1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:49,291 --> 00:00:50,958 Before Abigail, 4 00:00:51,166 --> 00:00:53,083 I never had a real relationship. 5 00:01:07,416 --> 00:01:09,583 She said she just needed some time. 6 00:01:19,916 --> 00:01:22,791 But eight weeks feels a little long for a break. 7 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:23,958 Woohoo! 8 00:01:24,166 --> 00:01:25,333 Beautiful day! 9 00:01:27,208 --> 00:01:28,875 The first day of school, 10 00:01:30,625 --> 00:01:33,166 an opportunity for a fresh start. 11 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:41,416 For second chances. 12 00:01:48,625 --> 00:01:50,916 I bet Eugene O'Neill never had to work 13 00:01:51,125 --> 00:01:52,666 at a middle school. 14 00:02:10,583 --> 00:02:12,125 Hey, Doug! You in there? 15 00:02:14,208 --> 00:02:16,916 Hey, uh, just a quickie reminder, 16 00:02:17,125 --> 00:02:19,208 we have a "no-lock doors" policy at the school. 17 00:02:19,416 --> 00:02:20,458 Right, sorry. 18 00:02:20,666 --> 00:02:22,458 Oh, no, it's early enough. 19 00:02:22,666 --> 00:02:23,833 There are no kids here, 20 00:02:24,041 --> 00:02:25,541 so I guess we can let it slide. 21 00:02:26,416 --> 00:02:27,958 Uh, come on in. 22 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:31,583 Clark Gable. 23 00:02:32,833 --> 00:02:34,250 Gone with the Wind, right? 24 00:02:35,166 --> 00:02:37,541 Yeah, it's a little problematic today though. 25 00:02:37,750 --> 00:02:38,875 Yeah. 26 00:02:39,083 --> 00:02:39,958 Hmm. 27 00:02:40,458 --> 00:02:41,916 Yeah, I wanted to pop in 28 00:02:42,125 --> 00:02:43,791 and tell you I saw your car in the parking lot. 29 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,833 Uh, what you got there, Lexus? 30 00:02:46,041 --> 00:02:47,208 Korean, right? 31 00:02:47,416 --> 00:02:48,583 Japanese. Ah! 32 00:02:48,791 --> 00:02:51,083 Sick. Anyway, so I saw the car, 33 00:02:51,291 --> 00:02:53,541 it has last year's parking pass. 34 00:02:53,750 --> 00:02:55,333 Yeah, sorry about that. 35 00:02:55,541 --> 00:02:57,208 I've been meaning to get on that. 36 00:02:57,416 --> 00:02:58,375 I got a lot going on. 37 00:02:58,583 --> 00:02:59,958 It's early in the year. 38 00:03:00,166 --> 00:03:01,416 A lot of stuff's happening. 39 00:03:02,791 --> 00:03:03,875 Yeah, that's it. 40 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:05,375 Just, um, you know, 41 00:03:06,541 --> 00:03:08,166 fix the parking pass. 42 00:03:09,458 --> 00:03:11,000 People look up to us. 43 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:14,125 We lead by example. 44 00:03:14,333 --> 00:03:15,833 Yeah. I'll get right on it. 45 00:03:19,541 --> 00:03:21,041 Oh. 46 00:03:22,333 --> 00:03:24,125 Don't forget, we have the all-hands 47 00:03:24,333 --> 00:03:26,416 at the gymnatorium. 48 00:03:26,625 --> 00:03:28,208 I'll be there with bells on. 49 00:03:28,416 --> 00:03:29,958 Good to see you, Doug. 50 00:03:37,916 --> 00:03:39,375 This time last year, 51 00:03:39,583 --> 00:03:41,750 Abigail and I were just getting started. 52 00:03:50,916 --> 00:03:52,250 Late rehearsals, 53 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,458 takeout becomes dinner in my office. 54 00:03:58,333 --> 00:04:00,041 Just need to get through that first conversation. 55 00:04:20,916 --> 00:04:23,458 Seriously, all the Danishes are gone. 56 00:04:23,666 --> 00:04:24,875 - Ugh. - Yeah, yeah. 57 00:04:25,083 --> 00:04:26,958 - I bet you it was Mrs. Grant. - Hmm. 58 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:28,833 All right. 59 00:04:29,041 --> 00:04:30,916 Good morning, everyone. 60 00:04:31,125 --> 00:04:35,541 I just wanna do a couple of housekeeping notes 61 00:04:35,750 --> 00:04:41,000 before we get started on an amazing Cedarhurst year. 62 00:04:41,208 --> 00:04:43,000 I can't believe those long summer nights 63 00:04:43,208 --> 00:04:45,750 are over already. 64 00:04:45,958 --> 00:04:48,250 Okay. First, and this is a big one. 65 00:04:48,458 --> 00:04:50,666 I have heard through the grape vine, 66 00:04:50,875 --> 00:04:53,833 and possibly a source in the city council's office, 67 00:04:54,041 --> 00:04:55,666 my brother, 68 00:04:55,875 --> 00:05:00,333 that we are this close to getting added 69 00:05:00,541 --> 00:05:04,666 to the Southern California Blue Ribbon Schools List. 70 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,041 And it's-- and it's been a team effort. 71 00:05:10,250 --> 00:05:13,375 But when I got here just two years ago, 72 00:05:13,583 --> 00:05:15,708 it was at the top of my priorities. 73 00:05:15,916 --> 00:05:17,416 And now here we are. 74 00:05:17,625 --> 00:05:20,958 But it doesn't happen without everybody in this room. 75 00:05:21,166 --> 00:05:22,541 All right. So let's make sure 76 00:05:22,750 --> 00:05:24,791 we keep the learning train chugging 77 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,875 with Reading and Science and Español. 78 00:05:30,083 --> 00:05:31,583 Excellenté. 79 00:05:31,791 --> 00:05:34,958 It's very important to have everything buttoned up 80 00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:37,666 because the committee is paying attention. 81 00:05:37,875 --> 00:05:39,625 We all saw what happened to Woodcliff 82 00:05:39,833 --> 00:05:42,208 when they started teaching Harry Potter. 83 00:05:42,416 --> 00:05:44,583 The left thought it was anti-trans. 84 00:05:44,791 --> 00:05:46,458 The right thought it was anti-Christian. 85 00:05:46,666 --> 00:05:48,125 And I think they're not winning 86 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:49,916 the Blue Ribbon this year. 87 00:05:50,125 --> 00:05:51,166 Okay. 88 00:05:51,375 --> 00:05:52,333 Um, all right. 89 00:05:52,541 --> 00:05:54,458 Let's talk extracurricular. 90 00:06:10,125 --> 00:06:11,875 I said, Doug, what do we got cooking 91 00:06:12,083 --> 00:06:13,083 for the school play? 92 00:06:13,291 --> 00:06:14,666 Uh, West Side Story. 93 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,625 Uh, we're gonna do West Side-- 94 00:06:16,833 --> 00:06:18,541 West Side Story. Oh. 95 00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:20,875 ♪ Maria, Maria ♪ 96 00:06:21,083 --> 00:06:23,041 Oh, that sounds like Carlos Santana. 97 00:06:23,250 --> 00:06:24,500 Yeah, and I think it is. 98 00:06:24,708 --> 00:06:26,125 The Blue Ribbon panel will love it. 99 00:06:26,333 --> 00:06:27,875 Next year, we'll do Ironman. 100 00:06:28,083 --> 00:06:29,291 Okay. 101 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:31,083 I guess that's it. Everyone, thank you. 102 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:32,208 Oh, I'm so sorry. 103 00:06:32,416 --> 00:06:34,333 There's--we have a birthday. 104 00:06:34,541 --> 00:06:39,416 Um, this woman is not only an amazing teacher, 105 00:06:39,625 --> 00:06:42,791 but she is a fantastic artist. 106 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,208 Abigail Morris, we love you so much. 107 00:06:45,416 --> 00:06:47,791 You're an amazing woman. 108 00:06:52,208 --> 00:06:53,666 Hey, Doug, 109 00:06:53,875 --> 00:06:56,583 I sang alto in college if you need anybody. 110 00:06:56,791 --> 00:07:00,166 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 111 00:07:00,375 --> 00:07:02,208 ♪ Happy birthday ♪ 112 00:07:02,416 --> 00:07:06,166 ♪ Happy birthday, dear Abigail ♪ 113 00:07:06,375 --> 00:07:08,666 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 114 00:07:08,875 --> 00:07:11,666 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 115 00:07:11,875 --> 00:07:13,125 Fuck! 116 00:07:14,791 --> 00:07:16,041 Mr. L? 117 00:07:16,250 --> 00:07:18,750 Sorry. 118 00:07:22,625 --> 00:07:24,375 Move! Move! 119 00:07:24,583 --> 00:07:26,541 We can do this all year. 120 00:07:34,666 --> 00:07:36,375 If nobody shows up within 15 minutes, 121 00:07:36,583 --> 00:07:38,625 we're legally allowed to leave. 122 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:40,833 Where would we go? It's not like we have a ride. 123 00:07:51,375 --> 00:07:53,458 - Hey, Mr. L? - Yes, Lata? 124 00:07:53,666 --> 00:07:55,333 Do know when sign-ups are going up? 125 00:07:55,541 --> 00:07:58,791 I will make an announcement to the class about sign-ups 126 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,708 at the appropriate time. 127 00:08:00,916 --> 00:08:03,333 Okay, great. 128 00:08:06,416 --> 00:08:08,458 Mikey, pass out those scripts! 129 00:08:08,666 --> 00:08:10,166 Yes, Mr. L. 130 00:08:24,625 --> 00:08:26,458 Who knows what a tragedy is? 131 00:08:28,916 --> 00:08:30,083 We'll pick this up tomorrow. 132 00:08:54,750 --> 00:08:57,083 - Abigail? - Oh. Hi, Doug. 133 00:08:57,875 --> 00:08:59,375 Hi, I'm sorry. I was-- 134 00:08:59,583 --> 00:09:00,708 I was trying to talk to you. 135 00:09:00,916 --> 00:09:02,500 Actually, I need to talk to you too. 136 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:05,083 Oh, real--really? Um, well, great. 137 00:09:05,291 --> 00:09:07,083 Uh, I was just on my way up to my classroom 138 00:09:07,291 --> 00:09:08,208 if you wanna... 139 00:09:09,125 --> 00:09:10,833 Yeah, that sounds fine, yeah. 140 00:09:11,041 --> 00:09:12,791 Okay. Well... 141 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,333 Okay. ...after you. 142 00:09:16,333 --> 00:09:18,166 West Side Story. 143 00:09:18,375 --> 00:09:20,000 Wow, so fun. 144 00:09:20,625 --> 00:09:22,000 Yeah, I mean, 145 00:09:22,750 --> 00:09:26,041 it's not the most original idea in the world, 146 00:09:26,250 --> 00:09:28,375 but it could be fun. 147 00:09:30,625 --> 00:09:33,041 Um, and, you know, 148 00:09:33,250 --> 00:09:36,125 maybe we could build a fire escape. 149 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:39,916 Yeah. I don't know that insurance would cover that, 150 00:09:40,125 --> 00:09:42,125 but--but maybe. 151 00:09:45,208 --> 00:09:47,416 You said you wanted to talk to me about something. 152 00:09:47,625 --> 00:09:49,000 - Is that what it was? - Yeah. 153 00:09:49,208 --> 00:09:50,250 Yeah--well, no. 154 00:09:50,458 --> 00:09:52,333 - I-- - Well, um, wait one sec. 155 00:10:07,125 --> 00:10:12,416 Um, I know that it's your birthday. 