All language subtitles for S01e01 - Metamorphosis

You must develop some sense of the other
players.

I'm not into group scenes.

I'm not inviting you to an orgy.

If you want me, you gotta let me know.

Take me. I knew it wouldn't work.

The real me is a redhead.

Girl, let me tell you something.

You keep treating your hair like that,
the real you is gonna be bald.

Everybody gets bad reviews.

You're not out of town anymore.

You're in the hot, burning center of the
galaxy.

dream. You want fame.

Well, fame comes.

And right here is where you start
paying.

Thank you very much, Miss Bryant.

We'll be sure to... I have one where
there are flames on my baton, but I

want to set off the sprinklers.

That's very considerate of you.

Miss Bryant.

Uh -huh?

I understand that you're new to our
city, but what I don't understand, and

you can help me.

Uh -huh?

The purpose of our school is to prepare
young people for careers as performers.

Is there a demand for professional baton
twirlers that I'm...

Unaware of?

Well, sure.

If a girl twirls really well, well, she
might get asked to be a cheerleader for

a professional football team.

Thank you very much, Miss Bryant.

We'll let you know.

Thank you.

Bye.

Miss Julie Miller?

Miss Miller, these auditions are for new
arrivals to New York City, and maybe

you could tell us a little bit about
what brings you here.

My mom and dad got divorced.

Anytime you're ready.

summer stuff it was beautiful uh how was
us teaching summer school something

less than beautiful did you get to
perform yeah i got to perform painting

scenery and nailing furniture together
and scrounging up props and i got to

understudy the healthiest engineer that
ever joined equity anyway did you see

bruno martelli because his father said
he was here he's probably in the

auditorium helping to set up light coco
sorry you didn't get to be a star I'm in

Sherwood. I'm already a star. Thing is,
not enough people know it yet is all.

tell you?

I decided that you and me wasted last
year.

What do you think about us getting some
people together and really getting it

together and going... What,

you dig that kind of music?

I like any kind of good music.

She's good.

I'm not taking a cab to school.

It's going to be hard enough to fit in
without arriving like Goody Shoes' gut

rock. Julie, it's been 20 years since I
lived in New York.

Until I know what's happened to that
neighborhood since your father and I

away.

Well, until I know.

Mother, not a taxi.

Come on.

How about a compromise?

Okay. What?

I'll walk you to school.

We want to hear what happened to the
United Nations last week.

Sorry, baby. I'm booked.

Hey!

Solid gold, man. It's a cheap chain. A
hundred carats. Cheap.

Not interested.

Five dollars in the United States? Come
on, man. It's five dollars, man. I don't

wear chains.

It's not for you. It's for the sweet
little fox in your life. I don't have a

fox. You would if you'd be flashing us
around.

Jewish ambassador punches a Chinese
ambassador and a Chinese ambassador gets

off the floor and I thought that was
for. That was for Pearl Harbor. Pearl

Harbor is a Chinese mess. That was a
Japanese. I'm Chinese. Chinese,

What's the difference?

So the next day.

Just kidding.

to some distinction, importance,
dignity, or excellence, to effectively

grand, superior, et cetera,
ostentatious. Who would like to use it

sentence?

Mr. Garcia?

The pretentious Chinese ambassador says,
Iceberg, Goldberg, what's the

difference?

That's enough, Garcia.

This is no song in dance class.

It's English.

You're going to take it and all your
other academic subjects just as

as you take your presumed career.

You're going to work twice as hard as
the other students in this city.

You don't get any breaks because you're
talented or cute or funny.

This is still a high school.

If you don't leave my class speaking,
reading, and writing English properly,

you'll leave it, period.

Same goes for French and algebra and
biology and physics.

Coco Hernandez?

Yes. Use pretentious in a sentence,
please.

Coming to school in a cab is
pretentious.

That's not fair. I come to school in a
taxi every day.

That's different. Your father drives it.

I'm Montgomery.

Here's your books.

Thanks. Can you put them down? I can't
get this thing to work.

Let me see.

Short people understand these things
better than tall people. It comes from

being at a keyhole height during the
formative years.

Hey!

