1 00:00:02,282 --> 00:00:03,772 One more time. 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,185 Budget cuts? Again? 3 00:00:10,257 --> 00:00:14,387 We evaluators do rub people the wrong way sometimes, I'm afraid. 4 00:00:14,461 --> 00:00:18,056 They come in here with their reports and they treat us like digits? 5 00:00:18,131 --> 00:00:20,964 Do you happen to have a form for reporting sexual harassment? 6 00:00:21,034 --> 00:00:23,628 That was sexual advancement? 7 00:00:23,704 --> 00:00:26,298 They end up pitting friends against each other. 8 00:00:26,373 --> 00:00:27,635 Danny! 9 00:01:09,249 --> 00:01:11,217 You got big dreams. 10 00:01:11,284 --> 00:01:13,411 You want fame. 11 00:01:13,487 --> 00:01:15,045 Well, fame costs... 12 00:01:15,122 --> 00:01:18,455 and right here is where you start paying in sweat. 13 00:02:16,082 --> 00:02:19,779 - Miss Polsdorfer? - Why, yes. 14 00:02:19,853 --> 00:02:23,448 - Board of Education. - What a wonderful memory you have. 15 00:02:24,124 --> 00:02:27,059 Well, what I remember is that you and I have a real difference of opinion... 16 00:02:27,127 --> 00:02:29,721 about the way this school ought to be run. 17 00:02:29,796 --> 00:02:34,199 Well, we evaluators do rub people the wrong way sometimes, I'm afraid. 18 00:02:35,735 --> 00:02:39,000 Budget cuts? Again? 19 00:02:41,208 --> 00:02:42,698 Okay. 20 00:02:43,844 --> 00:02:45,709 Straight talk. 21 00:02:45,779 --> 00:02:49,943 Assembly Bill 47 920 did not pass the legislature. 22 00:02:50,016 --> 00:02:53,884 So we find ourselves unable to move into normal fund dispersal. 23 00:02:53,954 --> 00:02:57,583 Instead, we've had to assume a budget-cutting posture. 24 00:02:58,358 --> 00:02:59,882 That's straight talk. 25 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:01,928 Necessitating a stiff examination... 26 00:03:01,995 --> 00:03:05,055 of those options available to us for cost reduction. 27 00:03:06,199 --> 00:03:08,394 Trim the fat, so to speak. 28 00:03:09,736 --> 00:03:12,569 - Yes? - What if you don't find any fat? 29 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:16,575 I'm not sure that I understand your question, Miss- 30 00:03:17,611 --> 00:03:19,909 You'll have to forgive me. I don't know many of your names. 31 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:21,607 I'm Elizabeth Sherwood. 32 00:03:21,681 --> 00:03:25,515 My question concerns the fact that each year the budget is less and less. 33 00:03:25,585 --> 00:03:28,110 And with this less and less, we're expected to do more and more. 34 00:03:28,188 --> 00:03:30,622 Is there a purpose to all this we don't understand? 35 00:03:31,691 --> 00:03:35,559 Certainly. To make the system work. 36 00:03:35,629 --> 00:03:39,030 You're gonna make the school system work by cutting back on it, yes? 37 00:03:39,099 --> 00:03:42,535 Hey, people, don't blame me. 38 00:03:43,236 --> 00:03:44,726 I'm just the messenger. 39 00:03:44,804 --> 00:03:47,864 If you're the messenger, who's that spy in my classroom? 40 00:03:47,941 --> 00:03:49,932 - You are- - I'm damn angry! 41 00:03:50,010 --> 00:03:53,810 - I was referring to your name. - I know what you were referring to. 44 00:03:58,718 --> 00:04:00,345 We are not spies. 45 00:04:01,087 --> 00:04:04,056 Well, I would like to know what specific measures you have in mind... 46 00:04:04,124 --> 00:04:06,684 for this so-called trimming of the fat? 47 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,694 I can't tell you that yet. 48 00:04:08,762 --> 00:04:12,630 First, we have to collate, then come up with a criteria for the reductions. 49 00:04:12,699 --> 00:04:16,692 At that point, we will pass on the information. 50 00:04:19,205 --> 00:04:22,003 And I guarantee you that nobody will understand a word of it. 51 00:04:23,577 --> 00:04:25,067 Leroy. 52 00:04:27,948 --> 00:04:31,816 - Hey, Leroy. - What do you want? I'm studying. 53 00:04:33,353 --> 00:04:35,412 Did you have your evaluation interview yet? 54 00:04:36,389 --> 00:04:38,550 If that's what you wanna call it. 55 00:04:38,625 --> 00:04:42,425 - Can we go someplace and talk about it? - I can't. I'm the hall monitor. 56 00:04:42,495 --> 00:04:45,362 The job you're doing doesn't matter a whole lot. Come on. 57 00:04:46,333 --> 00:04:49,097 Gavin Lattimer was a guest lecturer in one of Shorofsky's classes... 58 00:04:49,169 --> 00:04:50,659 a couple a months ago. 59 00:04:50,737 --> 00:04:53,331 We were talking about how you could build a melody in different ways. 60 00:04:54,374 --> 00:04:57,400 - That's when you played him the song? - I used it as an example. 61 00:04:57,477 --> 00:04:59,445 - So? - What, so? 62 00:04:59,512 --> 00:05:01,980 - So, what are you gonna do about it? - Nothing. 63 00:05:02,048 --> 00:05:04,414 - Bruno! - Doris! What do you want me to do... 64 00:05:04,484 --> 00:05:06,714 take on Gavin Lattimer and accuse him of plagiarism? 65 00:05:06,786 --> 00:05:08,583 If that's what he did! 66 00:05:11,391 --> 00:05:13,859 - You can't let him get away with it! - Is this a private fight? 67 00:05:13,927 --> 00:05:15,417 It's not a fight. 