wasting time in marketing and banking?

What's next, the CIA?

Got an appointment on Tuesday.

You're not serious.

Kim, I would rather be a longshoreman

than go back to Mama after graduation.

I'd be prisoner to her canasta club,

her gardening club, her needlepoint society.

There is no hope of parole.

Excuse me. Whitley, I need your ticket request for senior banquet.

Is food all you ever think about?

What they're serving at this banquet doesn't qualify as food.

Did you have an interview today?

Yes, with Hamilton and Winslow.

You, too?

All that talk about focus groups,

and demographic T tests and z tests�

What was that corporate kook talking about?

Marketing 101.

Oh, well, I'm not interested in that, anyway.

All they're looking for

is some unimaginative, uninspired little worker bee.

I guess that's why they offered me the job.

You?

- Congratulations! - Thank you!

But now I have four job offers, and I don't know which to pick.

Go with the money.

That does not narrow down the choices.

Why don't you get back to me on those tickets, okay?

No wonder I can't get a job.

Jaleesa's hogging all of them.

Oh, don't worry.

Listen, it's about three o'clock.

We're gonna have to go pick up that cot.

What cot?

We're hosting a prospective freshman this weekend. Remember?

You signed us up for it.

Rachel Johnson is assigned to our room.

Am I supposed to know who that is?

She's Ron's sister.

Oh, great.

Three days in close quarters with Lady Doofus.

I know what you're thinking as you look at me like that,

"How will I fit in at Hillman?"

"Will I have enough clothes to go to a Black college?"

I don't know.

But I do know that at Hillman, we'll challenge you in many ways.

Academically, you'll encounter some of the finest minds

in the sciences and humanities.

Socially, you'll learn to deal with all kinds of people

and personally, you will learn to wash and fold your own drawers.

So, which one of these ugly ducklings

has the misfortune of sharing a gene pool with Ron Johnson?

I don't know. We haven't seen her yet.

Ah-ah-ah!

I have spotted her.

That weeble over there with the swap meet Gucci.

How did you become head of the hospitality committee?

You mark my words. We've got to hide our Triscuits.

There's a heavenly body that could benefit from a dawn-to-dusk tour of campus,

with "big brother" Dwayne Wayne!

Hey, hey, put that tour bus in neutral, she already has a big brother.

Get out of here! I saw her first.

Hey, that girl's my sister.

- That's Rachel? - That's right.

Look at her like that again,

it will be the last thing you see with all six of your eyes.

I'm just looking because this girl,

she doesn't look like the chubby-faced baby in your wallet.

That girl there is cute.

Well, good looks do run in the family.

Yeah. Too bad they ran past you.

So now, you can sign up for classes over there with Miss Freddie Brooks.

You'd like to sign up for a class?

I bet there's a whole lot of woman under that hair, Big Red.

You wanna sign up for a class or a black eye?

Ouch!

Biting wit.

I like that.

But I'll tame you yet, you big, red shrew.

Yo, Ron, check out high-waters over there!

He's going to have to put some sugar in his shoes

to sweet-talk those pants down.

Dwayne Wayne?

Speaking.

I'm Zach Duncan.

Walter tells me you're one of Hillman's best math students.

No. I'm the best.

Until I get here.

Is that so?

- Guess what? - What's that?

You're my official big brother for the weekend.

- Actually, this is Dwayne Wayne. - Uh-uh.

Funny.

Not nearly as funny as them pants.

- Hey, RJ! - Rae-Rae!

- Hey, baby. - Hi, baby.

How are you?

Fine.

Oh, interesting outfit.

It could use a little more fabric.

- Thanks, Ron, but I'm fine. - No-

That you are.

I bet there's a whole lot of woman under that jacket.

You must be Dwayne Wayne.

What have you been telling her, man?

No. This, this is my partner, mi amigo.

My partner, Dwayne Wayne.

All right, now what lies has he told you?

Only that you're extremely intelligent.

And women line up at your door.

- Nice save. - See?

Rachel, hi, I'm Whitley Gilbert,

your big sister for the weekend.

You look famished!

Excuse me, Whitley, but I'm Rachel.

