1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Synced and corrected by Katniss Everdeen. www.addic7ed.com 2 00:00:12,078 --> 00:00:13,746 I'm better than you now. 3 00:00:13,748 --> 00:00:17,549 I am Riley, the artist, and you are Maya, the artist's best friend. 4 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:23,522 Thank you for working on light and shadow, Maya. 5 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,624 Yeah, I look around outside now. 6 00:00:25,626 --> 00:00:27,426 I watch the light move during the day. 7 00:00:27,428 --> 00:00:29,661 Thanks for teaching me that, Ms. Kossal. 8 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:33,198 Hey. Are you okay? 9 00:00:33,933 --> 00:00:37,336 I get emotional when I'm around talent. 10 00:00:39,739 --> 00:00:41,940 And now I'm fine. 11 00:00:44,277 --> 00:00:44,957 Come on! 12 00:00:44,988 --> 00:00:47,679 What did I tell you about only using purple? 13 00:00:47,681 --> 00:00:50,315 - Are we gonna do this again? - Why is everything purple? 14 00:00:50,317 --> 00:00:53,352 Because you hide the purple from me and I find it! 15 00:00:53,354 --> 00:00:54,753 Are you finger painting? 16 00:00:54,755 --> 00:00:56,955 I believe you favor Maya over me. 17 00:00:56,957 --> 00:00:57,990 Oh, yeah? 18 00:00:57,992 --> 00:00:59,858 Well, let's explore that. 19 00:00:59,860 --> 00:01:02,528 Let's see if I have unfairly judged you. 20 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:03,996 - Today's assignment... - Uh-huh. 21 00:01:03,998 --> 00:01:05,731 - ...was the doorways of New York. - Yep. Yep. 22 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:07,966 You were asked to specifically focus on... 23 00:01:07,968 --> 00:01:10,235 Unique doorknobs. Uh-huh. Yeah. 24 00:01:10,237 --> 00:01:11,603 - ...and paint it from memory. - I did. 25 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:13,906 You painted a cat. 26 00:01:13,908 --> 00:01:14,940 - It's a door. - It's a cat. 27 00:01:14,942 --> 00:01:16,809 The whole thing's a door. 28 00:01:16,811 --> 00:01:18,811 Anybody home? 29 00:01:18,813 --> 00:01:21,280 Okay, I'll come back later. 30 00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:22,347 Don't let the cat out. 31 00:01:24,517 --> 00:01:28,320 Maya has something very special, Riley. 32 00:01:28,322 --> 00:01:30,889 She paints from a place that few of us are able to reach. 33 00:01:30,891 --> 00:01:32,424 That's because she has an awful life. 34 00:01:32,426 --> 00:01:33,759 I love it when I'm reminded. 35 00:01:33,761 --> 00:01:35,994 Take a look at Maya's work. 36 00:01:37,297 --> 00:01:38,864 I want to know what's behind that door. 37 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:40,399 So does the artist... 38 00:01:40,401 --> 00:01:43,702 Because I think it's been closed to her up until now. 39 00:01:43,704 --> 00:01:45,270 I'm gonna get you in that door, Maya. 40 00:01:45,272 --> 00:01:46,705 Oh, I know you are, Riley. 41 00:01:46,707 --> 00:01:49,374 Good. Because it's Maya's last painting. 42 00:01:51,411 --> 00:01:53,612 W-wait, why is it my last painting? 43 00:01:53,614 --> 00:01:56,682 Well, it's your last one for me, you beautiful girl. 44 00:01:56,684 --> 00:01:58,350 What's going on? 45 00:01:59,986 --> 00:02:02,321 Our school is running out of money. 46 00:02:02,323 --> 00:02:04,423 They're cutting art and music classes, 47 00:02:04,425 --> 00:02:06,024 effective after the next school board meeting. 48 00:02:06,026 --> 00:02:06,680 What? 49 00:02:06,711 --> 00:02:09,294 How will Maya learn? What comes after light and shadow? 50 00:02:09,296 --> 00:02:10,329 What about you, Riley? 51 00:02:10,331 --> 00:02:12,364 Who cares about me? I stink. 52 00:02:12,366 --> 00:02:13,332 What about Maya? 53 00:02:13,334 --> 00:02:14,112 And what about drama? 54 00:02:14,143 --> 00:02:16,335 My one-year suspension from not being able to audition 55 00:02:16,337 --> 00:02:17,970 for any of the plays ends on Tuesday. 56 00:02:17,972 --> 00:02:19,838 - I'm gonna be pippin! - They're not putting on pippin. 57 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,641 I'm gonna be pippin in whatever they're doing. 58 00:02:22,609 --> 00:02:24,476 Nobody better cut my ballet. 59 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:27,880 Yeah, that's right... ballet. 60 00:02:27,882 --> 00:02:30,048 That's why I'm so sinewy. 61 00:02:30,050 --> 00:02:30,717 Sinewy? 