68 00:05:16,096 --> 00:05:18,894 - It ain't a whole lot of friendly. - What's up? 69 00:05:18,965 --> 00:05:22,162 Miss Miller here said that the evaluation interviews are a crock. 70 00:05:22,235 --> 00:05:24,999 Julie Miller has never used the word crock in her life. 71 00:05:25,071 --> 00:05:27,665 Look, you've had your evaluation interviews. What did you talk about? 72 00:05:27,741 --> 00:05:31,199 - The usual. - Music? Shorofsky's class? 73 00:05:31,277 --> 00:05:34,405 - No. Not much. - What about dance class, Leroy? 74 00:05:34,481 --> 00:05:37,541 - None. - Chemistry? History? What about math? 75 00:05:37,617 --> 00:05:40,916 A little. Mostly they asked questions about Crandall's class. 76 00:05:40,987 --> 00:05:44,582 - And English. - Then I'll bet that's what it is. 77 00:05:44,658 --> 00:05:46,387 That's what what is? 78 00:05:46,459 --> 00:05:47,983 One more time? 79 00:05:51,097 --> 00:05:52,587 Hey! Hey! Hold it! Hold it! 80 00:05:52,666 --> 00:05:56,158 Look, I have enough trouble understanding with just one of you talking. 81 00:05:56,236 --> 00:05:58,329 Okay, Julie, and slowly, please. 82 00:05:58,405 --> 00:06:01,203 Okay. Miss Grant, when was the last time... 83 00:06:01,274 --> 00:06:03,606 you had one of those evaluators in your class? 84 00:06:03,677 --> 00:06:07,204 I don't know, a couple a days ago, for one class period. 85 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:11,148 Well, they've been in Mr. Crandall's class all day, ever day. 86 00:06:11,217 --> 00:06:14,618 - Same with Sherwood's class. - Not much in music class. 87 00:06:14,688 --> 00:06:18,590 So? Is there some great theory that goes along with all of this? 88 00:06:18,658 --> 00:06:22,685 Yes. We think they're planning on dumping a teacher. 89 00:06:23,430 --> 00:06:27,059 We think these interviews are just to decide who they're going to fire. 90 00:06:28,101 --> 00:06:30,934 Miss Sherwood or Mr. Crandall. 91 00:06:33,473 --> 00:06:35,236 - Here. - What's this? 92 00:06:36,142 --> 00:06:39,805 - Roughing It? - Mark Twain. It's an idea I had. 93 00:06:39,879 --> 00:06:43,781 You want to be a stand-up comic, and I want to teach you something about acting. 94 00:06:43,850 --> 00:06:46,045 I thought maybe we could combine the two. 95 00:06:46,119 --> 00:06:48,383 You want me to stand up and read this in class? 96 00:06:48,455 --> 00:06:50,787 I don't think any of us are ready for that. 97 00:06:50,857 --> 00:06:53,655 What I want you to do is find some material in there... 98 00:06:53,727 --> 00:06:56,355 so we can make a scene out of it to do in class. 99 00:06:56,429 --> 00:06:58,420 Where does being a stand-up comic come in? 100 00:06:58,498 --> 00:07:01,296 Mark Twain has written some very snappy one-liners. 101 00:07:01,367 --> 00:07:02,857 Really? 102 00:07:04,104 --> 00:07:05,594 Hey, that's a good idea. 103 00:07:05,672 --> 00:07:07,867 Well, I can't take full credit for it. 104 00:07:07,941 --> 00:07:12,401 See, Hal Holbrook's been doing a one-man Mark Twain show for years. 105 00:07:12,479 --> 00:07:15,175 All right! Me and Hal Holbrook. 106 00:07:15,248 --> 00:07:18,411 Mm-hmm. Just like Tom and Huck. 107 00:07:19,185 --> 00:07:20,743 Oh, yeah. 108 00:07:35,535 --> 00:07:38,402 You want I should check out the place for hidden microphones? 109 00:07:38,471 --> 00:07:41,929 Elizabeth. I just didn't want us to be interrupted. 110 00:07:44,010 --> 00:07:46,945 - You make it sound ominous. - Not at all. 111 00:07:47,013 --> 00:07:50,779 In fact, it's really only a suspicion. Something the kids put me onto. 112 00:07:51,651 --> 00:07:53,448 I'm listening. 113 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,489 Well, it's about this evaluating and budget cutting. 114 00:07:58,258 --> 00:08:02,558 That mob up in the cafeteria was using up all the air. 115 00:08:02,629 --> 00:08:05,029 I need a little room. 116 00:08:07,233 --> 00:08:10,430 Oh, I'm sorry. Did I walk in in the middle of something important? 117 00:08:12,071 --> 00:08:14,232 Did I walk in in the middle of something unimportant? 118 00:08:14,307 --> 00:08:17,572 It's all right, Greg. You might as well hear this now too. 119 00:08:17,644 --> 00:08:19,544 I really didn't mean to say anything about this... 120 00:08:19,612 --> 00:08:23,013 until I had a better idea about what was really going to happen. 121 00:08:23,082 --> 00:08:25,642 But I've been talking with some of the kids and asking questions... 122 00:08:25,718 --> 00:08:29,950 and it seems like this budget-cutting thing has reached a point, maybe... 123 00:08:30,023 --> 00:08:33,925 where they're starting to think about cutting back on the teaching staff. 124 00:08:34,694 --> 00:08:37,094 At least, that's the way it looks to me. 125 00:08:37,163 --> 00:08:39,063 And I think- I'm- 126 00:08:39,132 --> 00:08:42,397 Lydia, we won't let them fire you. 127 00:08:43,837 --> 00:08:47,398 Elizabeth, it's not me they're thinking about firing. 