1 00:01:13,464 --> 00:01:17,503 I always worry that maybe people aren't gonna like me when I go to a party. 2 00:01:17,664 --> 00:01:19,859 Isn't that crazy? 3 00:01:20,704 --> 00:01:26,142 Do you ever get kind of a sick feeling in your stomach when you dread things? 4 00:01:26,304 --> 00:01:29,501 I wouldn't wanna miss a party, but every time I go to one... 5 00:01:29,664 --> 00:01:33,339 ...I keep feeling like the whole world's against me. 6 00:01:33,504 --> 00:01:36,701 See, I've spent my whole life in military academies. 7 00:01:36,864 --> 00:01:39,697 My mother doesn't have a place for me where she lives... 8 00:01:39,864 --> 00:01:42,298 ...and she doesn't know what else to do with me. 9 00:01:42,464 --> 00:01:47,015 You mustn't misunderstand about my mother. She's really a lovely person. 10 00:01:47,184 --> 00:01:51,575 I guess every boy thinks his mother is beautiful, but my mother really is. 11 00:01:51,744 --> 00:01:56,181 She tells me in every letter how sorry she is that we're not together more... 12 00:01:56,344 --> 00:01:59,416 ...but she has to think of her work. 13 00:01:59,584 --> 00:02:03,372 One time we were together, though. She met me in San Francisco once... 14 00:02:03,544 --> 00:02:08,220 ...and we were together for two whole days, just like we were sweethearts. 15 00:02:08,384 --> 00:02:12,059 It was the most wonderful time I ever had. 16 00:02:12,224 --> 00:02:16,536 Then I had to go back to the military academy. 17 00:02:16,704 --> 00:02:20,856 Every time I walk into that barracks, I get a kind of... . 18 00:02:26,704 --> 00:02:28,854 A kind of a... . 19 00:02:33,304 --> 00:02:35,101 I'm sorry. 20 00:02:41,944 --> 00:02:44,697 Kind of a depressed feeling. 21 00:02:44,864 --> 00:02:48,618 It's got hard, stone walls. You know what I mean? 22 00:02:49,184 --> 00:02:52,699 I guess I've bored you enough, telling you about myself. 23 00:02:54,144 --> 00:02:55,736 Thank you. 24 00:02:55,904 --> 00:03:00,056 Sorry about that. I goofed up the last couple of lines. I guess I'm nervous. 25 00:03:00,344 --> 00:03:02,141 That's okay. You did very well. 26 00:03:14,264 --> 00:03:16,016 I'm sorry. 27 00:03:40,064 --> 00:03:42,703 Thank you. You play very well. 28 00:03:42,864 --> 00:03:47,858 Now Mrs. Tossoff's gonna play notes for you. Sing them back to us. Like so: 29 00:03:51,784 --> 00:03:56,062 -It's too low for me. -You're a tenor? You want to start here? 30 00:03:58,624 --> 00:04:00,854 Louder, please. 31 00:04:37,344 --> 00:04:39,175 I'm so nervous. 32 00:04:39,344 --> 00:04:41,619 -I'm not singing. -But you have to. 33 00:04:41,784 --> 00:04:43,979 -But I came to dance. -You have to sing too. 34 00:04:44,144 --> 00:04:46,453 -And act, and play an instrument. -All three? 35 00:04:46,624 --> 00:04:49,582 -It says "performing arts," doesn't it? -You don't have to do everything. 36 00:04:49,784 --> 00:04:55,416 -Sure as shit helps, baby. -Thank you. Next group, please. Hurry. 37 00:04:55,584 --> 00:04:58,542 -Oh, I like your nose ring. -I'm into culture. 38 00:04:58,744 --> 00:05:02,703 -Does that hurt, or is that ethnic? -Music, please, Mrs. Snell. 39 00:05:02,864 --> 00:05:06,493 Please pay attention. We have a lot to do today. 40 00:05:09,384 --> 00:05:12,217 -I hate my legs. -Yeah. Me too. 41 00:05:12,424 --> 00:05:16,212 -I've tried every diet in the whole world. -Really? Me too. 42 00:05:16,584 --> 00:05:21,021 But you can't help your glands. I'm sorry! I'm just so nervous. 43 00:05:21,184 --> 00:05:24,142 Relax! Come on, use your body. 44 00:05:33,384 --> 00:05:36,979 -Careful. That's 7000 worth of machine. -Dollars or pounds? 45 00:05:37,144 --> 00:05:40,534 Don't touch the rotary pods. I got it set on saw-tooth. 46 00:05:40,704 --> 00:05:45,141 Why can't he play piccolo? Something sensible. Or the accordion, like Papa did. 47 00:05:45,304 --> 00:05:48,853 Same reason you drive a checker and not a Roman chariot. It's progress. 48 00:05:49,024 --> 00:05:52,937 My son's head is into the future. And Papa could never play the accordion. 49 00:05:57,984 --> 00:06:01,454 -Do you think you're talented? -You swine! You coward! You cad! 50 00:06:01,664 --> 00:06:04,053 You dare judge me in my misfortitude? 51 00:06:04,224 --> 00:06:07,853 You dare to ask me the question who is the father of my child? 52 00:06:08,024 --> 00:06:12,495 -You! You! I point to you, Nigel! -Next, please. 53 00:06:12,744 --> 00:06:17,977 The next group of musicians can go to the fifth floor now, please. 54 00:06:30,664 --> 00:06:32,416 -Name? -Excuse me, miss. 55 00:06:32,584 --> 00:06:36,213 You don't need his name. He's not here for the audition. He's my partner. 56 00:06:36,384 --> 00:06:38,454 -What school's he from? -He ain't into school. 57 00:06:38,624 --> 00:06:43,493 He's just helping me out with my dancing. But it's me who's auditioning. 58 00:06:43,664 --> 00:06:47,498 Mulholland, Shirley. I'm all fixed up. I filled in all your papers and all. 59 00:06:47,664 --> 00:06:49,814 He doesn't go upstairs without filling in his name. 60 00:06:49,984 --> 00:06:54,933 Leroy's his name, but I'm auditioning. Shirley Mulholland. That's two L's. 61 00:06:55,104 --> 00:06:59,495 -And don't ask him to do no writing. -Doesn't he talk, even? 62 00:06:59,704 --> 00:07:02,264 He ain't into conversation until you get to know him. 63 00:07:02,784 --> 00:07:06,663 -Leroy what? -Leroy Johnson. Can we go up now? 64 00:07:07,184 --> 00:07:09,857 He's not going up until he checks his knife. 65 00:07:10,024 --> 00:07:13,141 We ain't staying long enough for no trouble. He's just helping a friend. 66 00:07:13,344 --> 00:07:16,541 He's not helping out anyone unless he checks his knife. 67 00:07:16,704 --> 00:07:20,219 This is the High School for Performing Arts. We don't cut each other up here. 68 00:07:21,224 --> 00:07:22,942 -You want it? -I want it. 69 00:07:23,264 --> 00:07:25,573 -You sure you want it? -Yeah, I'm sure. 70 00:07:26,784 --> 00:07:29,742 -Promise you won't steal it, now? -I promise. 71 00:07:32,104 --> 00:07:34,413 -Thanks, ma'am. -Name? 72 00:07:34,624 --> 00:07:37,900 Don't worry, baby. I got lots of knives. 73 00:07:38,744 --> 00:07:41,656 -What are you going to do for us? -I was gonna sing. 74 00:07:41,864 --> 00:07:45,095 -You don't have to sing, honey. -We know our rights. 75 00:07:45,264 --> 00:07:49,303 -You can't refuse her an audition. -She's not supposed to sing her audition. 76 00:07:49,464 --> 00:07:54,299 Please, excuse me, if you don't mind. Honey, you don't have to sing for us... 77 00:07:54,464 --> 00:07:58,093 -...because this is the drama department. -When she sings, it is drama. 78 00:07:58,384 --> 00:08:00,852 -What's your name, honey? -Finsecker. 79 00:08:03,264 --> 00:08:04,538 Doris Finsecker. 80 00:08:10,304 --> 00:08:13,216 -Hi. -How do you do? 81 00:08:13,384 --> 00:08:15,420 -What's your name? -Ralph Garci. 82 00:08:15,744 --> 00:08:19,737 -Who was your teacher? -Well, my father taught me. 83 00:08:19,904 --> 00:08:24,500 He's doing work for the government. I'm not supposed to talk about it... 84 00:08:24,704 --> 00:08:30,700 ...but my father played some of the most beautiful symphonies... 85 00:08:30,864 --> 00:08:33,458 -...in the whole world once. -What did he play? 86 00:08:34,624 --> 00:08:36,501 Trombones. 87 00:08:37,464 --> 00:08:39,739 And French horns. 88 00:08:41,224 --> 00:08:42,213 English horns. 89 00:08:44,224 --> 00:08:46,215 -Saxophones. -Anything else? 90 00:08:46,424 --> 00:08:47,698 Yeah. 91 00:08:49,064 --> 00:08:53,899 -Bongos, maracas, that sort of stuff. -What did he teach you? 92 00:09:01,824 --> 00:09:03,735 Why don't you try the dance department. 93 00:09:03,904 --> 00:09:07,260 -Why do you want to go to school here? -Should I tell him? 94 00:09:07,664 --> 00:09:08,813 Yeah, tell him. 95 00:09:09,584 --> 00:09:12,496 We can't afford a professional children's school. 96 00:09:14,384 --> 00:09:18,377 Okay. If you want to sing, go ahead. Then we'll look at your acting. 97 00:09:19,544 --> 00:09:21,182 I'm a little nervous. 98 00:09:21,384 --> 00:09:25,980 Don't be shy, Sheila. Come over here. What are you going to do? 99 00:09:26,224 --> 00:09:29,102 -I'm doing The Towering lnferno. -What? 100 00:09:30,304 --> 00:09:33,341 -You know, the movie? -Oh. 101 00:09:33,784 --> 00:09:36,821 All right, I'm playing O.J. Simpson. I'm in this building. 102 00:09:36,984 --> 00:09:40,454 There's fire all around, right? So I go to the elevator. 103 00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:44,498 Think of it as a concentration exercise. Just sing to Michael... 104 00:09:44,704 --> 00:09:49,937 -...and don't worry about anybody else. -I don't think I can. I can't just stare. 105 00:09:50,144 --> 00:09:51,702 He won't mind. 106 00:09:54,984 --> 00:09:59,102 -Waiting for the elevator. -Press the button, Doris. 107 00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:05,098 Her brother Harvey. 108 00:10:25,824 --> 00:10:28,657 Doesn't come, so now I'm getting mad. 109 00:11:07,384 --> 00:11:11,696 Finally it comes, so I get in. Okay, and there's people all around. 110 00:11:11,864 --> 00:11:14,298 And they're looking right at me. 111 00:11:58,904 --> 00:12:02,738 Yeah, my father taught me. I'm not supposed to talk about him right now. 112 00:12:02,904 --> 00:12:05,577 He's doing a little bit of work for the government, but... . 113 00:12:05,744 --> 00:12:09,817 My father is very, very famous. He danced with the Rockettes. 114 00:12:10,304 --> 00:12:12,295 Sure. Would you begin, please? 115 00:12:13,784 --> 00:12:16,617 -I'll be doing "Swanee River" for you. -Okay. 116 00:12:16,784 --> 00:12:19,252 And... . 117 00:12:19,424 --> 00:12:24,134 Hon? "Swanee River," please. Hit it. 118 00:12:28,224 --> 00:12:31,819 Doris, what would you do if you don't make it? 119 00:12:32,384 --> 00:12:33,419 We'll make it. 120 00:12:33,984 --> 00:12:36,054 Next, please. 121 00:12:36,544 --> 00:12:39,342 But I that am not shaped for sportive tricks... 122 00:12:39,504 --> 00:12:42,302 ...nor made to court an amorous looking glass... 123 00:12:42,464 --> 00:12:45,501 ...I that am-- Cheated of-- Oh, I'm sorry. 124 00:13:01,304 --> 00:13:03,420 Why don't you try the drama department. 125 00:13:03,624 --> 00:13:08,698 If again "it was not well cut," he'd answer, I spake not true: 126 00:13:08,864 --> 00:13:11,094 This is called the Reply Churlish. 127 00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:14,302 Nobody talks about it, but there's a quota system. 128 00:13:14,464 --> 00:13:19,174 Your chances are better if you're black, Puerto Rican or everything, like me. 129 00:13:19,344 --> 00:13:23,462 -I am Puerto Rican. -Not on your paper you ain't, Garci. 130 00:13:23,624 --> 00:13:27,253 -Your daddy doing government work. -That's the truth. 131 00:13:27,544 --> 00:13:31,537 And he left you his tap shoes, right? Does he work for Pepsi-Cola too? 132 00:13:32,224 --> 00:13:33,259 Be careful. 133 00:13:33,504 --> 00:13:36,064 -To the left. Left. -Come the other way. 134 00:13:36,224 --> 00:13:37,816 All right. 135 00:13:37,984 --> 00:13:40,498 Easy, now. Straight back, Bruno? 136 00:13:42,264 --> 00:13:45,142 -Where do you want this at? -Far corner. 137 00:13:47,504 --> 00:13:49,301 How do you do? 138 00:13:49,504 --> 00:13:51,256 Okay. Fine. 139 00:13:51,424 --> 00:13:55,497 Great. Look, I'll do that. You just go and get the rest of the stuff, okay? 140 00:13:55,664 --> 00:13:57,655 Oh, Martelli. Bruno Martelli. 141 00:13:57,984 --> 00:14:01,181 Would you like to set up your equipment, Mr. Martelli? 142 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:07,817 Who taught you? 143 00:14:07,984 --> 00:14:13,502 Who taught me? My father taught me. He's in Spain. He makes Westerns. 144 00:14:13,664 --> 00:14:17,816 -Why do you want to go to school here? -Because Freddie went here. 145 00:14:18,064 --> 00:14:21,852 -Freddie? -Freddie Prinze. He's the best. 146 00:14:22,024 --> 00:14:25,619 -So you want to be an actor, huh? -Yeah, sure, I want to be an actor. 