62 00:02:30,748 --> 00:02:33,385 Hey, you spend your time hitting baseballs, 63 00:02:33,387 --> 00:02:35,454 I spend my time lifting beautiful girls. 64 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:37,623 Ms. hart? 65 00:02:37,625 --> 00:02:39,491 Shall we dance? 66 00:02:40,793 --> 00:02:41,927 We shall not. 67 00:02:43,329 --> 00:02:44,730 Ballet... gone. 68 00:02:44,732 --> 00:02:46,331 Art, music... 69 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:49,001 Drama, dance, all of it... 70 00:02:49,003 --> 00:02:50,469 gone. 71 00:02:57,877 --> 00:02:58,911 Maya? 72 00:02:58,913 --> 00:03:01,413 It's okay, riles. 73 00:03:01,415 --> 00:03:03,048 Just another door closed. 74 00:04:01,874 --> 00:04:02,781 The dark ages... 75 00:04:02,812 --> 00:04:06,411 They're cutting art class and you want to talk about the dark ages? 76 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:09,715 The dark ages was a time of cultural deterioration. 77 00:04:09,717 --> 00:04:11,583 What does that have to do with me? 78 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:16,555 The dark ages was the decline of the creative spirit of an entire continent. 79 00:04:16,557 --> 00:04:18,090 What about me? 80 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:22,961 The dark ages is when they cut the art class at this middle school right now. 81 00:04:22,963 --> 00:04:24,863 And you, Maya hart... yes, you, Maya hart, 82 00:04:24,865 --> 00:04:26,131 the one I'm looking at right here... 83 00:04:26,133 --> 00:04:28,066 can't paint anymore. 84 00:04:28,068 --> 00:04:30,668 You know, a good teacher lets the students get there on their own. 85 00:04:33,573 --> 00:04:34,374 Daddy? 86 00:04:34,405 --> 00:04:37,576 Riley, if you put another purple cat 87 00:04:37,578 --> 00:04:39,911 on our fridge, I swear I'm moving to Brooklyn. 88 00:04:39,913 --> 00:04:42,614 Scratch my nose. 89 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:45,117 I won't be dry until math, and Mrs. Kravitz scratches 90 00:04:45,119 --> 00:04:47,486 my nose like she doesn't want to. 91 00:04:51,858 --> 00:04:54,092 That's like a daddy would. 92 00:04:54,094 --> 00:04:55,594 So... 93 00:04:55,596 --> 00:04:57,496 Why were the dark ages dark, pippin? 94 00:04:57,498 --> 00:04:59,998 People lost interest in art and music because it was taken away from them. 95 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,800 Well, I don't want that for Maya. 96 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:03,669 I want Maya to be happy. 97 00:05:05,538 --> 00:05:09,007 Hey, Maya, it looks like Lucas here's gettin' all fired up on your behalf. 98 00:05:09,009 --> 00:05:12,511 Thank you, Lucas. But it's just an art class. 99 00:05:12,513 --> 00:05:13,053 I feel bad. 100 00:05:13,084 --> 00:05:15,213 They're taking away something you're very good at. 101 00:05:15,215 --> 00:05:17,749 - You've never said that to me before. - I've said it. 102 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:19,985 Yeah, but not, like straight to my face when you were looking at me. 103 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:22,628 - I can't remember you actually I... - You're a great artist, Maya. 104 00:05:23,589 --> 00:05:26,692 Well, he lookin' at you now. 105 00:05:26,694 --> 00:05:28,627 You have a real talent. 106 00:05:28,629 --> 00:05:31,109 And want you to be able to get better and share it with people. 107 00:05:32,799 --> 00:05:35,500 Now they're just lookin' at each other and not sayin' nothin'. 108 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:37,035 Are they saying anything? 109 00:05:37,037 --> 00:05:37,664 No? 110 00:05:37,695 --> 00:05:40,202 Well, I wonder that they're thinkin'. 111 00:05:41,607 --> 00:05:43,742 I don't want them to take away your art class, Maya. 112 00:05:44,977 --> 00:05:46,011 Bay window! 113 00:05:46,013 --> 00:05:48,814 Bay window right in five hours. 114 00:05:50,249 --> 00:05:50,903 Okay. 115 00:05:50,934 --> 00:05:53,518 Who's gonna do something about art class? 116 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,654 - I'm sure that'll be Riley. - Nope. 117 00:05:55,656 --> 00:05:57,723 Well, I know you guys would like me to step in here... 118 00:05:57,725 --> 00:05:58,857 nope. 119 00:05:58,859 --> 00:06:00,058 This is bigger than you, dad. 120 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:02,194 You're right. This is. 121 00:06:02,196 --> 00:06:06,298 In fact, this decision comes directly from the New York City school board. 