128 00:08:47,473 --> 00:08:48,963 What? 129 00:08:50,009 --> 00:08:54,105 Well, surely, they're not talking about letting me go. 130 00:08:54,814 --> 00:08:56,839 You or- 131 00:09:00,587 --> 00:09:03,420 It's amazing how quickly an appetite can go. 132 00:09:10,763 --> 00:09:13,493 Well, here we are. 133 00:09:14,234 --> 00:09:19,695 Now, once I have explained the basic concept of the cost-reduction blueprint... 134 00:09:19,772 --> 00:09:21,831 I think this should all become clear. 135 00:09:21,908 --> 00:09:25,742 Mr. Forbes, could you cut through the bureaucratic double-talk... 136 00:09:25,812 --> 00:09:30,010 and just tell us if this budget cutting is going to mean dropping a teacher? 137 00:09:30,083 --> 00:09:35,544 That is a definite possibility given the economic parameters... 138 00:09:35,622 --> 00:09:38,216 - and the equality of- - The answer is yes. 139 00:09:38,992 --> 00:09:41,460 And that teacher is either Greg- 140 00:09:42,595 --> 00:09:44,358 Mr. Crandall or me? 141 00:09:46,366 --> 00:09:49,267 It's a solution, and it works. 142 00:09:49,969 --> 00:09:53,268 - You must be a lot of fun in a lifeboat. - Excuse me? 143 00:09:53,339 --> 00:09:55,204 That was a joke. 144 00:09:58,278 --> 00:10:00,212 Here is the reality. 145 00:10:01,014 --> 00:10:04,643 If we selected any other course... 146 00:10:04,717 --> 00:10:06,981 say for example, biology... 147 00:10:07,053 --> 00:10:10,784 we might put ourselves in danger of losing our academic status. 148 00:10:10,857 --> 00:10:12,347 Now, on the other hand... 149 00:10:12,425 --> 00:10:15,656 if we lose someone in the music department, that's counterproductive. 150 00:10:15,728 --> 00:10:19,562 Because it poses problems in terms of finding someone from another discipline... 151 00:10:19,632 --> 00:10:21,998 to cover his or her courses. 152 00:10:22,068 --> 00:10:24,901 The same would hold true for the dance department. 153 00:10:26,205 --> 00:10:28,105 Now... 154 00:10:28,174 --> 00:10:33,703 you graduated from college with a major in English. 155 00:10:33,780 --> 00:10:38,444 Yes. And the reason I went into drama was because I was lousy in English. 156 00:10:39,519 --> 00:10:42,488 - That's very good. - That was no joke. 157 00:10:45,458 --> 00:10:49,792 And your minor was in... drama. 158 00:10:50,563 --> 00:10:53,532 You even spent one season in summer stock. 159 00:10:53,599 --> 00:10:55,794 I worked in the box office. 160 00:10:57,537 --> 00:11:02,474 So, you see, each of you could absorb the other's classes... 161 00:11:02,542 --> 00:11:05,272 I mean, without any real disruption in the system. 162 00:11:05,345 --> 00:11:07,506 Mr. Forbes, that isn't true. 163 00:11:07,580 --> 00:11:10,071 That isn't even close to being true. 164 00:11:10,149 --> 00:11:12,709 And the very fact that you think it even might be true... 165 00:11:12,785 --> 00:11:15,777 shows how little you understand about this school. 166 00:11:16,556 --> 00:11:20,048 Either a person can act or they can't. 167 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,618 - You merely guide. - Well, then, if I'm the one who stays... 168 00:11:24,697 --> 00:11:26,722 I assume that I'll be working under the theory... 169 00:11:26,799 --> 00:11:30,098 that the students either know English or they don't. 170 00:11:30,169 --> 00:11:32,535 No, I don't believe that for a moment. 171 00:11:32,605 --> 00:11:35,005 That was a joke. 172 00:11:43,282 --> 00:11:45,773 All right, what is it, Martelli? 173 00:11:46,886 --> 00:11:48,444 I didn't say anything. 174 00:11:49,389 --> 00:11:52,825 But your suffering silence is deafening. 175 00:11:52,892 --> 00:11:55,861 Also, you've rearranged that stack at least four times. 176 00:11:56,729 --> 00:11:58,356 Is it the Chopin? 177 00:11:58,431 --> 00:12:01,992 Would you prefer to play something more modern, more cacophonous? 178 00:12:03,102 --> 00:12:05,366 - It isn't the Chopin. - Good. 179 00:12:05,438 --> 00:12:07,804 Because playing the Chopin will help you grow. 180 00:12:12,178 --> 00:12:15,375 You remember when Gavin Lattimer came to school and lectured? 181 00:12:16,516 --> 00:12:18,211 Of course. I invited him. 182 00:12:18,284 --> 00:12:20,309 It's very important to hear from former students... 183 00:12:20,386 --> 00:12:22,581 who have attained some degree of success. 184 00:12:22,655 --> 00:12:26,682 - I played one of my songs for him. - So? 185 00:12:26,759 --> 00:12:28,852 Why should playing music several months ago for someone... 186 00:12:28,928 --> 00:12:32,022 cause such excessive zeal in stacking orchestra parts? 187 00:12:32,098 --> 00:12:36,330 It's now a hit song called "If You Want My Love" composed by Gavin Lattimer. 188 00:12:36,402 --> 00:12:38,529 - Oh. - Exactly. 189 00:12:38,604 --> 00:12:40,196 And I don't know what to do about it. 190 00:12:40,273 --> 00:12:42,764 - Something. - Beg pardon? 191 00:12:43,576 --> 00:12:46,704 Do something. That's as good as my advice is gonna get. 192 00:12:48,047 --> 00:12:49,571 Do something. 193 00:12:49,649 --> 00:12:52,413 Combine that with "Have a nice day" and we'll have the whole thing licked. 194 00:12:52,485 --> 00:12:56,353 Martelli, being older does not mean we have all the answers. 195 00:12:56,422 --> 00:13:00,518 But it usually means we know how to avoid some of the dumber mistakes. 