156 00:10:12,625 --> 00:10:14,791 So I... 157 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:17,791 got you this. 158 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,375 Wow. 159 00:10:20,625 --> 00:10:21,833 Oh, wow. 160 00:10:22,041 --> 00:10:23,541 Doug, I... 161 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:28,500 Um, and I also-- I just wanted to say 162 00:10:28,708 --> 00:10:31,208 I am really sorry, 163 00:10:31,416 --> 00:10:36,208 um, for how I was about... PDA. 164 00:10:36,416 --> 00:10:38,000 - Hmm. - And also about 165 00:10:38,208 --> 00:10:40,375 intimacy in general. 166 00:10:40,583 --> 00:10:42,291 Um... 167 00:10:43,958 --> 00:10:46,541 my therapist, 168 00:10:46,750 --> 00:10:51,625 uh, said that I have a PTSD response to human touch. 169 00:10:53,083 --> 00:10:58,041 Wow. Um, I'm so happy for you. 170 00:10:58,250 --> 00:10:59,833 I mean, because of the therapy, 171 00:11:00,041 --> 00:11:01,000 not because of the P... 172 00:11:01,208 --> 00:11:02,541 Right, yeah. 173 00:11:02,750 --> 00:11:05,000 I--well I-- so I was just wondering 174 00:11:05,208 --> 00:11:07,375 if maybe you wanted 175 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:12,375 to, um, go out and try again 176 00:11:12,583 --> 00:11:13,875 - and maybe get a drink? - Doug, 177 00:11:14,083 --> 00:11:15,291 - wow, Doug-- - Because I just-- 178 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:16,916 - I feel like-- - Doug, Doug... 179 00:11:17,125 --> 00:11:20,833 What--sorry. You say what you wanted to say. 180 00:11:21,958 --> 00:11:23,875 I wanted you to hear it from me first, 181 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:25,750 before you heard it from somebody else. 182 00:11:28,250 --> 00:11:30,625 I'm seeing Michael. 183 00:11:36,541 --> 00:11:38,291 Principal Brady. 184 00:11:44,625 --> 00:11:48,666 So, are we still on a break? 185 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:53,208 Yeah, but not really a break. 186 00:11:53,416 --> 00:11:56,166 It's more like we're broken. 187 00:11:56,375 --> 00:11:58,625 I'm really sorry, Doug. 188 00:11:58,833 --> 00:12:00,791 But, you know, 189 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,958 I think we can still work together just fine 190 00:12:03,166 --> 00:12:05,375 because nobody even knew we were dating. 191 00:12:06,666 --> 00:12:08,041 Totally. 192 00:12:08,250 --> 00:12:09,416 Yeah. 193 00:12:14,541 --> 00:12:18,208 See you-- see you around campus. 194 00:12:43,708 --> 00:12:45,583 The writer is a paradox. 195 00:12:47,750 --> 00:12:50,000 He has to step back from the world 196 00:12:50,208 --> 00:12:52,083 in order to understand it. 197 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:02,458 And yet, be immersed in it, 198 00:13:02,666 --> 00:13:05,958 to absorb every excruciating detail. 199 00:13:14,291 --> 00:13:16,875 He finds meaning in a world 200 00:13:17,083 --> 00:13:18,958 that makes no sense. 201 00:13:31,708 --> 00:13:33,333 Principal Brady? 202 00:13:33,541 --> 00:13:35,250 How does that even happen? You know what? 203 00:13:35,458 --> 00:13:37,916 I bet it was teacher's retreat. That's so classic. 204 00:13:38,125 --> 00:13:39,583 What a fucking snake. 205 00:13:39,791 --> 00:13:41,833 Whatever. It was a distraction anyway. 206 00:13:42,041 --> 00:13:46,166 Now I can really focus, get the fellowship. 207 00:13:46,375 --> 00:13:49,041 - Go to New York. - Yes. Awesome. 208 00:13:49,250 --> 00:13:50,875 Yes. This is a speed bump, brother. 209 00:13:51,083 --> 00:13:54,416 There's only one Broadway, and it's in New York! 210 00:13:57,291 --> 00:13:59,500 You know she, um, messaged me 211 00:13:59,708 --> 00:14:01,333 about the fundraiser you were having? 212 00:14:03,333 --> 00:14:05,750 - She texted you? - Oh, God. 213 00:14:05,958 --> 00:14:09,250 I think just like about the venue and hosting it here. 214 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:11,500 Or we don't have to at all. 215 00:14:11,708 --> 00:14:12,958 Don't mean to step on your toes. 216 00:14:13,166 --> 00:14:15,750 Let's-- no. No, no, no. It's fine. 217 00:14:15,958 --> 00:14:18,791 I just don't know what she sees in him. 218 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,625 That guy is like a-- a boiled cabbage of a person. 219 00:14:22,833 --> 00:14:25,375 Bet he hasn't read a book since high school. 220 00:14:28,083 --> 00:14:30,541 You're gonna be fine. Truly, you know? 221 00:14:30,750 --> 00:14:33,750 You just have to move forward and accept it. 222 00:14:33,958 --> 00:14:36,458 I mean, if plans change, you shift it up. 223 00:14:36,666 --> 00:14:38,833 And if you're getting stressed out, 224 00:14:39,041 --> 00:14:40,416 put that into your creative work. 225 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,291 All right. 226 00:14:50,041 --> 00:14:52,666 I wanna thank everyone for coming out today. 227 00:14:52,875 --> 00:14:54,083 You all made the time to-- 228 00:14:54,291 --> 00:14:55,416 Hi! 229 00:14:55,625 --> 00:14:57,000 I'm sorry, did you start already? 230 00:15:00,041 --> 00:15:01,208 Just one second. 231 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,791 Oh, look at you. You look amazing. 232 00:15:06,958 --> 00:15:08,333 Hey, girl. - Yes. 233 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,625 - What are you doing here? - Oh, well, 234 00:15:13,833 --> 00:15:15,041 it's auditions. 235 00:15:15,250 --> 00:15:16,583 - It's so exciting. - Right. 236 00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:18,333 I was thinking for the set we could-- 237 00:15:18,541 --> 00:15:20,500 What? You don't need to be here. 238 00:15:20,708 --> 00:15:22,208 Well, I mean, I was here last year. 239 00:15:22,416 --> 00:15:23,708 Last year was different. 240 00:15:24,208 --> 00:15:26,250 Well, I already started working on the model 241 00:15:26,458 --> 00:15:27,833 - for New York. - Right. 242 00:15:28,041 --> 00:15:30,208 I'll send Mikey to grab it when it's ready. 243 00:15:30,416 --> 00:15:31,541 I'm sure it's great. 244 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,625 It's a quarter past. 245 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:36,416 Thank you, Mikey. 246 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:41,125 Then I guess I'll just finish the model and get it to you. 247 00:15:50,625 --> 00:15:52,041 Find a way to lock these doors. 248 00:15:58,375 --> 00:15:59,666 As I was saying... 249 00:16:03,833 --> 00:16:06,041 you've all been working very hard, 250 00:16:07,291 --> 00:16:10,958 but not everyone can get a starring role. 251 00:16:19,375 --> 00:16:22,958 In fact, most of you won't get a starring role. 252 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:28,375 ♪ I ain't got nobody ♪ 253 00:16:28,583 --> 00:16:32,625 ♪ And somebody cares for me ♪ 254 00:16:34,083 --> 00:16:38,833 ♪ I'm so sad and lonely ♪ 255 00:16:39,041 --> 00:16:40,875 ♪ Won't somebody come and take a chance... ♪ 256 00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:45,125 Because sometimes what you have to offer 257 00:16:45,875 --> 00:16:49,333 isn't what other people think they're looking for. 258 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,666 Even if you disagree. 259 00:16:54,875 --> 00:16:57,083 Even if you think that's stupid. 260 00:16:58,208 --> 00:16:59,375 That's just the way it is. 261 00:17:01,291 --> 00:17:03,166 And you gotta deal with it. 262 00:17:05,666 --> 00:17:07,541 There's no going back in time. 263 00:17:09,166 --> 00:17:10,333 No resets. 264 00:17:11,416 --> 00:17:12,875 No do-overs. 265 00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:24,916 So you just gotta become a massive success... 266 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,083 to prove them wrong. 267 00:17:43,083 --> 00:17:45,083 I want you to post the list 268 00:17:45,291 --> 00:17:46,916 and get back here as fast as you can. 269 00:17:47,125 --> 00:17:48,291 All right. 270 00:17:51,291 --> 00:17:53,958 Mikey is posting the cast list. 271 00:17:54,166 --> 00:17:56,666 All decisions are final. 272 00:18:07,416 --> 00:18:08,416 Worried about the chorus. 273 00:18:08,625 --> 00:18:10,208 You can always pair it down. 274 00:18:11,125 --> 00:18:12,541 You chose Cindy for the lead? 275 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,125 Lata, you're an amazing dancer. 276 00:18:16,333 --> 00:18:19,041 Cindy is an amazing singer. 277 00:18:19,250 --> 00:18:20,583 But she's White. 278 00:18:20,791 --> 00:18:23,583 It says she's supposed to be Puerto Rican. 279 00:18:23,791 --> 00:18:25,250 Are you Puerto Rican? 280 00:18:25,458 --> 00:18:27,125 She doesn't even speak Spanish. 281 00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:28,333 Cindy! 282 00:18:29,791 --> 00:18:31,458 Do you speak Spanish? 283 00:18:39,958 --> 00:18:41,458 Let me tell you something, Lata. 284 00:18:42,416 --> 00:18:46,083 The thing about life is, sometimes you win. 285 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,041 But sometimes, you watch your enemy 286 00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:53,541 steal what could have been yours. 287 00:18:56,625 --> 00:18:59,791 There are no small parts, only small actors. 288 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,250 But-- No, no. 289 00:19:01,458 --> 00:19:04,416 You're number one in the ensemble. 290 00:19:04,625 --> 00:19:06,916 This is erasure. 291 00:19:16,458 --> 00:19:17,666 I dunno what I was thinking 292 00:19:17,875 --> 00:19:19,958 to sign up to chaperone a zoo trip. 293 00:19:20,166 --> 00:19:22,166 Okay. I wanted to see the pandas, so sue me. 294 00:19:22,375 --> 00:19:23,875 Hey, can I scan while you print? 295 00:19:24,083 --> 00:19:25,333 Yeah. Yeah. 296 00:19:25,541 --> 00:19:27,500 And then these stupid little perverts 297 00:19:27,708 --> 00:19:30,333 wanna get their grubby little hands on everything. 298 00:19:30,541 --> 00:19:33,416 Pretty soon Danny DelCole's got his arm stuck 299 00:19:33,625 --> 00:19:36,416 in the tortoise enclosure, and he's screaming. 300 00:19:37,333 --> 00:19:38,500 Ugh. 301 00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:41,500 Ooh. Look, pretty crazy, huh? 302 00:19:41,708 --> 00:19:43,666 Yeah, I think it's pretty inappropriate. 303 00:19:43,875 --> 00:19:46,291 Apparently, her last boyfriend 304 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:47,916 was a real hot mess. 305 00:19:48,125 --> 00:19:49,416 I mean, emotionally, you know. 306 00:19:49,625 --> 00:19:51,000 - Did she say that? - Oh, no. 307 00:19:51,208 --> 00:19:53,375 Principal Brady did. 308 00:19:53,958 --> 00:19:55,916 Well, did--any idea who it was? 309 00:19:56,125 --> 00:19:57,375 Not a clue. 310 00:19:57,833 --> 00:19:59,333 They've been going out for a while. 