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- ♪ LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪
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♪ LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪
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[Jake sobbing]
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- WHAT HAVE I DONE?
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OH, GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE?
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- IT'S ALL RIGHT, JAKE.
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WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS
AS A FAMILY.
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- YEAH, DON'T WORRY, DADDY.
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WE'RE HERE FOR YOU
NO MATTER WHAT.
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[gasps]
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I'M GONNA MISS
THE COMING ATTRACTIONS.
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- OH, GOD.
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- WHAT'S WRONG?
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- YOUR FATHER HAD A LITTLE
BUSINESS SETBACK, DEAR.
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HE LOST A CLIENT.
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- "I GOT A GREAT IDEA,"
HE SAID.
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"MILLION-DOLLAR IDEA.
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"CIGARS FOR PETS.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
HE SAID.
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"WANT YOU TO BE HONEST,"
HE SAID.
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WHAT THE HELL MADE ME
BELIEVE HIM?
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- JAKE, EVERYONE SLIPS UP
NOW AND THEN.
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- HE FIRED YOU
FOR BEING HONEST?
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- IT WAS ENTRAPMENT.
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- SO IT'S OFF TO THE SNEAKER
SWEATSHOP FOR ME AND QUINN?
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- DON'T BE RIDICULOUS, YOU TWO.
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DARIA, YOU KNOW I'VE GOT
MORE WORK THAN I CAN HANDLE.
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AND YOU'LL GET BUSY AGAIN,
JAKIE.
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JUST BE PATIENT.
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- WHAT'LL I DO IN THE MEANTIME?
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- YOU'RE ALWAYS SAYING YOU
WANT TO WORK ON YOUR COOKING.
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- IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME WAY
TO OCCUPY YOURSELF,
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THERE ARE PLENTY OF CHORES
THAT NEED DOING AROUND HERE.
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WHAT?
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YOU GET TO SAY IT.
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- GOOD.
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BRITTANY,
DID YOU SPILL YOUR PAINT?
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- UM, NO.
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- IS THIS A GOOD TIME,
MISS DEFOE?
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- YES, COME ON IN.
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CLASS, MISS LI
AND MR. O'NEILL
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HAVE SOME INTRIGUING NEWS.
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- LAWNDALE HIGH
IS PARTICIPATING
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IN A STATEWIDE
STUDENT ART CONTEST.
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- THAT'S WHY
WE'VE CHOSEN ART CLASS
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AS THE PLACE TO ANNOUNCE IT.
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- THE THEME OF THE CONTEST
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IS STUDENT LIFE AT THE DAWN
OF THE MILLENNIUM.
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- WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE
A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
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IN TODAY'S FAST CHANGING WORLD?
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- ENTRY IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY,
OF COURSE.
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ALTHOUGH, FRANKLY, I DON'T SEE
HOW ANY OF YOU COULD THINK
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OF PASSING UP THE CHANCE
TO BRING HONOR
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UNTO YOURSELF
AND UNTO LAWNDALE HIGH.
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- UNTO?
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- BUCKLE MY SHOE.
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- MISS DEFOE
WILL CHOOSE THE ENTRIES
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FROM EACH ART CLASS,
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AND I'M CONTEST COORDINATOR
FOR THE SCHOOL.
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GOOD LUCK, KIDS.
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- STUDENTS, I URGE YOU
TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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CURIOSITY, INQUIRY, EXPRESSION:
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THESE ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS
OF EDUCATION.
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- MA'AM?
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- NO QUESTIONS.
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GOOD LUCK, ALL.
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- I WANTED TO TELL HER I'VE GOT
A GREAT IDEA FOR A POSTER.
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- ME TOO.
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MINE'S GONNA BE
ABOUT CHEERLEADING.
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- OH, NO.
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NOW WHAT'LL I DO?
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- HOW ABOUT SOMETHING
ON QUARTERBACKS, BABE?
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HEY.
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- JANE, COULD YOU STAY
A MINUTE?
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JANE, I'M EAGER TO SEE WHAT
ALL THE STUDENTS COME UP WITH
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FOR THIS CONTEST.
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- ALL THE STUDENTS
WHO CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE.
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- BUT I REALLY CAN'T WAIT
TO SEE YOUR ENTRY.
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- WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T
REALLY THINK ARTISTS
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SHOULD COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER.
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SEE, I BELIEVE
IN A COMMUNITY OF CREATIVITY.
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- YOU'RE SUCH
AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST
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AND SUCH AN ORIGINAL THINKER.
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IF THERE'S ANYONE
IN THIS SCHOOL
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WHO CAN CAPTURE
STUDENT LIFE TODAY, IT'S YOU.
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I JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD LUCK.
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- THANKS.
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DAMN IT.
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WHY DID SHE HAVE TO BE SO NICE?
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NOW I HAVE TO COME UP
WITH SOME STUPID POSTER
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ABOUT STUDENT LIFE.
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- WHERE TO START?
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THERE'S SO MUCH
TO HATE ABOUT IT.
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- YOU KNOW, NOBODY SAID
THE MESSAGE HAD TO BE POSITIVE.
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I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING THAT
REALLY REPRESENTS STUDENT LIFE.
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- YES.
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- THAT TELLS THE TRUTH
ABOUT HOW MUCH IT CAN SUCK.