196 00:13:00,593 --> 00:13:02,584 You're eating yourself up about this thing. 197 00:13:02,662 --> 00:13:05,927 And doing anything, something, is likely to be an improvement. 198 00:13:06,699 --> 00:13:08,189 Good day. 199 00:13:11,370 --> 00:13:12,894 Have a nice day. 200 00:13:14,507 --> 00:13:16,600 And you do something about your problem. 201 00:13:20,646 --> 00:13:23,274 Actually, they do go together rather well. 202 00:13:24,050 --> 00:13:27,281 Well, as far as I'm concerned, there's always stage managing. 203 00:13:27,353 --> 00:13:31,687 Of course. You've worked on Broadway. Probably a phone call- 204 00:13:31,757 --> 00:13:33,918 Well, I don't think Broadway. 205 00:13:33,993 --> 00:13:36,359 I'd probably have to take out a road company. 206 00:13:36,429 --> 00:13:39,557 There's always a great need for a good road stage manager. 207 00:13:40,366 --> 00:13:43,392 Isn't the road a little arduous for- 208 00:13:43,469 --> 00:13:47,496 If you are thinking of completing that sentence with "a man your age"... 209 00:13:47,573 --> 00:13:49,370 I wish you wouldn't. 210 00:13:49,442 --> 00:13:54,072 What I was really going to say is for someone who hasn't done it in a while. 211 00:13:54,881 --> 00:13:56,371 That's very nice. 212 00:13:57,817 --> 00:13:59,409 I'm not being nice. 213 00:14:00,186 --> 00:14:03,781 I'm being what we're both being- brave. 214 00:14:03,856 --> 00:14:05,824 And I'm not very good at it. 215 00:14:07,994 --> 00:14:12,294 The fact of the matter is teaching isn't just a job... 216 00:14:12,965 --> 00:14:17,197 and this school, it isn't just a school. 217 00:14:17,870 --> 00:14:20,202 It's a very special place. 218 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,066 And I'm not feeling very brave about any of this. 219 00:14:24,143 --> 00:14:27,909 Hey, if we're supposed to be cheering each other up... 220 00:14:27,980 --> 00:14:30,574 we're not doing a very good job. 221 00:14:30,650 --> 00:14:35,314 But if they go ahead with this thing, regardless of what they decide, we lose. 222 00:14:35,388 --> 00:14:37,151 Either we're unemployed... 223 00:14:37,223 --> 00:14:41,421 or we're doing a job that we're not trained for or skilled at. 224 00:14:42,228 --> 00:14:46,028 You know, I would never have said "skilled at." 225 00:14:46,098 --> 00:14:50,558 Now, I would have expected a playwright to write exactly what I want to say... 226 00:14:50,636 --> 00:14:52,160 and I would never say "skilled at"... 227 00:14:52,238 --> 00:14:54,638 and that's why I don't want to be an English teacher. 228 00:18:24,250 --> 00:18:28,186 - Tough day? - They're all tough, Mr. Forbes. 229 00:18:28,254 --> 00:18:29,346 Paul. 230 00:18:30,289 --> 00:18:32,450 It's my name. Paul. 231 00:18:32,525 --> 00:18:36,120 I assumed that's what you meant. I just wasn't sure what you meant by it. 232 00:18:37,663 --> 00:18:39,528 Nothing. 233 00:18:39,598 --> 00:18:43,500 It's just that school's out, so to speak... 234 00:18:43,569 --> 00:18:47,903 and we are, after all, colleagues. 235 00:18:48,607 --> 00:18:52,168 And Paul and Elizabeth... 236 00:18:52,845 --> 00:18:54,904 seemed a little bit less- 237 00:18:56,015 --> 00:18:58,882 - Formal? - Exactly. 238 00:19:04,123 --> 00:19:06,956 Don't you ever feel the need to... 239 00:19:08,594 --> 00:19:10,585 let go a little bit? 240 00:19:10,663 --> 00:19:15,123 - Please? - You know, let off a little steam. 241 00:19:15,201 --> 00:19:19,399 At the end of a day teaching here, I rarely have any steam left. 242 00:19:20,272 --> 00:19:21,796 At least we could have dinner. 243 00:19:23,075 --> 00:19:24,599 Maybe a drink? 244 00:19:26,846 --> 00:19:29,406 - Mr. Forbes- - Paul. 245 00:19:31,383 --> 00:19:35,319 I really don't think it would be the right thing to do under the circumstances. 246 00:19:36,956 --> 00:19:38,514 I think you're wrong. 247 00:19:39,625 --> 00:19:44,824 It might be exactly the right thing to do under the circumstances. 248 00:19:48,567 --> 00:19:50,057 Good morning, Mrs. Berg. 249 00:19:50,135 --> 00:19:53,298 Do you happen to have a form for reporting sexual harassment? 250 00:19:53,372 --> 00:19:55,203 I don't believe so. 251 00:19:55,274 --> 00:19:59,142 These are curricula confirmation forms, I think. 252 00:19:59,211 --> 00:20:01,736 Oh, I didn't mean those. I meant over in the files someplace. 253 00:20:01,814 --> 00:20:03,543 Oh, well, let me- 254 00:20:04,416 --> 00:20:06,008 Hi. 255 00:20:06,085 --> 00:20:10,249 What did you ask about? A sexual harassment form? 256 00:20:10,322 --> 00:20:12,483 We must have some. We have forms for everything else. 257 00:20:12,558 --> 00:20:16,324 Studies progress, ethnic balance, insurance, job description... 258 00:20:16,395 --> 00:20:18,556 extracurricular involvement, withholding... 259 00:20:18,631 --> 00:20:21,191 attendance, nonattendance, projected attendance- 260 00:20:21,267 --> 00:20:23,030 You are rambling. Who are we talking about? 261 00:20:23,102 --> 00:20:27,232 That master of our fates, Mr. Paul Forbes. 262 00:20:27,306 --> 00:20:31,367 Forbes? Sexual? The way he talks, how could you tell? 263 00:20:31,443 --> 00:20:35,903 No problem whatsoever. He made it perfectly clear how I could keep my job. 264 00:20:35,981 --> 00:20:40,782 - That was sexual advancement? - Sexual harassment. 