122 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:08,166 That's not what I'm talking about. 123 00:06:08,168 --> 00:06:11,670 If they're gonna put us in the dark ages, then who's gonna get us out? 124 00:06:11,672 --> 00:06:13,538 Ah. 125 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:14,873 Funny thing about that. 126 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,308 You know who did get us out? 127 00:06:16,310 --> 00:06:18,910 - Artists. - Ah. 128 00:06:18,912 --> 00:06:22,547 Michaelangelo, Da Vinci... There was an explosion 129 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:24,683 of creativity called the renaissance. 130 00:06:25,785 --> 00:06:28,120 Maya, I would think you'd have something to say about that. 131 00:06:28,122 --> 00:06:30,722 Cut the art classes, don't cut the art classes. 132 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:32,724 What have I ever been able to do about my life? 133 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:34,693 And now my little purple friend will go crazy. 134 00:06:34,695 --> 00:06:36,695 Not this time, Maya. 135 00:06:36,697 --> 00:06:39,331 You're the artist, and I'm just the artist's best friend. 136 00:06:49,742 --> 00:06:51,576 You think you're gonna outlast me? 137 00:06:51,578 --> 00:06:53,111 You think I'm gonna do something? 138 00:06:53,113 --> 00:06:55,347 You think I'd actually care about something? 139 00:06:55,349 --> 00:06:57,048 I don't care what you care about. 140 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:02,102 You're gonna break first, and you're gonna fix this 141 00:07:02,116 --> 00:07:04,156 whole thing somehow because you can't help yourself! 142 00:07:04,158 --> 00:07:05,824 You know, for somebody who doesn't care, 143 00:07:05,826 --> 00:07:08,693 you are most certainly talking to me in all caps. 144 00:07:09,896 --> 00:07:11,596 I will never be a great artist. 145 00:07:11,598 --> 00:07:12,697 You're probably right. 146 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:15,767 You don't believe in me? 147 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:17,269 Not if you won't. 148 00:07:17,271 --> 00:07:19,271 Well, I can't, Riley. You know? 149 00:07:19,273 --> 00:07:21,640 It's just 'cause don't believe, don't get hurt. 150 00:07:21,642 --> 00:07:22,874 Yeah. 151 00:07:22,876 --> 00:07:24,676 Yeah, you're probably right. Be safe. 152 00:07:24,678 --> 00:07:26,778 You're right, I'm wrong. Be safe. 153 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:30,749 Let's just go to a movie or read a book or maybe listen to some music. 154 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:33,885 You mean let's just go to art, or read some art, 155 00:07:33,887 --> 00:07:37,322 or listen to some art, because movies and books and music are art? 156 00:07:37,324 --> 00:07:38,657 I do go outside, Riley. 157 00:07:38,659 --> 00:07:40,826 I watch the light move during the day. 158 00:07:40,828 --> 00:07:42,160 And you know what happens at 5:30? 159 00:07:42,162 --> 00:07:42,889 You turn gold. 160 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,797 Everything is more beautiful at the beginning and the end of the day, 161 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:46,798 and I want people to see that. 162 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,300 I want to capture that. 163 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:51,703 I didn't mean to believe in something. 164 00:07:51,705 --> 00:07:53,638 I know you didn't, peaches. 165 00:07:55,408 --> 00:07:56,708 But I do. 166 00:07:57,643 --> 00:07:58,977 And you knew it. 167 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:00,312 You knew this was in me. 168 00:08:00,314 --> 00:08:01,646 - Mm-hmm. - You did it. 169 00:08:01,648 --> 00:08:02,698 You broke me. I broke first. 170 00:08:02,729 --> 00:08:04,679 This is the first time this has ever happened! 171 00:08:05,812 --> 00:08:07,052 How close were you to breaking? 