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>> OH, YES, THERE IT IS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ACTUALLY
HERE.
DID YOU SEE THIS?
WHOA, SORRY.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
WOW.
OKAY.
(laughing)
>> AAH, NO, DON'T EAT ME,
GEORGE, NO!
>> YOU GUYS ARE NEVER GOING TO
GUESWHO IS GOING TO BE
A SPEAKER AT UPPER REDWOOD.
>> WORLD-RENOWNED PARASITOL■GIST
AND LECTURE-CIRCUIT PUNDIT FOR
WATER PURIFICATION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND
INITIATIVES, REGINALD C. MURROW,
Ph.D.?
>> AW, YOU GUESSED.
>> REALLY?
>> NO, NO, NO, OF COURSE NOT.
IT'S BEBE LABELLE.
>> BEBE LABELLE?
>> SOUNDS FRENCH.
>> SOUNDS LIKE A NOM DE PLUME.
>> BEBE LABELLE, HERE?
>>> (screaming)
>> YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO THAT IS,
DO YOU?
>> NO, NOT EVEN A LITTLE.
BUT YOUR ENTHUSIASM SPEAKS
VOLUMES.
>>> TANYA, YOU KNOW,
BEBE LABELLE, THE POET.
>> OOH, A POET.
THAT'S ABOUT THE DULLEST
ONE-WORD DESCRIPTION OF
A GUEST SPEAKER POSSIBLE.
>> A FEMINIST POET.
>> THAT'S THE DULLEST TWO-WORD
DESCRIPTION.
>> JUST IGNORE THEM, TANYA.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> PASS.
>> PASS?
>> IT'S NOT MY THING, MORGIE.
LOOK, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTO
THAT KOOKY ALTERNATIVE OUT-THERE
STUFF, BUT I JUST DON'T
APPRECIATE IT THE WAY YOU DO.
>> TANYA...
TANYA, THIS IS NOT A PASS, OKAY?
THE VEGETARIAN'S LECTURE ON THE
ETHICAL TREATMENT OF LETTUCE,
THAT WAS A PASS.
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LOOK
AT A TOSSED SALAD SINCE.
>> THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE
ABOUT GUILT, IT'S GOING TO
BE ABOUT EMPOWERMENT.
>> I COULD USE A LITTLE EXTRA
EMPOWERING TODAY.
WHAT'LL IT BE, ROG?
>> HOW ABOUT, "DAUGHTERS OF THE
MOON, UNITE"?
OR "WHY WE SPELL WOMYN
WITH A Y".■
>> SORRY, GUYS, I GUESS YOU'RE
JUST NOT, UH, EQUIPPED TO GET
IT.
TANYA, PLEASE?
GOING TO SUBVERSIVE CULTURAL
UNDERGROUND EVENTS IS NO FUN
UNLESS THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE
THERE TO FEEL SUPERIOR RIGHT
ALONG WITH ME.
>> I'LL GO WITH YOU.
>> SORRY, GEORGE, BUT IT'S ONLY
OPEN TO WOMEN.
>> BUT I WANT TO WORSHIP THE
EARTH MOTHER WITH ALL MY SISTERS
TOO.
>> DID I JUST HEAR WHAT I THINK
I JUST HEARD?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, BLAIR.
WOMEN ONLY, AS IN NO ICKY BOYS
ALLOWED.
>> WHO CARES?
OU COULDN'T DRAG ME THERE.
I WAS TALKING TO GEORGE.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
>> I LIKE POETRY READINGS.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMEONE WILL
COME UP WITH A REALLY KILLER■
LIMERICK, LIKE, UH...
THERE WAS THIS LADY
FROM NIGER...
>> NO, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE
ARE GOING TO BE ANY LIMERICKS
AT THIS POETRY READING, GEORGE.
BEBE LABELLE'S WORK DEALS WITH
*** POLITICS AND GENDER
ISSUES.
>> SO DO MOST LIMERICKS.
YOU EVER HR THIS ONE?
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN
FROM NANTUCKET...
>> YES, YES, I HEARD THAT ONE,
AND I FOUND THE IAMBIC
PENTAMETER LACKING AND THE USE
OF METAPHOR BOTH SHALLOW AND
INSIPID.
>> BUT IT MADE YOU LAUGH, RIGHT?
>> OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO
ANNOUNCE THE POETRY READING NOW
ON THE AIR.
HOPEFULLY, THERE WILL BE
A COUPLE OF OTHER STUDENTS THAT
ARE INTERESTED IN POEMS THAT
DON'T RHYME WITH POPULAR
■■UR-LETTER WORDS.
>> WHO IS THIS?
>> MUST BE THE AUTHOR.
>> SHE'S HOT!
>> RED HOT.
>> THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT HER ON
THE COVER INSTEAD OF...
GOAT CHOW OR WHATEVER THIS IS.
I'D HAVE BOUGHT A COPY.
>> YEAH, OR AT LEAST THE DUST
JACKET.
