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Arvid, the way you gotta look
at the fourth dimension
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is like a,
like a jelly donut or somethin'.
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Except, that you got the jelly
on the outside
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you got the outside
on the inside..
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Oh, yeah, why'd you stop?
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[sighs]
There's Lori, better hurry
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you'll miss your 8:30 rejection.
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Not this time, Dennis,
I've come to a major decision
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it is time for me
to set her free.
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[laughs]
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What?
I know what you're thinkin'.
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I've tried to break up
with her before
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but this time
it's gonna be different.
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This time I'm telling her.
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Here's your chance.
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Uh, uh, Lori. Ahem.
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Hi, Arvid, how are you?
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W-well, you saw that!
She's worried about my health!
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How could I dump her now?
It will break her heart.
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You.. Every time,
it's the same thing.
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You gotta let 'em down easy.
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- No, no, no..
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah..
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[bell rings]
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- Morning, everybody.
- Morning.
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(Charlie)
'Okay. Today, we..'
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Yes?
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Marshal Tito.
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Why don't you
just write down the answers
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for the whole year and go home.
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It's a nice try, Janice
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but I won't actually
be talking about Marshal Tito
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for at least five minutes.
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I have here an essay
by a Fillmore student
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and I'd like to read
a part of it to you.
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"The reluctant use of power
is a myth.
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"Nations pretend to believe
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"in the priorities of peace
over power
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"yet continue to use force
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"readily and profitably.
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'"By pretending that
our aggressive instincts'
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"don't exist,
we are enabling those
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very instincts
to overpower us."
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- Wow, that's really good.
- Oh, yes, it's very nice.
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Good? It's great.
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Alright who wrote it,
I bet it was Darlene.
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- 'Yeah.'
- No, I think it was Simone.
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[indistinct chatter]
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I guess, me.
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- You guess?
- Oh.
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Well, I don't remember writing
it, but-but it was so good
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I just assumed it was me.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Actually, it was written
by a student 60 years ago.
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And you're just gettin' around
to grading it?
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Grading, no. Reading, yes.
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I found it
in the "Fillmore Quarterly"
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in the school library.
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It's a journal of prose,
poetry and art
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that was published by
the student body in the '20s.
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Gee, we don't have
anything like that now.
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- I'd love it if we--
- Hmm!
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Simone, don't even think it.
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I think that it would be great
to do something like this.
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Too late, he's off on another
enriching experience.
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Mr. Moore, you know
we really appreciate
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you broadening
our horizons and everything.
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I mean,
you got us to go to dances
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and then you got us
to play volleyball
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and-and then you got us to,
like, make a music video
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and everything,
and really you've done enough.
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Leave us alone.
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Okay, I understand.
You don't have to participate.
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Besides, uh, most of you
aren't really writers.
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You probably couldn't cut it.
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God knows you don't need
the extra credits.
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[scoffs]
Just a minute,
who says we can't cut it?
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- We can all write.
- Yeah, it's true.
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I-I-I don't wanna be known
merely as a, a future
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noble prize winning scientist.
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So, uh,
you do want to try this journal?
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[indistinct chatter]
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Sure we do, besides this kind
of extracurricular activity
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looks good on your record.
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She's got a point.
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I don't think we should look
at it that way.
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I mean, we should think of it
as an opportunity
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to be creative and express
our feelings in a way
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that will enrich
the lives of others.
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Simone, that is beautiful.
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Can I write that down?
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Sure, Dennis.
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This is just the kind of swill
admission officers drool over.
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Well, I love it.
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A journal of prose,
poetry and art
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with work from the whole school
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put together by the IHP.
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You're going to put
Dennis Blunden in charge.
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It'll be a sleaze rag
full of dirty cartoons
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with, satirical comments
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about bodily functions.
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Well, your personal preferences
aside, Dr. Samuels..
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No, I think you and I
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are both talking about
cultivating a literary journal
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that would display
the, the many flowers
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blossoming
in the Fillmore garden
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fertilized by your leadership.
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You'll all be very proud,
Dr. Samuels
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and as for an editor,
I was thinking of someone
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experienced, decisive
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and dying to do it.
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Who, me? I-I couldn't.