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- YES.
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- THAT BLOWS AWAY
THE STORYBOOK FANTASY
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ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS
TO BE YOUNG.
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- YES.
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- AND YOU'RE GONNA HELP.
- NO.
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- NEONATAL SKINHEADS NEXT
ON SICK, SAD WORLD.
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- YOU GOT TO HELP ME.
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YOU'RE THE MOST NEGATIVE PERSON
I KNOW.
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- THANKS.
- COME ON.
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NOW'S YOUR CHANCE
TO TELL THE WORLD
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WHAT YOU REALLY THINK
OF LIFE AT LAWNDALE HIGH.
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- TELL THE WORLD THAT I,
DARIA MORGENDORFFER,
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HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY.
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- YES.
- NO.
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- COME ON.
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- ALL RIGHT, I'LL MAKE
MY PERSONAL STATEMENT,
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AND I'LL
STAND BEHIND IT.
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- I KNEW YOU WOULD.
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- BUT ONLY ON THE CONDITION
OF STRICT ANONYMITY.
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- YOU'RE A REAL JOAN OF ARC,
YOU KNOW THAT?
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- YEAH, AND I THINK
I JUST ORDERED A STAKE.
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- HOW ABOUT WE CALL IT
AMERICA'S FUTURE LEADERS
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AND WE JUST ENLARGE
A PICTURE OF KEVIN AND BRITTANY?
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- COME ON,
THAT'S TOO DEPRESSING.
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HOW ABOUT WE CALL IT
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP
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AND WE ATTACH
THE SKIN OF AN ACTUAL STUDENT?
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- OH, I LIKE THAT.
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I WONDER IF I COULD TALK QUINN
INTO DONATING HERS.
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- I'M STARTING TO THINK THIS IS
GONNA REQUIRE MORE PIZZA.
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- I'M STARTING
TO AGREE WITH YOU.
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- WHERE WERE WE?
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- WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HANGING
A ROLL OF FLYPAPER
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AND CALLING IT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO BE ATTRACTIVE.
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- OH, YEAH.
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WITH OR WITHOUT FLIES?
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- DID THEY ADD ANOTHER QUART
OF GREASE TO THE PIZZA RECIPE?
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- ONE MORE SLICE?
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- NO, I ALREADY FEEL LIKE
I MIGHT THROW UP.
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HEY.
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[bell rings]
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- WELL, IT'S VERY GRATIFYING
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TO SEE SO MUCH PARTICIPATION
IN THE CONTEST.
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CHARLES, WHAT'S THE NAME
OF YOUR POSTER?
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- I CALL IT
RIDE, CHUCKIE, RIDE.
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- AND WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT SAY
ABOUT STUDENT LIFE
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AT THE CENTURY'S EDGE?
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- IT'S MORE OF
A PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT.
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- MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, HE MEANS.
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- TELL US ABOUT YOUR POSTER,
BRITTANY.
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- I CALL IT
DON'T DRINK OR TAKE DRUGS,
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AND THE MESSAGE IS,
DON'T DRINK OR TAKE DRUGS.
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- BUT HOW DO WE
GET THAT MESSAGE?
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ALL I SEE ARE
THE ALCOHOL AND THE DRUGS
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WITH NO NEGATIVE IMAGERY
TO SYMBOLIZE THEIR DANGERS.
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- THERE.
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- WELL, BRITTANY, THAT'S UM...
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LET'S TALK AFTER CLASS.
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AND JANE, WHAT DID YOU DECIDE?
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OH, SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
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"SHE KNOWS SHE'S A WINNER.
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"SHE COULDN'T BE THINNER.
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"NOW SHE GOES IN THE BATHROOM
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AND VOMITS UP DINNER"?
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OH, JANE.
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I DON'T THINK THAT'S FUNNY.
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- UM, YOU DON'T?
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- DO YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY
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TO MAKE FUN OF SOMEONE
WITH AN EATING DISORDER?
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- NO, BUT--
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- IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE FUNNY.
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- IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE FUNNY.
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- WELL, THEN,
DO YOU THINK IT'S YOUR PLACE
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TO PASS JUDGMENT
ON SOMEONE WITH A LOW SELF-IMAGE
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JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE THAT PROBLEM YOURSELF?
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- BUT THAT'S NOT
WHAT I'M SAYING AT ALL.
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- THEN WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
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- I'M SAYING
THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T, UH...
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- SHE'S SAYING THAT ALL
THE EMPHASIS ON APPEARANCE TODAY
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CAN BE DANGEROUS.
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THE GIRL IS VERY PRETTY,
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AND YOUR FIRST REACTION IS,
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"OH, WHAT A HAPPY TEENAGER."
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BUT MAYBE THAT'S NOT
THE WHOLE STORY.
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MAYBE THAT PRETTINESS
COMES AT A PRICE.
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- OH, IS THAT
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JANE?
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- PRETTY MUCH.
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- AND YOU FELT YOU HAD TO SAY IT
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IN SUCH GRAPHIC,
UNAPPEALING LANGUAGE?
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- THE CHOICE OF WORDS
WAS DELIBERATE
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TO CONTRAST
WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE IMAGE
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AND SHOCK THE VIEWER
INTO PAYING ATTENTION.
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- YOU KNOW WHAT, JANE?