311 00:19:59,541 --> 00:20:00,875 They didn't want anyone to know, 312 00:20:01,083 --> 00:20:02,833 they don't want the old guy to find out. 313 00:20:03,041 --> 00:20:05,000 But I mean, what's he gonna do? 314 00:20:05,541 --> 00:20:07,541 Principal Brady does jiu-jitsu. 315 00:20:11,416 --> 00:20:13,333 Are you okay? - Huh? Well, yeah. 316 00:20:13,541 --> 00:20:15,000 I put the holes on the wrong side... 317 00:20:15,208 --> 00:20:16,624 - Everybody. - ...of the thing. 318 00:20:16,625 --> 00:20:18,750 Last minute additions to the morning announcement? 319 00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:20,916 Doug? 320 00:20:22,833 --> 00:20:24,416 All locked up then. All right. 321 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:27,416 Jiu-jitsu. 322 00:20:34,708 --> 00:20:36,166 Hello, students, 323 00:20:36,375 --> 00:20:38,500 and welcome to another beautiful day 324 00:20:38,708 --> 00:20:40,500 here at Cedarhurst Middle School. 325 00:20:41,250 --> 00:20:42,833 I just wanna let everyone know 326 00:20:43,041 --> 00:20:45,625 that our Art teacher, Abigail Morris, 327 00:20:45,833 --> 00:20:47,416 is much happier now 328 00:20:47,625 --> 00:20:50,375 that she is having the best sex of her life. 329 00:20:55,416 --> 00:20:56,791 Her previous boyfriend 330 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,416 can't definitively say 331 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:00,125 whether he's ever given a woman an orgasm. 332 00:21:01,041 --> 00:21:02,666 So if you see him in the halls, 333 00:21:02,875 --> 00:21:04,916 make sure you look right at him and say nothing. 334 00:21:08,708 --> 00:21:10,083 He will know what you mean. 335 00:21:11,125 --> 00:21:13,250 Finally, a reminder to look out for each other. 336 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:17,000 Here at Cedarhurst, we're a community 337 00:21:17,208 --> 00:21:18,583 and we rise and fall together. 338 00:21:18,791 --> 00:21:20,083 Special delivery. 339 00:21:41,541 --> 00:21:44,333 Mikey, go to class. 340 00:21:44,625 --> 00:21:47,708 All right, Mr.-- 341 00:22:24,250 --> 00:22:26,791 Sometimes, it feels like a dream. 342 00:22:28,125 --> 00:22:29,791 And then I remember... 343 00:22:31,666 --> 00:22:34,208 Principal Brady. 344 00:22:36,333 --> 00:22:38,500 When the muse calls, 345 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:41,041 you answer. 346 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,500 Look at him. Big salami. 347 00:22:53,958 --> 00:22:56,458 Good luck getting the Blue Ribbon 348 00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:58,291 when every paper in the country 349 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:00,166 is calling for your head. 350 00:23:11,208 --> 00:23:12,666 All right, people. Circle up. 351 00:23:20,041 --> 00:23:22,458 All right. Now, I know everyone's excited. 352 00:23:23,125 --> 00:23:24,916 But do we really wanna do the same play 353 00:23:25,125 --> 00:23:27,125 that every other school does? 354 00:23:27,875 --> 00:23:31,458 Or do we wanna do something special, contemporary? 355 00:23:31,666 --> 00:23:33,916 Is this about me not being Spanish or whatever? 356 00:23:34,125 --> 00:23:35,458 Latina. 357 00:23:35,666 --> 00:23:37,166 I just think that the best parts 358 00:23:37,375 --> 00:23:38,624 go to the best people. 359 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:41,458 I mean, we're all actors, right? Let us act. 360 00:23:41,666 --> 00:23:44,333 It's not like there's a lot of roles for Latina girls. 361 00:23:44,541 --> 00:23:47,458 Shouldn't we at least try to be realistic? 362 00:23:47,666 --> 00:23:49,916 Okay. So Black people can't play Hamlet then? 363 00:23:50,125 --> 00:23:52,708 That's not what I mean. And what do you mean? 364 00:23:52,916 --> 00:23:55,041 Okay. Okay. 365 00:23:55,250 --> 00:23:56,833 This is what I'm talking about. 366 00:23:57,041 --> 00:24:01,416 We are arguing about something that is a hundred years old 367 00:24:01,625 --> 00:24:04,041 when we could be talking about something new. 368 00:24:04,583 --> 00:24:07,208 You said this play has never been done before, right? 369 00:24:07,416 --> 00:24:08,750 What if that's because it sucks? 370 00:24:08,958 --> 00:24:10,500 Okay. It doesn't suck. 371 00:24:10,708 --> 00:24:13,708 You know what? If anything, West Side Story sucks. 372 00:24:15,416 --> 00:24:19,000 This is about real people 373 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:22,875 and how they stand up for what they think is right, 374 00:24:23,708 --> 00:24:25,625 for what they believe in, 375 00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:27,625 even if it means breaking the rules. 376 00:24:28,125 --> 00:24:31,625 Not about killing your girlfriend's brother 377 00:24:31,833 --> 00:24:33,375 just because you're sad. 378 00:24:33,583 --> 00:24:34,791 Is that what happens? 379 00:24:35,458 --> 00:24:37,041 Will we have to audition again? 380 00:24:37,250 --> 00:24:38,583 Audition? 381 00:24:38,791 --> 00:24:41,500 No, everyone who has a lead stays a lead. 382 00:24:41,708 --> 00:24:43,125 Well then, I think we should do it. 383 00:24:43,333 --> 00:24:45,000 - It's-- - Listen, listen. 384 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Acting is about trust. 385 00:24:49,541 --> 00:24:52,250 You trust your scene partner 386 00:24:52,458 --> 00:24:55,708 to support you and you trust your director 387 00:24:55,916 --> 00:24:59,375 to have a vision, and you trust yourself 388 00:24:59,583 --> 00:25:01,500 to step out on that stage 389 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:04,583 in front of an audience and deliver. 390 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:08,833 Do you trust me? 391 00:25:33,416 --> 00:25:35,125 Okay. There's just one more thing. 392 00:25:36,750 --> 00:25:40,583 We can't tell anybody what we're doing. 393 00:25:40,791 --> 00:25:43,375 Parents, friends, no one can know. 394 00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:44,875 You want us to lie? 395 00:25:45,083 --> 00:25:46,833 What? No. No. 396 00:25:47,041 --> 00:25:51,041 Not lie, just not tell anyone. 397 00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:52,708 I tell my parents everything. 398 00:25:52,916 --> 00:25:55,208 Well, think about it like this. 399 00:25:55,416 --> 00:25:57,458 Remember when you found out Santa wasn't real? 400 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:02,500 So your parents lie to you but it's not a bad thing. 401 00:26:02,708 --> 00:26:04,124 Sure they're fibbing, but only 402 00:26:04,125 --> 00:26:06,166 'cause they want Christmas to be that much better. 403 00:26:06,375 --> 00:26:08,125 In my house, we celebrate Hanukkah. 404 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:09,415 Instead of one night-- 405 00:26:09,416 --> 00:26:11,041 It's eight nights, yeah, we all know. 406 00:26:11,250 --> 00:26:13,500 Look, let me let you in on a little secret. 407 00:26:13,708 --> 00:26:18,500 The superpower of the theater is the element of surprise. 408 00:26:18,708 --> 00:26:21,916 When we perform for our audience, 409 00:26:22,125 --> 00:26:25,166 do we wanna give them the best Christmas ever, 410 00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:29,375 or do we wanna make them cry because Santa isn't real? 411 00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:35,083 The superpower of the theater is the element of surprise. 412 00:26:35,833 --> 00:26:37,916 The superpower of the theater 413 00:26:38,125 --> 00:26:39,916 - is the element of surprise. - Again. 414 00:26:40,125 --> 00:26:41,583 The superpower of the theater 415 00:26:41,791 --> 00:26:43,374 is the element of surprise! 416 00:26:43,375 --> 00:26:45,583 The superpower of the theater is the element of surprise! 417 00:26:45,791 --> 00:26:47,458 Okay, people. Let's get to work! 418 00:26:47,666 --> 00:26:49,041 Put on your blacks! 419 00:27:52,666 --> 00:27:53,833 See you later. 420 00:27:55,083 --> 00:27:56,916 Don't listen to them, Mikey. 421 00:27:57,125 --> 00:27:58,375 What? 422 00:27:58,583 --> 00:28:00,708 The people that want you to settle. 423 00:28:03,791 --> 00:28:06,583 When I got out of undergrad, Wesleyan, 424 00:28:07,916 --> 00:28:09,708 I had a grant for a play. 425 00:28:09,916 --> 00:28:12,041 Small opening, well-reviewed. 426 00:28:12,958 --> 00:28:15,375 We were all set to open Off-Broadway 427 00:28:16,625 --> 00:28:18,500 and the producer disappeared. 428 00:28:19,375 --> 00:28:22,500 He said it was a pulmonary embolism. 429 00:28:24,666 --> 00:28:26,416 I know he took that money. 430 00:28:27,958 --> 00:28:29,458 Oh. So I moved back in 431 00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:31,041 with my mom in Sylmar. 432 00:28:31,958 --> 00:28:33,541 Do you know where Sylmar is, Mikey? 433 00:28:40,625 --> 00:28:42,083 And then she got sick. 434 00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:45,541 I thought I'd work here for a year. 435 00:28:49,250 --> 00:28:50,958 It's you against the world, Mikey. 436 00:28:55,041 --> 00:28:57,083 We got those flow-y robes, right? 437 00:28:57,291 --> 00:28:58,750 It says they're in transit. 438 00:29:01,541 --> 00:29:03,208 Well, if that's it, 439 00:29:03,916 --> 00:29:05,916 I better get going before I miss my bus. 440 00:29:06,125 --> 00:29:08,250 Your bus? I'll take you home. 441 00:29:08,458 --> 00:29:10,333 You don't have to. Don't be crazy. 442 00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:12,125 Come on. 443 00:29:17,375 --> 00:29:21,375 You know, Lexus was the first car 444 00:29:21,583 --> 00:29:23,291 to have seat warmers? 445 00:29:24,708 --> 00:29:25,875 That's cool. 446 00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:28,625 You ever use them? 447 00:29:29,458 --> 00:29:31,500 It's nice to have the option. 448 00:29:39,625 --> 00:29:40,833 Mr. L? 449 00:29:41,375 --> 00:29:42,541 Wazzup? 450 00:29:43,458 --> 00:29:44,875 I was wondering, 451 00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:47,208 why do we have to keep the play a secret? 