265 00:20:40,853 --> 00:20:44,653 I hope you have proof. You know, you're gonna have to prove something like that. 266 00:20:44,723 --> 00:20:46,554 Oh, I'll prove it. 267 00:20:46,625 --> 00:20:49,025 - I'll nail that son of a- - Gun! 268 00:20:49,094 --> 00:20:52,291 Gun, if it's the last thing I do here. 269 00:20:52,364 --> 00:20:54,696 - Be careful. - Why? 270 00:20:54,767 --> 00:20:58,533 Because you don't want it really to be the last thing you do here. 271 00:21:08,814 --> 00:21:12,545 - I don't have an excuse. - An excuse for what? 272 00:21:12,618 --> 00:21:14,609 For comin' in here to talk to you. 273 00:21:16,021 --> 00:21:18,012 You don't need one. Come on in. 274 00:21:24,163 --> 00:21:27,064 - You heard anything yet? - No. 275 00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:29,226 You worried? 276 00:21:29,301 --> 00:21:33,260 Well, I'm not sure worried is the correct word. I- 277 00:21:34,607 --> 00:21:37,041 There's a certain amount of concern. 278 00:21:40,646 --> 00:21:42,637 Yeah. I'm worried. 279 00:21:43,983 --> 00:21:47,612 Why does that Mr. Forbes and his team gotta come up here and mess us up anyway? 280 00:21:47,686 --> 00:21:51,986 - It's their role in life, to mess us up. - Tell me about it. 281 00:21:52,057 --> 00:21:57,393 However, I'm sure there are worse tragedies in your life than my leaving. 282 00:21:57,463 --> 00:21:59,055 What? 283 00:22:00,199 --> 00:22:01,791 Well, I mean, there are other things that- 284 00:22:01,867 --> 00:22:04,665 Are you tryin' to say I'll be glad to see you get the ax? 285 00:22:05,571 --> 00:22:07,630 You think I'm sittin' around here hopin' you get fired? 286 00:22:09,008 --> 00:22:13,877 - You don't understand nothin'. - Leroy. Leroy, wait. Come back. 287 00:22:16,215 --> 00:22:21,653 Look, I would never accuse you of hoping somebody would lose a job. 288 00:22:23,088 --> 00:22:24,578 Sit down. 289 00:22:26,925 --> 00:22:28,654 All I meant was... 290 00:22:29,328 --> 00:22:33,389 that it would be more unfortunate for you if Lydia- Miss Grant- left. 291 00:22:33,465 --> 00:22:35,695 You got to understand. 292 00:22:35,768 --> 00:22:39,363 Miss Grant gets on me, and I may not like it... 293 00:22:39,438 --> 00:22:41,531 but I know it's gonna make me a better dancer. 294 00:22:41,607 --> 00:22:44,872 You. You get on me, and you do it a lot... 295 00:22:46,178 --> 00:22:48,612 and I'm not so sure what that does for me either. 296 00:22:49,782 --> 00:22:51,511 But I know that I'm learning. 297 00:22:52,518 --> 00:22:54,418 I'm reading and writing. 298 00:22:55,821 --> 00:22:58,483 So don't go telling me what's good for me and what ain't. 299 00:23:00,859 --> 00:23:02,622 Isn't. Not ain't. 300 00:23:02,695 --> 00:23:05,459 Come on, don't fuss with me, woman. I'm on my free period. 301 00:23:05,531 --> 00:23:08,728 Sorry. English teachers never rest. 302 00:23:10,703 --> 00:23:12,534 Don't I know it. 303 00:23:14,173 --> 00:23:15,800 Thank you, Leroy. 304 00:23:17,276 --> 00:23:20,803 I didn't say I like you fussing at me. I just said I'm learning. 305 00:23:20,879 --> 00:23:22,744 Twenty-One Grammercy Park. 306 00:23:23,649 --> 00:23:25,583 I had office duty last hour. 307 00:23:25,651 --> 00:23:28,848 There's a file with all the addresses of the people we've had here... 308 00:23:28,921 --> 00:23:33,255 - as guest lecturers. - That's very devious. 309 00:23:34,660 --> 00:23:36,958 Bruno, you don't have to go if you don't want to. 310 00:23:37,663 --> 00:23:40,393 But 1 2 Grammercy Park is just a quick subway ride away. 311 00:23:40,466 --> 00:23:43,230 Wait a minute. I thought you said 21 Grammercy Park. 312 00:23:43,302 --> 00:23:45,429 Glad to see you're listening, Martelli. 313 00:23:49,441 --> 00:23:51,841 Oh. Sorry. I didn't know the room was being used. 314 00:23:51,910 --> 00:23:53,878 Miss Sherwood. No. No, please. 315 00:23:53,946 --> 00:23:57,609 - Please, come in. - I have nothing to say to you. 316 00:23:57,683 --> 00:24:00,675 But I have something to say to you. 317 00:24:00,753 --> 00:24:03,688 And it is something you probably ought to hear. 318 00:24:05,924 --> 00:24:08,893 Have you sent in your harassment complaint yet? 319 00:24:10,462 --> 00:24:14,228 It's a small school. Good news travels fast. 320 00:24:14,299 --> 00:24:16,062 I'm still working on it. 321 00:24:25,410 --> 00:24:27,207 Our evaluation report. 322 00:24:29,448 --> 00:24:30,938 Read it. 323 00:24:35,587 --> 00:24:41,116 And then you decide whether or not you want your complaint of improper conduct... 324 00:24:41,193 --> 00:24:42,956 included in the recommendation... 325 00:24:43,028 --> 00:24:48,125 that you be retained as the new English/Drama instructor here. 326 00:24:50,068 --> 00:24:55,096 It might seem as though you had accepted my alleged offer. 327 00:24:56,642 --> 00:24:59,509 It's just the kind of thing that could be misunderstood... 328 00:24:59,578 --> 00:25:03,844 in the same way that my original invitation to you was misunderstood. 