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THIS REALLY IS A WORK OF ART,
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AND IT REALLY DOES MAKE
A STATEMENT IN AN ORIGINAL WAY.
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I'D LIKE YOU TO LET ME ENTER IT
IN THE STATEWIDE COMPETITION.
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- SOUNDS OKAY.
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- AND HOW DOES IT SOUND
TO YOUR COLLABORATOR?
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- NEXT TIME, I GIVE YOU
A PREPARED STATEMENT.
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- DARIA, JANE,
THIS POSTER IS BEAUTIFUL.
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- TRULY ACCOMPLISHED.
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A REAL CREDIT TO YOURSELVES
AND TO LAWNDALE HIGH.
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- AND THE POEM,
A VERY INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE.
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EXCEPT...
- YES?
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- THERE'S THIS ONE LINE.
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EWW.
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- YES?
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- I'M JUST WONDERING
IF YOU'D CONSIDER
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CHANGING THE PART
ABOUT VOMITING UP DINNER.
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IT'S JUST KIND OF YUCKY.
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- IT PRESENTS A DISTASTEFUL
PICTURE TO THE STUDENT BODY.
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YOU KNOW WE WOULDN'T WANT
PEOPLE DOING THAT.
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- THAT'S THE POINT.
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- SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
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- THE GIRL IS SO OBSESSED
WITH BEING BEAUTIFUL
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THAT IT TURNS HER
INTO SOMETHING REALLY UGLY.
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THAT'S THE MESSAGE
OF THE POSTER.
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SO IT TAKES ME A WHILE.
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- BUT SHE LOOKS
SO PRETTY AND HAPPY.
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WHY NOT MAKE THE THEME POSITIVE?
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INSTEAD OF
"SHE VOMITS UP DINNER,"
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HOW ABOUT "SHE BARELY
TOUCHES DINNER"?
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- YOU MEAN BEING THAT
GORGEOUS IS SO TIRING
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THAT SHE'S
TOO EXHAUSTED TO EAT?
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- EXACTLY.
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SEE, EVEN BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
HAVE PROBLEMS,
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SO HANG IN THERE, KIDS.
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- BOY, YOU REALLY
DON'T GET IT AT ALL, DO YOU?
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- LOOK, I DIDN'T EVEN WANT
TO WRITE THE STUPID POEM.
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I DON'T REALLY CARE
WHAT PEOPLE DO TO THEMSELVES.
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BUT IF YOU CHANGE THAT LINE,
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THE POEM BECOMES JUST ANOTHER
PHONY, DISHONEST MESSAGE.
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IT'LL APPLAUD THE SAME THING
IT CRITICIZED BEFORE.
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DON'T YOU SEE THAT?
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- MISS MORGENDORFFER,
IS IT SO WRONG
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PRIDE
IN THE WAY THEY LOOK?
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- DO WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO THE POSTER.
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JUST TAKE MY NAME OFF IT.
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- AND MINE.
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- NOW, NOW, LADIES,
EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH.
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LET'S ALL TAKE 24 HOURS
TO THINK ABOUT IT, HMM?
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- FINE.
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- IT'S YOUR DECISION TO MAKE.
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CALL THEIR PARENTS.
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- "JANE LANE.
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MRS. AMANDA LANE."
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HELLO, MRS. LANE.
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[electronic beeps]
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[telephone ringing]
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- ♪ NO NO ♪
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♪ YOU CAN'T GET IN ♪
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♪ NO, NO, NO ♪
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♪ NO, YOU CAN'T GET IN ♪
250
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[hard rock music]
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[telephone ringing]
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- UM, OKAY.
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"HELEN MORGENDORFFER."
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HELLO, MRS. MORGENDORFFER.
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[electronic beeps]
256
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[telephone ringing]
257
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- I'VE GOT ABSOLUTELY
NO PAPERWORK FOR MY 3:00,
258
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I CAN'T FIND THE BRIEF I WAS
SUPPOSED TO GET THIS A.M.,
259
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AND MY STATIONERY STILL
HAS THE WRONG EMAIL ADDRESS.
260
00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:49,153
WHY THE HELL CAN'T ANYTHING
EVER GO RIGHT AROUND HERE?
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- HELEN,
IT'S YOUR DAUGHTER'S TEACHER.
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- TELL THEM I'LL MAKE SURE
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QUINN TURNS IN THE ASSIGNMENT
BY MONDAY.
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OH, AND TRY TO FIND OUT
WHAT THE ASSIGNMENT IS, OKAY?
265
00:09:57,530 --> 00:10:00,165
AND MAYBE YOU COULD GET STARTED
MAKING A FEW NOTES ON IT.
266
00:10:00,167 --> 00:10:01,732
- IT'S YOUR OTHER DAUGHTER,
I THINK.
267
00:10:01,734 --> 00:10:03,300
- DARIA?
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00:10:03,302 --> 00:10:06,337
WELL, THEN, TELL THEM I'LL
TALK TO HER ABOUT HER ATTITUDE.
269
00:10:06,339 --> 00:10:08,974
AND TRY TO FIND OUT WHO SHE
INSULTED AND WHAT SHE SAID, HMM?
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- GET SOME INFORMATION.
271
00:10:10,643 --> 00:10:12,010
HE SAYS SHE HAS
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
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THAT HE'D HATE
TO SEE HER SQUANDER.