172 00:08:07,054 --> 00:08:08,820 I almost died! 173 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:12,123 I'm so proud of you. 174 00:08:12,125 --> 00:08:13,191 Me too, you! 175 00:08:13,193 --> 00:08:15,393 Something is finally important to you. 176 00:08:15,395 --> 00:08:17,395 - Yeah. - How come? 177 00:08:17,397 --> 00:08:19,664 Because I don't want to live in a world of stupid purple cats! 178 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:21,066 No, wait. What? 179 00:08:22,702 --> 00:08:24,002 We need a plan. 180 00:08:24,004 --> 00:08:25,170 You got a plan? 181 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:27,205 Do I have a plan? 182 00:08:27,207 --> 00:08:29,808 Gee, I only have about nine of them. 183 00:08:29,810 --> 00:08:34,079 And each plan has a little sub-plan and each sub-plan has a little baby plan. 184 00:08:34,081 --> 00:08:36,681 Do I have a plan? 185 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:38,850 'Kay. What's your plan? 186 00:08:40,086 --> 00:08:41,152 Mommy! 187 00:08:41,154 --> 00:08:43,188 What's our plan? 188 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:43,994 I'm sorry, girls. 189 00:08:44,025 --> 00:08:46,691 I can't wave a magical lawyer wand this time. 190 00:08:46,693 --> 00:08:48,326 The schools only get so much money every year. 191 00:08:48,328 --> 00:08:49,279 It's not a legal issue. 192 00:08:49,310 --> 00:08:51,429 They can spend it on whatever they see fit. 193 00:08:51,431 --> 00:08:53,431 Are you telling us to give up? 194 00:08:53,433 --> 00:08:55,700 Would I ever tell you to do that? 195 00:08:56,702 --> 00:08:57,736 No. 196 00:08:57,738 --> 00:08:58,937 So, what are you telling us? 197 00:08:58,939 --> 00:09:00,038 You have an opponent. 198 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,873 Your opponent is thinking logically. 199 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:04,876 If you think logically, you're gonna lose the creative arts. 200 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:06,211 Okay, but are they right? 201 00:09:06,213 --> 00:09:08,179 Are academics so much more valuable than the arts 202 00:09:08,181 --> 00:09:09,901 that we should just let them do this to us? 203 00:09:10,983 --> 00:09:12,350 Do you guys like it? 204 00:09:12,352 --> 00:09:14,052 I do, Auggie. I love it. 205 00:09:15,121 --> 00:09:17,088 No one should take it away from you. 206 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:19,357 Someone's going to take it away from me? 207 00:09:19,359 --> 00:09:20,892 No. 208 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:22,294 Let's get 'em. 209 00:09:22,296 --> 00:09:23,895 Let's get 'em. 210 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:35,740 Maya, I'm really proud of you for deciding to do something about your future. 211 00:09:38,277 --> 00:09:40,378 You guys left me out there to die. 212 00:09:50,189 --> 00:09:52,023 You brought me here to watch this? 213 00:09:52,025 --> 00:09:53,892 Enjoying the show, Uncle Jonathan? 214 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:56,027 No, I'm not. Matthews, why am I here? 215 00:09:56,029 --> 00:09:56,629 It was my idea. 216 00:09:56,660 --> 00:09:59,030 If you're gonna do this, then you should watch it happen. 217 00:09:59,032 --> 00:10:01,166 Cory, why would you tell them I'm doing this? 218 00:10:01,168 --> 00:10:06,404 Because you're a bad, bad man, and I love it when it's somebody else's fault. 219 00:10:06,406 --> 00:10:09,007 What are they gonna do with the art room that's more important than art? 220 00:10:09,009 --> 00:10:11,009 This will be a test taking class. 221 00:10:11,011 --> 00:10:13,011 We need to be tested on how to take a test? 222 00:10:13,013 --> 00:10:14,446 We're testing it out. 223 00:10:14,448 --> 00:10:15,814 Why do you hate art so much? 224 00:10:15,816 --> 00:10:17,282 Matthews! 225 00:10:17,284 --> 00:10:19,918 Girls, I am not for this. 226 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:21,052 What? 227 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:22,787 My hands are tied. 228 00:10:22,789 --> 00:10:24,789 I'm the superintendent of schools. 229 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:27,359 I answer to the panel for educational policy. 230 00:10:27,361 --> 00:10:29,527 I mean, all this, it comes from them. 231 00:10:29,529 --> 00:10:31,262 I'm not the enemy here. 232 00:10:31,264 --> 00:10:32,330 Yes, he is. 233 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:33,798 Matthews! 234 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:34,799 Turner! 235 00:10:36,435 --> 00:10:38,169 You wouldn't get rid of this? 236 00:10:39,538 --> 00:10:41,139 Ah, I'd get rid of that forever. 