147 00:14:25,784 --> 00:14:28,218 Judy, Judy, Judy. Top of the world, Ma. 148 00:14:28,384 --> 00:14:32,855 We don't want you to perform. We want to see who you are. You understand? 149 00:14:33,184 --> 00:14:35,334 -Right. -Use your own experience. 150 00:14:35,704 --> 00:14:38,537 Be simple, be honest, but most of all, be yourself. 151 00:14:39,144 --> 00:14:42,898 -Be honest. Be simple. Be yourself? -Be yourself. 152 00:14:44,344 --> 00:14:48,542 I'm God, see? And God is Puerto Rican, you got that? Now. 153 00:14:49,104 --> 00:14:53,097 God works in a casa de steam, you know. It's a steam bath, right? 154 00:14:53,264 --> 00:14:59,134 And he's talking to this angel. This angel is a computer. An electronic computer. 155 00:14:59,304 --> 00:15:03,934 I'm God, see? That's why I'm standing on this chair, you got that? Good. 156 00:15:13,024 --> 00:15:16,380 Does he wanna be a musician or an airline pilot? 157 00:15:17,424 --> 00:15:21,178 Mr. Martelli. We are ready when you are. Would you care to begin? 158 00:15:21,384 --> 00:15:23,898 Oh, okay. Sure. 159 00:15:47,864 --> 00:15:48,853 Mr. Martelli. 160 00:15:51,224 --> 00:15:53,101 Mr. Martelli. 161 00:15:57,024 --> 00:15:58,139 Mr. Martelli! 162 00:16:00,064 --> 00:16:03,579 Thank you. One instrument at a time will be quite sufficient. 163 00:16:03,784 --> 00:16:06,457 I could do it in 4/4 if you prefer a disco beat. 164 00:17:31,584 --> 00:17:34,144 She's a disaster. 165 00:17:37,184 --> 00:17:42,736 Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. 166 00:17:42,904 --> 00:17:45,657 Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love... 167 00:17:45,824 --> 00:17:50,454 ...and then I'll no longer be a Capu-- Capu-- Capu-something. 168 00:17:50,624 --> 00:17:54,697 -Capulet. -Like Cappelletti, the football player? 169 00:17:54,864 --> 00:17:56,934 -Something like that. -That's what I mean. 170 00:18:01,144 --> 00:18:04,102 -Where's his application? -He doesn't have one. 171 00:18:04,264 --> 00:18:06,380 Well, get him one. 172 00:18:23,784 --> 00:18:26,617 -What do you call that? -Wicked. 173 00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:40,183 Thou art thyself. 174 00:18:40,344 --> 00:18:43,416 Thou art not a Montagoo-- Montagazz-- Who knows? 175 00:18:43,584 --> 00:18:49,102 This is the last day of auditions. We've seen a lot of students. We're punchy. 176 00:18:49,304 --> 00:18:54,583 We're gonna take a break. Go next door to Mrs. Shime. Have her audition you. 177 00:18:54,744 --> 00:18:57,736 -Right next door. -I tell her that you sent me? 178 00:18:57,904 --> 00:18:59,735 -Yeah. -All right. 179 00:18:59,904 --> 00:19:01,257 By the way... 180 00:19:01,424 --> 00:19:05,417 -...you were reading the girl's part. -Shit. 181 00:19:06,504 --> 00:19:10,292 -You're not into high school, remember? -I'm into dancing. 182 00:19:10,464 --> 00:19:15,584 You're into ass, you mean. You don't have to go to high school for that. 183 00:19:15,744 --> 00:19:20,534 -I was doing you a favor, remember? -Some fat fucking favor. 184 00:19:21,704 --> 00:19:27,097 Take your things to the third floor. Give your forms to the senior there. 185 00:19:27,424 --> 00:19:31,895 Okay, you go downstairs, change in the girls' room and wait for him. 186 00:19:32,064 --> 00:19:35,261 I'm through? I don't have to dance anymore? 187 00:19:35,424 --> 00:19:38,302 Where you going, Leroy? He's in and I'm out, right? 188 00:19:38,504 --> 00:19:44,295 Fuck you, Leroy! This was my audition, remember? You're not into high school. 189 00:19:44,464 --> 00:19:49,822 We were rehearsing to get me into this school, not you, you fucker! It's not fair! 190 00:19:49,984 --> 00:19:53,579 I didn't want to come here anyway. This school sucks. 191 00:19:53,784 --> 00:19:55,900 You've done me a favor, shithead. 192 00:19:56,104 --> 00:20:00,177 You saved me four fucking years from this ass-licking school! 193 00:20:00,384 --> 00:20:03,581 You looking at one happy lady! 194 00:20:04,784 --> 00:20:08,379 Who wants to go to a fucking school to learn to dance, anyway? 195 00:20:10,104 --> 00:20:11,742 Yeah, hello? 196 00:20:11,904 --> 00:20:17,183 No, it isn't. This is Naomi Finsecker speaking. Her mother. Who is this? 197 00:20:26,504 --> 00:20:30,782 Replacement? What do you mean, replacement? 198 00:20:34,664 --> 00:20:37,258 So is she in or is she out? 199 00:20:40,224 --> 00:20:43,341 I got in! I got in! I got into Performing Arts! 200 00:20:47,904 --> 00:20:50,464 Doris, we're in! 201 00:21:38,624 --> 00:21:41,184 Get her out of there! 202 00:21:44,344 --> 00:21:48,053 -Hey, later on. -All right. All right! 203 00:21:48,224 --> 00:21:50,454 See y'all later. 204 00:21:51,184 --> 00:21:54,256 -Hello. -Hey, mama, get in the car! 205 00:21:57,984 --> 00:22:01,374 Come on, baby, come on. Don't go to school. 206 00:22:01,544 --> 00:22:04,854 -Martelli, Bruno. -Bruno. Come on. 207 00:22:05,024 --> 00:22:06,742 Garcia, Raul. 208 00:22:07,984 --> 00:22:11,101 -Garcia, Raul? -It's Ralph. 209 00:22:12,704 --> 00:22:15,423 -It says Raul. -I don't relate to that. 210 00:22:16,584 --> 00:22:19,417 -Garcia, Ralph. -It's Garci. 211 00:22:19,584 --> 00:22:23,497 Ralph Garci. I think they spelled it wrong on the application. 212 00:22:23,664 --> 00:22:26,132 -Garci, Ralph. -Here. 213 00:22:28,704 --> 00:22:30,934 -MacNeil, Montgomery. -Here. 214 00:22:31,504 --> 00:22:34,462 -Monroe, Lisa. -Yes? 215 00:22:35,904 --> 00:22:37,019 Johnson, Leroy. 216 00:22:39,144 --> 00:22:40,463 Johnson, Leroy? 217 00:22:42,624 --> 00:22:47,379 In future, Mr. Johnson, I'd like you to leave your ghetto blaster at home. 218 00:22:47,744 --> 00:22:51,259 I'd have left it home if it wasn't so goddamn boring in here. 219 00:22:51,904 --> 00:22:57,581 This is a classroom, Mr. Johnson. You're going to be here for four years... 220 00:22:57,744 --> 00:23:01,054 ...with your eyes open, homework done, pencils sharpened... 221 00:23:01,224 --> 00:23:06,776 ...and all food, cigarettes and radios outside. Do you understand me? 222 00:23:08,624 --> 00:23:12,333 -Why are you here, Mr. Johnson? -Because I's young and single... 223 00:23:12,504 --> 00:23:15,496 -...and I loves to mingle. -Speak English. 224 00:23:15,664 --> 00:23:19,976 -I speak like I likes. -This is my room. You'll speak as I like. 225 00:23:20,144 --> 00:23:24,501 I teach English. Now, if that's a foreign language, you're gonna learn it. 226 00:23:26,544 --> 00:23:31,538 This is no Mickey Mouse school. You won't get off easy because of talent. 227 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:35,703 -I don't care how well you dance... -Bitch run her fucking mouth. 228 00:23:35,904 --> 00:23:39,863 ...or how many colored tutus you have. If you don't give academic subjects... 229 00:23:40,024 --> 00:23:43,733 -...equal time, you're out. -Bullshit. 230 00:23:43,904 --> 00:23:47,260 You have to arrive earlier to get dressed and warmed up. 231 00:23:47,424 --> 00:23:50,575 You have to take outside classes in your major field... 232 00:23:50,744 --> 00:23:55,420 ...and study ballet, modern, folk, jazz, tap and historical dance here... 233 00:23:55,584 --> 00:23:58,257 ...as well as dance history, supported adagio... 234 00:23:58,584 --> 00:24:03,578 ...variation class, makeup, hairstyling and even acting for dancers. 235 00:24:03,744 --> 00:24:08,898 50,000 people call themselves actors, and maybe 500 are making a living at it. 236 00:24:09,064 --> 00:24:13,057 Most of those do commercials to pay the rent. The rest wait tables... 237 00:24:13,224 --> 00:24:17,456 ...clean other people's apartments, living on welfare and hope. 238 00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:19,899 Don't think talent's enough to get you through. 239 00:24:20,064 --> 00:24:24,376 You gotta have a strong technique, a good agent, and most of all, thick skin. 240 00:24:24,584 --> 00:24:28,657 Now you're part of an underprivileged minority, and you're going to suffer. 241 00:24:28,864 --> 00:24:33,016 Pulled tendons, shin splints, swollen toes, smelly tights... . 242 00:24:33,184 --> 00:24:36,494 Cattle calls, the humiliation, the rejection... . 243 00:24:36,664 --> 00:24:41,818 Melodic dictation theory, keyboard harmony, piano, piano literature... 244 00:24:41,984 --> 00:24:47,741 ...music history, orchestration, conducting, symphonic band... . 245 00:24:47,904 --> 00:24:51,419 -When do we have lunch? -Lunch is at 1 1 :30. One half-hour... 246 00:24:51,584 --> 00:24:54,621 -...and then you'll have everything else. -What's everything else? 247 00:24:54,784 --> 00:24:59,904 Biology, chemistry, algebra, English, French, physics, history, et cetera. 248 00:25:00,264 --> 00:25:03,336 Dance is not a way of getting through school. 249 00:25:03,504 --> 00:25:07,656 It's a way of life, plus school. The school part is easier. 250 00:25:07,864 --> 00:25:12,062 So you better like yourself a lot. Because that's all you got to work with. 251 00:25:12,224 --> 00:25:16,103 Use yourself. Your voice, your experiences. 252 00:25:16,264 --> 00:25:21,019 Wanna accumulate some experiences? I got plenty of experiences to spare. 253 00:25:22,584 --> 00:25:26,099 You know what? I live with two chicks. 254 00:25:26,304 --> 00:25:29,137 Dance is the hardest department in the school. 255 00:25:29,344 --> 00:25:31,812 Acting is the hardest profession in the world. 256 00:25:32,024 --> 00:25:37,417 Music is the hardest profession of them all. Isn't that right, Mrs. Tossoff? 257 00:25:37,584 --> 00:25:38,619 Indeed. 258 00:26:32,264 --> 00:26:33,822 Okay. 259 00:26:36,664 --> 00:26:39,098 No fighting. Stay in line, please. 260 00:26:40,664 --> 00:26:41,699 Who's next? 261 00:26:51,664 --> 00:26:53,382 Excuse me. 262 00:26:54,824 --> 00:26:58,863 -I'll be doing my scene Thursday... . -I'll be right back. 263 00:27:04,904 --> 00:27:06,417 Get out of my seat! 264 00:30:54,704 --> 00:30:58,902 -Hi. -Hi. That's too wild for me. 265 00:30:59,944 --> 00:31:02,617 -I'm in your acting class. -I know. 266 00:31:02,784 --> 00:31:04,854 Montgomery MacNeil. 267 00:31:05,504 --> 00:31:08,462 -Doris Finsecker. -Hi. Wanna sit down? 268 00:31:08,624 --> 00:31:13,061 All right. Is your mother really Marsha MacNeil, the actress? 269 00:31:13,224 --> 00:31:15,340 -That's right. -She does wonderful work. 270 00:31:15,664 --> 00:31:18,258 -Have you seen her? -But I've heard. 271 00:31:20,504 --> 00:31:24,179 -I didn't know she lived in New York. -She doesn't. Officially, she does... 272 00:31:24,344 --> 00:31:28,622 ...but she's been on the road forever. She gets paid to stay in hotels... 273 00:31:28,784 --> 00:31:32,697 ...but she stays with friends. Sends her per diems home to me and Dr. Golden. 274 00:31:32,944 --> 00:31:36,493 -Is that your stepfather? -My analyst. 275 00:31:37,824 --> 00:31:39,940 What's wrong with you? 276 00:31:40,384 --> 00:31:43,581 It's pretty technical, really. I have problems. 277 00:31:47,184 --> 00:31:50,460 -What kind of problems? -With women. 278 00:31:57,224 --> 00:32:00,819 Fine. Swaying with a nice humming sound, please. And: 279 00:32:02,664 --> 00:32:04,256 Let the arms go. 280 00:32:09,024 --> 00:32:12,221 Good, good, good. And chew. 281 00:32:14,464 --> 00:32:15,863 Faster. 282 00:32:16,424 --> 00:32:18,380 Speed. 283 00:32:18,544 --> 00:32:21,104 Tongues out. Down. 284 00:32:21,304 --> 00:32:22,783 Side. Side. 285 00:32:22,984 --> 00:32:25,817 And round, round. Come on. 286 00:32:35,384 --> 00:32:37,978 More energy! 287 00:32:40,624 --> 00:32:43,422 Do it together, please. Keep moving. 288 00:32:43,904 --> 00:32:47,658 Much better. Much, much better now. 289 00:32:54,144 --> 00:32:55,702 Reach for the jet�! 290 00:32:56,464 --> 00:32:59,024 And: 291 00:32:59,184 --> 00:33:02,221 Impulse to impulse. 