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Why not?
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Well, I just..
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I mean, it's such
a big responsibility.
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Collecting the materials
and deciding on the layout.
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Judging everyone's work,
I'm sure
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someone else could do it better.
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- 'No!'
- Simone, you'd be great.
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Yeah, I mean, you're a poet,
it's a natural.
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The most important thing is that
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no one could do it
better than you.
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The most important thing
is no one wants to.
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Simone, we all think
that you do a fantastic job.
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- Yes.
- Yeah.
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You all really think
I'm the one to do this?
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- We know you.
- Yes, you're the one.
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Well..
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- Thank you, I accept!
- Alright.
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(Charlie)
Congratulations, Editor Foster.
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[cheering]
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This is going to be great,
wait till my parents find out
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I'm going to be
a published author.
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- Put them down for ten copies.
- Oh, sure.
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You know,
I-I'd like to try a poem.
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Me too.
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- An essay?
- 'Fine.'
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- Satire.
- Great.
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Eric, what are you gonna submit?
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Mr. Moore, give me a break.
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There's already
enough stuff about
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teenage angst and alienation
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without me adding to the crime.
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But no one said you had
to write about that.
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I mean, write what you know.
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- Yeah.
- Yeah, Eric.
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Look, I'm just
not interested, okay?
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So please, save your breath.
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I mean, there's nothing anyone
can say to convenience me
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to write for that journal.
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Eric.
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Couple of lines.
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- But that's all.
- Okay. Great.
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That's everybody.
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- So, um--
- Everybody, huh?
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Mr. Moore,
you wanna submit something?
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Now you're the editor, uh
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it's up to you.
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Great.
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Okay, um, by next Monday
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if I can have
all your pieces in?
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Oh, I'm sorry,
a week from next Monday.
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'That would give you more time.'
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Let's say Wednesday.
Is that okay?
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No, but then..
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You wanna make up your mind
before my racer explodes?
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Simone, maybe you should
have a co-editor.
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- You know, somebody decisive.
- Yeah.
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Oh, she could do it,
let us give her a chance.
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No.
Monday really was the best day.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Don't you think?
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Eric, this is, uh
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outrageous.
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You grew up poor,
your brother died.
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You never had a brother!
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This is sadder than "Bambi."
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It's fiction, Twinkie brain.
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I just wrote it
in the first person
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to make it more poignant.
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A literary hoax. I love it.
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Come on, nobody is supposed
to believe this.
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Th-this is just a style,
that's all.
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Nobody's supposed
to take this for the truth.
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Uh, ahem.
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- Eric, your memoir touched me.
- Simone..
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And I'm so ashamed
the way I've treated you
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all along,
I didn't understand your pain.
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My pain is fine,
really, it's-it's--
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No, don't say anymore.
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Just know that
I'm here for you.
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- Simone--
- Don't do it!
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[bell rings]
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- Good morning, everyone.
- 'Good morning.'
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Mr. Moore,
before class starts, can I..
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- Oh, sure, yeah.
- Thanks.
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I wanna thank you all
for turning
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in your work so promptly.
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I've made a few
little suggestions on them.
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You probably
can't read my writing.
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So if you have any questions,
after class we can go over them.
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Simone, can I talk to you
for a minute?
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Uh, after class, okay, Eric?
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Alright.
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April 12, 1945..
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[indistinct chatter]
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...FTR dies
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and the 33rd President
of the United States is..
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They wrote a book about him
called, "Give 'em Hell, Harry."
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Married to Bess Truman.
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Now, what-what-what's going on?
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She called me
"Superficial and vague!"
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"Pointed in too many directions
at once that went nowhere?"
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Yeah, "More depth," I-I wrote
a poem about Euclidean geometry.
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There is no depth.
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"I'm dogmatic, condescending
and pretentious?"
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Okay, so she got one right.
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I'm just trying to avoid a lot
of clumsy amateurish writing.
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- "Amateurish writing?"
- Simone, we did the very best..
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So now, we're clumsy amateurs?
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No, that isn't what I meant.
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What did she say about yours,
Mr. Moore?
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Oh, uh, mine was just a,
a rough draft, really.
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So, what did get in?