237 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:46,211 But that's a real loss. 238 00:10:56,856 --> 00:10:59,524 Well, you are harder to watch than usual. 239 00:10:59,526 --> 00:11:02,861 I mean, all broken and pouty and stuff. 240 00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:06,831 Lucas used to call me in Texas and tell me about you guys. 241 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:08,099 You were legends. 242 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:11,236 The genius who's loyal and kind... 243 00:11:11,238 --> 00:11:12,904 The blond beauty... 244 00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:14,572 Lucas talks about himself like that? 245 00:11:16,008 --> 00:11:17,375 He was talking about you. 246 00:11:17,377 --> 00:11:18,843 Oh. 247 00:11:18,845 --> 00:11:19,706 Oh... 248 00:11:19,737 --> 00:11:23,178 He said you were all full of fire. 249 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:27,852 And the pretty brunette who never gives up on anyone or anything. 250 00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:30,055 And no sacrifice is too big for her friends. 251 00:11:30,057 --> 00:11:31,556 But you've all given up. 252 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:33,158 Where's the fire? 253 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:34,893 Because I don't see any of it. 254 00:11:34,895 --> 00:11:36,161 You know what, Lucas? 255 00:11:36,163 --> 00:11:37,735 These aren't the people you told me about. 256 00:11:37,766 --> 00:11:40,361 Yeah, except you've been here long enough to know that they are. 257 00:11:42,334 --> 00:11:44,536 Einstein said we cannot solve our problems 258 00:11:44,538 --> 00:11:46,905 with the same thinking we used when we created them. 259 00:11:46,907 --> 00:11:48,606 Yeah. We need a different kind of thinking. 260 00:11:48,608 --> 00:11:50,108 Well, what's another way to think? 261 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:52,477 We're trying to save the creative arts. 262 00:11:52,479 --> 00:11:54,546 Why can't we start thinking creatively? 263 00:11:56,015 --> 00:11:57,982 There's my little artist. 264 00:12:03,255 --> 00:12:07,659 I'm asking you to slow down before this vote becomes final. 265 00:12:07,661 --> 00:12:10,061 Once these cuts are official, then art 266 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:14,065 and music and drama and dance... they're gone. 267 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:16,134 I mean, is that really acceptable? 268 00:12:17,336 --> 00:12:20,038 It's not too late to do the right thing here. 269 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,073 Thank you, chairperson Sanchez. 270 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:23,575 Thank you, superintendent Turner. 271 00:12:23,577 --> 00:12:26,444 That was a lovely, impassioned speech. 272 00:12:26,446 --> 00:12:28,680 Let me just check and see if it changed any of the numbers. 273 00:12:28,682 --> 00:12:31,483 No. I'm afraid not. 274 00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:35,653 Our next speaker is Mr. Isaiah Babineaux. 275 00:12:35,655 --> 00:12:36,921 Mr. Babineaux? 276 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:43,394 Hello, chairperson. 277 00:12:43,396 --> 00:12:45,964 Thank you for seeing me. 278 00:12:45,966 --> 00:12:47,473 You're welcome, Mr. Babineaux. 279 00:12:47,504 --> 00:12:50,034 We are happy to see a young representative 280 00:12:50,036 --> 00:12:52,437 of our school community, who is, I trust, 281 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:55,707 going to address us with great respect for our process. 282 00:12:55,709 --> 00:12:58,409 No. That's not what's gonna happen. 283 00:13:01,347 --> 00:13:06,651 We couldn't reach you with logic, so we decided to think... differently. 284 00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:09,420 Oh. Super. 285 00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:18,396 Okay. Wait a second. What exactly are you gonna do? 286 00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:41,553 We do this... 287 00:13:44,008 --> 00:13:45,208 Gentlemen, what are you doing? 288 00:13:45,238 --> 00:13:46,754 The same thing you're doing to us. 289 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,627 Not as interesting a room anymore. 