273
00:10:13,546 --> 00:10:15,347
- OH, JUST GIVE IT TO ME.
274
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HELEN MORGENDORFFER.
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- HELLO, MRS. MOGGENFOFFER--
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OH, UM, MORGENDORFFER.
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00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:22,854
THIS IS TIMOTHY O'NEILL
AT LAWNDALE HIGH.
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00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:24,822
I'M YOUR DAUGHTER DARIA'S
ENGLISH TEACHER.
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00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:27,125
- YES, IS THIS ABOUT HER ESSAY
ON BANNING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
280
00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:28,659
AND BRINGING BACK TORTURE
INSTEAD?
281
00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:30,461
BECAUSE IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A JOKE.
282
00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:32,563
- UM, NO, NO,
MRS. MORGENDORFFER.
283
00:10:32,565 --> 00:10:34,665
IT'S ABOUT A POSTER
SHE HELPED CREATE.
284
00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:36,134
SEE, WE'RE HAVING THIS CONTEST
285
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CONCERNING STUDENT LIFE
AT THE DAWN OF THE MILLENNIUM.
286
00:10:38,438 --> 00:10:40,238
- COULD YOU POSSIBLY
SPEED THIS UP A LITTLE?
287
00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,639
I'M LATE
FOR TWO CONFERENCE CALLS.
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- UM, SHE WROTE
A VERY UNPLEASANT POEM
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TO GO WITH A VERY NICE PICTURE,
290
00:10:44,211 --> 00:10:45,409
AND I WAS HOPING
YOU'D TALK TO HER
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00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:46,778
ABOUT MAYBE RECONSIDERING
AND REWRITING IT.
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- FINE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO.
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IF THIS REQUIRES
FURTHER DISCUSSION,
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PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO CALL MY HUSBAND.
295
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- AH!
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00:10:54,588 --> 00:10:56,254
"JAKE, JAKE MORGENDORFFER."
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HELLO, MR. MORGENDORFFER.
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[electronic beeps]
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00:11:01,427 --> 00:11:03,494
[telephone rings]
300
00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:04,762
- HELLO, JAKE MORGENDORFFER.
301
00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:06,597
JAKE MORGENDORFFER HERE.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
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00:11:06,599 --> 00:11:08,199
ANYBODY THERE?
- AH!
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00:11:08,201 --> 00:11:09,200
- HELLO?
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00:11:09,202 --> 00:11:10,268
YOU'VE REACHED THE OFFICES
305
00:11:10,270 --> 00:11:11,670
OF JAKE MORGENDORFFER
CONSULTING.
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00:11:11,672 --> 00:11:12,904
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO YOU NEED
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00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:14,272
TO BE CONSULTED?
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00:11:14,274 --> 00:11:17,208
- MORE PENNE A LA PESTO,
ANYONE?
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00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:18,709
- ALL RIGHT, YOUR FRIEND JANE
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00:11:18,711 --> 00:11:20,211
ASKED YOU TO HELP HER
MAKE A POSTER.
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00:11:20,213 --> 00:11:23,782
- IF I EVER FIND OUT WHO THE
SADIST WAS WHO CALLED ME TODAY--
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00:11:23,784 --> 00:11:25,049
- YOU CAME UP WITH THE IDEA
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00:11:25,051 --> 00:11:26,785
OF A PRETTY GIRL
WITH AN EATING DISORDER.
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00:11:26,787 --> 00:11:30,655
- YEP.
- DARIA, THAT IS SO--SO YOU.
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00:11:30,657 --> 00:11:32,857
- IS THAT A COMPLIMENT
OR AN INSULT?
316
00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:34,558
- YOU KNOW,
YOU REFRIGERATE THIS STUFF,
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00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:37,028
THE PESTO STARTS
TO GET A LITTLE FUNKY.
318
00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,696
IT OXIDIZES OR SOMETHING.
319
00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,498
IT'S BEST TO EAT
IN THE DAY IT'S MADE.
320
00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:41,766
NOW, WHO'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE?
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00:11:41,768 --> 00:11:43,434
- JAKE, WILL YOU PUT DOWN
THE DAMN MACARONI
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00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:44,836
AND ASK YOUR DAUGHTER
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00:11:44,838 --> 00:11:47,071
WHY SHE HAS TO BE SO CYNICAL
ALL THE TIME?
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00:11:47,073 --> 00:11:49,240
- IT'S NOT MACARONI, HELEN.
325
00:11:49,242 --> 00:11:51,609
- SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING
A POSTER ABOUT STUDENT LIFE,
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00:11:51,611 --> 00:11:53,377
AND SHE COMES UP
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00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,679
WITH THE MOST NEGATIVE MESSAGE
SHE CAN THINK OF.
328
00:11:55,681 --> 00:11:56,981
- IT'S NOT NEGATIVE.
329
00:11:56,983 --> 00:11:58,549
IT'S SUPPORTIVE OF STUDENTS
330
00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:00,318
WHO DON'T WANT TO BE JUDGED
BY THEIR LOOKS.
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00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,822
- OH, COME ON, DARIA,
PEOPLE LIKE THAT DON'T EXIST.
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00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:06,825
- JAKE, ASK HER WHY SHE CAN'T
BE UPBEAT ONCE IN A WHILE.