Thanks. What am I going to do when
you're not here to help me?

Sweetheart, no one's running Little Rico
out of town. They can stab me, shoot

me, throw me in the East River. No
matter how tough it gets, you can count

Little Rico. How about in the morning?

Four for a spell.

I'm not sure I can make that, but, uh...
Seriously, if you got any questions...

Yeah, just one or two.

You see, New York City's like a lot of
other cities. It isn't unfriendly, it's

just crowded, so... Everyone carries
around a little piece of invisible

so you don't stare, you don't smile at
strangers.

You don't invade someone's private space
unless you're invited.

That's lesson one. Everyone around here
grows up knowing that.

But what if you didn't grow up here?

Well, someone has to help you.

That's really simple. I can explain it
to you in ten easy lessons.

That many?

Well, it's a big subject. You gotta know
what to do on the streets, who to talk

to, who not to talk to, where to go,
where not to go.

Okay. Okay what?

Okay, will you teach me?

Yeah, but why me?

Because you're the first friendly person
I met in the whole school.

You seem to know what you're talking
about. At least I can understand you.

Sort of.

Hold it.

Hold it.

Martelli, if you please, the same notes
and rhythm as the rest.

I am in rhythm. You are in your rhythm.
You will play in my rhythm, in the

rhythm of the class.

You must develop some sense of the other
players.

I'm not into group scenes.

I'm not inviting you to an orgy, but to
play in an ensemble.

Yes, sir.

A dancer's body remembers every...
Everything.

You learn something once, and it's yours
for life.

But first, you have to become a dancer.

Now, you may be hot stuff up in Harlem,
or you may have the best tutu collection

in the country. Doesn't matter. I don't
have time for prima donnas.

You want to become a dancer? You're
going to have to work.

Work your little tights off.

I ain't wearing no tights.

You've got big dreams.

You want fame.

Well, fame costs.

And right here is where you start paying
in sweat.

I want to see sweat.

And the better you are, the more sweat
I'm going to demand.

So if you never had to fight for
anything in your life, put your gloves

get ready for round one.

And Mama and Daddy's little darlings had
better come out swinging.

What does that mean?

They don't take credit cards.

Okay. Spread out on the floor. We're
going to repeat that modern one

we did yesterday.

But I want you to add arms to the
spiral.

Five, six, seven.

And spiral.

Two.

Release. Two.

Arm spiral.

Two.

Release. Let the arm flow.

And spiral.

Two. Contract.

Two. Extend and release.

Lesson number two.

How do you get around New York?

The buses are so crowded here. I feel
weird in them.

Try the subways at 5 o 'clock. There's
weird.

Yeah, it does get kind of hectic.

Hectic? It gets downright deadly.

You can't stand too close to the edge. A
lot of creeps get their kicks out

wasting people off the tracks.

Wasting people?

Doing away with them.

One morning I saw this woman. Well,
actually, it was half a woman. She was

really gross.

Well, it wasn't the grossest thing I
ever saw. The grossest thing I ever saw

was...

You want some coffee?

No, thanks. I don't drink coffee.

Montgomery? No, me either. My doctor
won't let me. Oh, you get anxiety

too? I don't know if it's anxiety
attacks. You kind of get this pukey

the pit of your stomach, and then your
whole body gets all hot and prickly, and

it feels like a thousand tiny little
fingers are working overtime on your

Sometimes. I feel it, too.

So do I.

Don't stare. Remember what I said? You
got to give people their space.

Well, what about my space?

What are you talking about?

What's going on?

Lesson four, how to waste creep.

Sorry. Do you have eyes?

I said I'm sorry.

They ought to hang a danger sign around
your neck.

The word for the day is deleterious.

Harmful to health, well -being,
property.

Injurious.

Who can use it in a sentence?

Hernandez?

Coffee can be deleterious to some
people's health and to other people's

clothing.

All right, Coco.

That's the general idea. Who can be more
specific?

Darcy?

My Uncle Ramon is a real deleterious
person.

That doesn't tell me what deleterious
means.

I'm not finished yet.

You see, last month he hit the big
number and he moved to the country to

chickens like he always wanted.