290 00:13:49,629 --> 00:13:50,549 Get the picture? 291 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:53,998 That's a very colorful scarf you're wearing. 292 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,600 - Thank you. - May I? 293 00:13:58,537 --> 00:14:01,706 A dance to the loss of purple. 294 00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:26,364 My name is Maya hart. 295 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:28,132 This committee relies on charts and graphs. 296 00:14:28,134 --> 00:14:29,500 I have information to add to them. 297 00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:31,169 Please share it with us, Ms. hart. 298 00:14:31,171 --> 00:14:31,998 You want numbers? 299 00:14:32,029 --> 00:14:35,306 The United States ranking in math, science and reading 300 00:14:35,308 --> 00:14:37,508 has done nothing but drop for the past 50 years. 301 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:39,277 - Your proposal? - Get rid of 'em. 302 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:41,613 Cut math, science and reading? 303 00:14:41,615 --> 00:14:43,715 Why not? We stink at 'em. 304 00:14:43,717 --> 00:14:46,050 But you know what we're number one at? 305 00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:48,086 Movies and music! 306 00:14:48,088 --> 00:14:51,222 People all over the world are inspired by our creativity. 307 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:52,690 But hey, I don't wanna get rid of anything. 308 00:14:52,692 --> 00:14:53,725 You started it. 309 00:14:53,727 --> 00:14:55,126 My hands are tied. 310 00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:56,047 Yeah, it's so funny. 311 00:14:56,078 --> 00:14:58,529 Everyone keeps saying that, but they're not. 312 00:14:58,531 --> 00:15:00,665 Look at 'em. Your hands are free. You just think they're tied. 313 00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:02,600 I'm afraid you're out of time. 314 00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:04,435 We have a long list of speakers on the list today 315 00:15:04,437 --> 00:15:05,837 and we need to be getting back to them. 316 00:15:05,839 --> 00:15:07,171 Topanga Matthews. 317 00:15:13,612 --> 00:15:16,180 I yield my time to these children. 318 00:15:18,484 --> 00:15:20,451 Uh... Cory Matthews. 319 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:21,853 Yield. 320 00:15:21,855 --> 00:15:23,321 Gabriella Kossal. 321 00:15:23,323 --> 00:15:24,422 Yield. 322 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:26,824 Yes. Super. Okay. 323 00:15:26,826 --> 00:15:29,827 Wouldn't now be a good time for an adult point-of-view? 324 00:15:29,829 --> 00:15:32,230 - Yield. - Oh, come on! 325 00:15:32,232 --> 00:15:33,698 The adults have failed them. 326 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:37,368 Especially superintendent Turner! 327 00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:39,470 Matthews! 328 00:15:48,148 --> 00:15:50,281 Although you are a scientist, 329 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:52,717 we are also told that you have great creativity. 330 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:54,786 Why, yes. I sing and dance 331 00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:56,654 and am the greatest pippin the stage has ever seen. 332 00:15:56,656 --> 00:15:58,289 I love pippin. 333 00:15:59,952 --> 00:16:01,152 May we see some of it, please? 334 00:16:01,182 --> 00:16:04,065 No, you may not! There are no longer plays or concerts in this school. 335 00:16:04,096 --> 00:16:07,131 Instead, I shall perform for you a list of prime numbers. 336 00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:09,133 Oh, that's disappointing. 337 00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:15,773 Two. 338 00:16:17,176 --> 00:16:18,209 Three. 339 00:16:18,211 --> 00:16:19,711 Five. 340 00:16:19,713 --> 00:16:20,912 Seven. 341 00:16:20,914 --> 00:16:22,280 11. 342 00:16:22,282 --> 00:16:23,715 13. 343 00:16:23,717 --> 00:16:24,350 Boo! 344 00:16:24,381 --> 00:16:26,884 Okay, okay. I think we get your point, Mr. Farkle. 345 00:16:26,886 --> 00:16:29,697 With all due respect, chairperson Sanchez, I don't think you do. 346 00:16:29,728 --> 00:16:31,686 And like I said, I can also do this. 347 00:16:37,696 --> 00:16:39,230 17. 348 00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:40,298 19. 