292 00:33:37,224 --> 00:33:38,623 Relax. 293 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:41,183 Relax. 294 00:33:41,624 --> 00:33:45,060 Sense the floor against your bodies. 295 00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:48,941 Feel it against the backs of your legs. 296 00:33:49,464 --> 00:33:51,022 Your arms. 297 00:33:51,784 --> 00:33:53,456 Your shoulders. 298 00:33:53,864 --> 00:33:56,458 Let your senses remember... 299 00:33:56,624 --> 00:34:00,094 ...this feeling of heaviness. 300 00:34:00,704 --> 00:34:04,060 Relax and breathe. 301 00:34:04,864 --> 00:34:08,698 Relax and breathe. 302 00:34:10,464 --> 00:34:15,663 All right, let's go. Thank you. Don't be late. Come on. Don't be late. 303 00:34:37,384 --> 00:34:40,217 -Should you be on this floor? -I have a note. 304 00:34:40,384 --> 00:34:43,421 -Miss Berg wants a tambourine. -Fine. 305 00:34:47,104 --> 00:34:50,653 Excuse me? Excuse me? You speak English? 306 00:34:50,824 --> 00:34:52,894 -Bruno Martelli? -He's across the hall. 307 00:34:53,064 --> 00:34:54,622 Thanks. 308 00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:01,732 -Hi. -Hi. 309 00:35:03,424 --> 00:35:06,541 -What kind of music notes are those? -Laser beams. 310 00:35:06,704 --> 00:35:10,458 -It's a requiem for Buck Rogers. -Great. 311 00:35:11,184 --> 00:35:14,938 -You ever thought of doing real music? -This is my music. 312 00:35:15,104 --> 00:35:17,982 -I mean a band. -I don't like bands. They crowd me. 313 00:35:18,144 --> 00:35:22,376 -I prefer my basement, no people. -There's money though, in summer trade. 314 00:35:22,544 --> 00:35:25,456 -If we get together in time. -I'm really not interested. 315 00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:29,299 There's tea dances and parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs. 316 00:35:29,464 --> 00:35:33,252 Those things are steady. People always get married and grow up. 317 00:35:33,424 --> 00:35:36,382 -I don't need the hassle. -I'll take care of everything... 318 00:35:36,544 --> 00:35:38,614 ...just like a regular business manager. 319 00:35:38,784 --> 00:35:43,016 I'll look after the bookings, travel, costume designs, for 1 0% off the top. 320 00:35:43,184 --> 00:35:45,254 Then a straight split of the performing cut. 321 00:35:45,424 --> 00:35:49,383 -What costume designs? -Nothing fancy, just sequins and stuff. 322 00:35:49,544 --> 00:35:52,854 See-through for me, maybe low-cut. We gotta give them visuals. 323 00:35:53,024 --> 00:35:58,144 The sound might be wicked, but when you get down to it, tits book bands. 324 00:35:58,304 --> 00:36:02,058 -I think I'll stay in my basement. -Bruno, this is our chance. 325 00:36:02,224 --> 00:36:07,582 -Don't you want success? -Sure. I don't think our tits are up to it. 326 00:36:12,864 --> 00:36:14,536 Why? 327 00:36:15,504 --> 00:36:18,098 Oh, why? 328 00:36:20,024 --> 00:36:23,733 God will punish you, Yuri Yajeyopeyonoff. 329 00:36:25,024 --> 00:36:28,221 What crime is this unborn child guilty of... 330 00:36:28,384 --> 00:36:31,296 ...that it should not drink of the milk of paradise? 331 00:36:31,464 --> 00:36:35,173 You warned me, Elena. Not one ruble have I lost, not one. 332 00:36:39,224 --> 00:36:43,740 -Can we try this again? It sounds phony. -I don't wanna try this again. 333 00:36:43,904 --> 00:36:47,783 -There's nothing wrong with you. -I know. That's what's wrong with me. 334 00:36:47,944 --> 00:36:53,496 Everybody here is colorful or eccentric or charismatic. I'm perfectly ordinary. 335 00:36:53,664 --> 00:36:59,216 My nose is ordinary. My body's ordinary. And my voice, it's-- 336 00:36:59,744 --> 00:37:02,383 -I don't know why I'm here. -You wanna be an actress. 337 00:37:02,544 --> 00:37:06,822 Yeah, but actors and actresses are colorful, flamboyant beings. 338 00:37:07,104 --> 00:37:10,255 I'm about as flamboyant as a bagel. 339 00:37:10,784 --> 00:37:11,978 Hi. 340 00:37:12,144 --> 00:37:14,135 -Hi. -Hi. 341 00:37:14,784 --> 00:37:17,821 -Some people like bagels. -Some people don't. 342 00:37:17,984 --> 00:37:21,101 -Some people are too old for you. -He smiles at me. 343 00:37:21,264 --> 00:37:24,222 -He smiles at everyone. -Yeah, but he winks too. 344 00:37:24,384 --> 00:37:27,581 -I think it's a nervous habit. -He talks to me, often. 345 00:37:27,864 --> 00:37:30,583 -Really? What's he say? -Hi. 346 00:37:30,864 --> 00:37:33,936 That's serious. Have you set the date? 347 00:37:37,064 --> 00:37:39,020 I'm sorry. 348 00:37:39,984 --> 00:37:42,259 -I'm sorry. -I feel stupid. 349 00:37:42,424 --> 00:37:43,459 So get into it. 350 00:37:43,624 --> 00:37:45,854 Study it. Try to remember it so you can-- 351 00:37:45,984 --> 00:37:46,973 Hey, M and M. 352 00:37:47,144 --> 00:37:48,896 Seen your shrink lately? 353 00:37:49,184 --> 00:37:51,744 -Yesterday. -You got a special delivery? 354 00:37:52,144 --> 00:37:53,862 How you doing? How are you? 355 00:37:55,184 --> 00:37:57,823 Oh, good. That's very good. You're a good man. 356 00:37:58,624 --> 00:38:01,184 They're not for me. They're for a friend of mine. 357 00:38:02,904 --> 00:38:04,337 Who's the lucky fella, huh? 358 00:38:04,944 --> 00:38:08,175 Looks like somebody finally corked up old Finsecker. 359 00:38:08,504 --> 00:38:11,098 It can't be Gloria over here. He's not into chicks. 360 00:38:14,864 --> 00:38:16,217 Shut my mouth. 361 00:38:17,784 --> 00:38:18,773 Bye. 362 00:38:20,104 --> 00:38:22,493 I hate Ralph Garci, I really do. 363 00:38:22,944 --> 00:38:25,504 I must remember this feeling and use it in my acting. 364 00:38:28,624 --> 00:38:29,818 I'm scared. 365 00:38:29,984 --> 00:38:34,455 I'm scared I won't be able to live up to their expectations of me. 366 00:38:36,744 --> 00:38:39,053 Flashing images of passion-- 367 00:38:42,184 --> 00:38:46,143 --and hurl you to the ground and make mad, passionate love. 368 00:38:47,104 --> 00:38:49,015 -I forgot it! -For two weeks? 369 00:38:49,184 --> 00:38:52,062 -I told you, I done it and I forgot it. -My hearing's fine. 370 00:38:52,224 --> 00:38:56,297 It's your homework that's missing. And these pages are unintelligible. 371 00:38:57,104 --> 00:39:00,141 It's a secret language. It ain't meant for whiteys. 372 00:39:00,304 --> 00:39:02,534 -This isn't a joke. -I got lots of jokes. 373 00:39:02,864 --> 00:39:05,298 -This is garbage! -My pen broke. 374 00:39:05,504 --> 00:39:08,382 -It's in pencil. -That broke too. 375 00:39:08,544 --> 00:39:11,183 You can't learn to read, you can't learn to dance. 376 00:39:11,424 --> 00:39:13,654 You're flunking out. 377 00:39:13,824 --> 00:39:14,893 I can read. 378 00:39:15,064 --> 00:39:17,897 Terrific! Go ahead, surprise us. Give him your book. 379 00:39:18,064 --> 00:39:20,339 Pay attention. Mr. Johnson is gonna read. 380 00:39:21,264 --> 00:39:23,573 -I said I can read! -Then read. 381 00:39:24,704 --> 00:39:26,137 -No. -Read! 382 00:39:26,464 --> 00:39:27,738 -No! -Read! 383 00:39:27,904 --> 00:39:29,223 No, you fucking bitch! 384 00:39:29,384 --> 00:39:33,821 What the fuck you want me to do, asking me to read all the fucking time? 385 00:39:33,984 --> 00:39:36,373 I hate your guts. You read, you fucking bitch! 386 00:40:42,704 --> 00:40:43,819 It's not natural. 387 00:40:43,984 --> 00:40:46,054 Get off my case, huh, Papa? 388 00:40:47,104 --> 00:40:50,938 When I was your age, Bruno, I had a lot of girlfriends. 389 00:40:51,104 --> 00:40:53,982 -I had a different girlfriend every day. -I got music. 390 00:40:54,944 --> 00:40:56,855 Same to you, pal! Go ahead. 391 00:40:57,024 --> 00:41:01,336 Go ahead! Oh, sure, you got music, okay. But for what? For yourself. 392 00:41:01,464 --> 00:41:02,453 For your headset. 393 00:41:02,704 --> 00:41:06,140 I mean, do I hear it anymore? Does your mama hear it? 394 00:41:06,304 --> 00:41:07,578 Do your friends hear it? 395 00:41:07,904 --> 00:41:09,895 Bruno, do you have friends? Huh? 396 00:41:10,064 --> 00:41:13,818 -I don't have time. I told you. -You told me. You told me. 397 00:41:13,984 --> 00:41:16,862 It's not natural. When I was your age, I'm telling you-- 398 00:41:17,024 --> 00:41:19,902 You're not my age. Nobody's my age. I'm ahead of my time. 399 00:41:20,064 --> 00:41:22,055 Maybe I don't think people will like my stuff. 400 00:41:22,224 --> 00:41:26,695 How do you know what people will like? How do they know if they don't hear it? 401 00:41:26,864 --> 00:41:30,459 Bruno, how do they recognize your talent and give you scholarships... 402 00:41:30,624 --> 00:41:32,854 ...and record contracts, son, and awards? 403 00:41:33,184 --> 00:41:36,620 Maybe I die undiscovered, and my ghost gets the Grammy. 404 00:41:36,784 --> 00:41:41,175 Maybe! Look, did I build you a studio in the basement for a ghost? 405 00:41:41,344 --> 00:41:44,859 Did I spent $7000 on equipment for a ghost? 406 00:41:45,104 --> 00:41:49,973 Does your mama cook and clean and wear old clothes for a ghost? A ghost? 407 00:41:50,144 --> 00:41:53,420 Elton John's mom has got six mink coats. 408 00:43:02,624 --> 00:43:08,381 "Wel-- Wel-- Welcome to... 409 00:43:08,544 --> 00:43:12,219 ...the wo-- Won-- 410 00:43:12,384 --> 00:43:16,536 Wonderful... 411 00:43:16,704 --> 00:43:20,856 ...world of... 412 00:43:21,024 --> 00:43:26,542 ...Ma-- Maytag... 413 00:43:26,704 --> 00:43:30,777 ...wash-- Wash-- Washing... 414 00:43:30,944 --> 00:43:33,902 ...mach-- Ma-- 415 00:43:34,064 --> 00:43:36,214 Machines. " 416 00:44:13,984 --> 00:44:15,258 Talk about Shorofsky. 417 00:44:15,424 --> 00:44:21,056 Mr. Shorofsky does not understand any music past Mozart when he was 2. 418 00:44:21,224 --> 00:44:23,260 They're all the same. What do you expect? 419 00:44:24,264 --> 00:44:28,701 Graduating from P.A. is no Academy Award. You know what I mean. 420 00:44:29,424 --> 00:44:33,178 It is better than real school. It's free, and you don't get raped in the hallways. 421 00:44:33,344 --> 00:44:35,904 But it's still small change. 422 00:44:36,064 --> 00:44:39,261 I'm just killing time here, waiting for my opportunity. 423 00:44:39,424 --> 00:44:42,063 It might be a movie or a Broadway musical. 424 00:44:42,224 --> 00:44:44,784 But it's coming. I keep my eyes open. 425 00:44:44,944 --> 00:44:47,981 I read Back Stage, Show Business and Variety. 426 00:44:48,144 --> 00:44:50,294 You see, I do the whole thing. 427 00:44:50,464 --> 00:44:53,661 Dancing's just the tip of this iceberg. 428 00:44:53,824 --> 00:44:57,100 A friend of my sister, she tells fortunes and stuff. 429 00:44:57,264 --> 00:45:00,620 She says I'm doing my last dance on this dark little planet. 430 00:45:00,784 --> 00:45:02,979 So it's gotta be spectacular, you know? 431 00:45:03,144 --> 00:45:05,738 How bright our spirits go shooting out into space... 432 00:45:05,904 --> 00:45:10,022 ...depends on how much we contributed to the earthly brilliance of this world. 433 00:45:10,184 --> 00:45:13,893 And I mean to be a major contributor. 434 00:45:15,024 --> 00:45:17,174 A sure-as-shit major contributor. 435 00:45:23,904 --> 00:45:26,543 -Can someone just--? -She's cleaning her cleavage. 436 00:45:26,704 --> 00:45:31,016 She's taking out the lint. Oh, that's beautiful. I wish I had a camera. 437 00:45:31,184 --> 00:45:34,335 There she is. Get out of the way. She's gorgeous. 438 00:45:34,504 --> 00:45:36,699 Oh, now turn around, please. 439 00:45:37,024 --> 00:45:38,537 Oh, please. 440 00:45:38,704 --> 00:45:40,217 Oh, look at those tits. 441 00:45:40,544 --> 00:45:42,057 Oh, you could drown in those. 442 00:45:42,224 --> 00:45:47,423 I want you to observe yourself doing ordinary, everyday things. 443 00:45:47,904 --> 00:45:50,464 You'll be asked to duplicate those here in class. 444 00:45:50,624 --> 00:45:52,899 An actor must develop an acute sense memory... 445 00:45:53,064 --> 00:45:57,342 ...so concentrate on how you deal with things in your world... 