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00:12:06,827 --> 00:12:08,159
- YOU SEE, HELEN,
334
00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:10,094
IF THIS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
MACARONI AND CHEESE,
335
00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:11,262
IT WOULD BE VERY BAD.
336
00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:12,630
BUT IT'S PENNE A LA PESTO,
337
00:12:12,632 --> 00:12:14,565
AND JUDGED BY THE STANDARDS
OF PENNE A LA PESTO,
338
00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,200
IT'S VERY GOOD.
339
00:12:16,202 --> 00:12:18,102
- JAKE, WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
340
00:12:18,104 --> 00:12:19,103
ARE YOU LISTENING?
341
00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:20,271
- OF COURSE, SURE.
342
00:12:20,273 --> 00:12:22,106
WHAT I MEAN IS, WELL,
IF THIS POSTER
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00:12:22,108 --> 00:12:24,408
IS SUPPOSED TO BE PROPAGANDA
PROMOTING STUDENT LIFE,
344
00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:25,409
IT'S VERY BAD.
345
00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:26,878
BUT IF IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ART
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00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,481
EXPRESSING DARIA'S PERSONAL
VISION OF STUDENT LIFE,
347
00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:32,183
IT'S VERY GOOD, SEE?
348
00:12:32,185 --> 00:12:33,351
- THANKS, DAD.
349
00:12:33,353 --> 00:12:35,286
- UGH!
350
00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:41,225
- IT'S OXIDIZING.
351
00:12:43,296 --> 00:12:45,063
- SO THEN, SPLAT.
352
00:12:45,065 --> 00:12:47,164
DINNER ENDS UP ON TOP
OF MY DAD'S HEAD.
353
00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:48,833
- WOW, EXCELLENT.
354
00:12:48,835 --> 00:12:51,502
YOUR YOUTHFUL INTEGRITY IS
TEARING YOUR FAMILY ASUNDER.
355
00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:53,037
- WELL, NOT EXACTLY.
356
00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:55,973
MY MOTHER CAME BACK IN,
MUMBLED SOMETHING ABOUT PMS,
357
00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:57,642
AND APOLOGIZED.
358
00:12:57,644 --> 00:12:59,978
BUT AT LEAST WE DON'T HAVE TO
EAT LEFTOVER MACARONI TONIGHT.
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00:12:59,980 --> 00:13:03,280
- WE'RE STILL RESIGNING
FROM THE POSTER CONTEST, RIGHT?
360
00:13:03,282 --> 00:13:04,482
DARIA?
361
00:13:04,484 --> 00:13:06,083
- I TOLD THEM
I'D AT LEAST LISTEN
362
00:13:06,085 --> 00:13:07,652
TO MR. O'NEILL'S POINT OF VIEW,
363
00:13:07,654 --> 00:13:12,090
BUT I DIDN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES--
I MEAN, OTHER THAN THAT ONE.
364
00:13:22,502 --> 00:13:23,867
- SO YOU SEE, GIRLS,
I DON'T WANT
365
00:13:23,869 --> 00:13:25,369
TO CHANGE THE INTENT
OF YOUR POSTER.
366
00:13:25,371 --> 00:13:28,272
I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT
MORE PALATABLE.
367
00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:29,707
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY:
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00:13:29,709 --> 00:13:33,010
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR
HELPS THE MEDICINE GO DOWN.
369
00:13:33,012 --> 00:13:34,145
- NOT IF YOU'RE DIABETIC.
370
00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:35,780
- EXCUSE ME, MR. O'NEILL?
371
00:13:35,782 --> 00:13:37,148
- UM, YES?
372
00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:40,151
- I WANT TO ENTER
MY NEW POSTER IN THE CONTEST.
373
00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:42,453
- UM, THAT'S REALLY NICE.
374
00:13:42,455 --> 00:13:44,956
WHAT AN AFFIRMATIVE MESSAGE.
TOGETHERNESS?
375
00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:48,726
- UM, THE MESSAGE IS,
"DON'T JOIN A GANG."
376
00:13:48,728 --> 00:13:51,362
- OH.
- THAT'S ALSO THE TITLE.
377
00:13:51,364 --> 00:13:53,965
- UM, BRITTANY, I SEE THE GANG,
378
00:13:53,967 --> 00:13:57,534
BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING
REPRESENTING "DON'T."
379
00:13:57,536 --> 00:14:00,637
- OH, YEAH.
380
00:14:00,639 --> 00:14:04,342
WHERE'S MY LIPSTICK?
381
00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:07,378
- AND THAT'S HOW GOOD ART
BECOMES GREAT ART.
382
00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:09,247
- ANYWAY, I HAD AN IDEA.
383
00:14:09,249 --> 00:14:11,649
HOW ABOUT IF YOU LET ME WORK
ON THE POEM A BIT?
384
00:14:11,651 --> 00:14:14,285
MAYBE I CAN COME UP WITH
SOMETHING A LITTLE LESS ABRASIVE
385
00:14:14,287 --> 00:14:15,753
THAT GETS YOUR POINT ACROSS.
386
00:14:15,755 --> 00:14:17,321
- AND IF WE DON'T LIKE
WHAT YOU DO?
387
00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:18,589
- THEN WE'LL FORGET ABOUT IT
388
00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:20,457
AND LEAVE THE POSTER
THE WAY YOU MADE IT.