Only he's a city dude, see? What does
this have to do with Deleterious?

His chickens all died.

I asked him why. He said, I don't know.
Maybe I planted them too close.

You know, you're real cute.

But either you dress properly for my
class or you won't be in it.

All right, class. Everyone across the
floor in groups of twos, we're going to

repeat what we did yesterday.

I wasn't looking.

You don't have to get A about it.

A has been annoyed.

Oh, I'm not.

I mean, I wouldn't do something like
that deliberately.

Miller, when I say extensions, I don't
mean your mouth.

And the right jeans.

And no jewelry. Ditch the gold chain.

No.

Flashy as out, especially gold.

I don't care.

You can take away the rest of my
identity, but the gold chain is special.

It's very pretty, but... It's more than
that.

Tank, you can't worry about what looks
good. In fact, the better you look, the

bigger the danger.

You don't want to draw attention to
yourself. You want to dress down.

Which brings us to lesson nine, defense
of fashion.

Did you see that?

He winked at me.

Michael Harrison winked at me.

He winks at everybody, Doris.

He's only the most popular boy in
school.

With a tick.

He never noticed me before.

It's my new look.

It's a learned behavioral response.

I knew it would work.

The real me is a redhead.

Girl, let me tell you something.

You keep treating your hair like that,
the real you is going to be bald.

Coming over here.

In person.

Hi, a couple of us are having a party
Friday.

You want to come?

Oh, I don't think so.

I think she's busy.

No, I just, um... Well, then what's
wrong?

Nothing really.

Look, I think you're being really smart.
You probably wouldn't like our friends

anyway. Well, I mean... We have to eat
lunch.

Was it something we said?

I'm on a diet.

I mean, I don't eat.

I mean, I'm free on Friday.

That's okay, dearie. We really have
enough people.

Come on.

You know what you need?

You need exposure. I don't want
exposure.

We could be big.

We? Hey, I don't just dance, see?

I sing, too.

And we could go places.

You can go places. I'm going to the
bathroom.

That was real considerate of you,
considering he's the most popular boy in

school. Doris wanted a date. I have a
boyfriend anyway.

You do?

Yes.

Back in Grand Rapids.

You never said anything.

Well...

I try not to think about him too much.

You really miss him a lot, don't you?

Your sound, and my voice, and a couple
of backup singers, maybe, and a small

band. Band?

For the money, honey, we could clean up.

There are baristas and tea dancers on
the line. I'm not into money.

You don't have to be, baby. You just
keep turning out your music, and I'll

keep doing it. Look, I don't turn out my
music, and I don't perform.

I don't believe you.

I know.

You ain't seen or heard the best of me
yet.

We're going to handle that right here
and now.

I don't work lunchrooms as a rule, but
you deserve a break today.

Just wait right here.

Do you guys remember taking... Looks

like you guys were the crush on that
Michael Harrison

guy.

people in grand rapids get crushes not
the way it is in new york city what do

they get in new york city harpies mostly

who

would you have in mind for your love
who's feeling your affection you ain't

gonna find perfect love

Do you look in my direction?

Father could see you.

Well, he can't.

Not anymore.

Honey, regardless of what happened
between him and me, he's still your

And he expects me to raise you in a
certain way.

Maintain certain standards.

Those standards don't apply anymore.

Is that what all your friends at school
say?

I don't have that many friends.

Why?

Well, they set me apart.

Not all of them, but some.

My dancing was such a big deal in Grand
Rapids.

But here it's kindergarten stuff.

My music's still okay.

But I'm barely in their league
sometimes.

Oh, I hate to sound like a shrink, but
it's a learning experience for both of

us.

I mean, you're trying to fit into your
new school, and I'm trying to wedge my

way into the job market.

But, Mom, I'm trying to fit in with a
preppy wardrobe.

Look, either I look right...

Or I look like a nerd and I get treated
like one.

Want some advice?

Don't answer because you're going to get
it anyway.

Life is not an either or.

I used to think either I make my
marriage work or my life is ruined.

It's not true.

We both used to think either Julie gets
an academic education or a musical one.