446 00:45:57,504 --> 00:46:01,577 ...how you wash your face or hold your fork or lift your cup... 447 00:46:01,744 --> 00:46:07,023 ...comb your hair. Observe and study your own mechanicalness. 448 00:46:07,184 --> 00:46:11,814 See if you can catch yourself in the very act of doing or saying something. 449 00:46:12,944 --> 00:46:17,654 See if your actions and reactions fall into patterns and what those patterns are. 450 00:46:17,824 --> 00:46:21,419 And in particular, pay close attention to the physical world. 451 00:46:21,584 --> 00:46:25,577 Isolate and concentrate on the details. 452 00:46:36,944 --> 00:46:39,412 Oh, mamacita! 453 00:46:43,744 --> 00:46:45,257 Ay, caramba! 454 00:46:52,384 --> 00:46:55,820 No! No! No! Give me that! 455 00:46:55,984 --> 00:46:58,544 You must hold your bow like this, not like that. 456 00:46:58,704 --> 00:47:00,501 It's not your dick you're holding. 457 00:47:00,664 --> 00:47:04,782 Excuse me, miss. It's a violin bow. Hold it with a little respect, like-- 458 00:47:04,944 --> 00:47:06,775 Like your dick? 459 00:47:06,944 --> 00:47:09,094 Shut up. Again. 460 00:47:38,944 --> 00:47:41,902 Watch your pli�, Coco. 461 00:47:43,024 --> 00:47:46,539 Turn out the arch, Leroy. 462 00:47:47,024 --> 00:47:48,457 Nice, Neisha. 463 00:47:49,904 --> 00:47:52,020 I want to see the leg, Patrick. 464 00:47:52,184 --> 00:47:55,335 And stretch. 465 00:47:57,184 --> 00:47:58,776 Good. 466 00:48:00,144 --> 00:48:01,816 Keep it together now. 467 00:48:06,624 --> 00:48:10,458 Where's the sweat, Lisa? You're not even trying. 468 00:48:25,024 --> 00:48:27,822 -Michael, congratulations. I heard. -Oh, thank you. 469 00:48:27,984 --> 00:48:31,021 Don't thank me. You deserved the award and the scholarship. 470 00:48:31,184 --> 00:48:33,493 You are the best actor in the school. 471 00:48:33,664 --> 00:48:36,462 Well, you were the best actor in the school. 472 00:48:36,624 --> 00:48:38,774 I mean, we'll miss you. 473 00:48:38,944 --> 00:48:40,218 Well, I'll miss you too. 474 00:48:40,464 --> 00:48:41,738 -You will? -Yeah, sure. 475 00:48:41,904 --> 00:48:44,134 -We'll keep in touch, I guess, huh? -Yeah. 476 00:48:44,544 --> 00:48:45,897 Would you sign my yearbook? 477 00:48:46,064 --> 00:48:49,500 Yeah, all right. Do you want me to sign my picture? 478 00:48:49,664 --> 00:48:52,178 -That'd be great. -Oh, okay. 479 00:48:52,704 --> 00:48:54,774 -I forgot. What's your name? -Doris Finsecker. 480 00:48:54,944 --> 00:48:57,014 -Oh, right. Doris. -But Doris is enough. 481 00:48:57,144 --> 00:48:58,133 Oh, okay. 482 00:48:58,304 --> 00:49:00,772 -Have you decided where you're going? -California. 483 00:49:00,944 --> 00:49:03,902 -I mean to college, the scholarship. -I can't use it. 484 00:49:04,064 --> 00:49:06,703 -How come? -William Morris has got big plans for me. 485 00:49:06,864 --> 00:49:09,503 -They saw me in that Senior Day show. -You're kidding? 486 00:49:09,664 --> 00:49:12,622 -They wanna represent me. -They're the biggest agents. 487 00:49:12,784 --> 00:49:14,775 -Yeah. -Well, that's great! 488 00:49:16,024 --> 00:49:18,458 There's a couple of series they think I'm right for. 489 00:49:18,624 --> 00:49:22,219 I've had a lot of really good meetings. Everyone's very excited. 490 00:49:22,384 --> 00:49:24,944 That is so great! I mean, Hollywood, that's like-- 491 00:49:25,104 --> 00:49:30,462 Yeah. Well, here I go, off into the sunset. 492 00:49:30,624 --> 00:49:32,774 Hey, good luck. Oh, sorry. 493 00:49:32,944 --> 00:49:36,539 I mean, break a leg, or whatever they say. 494 00:49:38,944 --> 00:49:40,457 See you. 495 00:49:41,504 --> 00:49:43,256 Hey! 496 00:49:43,744 --> 00:49:45,177 We'll see you at Schwab's. 497 00:49:49,184 --> 00:49:50,697 Oh, God, Doris! 498 00:50:03,984 --> 00:50:06,054 She's new. I saw her arrive in a limousine. 499 00:50:06,224 --> 00:50:08,454 A limousine? No kidding? 500 00:50:09,744 --> 00:50:12,941 -Man, I hope to fuck she's in drama. -No way. Dance department. 501 00:50:13,104 --> 00:50:15,493 She's too beautiful. Look at that ass. 502 00:50:15,664 --> 00:50:19,657 -I don't know about her tits. -What do you mean? What kind of tits? 503 00:50:22,224 --> 00:50:24,533 -Tits... . Pointy ones? -She looks kind of flat. 504 00:50:24,704 --> 00:50:25,898 She's fucking gorgeous! 505 00:50:26,064 --> 00:50:28,214 Little-bitty ones with nips like raisins? 506 00:50:28,384 --> 00:50:30,693 She's turning around. Look at that ass. 507 00:50:30,864 --> 00:50:33,742 -Oh, she is a dancer. -Let me up. Let me up! 508 00:50:38,144 --> 00:50:40,533 Let me see, you fuckers. 509 00:50:49,504 --> 00:50:52,302 Last year, we worked on simple observations. 510 00:50:52,544 --> 00:50:56,935 This year, we're going to turn that observation inward... 511 00:50:57,104 --> 00:50:59,823 ...and work on re-creating emotional states: 512 00:50:59,984 --> 00:51:03,738 Fear, joy, sorrow, anger. 513 00:51:03,904 --> 00:51:08,898 And it'll be more difficult because you'll have to expose more of you... 514 00:51:09,064 --> 00:51:11,737 ...what's on the inside of you. 515 00:51:11,904 --> 00:51:14,702 For your first acting exercise this year, I want you... 516 00:51:14,864 --> 00:51:18,061 ...to re-create a difficult memory... 517 00:51:18,224 --> 00:51:22,695 ...a painful moment when you learned something about yourself that hurt. 518 00:51:22,864 --> 00:51:26,140 And I mean really hurt. 519 00:51:26,304 --> 00:51:28,295 And reach. 520 00:51:29,104 --> 00:51:32,062 And through. And drop. 521 00:51:32,224 --> 00:51:34,533 And back. 522 00:51:40,304 --> 00:51:42,420 Hi, I'm Lisa Monroe. 523 00:51:43,584 --> 00:51:44,858 Hilary van Doren. 524 00:51:45,184 --> 00:51:46,458 I love your coat. 525 00:51:46,624 --> 00:51:48,182 I saw that in Bendel's window. 526 00:51:49,264 --> 00:51:52,859 -My stepmother bought it for me. -Really? 527 00:51:53,024 --> 00:51:55,902 I wouldn't mind that kind of stepmother. 528 00:51:56,544 --> 00:52:00,219 She didn't do it for me. She wants my father to think she cares. 529 00:52:00,384 --> 00:52:03,023 Besides, she loves shopping. 530 00:52:03,184 --> 00:52:06,301 She gets multiple orgasm every time she buys something. 531 00:52:06,784 --> 00:52:08,854 Sounds great. I think I like her. 532 00:52:09,024 --> 00:52:10,298 You can have her. 533 00:52:10,704 --> 00:52:14,060 -Where's all the sweat, Lisa? -I'm working on it. 534 00:52:14,544 --> 00:52:16,774 You're not working on it hard enough. 535 00:52:16,944 --> 00:52:18,900 Get rid of the gum. 536 00:52:29,744 --> 00:52:31,223 Watch me. 537 00:52:33,664 --> 00:52:35,575 Lift the bow off the string, Martelli. 538 00:52:36,064 --> 00:52:38,055 Mozart wouldn't do this today. 539 00:52:38,224 --> 00:52:40,294 -Do what? -This bowing business. 540 00:52:40,464 --> 00:52:42,341 He'd plug his keyboard into an amp... 541 00:52:42,504 --> 00:52:45,576 ...and he'd have string quartets coming out of his fingers. 542 00:52:45,904 --> 00:52:49,021 And who would play all these science-fiction symphonies? 543 00:52:49,584 --> 00:52:51,734 -He would. -All by himself? 544 00:52:52,144 --> 00:52:55,659 He'd overdub and mix, of course. He wouldn't make the same old noise. 545 00:52:55,824 --> 00:52:57,655 -Noise? -He'd sound electric. 546 00:52:57,824 --> 00:53:01,942 He'd have spacier strings and horns and computerized bassoons. 547 00:53:02,384 --> 00:53:05,296 -One man is not an orchestra. -Who needs orchestras? 548 00:53:05,464 --> 00:53:09,582 You can do it all with a keyboard, an amp and enough power. 549 00:53:10,144 --> 00:53:12,419 You're going to play all by yourself? 550 00:53:12,584 --> 00:53:13,983 You don't need anybody else. 551 00:53:14,384 --> 00:53:17,820 That's not music, Martelli. That's masturbation. 552 00:53:19,744 --> 00:53:22,304 See, I'm not naturally graceful. 553 00:53:22,624 --> 00:53:24,660 Grace doesn't run in our family. 554 00:53:24,824 --> 00:53:28,612 It's our genes. I've had to work so hard to come this far. 555 00:53:28,784 --> 00:53:31,582 -God, I've been at it since I was 4. -Me too. 556 00:53:31,744 --> 00:53:33,655 I started out with tap and stuff. 557 00:53:33,824 --> 00:53:37,658 Then my mom kept buying me pretty ballet tutus, and I got hooked on it. 558 00:53:37,824 --> 00:53:40,543 Less lip, Monroe! More sweat! 559 00:53:41,104 --> 00:53:43,334 -She's just a bitch. -She hates me. 560 00:53:43,504 --> 00:53:47,053 This is a dance class, Lisa, not the Charles Atlas plan. 561 00:53:47,344 --> 00:53:50,541 -Shut your mouth. -Where are your tights? 562 00:53:50,784 --> 00:53:52,775 I told you I got them. I just forgot them. 563 00:53:52,944 --> 00:53:54,536 What's he talking about? 564 00:53:54,704 --> 00:53:56,774 Tights. He won't wear them. 565 00:53:58,064 --> 00:54:02,615 Look, Leroy, I told you, if you don't have tights, you don't dance. Now go! 566 00:54:06,224 --> 00:54:08,340 Oh, I love your accent. What did you say? 567 00:54:08,504 --> 00:54:10,062 I dig his black ass. 568 00:54:10,224 --> 00:54:14,536 -It's taken, Goldilocks. -Don't count on it. 569 00:54:24,624 --> 00:54:25,898 A painful memory. 570 00:54:26,064 --> 00:54:28,703 What does he mean by a painful memory? 571 00:54:28,864 --> 00:54:31,173 I don't know. I can't find a painful memory. 572 00:54:31,344 --> 00:54:32,697 I know I have them. 573 00:54:32,864 --> 00:54:35,662 I mean, my pain's as good as anybody else's. 574 00:54:35,824 --> 00:54:38,941 I have lots of them. You can borrow one of mine if you want. 575 00:54:39,104 --> 00:54:43,575 Like, I used to wet my bed. There, that was painful. You can have that memory. 576 00:54:43,744 --> 00:54:45,018 No, thank you. 577 00:54:45,184 --> 00:54:49,018 Then there was the last time my father packed his bags and left us. 578 00:54:49,184 --> 00:54:51,015 That really was painful. 579 00:54:51,184 --> 00:54:56,702 Or the first time my mother flew to L.A. and didn't come back for six weeks. 580 00:54:56,944 --> 00:54:59,663 Or the first time I fell in love. 581 00:54:59,824 --> 00:55:02,133 Where'd that come from? 582 00:55:02,704 --> 00:55:04,695 I'll buy you a cup of coffee. 583 00:56:37,504 --> 00:56:39,096 You're gonna tell everybody that? 584 00:56:39,744 --> 00:56:42,133 It's the most painful memory I can think of. 585 00:56:42,304 --> 00:56:44,943 He didn't say the most painful. He just said painful. 586 00:56:45,104 --> 00:56:48,938 -We're supposed to expose ourselves. -Imagine what Ralph Garci will say. 587 00:56:49,264 --> 00:56:53,576 A pie in the face comes with the job. That's what my mom says. She knows. 588 00:56:53,744 --> 00:56:54,938 I don't get it. 589 00:56:55,104 --> 00:56:58,983 A real artist must never be afraid of what other people will say about him. 590 00:56:59,144 --> 00:57:01,817 It was a time when I realized something about myself. 591 00:57:02,064 --> 00:57:04,783 -Maybe you didn't realize it right. -What do you mean? 592 00:57:05,024 --> 00:57:08,653 Well, I mean, everybody falls in love with their analyst. 593 00:57:08,944 --> 00:57:11,504 There's a word for that, isn't there? 594 00:57:11,664 --> 00:57:14,053 Homosexual. 595 00:58:07,664 --> 00:58:09,336 That's my music. 596 00:58:09,504 --> 00:58:11,256 That lunatic stole my tape. 597 00:58:20,624 --> 00:58:22,023 Wow, that's me. 598 00:58:23,344 --> 00:58:28,702 That's my son's music! My son Bruno. Bruno Martelli! 599 00:58:28,864 --> 00:58:32,777 He wrote the music. Today, 46th Street... 600 00:58:32,944 --> 00:58:36,095 ...tomorrow, Madison Square Garden. 601 00:58:41,344 --> 00:58:44,177 -Papa, what are you doing? -Bruno! 602 00:58:44,344 --> 00:58:47,575 You've lost your mind. You're crazy. Those tapes aren't ready. 603 00:58:47,744 --> 00:58:50,941 Look at the people. They don't know it's not ready. 604 00:58:51,104 --> 00:58:54,983 Look at it, they like it! Bruno, they like it! Bruno! 