329 00:25:08,453 --> 00:25:11,081 "...recommendation of this panel that Elizabeth Sherwood... 330 00:25:11,156 --> 00:25:13,852 presently instructor in English, be retained"- 331 00:25:13,926 --> 00:25:17,760 "...in the newly created position of instructor in Drama/English... 332 00:25:17,830 --> 00:25:21,891 and that the present instructor in drama, Gregory Crandall, be... 333 00:25:21,967 --> 00:25:24,731 relieved of his responsibilities." 334 00:25:24,803 --> 00:25:27,397 What does that mean, relieved of responsibilities? 335 00:25:28,473 --> 00:25:30,236 It means he got fired. 336 00:25:31,210 --> 00:25:32,700 Fired? 337 00:25:40,285 --> 00:25:42,549 - Hey, Leroy, did you hear? - Hear what? 338 00:25:42,621 --> 00:25:45,055 They decided to let Crandall go and keep Miss Sherwood. 339 00:25:45,123 --> 00:25:48,388 All right! Somebody in this school finally made a good decision. 340 00:25:48,460 --> 00:25:50,428 Hey, I feel a heck of a whole lot better after that. 341 00:25:50,495 --> 00:25:51,985 Yeah, you feel better? 342 00:25:52,064 --> 00:25:53,588 I always feel better when I hear good news. 343 00:25:53,665 --> 00:25:54,893 Let me know how this feels. 344 00:25:54,967 --> 00:25:59,267 Danny! Leroy! Leroy! You guys, come on! 345 00:26:00,973 --> 00:26:03,066 Danny, come on, stop it. 346 00:26:09,248 --> 00:26:11,341 All right! Stop it! Quit it! 347 00:26:11,416 --> 00:26:16,012 Amatullo! Johnson! Stop it! Stop it now! 348 00:26:16,088 --> 00:26:18,613 - His fly's unzipped! - Stop it! 349 00:26:19,591 --> 00:26:21,525 Stop! Anyplace else but here! 350 00:26:21,593 --> 00:26:24,756 Stop it! Move it! Move it! The fight's over! Move it! 351 00:26:26,798 --> 00:26:30,290 You two guys are supposed to be such good friends. What's this all about? 352 00:26:30,369 --> 00:26:32,701 - Ask him! - And I'm busy! 353 00:26:32,771 --> 00:26:35,604 - You're busy being a jerk! - Mr. Johnson, stop it! 354 00:26:35,674 --> 00:26:39,075 - Now, what's this all about? - I don't know! 355 00:26:39,912 --> 00:26:41,402 I don't! 356 00:26:42,781 --> 00:26:47,548 Look, it just happened. I was telling Leroy about Crandall getting fired. 357 00:26:47,619 --> 00:26:49,951 Mr. Crandall... fired? 358 00:27:01,433 --> 00:27:04,300 - Don't you have a class now? - Study hall. 359 00:27:04,369 --> 00:27:07,133 - That's a class. - I got nothing to do. 360 00:27:08,907 --> 00:27:12,104 Okay, well, you do now. See that pile of scripts? 361 00:27:12,177 --> 00:27:14,543 I'd like you to hand them to me one at a time... 362 00:27:14,613 --> 00:27:16,513 make a nice neat pile for Miss Sherwood... 363 00:27:16,581 --> 00:27:18,913 so it'll be all organized when she takes over. 364 00:27:25,524 --> 00:27:28,618 Camino Real. Williams. 365 00:27:28,694 --> 00:27:30,286 Here's another one. 366 00:27:34,066 --> 00:27:35,897 You got anything lined up? 367 00:27:35,968 --> 00:27:39,665 Yeah, I got a call to teach part-time at the American Academy. 368 00:27:39,738 --> 00:27:41,797 - Is that a good school? - Very. 369 00:27:42,708 --> 00:27:46,075 - Next. - Chamber Music. Kopit. 370 00:27:47,279 --> 00:27:49,941 Yeah, I'm thinkin' of droppin' out of this place. 371 00:27:51,984 --> 00:27:53,076 What? 372 00:27:53,852 --> 00:27:57,515 I think I should go some other place. Maybe to that academy you're going to. 373 00:27:57,589 --> 00:28:00,422 - Uh-uh. - Why not? 374 00:28:00,492 --> 00:28:04,485 Two reasons. One: I would tell the admissions board... 375 00:28:04,563 --> 00:28:07,760 that you cannot be accepted because you do not have a high school diploma. 376 00:28:07,833 --> 00:28:11,394 - I'd be going there to study with you. - That's the second reason. 377 00:28:12,304 --> 00:28:16,001 Danny, I'm a teacher. I am not a guru. 378 00:28:16,074 --> 00:28:18,872 If you decide to stay in this business, you're gonna have a lot of teachers. 379 00:28:18,944 --> 00:28:21,845 Now, you want to get through the bad ones as fast as you can... 380 00:28:21,913 --> 00:28:24,939 but do not hang on to the good ones. 381 00:28:25,017 --> 00:28:28,817 Now, if you're smart, you'll learn a little bit from each one. 382 00:28:28,887 --> 00:28:31,981 - Come on. Sherwood's a- - Is a very good teacher. 383 00:28:32,057 --> 00:28:35,993 She'll be different, but she has something to teach you. 384 00:28:36,061 --> 00:28:37,790 You ever hear her tell a joke? 385 00:28:39,598 --> 00:28:44,126 - Life is not all just telling jokes. - It is to me. 386 00:28:46,171 --> 00:28:47,729 Give me the next one. 387 00:28:48,540 --> 00:28:51,270 The Apology. Robinson. 388 00:28:51,343 --> 00:28:53,868 Now, this one would be very good for you. 389 00:28:54,813 --> 00:28:57,577 - Good play? - Good idea. 390 00:29:03,655 --> 00:29:05,714 You come to talk or you come to fight? 391 00:29:06,591 --> 00:29:08,650 I figure it'd be better to talk. 392 00:29:09,528 --> 00:29:11,519 Besides, I hurt my knuckles by hitting you. 393 00:29:12,531 --> 00:29:16,433 You got a jaw of stone, man. I got a brain of lead. 394 00:29:31,283 --> 00:29:34,480 Look, I don't know whether you are going to believe a single word... 395 00:29:34,553 --> 00:29:36,043 of what I am about to say... 396 00:29:36,121 --> 00:29:38,351 but nevertheless, I am determined to say it. 397 00:29:38,423 --> 00:29:40,755 And I guess you can think whatever you want to think... 