389
00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:21,459
YOU CAN'T LOSE.
390
00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:23,127
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
391
00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:24,128
- OKAY.
392
00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:25,863
BUT QUOTE MARY POPPINS AGAIN,
393
00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:27,498
AND THE DEAL'S OFF.
394
00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:31,069
- MISS LANE,
MISS MORGENDORFFER,
395
00:14:31,071 --> 00:14:32,603
I BELIEVE YOU'RE
GOING TO BE PLEASED
396
00:14:32,605 --> 00:14:34,738
WITH WHAT MR. O'NEILL
HAS TO SHOW YOU.
397
00:14:34,740 --> 00:14:36,908
- DARIA, JANE, I REALLY THINK
I'VE DONE IT.
398
00:14:36,910 --> 00:14:38,642
I'VE CAPTURED
THE ESSENCE OF YOUR MESSAGE
399
00:14:38,644 --> 00:14:41,846
WHILE SOFTENING
THE "ROUGH EDGES."
400
00:14:41,848 --> 00:14:45,149
- YOU STONEWASHED IT?
401
00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:46,784
"SHE KNOWS SHE'S A WINNER.
402
00:14:46,786 --> 00:14:48,052
"SHE COULDN'T BE THINNER,
403
00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:49,520
"'CAUSE SHE'S CAREFUL
WHAT SHE EATS
404
00:14:49,522 --> 00:14:51,289
"FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH,
AND DINNER.
405
00:14:51,291 --> 00:14:52,690
GOOD NUTRITION RULES"?
406
00:14:52,692 --> 00:14:54,025
IS THIS A JOKE?
407
00:14:54,027 --> 00:14:56,593
- SMART EATING HABITS
ARE NO JOKE, DARIA.
408
00:14:56,595 --> 00:14:58,529
- WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO
WITH OUR POSTER?
409
00:14:58,531 --> 00:15:01,299
- IT TURNS A NEGATIVE MESSAGE
INTO A POSITIVE ONE.
410
00:15:01,301 --> 00:15:03,868
SHE'S NOT PRETTY BECAUSE
SHE STARVED HERSELF INTO IT.
411
00:15:03,870 --> 00:15:06,704
SHE'S PRETTY BECAUSE
SHE TAKES CARE OF HERSELF.
412
00:15:06,706 --> 00:15:10,308
IT'S EVEN MORE POWERFUL THAN
BEFORE, BECAUSE IT'S UPBEAT.
413
00:15:10,310 --> 00:15:11,675
- I SEE.
414
00:15:11,677 --> 00:15:14,078
SHE'S NOT GONNA THROW UP
ANYMORE, BUT I MIGHT.
415
00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,380
- DON'T DO THAT.
IT'S DOWNBEAT.
416
00:15:16,382 --> 00:15:18,582
- YOU YOUNG WOMEN SHOULD BE
THANKING MR. O'NEILL
417
00:15:18,584 --> 00:15:21,585
FOR HIS HARD WORK PRESERVING
YOUR MESSAGE.
418
00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:22,653
- HE DIDN'T PRESERVE IT.
419
00:15:22,655 --> 00:15:23,821
HE PERVERTED IT.
420
00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:25,456
- HE REMOVED
ALL THE SUBSTANCE AND IMPACT
421
00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:27,058
AND TURNED IT
INTO MEANINGLESS DRIVEL.
422
00:15:27,060 --> 00:15:29,059
- SO WE'D LIKE OUR POSTER BACK
NOW, PLEASE.
423
00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:30,328
- MEANING WHAT?
424
00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:32,163
- MEANING WE'RE WITHDRAWING IT
FROM THE CONTEST
425
00:15:32,165 --> 00:15:33,697
ACCORDING TO OUR AGREEMENT.
426
00:15:33,699 --> 00:15:34,932
- EXCUSE ME, GIRLS,
427
00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:36,066
I DIDN'T MAKE ANY AGREEMENT.
428
00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:37,568
- MR. O'NEILL DID.
429
00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:40,504
- MR. O'NEILL IS IN NO POSITION
TO OFFER SUCH A DEAL.
430
00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:41,638
THE POSTER WILL BE DISPLAYED
431
00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,908
DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
TOMORROW NIGHT.
432
00:15:43,910 --> 00:15:46,043
THEN IT WILL BE ENTERED
IN THE CONTEST,
433
00:15:46,045 --> 00:15:49,981
WHERE IT WILL BRING HONOR
AND ACCLAIM TO YOU TWO AND TO--
434
00:15:49,983 --> 00:15:52,083
- BUT, MISS LI, I DID PROMISE.
435
00:15:52,085 --> 00:15:53,751
- I DIDN'T.
436
00:15:53,753 --> 00:15:55,352
- CAN SHE DO THAT?
437
00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:57,287
- NO, THIS IS ALL
A TERRIBLE DREAM
438
00:15:57,289 --> 00:15:59,590
BROUGHT ON BY TOO MUCH
PENNE A LA PESTO.
439
00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:01,592
- BUT DON'T WE HAVE
ANY RECOURSE OR ANYTHING?
440
00:16:01,594 --> 00:16:04,028
CAN'T WE TALK TO MR. O'NEILL?