605 00:59:23,264 --> 00:59:26,097 -Hey, yo! -Huh? 606 00:59:26,264 --> 00:59:29,973 Move your fucking parade! What do you think this is, 5th Avenue? 607 00:59:30,144 --> 00:59:31,896 Back it up! 608 00:59:32,064 --> 00:59:37,934 I'll get your ass, buddy! Who do you think you are? 609 00:59:44,704 --> 00:59:47,457 You're next, you hear me? 610 00:59:47,624 --> 00:59:50,263 Get away from there. What are you doing? 611 00:59:50,424 --> 00:59:51,903 How do you like that? 612 00:59:52,064 --> 00:59:54,259 Pick that up, you son of a bitch! 613 01:00:29,497 --> 01:00:32,694 I thought I was just going through a stage. 614 01:00:33,977 --> 01:00:36,127 That's what everyone told me. 615 01:00:36,297 --> 01:00:39,209 And it never worried me when I was 1 0. 616 01:00:40,177 --> 01:00:44,693 Except they told me the same thing at 1 2 and 1 4. 617 01:00:47,457 --> 01:00:52,485 So finally, my analyst leveled with me. 618 01:00:52,737 --> 01:00:56,173 He said it was probably a life choice. 619 01:01:01,857 --> 01:01:03,734 It's funny. 620 01:01:05,577 --> 01:01:10,446 "Gay" used to mean such a happy kind of word once. 621 01:01:12,137 --> 01:01:17,257 Not that it bothers me. I'm pretty well-adjusted, really. 622 01:01:19,137 --> 01:01:21,093 I mean... 623 01:01:23,857 --> 01:01:26,610 ...never being happy... 624 01:01:26,977 --> 01:01:30,287 ...isn't the same as being unhappy. 625 01:01:30,537 --> 01:01:32,607 Is it? 626 01:01:34,937 --> 01:01:38,134 Dr. Golden explains it real well. 627 01:01:39,337 --> 01:01:41,134 He explains everything well. 628 01:01:45,137 --> 01:01:46,616 I've had a lot of help. 629 01:01:57,537 --> 01:02:01,496 Hey, Doris, you wanna go to The Rocky Horror Show tomorrow night? 630 01:02:01,657 --> 01:02:02,851 That sounds great. 631 01:02:03,017 --> 01:02:07,090 It starts at midnight, so you better check it out with your mom. 632 01:02:07,257 --> 01:02:10,932 Calling Montgomery MacNeil. 633 01:02:11,097 --> 01:02:14,055 Oh, Montgomery. 634 01:02:20,217 --> 01:02:23,254 I suppose that a fuck is out of the question? 635 01:02:23,417 --> 01:02:26,250 There he is, Ralph Garci, right on the button. 636 01:02:26,417 --> 01:02:28,453 -Nice. -Get off! 637 01:02:28,617 --> 01:02:33,486 -I warned you this would happen. -It's your case, man. I don't give a fuck. 638 01:02:33,657 --> 01:02:36,615 -It's a joke, that's all. It just came out. -Like me. 639 01:02:36,777 --> 01:02:40,929 Yeah. Hey, Doris, listen, I meant to tell you. 640 01:02:41,097 --> 01:02:45,170 There's an open call for a movie at the Diplomat Hotel. 641 01:02:45,337 --> 01:02:48,568 -Oh, yeah? -They're looking for your type. 642 01:02:48,737 --> 01:02:51,376 -What's my type? -You know, your type. 643 01:02:51,537 --> 01:02:55,735 -Irishy, Jewishy, paranoid. -What's the name of this movie? 644 01:02:55,897 --> 01:03:00,049 -I Was a Teenage Fag Hag. -You shit! 645 01:03:03,417 --> 01:03:04,406 Stop it! 646 01:03:04,577 --> 01:03:07,296 I never knew it would be like this, Doris. 647 01:03:07,457 --> 01:03:11,336 Oh, come closer, sweetheart. Oh, my, such embrace. 648 01:03:16,657 --> 01:03:19,569 The Silvermans know some very important people. 649 01:03:19,737 --> 01:03:23,412 They really have connections. They're mishpoche with Soupy Sales. 650 01:03:23,577 --> 01:03:26,296 Oh, listen. Your nice white blouse is ironed. 651 01:03:26,457 --> 01:03:29,733 Or you could wear your pink dress with the ribbons. 652 01:03:29,897 --> 01:03:32,809 -You look so pretty in that. -I hate that pink dress. 653 01:03:32,977 --> 01:03:35,696 -So don't wear your pink dress. -I'm not going, Mama! 654 01:03:35,897 --> 01:03:37,774 -Then gargle. -I'm going out to dinner! 655 01:03:37,937 --> 01:03:40,690 -It's a catered affair. -It's not the food! 656 01:03:40,937 --> 01:03:43,167 This is an opportunity to perform. 657 01:03:43,337 --> 01:03:46,215 -Take advantage of it. -I promised Montgomery! 658 01:03:46,377 --> 01:03:49,255 Well, I promised the Silvermans! 659 01:03:52,137 --> 01:03:55,812 It's a party, Doris. They need a singer. 660 01:03:55,977 --> 01:04:00,653 And you, you need exposure. So you're going. 661 01:04:01,137 --> 01:04:03,048 I'm not! 662 01:04:47,457 --> 01:04:51,052 Very good, Doris. What did you realize about yourself? 663 01:04:52,937 --> 01:04:56,930 I don't like birthday parties. Or pink dresses. 664 01:04:57,857 --> 01:05:01,054 Or the Silvermans. Or Brooklyn. 665 01:05:01,217 --> 01:05:03,606 Or even being Jewish. 666 01:05:03,897 --> 01:05:05,489 I mean, it's not bad... 667 01:05:06,177 --> 01:05:08,566 ...but it's not all I am. 668 01:05:08,737 --> 01:05:12,935 I don't know who I am, and I never will if I don't assert myself. 669 01:05:13,097 --> 01:05:17,409 I'm 1 6 years old. I've got to assert myself sometime. 670 01:05:19,737 --> 01:05:21,409 Don't l? 671 01:05:21,817 --> 01:05:23,853 Okay, Doris. Ralph? 672 01:05:25,777 --> 01:05:28,530 I was coming home from school one day. 673 01:05:28,697 --> 01:05:29,891 As usual. 674 01:05:30,617 --> 01:05:35,372 I had a couple of pieces of business to attend to in the neighborhood. 675 01:05:36,497 --> 01:05:38,567 It was January. 676 01:05:39,057 --> 01:05:41,366 It was snowing like crazy. 677 01:05:44,057 --> 01:05:47,094 Santa Claus just ripped everybody off. 678 01:05:47,577 --> 01:05:50,535 He split for Toy Town or lgloo City... 679 01:05:50,697 --> 01:05:53,814 ...or the North Pole or wherever the hell he goes. 680 01:05:56,377 --> 01:05:58,413 So anyway... . 681 01:05:59,577 --> 01:06:02,455 I was going home, and... . 682 01:06:04,577 --> 01:06:06,568 I found this note. 683 01:06:06,977 --> 01:06:09,445 It said my two chicks were in church. 684 01:06:09,617 --> 01:06:12,848 What the hell are my two chicks doing in church? 685 01:06:14,137 --> 01:06:16,367 Somebody die or something? 686 01:06:18,657 --> 01:06:23,287 That was... . That was a joke. That was supposed to be a joke. 687 01:06:29,817 --> 01:06:33,207 Anyway, I went home. 688 01:06:35,977 --> 01:06:40,971 I dropped a little incense like I always do, just to unwind a little bit. 689 01:06:43,417 --> 01:06:45,977 And I put on the TV set. 690 01:06:48,777 --> 01:06:51,814 And there was this guy on the TV. 691 01:06:54,897 --> 01:06:57,411 And he was talking about Freddie. 692 01:07:00,617 --> 01:07:04,371 He... . He said that... . 693 01:07:05,977 --> 01:07:11,529 He said that Freddie Prinze put a gun to his head... 694 01:07:11,697 --> 01:07:15,656 ...and he killed himself. 695 01:07:19,057 --> 01:07:22,254 You know, it was an accident, man. 696 01:07:23,777 --> 01:07:27,406 Shit, I mean, he was fucking... . He was very gifted. 697 01:07:28,417 --> 01:07:33,411 You always laughed at him because he was very fucking talented. 698 01:07:36,577 --> 01:07:40,286 And sometimes you didn't even wanna laugh at him... 699 01:07:40,457 --> 01:07:42,448 ...and you laughed at him anyway. 700 01:07:43,297 --> 01:07:45,333 But those motherfuckers... 701 01:07:45,497 --> 01:07:48,216 ...they had to say that he was depressed... 702 01:07:48,377 --> 01:07:51,813 ...and he was suicidal, and that he was fucked up. 703 01:07:51,977 --> 01:07:56,528 They wanted his fucking ass, man. They wanted to nail his ass. 704 01:07:56,697 --> 01:08:00,656 Because he didn't think living was such a happy trip, you know? 705 01:08:02,257 --> 01:08:05,647 We can't have happy people walking on this planet. 706 01:08:05,817 --> 01:08:08,729 Everybody's gotta be so goddamn serious. 707 01:08:08,897 --> 01:08:11,252 Everyone's gotta stay in business... 708 01:08:11,417 --> 01:08:15,729 ...and suffer so the witch doctors and the deodorant-spray people... 709 01:08:15,897 --> 01:08:19,014 ...and plastic surgeons could stay in business. 710 01:08:19,177 --> 01:08:22,931 And we can all go fucking pray to the asshole God up there... 711 01:08:23,097 --> 01:08:26,009 ...that fucked it up in the first place! 712 01:08:30,457 --> 01:08:34,291 Does all this make you realize anything about yourself? 713 01:08:34,577 --> 01:08:37,967 -What? -How does it affect you? 714 01:08:39,057 --> 01:08:41,287 How does it affect me? 715 01:08:42,257 --> 01:08:45,010 I'm here, and I'm in this fucking school. 716 01:08:45,177 --> 01:08:48,089 And I'm fucking everybody back for Freddie! 717 01:08:48,257 --> 01:08:50,009 Take it easy, Ralph. 718 01:08:50,177 --> 01:08:53,374 You want them laughing with you, not at you. 719 01:08:53,697 --> 01:08:55,688 I don't want them laughing. 720 01:09:07,577 --> 01:09:09,090 Leroy? 721 01:09:09,777 --> 01:09:10,766 Ma'am? 722 01:09:11,257 --> 01:09:13,407 What are you wearing, Leroy? 723 01:09:13,817 --> 01:09:16,695 -A hat. -On your feet, Leroy. 724 01:09:16,857 --> 01:09:20,850 Oh, those. You like them? They get me to class quicker, get more learning in. 725 01:09:21,017 --> 01:09:23,736 -What about your book report? -I done it. 726 01:09:23,897 --> 01:09:26,934 -You did it. -1 000 words. I counted them too. 727 01:09:27,097 --> 01:09:30,453 -The Best of Playboy isn't a book report. -It's reading, ain't it? 728 01:09:30,617 --> 01:09:35,372 So is 1984, Huckleberry Finn, Great Expectations. You heard of those? 729 01:09:35,537 --> 01:09:37,334 I seen a couple of the movies. 730 01:09:37,497 --> 01:09:40,534 If you don't read, you're missing so much. 731 01:09:40,697 --> 01:09:46,249 -I don't like reading. It's not my style. -Then try Othello. He's black. 732 01:09:46,497 --> 01:09:49,648 -1 000 words in two weeks. -Or what? 733 01:09:49,817 --> 01:09:53,446 Or you'll skate right out of this school, Mr. Johnson. 734 01:10:09,297 --> 01:10:10,969 Come in. 735 01:10:12,857 --> 01:10:16,850 -Miss Berg, you wanted to see me? -Come and sit down, Lisa. 736 01:10:22,937 --> 01:10:25,576 You're not working hard enough, Lisa. 737 01:10:26,057 --> 01:10:28,696 Well, I've been sick. 738 01:10:29,057 --> 01:10:31,412 Dancers don't get sick. 739 01:10:32,097 --> 01:10:33,815 Well, my doctor told me... 740 01:10:33,977 --> 01:10:37,492 ...to take it easy for a week or two until I feel okay. 741 01:10:37,657 --> 01:10:41,775 -So now it's the doctor's fault? -Don't you believe me? 742 01:10:41,937 --> 01:10:43,370 I believe you, Lisa. 743 01:10:43,577 --> 01:10:47,286 But I don't have room for you in this class anymore. 744 01:10:47,457 --> 01:10:49,766 But I brought a doctor's note. 745 01:10:49,937 --> 01:10:53,646 There are too many other girls who take dance seriously... 746 01:10:53,817 --> 01:10:56,968 ...to waste time and space on someone who isn't dedicated. 747 01:10:57,137 --> 01:11:01,130 -But I am dedicated. -I'm sorry, Lisa. I don't see it. 748 01:11:01,937 --> 01:11:04,531 I got into this school, didn't l? 749 01:11:04,697 --> 01:11:08,212 We made a mistake. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. 750 01:11:08,377 --> 01:11:11,449 -You'll get over it. -I'll work harder. 751 01:11:11,617 --> 01:11:14,290 -Maybe. -I promise I'll be better. 752 01:11:14,457 --> 01:11:16,527 Better isn't good enough. 753 01:11:16,697 --> 01:11:20,815 I don't think you'll ever be good enough. You don't have it. 754 01:11:20,977 --> 01:11:26,051 That's a hard thing to hear, and it's not pleasant to say, but it's the truth. 755 01:11:26,217 --> 01:11:29,926 I'm saving you a lot of time and pain by saying it now. 756 01:11:30,417 --> 01:11:33,090 I don't wanna be the best. 757 01:11:33,817 --> 01:11:36,854 -Well, you won't be. -I just wanna dance. 758 01:11:38,137 --> 01:11:43,165 -Well, you'll never be a Mikhail, Lisa. -I can't fail, Miss Berg. 759 01:11:43,337 --> 01:11:47,410 -I only ever wanted to be a dancer. -You'll get over it. 760 01:11:47,577 --> 01:11:52,571 -What do I tell my mother? -Have her call me and I'll explain. 761 01:13:18,057 --> 01:13:21,652 Fuck it. If I can't dance, I'll change to the drama department. 762 01:13:22,137 --> 01:13:25,334 I tell you, you're a fucking good actress. 