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I think you're all depending
too much on your vocabularies
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and not enough
on your own experiences.
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Now, this is a part
from Eric's piece.
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It's from his own life
and I'd like to read it.
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[chuckles]
Si-Simone,
you don't wanna read that.
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No, Eric. You're vulnerable.
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Admit it. Share it.
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Use it.
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Yeah, I-I-I would like
to hear this, Eric.
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It's called "Early Sorrow."
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"What I remember
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"from the day
my younger brother died
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"is of the hot,
sour smell of Mrs. Furenze's
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"cabbage rolls drifting up
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"through the tenement floor.
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"My mother had wrapped herself
in a thin sweater
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"slowly counted out
75 cents and change.
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"And got on a bus to the morgue.
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'"I watched her helplessly
from the broken window.'
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"Even today,
as I stare out the same window
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"I feel the sorrow
of a lost child
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"and an infant mourned
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in a home I never knew."
253
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[indistinct whispering]
254
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[sighs]
Wow.
255
00:11:24,392 --> 00:11:27,062
That is, unbelievable.
256
00:11:29,939 --> 00:11:31,319
I'm sorry, Eric.
257
00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,238
Do you see how brave Eric was
258
00:11:34,276 --> 00:11:36,816
to strip his soul bare
and show us his pain?
259
00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:39,492
'You have to write what you feel
passionately about.'
260
00:11:39,532 --> 00:11:41,032
And if you don't care enough
to write something
261
00:11:41,075 --> 00:11:43,985
from your heart,
I don't care to publish it.
262
00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:48,829
Who made you
our lady of literature?
263
00:11:48,874 --> 00:11:50,384
[indistinct chatter]
264
00:11:50,418 --> 00:11:52,288
- You did.
- 'Well, we take it back then.'
265
00:11:52,336 --> 00:11:54,876
She's right, I mean,
she is the editor
266
00:11:54,922 --> 00:11:57,842
and so, Simone,
we'll all just, uh
267
00:11:57,883 --> 00:11:59,763
have another try. Hmm?
268
00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,810
Simone, about my story--
269
00:12:02,847 --> 00:12:04,057
Oh, I'm sorry, it's wrinkled
270
00:12:04,098 --> 00:12:07,848
but I slept with it
under my pillow last night.
271
00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:10,063
What'd you wanna say?
272
00:12:10,104 --> 00:12:11,564
Just that, um..
273
00:12:12,815 --> 00:12:14,685
...I'm glad you liked it.
274
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[instrumental music]
275
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[instrumental music]
276
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But by that time,
the US had committed
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to the defense of South Korea.
278
00:12:29,290 --> 00:12:31,500
[bell rings]
279
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We'll continue tomorrow.
280
00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:33,840
Uh, I don't wanna remind you
281
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your term papers
are due in one week.
282
00:12:37,006 --> 00:12:39,176
Oh, Mr. Moore,
I haven't even started mine.
283
00:12:39,216 --> 00:12:40,886
I mean, I really got into
writing this piece
284
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for the journal,
it was kinda hard
285
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to open up at first,
but I'm really glad I did it.
286
00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:48,179
Yeah, me too, I mean
287
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Saturday night
I was working on my new poem
288
00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:51,729
when I could've been
at the Math Clubs Logarithm
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and Blues Festival.
290
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Here are your rewrites.
291
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If you have any questions
292
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we can go over them later.
293
00:12:57,818 --> 00:12:59,818
Right now, I've got a meeting
with the printer.
294
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Printer, that sounds hopeful.
295
00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:06,162
Maybe we finally made the grade.
296
00:13:06,202 --> 00:13:08,912
"Good idea,
but needs more feeling."
297
00:13:10,247 --> 00:13:11,747
Feel this.
298
00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:15,037
"Too influenced
by Emily Dickinson.
299
00:13:15,085 --> 00:13:17,415
Develop your own style."
300
00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:19,633
A girl who still dresses
like Annie Hall
301
00:13:19,673 --> 00:13:21,883
is telling me about style?
302
00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:25,014
How much of this
do we have to take?
303
00:13:25,054 --> 00:13:28,354
She called it
"Brilliant but juvenile."