398 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,921 but, at least, I will have said it. 399 00:29:44,796 --> 00:29:47,594 I hope the concerto is shorter than the fanfare. 400 00:29:48,934 --> 00:29:51,198 What I did was... dumb. 401 00:29:51,269 --> 00:29:56,036 It was certainly ill-timed and wide open to misunderstanding. 402 00:29:57,309 --> 00:30:00,836 But I am not one of the bad guys, Miss Sherwood. 403 00:30:03,014 --> 00:30:08,042 I just happen to be a guy who has a bad job that he has to do. 404 00:30:10,122 --> 00:30:14,115 And that can sort of distance you from people. 405 00:30:16,128 --> 00:30:19,461 And I wanted to talk to somebody... 406 00:30:20,232 --> 00:30:25,431 who is very much at home in a world which to me is... 407 00:30:25,504 --> 00:30:29,964 as strange and wonderful and rare... 408 00:30:31,176 --> 00:30:34,043 as any place I could possibly imagine. 409 00:30:37,816 --> 00:30:39,579 End of concerto. 410 00:30:55,167 --> 00:30:59,968 I honestly don't know whether I want to say anything to stop you. 411 00:31:01,239 --> 00:31:03,434 So you might as well keep on going. 412 00:31:16,321 --> 00:31:20,189 I know I can't go up against you and make it stick, but that was my song. 413 00:31:20,258 --> 00:31:22,192 Look, you want to be a composer, right? 414 00:31:22,260 --> 00:31:24,592 I am a composer. "If You Want My Love, " remember? 415 00:31:24,663 --> 00:31:27,461 You'd better start getting used to the fact that someday... 416 00:31:27,532 --> 00:31:31,730 you're gonna hear something, and it won't mean a whole lot to you. 417 00:31:31,803 --> 00:31:35,239 Then a couple a years later, you're gonna be writing a song... 418 00:31:35,307 --> 00:31:38,174 and somehow, that tune will sneak in. 419 00:31:38,243 --> 00:31:40,973 And you'll be absolutely positive it's yours. 420 00:31:41,046 --> 00:31:43,173 Maybe that's the way it works for you. 421 00:31:43,248 --> 00:31:45,182 - You're gonna be different, huh? - I'm gonna try. 422 00:31:46,184 --> 00:31:48,015 Well, I wish you luck. 423 00:31:50,155 --> 00:31:52,385 I remember what it was like being your age. 424 00:31:53,792 --> 00:31:58,195 You think you're being very profound when you realize that the world isn't perfect. 425 00:31:59,097 --> 00:32:01,122 But when you start growin' up is when you realize... 426 00:32:01,199 --> 00:32:05,226 that not only isn't the world perfect, but neither are you. 427 00:32:07,672 --> 00:32:09,299 If you wrote that song... 428 00:32:10,208 --> 00:32:13,700 you're pretty good, and you're gonna write lots of others. 429 00:32:15,013 --> 00:32:16,776 If you didn't- 430 00:32:16,848 --> 00:32:20,249 If you didn't, then you're a pain. 431 00:32:22,053 --> 00:32:26,387 And I'm gonna forget you about 30 seconds after you're out the door. 432 00:32:28,059 --> 00:32:29,583 I'm playing hardball, kid. 433 00:32:30,595 --> 00:32:34,326 No, you're not. In hardball, you don't pitch underhanded. 434 00:32:46,244 --> 00:32:48,712 Hello? Speaking. 435 00:32:50,181 --> 00:32:51,671 Yeah. 436 00:32:52,717 --> 00:32:55,743 Talk about pushy. It's for you. 437 00:32:56,454 --> 00:32:58,217 Look, if I've been unfair- 438 00:32:58,290 --> 00:32:59,780 You haven't been. 439 00:33:00,458 --> 00:33:03,291 It's just that you want a winner and a loser... 440 00:33:03,361 --> 00:33:05,295 and I'm not gonna go to war. 441 00:33:05,363 --> 00:33:08,093 You got a lot of songs inside you, kid. 442 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,132 Come on, don't be stingy. 443 00:33:13,271 --> 00:33:14,568 Hello? 444 00:33:14,639 --> 00:33:18,131 Bruno, hi. It's Julie. When can you get back here to rehearse? 445 00:33:18,209 --> 00:33:19,870 Rehearse? Rehearse what? 446 00:33:19,944 --> 00:33:22,845 Well, we were all talking about Crandall... 447 00:33:22,914 --> 00:33:26,042 and we came up with this really terrific idea. 448 00:33:26,117 --> 00:33:29,018 This is a repulsive idea. 449 00:33:29,087 --> 00:33:32,022 Gregory, would you stop it? 450 00:33:32,090 --> 00:33:35,253 This party is not for you. It's for them. 451 00:33:35,327 --> 00:33:37,591 If it's for them, why do I have to be here? 452 00:33:37,662 --> 00:33:39,994 They wish a chance to say auf Wiedersehen to a friend... 453 00:33:40,065 --> 00:33:42,158 and do it with a little grace. 454 00:33:42,233 --> 00:33:47,102 How is it that you can make something as distasteful as this sound so pleasant? 455 00:33:47,172 --> 00:33:50,005 The advantage of a European education. 456 00:33:51,676 --> 00:33:53,837 - No word yet? - No. 457 00:33:53,912 --> 00:33:56,710 Does that mean no or no word? 458 00:33:56,781 --> 00:33:58,305 What's going on? 459 00:33:59,217 --> 00:34:00,980 Well, come on. You're gonna have to tell me. 460 00:34:01,052 --> 00:34:03,213 I'm not gonna be around to find out on my own. 461 00:34:04,556 --> 00:34:08,515 Well, you know the new contract gives us all five percent raises. 