452 00:29:48,083 --> 00:29:50,000 Why? I already told you, 453 00:29:50,208 --> 00:29:51,500 the superpower of the theater-- 454 00:29:51,708 --> 00:29:52,958 Well, I know that. 455 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:56,000 Would it really matter if my parents knew? 456 00:29:58,916 --> 00:30:00,458 Did you tell your parents? 457 00:30:00,666 --> 00:30:02,875 No, definitely not. 458 00:30:04,541 --> 00:30:05,958 Well, okay. That's good. 459 00:30:06,875 --> 00:30:08,833 That's good. This is your house here? 460 00:30:09,041 --> 00:30:10,375 Yeah. 461 00:30:13,458 --> 00:30:16,625 Not everyone is going to understand 462 00:30:16,833 --> 00:30:17,958 what we're doing. 463 00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:19,125 And... 464 00:30:23,625 --> 00:30:26,041 people are afraid of what they don't understand. 465 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:32,750 It's okay to lie if it's for the right reasons. 466 00:30:36,083 --> 00:30:39,583 We wanna blow everyone away, right? 467 00:30:42,666 --> 00:30:43,833 Yeah. 468 00:30:44,750 --> 00:30:45,916 Yeah. 469 00:30:47,708 --> 00:30:49,583 Thanks for taking me home, Mr. L. 470 00:30:50,083 --> 00:30:51,208 I really appreciate it. 471 00:30:52,541 --> 00:30:53,875 Oh, and... 472 00:30:54,916 --> 00:30:58,833 for the record, I don't think you're settling. 473 00:31:01,083 --> 00:31:02,250 Not anymore. 474 00:31:20,125 --> 00:31:21,375 People don't understand 475 00:31:21,583 --> 00:31:22,750 the burden of a writer. 476 00:31:24,875 --> 00:31:26,416 Relationships end. 477 00:31:27,166 --> 00:31:28,916 Civilizations crumble. 478 00:31:29,791 --> 00:31:31,791 But literature endures. 479 00:32:15,875 --> 00:32:19,291 Hello? - Hey. Hey, Mr., uh, Rothman. 480 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,166 This is Doug Leibowitz. 481 00:32:21,375 --> 00:32:22,791 Sorry, who is this? 482 00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:25,875 I, uh, was one of the applicants 483 00:32:26,083 --> 00:32:28,916 for the fellowship and I just got rejected. 484 00:32:29,375 --> 00:32:32,083 Oh. Oh. How did you-- 485 00:32:32,291 --> 00:32:33,791 Well, I found your phone number 486 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,000 in an email signature from a playwriting festival 487 00:32:38,208 --> 00:32:40,000 that we were at together in 2014. 488 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,000 I had just written "The Bells and Whistles" 489 00:32:42,208 --> 00:32:44,125 out of Wesleyan. 490 00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:46,958 Right. Right, I think I remember you. 491 00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:48,708 "Bells and Whistles." 492 00:32:48,916 --> 00:32:51,166 Though I meet a lot of aspiring playwrights, so... 493 00:32:51,375 --> 00:32:54,208 Yeah, yeah. So, um, yeah. 494 00:32:54,416 --> 00:32:56,750 So, I just got this rejection letter 495 00:32:56,958 --> 00:32:59,208 and I was--thought, you know, 496 00:32:59,416 --> 00:33:03,166 that I would call and see if I could get 497 00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:08,208 a little insight into, um, the decision-making process. 498 00:33:09,791 --> 00:33:11,750 Yeah. Look, Mr. Leibowitz, 499 00:33:11,958 --> 00:33:13,041 this is really unusual. 500 00:33:13,250 --> 00:33:14,375 - Definitely not-- - Yeah, I know. 501 00:33:14,583 --> 00:33:16,083 We haven't been in touch for a while, 502 00:33:16,291 --> 00:33:19,291 but I'm just--um, it's not like my writing 503 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:21,041 has gotten worse, you know. 504 00:33:21,250 --> 00:33:24,166 I--I'm wondering if I was good enough then, 505 00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:27,166 why I'm not good enough now, you know? 506 00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:30,833 Well, the fellowship is highly selective 507 00:33:31,041 --> 00:33:33,000 and we always have many talented writers 508 00:33:33,208 --> 00:33:34,750 who for one reason or another just can't-- 509 00:33:34,958 --> 00:33:36,083 What did I do wrong? 510 00:33:36,291 --> 00:33:37,708 What? What? 511 00:33:38,416 --> 00:33:39,833 Can you just get-- 512 00:33:40,875 --> 00:33:42,750 could you look up my application 513 00:33:42,958 --> 00:33:45,666 and tell me why I was rejected? 514 00:33:45,875 --> 00:33:49,208 Okay, uh... 515 00:33:50,750 --> 00:33:53,583 It seems I actually did recommend you. 516 00:33:53,791 --> 00:33:56,208 I didn't like the work you submitted very much, 517 00:33:56,416 --> 00:33:58,125 but I thought there was something 518 00:33:58,333 --> 00:34:00,250 in the personal statement. 519 00:34:00,458 --> 00:34:02,750 - An edge. - Uh-huh. 520 00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:04,250 But our selection process 521 00:34:04,458 --> 00:34:05,875 is by committee, 522 00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:07,583 and it seems that the other board members 523 00:34:07,791 --> 00:34:09,458 reacted quite strongly 524 00:34:09,666 --> 00:34:11,625 in a negative sense. 525 00:34:11,833 --> 00:34:14,875 They felt your work was too impersonal. 526 00:34:15,083 --> 00:34:16,750 One colleague wrote, 527 00:34:16,958 --> 00:34:19,666 "The candidate seems to prefer intellectualism 528 00:34:19,875 --> 00:34:21,291 to emotion. 529 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:22,791 We're here for theater, 530 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,208 not a treatise on the theater." 531 00:34:25,708 --> 00:34:26,791 Heh. 532 00:34:27,541 --> 00:34:29,208 Well, harsh criticism 533 00:34:29,416 --> 00:34:31,208 is the only kind worth hearing, right, Mr.-- 534 00:34:47,208 --> 00:34:49,250 All right. Phones in the basket. 535 00:34:53,375 --> 00:34:54,541 Phones! 536 00:34:59,625 --> 00:35:01,541 Today, we're gonna watch a movie. 537 00:35:02,041 --> 00:35:04,000 It's called The Manchurian Candidate. 538 00:35:04,208 --> 00:35:05,875 It's from 1962. 539 00:35:06,083 --> 00:35:07,791 It's about how people in power 540 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,083 will do anything to maintain control. 541 00:35:11,291 --> 00:35:13,291 You don't have to pay attention. 542 00:35:14,125 --> 00:35:16,583 But one day when you wake up powerless 543 00:35:16,791 --> 00:35:18,750 at the hands of the machine, 544 00:35:19,666 --> 00:35:21,666 you might just wish you were ready. 545 00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:26,583 Mikey, lights. 546 00:35:42,083 --> 00:35:45,000 Mr. L, what's The Machine? 547 00:35:47,916 --> 00:35:49,250 The algorithm. 548 00:35:50,541 --> 00:35:51,625 The government. 549 00:35:53,041 --> 00:35:55,125 An anonymous review board. 550 00:35:55,333 --> 00:35:57,791 Everything that's trying to keep you down. 551 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,291 Imagine you only have one job 552 00:36:23,583 --> 00:36:25,125 and it's to spin a wheel. 553 00:36:26,125 --> 00:36:29,166 But every time you ask a question 554 00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:34,333 or get tired or try to speak up for yourself, 555 00:36:34,541 --> 00:36:36,125 you get replaced 556 00:36:37,416 --> 00:36:41,250 because there are a thousand other wheel spinners out there 557 00:36:41,458 --> 00:36:44,750 and they're all just itching to replace you. 558 00:36:46,708 --> 00:36:49,375 It doesn't matter if you graduated 559 00:36:49,583 --> 00:36:51,500 at the top of your class, 560 00:36:51,708 --> 00:36:53,291 if you went to a good school, 561 00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:56,083 or if you read books and know about art, 562 00:36:56,291 --> 00:36:58,000 because at the end of the day, 563 00:36:59,416 --> 00:37:01,625 your dreams don't matter. 564 00:37:04,583 --> 00:37:06,458 It's "What can you do for me? 565 00:37:06,666 --> 00:37:09,666 How well can you spin the wheel?" 566 00:37:12,541 --> 00:37:14,166 Your friends will move away. 567 00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:16,458 Your parents will die. 568 00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:19,500 And at the end of all things, 569 00:37:20,458 --> 00:37:23,041 the best you can possibly ask for 570 00:37:23,583 --> 00:37:26,958 is that someone maybe... 571 00:37:28,166 --> 00:37:29,541 will remember you. 572 00:37:34,666 --> 00:37:36,041 That's the machine. 573 00:37:56,041 --> 00:37:57,500 Hey, Mr. L. 574 00:37:57,708 --> 00:37:59,166 Hello, Lata. 575 00:37:59,833 --> 00:38:01,875 I've been thinking about what you said. 576 00:38:02,083 --> 00:38:04,583 Sometimes people who maybe don't work as hard, 577 00:38:04,791 --> 00:38:07,291 or want it as bad, or even care 578 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,833 about getting into the top performing arts high school, 579 00:38:10,041 --> 00:38:11,500 get the best parts. 580 00:38:12,375 --> 00:38:14,000 But it's like what you said. 581 00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:17,041 There are no small parts, just small actors. 582 00:38:17,750 --> 00:38:20,916 And I've been thinking about the cab driver role 583 00:38:21,125 --> 00:38:22,499 you assigned to me. 584 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,500 And I wrote a monologue that I think could really 585 00:38:24,708 --> 00:38:26,958 set the stage at the end of the first act. 586 00:38:31,958 --> 00:38:34,416 "How many people shared my taxi? 587 00:38:34,625 --> 00:38:38,333 A small world, divided by a sheet of plastic." 588 00:38:38,541 --> 00:38:39,625 Stop. Stop, stop, stop. 589 00:38:39,833 --> 00:38:42,208 Lata, what are you doing? 590 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:45,041 You said no small parts. 591 00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:47,208 So I'm making it bigger, beefing it. 592 00:38:47,416 --> 00:38:49,458 The cab driver doesn't need any beefing. 593 00:38:49,666 --> 00:38:51,791 But I research-- I researched it and-- 594 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,000 Lata, I don't think you're hearing me. 595 00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:57,583 It's not that you don't have something to offer, you do. 596 00:38:57,791 --> 00:38:59,083 You're talented. You're smart. 597 00:38:59,291 --> 00:39:01,250 You work very hard. 598 00:39:03,166 --> 00:39:05,041 It's just that your performance, 599 00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:08,375 it's a little bit... intellectual. 