763 01:13:31,697 --> 01:13:34,928 I heard the bitch came down on her real hard. 764 01:13:35,097 --> 01:13:38,567 -So? Life comes down hard. -She just took a real bad dump, kid. 765 01:13:40,537 --> 01:13:44,530 Better she realizes it now than OD in some motel room at 30. 766 01:13:44,697 --> 01:13:47,336 You might show a little more sympathy, dear. 767 01:13:47,657 --> 01:13:50,649 -I'm not "dear. " -Evidemment. 768 01:13:50,817 --> 01:13:53,047 You're not tr�s sensitive either. 769 01:13:53,337 --> 01:13:54,531 I'm a professional. 770 01:13:54,697 --> 01:13:58,246 A few unkind words aren't going to bother me none. 771 01:13:58,737 --> 01:14:03,253 -I know it won't all be standing ovations. -Certainly not for you, my dear. 772 01:14:03,897 --> 01:14:06,286 Look, I'm not "my dear. " You can fuck "my dear. " 773 01:14:06,457 --> 01:14:10,530 Well, thank you. That might be fun. 774 01:14:13,297 --> 01:14:17,415 And that might be impossible. He's not into vanilla. 775 01:14:17,577 --> 01:14:19,533 Might be a nice change from black cherry. 776 01:14:19,697 --> 01:14:22,928 The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice, honey. 777 01:14:23,097 --> 01:14:26,567 Yes, but who wants diabetes? 778 01:14:30,897 --> 01:14:34,287 I mean, you don't understand. Listen to me, man. 779 01:14:34,457 --> 01:14:37,813 Diction. Watch your diction, Ralph. You're slurring your words. 780 01:14:37,977 --> 01:14:42,607 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Marlon Brando slurred his words. 781 01:14:42,777 --> 01:14:45,928 Montgomery Clift and James Dean slurred their words. 782 01:14:46,097 --> 01:14:50,056 They were the greatest actors in the world. Nobody could understand them. 783 01:14:51,217 --> 01:14:53,447 Wait a second. What's so funny? 784 01:15:04,377 --> 01:15:08,131 Hey, it's Raul. Where's my two chicks, huh? 785 01:15:15,417 --> 01:15:19,012 Look at you! You got so big! Where is Mom? ls she home? 786 01:15:46,977 --> 01:15:49,127 Hey, cupcake. Come here, cupcake. 787 01:15:49,297 --> 01:15:52,972 Faggot. That's what you are now, man. 788 01:15:53,337 --> 01:15:56,135 What you doing? Whoa! Damn, man. 789 01:16:38,897 --> 01:16:42,094 Martelli! Bruno Martelli! 790 01:16:44,777 --> 01:16:46,415 Shit! 791 01:16:51,897 --> 01:16:55,253 In the beginning she's not in love with him-- 792 01:16:55,417 --> 01:16:57,487 -God, you live here, Montgomery? -Yeah. 793 01:16:57,657 --> 01:17:00,012 -This is a great pad. -You like it? 794 01:17:00,177 --> 01:17:03,567 It's great. What happened to all your furniture? You get ripped off? 795 01:17:03,737 --> 01:17:06,251 -It closed in Cincinnati. -What's that mean? 796 01:17:06,417 --> 01:17:09,807 My mom kept saying she was gonna fix it up when she got into a long run. 797 01:17:09,977 --> 01:17:12,537 -She's got a lousy choice in plays. -It's perfect. 798 01:17:12,697 --> 01:17:17,168 We don't need nothing for rehearsal. Ready when you are, Mr. Director. 799 01:17:17,337 --> 01:17:21,649 -All right, page one, Act 1 . -All right, page one, Act 1 . 800 01:17:54,937 --> 01:17:57,132 Raul? 801 01:18:21,977 --> 01:18:24,047 Raul? 802 01:18:37,817 --> 01:18:42,288 If you're kicked around long enough, you get to be a real professor of pain. 803 01:18:42,457 --> 01:18:46,211 I know how you feel. But I'm having a real good time now. 804 01:18:46,377 --> 01:18:47,890 I'm enjoying myself. 805 01:18:48,057 --> 01:18:50,935 So you see, you're not such a dog as you think you are. 806 01:18:51,097 --> 01:18:53,167 I'm having a very good time too. 807 01:18:53,337 --> 01:18:57,012 So there you are. I'm not such a dog as I think I am. 808 01:18:57,177 --> 01:18:59,247 I think you're a very nice guy. 809 01:18:59,417 --> 01:19:02,807 I don't know why a girl hasn't grabbed you. 810 01:19:02,977 --> 01:19:07,289 Yeah, I don't either. I am a nice guy. 811 01:19:07,537 --> 01:19:10,256 I'm also a real smart guy too. 812 01:19:18,057 --> 01:19:22,289 Wait. There's a whole speech yet. You're not supposed to kiss yet. 813 01:19:24,937 --> 01:19:29,488 Ralph. Doris. Ralph, you have a whole speech here you haven't even done. 814 01:19:29,657 --> 01:19:32,330 Ralph, you're not supposed to kiss yet. 815 01:19:39,257 --> 01:19:41,976 My mother was French and very beautiful. 816 01:19:42,137 --> 01:19:47,575 Straight out of some chateau. She danced every night for hours. 817 01:19:47,737 --> 01:19:51,571 Daddy was in Washington or out to dinner with clients... 818 01:19:51,737 --> 01:19:55,093 ...while Mom was with Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Mantovani. 819 01:19:55,257 --> 01:19:58,806 You'll meet my stepmother, Claudia. Trainee witch. 820 01:19:58,977 --> 01:20:02,447 No cracks about being Chinese. She's had her eyes fixed. 821 01:20:02,617 --> 01:20:05,973 She recuperated in Palm Springs, where she had her purse stolen. 822 01:20:06,137 --> 01:20:08,776 She lost all her credit cards. 823 01:20:09,297 --> 01:20:13,768 Dad doesn't want to report it, though. The thief is spending less than she did. 824 01:20:21,217 --> 01:20:23,048 Hi, Daddy. 825 01:20:24,697 --> 01:20:26,016 Hi. 826 01:20:26,617 --> 01:20:29,654 Oh, this is Leroy. Homework. 827 01:23:39,497 --> 01:23:42,853 That was nice. Really. 828 01:23:43,257 --> 01:23:45,896 Sentimental shit. 829 01:23:46,777 --> 01:23:49,166 That was beautiful! 830 01:23:50,297 --> 01:23:53,334 That was beautiful. 831 01:23:53,697 --> 01:23:55,847 It was beautiful. 832 01:24:03,177 --> 01:24:06,613 -Yeah, this is it here. -You live here? 833 01:24:06,777 --> 01:24:09,496 My sister lives here. I'm always welcome. 834 01:24:09,657 --> 01:24:11,136 -Very nice place. -Yeah. 835 01:24:11,297 --> 01:24:15,085 They're very fancy, huh? I'll wait till you get inside. 836 01:24:15,257 --> 01:24:17,373 No. It's okay. Really. 837 01:24:17,537 --> 01:24:19,767 -Okay. -It's a good neighborhood. 838 01:24:19,937 --> 01:24:24,010 -It's not much, but-- -Please, come on. That's not necessary. 839 01:24:24,177 --> 01:24:25,576 I should pay you. 840 01:24:25,737 --> 01:24:29,889 You know, I play your tapes for my customers, you know. 841 01:24:30,057 --> 01:24:35,370 They love that stuff. My tips go up 20%, at least. 842 01:24:36,217 --> 01:24:39,892 -And my son is happy. -He's writing some good shit too. 843 01:24:40,057 --> 01:24:43,572 We're gonna be all over the charts one of these days. 844 01:24:43,737 --> 01:24:48,174 -You make him happy, you know that? -We're a hot team, you know. 845 01:24:48,337 --> 01:24:52,853 -You make him hotter. You know? -Sure. 846 01:24:53,017 --> 01:24:57,727 I seem to have that effect on people. What can I do? Thanks again. 847 01:24:57,897 --> 01:25:00,365 -Good night, Bruno. -Night. Take it easy. 848 01:26:22,857 --> 01:26:24,290 You're crazy. 849 01:26:24,697 --> 01:26:25,812 You call a doctor? 850 01:26:26,137 --> 01:26:27,252 I don't think she's hurt. 851 01:26:27,537 --> 01:26:29,573 Since when are you in the thinking business? 852 01:26:29,937 --> 01:26:31,052 She's frightened. 853 01:26:31,337 --> 01:26:34,454 -She's 5 fucking years old! -Please keep your voice down. 854 01:26:36,377 --> 01:26:39,767 -You're in a church, my son. -You're in the Dark Ages! 855 01:26:40,697 --> 01:26:42,369 You kiss my ass, Padre. 856 01:26:43,017 --> 01:26:47,533 She needs a doctor! A doctor! Not the goddamn Holy Ghost! 857 01:27:11,297 --> 01:27:13,288 Is she all right? 858 01:27:17,297 --> 01:27:20,050 You're not attacked by a creep at 5 years old and all right. 859 01:27:20,497 --> 01:27:22,089 I'm sorry. 860 01:27:22,377 --> 01:27:25,016 Doris, I wasn't there! I wasn't fucking there! 861 01:27:25,457 --> 01:27:26,572 What about your father? 862 01:27:27,097 --> 01:27:29,327 I happen to be between fathers right now. 863 01:27:29,497 --> 01:27:30,771 What does that mean? 864 01:27:31,417 --> 01:27:33,408 You got to understand something. 865 01:27:33,977 --> 01:27:36,810 You got to understand the Puerto Rican woman. 866 01:27:38,537 --> 01:27:40,209 She thinks about the kids... 867 01:27:40,377 --> 01:27:44,336 ...how they gotta have a father. Love has nothing to do with it. 868 01:27:45,177 --> 01:27:47,327 My mom has an extra room. She rents it out. 869 01:27:47,497 --> 01:27:50,295 Next thing you know, I've got a new father. 870 01:27:55,897 --> 01:27:59,207 They're all right, mostly. They may stay a day... 871 01:27:59,657 --> 01:28:02,490 ...or a week or a month, if we're lucky. 872 01:28:03,137 --> 01:28:05,332 Sometimes they even pay the rent. 873 01:28:07,417 --> 01:28:09,169 They keep out all the rats. 874 01:28:10,017 --> 01:28:12,895 Not animal-type rats. I'm talking about real rats... 875 01:28:13,057 --> 01:28:14,695 ...the junkies and the winos... 876 01:28:14,857 --> 01:28:18,247 ...and the shitheads and the people who beat up... 877 01:28:21,937 --> 01:28:24,405 ...Iittle 5-year-old kids. 878 01:28:27,977 --> 01:28:29,933 I got three sisters, see? 879 01:28:31,617 --> 01:28:35,530 One of them, Maria, she's in kind of a special place. 880 01:28:36,777 --> 01:28:40,656 We see her a couple times a year. She's got a birth defect. 881 01:28:43,657 --> 01:28:46,330 That's a goddamn lie. 882 01:28:47,977 --> 01:28:50,537 That's a goddamn lie! 883 01:28:52,137 --> 01:28:54,776 Want to know about my father? My first fucking father? 884 01:28:54,937 --> 01:28:57,007 He ain't no special shit. 885 01:28:58,297 --> 01:29:01,653 He's in New York State Penitentiary. He's doing time. 886 01:29:02,897 --> 01:29:05,809 I remember this one night he got bothered... 887 01:29:05,977 --> 01:29:09,333 ...because I was making her laugh. I was telling her stories. 888 01:29:09,777 --> 01:29:13,167 It was just kid stuff. Flying carpets and dragons. 889 01:29:13,337 --> 01:29:16,295 And he got mad because she was laughing! 890 01:29:16,857 --> 01:29:19,325 And he said I was telling her lies. 891 01:29:19,617 --> 01:29:21,130 And this one night... 892 01:29:22,377 --> 01:29:24,015 ...he got bothered. 893 01:29:25,177 --> 01:29:27,486 He's beating me and coming down on me... 894 01:29:27,657 --> 01:29:29,090 ...I said, "I make her laugh. " 895 01:29:29,257 --> 01:29:32,294 That's not a lie, that's a gift, goddamn it. 896 01:29:33,497 --> 01:29:35,533 He can't do it. 897 01:29:36,697 --> 01:29:40,815 He said if he can't do it, he sure as shit's gonna stop it. 898 01:29:42,377 --> 01:29:44,686 And he went for me, and... 899 01:29:45,537 --> 01:29:48,370 ...she got in the way all of a sudden, and... 900 01:29:49,897 --> 01:29:52,491 ...he put her head inside a fucking wall. 901 01:29:53,337 --> 01:29:56,488 If it was my fucking head, it would've been all right... 902 01:29:56,657 --> 01:29:58,773 ...but it wasn't. It was hers! 903 01:29:59,097 --> 01:30:03,090 If it was my fucking fat head, it would've been all right. 904 01:30:04,697 --> 01:30:07,894 She's a beautiful kid. She's 5 fucking years old. 905 01:30:08,137 --> 01:30:13,006 She's got a pretty little laugh. She still laughs, as a matter of fact. 906 01:31:12,337 --> 01:31:14,407 Barbra Streisand didn't change her name. 907 01:31:14,617 --> 01:31:18,132 -I don't want to talk about it. -I'll call you Doris, like always. 908 01:31:18,297 --> 01:31:19,412 I won't answer. 909 01:31:19,577 --> 01:31:23,252 -It's a perfectly good name. -For a perfectly good person. 910 01:31:23,417 --> 01:31:26,727 A skinny, boring, nondescript, perfectly good person. 911 01:31:27,057 --> 01:31:32,211 I have a lot of friends named Doris, and they are none of those things. 912 01:31:32,457 --> 01:31:34,527 -Yeah, but they're all-- -What? 913 01:31:34,777 --> 01:31:36,847 No, no, no. Say it. Go ahead. Say it! 914 01:31:37,017 --> 01:31:41,249 I would like to know what my daughter thinks is wrong with my friends. 915 01:31:41,417 --> 01:31:44,807 I don't want a middle-aged name. I can't relate to it. 916 01:31:45,097 --> 01:31:46,530 You can call me Dominique. 917 01:31:46,697 --> 01:31:47,812 Dominique. 