349 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,568 - 23. - Boo! 350 00:16:43,570 --> 00:16:46,304 I hate 23. 351 00:16:46,306 --> 00:16:47,839 Let's get 'em! 352 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:54,586 Boo! 353 00:16:54,617 --> 00:16:58,216 Creativity feeds science, and science feeds creativity. 354 00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:01,786 That's what you're missing because you're not thinking creatively. Thank you. 355 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:10,361 I took all of my art off of the refrigerator. 356 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:11,496 Do you have kids? 357 00:17:11,498 --> 00:17:16,734 When you get home, please take their art off of the refrigerator, too. 358 00:17:16,736 --> 00:17:19,637 Otherwise you're hippopotamuses. 359 00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:21,539 Hypocrites? 360 00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,408 Please don't cut reading. 361 00:17:26,245 --> 00:17:29,347 A dance in which a hippopotamus returns home 362 00:17:29,349 --> 00:17:32,750 to find his art taken from the refrigerator. 363 00:17:36,688 --> 00:17:39,857 Ahh, ooh, mmm... 364 00:17:51,336 --> 00:17:54,405 Ms. hart, I am told that you can sing. 365 00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:55,873 I can warble a tune. 366 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,408 Would you do us the great honor? 367 00:18:14,861 --> 00:18:16,594 Yoink. 368 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:19,430 Sorry. No more music. 369 00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:24,368 Chairperson Sanchez, with respect, you seem uncomfortable. 370 00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:26,971 Could that possibly have to do with your background? 371 00:18:26,973 --> 00:18:29,474 I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about. 372 00:18:29,476 --> 00:18:31,442 Oh, let me be more specific. 373 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:33,411 Where did you do your undergraduate work? 374 00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:34,612 Princeton. 375 00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:36,347 Oh. Good school. Good school. 376 00:18:36,349 --> 00:18:38,449 What'd you study? 377 00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:41,452 I don't see how these questions are relevant to today's proceedings. 378 00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:43,454 Oh, you were an art major! 379 00:18:44,491 --> 00:18:46,057 Yes, Mr. Babineaux. 380 00:18:46,059 --> 00:18:48,292 I have a degree in studio art. 381 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:50,628 A dance in which I graduate 382 00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:53,464 with a degree in studio art from Princeton university 383 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,767 but then I get my hands tied. 384 00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:58,870 I don't need to see that one. I lived it. 385 00:18:58,872 --> 00:19:01,405 - Does it hurt a little? - It does. 386 00:19:01,407 --> 00:19:05,510 Especially since one of the paintings you took down was mine. 387 00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:08,045 Chairperson Sanchez, got a favorite book? 388 00:19:08,047 --> 00:19:10,348 - Bridge to Terabithia. - Un-read it. 389 00:19:10,350 --> 00:19:11,154 Favorite movie? 390 00:19:11,185 --> 00:19:13,351 - The Wizard of Oz. - Un-watch it. 391 00:19:13,353 --> 00:19:16,454 Well, you've just kinda taken away my whole childhood, haven't you? 392 00:19:16,456 --> 00:19:17,788 When does it happen? 393 00:19:17,790 --> 00:19:18,793 When does what happen? 394 00:19:18,824 --> 00:19:21,392 When do you stop being able to think creatively? 395 00:19:21,394 --> 00:19:23,327 When do you get your hands tied? 396 00:19:23,329 --> 00:19:24,762 We don't want that to happen to us. 397 00:19:24,764 --> 00:19:26,430 You went to a great school. 398 00:19:26,432 --> 00:19:27,532 I'm sure all of you did. 399 00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:29,033 You're very smart. 400 00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:31,636 You know this is the wrong way to think. 401 00:19:34,973 --> 00:19:37,642 You didn't ask me who my favorite artist is. 402 00:19:39,077 --> 00:19:40,845 It's Picasso. 