600 00:39:09,208 --> 00:39:11,500 We're looking for a cab driver, 601 00:39:11,708 --> 00:39:14,583 not a treatise on a cab driver. 602 00:39:14,791 --> 00:39:16,583 Honestly, maybe it's too much for you. 603 00:39:16,791 --> 00:39:19,791 Maybe you'd find more success as the Fire Hydrant. 604 00:39:21,041 --> 00:39:23,291 Oh, a fire hydrant. Yeah. Okay. 605 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:25,500 I thought you were trying to make me work harder 606 00:39:25,708 --> 00:39:27,125 because you recognized my gifts. 607 00:39:27,333 --> 00:39:29,000 Sometimes the best way to stand out 608 00:39:29,208 --> 00:39:30,541 is by blending in. 609 00:39:31,583 --> 00:39:33,583 - I'm sorry, Lata. - I don't want an apology. 610 00:39:33,791 --> 00:39:35,958 Well, that's just how the business works. 611 00:39:37,791 --> 00:39:40,916 What do you know about how the business works? 612 00:39:41,750 --> 00:39:43,375 You teach at a middle school. 613 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:04,541 Stop! Stop! 614 00:40:05,916 --> 00:40:07,208 Wrong! 615 00:40:08,083 --> 00:40:10,291 How many times do we have to watch the videos? 616 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:13,916 It is North tower and then South. 617 00:40:15,166 --> 00:40:18,458 There's just no feeling. There's no depth. 618 00:40:18,666 --> 00:40:20,250 It has to be personal. 619 00:40:22,750 --> 00:40:26,208 When she crashes into those towers, 620 00:40:26,916 --> 00:40:30,916 the whole world changes... 621 00:40:32,041 --> 00:40:33,375 forever! 622 00:40:36,250 --> 00:40:39,166 And you become collateral damage! 623 00:40:40,583 --> 00:40:45,458 You are lost in a conflict that you didn't start, 624 00:40:46,750 --> 00:40:49,875 but it is now up to you to finish it. 625 00:40:55,708 --> 00:40:56,833 Brian... 626 00:40:58,666 --> 00:41:01,333 your parents are divorced, right? 627 00:41:03,208 --> 00:41:08,083 What your character is going through is just like that. 628 00:41:08,875 --> 00:41:11,250 You want to do the right thing, 629 00:41:11,750 --> 00:41:14,250 but you don't even know what the right thing is anymore. 630 00:41:14,833 --> 00:41:17,083 You're caught between two worlds. 631 00:41:17,583 --> 00:41:18,875 The world you knew... 632 00:41:20,125 --> 00:41:22,291 and your uncertain future. 633 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:26,708 And... you are alone. 634 00:41:29,250 --> 00:41:30,916 And that goes for all of you. 635 00:41:32,416 --> 00:41:35,000 From there, right away, back to one. Let's go. 636 00:41:36,875 --> 00:41:38,750 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 637 00:41:38,958 --> 00:41:40,916 ♪ It's a story about greed ♪ 638 00:41:41,125 --> 00:41:43,208 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 639 00:41:43,416 --> 00:41:45,541 ♪ Jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams ♪ 640 00:41:45,750 --> 00:41:47,583 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 641 00:41:47,791 --> 00:41:49,500 ♪ All brown guys are a threat ♪ 642 00:41:49,708 --> 00:41:51,958 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 643 00:41:52,166 --> 00:41:54,500 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 644 00:41:54,708 --> 00:41:57,000 ♪ Hashtag ♪ 645 00:41:57,208 --> 00:42:01,958 ♪ Never forget ♪ 646 00:42:22,750 --> 00:42:24,916 Could I have a Manhattan straight up, please? 647 00:42:25,125 --> 00:42:26,083 Uh-hmm. 648 00:42:51,333 --> 00:42:52,416 Hi. 649 00:42:53,291 --> 00:42:54,791 Oh. Hey. 650 00:42:57,208 --> 00:42:59,166 I wish we could be friends. 651 00:42:59,833 --> 00:43:01,083 Friends? 652 00:43:02,833 --> 00:43:04,750 You wanna be friends so that you don't feel 653 00:43:04,958 --> 00:43:06,166 guilty anymore. 654 00:43:06,833 --> 00:43:08,208 What? 655 00:43:08,416 --> 00:43:09,750 You broke up with me 656 00:43:09,958 --> 00:43:12,791 and then immediately started dating our boss, 657 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:13,958 like, the next day. 658 00:43:14,791 --> 00:43:15,958 Is that what you think? 659 00:43:16,708 --> 00:43:18,291 It did not happen like that. 660 00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:19,416 Doug. 661 00:43:21,708 --> 00:43:23,291 Doug, it wasn't the next day. 662 00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:24,750 Oh, was it during? 663 00:43:26,666 --> 00:43:27,666 Sorry. 664 00:43:28,958 --> 00:43:30,041 Sorry. 665 00:43:30,625 --> 00:43:32,083 Can we at least be civil, then? 666 00:43:32,291 --> 00:43:33,375 We work at the same school. 667 00:43:33,583 --> 00:43:34,750 I see you every day. 668 00:43:35,333 --> 00:43:37,041 Honestly, I don't know how much longer 669 00:43:37,250 --> 00:43:38,833 I'm gonna be at Cedarhurst, so... 670 00:43:39,833 --> 00:43:41,916 Wait, did you get the fellowship? 671 00:43:42,125 --> 00:43:43,333 Are you moving to New York? 672 00:43:43,541 --> 00:43:45,416 Do we cheers? 673 00:43:45,625 --> 00:43:46,916 To new beginnings! 674 00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:48,540 Doug in New York. 675 00:43:48,541 --> 00:43:49,958 All right! What are we celebrating? 676 00:43:50,166 --> 00:43:51,250 - What's happened? - Oh, Doug. 677 00:43:51,458 --> 00:43:53,708 I did--I just saved a boatload 678 00:43:53,916 --> 00:43:55,750 of money on my car insurance. 679 00:43:57,208 --> 00:43:59,000 Right on. Hey, can I borrow you 680 00:43:59,208 --> 00:44:00,333 - for a moment? - Uh-hmm. 681 00:44:09,458 --> 00:44:10,875 Another Manhattan? 682 00:44:18,125 --> 00:44:19,750 Excuse me, where's your head? 683 00:44:19,958 --> 00:44:21,208 Oh, around the corner. 684 00:44:22,583 --> 00:44:25,041 Hey. We gotta talk. 685 00:44:26,416 --> 00:44:28,500 Could you come by the office tomorrow? 686 00:44:28,708 --> 00:44:30,250 Uh, yeah, sure. Okay. 687 00:44:30,458 --> 00:44:31,833 What do we got goin' on here? Huh? 688 00:44:32,041 --> 00:44:33,833 - A piercing? - No. 689 00:44:34,041 --> 00:44:35,625 All right. I'm gonna go tinkle. 690 00:44:37,458 --> 00:44:40,375 I wonder what he wants to talk to you about. 691 00:44:48,250 --> 00:44:49,791 Ah, there he is. 692 00:44:50,625 --> 00:44:52,000 Sorry I kept you waiting. 693 00:44:52,625 --> 00:44:55,375 Yeah. How was last night, man? It was fun, right? 694 00:44:55,583 --> 00:44:56,708 Oh, it was. 695 00:44:57,750 --> 00:44:59,125 Yes, um-- 696 00:45:00,416 --> 00:45:03,083 So, I actually have rehearsal in a few minutes. 697 00:45:03,291 --> 00:45:04,250 Here's the thing. 698 00:45:04,458 --> 00:45:07,375 I'm hearing some potentially 699 00:45:07,583 --> 00:45:10,250 concerning chitter-chatter about the show. 700 00:45:12,333 --> 00:45:14,750 Something about Cindy playing a... 701 00:45:14,958 --> 00:45:16,750 person of color. 702 00:45:18,958 --> 00:45:21,458 Well, Cindy 703 00:45:21,666 --> 00:45:24,291 does actually have the stronger singing voice. 704 00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:25,750 I don't wanna make it political. 705 00:45:25,958 --> 00:45:27,333 I'm not gonna go there. But... 706 00:45:27,541 --> 00:45:30,750 the play's already pretty racy, theme-wise. 707 00:45:30,958 --> 00:45:33,791 And I just think with the parents, 708 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,750 and the board, and the culture 709 00:45:36,958 --> 00:45:38,750 that we are navigating, 710 00:45:38,958 --> 00:45:41,083 we cannot have any controversy. 711 00:45:41,291 --> 00:45:42,500 Well, there's no controversy. 712 00:45:42,708 --> 00:45:44,708 There is just too much on the line. 713 00:45:44,916 --> 00:45:47,166 I mean, we're talking about a Blue Ribbon here, Doug. 714 00:45:49,916 --> 00:45:53,875 Cindy is out. Lata's in. 715 00:45:54,875 --> 00:45:57,041 - We'll figure it out. - Thanks. 716 00:45:57,250 --> 00:45:58,750 - I knew you'd understand. - Sure. 717 00:45:58,958 --> 00:46:00,791 Thing is, I was-- I wish it were different. 718 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,666 I wish we were living in different times. 719 00:46:02,875 --> 00:46:03,958 Boy howdy. 720 00:46:04,166 --> 00:46:05,416 And the script's clean? 721 00:46:05,625 --> 00:46:07,208 Squeaky. It's totally PG. 722 00:46:09,125 --> 00:46:10,541 Okay. Great. 723 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,833 I just have to sit in on rehearsals. 724 00:46:13,041 --> 00:46:14,083 What? 725 00:46:14,291 --> 00:46:16,708 Sorry, I--no. 726 00:46:16,916 --> 00:46:19,625 Well, I just-- I have a very specific 727 00:46:19,833 --> 00:46:21,458 creative relationship with the students. 728 00:46:21,666 --> 00:46:22,833 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 729 00:46:23,041 --> 00:46:24,166 You'll have all the creative control. 730 00:46:24,375 --> 00:46:26,041 I'm there to use my eyeballs, man. 731 00:46:26,250 --> 00:46:27,791 You know, make sure everything's A-OK, 732 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,458 needs to be top-shape, and make sure 733 00:46:29,666 --> 00:46:31,375 we're keeping our eye on the ball there. 734 00:46:31,583 --> 00:46:32,875 You won't even know I'm there. 735 00:46:33,083 --> 00:46:35,000 - Okay. - We should start tonight. 736 00:46:35,208 --> 00:46:36,165 - Good with you? - Sure. 737 00:46:36,166 --> 00:46:37,416 - We're good right now. - Yeah. 738 00:46:37,625 --> 00:46:39,708 Tonight I have jiu-jitsu. 739 00:46:39,916 --> 00:46:41,291 Rats. Um... 740 00:46:41,500 --> 00:46:43,708 Maureen, call the dojo, 741 00:46:43,916 --> 00:46:45,875 cancel, tell 'em I'm goin' to rehearsal. 742 00:46:46,083 --> 00:46:47,333 Yes! 743 00:46:47,541 --> 00:46:49,500 - Oh, I gotta take this call. - Okay. 744 00:46:49,708 --> 00:46:51,875 Then I'll see--I'll see you in a little bit. 745 00:46:52,083 --> 00:46:53,333 Yeah, I'll see you in a minute. 746 00:46:57,416 --> 00:46:59,125 Mikey. 747 00:47:00,333 --> 00:47:01,958 Mikey, open the fucking door! 748 00:47:02,833 --> 00:47:04,416 Mikey, you gotta lock that door! 749 00:47:04,625 --> 00:47:06,958 It's happening! We're resetting everything! 750 00:47:07,166 --> 00:47:09,250 Everybody flip the world. Cindy, grab the booklets. 751 00:47:09,458 --> 00:47:11,416 - What's happening? - Grab the booklets! 752 00:47:11,625 --> 00:47:13,291 He's coming! - The Machine? 753 00:47:15,791 --> 00:47:19,333 Stop screaming! Piano kid, get rid of that music. 754 00:47:19,541 --> 00:47:22,041 Everybody, like we practiced. Go, go, go! 755 00:47:57,333 --> 00:47:58,708 Hi. 756 00:47:58,916 --> 00:48:00,833 Hey, what did we say about locked doors? 