304
00:13:28,390 --> 00:13:29,850
That's what I am!
305
00:13:31,894 --> 00:13:35,194
I-I like my poem
and so did my mommy.
306
00:13:36,357 --> 00:13:38,437
Mr. Moore, you just have
to say something to her.
307
00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:40,864
- You picked her.
- 'Yeah, Mr. Moore.'
308
00:13:40,903 --> 00:13:42,823
You gotta admit,
she's gettin' outta hand.
309
00:13:42,863 --> 00:13:46,533
- Yeah.
- Simone is just doing her job.
310
00:13:46,575 --> 00:13:48,735
She sure is. Listen to this.
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"Mr. Moore, a good second try
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"but still verbose.
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- Perhaps you--"
- Thank you.
314
00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:01,719
I'll talk to her,
if that's what you all want.
315
00:14:01,757 --> 00:14:03,547
[indistinct chatter]
316
00:14:03,592 --> 00:14:06,892
[instrumental music]
317
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This dedication
318
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working after school.
319
00:14:12,017 --> 00:14:14,397
I'm so glad you convinced me
to take this job.
320
00:14:14,436 --> 00:14:18,146
This is going to be a worthy
successor to the original.
321
00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:19,650
How many pieces have you chosen?
322
00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:21,742
- Three.
- Hmm.
323
00:14:21,777 --> 00:14:23,357
Think they'll all fit?
324
00:14:23,404 --> 00:14:25,494
I want quality not quantity.
325
00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:26,571
I have Eric's piece
326
00:14:26,615 --> 00:14:28,195
an essay on street performers
327
00:14:28,242 --> 00:14:30,122
and Mr. Dorthman's haiku.
328
00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,120
Mr. Dorthman writes haiku?
329
00:14:32,162 --> 00:14:35,792
- Can I see that?
- Sure.
330
00:14:35,833 --> 00:14:37,333
In 17 syllables he captured
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00:14:37,376 --> 00:14:39,706
the essence
of sharpening a pencil.
332
00:14:39,753 --> 00:14:42,723
"Dull graphite sheath in wood
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00:14:42,756 --> 00:14:45,126
"the handle turns, gears grind
334
00:14:45,175 --> 00:14:47,385
now I see your point?"
335
00:14:50,306 --> 00:14:54,056
I mean, I'm very happy
for Mr. Dorthman, but..
336
00:14:54,101 --> 00:14:55,731
...don't you think
you're being a little hard
337
00:14:55,769 --> 00:14:58,189
on the rest of us?
The-the class, I mean.
338
00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:00,400
I take the art of writing
very seriously.
339
00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:01,731
- Don't you?
- Of course.
340
00:15:01,775 --> 00:15:03,775
You're not telling me to give up
what I believe is right
341
00:15:03,819 --> 00:15:05,069
just to please
other people, are you?
342
00:15:05,112 --> 00:15:06,322
Well, absolutely not.
343
00:15:06,363 --> 00:15:08,823
And I know you're not the kind
who would get defensive
344
00:15:08,866 --> 00:15:11,326
just because I criticized
your work a little.
345
00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:15,076
I'm so glad we agree.
346
00:15:15,122 --> 00:15:17,962
It's really good to know
I have someone on my side.
347
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,420
Well, good.
348
00:15:20,502 --> 00:15:23,592
I, I-I just wanted to make sure
we were in sync
349
00:15:23,631 --> 00:15:27,131
before I, we start our rewrites.
350
00:15:29,845 --> 00:15:31,425
So go-good.
351
00:15:35,434 --> 00:15:36,484
I'll leave now.
352
00:15:36,518 --> 00:15:39,098
[instrumental music]
353
00:15:39,146 --> 00:15:41,606
Really, Simone,
I don't need anything.
354
00:15:41,649 --> 00:15:43,319
- The thing is--
- Yes, you do.
355
00:15:43,359 --> 00:15:46,319
He needs the comfort
and love of a family, right?
356
00:15:46,362 --> 00:15:47,662
Yes.
357
00:15:47,696 --> 00:15:50,736
Why don't you come to my house
for a nice home cooked meal.
358
00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:53,493
- You can go this weekend!