It's not true either.

And the school you're going to proves
it. Maybe I'm just not tough enough.

Oh, honey.

You'd be surprised at just how tough you
can be if you have to.

Voice of experience talking now.

You know where in that chain Lester gave
you?

Sweetheart, Lester is back in Grand
Rapids.

Maybe a part of me is, too.

We'll sponsor a mixer next Wednesday for
the benefit of the incoming freshman

class.

All new students are invited to attend
and get acquainted.

There will be a band and entertainment.

Mr. Johnson, would you mind taking off
your hat, please?

Will you please stop being funny? I
wasn't being funny.

Violins are on the way out.

It's the truth.

You don't need strings today.

Did you hear this, Mrs. Tossoff? I
heard.

Orchestras need strings.

Orchestras are an endangered species.

Really, you can do it all on one
instrument.

If you've got a keyboard and some
oscillators and the right combination of

waveforms... He wouldn't need to make
all these dinosaur tracks.

Dinosaur tracks?

Mozart made dinosaur tracks? You should
make such dinosaur tracks.

He wouldn't orchestrate today. He'd
overdub. He wouldn't need all this

stuff and this figure -based business. I
mean, it was probably necessary in

prehistoric days.

It was necessary in Leipzig. It was
necessary in Dresden. It was

the good old days.

Yes, the good old days.

Look, is this a school or museum?

I mean, can't we bury the dead?

I've buried mine, Mr. Martelli.

And I've taught music to other bright
young men with big, brave mouths and

superior visions.

The music survived.

Okay, class. A couple.

From the beginning.

a working man.

Well, how about that?

How about you hasten up this
conversation because I got business

waiting. I'm waiting too for your
homework.

Romeo and Juliet, remember?

I forgot it.

Four days in a row?

Look, I told you I'd done it and I
forgot it. You got ears and you can save

both some breath.

My hearing is fine. It's your homework
that's missing.

And the quality of the few pages I have
is unsatisfactory.

If you want to stay in school.

Ain't nobody making me walk unless I
want to.

I will, Mr. Johnson.

And I won't waste any time.

Yeah? You've been down on me from day
one. When you should have been out there

testifying to all that new life I
donated to your tired little school.

I am down, as you say, on your big open
mouth. Your little... closed

mind, your rude manners, and your fourth
grade reading level.

Yeah, it's not my reading level. You
work it.

It's racial discrimination.

Discrimination?

Well, how about that?

Five whole syllables. There's hope for
you yet.

If I find your missing English
assignments on my desk tomorrow morning.

And if you don't?

You'll be dancing right out of this
school.

You better have more than your mouth
ready when you go making my flight

Four days worth.

I never said I was staying, but I hate
making bigots happy.

Dear Lester, things are very difficult
for me.

The kids here don't accept me no matter
what I do.

They look at me as if I just dropped in
from outer space or something.

Maybe I don't belong here.

Maybe I don't belong in New York.

I miss you desperately.

When I think of last year by the lake
and how you put this chain around my

and how I vowed I'd never take it off
until the day I saw your precious face

again.

You know what I'd like?

I'd like to wake up miles from here A
cabin in the woods somewhere

With a rocking chair You know what I'd
like?

To drive from here to Santa Fe And leave
my past along the way

For yesterday Singing hey

I'd like to write a symphony to play my
life in every key

in harmony.

Take you away where we could spend some
time alone.

Build a house and call it home.

Whoa, babe, I'm home.

I'd like the crazy days to end. To close
my eyes and count to ten.

And to start again.

Close my eyes and count to ten.

And start again.

to this night as is a winged messenger
of heaven.

As is a winged messenger of heaven unto
the white upturned wondering eyes of

mortals that fall back to gaze on him
when he bestrides the lazy pacing cloud

and sails upon the bosom of the air.

Thank you, Montgomery.

That was very nice.

Garcy?

I forgot my book.

Borrow Julie's.

And how you put this chain around my
neck. And how I vowed I'd never take it

until the day I saw your precious face
again.

I miss you more than words alone can
say.

Dear Lester, there is not a night when
you are not in Julie Miller's dreams.