918 01:31:47,977 --> 01:31:50,207 -That's ridiculous. -It's French. 919 01:31:50,377 --> 01:31:54,655 -I know what it is, but it's not you. -I'll grow into it. 920 01:31:54,937 --> 01:31:58,247 -Dominique Finsecker? -No. Dominique Dupont. 921 01:31:58,817 --> 01:32:00,853 -Sounds like a hooker. -Oh, Mama. 922 01:32:01,017 --> 01:32:04,771 I don't know what's happening to you. Tell me what's happening to you. 923 01:32:05,177 --> 01:32:07,247 Where did my Doris go? 924 01:32:07,577 --> 01:32:11,411 Something wonderful is happening to me, Mama. I'm growing up. 925 01:32:12,577 --> 01:32:14,693 You're becoming somebody else. 926 01:32:14,977 --> 01:32:19,209 -I'm becoming an actress. -I want you to be the Doris that I know. 927 01:32:19,377 --> 01:32:22,210 That I love. That helps me with the groceries. 928 01:32:23,137 --> 01:32:25,093 Makes me birthday cards... 929 01:32:25,257 --> 01:32:27,566 ...out of Cheerio packets, huh? 930 01:32:28,177 --> 01:32:29,576 Not Dominique... 931 01:32:29,897 --> 01:32:31,853 ...who stays out all night. 932 01:32:32,017 --> 01:32:33,336 Oh, Mama. 933 01:32:33,537 --> 01:32:35,255 And gets pregnant. 934 01:32:35,737 --> 01:32:38,012 Or has an abortion, God forbid. 935 01:32:39,737 --> 01:32:42,809 Now, Dominique, she'd be smart. 936 01:32:43,697 --> 01:32:45,335 But my Doris... 937 01:32:45,857 --> 01:32:47,813 ...she's dumb enough to get knocked up-- 938 01:32:48,177 --> 01:32:50,372 Mama, it was just one night! 939 01:32:52,217 --> 01:32:53,775 That's all it takes. 940 01:33:04,737 --> 01:33:07,968 We'd like to welcome everyone to The Rocky Horror Picture Show... 941 01:33:08,137 --> 01:33:10,446 ...here at the 8th Street Playhouse! 942 01:33:15,417 --> 01:33:18,295 And our regulars would like to wish a warm welcome... 943 01:33:18,457 --> 01:33:20,846 ...to all you virgins! 944 01:33:24,417 --> 01:33:27,056 We have some special occasions tonight. 945 01:33:27,417 --> 01:33:29,885 Tonight is Gail's birthday. 946 01:33:33,977 --> 01:33:37,811 We have a special button for a special young lady. 947 01:33:37,977 --> 01:33:42,016 Tonight is Christine's 1 50th time! 948 01:33:52,497 --> 01:33:54,453 Let's hear it for her! Come on! 949 01:34:00,857 --> 01:34:03,815 Now, we have a special warning from the management. 950 01:34:03,977 --> 01:34:06,889 No lit candles. No throwing food at the screen. Understand? 951 01:34:07,137 --> 01:34:08,365 Get on with the show! 952 01:34:08,897 --> 01:34:11,411 This is the fucking show! lf you don't like it... 953 01:34:11,577 --> 01:34:13,807 ...you can go see the movie in Staten lsland! 954 01:34:13,977 --> 01:34:17,014 Boy, is he in for a surprise tonight. 955 01:34:17,377 --> 01:34:18,969 All right, for the cheers! 956 01:34:19,137 --> 01:34:20,809 -Give me an R! -R! 957 01:34:21,057 --> 01:34:22,536 -Give me an O! -O! 958 01:34:22,737 --> 01:34:24,056 -Give me a C! -C! 959 01:34:24,217 --> 01:34:26,014 -Give me a K! -K! 960 01:34:26,177 --> 01:34:27,496 -Give me a Y! -Y! 961 01:34:27,737 --> 01:34:29,295 -What's it spell? -Rocky! 962 01:34:29,457 --> 01:34:31,573 -I can't hear you! -Rocky! 963 01:34:31,817 --> 01:34:33,808 -One more time! -Rocky! 964 01:34:33,977 --> 01:34:35,046 -Give me an E! -E! 965 01:34:35,217 --> 01:34:36,696 -Give me an A! -A! 966 01:34:36,857 --> 01:34:39,496 -What kind of time we gonna have? -E-A! 967 01:36:46,857 --> 01:36:49,007 Where did that motorcyclist come from? 968 01:36:49,177 --> 01:36:50,849 I guess we'll have to turn back. 969 01:36:57,137 --> 01:36:59,890 -What was that bang? -Must have a blowout. 970 01:37:00,457 --> 01:37:01,731 Damn it! 971 01:37:01,897 --> 01:37:05,810 -I should have gotten that spare fixed. -Asshole! 972 01:37:05,977 --> 01:37:08,127 Stay here and keep warm. I'll go for help. 973 01:37:08,297 --> 01:37:10,606 Where will you go in the middle of nowhere? 974 01:37:10,777 --> 01:37:14,133 What's white and sells hamburgers? 975 01:37:14,297 --> 01:37:17,175 Didn 't we pass a castle down the road? 976 01:37:17,457 --> 01:37:19,448 Maybe they have a telephone. 977 01:37:19,617 --> 01:37:21,175 I'm going with you. 978 01:37:25,497 --> 01:37:27,647 Kick it! 979 01:37:31,577 --> 01:37:36,207 Hey, Janet! How about fries to go with that shake? 980 01:37:40,257 --> 01:37:42,691 Take the risk! 981 01:37:49,337 --> 01:37:52,852 Hey, Riff, show us your mother! 982 01:38:10,137 --> 01:38:11,855 Watch the film. 983 01:38:41,777 --> 01:38:43,927 How's it go? 984 01:38:59,937 --> 01:39:02,007 Oh, my God. 985 01:39:11,337 --> 01:39:13,248 -You did what? -I got stoned. 986 01:39:13,937 --> 01:39:16,212 She took her top off. She played with her bongos. 987 01:39:16,657 --> 01:39:18,613 -I did not! -It was incredible! 988 01:39:18,777 --> 01:39:20,733 It was more than incredible, it was fun. 989 01:39:20,897 --> 01:39:24,492 I felt naked when people looked at me before. But they weren't looking at me... 990 01:39:24,657 --> 01:39:27,649 ...they were looking at someone I put on. Like a costume. 991 01:39:28,017 --> 01:39:32,374 If I don't have a personality, so what? I'm an actress. 992 01:39:32,577 --> 01:39:35,091 I can put on as many personalities as I want. 993 01:39:35,257 --> 01:39:37,896 -To schizophrenia! -Abso-fucking-lutely! 994 01:39:38,257 --> 01:39:41,852 -Abso-fucking-what? -You kids ready to order now? 995 01:39:42,457 --> 01:39:44,175 -Michael? -Yeah. 996 01:39:44,697 --> 01:39:46,335 You don't remember? 997 01:39:46,937 --> 01:39:49,007 Two years ago. I'm Doris Fin-- 998 01:39:49,177 --> 01:39:52,692 I was Doris Finsecker, when you were a senior at P.A. 999 01:39:53,217 --> 01:39:57,051 -Yeah. Around the corner. -You remember Montgomery MacNeil... 1000 01:39:57,217 --> 01:39:59,412 -...and Ralph Garci. -Sure. Good old days. 1001 01:39:59,977 --> 01:40:00,966 How was Hollywood? 1002 01:40:01,417 --> 01:40:02,532 Slow. 1003 01:40:02,777 --> 01:40:05,496 I met some people, went to some parties. 1004 01:40:05,897 --> 01:40:09,173 -I did a pilot for a series. -I didn't see it. 1005 01:40:09,377 --> 01:40:10,776 Nobody saw it. 1006 01:40:11,137 --> 01:40:12,206 Sorry. 1007 01:40:12,857 --> 01:40:16,054 -I did a couple of days as a male nurse. -Did you? 1008 01:40:16,377 --> 01:40:18,174 On a soap. 1009 01:40:19,097 --> 01:40:21,657 -I didn't like L.A. too much. -It sucks out there. 1010 01:40:22,017 --> 01:40:25,407 -Are you studying? -I catch a class when I can. 1011 01:40:25,577 --> 01:40:27,215 Hard times, you know? 1012 01:40:28,057 --> 01:40:30,491 -I read for a showcase. -Oh, really? 1013 01:40:30,657 --> 01:40:32,534 I got a callback next week. 1014 01:40:32,857 --> 01:40:34,609 -Hope you get it. -Hey, good luck. 1015 01:40:34,977 --> 01:40:36,012 Yeah. 1016 01:40:36,577 --> 01:40:37,646 Yeah. 1017 01:40:39,417 --> 01:40:40,736 What you kids having? 1018 01:40:41,017 --> 01:40:43,212 Got a special today on fried clams. 1019 01:40:43,497 --> 01:40:46,614 -Fried clams sound great. -Yeah, that's fine. 1020 01:40:47,497 --> 01:40:51,172 -Fried clams is great. -Yeah, sounds good. 1021 01:40:55,257 --> 01:40:57,248 Welcome to Catch a Rising Star. 1022 01:40:58,537 --> 01:41:00,846 Did anybody know it was Monday night? 1023 01:41:01,137 --> 01:41:04,732 Monday night is audition night. Anybody from anywhere... 1024 01:41:04,897 --> 01:41:06,967 ...can come up here and do what they want. 1025 01:41:07,137 --> 01:41:09,571 You should see what walks in the room. 1026 01:41:09,737 --> 01:41:12,854 Some of the people that started here were David Brenner... 1027 01:41:13,017 --> 01:41:14,166 ...Jimmie Walker... 1028 01:41:14,377 --> 01:41:18,655 ...Gabe Kaplan, Freddie Prinze. Maybe this next young man might... 1029 01:41:19,057 --> 01:41:20,695 ...watch them on television. 1030 01:41:21,337 --> 01:41:24,727 Please welcome the comedy stylings... 1031 01:41:24,977 --> 01:41:27,855 ...of Ralph Garci, ladies and gentlemen. 1032 01:41:32,497 --> 01:41:34,567 Yay, Ralph! 1033 01:41:35,377 --> 01:41:36,366 Thank you. 1034 01:41:37,097 --> 01:41:39,895 Like Richard said, my name is Ralph Garci. 1035 01:41:40,057 --> 01:41:41,854 I'm a professional asshole. 1036 01:41:45,057 --> 01:41:48,367 I see we have a few amateurs in the audience. 1037 01:41:49,977 --> 01:41:51,046 I have some-- 1038 01:41:51,217 --> 01:41:55,733 Some. I have all of my friends here tonight. From P.A. graduating class. 1039 01:42:00,017 --> 01:42:02,406 It's very important to have friends. 1040 01:42:03,177 --> 01:42:04,849 I live in the South Bronx. 1041 01:42:06,537 --> 01:42:09,973 That's the country just north of Harlem and west of Puerto Rico. 1042 01:42:10,137 --> 01:42:12,173 It's a very tough neighborhood. 1043 01:42:12,337 --> 01:42:13,929 The dogs carry knives. 1044 01:42:15,897 --> 01:42:18,616 Did you ever see a baby with a zip gun? 1045 01:42:19,297 --> 01:42:23,575 You gotta have friends. You can't alienate anybody up there. Nobody. 1046 01:42:23,737 --> 01:42:27,252 Black people, white people, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, cockroaches. 1047 01:42:27,817 --> 01:42:30,536 You gotta respect cockroaches. They got a good union. 1048 01:42:30,897 --> 01:42:35,095 Last week, 1 5,000 marched down my block demanding better housing. 1049 01:42:37,177 --> 01:42:40,852 But I love the South Bronx. Everywhere you go from there is up. 1050 01:42:41,857 --> 01:42:46,487 Everybody has dreams in the South Bronx. I had dreams. 1051 01:42:46,857 --> 01:42:50,213 Stop your average boy on a South Bronx street... 1052 01:42:50,977 --> 01:42:53,286 ...and ask him what he wants to be. 1053 01:42:53,657 --> 01:42:56,649 "I want to be an ex-junkie, man. " 1054 01:42:57,697 --> 01:42:59,494 You can see them every day. 1055 01:42:59,657 --> 01:43:03,809 You can't drive because of the dreams on the streets being seen by cokeheads. 1056 01:43:03,977 --> 01:43:08,812 The minute that white line's laid down the street, you got somebody going: 1057 01:43:09,977 --> 01:43:11,046 It's true. 1058 01:43:12,537 --> 01:43:15,097 And then there is sex. 1059 01:43:16,217 --> 01:43:17,570 Oh, yeah. 1060 01:43:17,937 --> 01:43:20,531 Kids are into sex earlier in South Bronx. 1061 01:43:21,497 --> 01:43:23,089 Like about 6 a.m. 1062 01:43:27,337 --> 01:43:28,895 -You were wonderful. -No. 1063 01:43:29,057 --> 01:43:31,890 -Really. -I was good. I felt more than good. 1064 01:43:32,057 --> 01:43:34,048 -The guy wants me back. -You're kidding! 1065 01:43:34,217 --> 01:43:35,855 He wants to book me regularly. 1066 01:43:36,017 --> 01:43:37,370 -Great! -That's not great... 1067 01:43:37,537 --> 01:43:39,607 ...it's fantastic! It's like electricity. 1068 01:43:39,777 --> 01:43:43,213 You're out there. Those faces are out there, staring at you... 1069 01:43:43,377 --> 01:43:46,653 ...and you draw them in, then you hit them with the juice. 1070 01:43:46,817 --> 01:43:50,856 And bam! They fucking explode! And that power goes back and forth. 1071 01:43:51,017 --> 01:43:53,406 Next thing you know, you're making them laugh. 1072 01:43:53,577 --> 01:43:57,047 That is the meanest high there is. That beats dope. That beats sex. 1073 01:43:57,457 --> 01:44:00,574 I love fucking acting! 1074 01:44:00,777 --> 01:44:04,133 With my money, we can get a place. We can get married maybe. 1075 01:44:04,297 --> 01:44:08,370 I'll have $20,000 a week, a hit TV series, my face on TV Guide! 1076 01:44:08,537 --> 01:44:09,606 -Wait! -What? 1077 01:44:09,777 --> 01:44:13,372 -What about me? Don't I get a career? -A career? I'll give you a career. 1078 01:44:13,577 --> 01:44:18,526 How about Shakespeare in the Park and you get to win 1 7 Tony awards? 1079 01:44:18,777 --> 01:44:21,575 -All right. Bye. -All right. Okay. Bye. 1080 01:44:23,257 --> 01:44:24,849 Don't mug anybody. 