- Good idea.
359
00:15:53,535 --> 00:15:55,405
I don't know, families
aren't exactly my thing.
360
00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:58,334
Yeah, but in this case,
you'll make an exception.
361
00:15:58,374 --> 00:15:59,464
If you wanted to be alone
362
00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:02,380
you could just go off
and be by yourself.
363
00:16:02,419 --> 00:16:05,379
- Or you'd go with me?
- If you liked.
364
00:16:05,422 --> 00:16:07,932
I would definitely like that.
365
00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:09,677
Well, great! Then it's all set!
366
00:16:09,718 --> 00:16:12,848
You guys will get together
Saturday, say eightish?
367
00:16:17,351 --> 00:16:20,811
Ah! Ah! Ah!
368
00:16:20,854 --> 00:16:22,404
I'm a slimeball.
369
00:16:22,439 --> 00:16:25,569
Yes, but a lucky slimeball!
370
00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,946
I can't take this. I gotta
tell her the truth tomorrow.
371
00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:30,949
Don't do that.
372
00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:33,740
Look, if I get her to like me
this way
373
00:16:33,784 --> 00:16:35,124
I won't be able
to live with myself.
374
00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,540
You won't have to. She'll ask
you to move in with her!
375
00:16:42,042 --> 00:16:43,382
What?
376
00:16:43,419 --> 00:16:46,549
- Did you talk to Simone?
- Well, yes, I--
377
00:16:46,588 --> 00:16:48,088
Oh, great, after one
of your soul searching talks
378
00:16:48,132 --> 00:16:51,342
I bet she feels like dog food.
Uh, no offence.
379
00:16:51,385 --> 00:16:53,505
I feel bad, but at least
we're all in, right?
380
00:16:53,554 --> 00:16:56,604
Well, you know, tha-that's
this thing about writing
381
00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,440
it's-it's just so subjective.
382
00:16:59,476 --> 00:17:01,096
Are we in or not?
383
00:17:01,145 --> 00:17:04,355
Someone once said,
"Writing is rewriting."
384
00:17:04,398 --> 00:17:06,648
It was probably Simone.
385
00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:10,362
Now, Eric's piece
was very strong.
386
00:17:10,404 --> 00:17:11,824
Oh, come on, Mr. Moore.
387
00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,824
Well, I'm not telling you
what to do.
388
00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:17,366
I'm just leaving you
something to think about.
389
00:17:19,830 --> 00:17:21,790
What I'm trying to think
about is how her nose
390
00:17:21,832 --> 00:17:23,422
would look in a sling.
391
00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,340
That's so petty.
392
00:17:28,255 --> 00:17:30,125
Let me help.
393
00:17:30,174 --> 00:17:32,634
Let me tell you what Eric did.
394
00:17:32,676 --> 00:17:35,966
[instrumental music]
395
00:17:38,098 --> 00:17:39,978
Oh, Charlie,
have you seen Dr. Samuels?
396
00:17:40,017 --> 00:17:42,097
- No.
- Try not to.
397
00:17:42,144 --> 00:17:43,314
Mr. Moore.
398
00:17:43,353 --> 00:17:46,483
Mr. Moore, I knew there was
a catch to this journal thing.
399
00:17:46,523 --> 00:17:48,783
I've sent out notices
to the parents.
400
00:17:48,817 --> 00:17:50,487
I've told the school board.
401
00:17:50,527 --> 00:17:52,737
I've informed
and alerted the media.
402
00:17:52,780 --> 00:17:54,950
But there's only
one little problem
403
00:17:54,990 --> 00:17:56,830
there's nothing in it!
404
00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:59,037
An essay on panhandlers.
405
00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:01,708
A dumb little poem
on pencil sharpeners
406
00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:03,747
and a sob story from Eric.
407
00:18:03,791 --> 00:18:05,211
Uh, Dr. Samuels.
408
00:18:05,250 --> 00:18:08,880
Even as we speak, there is more
material coming in.
409
00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:11,471
Now, it'll be fine. You'll see.
410
00:18:11,507 --> 00:18:14,337
"So, the emptiness
of a family without love
411
00:18:14,384 --> 00:18:16,514
"can never be filled.