That's enough, Dorothy.

A person's privacy ought to be
respected.

You've got the look of tension headache
number nine.

His name is Scarton.

What'd he do?

It's like they say in the playground in
the third grade, man. You ought to pick

on someone who's on the side.

All right, look.

That's just Scarton. You know the way he
is. He'll do anything to make a joke.

Does he tell Leroy a funny joke about
eating watermelons on the levee? How

a joke for Swarovski on stingy Jews?

Maybe a bit on Italian gangsters for me.

What are you so bent for?

I'm bent about people picking on
minorities.

And in this school, in this city, he is
in the minority.

All the talk we do about talent being
the one thing we care about.

Oh, man, that's not it. The one thing we
care about is laughs and feeling

superior. Just thought we were better
than that.

Good afternoon.

Anything I can help you with today?

Yeah, type.

Certainly. For yourself?

Yeah. What size?

I don't know.

Medium, I'd say.

You're right, medium.

Colored?

I imagine you'd prefer black, don't you?

Yeah, black type.

That's that man right there.

Dance belt?

Say what?

Do you have a dance belt?

For most tights, I say you don't need no
belt.

Young man, we're not talking about that
kind of belt. You see, most tights are,

well, tight.

You ain't talking to no fool turkey.

Well, I know that. Tights are tight. I
know that.

Young man, you'll need what you would
call a jock.

Oh, why don't you say that?

Now, let's see what we have here for
you.

How are these?

Not the kid.

Nah, that's all right. No way. Put no
tights on tight tight.

Leroy, where are your tights? Up. No,
don't.

me you forgot them. That was last week's
excuse.

No, I didn't forget them. See, I washed
them, right? And they shrunk up.

Then when I put them on, they were so
tight, they cut off my circulation and I

couldn't walk.

It's awful, Leroy.

I tell you what, you bring them in to me
tomorrow morning and I'll trade you for

a pair that fits you, okay?

Okay.

And take off the earrings, Phoenicia.

But these aren't earrings exactly.

But what are they exactly?

They're religious objects.

Tribal warriors in Africa wear them to
ward off evil spirits.

Well, when your troupe performs in
Togoland, you can wear all of your

my dear girl. You can stick an elephant
tusk through your nose if you want to.

But in my class, between the hours of 2
and 3 p .m., we are not praying, we are

dancing.

Without jewelry.

Off with the necklace, Miller.

It's not a necklace.

It's not just... Oh, no, no, don't tell
me. I know. Another religious object.

You don't understand.

I promised that I wouldn't take it
off... Dear Lester, I remember that

day when your precious fingers put this
precious chain around my precious neck,

and I promised myself...

moon child, aren't you?

I beg your pardon?

What's your birthday?

July 13th. I thought so.

That's why you're into big emotional
scenes.

I am not into big emotional scenes!

If you gave me half a chance!

Hey, nobody gives you anything, baby.

You make your own chances.

Come on, Coco.

Constant ridicule doesn't help. Forget
it!

Everybody gets bad reviews.

You're not out of town anymore.

You're in the hot, burning center of the
galaxy.

You ought to thank her.

Thank her?

People around here want to get looked
at, and she gave you a spotlight.

I don't want that spotlight. What are
you doing here?

I don't know.

Yeah.

Well, I do.

You're good.

You're not as good as me.

But then you don't have my experience or
my planets.

A friend of my sister's, see, she tells
fortunes and stuff.

And she says I have the sun and the moon
in my hand.

All I have to do is wait for opportunity
to knock.

Why are you telling me this?

Because in this school, you gotta be
tough.

You can't cry over an unkind word.

You gotta work harder.

Prove them wrong.

But you won't.

Not if you really belong here.

If you're a professional.

Baby, look at me and tell me what you
see.

You ain't seen the best of me yet.

Give me time, I'll make you forget the
rest.

I've got more.

The word for the day is metamorphosis.

One, a change of form, shape, structure,
or substance.

Transformation. Two, a marked or
complete change of character,

condition. Who would like to use it in a
sentence?

Mr. Martelli?

I never metamorphosis. I didn't like it.

Hello.