- WE COULD APPEAL TO HIM,
441
00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:06,897
AND HE MIGHT TURN THE FULL FORCE
OF HIS OVERWHELMING PERSONALITY
442
00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:08,065
ON MISS LI,
443
00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:09,399
AND THEN SHE'D EAT HIM.
444
00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:10,400
- HOW ABOUT YOUR MOTHER?
445
00:16:10,402 --> 00:16:11,769
- HOW ABOUT YOURS?
446
00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:14,105
- MY MOTHER'S
A LITTLE PREOCCUPIED RIGHT NOW.
447
00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:15,506
SHE'S TRACKING DOWN THE SOURCE
448
00:16:15,508 --> 00:16:17,875
OF THE DISTURBING
HEAT VARIATIONS IN HER KILN.
449
00:16:17,877 --> 00:16:19,610
BUT YOUR MOTHER IS A LAWYER.
450
00:16:19,612 --> 00:16:21,645
- A LAWYER WHO THINKS
IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA
451
00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:24,082
FOR ME TO GET INVOLVED
IN THE POSTER CONTEST.
452
00:16:24,084 --> 00:16:26,650
THE SYSTEM'S FAILED US.
453
00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:28,886
- THE SYSTEM SUCKS.
454
00:16:28,888 --> 00:16:31,956
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO GO OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM.
455
00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:34,158
- YOU DON'T MEAN--
- YES.
456
00:16:36,696 --> 00:16:39,363
- YOU DID THE RIGHT THING
COMING TO ME.
457
00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:40,831
- SORRY WE WOKE YOU UP.
458
00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:42,466
- DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
459
00:16:42,468 --> 00:16:44,768
IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN
SOONER OR LATER.
460
00:16:47,073 --> 00:16:49,640
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE PLAN.
461
00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:52,877
I'LL SIT RIGHT HERE WITH MY FOOT
ON THE ACCELERATOR,
462
00:16:52,879 --> 00:16:54,411
READY TO BURN RUBBER.
463
00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:55,546
- TRENT, PULL OVER THERE
464
00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:56,847
AND MAKE SURE
YOU TURN OFF THE CAR
465
00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,415
IN CASE YOU FALL ASLEEP,
OKAY?
466
00:16:58,417 --> 00:16:59,784
- ALTERNATE PLAN.
467
00:16:59,786 --> 00:17:01,519
COOL.
468
00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:09,359
- ALL CLEAR?
469
00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:10,661
- JUST ABOUT.
470
00:17:10,663 --> 00:17:12,463
- WAIT.
471
00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:14,231
- WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?
472
00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:16,033
- OBSERVING.
- INNOCENTLY.
473
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:18,869
- I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT MISS LI
DID TO YOUR POSTER.
474
00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,638
WAIT A MINUTE,
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING?
475
00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:21,772
- GET LOST, LANDON.
476
00:17:21,774 --> 00:17:22,807
- FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
477
00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:24,208
- YOU GOT A BRIGHT FUTURE, KID.
478
00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:25,475
- YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HERE
479
00:17:25,477 --> 00:17:29,380
WHEN WHAT'S GONNA GO DOWN
GOES DOWN.
480
00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:30,815
- LET'S DO IT.
481
00:17:30,817 --> 00:17:31,816
[tires squealing]
482
00:17:31,818 --> 00:17:33,550
- WHAT THE HELL?
483
00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:35,552
- OH, NO.
484
00:17:39,959 --> 00:17:42,359
- DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU WERE
GOING TO GET AWAY WITH THIS?
485
00:17:42,361 --> 00:17:45,029
- WELL, IT WOULD BE STUPID
TO SAY "YES" NOW.
486
00:17:45,031 --> 00:17:46,564
- THIS IS NO JOKE.
487
00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:48,832
VANDALIZING SCHOOL PROPERTY
IS A PUNISHABLE OFFENSE,
488
00:17:48,834 --> 00:17:50,301
AND THE FIRST THING
WE'RE GOING TO DO
489
00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:53,370
IS CALL YOUR PARENTS.
490
00:17:53,372 --> 00:17:55,373
[steady hip-hop beat]
491
00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:57,375
[telephone ringing]
492
00:17:57,377 --> 00:17:59,377
[upbeat rock music]
493
00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:02,113
[telephone ringing]
494
00:18:02,115 --> 00:18:04,482
- OH, BOTHER.
495
00:18:04,484 --> 00:18:06,951
[electronic beeps]
496
00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:08,986
- WHO'S BUTT DO I HAVE
TO KISS AROUND HERE
497
00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:11,254
TO GET MY INTEROFFICE MAIL
BEFORE NIGHTFALL?
498
00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,724
- HELEN, IT'S YOUR DAUGHTER'S
SCHOOL, THE PRINCIPAL.
499
00:18:13,726 --> 00:18:15,326
- THE PRINCIPAL?
500
00:18:15,328 --> 00:18:16,494
HELLO?
501
00:18:16,496 --> 00:18:17,995
- HELLO, MRS. MORGENDORFFER.
502
00:18:17,997 --> 00:18:21,665
THIS IS ANGELA LI,
PRINCIPAL OF LAWNDALE HIGH.
503
00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:22,800
- YES, MISS LI.