412
00:18:16,553 --> 00:18:17,603
"Can a tax-free bond
413
00:18:17,638 --> 00:18:20,348
"replace the bond
between father and son?
414
00:18:22,017 --> 00:18:23,687
"The interest on a jumble CD
415
00:18:23,727 --> 00:18:26,557
"is no substitute
for a mother's interest.
416
00:18:27,981 --> 00:18:30,481
Even if compounded daily."
417
00:18:37,741 --> 00:18:40,291
We're into this thing for $3000
418
00:18:40,327 --> 00:18:44,077
and I told the mayor
we're dedicating it to him.
419
00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:48,037
"I remember the day
our family fortune vanished.
420
00:18:48,085 --> 00:18:50,915
"The rain felt like tears
and washed the shine
421
00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:53,633
"from my new fuchsia pattern
leather pumps.
422
00:18:53,674 --> 00:18:55,554
'"I walked aimlessly
down the street'
423
00:18:55,592 --> 00:18:59,102
'"hiding my face from the people
who just the day before'
424
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:01,928
"questioned so kindly..
425
00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:03,984
""Do you want that in a bag
426
00:19:04,017 --> 00:19:05,517
or on a hanger?""
427
00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:11,190
[applause]
428
00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:15,948
"What I remember
from the day Gandhi died
429
00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:20,158
was the hot, sour smell
of Mrs. Remonigen's chicken--"
430
00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,540
Okay, that's enough!
431
00:19:22,578 --> 00:19:24,408
I see what you're doing
and it's not funny
432
00:19:24,454 --> 00:19:27,254
and I'm sure Eric
doesn't appreciate it either.
433
00:19:27,291 --> 00:19:29,961
You know, he's the only one
who had the courage to examine
434
00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:33,302
his life with some honesty
and you make fun of it?
435
00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:34,798
- Alright.
- Aw!
436
00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,380
[clears throat]
437
00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:41,143
What's going on?
438
00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,640
Simone..
439
00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:46,559
...my story
wasn't exactly all true.
440
00:19:46,602 --> 00:19:49,902
What do you mean "Exactly?"
What part was true?
441
00:19:49,938 --> 00:19:51,898
A lot of it.
442
00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:53,900
What part wasn't true?
443
00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:57,151
I never had a brother.
444
00:19:58,614 --> 00:20:00,124
I made it all up.
445
00:20:02,951 --> 00:20:05,251
You used writing
to try to give me--
446
00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:07,497
No, Simone,
you don't understand.
447
00:20:07,539 --> 00:20:08,919
Yes, I do!
448
00:20:08,957 --> 00:20:10,497
You all tried to make
a fool of me
449
00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:11,842
well, I guess it was fun!
450
00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:13,547
Laughing at poor, little Simone
451
00:20:13,587 --> 00:20:16,507
trying to be in charge!
452
00:20:16,548 --> 00:20:17,878
Fine!
453
00:20:17,925 --> 00:20:19,885
If there is no journal
454
00:20:19,927 --> 00:20:20,967
you know the old saying about
455
00:20:21,011 --> 00:20:22,301
"What I'll do
in Macy's window?"
456
00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:26,056
(Simone)
That's it! There isn't
going to be any journal!
457
00:20:28,435 --> 00:20:30,725
I'll see you in Macy's window!
458
00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:33,824
[instrumental music]
459
00:20:33,857 --> 00:20:36,067
It's not just Eric's
making a fool of me.
460
00:20:36,109 --> 00:20:38,739
The whole class got together
to humiliate me.
461
00:20:38,779 --> 00:20:42,699
- That really hurts.
- Well, I know it does.
462
00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:45,121
Maybe you, just possibly
463
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,580
you brought it on yourself,
just a little.
464
00:20:48,622 --> 00:20:50,672
I was only doing my job.
465
00:20:50,707 --> 00:20:53,167
Like all the great editors,
Maxwell Perkins
466
00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:55,460
was very rigorous
with Hemingway.
467
00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:57,214
But that was Ernest Hemingway.
468
00:20:57,256 --> 00:21:00,256
I mean, the man fought bulls.
469
00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:02,180
But you're dealing
with Arvid Engen.