462 00:34:09,561 --> 00:34:11,791 We went out on strike to get it. So? 463 00:34:11,863 --> 00:34:15,924 So, there are still 22 teachers left, even with you gone. 464 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,197 So, we all got together... 465 00:34:19,270 --> 00:34:21,830 and we asked the board to postpone our raises for a year. 466 00:34:22,507 --> 00:34:26,944 The money they'd save would be slightly more than one teacher's salary- 467 00:34:27,011 --> 00:34:28,501 yours. 468 00:34:34,319 --> 00:34:37,254 - I can't find the words- - You don't have to. 469 00:34:37,322 --> 00:34:40,519 To tell you how much I hate that idea. 470 00:34:41,292 --> 00:34:44,693 I mean, who was the genius who came up with that brilliant idea? 471 00:34:44,763 --> 00:34:47,061 Me. I'm the genius. 472 00:34:47,132 --> 00:34:50,067 But you should have known that I'd be opposed to something like that. 473 00:34:50,135 --> 00:34:53,298 - Of course. I knew that. - Then why? 474 00:34:53,371 --> 00:34:55,032 Because I'm even more opposed to your leaving. 475 00:34:55,106 --> 00:34:57,540 So I thought we might make a compromise. 476 00:34:57,642 --> 00:34:59,542 The board is meeting on it right now. 477 00:35:01,513 --> 00:35:04,004 - You haven't got a prayer. - Wrong. 478 00:35:04,082 --> 00:35:07,051 That's precisely what we do have. 479 00:35:07,118 --> 00:35:09,052 Excuse me. Can I have your attention, please? 480 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:12,146 Mr. Crandall, could you please come over here and take a seat? 481 00:35:33,077 --> 00:35:35,545 Mr. Crandall, it isn't easy for us... 482 00:35:35,613 --> 00:35:38,411 to let you know how sorry we are that you're leaving. 483 00:35:38,483 --> 00:35:41,077 And how much we'll miss you. 484 00:35:41,886 --> 00:35:44,753 So we decided to do it the way we know best. 485 00:35:45,557 --> 00:35:47,047 We'll show you. 486 00:40:09,620 --> 00:40:12,180 Thank you. Thank you very much. 487 00:40:13,157 --> 00:40:14,647 I- 488 00:40:15,326 --> 00:40:19,558 had intended to get out of here with... 489 00:40:19,630 --> 00:40:23,396 as little fuss as possible, because... 490 00:40:25,169 --> 00:40:27,330 I'm not very good about saying good-bye. 491 00:40:27,405 --> 00:40:30,863 I tend to dawdle at the door a lot. 492 00:40:32,610 --> 00:40:37,479 When Lydia dragged me in here, it wasn't that I didn't want to be in here... 493 00:40:37,548 --> 00:40:41,314 it's that I knew once I got in here... 494 00:40:41,385 --> 00:40:43,250 I wouldn't want to leave. 495 00:40:45,990 --> 00:40:48,754 In the last couple of days, I've been trying to figure out... 496 00:40:49,427 --> 00:40:52,362 what there is about this place... 497 00:40:53,231 --> 00:40:57,998 this... job that makes it so... 498 00:40:59,170 --> 00:41:00,660 joyous. 499 00:41:02,373 --> 00:41:07,606 And I finally figured out it's not what we teach you. 500 00:41:09,013 --> 00:41:10,503 It's you. 501 00:41:11,282 --> 00:41:13,546 We take your talent... 502 00:41:13,618 --> 00:41:16,883 and mold it into a skill, and along the way... 503 00:41:16,954 --> 00:41:22,620 we try to instill some integrity in you... 504 00:41:22,693 --> 00:41:24,183 which you can use... 505 00:41:25,229 --> 00:41:28,596 so that you can practice your skill... 506 00:41:28,666 --> 00:41:31,726 your profession, with pride. 507 00:41:34,472 --> 00:41:38,909 And then you turn around and you honor us... 508 00:41:38,976 --> 00:41:43,675 with song and dance and... 509 00:41:45,216 --> 00:41:46,706 magic. 510 00:41:49,487 --> 00:41:51,614 And here I am dawdling at the door again. 511 00:41:52,490 --> 00:41:53,980 Mr. Crandall. 512 00:41:55,393 --> 00:41:57,122 Perhaps I can be of some help. 513 00:41:58,996 --> 00:42:03,558 No, I'm already unemployed. I don't think I can stand any more help from you. 514 00:42:05,803 --> 00:42:07,668 - That's a joke, right? - Yeah. 515 00:42:10,575 --> 00:42:12,770 See? I'm catching on. 516 00:42:19,517 --> 00:42:21,917 I've just come from a meeting downtown... 517 00:42:21,986 --> 00:42:24,454 where the rather unique proposal... 518 00:42:24,522 --> 00:42:28,788 you people came up with was the topic of discussion. 519 00:42:30,494 --> 00:42:33,930 Your compromise offer was turned down flat. 520 00:42:35,032 --> 00:42:37,466 It would set a bad precedent... 521 00:42:37,535 --> 00:42:41,027 and also serve to embarrass the board terribly... 522 00:42:41,105 --> 00:42:44,165 and the board does not like to be embarrassed. 523 00:42:45,776 --> 00:42:48,609 One of the items earmarked in next year's budget... 524 00:42:48,679 --> 00:42:51,341 was new lighting for the auditorium. 525 00:42:51,415 --> 00:42:55,579 Well, the board got a little mad at you people and cut it out of the budget. 526 00:42:57,255 --> 00:43:01,021 So you're not going to get new lighting for the auditorium. 527 00:43:02,059 --> 00:43:06,462 Instead, you're going to get an old Crandall. 528 00:43:08,366 --> 00:43:11,062 I hope I haven't spoiled your party. 529 00:43:25,516 --> 00:43:28,349 Now that's what I call a concerto, Mr. Forbes. 530 00:43:28,419 --> 00:43:30,284 Welcome to the School of the Arts.