Rachel, girl, just like I pictured you.

Ron tells me you're an art history major.

That's what I plan to study.

Well, you've come to the right school.

Hillman has some of the most renowned professors in the country.

Dr. Colombardo is one of the foremost authorities on Henry O. Tanner.

Oh, I love Tanner.

I think Moonlight in Tangier is his finest work.

And the department slides are immaculate.

There's not a hair on them.

So what are you planning on doing after graduation?

Oh, you didn't come all the way down here to talk about me.

Oh, I bet you have a lot of offers.

Couldn't begin to tell you.

Que paso, muchachas?

Come in, Ron.

I know that's an ironing board

because my sister's not sleeping on some boogedy cot.

I told Walter to get you a bed.

Ron, I'm sure I'll be comfortable.

And if she's not, she can always bunk in your luxurious abode.

It's so plush, the roaches have robes of their own.

Look, when I tell Walter to get you a bed, he's supposed to do it quick.

My tuition pays that man's salary! He works for me.

Ron, don't worry, I'll be fine!

No, no, no. There's no excuse for this incompetence.

I'm gonna tell him, too. That man's fat head is gonna roll.

You got something to say to me?

You're doing a fine job, sir. You should be commended.

So are you gonna order something or what?

Yeah.

Put yourself on a plate to go.

Next?

Big Red, as I live and breathe

heavily.

Have I shown you my new mace?

Walter was right.

This is a tough school.

But, like your motto says, "I'm not through with you yet."

Oh, yes, you are. Didn't you sign up for a one o'clock ROTC Class?

You're right. ROTC.

Women in uniform. You don't have to tell me twice.

Hey, Rae-Rae.

What's up, frat?

I like your sister. She's got a lot going on for her.

Is she adopted?

I'll see you at the party, Ricardo.

I'm counting on it.

Huh. When you learn how to count, you Bowlegged Lou.

Oh, no, you are not going to anybody's fraternity party.

- But it's your fraternity. - And I know what goes on there.

Oh, so it's okay for you, but not for me?

I don't participate in any of that wildness.

I'm only in the fraternity for the service projects.

Just this week, I kicked off our annual canned food drive.

- Hi, Ron. - Hi� What?

See you at the frat house.

- I met Mikki at- - Nikki.

Nikki, at the bible study.

- Oh, the bible study, huh? - That's right.

Doesn't our bible study meet every Friday?

Don't attach my name to that lie. You can't remember the girl's name.

Okay, well, after bible study, I'll see you at the party.

Thanks a lot, partner. You's very helpful.

If you let me take her out, she'd be home all night.

- Say! - I'm just joking! I'm just joking!

Will leather pants be okay for the party tonight?

Fine.

But if you wear a short skirt, you get in for half price.

Like I said, I'm wearing a skirt.

? I can bring home the bacon ?

? Fry it up in a pan ?

? And never let him forget ?

? That he's my man ?

? 'Cause I'm a working woman ?

? W-O-R-K-I-N ?

? Hey, hey, I'll say it again ?

Ladies, you are looking at the newest employee

of Princesse Premice Cosmetics International.

Yes! Congratulations.

Wow, I love that line!

I wear their perfume, "Josephine."

Me, too! Can I get a discount?

30% after my first 60 days.

- Wow. - Well, stop talking and get to work!

What will you be doing?

The Princesse Premice corporate philosophy

is that you start at the entry level,

you learn the business from the bottom up.

Product development and testing.

There is some testing involved.

So you'll be working in a lab?

Walls will not confine me, Kimberly.

The real world will be my laboratory.

I'll be out there with my hands on the pulse of the consumer.

You're a spray lady.

Spraying is but one aspect of the job.

I� I� I see a very bright future with this corporation.

Very, very bright.

Definitely. You know, my cousin, Diane, started out at Bellique

as a dancing powder puff.

Five years later, she's a division manager,

and the powder puffs report to her.

Of course they do.

I am so relieved I'm not one of these

lost souls at Hillman.

They end up senior year with no skills, no job,

and nowhere to go but home to Mama.

Rachel, don't you be one of those women.

Don't worry. That's not gonna happen to me.