757 00:48:01,041 --> 00:48:02,000 Come on, man. 758 00:48:02,208 --> 00:48:03,250 You're better than that. 759 00:48:03,458 --> 00:48:04,875 These doors are weird. 760 00:48:05,083 --> 00:48:07,833 Wow! Look at this set?! 761 00:48:08,666 --> 00:48:10,625 Am I in New York City? 762 00:48:10,833 --> 00:48:12,375 The Big Apple? 763 00:48:13,250 --> 00:48:14,333 Wow! 764 00:48:17,125 --> 00:48:18,500 Why is she dressed like that? 765 00:48:20,958 --> 00:48:24,375 Uh, well, we're--uh, we wanted to depict 766 00:48:24,583 --> 00:48:27,416 the diversity of New York City accurately. 767 00:48:27,625 --> 00:48:30,166 And her grandmother is Middle Eastern. 768 00:48:30,375 --> 00:48:31,583 Oh, of course. 'Course. 769 00:48:31,791 --> 00:48:33,500 Right. Smart. 770 00:48:33,708 --> 00:48:35,500 Because here at Cedarhurst, 771 00:48:35,708 --> 00:48:39,916 we welcome everyone, right? 772 00:48:40,125 --> 00:48:41,625 All right. Let's have some theatre! 773 00:48:41,833 --> 00:48:43,958 Never mind me, I'll be invisible. 774 00:48:46,208 --> 00:48:47,500 All right, everybody. 775 00:48:47,708 --> 00:48:51,000 So, um, a little change. 776 00:48:51,208 --> 00:48:55,416 Lata, Cindy, would you two switch places? 777 00:48:56,750 --> 00:48:58,458 Lata, you're now Maria. 778 00:49:07,625 --> 00:49:09,958 Let's go. Let's keep it professional. 779 00:49:11,708 --> 00:49:12,833 All right. 780 00:49:13,666 --> 00:49:15,708 West Side Story. 781 00:49:15,916 --> 00:49:18,125 Uh, I'm telling you, I'm tired of these guys 782 00:49:18,333 --> 00:49:19,916 hanging out on our streets. 783 00:49:20,333 --> 00:49:23,791 Well, I say we do away with them once and for all. 784 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,708 Uh, but how are we gonna do that? 785 00:49:26,625 --> 00:49:29,083 Oh, I's tell you how. 786 00:49:29,291 --> 00:49:31,000 We're gonna challenge them to a rumble. 787 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:37,208 Why, I, uh, I, uh... 788 00:49:37,416 --> 00:49:38,375 Oughta. 789 00:49:39,250 --> 00:49:41,333 Why, I oughta... 790 00:49:44,416 --> 00:49:45,500 Wait, is that my line? 791 00:49:45,708 --> 00:49:46,875 All right. All right. Great. 792 00:49:47,083 --> 00:49:48,458 Let's, um, let's work through 793 00:49:48,666 --> 00:49:51,375 some of the choreo that we've been working on. 794 00:49:51,583 --> 00:49:54,791 So, everybody, let's start doing some snaps. 795 00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,083 Great. 796 00:49:58,333 --> 00:49:59,375 All right. 797 00:50:00,833 --> 00:50:02,208 Really nice, everyone. 798 00:50:02,416 --> 00:50:05,125 Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap. 799 00:50:05,333 --> 00:50:06,416 We should cancel the play. 800 00:50:06,625 --> 00:50:07,875 No, please don't say that. 801 00:50:08,083 --> 00:50:10,250 We can't present something 802 00:50:10,458 --> 00:50:13,250 that isn't, uh, you know, just... 803 00:50:13,458 --> 00:50:14,416 perfect. 804 00:50:14,625 --> 00:50:16,083 Like, perfect perfect. 805 00:50:16,625 --> 00:50:20,000 I can see you're nervous, but it'll all come together. 806 00:50:20,208 --> 00:50:21,125 It all clicks. 807 00:50:21,333 --> 00:50:22,833 - Clicks? - It clicks. 808 00:50:23,041 --> 00:50:24,291 The kids are shaken up right now 809 00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:25,708 because of the cast change. 810 00:50:25,916 --> 00:50:27,041 Trust me. 811 00:50:27,250 --> 00:50:28,333 I feel terrible about that, 812 00:50:28,541 --> 00:50:31,125 but it's the right thing to do. 813 00:50:31,333 --> 00:50:32,458 Uh-hmm. 814 00:50:32,666 --> 00:50:34,541 Uh, when's the performance again? 815 00:50:34,750 --> 00:50:35,833 Oh, a couple weeks. 816 00:50:36,041 --> 00:50:37,791 Couple weeks? Time flies. 817 00:50:38,416 --> 00:50:40,541 Hey, everybody, everybody, everybody, hey. 818 00:50:41,083 --> 00:50:44,208 Uh, I just wanna say... 819 00:50:45,333 --> 00:50:48,000 you're awesome, every one of you. 820 00:50:48,208 --> 00:50:52,625 Regardless of your race or sexual orientation, 821 00:50:52,833 --> 00:50:54,500 what kind of religion you're doin', 822 00:50:55,083 --> 00:50:57,833 you're all just good humans. 823 00:50:58,416 --> 00:50:59,666 They really appreciate that. 824 00:50:59,875 --> 00:51:00,958 - Thank you. - Yeah. 825 00:51:01,166 --> 00:51:03,000 Hey, thank you for that pep talk. 826 00:51:03,208 --> 00:51:04,541 I think I needed it. 827 00:51:04,750 --> 00:51:07,000 I think it's just first rehearsal jitters. 828 00:51:07,208 --> 00:51:08,416 - Yeah. - You know? 829 00:51:08,625 --> 00:51:09,958 We can always cancel in a couple of days. 830 00:51:10,166 --> 00:51:11,041 - Yeah. - All right. 831 00:51:11,250 --> 00:51:13,458 Uh, same time tomorrow. 832 00:51:14,125 --> 00:51:15,666 Looking forward to seein' it click. 833 00:51:15,875 --> 00:51:16,958 Yeah. 834 00:51:18,333 --> 00:51:20,958 Thank you, Principal Brady. 835 00:51:28,958 --> 00:51:30,250 Did that feel good? 836 00:51:33,875 --> 00:51:37,833 Did that feel good? 837 00:51:39,791 --> 00:51:40,958 No. 838 00:51:41,541 --> 00:51:42,708 No, it didn't. 839 00:51:43,458 --> 00:51:48,250 But there are some people, outsiders 840 00:51:49,041 --> 00:51:51,708 who want us to feel that way all the time. 841 00:51:51,916 --> 00:51:53,166 In fact... 842 00:51:55,583 --> 00:51:57,791 they're already threatening to cancel us. 843 00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,500 - No! - I moved my Bar Mitzvah! 844 00:52:00,666 --> 00:52:02,375 But we have a trick up our sleeves. 845 00:52:04,708 --> 00:52:06,041 What do we always say? 846 00:52:06,250 --> 00:52:07,875 The superpower of the theatre 847 00:52:08,083 --> 00:52:09,875 - is the element of surprise. - Louder! 848 00:52:10,083 --> 00:52:12,666 The superpower of the theatre is the element of surprise! 849 00:52:12,875 --> 00:52:14,000 Exactly. 850 00:52:15,958 --> 00:52:17,750 Now, if we're really all in this together, 851 00:52:17,958 --> 00:52:21,333 if we really wanna make something special, 852 00:52:22,458 --> 00:52:26,250 then were going to have to commit harder to the surprise. 853 00:52:27,375 --> 00:52:32,458 The only way we stay alive is if we learn their play. 854 00:52:35,541 --> 00:52:37,625 It's gonna be twice as much material. 855 00:52:38,458 --> 00:52:40,625 And we're gonna have to do double the rehearsals. 856 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,416 Mornings will be for us. 857 00:52:44,625 --> 00:52:48,208 After school... that's for them. 858 00:52:48,416 --> 00:52:52,583 If we can fake them out, they can't shut us down. 859 00:52:52,791 --> 00:52:54,041 Yeah. 860 00:52:54,250 --> 00:52:56,458 When that curtain opens 861 00:52:56,666 --> 00:52:59,291 and they see what we've created, 862 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:04,791 their minds will melt in their seats. 863 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:07,875 Let's go! 864 00:53:15,291 --> 00:53:16,625 Hello? 865 00:53:16,833 --> 00:53:18,166 Hey. 866 00:53:20,125 --> 00:53:22,250 What's going on? - That's a good question, 867 00:53:22,458 --> 00:53:24,125 Mikey. That's a very good question. 868 00:53:26,916 --> 00:53:28,625 Brady is problem number one. 869 00:53:29,875 --> 00:53:31,791 But we've got another fish to fry. 870 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,833 Or more specifically, a rat. 871 00:53:36,041 --> 00:53:37,458 Who? 872 00:53:37,666 --> 00:53:40,291 Maybe we can do a full cast talkback session or... 873 00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:41,833 No, no, no. No. Think about it. 874 00:53:42,041 --> 00:53:43,458 Why would somebody tattle 875 00:53:43,666 --> 00:53:45,333 without giving away our secret? 876 00:53:45,541 --> 00:53:47,375 For leverage, Mikey. 877 00:53:47,583 --> 00:53:48,875 They're trying to apply pressure 878 00:53:49,083 --> 00:53:50,750 without ruining the show. 879 00:53:50,958 --> 00:53:52,416 Our rat wants more cheese. 880 00:53:53,416 --> 00:53:54,791 Cheese? 881 00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,833 - Lata wants a bigger part. - You think it's Lata? 882 00:53:58,041 --> 00:54:00,333 I know it is. - How? 883 00:54:01,416 --> 00:54:03,291 Because it's what I would've done. 884 00:54:06,375 --> 00:54:08,375 Keep this between us, Mikey. 885 00:54:09,833 --> 00:54:12,500 And let me know if she does anything suspicious. 886 00:54:15,333 --> 00:54:19,208 And so we walk the razor's edge. 887 00:54:37,625 --> 00:54:39,583 Hello, Lata. 888 00:54:39,791 --> 00:54:41,083 Hello? 889 00:54:44,166 --> 00:54:45,666 You're here early? 890 00:54:47,958 --> 00:54:50,791 I can rehearse somewhere else if that's a problem. 891 00:54:51,958 --> 00:54:53,291 Lata Ramos. 892 00:54:54,666 --> 00:54:56,458 The perfect student. 893 00:54:58,541 --> 00:55:00,250 I know what you did. 894 00:55:02,208 --> 00:55:03,750 I dunno what you're talking about. 895 00:55:04,083 --> 00:55:06,333 Okay. 896 00:55:06,791 --> 00:55:07,875 Okay. 897 00:55:08,750 --> 00:55:10,583 You're tired of being overlooked. 898 00:55:11,083 --> 00:55:13,791 Waiting in the wings. Playing the fire hydrant. 899 00:55:14,500 --> 00:55:16,416 Honestly, I'm impressed. 900 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,541 You are a killer, Lata. 901 00:55:23,291 --> 00:55:26,083 I think I might just have the perfect role for you. 902 00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:29,166 I'm already the lead. 903 00:55:30,708 --> 00:55:31,791 Hmm. 904 00:55:32,708 --> 00:55:35,625 You're the lead of a charade. 905 00:55:36,333 --> 00:55:38,541 Principal Brady says the Toluca Times 906 00:55:38,750 --> 00:55:40,541 should do a profile on me. 907 00:55:45,500 --> 00:55:47,583 I'm not just offering you a lead. 908 00:55:48,500 --> 00:55:51,250 I'm offering you a starring role 909 00:55:52,250 --> 00:55:54,625 in something that could really put you on the map. 910 00:55:55,250 --> 00:55:59,791 I'm talking L.A. Times, New York Times. 911 00:56:00,375 --> 00:56:01,750 Sky's the limit. 912 00:56:03,083 --> 00:56:04,416 Be selfish. 913 00:56:11,166 --> 00:56:13,458 There are two types of people in this world. 914 00:56:15,583 --> 00:56:16,875 Givers... 915 00:56:17,708 --> 00:56:19,500 and Takers. 916 00:56:24,458 --> 00:56:26,416 People who build fires 917 00:56:28,250 --> 00:56:31,291 and people who stay warm by the flames. 