470
00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:03,929
A boy who's afraid of leather.
471
00:21:04,846 --> 00:21:07,846
Is it wrong
to have high standards?
472
00:21:07,891 --> 00:21:10,101
You remember when the class
played volleyball?
473
00:21:10,143 --> 00:21:12,353
[chuckles]
You call that volleyball.
474
00:21:12,396 --> 00:21:13,806
Right, and you especially
475
00:21:13,855 --> 00:21:16,225
did not know
how to play volleyball.
476
00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:20,025
- Well, I was doing my best.
- Oh.
477
00:21:21,405 --> 00:21:22,855
Oh..
478
00:21:24,241 --> 00:21:26,161
See, you set
your standards so high
479
00:21:26,201 --> 00:21:29,161
that nobody can reach 'em,
including me.
480
00:21:29,913 --> 00:21:31,503
And these are high school kids
481
00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:34,380
who enjoy being writers
for a while.
482
00:21:34,418 --> 00:21:36,998
And this journal
is probably the only chance
483
00:21:37,045 --> 00:21:40,295
they'll ever get
of...being published.
484
00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:43,140
See, they're trying
their hands at being writers.
485
00:21:43,176 --> 00:21:46,756
Just like you're trying
to be an editor.
486
00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:48,215
I'm not doing so well.
487
00:21:48,265 --> 00:21:51,975
Well, it takes a lot of practice
shots to get one over the net.
488
00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:54,269
[instrumental music]
489
00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:56,403
(Simone)
'I think I could learn
to be a good editor'
490
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:57,820
if you'll give me
another chance.
491
00:21:57,858 --> 00:22:00,778
But if you want me to resign,
I'll understand.
492
00:22:00,819 --> 00:22:02,899
Simone, I'm willing
to give you another try
493
00:22:02,946 --> 00:22:05,156
if you'll give me another try.
494
00:22:05,198 --> 00:22:07,988
And if you wanna burn
that piece I wrote
495
00:22:08,035 --> 00:22:09,285
I'll write you a new one.
496
00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:11,868
No, I'll print it
just the way it is.
497
00:22:11,913 --> 00:22:14,213
Now that you know it's not true,
don't you hate it?
498
00:22:14,249 --> 00:22:16,499
I wouldn't have liked it
any less if I had known
499
00:22:16,543 --> 00:22:18,003
it were pure fiction.
500
00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,415
Of course, I wouldn't have
kissed you either.
501
00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:25,299
Yeah, well, if you
would've done that to me..
502
00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:28,471
...I would have
kissed you, anyway.
503
00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:30,683
Well, I guess
we got through this
504
00:22:30,724 --> 00:22:33,604
and, uh,
the journal's gonna be fine.
505
00:22:33,643 --> 00:22:34,853
And I, for one, Simone
506
00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:36,185
I'm ready to jump right in
507
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and do my final rewrite.
508
00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:40,475
When do you want it?
509
00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:42,185
Tuesday would be fine.
510
00:22:43,945 --> 00:22:45,855
Tuesday. I said "Tuesday."
511
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- Okay.
- Okay.
512
00:22:47,991 --> 00:22:50,331
Okay. Tuesday.
513
00:22:51,912 --> 00:22:53,622
Unless,
Wednesday would be better.
514
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[indistinct chatter]
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[instrumental music]
516
00:22:58,627 --> 00:23:00,047
Oh, Mr. Moore,
about your essay..
517
00:23:00,087 --> 00:23:03,467
Uh, listen, Simone,
four rewrites is my limit, okay?
518
00:23:03,507 --> 00:23:05,677
No, it's beautiful,
it's perfect.
519
00:23:05,717 --> 00:23:09,677
As I was saying, four rewrites
is really all I need.
520
00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:11,891
I loved it. It's really good.
It's going in.
521
00:23:11,932 --> 00:23:13,062
Thank you.
522
00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:16,140
Could use something to balance
that Dorthman haiku.
523
00:23:18,772 --> 00:23:23,362
Uh, pencils
don't educate people
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writers do.
525
00:23:24,736 --> 00:23:27,356
Dorthman, eat your heart out.
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[theme music]
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