I've got an eight-year plan.

You already know what you'll be doing for the next eight years?

Yeah. I'll double major in art history and economics,

then get a job assisting an art buyer.

After that I'll be director of art acquisitions

for a major corporation.

You mean, like buying Chagall for Chevron?

Exactly.

Did you consider art buying?

Um�

No, not exactly.

I'm very surprised! It's a growing field.

And lucrative, too.

You know, some corporations are willing to spend 10% of their profits in art.

You've been doing your research.

I'll say.

Where have you been doing it?

The library.

'Course, the library.

Well, listen, I'm going to be late for my seminar.

But, hey, congratulations. That's great!

Thank you, sweetie.

- See you, Rach. - See you later.

Here's a partial list of my Princesse Premice products I need.

Oh, could you, like, put a rush on that mascara?

Been spitting on the brush for two weeks.

Well, you can keep on spitting 'cause I'm nobody's spray lady.

Thank you.

What are you gonna do about a job?

I don't need a job, Kimberly.

I have found a career.

I'm going to be an art buyer!

It's in your field.

And it's perfect.

It combines the two things I'm most passionate about.

Art and shopping!

? I can pick a Picasso ?

? Da da da da da ?

? I can sell a Cezanne ?

? Da da da da da ?

? I can buy a Chagall ?

? And hang it on the wall ?

? 'Cause I'm an art-buying woman ?

? A-R-T-B-U-Y-I-N ?

? Ow, I'll say it again ?

? For you, for me, uh-huh ?

? I love that art ?

? Love it with all of my heart ?

? Zoo wee� ?

Bye!

Now let me see it, come on now.

Ron, I'm all right.

Sure? You took a nasty tumble.

I barely skinned my knee.

You didn't have to call time-out.

And you didn't have to rip Dwayne's shirt to make a bandage.

Dwayne, I am so sorry about your shirt.

Hey, no problem. The shirt's his.

Well, I better go get cleaned up.

I'm going bowling.

Having dinner?

- Yes. - No!

Ron, it's my last night.

I want to have a little fun.

Are you trying to say that I'm not fun?

No.

Yes, you are. I heard it. Didn't you hear it?

My name is Lear, and I can't hear.

Yeah, well, I heard it.

I'll have you know, for your information, I'm a lot of fun.

And I've planned an evening of fun. We're going to The Happy Crab.

Now tell me that's not big fun.

It's not!

And you know what?

Until you graduate, there's no way I'm coming to school here.

Yeah?

Go upstairs and go to your room.

Did you see that?

Hey, my name is Lee, and I can't see.

Hey, Whitley, I just came by to get your-

Senior banquet ticket request.

Yeah. Thanks.

Whitley, 25 guests?

It was almost 26.

But I told Mama if she brings Titi to the dinner,

that dog will be dinner.

- Jaleesa. - Yeah?

Did you decide which one of your job offers you're taking?

Um, yeah, I accepted the Hamilton-Winslow offer.

I figured I'd be close enough to smell the burgers at The Pit

but making enough money that I won't have to eat them.

I, too, will be in the neighborhood,

as an assistant art buyer at E.H. Wright Industries.

You better do it, girl.

That is a very dynamic and competitive field.

How did you get in it?

Well, I don't actually have the job yet.

I got a few connections.

A friend of your mother's?

Why does everybody think whenever I have a problem, I run to my mama?

'Cause you do, Blanche.

Jaleesa, she just set up the interview.

I'm the one that read their art catalog. I've been studying it.

I know every acquisition they've made in the last three years

and how they acquired it.

I'm gonna go in there Monday and show them what I got.

And knowing you, you'll be wearing the fiercest interview suit

on the Eastern Seaboard.

It's hanging on the closet door!

Well, we two executivos must do lunch.

Your expense account or mine?

Yours.

Oh! What smells like dead armadillos?

Probably your upper lip.

Oh! We having a little dinner with some twins, perhaps?

No, just a friend. I thought you'd like to join us.

Oh, no, brother. I'm not into that menage a kinky.

Guess who's coming to dinner?

Hello.

Ah!