403 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,847 Do you have a favorite artist? 404 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:46,417 All of them. 405 00:19:46,419 --> 00:19:48,619 Everyone who ever tried... 406 00:19:49,755 --> 00:19:50,722 Including you. 407 00:19:50,753 --> 00:19:54,592 You know, Picasso painted a masterpiece called Guernica. 408 00:19:54,594 --> 00:19:57,895 Adults going to war on horses with swords. 409 00:19:57,897 --> 00:20:02,733 Except for one horse who was horrified at what the adults were doing. 410 00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:06,370 He's horrified because he knows it's wrong. 411 00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:09,140 I've always loved that horse. 412 00:20:09,142 --> 00:20:11,050 And when I was as young as you, I made a 413 00:20:11,081 --> 00:20:13,144 promise to myself that if I ever go to war, 414 00:20:13,146 --> 00:20:17,848 I would never forget Guernica and the horse that knew better. 415 00:20:19,084 --> 00:20:21,986 Thank you, Ms. hart, for reminding me. 416 00:20:21,988 --> 00:20:24,589 No. Thank you. 417 00:20:24,591 --> 00:20:26,557 I love learning about art. 418 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:27,992 Would have never known about Guernica 419 00:20:27,994 --> 00:20:29,674 if someone didn't care enough to teach me. 420 00:20:31,563 --> 00:20:32,764 Superintendent Turner... 421 00:20:32,795 --> 00:20:36,067 You have been requesting all along that we remain patient. 422 00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:37,531 Well, we're all teachers here. 423 00:20:37,562 --> 00:20:40,504 I think we can appreciate the value of a good lesson. 424 00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:41,739 Turner! 425 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,441 My man! 426 00:20:43,443 --> 00:20:45,509 Would you tell him to stop? 427 00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:48,546 I can't promise an immediate solution, 428 00:20:48,548 --> 00:20:51,782 but I can promise that we can try and think differently. 429 00:20:51,784 --> 00:20:54,585 To think creatively as these students. 430 00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:56,087 Thank you all for coming. 431 00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:57,455 This meeting is adjourned. 432 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:01,559 But our next meeting begins right now, 433 00:21:01,561 --> 00:21:03,561 and we will stay here until we come up with something that 434 00:21:03,563 --> 00:21:06,197 unties our hands and we begin to think differently. 435 00:21:06,199 --> 00:21:07,465 Ms. hart? 436 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:08,799 Yes, ma'am? 437 00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:10,601 Please hang up my painting. 438 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:12,703 Yes, ma'am. 439 00:21:37,863 --> 00:21:39,797 Very hopeful, Maya. 440 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:40,898 What do you call it? 441 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:42,767 The renaissance. 442 00:21:46,171 --> 00:21:47,972 Oh, my eyes! 443 00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,542 Want to know what I call it? 444 00:21:51,544 --> 00:21:52,677 I don't care. 445 00:21:52,679 --> 00:21:55,813 50 million purple cats. 446 00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:58,082 Isn't it hopeful? 447 00:21:58,084 --> 00:21:59,483 It is. 448 00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:01,118 Keep painting, Riley. 449 00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:04,622 Because it makes you happy. 450 00:22:04,624 --> 00:22:07,992 It makes you feel something, which is what art is all about. 451 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:12,063 I'm happy. 452 00:22:12,065 --> 00:22:13,564 I'm a happy artist. 453 00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:16,701 This is why I stink. 454 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:20,771 All right. Remember your homework for the weekend 455 00:22:20,773 --> 00:22:23,741 is to visit any art museum in the city. 456 00:22:23,743 --> 00:22:28,713 Find something that inspires you and never forget it 457 00:22:28,715 --> 00:22:32,149 for the rest of your rich and creative lives.