504
00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:23,801
HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
505
00:18:23,803 --> 00:18:25,136
- MRS. MORGENDORFFER,
506
00:18:25,138 --> 00:18:27,138
I'M AFRAID I HAVE
SOME RATHER BAD NEWS.
507
00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:29,706
YOUR DAUGHTER DARIA APPEARS
TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
508
00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:30,975
IN AN ACT OF VANDALISM.
509
00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:32,143
- WHAT?
510
00:18:32,145 --> 00:18:33,277
- MRS. MORGENDORFFER,
511
00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:35,112
YOUR DAUGHTER COLLABORATED
WITH JANE LANE
512
00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:38,516
IN THE CREATION OF A POSTER
FOR OUR ART CONTEST.
513
00:18:38,518 --> 00:18:39,683
- YES, I'M AWARE OF THAT.
514
00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:42,052
- WE FOUND PART
OF THE POSTER UNACCEPTABLE,
515
00:18:42,054 --> 00:18:44,021
SO IT WAS ALTERED PRIOR
TO ITS ENTRY.
516
00:18:44,023 --> 00:18:46,189
UNFORTUNATELY,
SOMEONE DEFACED THE POSTER
517
00:18:46,191 --> 00:18:47,591
WHILE IT WAS ON DISPLAY,
518
00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:49,760
AND SINCE YOUR DAUGHTER
AND MISS LANE
519
00:18:49,762 --> 00:18:51,294
HAD OBJECTED TO CHANGING IT,
520
00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:53,364
I MUST ASSUME
THEY WERE THE VANDALS.
521
00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:56,367
I AM AFRAID I AM GOING TO HAVE
TO TAKE DRASTIC ACTION.
522
00:18:56,369 --> 00:18:57,969
- WAIT A MOMENT.
523
00:18:57,971 --> 00:19:00,271
YOU'RE SAYING THE GIRLS WERE
AGAINST CHANGING THE POSTER
524
00:19:00,273 --> 00:19:02,073
BUT ENTERED IT
IN THE CONTEST ANYWAY?
525
00:19:02,075 --> 00:19:03,074
- IT WAS ENTERED FOR THEM.
526
00:19:03,076 --> 00:19:04,441
- I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION
527
00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:07,111
THAT PARTICIPATION
IN THIS CONTEST WAS VOLUNTARY.
528
00:19:07,113 --> 00:19:09,113
- IT WAS, BUT YOUR DAUGHTER
REFUSED TO VOLUNTEER,
529
00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:11,382
SO IN HER CASE,
I MADE IT MANDATORY.
530
00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:14,952
- ALL RIGHT, MISS LI, LET ME
MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS STRAIGHT.
531
00:19:14,954 --> 00:19:16,553
YOU TOOK MY DAUGHTER'S POSTER
FROM HER,
532
00:19:16,555 --> 00:19:17,554
ALTERED ITS CONTENT,
533
00:19:17,556 --> 00:19:18,923
EXHIBITED IT AGAINST HER WILL,
534
00:19:18,925 --> 00:19:20,424
AND ARE NOW THREATENING
DISCIPLINE
535
00:19:20,426 --> 00:19:22,960
BECAUSE YOU CLAIM SHE
DEFACED HER OWN PROPERTY,
536
00:19:22,962 --> 00:19:24,127
WHICH YOU ADMIT TO STEALING?
537
00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:26,130
- THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID AT ALL.
538
00:19:26,132 --> 00:19:28,199
- MISS LI, ARE YOU FAMILIAR
WITH THE PHRASE
539
00:19:28,201 --> 00:19:29,867
"VIOLATION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES"?
540
00:19:29,869 --> 00:19:30,868
- I--
541
00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:33,504
- AND THE PHRASE
"BIG, FAT LAWSUIT"?
542
00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:39,409
- SO THE ONLY WAY FOR US
TO SAVE OUR WORK
543
00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:41,078
WAS TO DESTROY IT.
544
00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,212
- CATCHY PHRASE.
545
00:19:42,214 --> 00:19:43,380
- AND WE GOT AWAY WITH IT.
546
00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:45,248
YOU SHOULD TURN THIS
INTO A SHORT STORY.
547
00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:46,617
- THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA,
548
00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:48,185
AND I THINK I ALREADY
HAVE A TITLE FOR IT.
549
00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:49,186
- YEAH?
550
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:50,621
- I'M GONNA CALL IT
551
00:19:50,623 --> 00:19:53,624
STUDENT LIFE AT THE DAWN
OF A NEW MILLENNIUM.
552
00:19:53,626 --> 00:19:55,125
- I WON!
553
00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:57,261
I WON THE ART CONTEST!
554
00:19:57,263 --> 00:20:00,164
- ♪ LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪
555
00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:03,166
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556
00:20:03,168 --> 00:20:06,170
[rock music]
557
00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:12,676
♪ ♪
558
00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:14,444
♪ LA-LA-LA ♪
559
00:20:14,446 --> 00:20:17,548
♪ ♪
560
00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:19,316
♪ LA-LA-LA ♪
561
00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:22,119
♪ ♪
562
00:20:22,121 --> 00:20:24,121
♪ LA-LA-LA ♪
563
00:20:24,123 --> 00:20:33,764
♪ ♪
564
00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:35,933
♪ LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪
565
00:20:35,935 --> 00:20:38,368
♪ ♪
566
00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:40,137
♪ LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