918 00:56:35,916 --> 00:56:39,375 Ernst Rothman told me my writing wasn't personal. 919 00:56:41,791 --> 00:56:45,791 Well, it's personal now. 920 00:56:48,666 --> 00:56:50,208 Uh-oh! 921 00:56:50,416 --> 00:56:52,375 We have a superstar in the house. 922 00:57:00,875 --> 00:57:04,291 I gotta say, I was--I was skeptical. 923 00:57:04,500 --> 00:57:06,666 Honestly, I didn't believe you, 924 00:57:06,875 --> 00:57:08,333 but it is--it's clicking, 925 00:57:08,541 --> 00:57:10,416 it's clicking all over the place. 926 00:57:11,791 --> 00:57:13,500 I'm really connecting with these kids. 927 00:57:14,041 --> 00:57:15,125 Totally. 928 00:57:15,916 --> 00:57:18,791 And I didn't know how things 929 00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:20,708 were gonna go with us, you know? 930 00:57:20,916 --> 00:57:25,666 I mean, because of the whole Abigail situation, 931 00:57:25,875 --> 00:57:27,041 but you've been just... 932 00:57:28,333 --> 00:57:30,666 such a mensch. 933 00:57:30,875 --> 00:57:32,458 - Am I saying that right? - Yeah. Yeah. 934 00:57:32,666 --> 00:57:35,791 Well, you know, we're all mature adults here. 935 00:57:36,416 --> 00:57:38,125 There's no reason why we can't move on. 936 00:57:38,333 --> 00:57:39,750 That's what I love about you, Doug. 937 00:57:39,958 --> 00:57:42,416 You're a--you're very mature, you know. 938 00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:46,583 And... we all rise 939 00:57:46,791 --> 00:57:49,208 and fall together. 940 00:57:51,375 --> 00:57:54,625 So, I wanted to ask you a question. 941 00:57:54,833 --> 00:57:57,208 Sure, Doug, I'm an open book. You can ask me anything. 942 00:57:57,416 --> 00:57:59,291 Well, I was thinking 943 00:57:59,500 --> 00:58:02,500 and I just wonder, how would you feel 944 00:58:02,708 --> 00:58:05,041 about giving the introductory speech for the show? 945 00:58:06,375 --> 00:58:07,875 You want me to introduce the play? 946 00:58:08,083 --> 00:58:10,041 Well, you've just been so helpful over the past 947 00:58:10,250 --> 00:58:11,958 couple of weeks and with the Blue Ribbon 948 00:58:12,166 --> 00:58:13,458 on the line... 949 00:58:13,666 --> 00:58:14,750 I'd be honored. 950 00:58:16,458 --> 00:58:17,541 Hi. 951 00:58:17,750 --> 00:58:18,875 - Speak of the devil. - Sorry. 952 00:58:19,083 --> 00:58:20,083 I didn't wanna interrupt. 953 00:58:20,291 --> 00:58:21,458 - Not at all. - No. Come on in. 954 00:58:21,666 --> 00:58:25,166 Hey, hi. Oh, wow. 955 00:58:25,375 --> 00:58:27,958 Wow. Look at what you did with the set. 956 00:58:28,166 --> 00:58:30,791 You really took it, um, in your own direction. 957 00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:32,583 And that is amazing. Good job. 958 00:58:32,791 --> 00:58:33,999 It's really coming together. 959 00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,833 A lot of talent in this building. 960 00:58:36,041 --> 00:58:37,000 - Mm. - You ready to scoot? 961 00:58:37,208 --> 00:58:38,791 Um, can I get one second? 962 00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:40,333 Yeah, sure. I'll be in my office. 963 00:58:40,541 --> 00:58:42,250 - Okay. - Someone may have gotten... 964 00:58:43,875 --> 00:58:45,541 Everybody quiet down! 965 00:58:53,208 --> 00:58:55,458 - Hi. - Hi. 966 00:58:55,666 --> 00:58:58,125 So, I've really been trying to give you space, 967 00:58:58,333 --> 00:59:00,833 but we're getting very close to opening night, 968 00:59:01,041 --> 00:59:02,291 and I would just really hate it 969 00:59:02,500 --> 00:59:04,125 if we ended the semester like this. 970 00:59:05,041 --> 00:59:06,125 Like what? 971 00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:09,625 Oh, I don't know. I--weird. 972 00:59:09,833 --> 00:59:10,916 It's fine. 973 00:59:13,708 --> 00:59:15,500 You know... 974 00:59:15,708 --> 00:59:18,458 I've been hearing really great things about the show. 975 00:59:18,666 --> 00:59:20,583 Apparently, Lata is just killing it. 976 00:59:27,541 --> 00:59:29,666 I'm really trying here, Doug. 977 00:59:30,333 --> 00:59:32,791 Abigail, it's a middle school show. 978 00:59:34,625 --> 00:59:35,832 And you know what? 979 00:59:35,833 --> 00:59:37,625 You'll probably be running this whole thing 980 00:59:37,833 --> 00:59:39,000 anyway next year. 981 00:59:39,916 --> 00:59:41,583 So, you're really going? 982 00:59:44,666 --> 00:59:45,875 Yeah. 983 00:59:46,791 --> 00:59:51,250 Well, the kids are really gonna miss you. 984 00:59:51,708 --> 00:59:53,750 But I know you've always talked about wanting 985 00:59:53,958 --> 00:59:57,000 to move on from here, so I'm happy for you. 986 01:00:02,083 --> 01:00:03,541 I didn't get the fellowship. 987 01:00:08,041 --> 01:00:09,166 Can I give you a hug? 988 01:00:15,750 --> 01:00:17,375 I'm really sorry, Doug. 989 01:00:20,416 --> 01:00:21,958 But you know what? 990 01:00:22,166 --> 01:00:24,250 Those people kinda look like douchebags anyway. 991 01:00:25,833 --> 01:00:27,500 And I know you don't wanna hear this 992 01:00:27,708 --> 01:00:29,041 but you're such a good teacher. 993 01:00:29,250 --> 01:00:30,666 - Wait. - And who even cares about 994 01:00:30,875 --> 01:00:32,250 a fellowship anyway? 995 01:00:32,458 --> 01:00:33,958 How do you know what they look like? 996 01:00:35,916 --> 01:00:37,333 Did you look it up? 997 01:00:38,458 --> 01:00:40,250 Well, yeah. 998 01:00:40,458 --> 01:00:41,666 I mean, Michael wanted to do 999 01:00:41,875 --> 01:00:43,500 a whole press release about the show 1000 01:00:43,708 --> 01:00:45,416 and about you and the theatre department 1001 01:00:45,625 --> 01:00:46,958 as he wanted to get you more money 1002 01:00:47,166 --> 01:00:48,583 - and attention. - Oh, my God. 1003 01:00:48,791 --> 01:00:51,000 You were gonna use me for the school. 1004 01:00:51,208 --> 01:00:52,416 I'm not gonna use you. 1005 01:00:52,625 --> 01:00:54,958 It's for the kids and to celebrate you. 1006 01:00:55,166 --> 01:00:57,416 How is this guy not so obvious to you? 1007 01:00:57,625 --> 01:01:00,458 What? Obvious what? He was trying to help. 1008 01:01:00,666 --> 01:01:02,125 He wants to get money for the school 1009 01:01:02,333 --> 01:01:03,708 - and for the children. - Oh, yeah. 1010 01:01:03,916 --> 01:01:05,541 He really wants to help the children. 1011 01:01:05,750 --> 01:01:08,416 Not everybody has a nefarious plan, Doug. 1012 01:01:08,625 --> 01:01:11,000 You know, this is all a part of my job 1013 01:01:11,208 --> 01:01:13,375 and you've completely excluded me from it. 1014 01:01:13,583 --> 01:01:16,375 And I'm tired of dancing around your hurt feelings... 1015 01:01:16,583 --> 01:01:17,916 Yeah. That's easy for you to say. 1016 01:01:18,125 --> 01:01:19,708 I didn't fall in love with your boss. 1017 01:01:22,291 --> 01:01:25,166 I hope you get whatever it is that you're looking for. 1018 01:01:30,583 --> 01:01:33,041 You and Principal Brady think you're better than me? 1019 01:01:33,916 --> 01:01:35,375 What do you say about me? 1020 01:01:35,583 --> 01:01:38,416 I'll bet you two just love talking about me. 1021 01:01:39,375 --> 01:01:40,666 What the hell is going on? 1022 01:01:40,875 --> 01:01:42,625 Oh, mind your own fucking business! 1023 01:01:43,750 --> 01:01:44,833 What? 1024 01:02:02,916 --> 01:02:05,041 Hey. Hey, shut up! 1025 01:02:05,541 --> 01:02:07,750 - I see right through you... - Whoa! 1026 01:02:07,958 --> 01:02:09,250 ...motherfucker! 1027 01:02:11,583 --> 01:02:13,208 Hey, Doug, I'm just checking 1028 01:02:13,416 --> 01:02:14,583 to make sure your mental health leave 1029 01:02:14,791 --> 01:02:16,750 is going A-okay. 1030 01:02:16,958 --> 01:02:18,583 Um, no hard feelings, of course. 1031 01:02:18,791 --> 01:02:21,791 Everybody has big emotions sometimes. 1032 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,583 Um, you know what they say, 1033 01:02:24,791 --> 01:02:27,208 a healthy community begins in the mind, 1034 01:02:27,416 --> 01:02:29,083 so don't worry about anything. 1035 01:02:29,291 --> 01:02:30,375 Don't worry about the play. 1036 01:02:30,583 --> 01:02:32,165 I've got it all handled, 1037 01:02:32,166 --> 01:02:34,708 uh, but I am gonna need you to pay any outstanding fines. 1038 01:02:34,916 --> 01:02:36,750 And when you're cleared to come back to work, 1039 01:02:36,958 --> 01:02:38,791 we can discuss next steps. 1040 01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:40,166 Okey-dokey? 1041 01:02:40,375 --> 01:02:41,958 All right. We'll, uh, talk soon. 1042 01:02:43,708 --> 01:02:45,166 All right. Cindy. 1043 01:02:45,375 --> 01:02:47,708 Cindy, don't forget, when you turn around, 1044 01:02:47,916 --> 01:02:49,500 big smile, big, big, big, big, big. 1045 01:02:49,708 --> 01:02:51,500 Okay? All right. Just like that. 1046 01:02:51,708 --> 01:02:52,916 All right. Thanks. All right. 1047 01:02:53,125 --> 01:02:54,083 See you all tomorrow. 1048 01:02:55,333 --> 01:02:56,583 - Okay. - Wrap it up, brother. 1049 01:02:58,375 --> 01:03:01,750 I heard Mr. L punched Principal Brady in the face. 1050 01:03:01,958 --> 01:03:03,875 I heard he had a nervous breakdown 1051 01:03:04,083 --> 01:03:05,666 and pissed on his desk. 1052 01:03:05,875 --> 01:03:06,958 Oh, my gosh. 1053 01:03:07,166 --> 01:03:08,375 So much for The Heroes. 1054 01:03:17,791 --> 01:03:18,666 Oh! 1055 01:03:19,083 --> 01:03:20,291 Mikey, you scared me. 1056 01:03:20,958 --> 01:03:21,958 Is everything okay? 1057 01:03:22,625 --> 01:03:24,250 No, not really. 1058 01:03:24,458 --> 01:03:26,916 Oh, honey, come here. Come here, sit down. 1059 01:03:27,125 --> 01:03:28,083 Come here. 1060 01:03:29,708 --> 01:03:30,708 Here. 1061 01:03:31,625 --> 01:03:32,708 All right. 1062 01:03:37,166 --> 01:03:38,583 So, tell me what's going on. 1063 01:03:38,791 --> 01:03:42,625 It's Mr. L. You two are friends, right? 1064 01:03:42,833 --> 01:03:45,541 Um, yeah, I'd say we're friendly. 1065 01:03:46,291 --> 01:03:48,000 He's not been coming to rehearsal 1066 01:03:48,208 --> 01:03:49,916 for a couple days now. 1067 01:03:50,125 --> 01:03:51,625 Do you think... 1068 01:03:51,833 --> 01:03:54,208 maybe his parents are getting a divorce? 1069 01:03:54,416 --> 01:03:55,625 Uh... 1070 01:03:56,708 --> 01:03:58,291 I don't know. 1071 01:03:59,375 --> 01:04:01,125 I'm really worried about him. 1072 01:04:02,916 --> 01:04:06,666 If you want, you could write him a card? 1073 01:04:09,750 --> 01:04:11,583 I think he's gonna be okay. 1074 01:04:32,875 --> 01:04:34,291 Loser! 