You don't have time to go out for dinner with your only brother.

You had to go bowling.

Now you're having dinner in some man's apartment.

He's no man. He's Dwayne!

That's not nice to insult the host. Now sit on down here!

He started it.

No, I'll tell you who started it.

You did and your ungrateful behind

that you wanna shake all over this campus.

Ron, wherever I go to school,

I'm gonna be able to take care of myself.

- Ron, just listen to her. - Whose side are you on?

It doesn't matter.

The girl came here to talk to you.

Now sit down and be nice!

Yeah, sit down!

Come on.

Talk.

Now, Ron you have always been there for me.

I mean, if it wasn't for you,

I never would've learned to ride my bike

or�

Or braid my hair or write my name.

You'd have learned by third grade. I did.

But, RJ, I'm not in third grade anymore.

I'm growing up.

I want to come to school here to Hillman,

but if I do, you have to let me have my space.

I promise you, I'll give you all the space you need.

I'll only check on you once a month.

Or twice a week.

Make that every other day.

Excuse me. A culinary delight prepared by the prince of the pot roast.

Mm. Looks delicious.

Looks can be deceiving.

I've had this brother's pot roast.

I'll get it.

Hey, big brother.

Heard you were having a dinner party.

Sorry I'm late. I couldn't find a date.

But I did bring a dessert.

And speaking of sugar�

You so sweet,

I get a toothache just looking at you.

- Ron. - No. You're grown.

You're on your own.

Miss Gilbert, good morning.

Mr. Santos.

Beautiful family.

Yes, thank you!

We're hoping the little one will grow into her nose.

Well, I've reviewed your resume.

And I see you have quite an extensive art background.

Art's my middle name and my first love.

I've made nothing lower than a B+ in my major

and only two of those.

Well, I'm impressed.

So why are you seeking employment with this firm?

My mother plays canasta with your wife's cousin.

Yes! Honesty.

I like that.

Oh, and the fact that

E.H. Wright owns one of the most prestigious and extensive art collections

in the country,

especially with your latest acquisition of those Gauguin.

Oh, you've done your homework.

You noticed.

I like that.

You are obviously well-traveled, multilingual, and you know your art.

But I don't see anything in your resume about business experience.

Business?

Finance.

Finance.

My checkbook balances almost every month.

But seriously�

Seriously�

Um�

Mr. Santos, I have to be honest with you again.

You know all those A's and B's I make in my art courses?

Yes?

My math grades are slightly lower.

Significantly lower.

And I just didn't feel that business was relevant to my life.

Oh, but it's very relevant to this job.

You see, I'm looking for someone

who understands the financing of major art purchases,

the complex structure of loans�

Someone with work experience.

Some business courses, perhaps a summer internship,

museum work, negotiating skills,

someone with some knowledge of auction processes, I mean�

Basically, he wanted someone who was more qualified for the job.

So, what are you gonna do now?

I don't know.

Guess I'll go home to Mama

and spend the first few months redecorating my room.

It won't be that bad.

Titi will be dead soon.

Now, that's something to look forward to.

Whitley, if you want to become an art buyer,

stay in school another year and take some business classes?

Are you in cahoots with Mr. Santos?

He said the same thing?

Yes. Something to that effect

and a summer internship if I do.

Well, that's your answer! A lot of people stay in school a fifth year.

That's right.

Well, hip, hip, hooray for a lot of people.

I'm graduating in May.

My mother has her whole canasta club coming to senior banquet.

She already has the graduation invitations in the mail.

Let's face it, guys.

I blew it. It's� it's too late.

You know, if I thought like that,

I'd still be waiting tables back in Camden, New Jersey.

Whitley, I was 24-years-old when I started college.

I decided back then that I wouldn't let anything or anyone

keep me from getting the education I needed,

in order to get the job that I wanted.

Well, that's you.

Okay, fine.

Go home to your mama and her dying dog.

No. That is not what I want to do.

I want to be an art buyer!

Then take the classes.

What am I going to tell Mama?

What you just told us.

I'll lie.

Oh, great.

I'm not kidding.

I'll tell her I got a man� a freshman.

Titi, put mama on.

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