>> HEY, MAYBE MORGAN WILL LET
ME BORROW THIS COPY SO I CAN GET
IT PERSONALIZED BY THE LOVELY
LADY LABELLE.
SOMETHING LIKE: "TO BLAIR.
CATCH YOU LATER."
ONLY, YOU KNOW, CLEVER AND
RHYMING.
>> EVEN IF YOU HAD YOUR OWN COPY
FOR MS. LABELLE TO SIGN, WHICH
YOU DON'T, YOU HAVE TO BE A GIRL
TO ATTEND HER READING, WHICH
YOU'RE NOT.
>> HEY!
WHERE DID YOU GET OFF SUPPORTING
SOME EVENT THAT DISCRIMINATES
AGAINST HALF THE STUDENTS AT
UPPER REDWOOD?
YOU, ALWAYS SO HIGH AND MIGHTY
ABOUT SOCIAL ILLS AND OTHER...
YOU KNOW...
WRONG, BAD STUFF, AGAINST OTHER
NATIONAL CULTURES AND RELIGIOUS
COLOURS...
I'M SICKENED.
SICKENED, I SAY!
(gagging)
>> WOW, BLAIR, I'VE NEVER SEEN
YOU SO WORKED UP ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT WASN'T, DUH, ULTIMATE
FIGHTING ON PAY-PER-VIEW.
>> SOMETIMES I JUST HAVE TO PUT
MY FOOT DOWN.
>> OR IN YOUR MOUTH.
>> WHEN I SEE SOMETHING SO
BLATANTLY SEXIST - YEAH, SEXIST,
THAT'S WHAT IT IS - THEN I HAVE
TO TAKE A STAND.
>> WELL, YOU CAN STAND OUTSIDE,
BECAUSE THERE'S NO BOYS ALLOWED
IN THIS POETRY READING.
IT SAYS SO RIGHT THERE ON THE
POSTER.
>> IF I WANT TO ATTEND A WOMAN-
ONLY EVENT, THAT'S MY RIGHT
AS A MAN!
>> WHAT BROUGHT THIS ON?
I DON'T REMEMBER YOU EVER
CRUSADING TO GO AND SEE ANY
BRIDAL SHOWERS OR CHICK-FLICK
MATINEES.
>> I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR
THAT WE, THE MALE STUDENTS OF
UPPER REDWOOD, SHOULD BE
DEPRIVED OF AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR
EDUCATION.
IT'S NOT FAIR!
>> YEAH, BLAIR'S RIGHT.
IT'S NOT LIKE ANY OF US ASKED TO
BE BORN INTO A WORLD WHERE MEN
GET THE BETTER JOBS, THE BETTER
PAY, THE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THE BETTER SUPERHERO ROLE
MODELS!
>> AND SINCE WE DO, WE DON'T
COMPLAIN.
>> NO, OF COURSE NOT.
>> NO, WE DON'T DO THAT.
>> AND SURE, IT JUST FALLS INTO
OUR LAP, BUT WE JUST WANT THIS
ONE MORE LITTLE THING.
IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?
>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE IT UP
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IF YOU
FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT?
>> MAYBE I WILL.
WHO'S IN CHARGE?
>> HMM, LET'S SEE, IT'S A POETRY
READING...
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.
MS. ATOLL.
>> (giggling)
GOOD LUCK.
>>> (glumly)
YEAH, THANKS.
>> BE SURE TO TELL HER ALL ABOUT
YOUR BIRTHRIGHT AS MEN.
THAT'LL WIN HER OVER.
>> NO.
>> BUT WE'RE REALLY GENUINELY
INTERESTED.
>> NO.
>> BUT WE WANT TO BROADEN OUR■
HORIZONS.
>> NO.
>> WE HAVE A RIGHT TO ATTEND
OUR BIRTHRIGHT AS MEN.
>> WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO
MEAN?
>> I... I'M NOT REALLY SURE,
BUT DOES IT SWAY YOU?
>> NO.
THIS IS A LITERARY EVENT BY
WOMEN, FOR WOMEN.
I'M SORRY IF YOU FEEL EXCLUDED,
BUT THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO...
(laughing)
PARDON ME: NOTHING I'M WILLING
TO DO TO HELP YOU.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>>> (grumbling)
>> NOT ONE WORD.
>> BARE-FACED DISCRIMINATION,
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
>> ONCE AGAIN, THE MEN CUT OUT
OF THE LOOP OF THE OLD GIRLS'
CLUB.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE OUR OWN POETRY
READING, JUST TO SHOW THEM.
>> YEAH!
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN
FROM PEORIA.
>> GUYS, YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON
THE POINT.
THIS IS ABOUT MEETING HOT BABES,
NOT LISTENING TO STUPID POETRY.
>> OH, YEAH.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I LOST SIGHT
OF THAT.
>> HEY, WHAT RHYMES WITH PEORIA?
AND WHAT IS A PEORIA, ANYWAY?