1075 01:04:34,500 --> 01:04:36,000 You suck! 1076 01:04:37,250 --> 01:04:39,166 Get off the stage! 1077 01:04:53,916 --> 01:04:55,541 Doug, open up the door. 1078 01:04:55,750 --> 01:04:56,833 Doug, open it up, okay? 1079 01:04:57,041 --> 01:04:58,083 I saw your car in the driveway. 1080 01:04:58,291 --> 01:04:59,458 Please tell me you're in there. 1081 01:04:59,666 --> 01:05:01,291 Doug. Open the door, Doug. 1082 01:05:02,500 --> 01:05:03,875 Jesus fucking Christ, man. 1083 01:05:04,083 --> 01:05:05,791 - Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm fine. 1084 01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:07,708 God. Ugh. 1085 01:05:07,916 --> 01:05:10,041 Look, I--I've been trying to reach you, man. 1086 01:05:10,250 --> 01:05:11,833 I heard about everything that happened. 1087 01:05:13,750 --> 01:05:15,583 Did Abigail tell you? 1088 01:05:15,791 --> 01:05:17,416 Well, I mean, yeah. She told me. 1089 01:05:17,625 --> 01:05:19,041 Okay. Well, if that's everything... 1090 01:05:21,250 --> 01:05:23,875 This is from your students. 1091 01:05:24,958 --> 01:05:26,375 She wanted me to give it to you. 1092 01:05:26,583 --> 01:05:28,416 You don't realize that people care about you. 1093 01:05:28,625 --> 01:05:29,790 It's okay to lie 1094 01:05:29,791 --> 01:05:31,250 as long as it's for the right reasons. 1095 01:05:31,708 --> 01:05:33,500 Never settle. You're a teacher. 1096 01:05:33,708 --> 01:05:35,916 Kids look up to you, man. 1097 01:05:36,125 --> 01:05:37,583 So, whatever this is... 1098 01:05:38,458 --> 01:05:39,583 figure it out. 1099 01:05:39,791 --> 01:05:42,708 - Thanks for checkin' in. - Wow, dude. 1100 01:05:44,250 --> 01:05:47,750 Everyone talks about the power of love, 1101 01:05:49,125 --> 01:05:54,125 but nobody talks about the power of spite. 1102 01:05:56,208 --> 01:05:58,708 You realize I'm the arts and culture reporter 1103 01:05:58,916 --> 01:06:00,791 at the Toluca Times, right? 1104 01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:03,000 Well, the suspicious activity 1105 01:06:03,208 --> 01:06:07,458 I wanted to report is about the school play. 1106 01:06:08,208 --> 01:06:09,916 Okay. 1107 01:06:10,125 --> 01:06:12,791 I don't know how much I can really say over the phone, 1108 01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:14,791 but the principal is making these students 1109 01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:18,625 do some... pretty crazy stuff. 1110 01:06:18,833 --> 01:06:20,666 Should we involve child services? 1111 01:06:20,875 --> 01:06:22,791 No, no. 1112 01:06:23,375 --> 01:06:25,833 I just think... 1113 01:06:26,041 --> 01:06:28,291 you really need to see the play. 1114 01:06:28,916 --> 01:06:33,208 Some cultures burn whole forests to start new again, 1115 01:06:33,416 --> 01:06:35,416 to come back stronger, 1116 01:06:35,625 --> 01:06:40,500 like a phoenix hardened by the lessons of the past. 1117 01:06:48,458 --> 01:06:49,791 I got your letter. 1118 01:07:21,041 --> 01:07:22,666 So, no one else made it, huh? 1119 01:07:24,375 --> 01:07:26,291 I wouldn't say that. 1120 01:07:49,875 --> 01:07:52,500 A lot of you are probably pretty... 1121 01:07:52,708 --> 01:07:54,041 pissed at me right now. 1122 01:07:56,083 --> 01:07:57,916 And rightly so. 1123 01:07:58,125 --> 01:08:00,458 I almost let the machine win. 1124 01:08:02,250 --> 01:08:03,250 I'm sorry I couldn't-- 1125 01:08:03,458 --> 01:08:04,750 I want to apologize. 1126 01:08:06,708 --> 01:08:08,416 Not for being selfish 1127 01:08:08,625 --> 01:08:10,708 but for telling someone who could never understand 1128 01:08:10,916 --> 01:08:12,458 what we've built. 1129 01:08:12,666 --> 01:08:16,125 Outsiders can't be trusted, my mentor taught me that. 1130 01:08:21,333 --> 01:08:23,250 Well, what are we doing sitting around? 1131 01:08:23,458 --> 01:08:24,750 Curtains are tomorrow, people! 1132 01:08:24,958 --> 01:08:26,458 Let's go! Let's go! 1133 01:08:41,958 --> 01:08:44,083 If you could please take your seats. 1134 01:08:44,291 --> 01:08:45,666 The show is about to start. 1135 01:09:08,291 --> 01:09:09,583 Whoo! 1136 01:09:09,791 --> 01:09:11,166 Oh, thanks, thanks, thanks. 1137 01:09:11,375 --> 01:09:13,125 That's, uh, that's very nice. 1138 01:09:13,333 --> 01:09:16,041 Uh, this is a project 1139 01:09:16,250 --> 01:09:17,708 that's very near and dear to my heart. 1140 01:09:18,333 --> 01:09:22,083 And it's not just because I was intimately involved 1141 01:09:22,291 --> 01:09:25,166 in every aspect of, uh, putting it together. 1142 01:09:29,708 --> 01:09:34,416 This is a story about two groups of people 1143 01:09:34,625 --> 01:09:36,750 who don't understand each other. 1144 01:09:36,958 --> 01:09:40,166 And it's not because they can't, 1145 01:09:40,375 --> 01:09:43,583 it's because they won't. 1146 01:09:44,708 --> 01:09:47,125 At Cedarhurst, we challenge our students 1147 01:09:47,333 --> 01:09:50,250 to see beyond our differences. 1148 01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:01,833 When I see what these kids have done, 1149 01:10:03,291 --> 01:10:04,875 it reminds me 1150 01:10:05,083 --> 01:10:08,541 of why I became an educator in the first place. 1151 01:10:10,875 --> 01:10:13,208 I see art 1152 01:10:14,291 --> 01:10:16,250 and knowledge 1153 01:10:16,833 --> 01:10:19,750 coming together for change. 1154 01:10:24,458 --> 01:10:26,625 So, I'd like--I wanna-- 1155 01:10:26,833 --> 01:10:28,166 I wanna give a special shout-out 1156 01:10:28,375 --> 01:10:31,416 to our amazing set designer, 1157 01:10:31,625 --> 01:10:32,958 Abigail Morris. 1158 01:10:38,333 --> 01:10:41,875 So, enjoy the show. 1159 01:10:42,083 --> 01:10:43,041 You're gonna love it. 1160 01:10:43,250 --> 01:10:45,500 Sit back and break a leg. 1161 01:11:17,083 --> 01:11:18,166 I'm walking here. 1162 01:11:18,375 --> 01:11:19,375 Uh, yeah. 1163 01:11:22,958 --> 01:11:24,041 Go, go, go. 1164 01:11:41,583 --> 01:11:45,333 What will become of me, Rudy Giuliani, 1165 01:11:45,541 --> 01:11:48,250 nursing the wounds of a lost race for senator. 1166 01:11:49,750 --> 01:11:51,208 Would the skies not open up 1167 01:11:51,416 --> 01:11:54,375 and bestow the gift of a sterling reputation? 1168 01:11:55,083 --> 01:11:59,166 Payback shall be mine and thy name is Hillary! 1169 01:12:04,125 --> 01:12:05,791 I'm falling behind in the polls! 1170 01:12:08,791 --> 01:12:12,583 What could we do to get the people behind me? 1171 01:12:12,791 --> 01:12:16,208 We need a controversy! Something! 1172 01:12:16,416 --> 01:12:17,666 We can make more arrests. 1173 01:12:17,875 --> 01:12:20,375 Bigger! 1174 01:12:20,583 --> 01:12:22,500 And what about helping the vets? 1175 01:12:22,708 --> 01:12:25,291 Bigger! 1176 01:12:25,500 --> 01:12:27,833 How about a win for the Jets? 1177 01:12:28,041 --> 01:12:30,916 Bigger! 1178 01:12:36,750 --> 01:12:39,750 It's--it's perfect. 1179 01:13:25,291 --> 01:13:26,958 You should stop the show. Stop it. 1180 01:13:27,166 --> 01:13:28,500 - I can't do that. - Stop the show. 1181 01:14:20,791 --> 01:14:22,916 ♪ Love ♪ 1182 01:14:25,958 --> 01:14:28,208 ♪ Devotion ♪ 1183 01:14:31,750 --> 01:14:33,916 ♪ Feeling ♪ 1184 01:14:36,833 --> 01:14:39,958 ♪ Emotion ♪ 1185 01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:46,666 ♪ Don't be afraid to be weak ♪ 1186 01:14:48,708 --> 01:14:52,041 ♪ Don't be too proud to be strong ♪ 1187 01:14:54,708 --> 01:14:56,833 ♪ Just look into your heart... ♪ 1188 01:14:57,041 --> 01:14:59,333 You turned the gymnatorium into Ground Zero, 1189 01:14:59,541 --> 01:15:01,125 are you fucking ill? 1190 01:15:01,333 --> 01:15:02,958 ♪ To yourself ♪ 1191 01:15:03,166 --> 01:15:04,875 ♪ The return to innocence ♪ 1192 01:15:24,791 --> 01:15:27,250 ♪ The return to innocence ♪ 1193 01:15:27,458 --> 01:15:29,958 ♪ And if you want, then start to laugh ♪ 1194 01:15:30,166 --> 01:15:32,666 ♪ If you must, then start to cry ♪ 1195 01:15:32,875 --> 01:15:35,375 ♪ Be yourself, don't hide ♪ 1196 01:15:35,583 --> 01:15:38,000 ♪ Just believe in destiny ♪ 1197 01:15:38,208 --> 01:15:40,875 ♪ Don't care what people say ♪ 1198 01:15:41,083 --> 01:15:43,625 ♪ Just follow your own way ♪ 1199 01:15:43,833 --> 01:15:46,291 ♪ Don't give up and use the chance ♪ 1200 01:15:46,500 --> 01:15:48,541 ♪ To return to innocence ♪ 1201 01:16:24,750 --> 01:16:27,291 ♪ That's not the beginning of the end ♪ 1202 01:16:27,500 --> 01:16:30,541 ♪ That's the return to yourself ♪ 1203 01:16:30,750 --> 01:16:32,583 ♪ The return to innocence ♪ 1204 01:17:32,791 --> 01:17:36,750 After the play, things got pretty crazy. 1205 01:17:38,291 --> 01:17:39,750 They took my teaching licence 1206 01:17:39,958 --> 01:17:42,208 which, I think, was for the best. 1207 01:17:42,416 --> 01:17:44,875 The service industry is simpler 1208 01:17:45,083 --> 01:17:46,583 and much more straightforward 1209 01:17:46,791 --> 01:17:48,500 than working at a school ever was. 1210 01:17:50,791 --> 01:17:53,625 Separating my job from my work as a writer 1211 01:17:53,833 --> 01:17:56,166 has actually been really helpful. 1212 01:17:58,291 --> 01:18:01,000 And I realized there was nothing really stopping me 1213 01:18:01,208 --> 01:18:03,000 from coming to New York after all, 1214 01:18:03,666 --> 01:18:06,083 no matter what some fellowship says. 1215 01:18:32,083 --> 01:18:34,166 I don't know how to tell you this, but... 1216 01:18:35,958 --> 01:18:38,250 I've been sleeping with Principal Grady. 1217 01:18:39,750 --> 01:18:41,666 So you're cheating on me! 1218 01:18:41,875 --> 01:18:43,125 - Please. - Okay. 1219 01:18:43,333 --> 01:18:46,333 Okay, great. Let's save it for showtime. 1220 01:18:46,541 --> 01:18:47,708 Doors open in five. 1221 01:18:47,916 --> 01:18:49,375 - Thank you, Pipe. - Thank you, Pipe. 1222 01:18:55,208 --> 01:18:56,708 It's crazy to think about, 1223 01:18:56,916 --> 01:18:58,583 but in a weird way, 1224 01:18:58,791 --> 01:19:00,958 I ended up exactly where I'm supposed to be... 1225 01:19:02,375 --> 01:19:04,791 in New York doing theater. 1226 01:19:07,291 --> 01:19:08,625 That's Jen. 1227 01:19:08,833 --> 01:19:10,000 She works at the post office, 1228 01:19:10,208 --> 01:19:13,458 but really has a knack for the stage. 1229 01:19:13,666 --> 01:19:15,250 We kind of have a thing going, 1230 01:19:15,458 --> 01:19:19,125 but I learned my lesson and we're taking it slow.