1081 01:44:25,297 --> 01:44:28,209 -Don't rape anybody. -I'll rape you. 1082 01:44:28,377 --> 01:44:29,696 Don't rape anybody, okay? 1083 01:44:29,857 --> 01:44:31,415 I'll see you later. Take care. 1084 01:44:36,377 --> 01:44:37,571 You see... 1085 01:44:38,737 --> 01:44:41,968 ...I've been offered this place with the San Francisco Ballet. 1086 01:44:42,137 --> 01:44:45,095 I haven't told anyone yet, but I'm gonna take it. 1087 01:44:45,257 --> 01:44:47,293 I don't care what they think. 1088 01:44:47,857 --> 01:44:50,166 I'm a good dancer. Better than good. 1089 01:44:50,417 --> 01:44:52,772 Maybe even the best in the school. 1090 01:44:53,617 --> 01:44:56,893 That's not conceit. It's just simple honesty. 1091 01:44:58,017 --> 01:45:02,374 If I stay in New York, everybody will think I bought my way into ABT. 1092 01:45:02,657 --> 01:45:07,572 I'm not starving myself to death for Balanchine's City Ballet. 1093 01:45:08,697 --> 01:45:11,973 Not that I mind doing the corps de ballet bullshit. 1094 01:45:12,537 --> 01:45:14,926 I'd sooner do it out of town. 1095 01:45:16,497 --> 01:45:18,965 I'll pay my dues on the West Coast. 1096 01:45:19,777 --> 01:45:22,450 Come back to New York as a star. 1097 01:45:25,137 --> 01:45:26,286 You see... 1098 01:45:27,097 --> 01:45:29,565 ...I've always had this crazy dream... 1099 01:45:29,737 --> 01:45:33,332 ...of dancing all the classical roles before I'm 21 . 1100 01:45:34,937 --> 01:45:38,771 I want Giselles and Copp�lias coming out of my feet. 1101 01:45:39,297 --> 01:45:41,253 And Sleeping Beauties... 1102 01:45:41,697 --> 01:45:43,608 ...and the Swan. 1103 01:45:45,177 --> 01:45:48,089 I want bravos in Stuttgart and Leningrad... 1104 01:45:48,257 --> 01:45:49,770 ...and Paris. 1105 01:45:50,977 --> 01:45:54,287 Maybe even a ballet created especially for me. 1106 01:45:57,497 --> 01:45:58,930 You see... 1107 01:45:59,577 --> 01:46:02,296 ...there's no room for a baby. 1108 01:46:03,217 --> 01:46:06,607 Will this be Master Charge or American Express, honey? 1109 01:46:15,057 --> 01:46:16,285 Excuse me. 1110 01:46:17,497 --> 01:46:19,169 You're an actress, aren't you? 1111 01:46:19,537 --> 01:46:20,856 I might be. 1112 01:46:21,657 --> 01:46:23,409 A Chorus Line, right? 1113 01:46:23,817 --> 01:46:27,366 Aren't you the one that does that hot, smoky number in the red dress? 1114 01:46:27,897 --> 01:46:30,570 I'm right, ain't l? I knew it. 1115 01:46:31,097 --> 01:46:34,851 Boy, let me tell you, you are the best thing in that show. 1116 01:46:36,417 --> 01:46:40,012 I guess you get tired of hearing that. Excuse me. 1117 01:46:40,177 --> 01:46:41,656 No, I don't. 1118 01:46:43,097 --> 01:46:44,815 You don't belong there. 1119 01:46:45,137 --> 01:46:47,412 If you don't mind my saying so, you're a star. 1120 01:46:47,577 --> 01:46:49,295 You need a show all to yourself. 1121 01:46:49,497 --> 01:46:53,649 -You've got a lovely face, a great figure. -I sing too. 1122 01:46:53,817 --> 01:46:55,250 -No. -And play the piano. 1123 01:46:55,537 --> 01:46:58,176 That's what I mean. But it's more than just talent... 1124 01:46:58,337 --> 01:47:00,328 ...it's a certain quality. 1125 01:47:00,537 --> 01:47:03,370 You're the kind of girl that stands out in a room. 1126 01:47:03,577 --> 01:47:06,489 This might sound a little presumptuous of me... . 1127 01:47:07,297 --> 01:47:09,288 I should probably just call your agent. 1128 01:47:09,897 --> 01:47:14,015 -I don't really relate to agents. -Don't blame you at all. 1129 01:47:14,257 --> 01:47:17,488 Listen, my name is Fran�ois. Francois Lafete. 1130 01:47:17,857 --> 01:47:18,846 Coco. 1131 01:47:19,217 --> 01:47:22,334 Coco? Coco? That's terrific! 1132 01:47:22,617 --> 01:47:26,530 Listen, Coco, I'm doing this picture down in the south of France, you know? 1133 01:47:27,217 --> 01:47:29,651 I was wondering if... 1134 01:47:30,457 --> 01:47:32,925 ...maybe you'd like to do a screen test for me. 1135 01:47:36,657 --> 01:47:38,056 Are you serious? 1136 01:47:44,377 --> 01:47:45,810 Bunsky. 1137 01:47:46,257 --> 01:47:47,610 Hey, Bunsky. 1138 01:47:48,657 --> 01:47:49,692 You seen Sherwood? 1139 01:47:49,897 --> 01:47:51,933 She's with her husband. 1140 01:47:52,097 --> 01:47:54,691 -I didn't know she had a husband. -He's sick, Leroy. 1141 01:47:55,057 --> 01:47:56,775 He'd have to be to be her husband. 1142 01:47:56,937 --> 01:47:59,531 He's quite bad. In the hospital, anyway. 1143 01:47:59,697 --> 01:48:01,494 -Hospital? -Apparently. 1144 01:48:02,017 --> 01:48:03,609 Okay, Schlepstein. 1145 01:48:30,257 --> 01:48:32,293 Leroy. What are you doing here? 1146 01:48:35,497 --> 01:48:37,169 You ever heard of Alvin Ailey? 1147 01:48:37,377 --> 01:48:38,605 Alvin Ailey? 1148 01:48:39,097 --> 01:48:40,166 He's a... . 1149 01:48:40,777 --> 01:48:42,210 He's a choreographer? 1150 01:48:43,337 --> 01:48:45,168 He wants me to join his company. 1151 01:48:45,337 --> 01:48:48,693 I'm sorry, Leroy, but I don't think this is the time-- 1152 01:48:48,857 --> 01:48:51,496 I can't if you flunk me out. I have to pass. 1153 01:48:51,737 --> 01:48:53,887 You should've thought of it four years ago. 1154 01:48:54,057 --> 01:48:56,366 Where I come from it don't pay to read and speak white. 1155 01:48:56,537 --> 01:48:58,334 Don't lecture me, Leroy. 1156 01:48:58,897 --> 01:49:02,651 Maybe I didn't say it right, but you been down hard on me since day one. 1157 01:49:02,817 --> 01:49:04,967 Whatever you say, Leroy. Go home. 1158 01:49:05,137 --> 01:49:08,209 I stopped going home! You never knew that, did you? 1159 01:49:08,377 --> 01:49:12,575 You make a big deal about pulling us out of the gutter, yet you won't eat with us. 1160 01:49:12,737 --> 01:49:15,297 You know where that leaves people like me? Nowhere! 1161 01:49:15,457 --> 01:49:19,450 -It isn't the time. I don't wanna hear it. -You're going to hear it! 1162 01:49:19,617 --> 01:49:23,371 -I'm gonna be a good dancer! -Just get out of here, please! 1163 01:49:23,617 --> 01:49:26,529 -You will not keep me down... -Leave me alone! 1164 01:49:26,697 --> 01:49:31,566 -...because I can't read stories! -Don't you think of anyone but yourself? 1165 01:49:50,777 --> 01:49:51,766 Hey. 1166 01:49:52,417 --> 01:49:54,248 How's your old man doing? 1167 01:49:54,857 --> 01:49:55,846 Shit. 1168 01:50:00,257 --> 01:50:01,246 Here. 1169 01:50:03,097 --> 01:50:04,610 Thank you. 1170 01:51:04,457 --> 01:51:08,655 Coco. Bonjour. You made it. Come on in. 1171 01:51:11,857 --> 01:51:14,769 -Am I early? -Don't be silly. Let me take your coat. 1172 01:51:15,257 --> 01:51:17,327 -Where's the crew? -You're looking at him. 1173 01:51:17,537 --> 01:51:20,574 I must have total control of the creative product. 1174 01:51:20,737 --> 01:51:22,090 Like Godard. 1175 01:51:22,897 --> 01:51:25,969 -Jean-Luc Godard? Ever hear of that guy? -French? 1176 01:51:28,417 --> 01:51:30,726 -You ever see any of his pictures? -Sure. 1177 01:51:30,897 --> 01:51:32,808 Then you know what I'm talking about. 1178 01:51:33,817 --> 01:51:38,095 You see, I belong, sort of, to the auteur school of filmmaking. 1179 01:51:38,257 --> 01:51:39,736 It's like the-- 1180 01:51:39,897 --> 01:51:43,128 It's like the Mediterranean approach, you know what I mean? 1181 01:51:44,417 --> 01:51:46,726 -Do you want a beer? -No, thanks. I'm okay. 1182 01:51:46,897 --> 01:51:50,412 -It might relax you. -It's all right. I have a lot on my mind. 1183 01:51:50,577 --> 01:51:51,851 I understand. 1184 01:51:53,697 --> 01:51:55,449 -What? -Come here. 1185 01:51:56,777 --> 01:52:00,008 That's it. I want you to sit right here. 1186 01:52:00,177 --> 01:52:04,932 We're gonna do a lovely close-up of that beautiful face. 1187 01:52:05,897 --> 01:52:09,128 I get nervous at first with cold readings, but then I'm all right. 1188 01:52:09,297 --> 01:52:12,334 Don't worry about that. We'll get to the dialogue later. 1189 01:52:13,097 --> 01:52:17,613 -So, you like art movies, huh, Coco? -Antonioni and those people? Sure. 1190 01:52:17,777 --> 01:52:20,086 It beats watching Laverne & Shirley. 1191 01:52:20,257 --> 01:52:23,408 Coco, you don't know what you're doing to my lens. 1192 01:52:25,777 --> 01:52:27,972 You have a natural rapport with the camera. 1193 01:52:28,137 --> 01:52:31,288 It's unbelievable. Some performers can make love to the camera. 1194 01:52:31,457 --> 01:52:32,810 Garbo did. 1195 01:52:33,217 --> 01:52:34,730 Monroe did. 1196 01:52:36,057 --> 01:52:37,206 So could you. 1197 01:52:37,577 --> 01:52:39,533 -Yeah? -Oh, yeah. 1198 01:52:39,937 --> 01:52:42,007 Could you take your top off, please? 1199 01:52:45,617 --> 01:52:48,609 -What? -Could you take your blouse off? 1200 01:52:50,377 --> 01:52:52,572 -Are you kidding? -No, I'm not kidding. 1201 01:52:53,657 --> 01:52:56,455 What's the matter? You're acting like some dumb kid. 1202 01:52:56,617 --> 01:52:58,926 -I thought you were a professional. -I am. 1203 01:52:59,097 --> 01:53:00,974 Well, then what's the problem? 1204 01:53:12,977 --> 01:53:14,695 I can't. 1205 01:53:24,377 --> 01:53:25,605 That's better. 1206 01:53:27,097 --> 01:53:28,496 That's lovely. 1207 01:53:30,257 --> 01:53:31,849 Oh, yeah. 1208 01:53:33,617 --> 01:53:37,530 Yeah. Could you arch your back? Arch your back a little, Coco. 1209 01:53:40,977 --> 01:53:43,093 Smile for me, Coco. 1210 01:53:43,417 --> 01:53:48,127 Come on, Coco. Smile, smile. Smile for me. 1211 01:53:49,257 --> 01:53:50,975 Now take your thumb... 1212 01:53:51,137 --> 01:53:52,775 ...and put it in your mouth... 1213 01:53:52,937 --> 01:53:55,371 ...Iike a little schoolgirl. 1214 01:53:57,857 --> 01:54:00,007 You ever notice that black news reporters... 1215 01:54:00,177 --> 01:54:02,896 ...get hired because they have white accents? 1216 01:54:03,057 --> 01:54:06,288 They should hire a more natural guy, a dude from the street. 1217 01:54:06,697 --> 01:54:08,210 "This is Rufus X with the news... . " 1218 01:54:10,537 --> 01:54:12,016 I need something. 1219 01:54:12,177 --> 01:54:13,451 Sleep. 1220 01:54:14,137 --> 01:54:16,605 -Something to keep me flying. -Like what? 1221 01:54:17,017 --> 01:54:19,690 Like by way of your witch doctor. 1222 01:54:19,977 --> 01:54:22,252 I don't see Dr. Golden anymore. You know that. 1223 01:54:22,737 --> 01:54:24,534 Anyway, you've been taking too much. 1224 01:54:24,697 --> 01:54:27,370 -Thanks, Marcus Welby. -I know what I'm talking about. 1225 01:54:27,537 --> 01:54:29,812 Why don't you get off my fucking case? 1226 01:54:29,977 --> 01:54:32,650 -I'm your friend. -You're my friend? Really? 1227 01:54:32,817 --> 01:54:36,332 I know what you've been after, you goddamn faggot. 1228 01:54:40,337 --> 01:54:42,134 I gotta go to the bathroom. 1229 01:54:43,857 --> 01:54:45,495 Good. You do that. 1230 01:54:47,377 --> 01:54:48,856 Hi. You got a problem? 1231 01:54:49,457 --> 01:54:50,731 Yeah, I do. 1232 01:54:51,177 --> 01:54:52,929 We never see you anymore. 1233 01:54:53,177 --> 01:54:54,576 You see me plenty. 1234 01:54:54,737 --> 01:54:57,126 Drinking with your new friends after the show. 1235 01:54:57,297 --> 01:55:00,414 After the show is when all the big names come in. 1236 01:55:00,577 --> 01:55:02,693 You meet people. That's what counts. 1237 01:55:02,857 --> 01:55:05,610 I hate drinking. I'm doing this for my future. For our future. 1238 01:55:05,777 --> 01:55:08,894 You're doing this for some image, for Freddie because he did it. 1239 01:55:09,057 --> 01:55:11,366 -Yeah? Maybe. -Yeah? Well, he died doing it. 1240 01:55:11,657 --> 01:55:13,727 -He could have been a real actor. -He was! 1241 01:55:13,897 --> 01:55:17,492 He was funny and charming and he made people laugh. That's it. 1242 01:55:17,657 --> 01:55:20,967 -That's plenty! -That's not enough! Not for you! 1243 01:55:21,137 --> 01:55:22,889 -Jesus Christ! -You are good, Ralph. 1244 01:55:23,057 --> 01:55:25,446 -You're seriously really good. -Jesus. 1245 01:55:25,617 --> 01:55:30,247 You're full of rage and pain and love. Not just jokes. You're an original. 1246 01:55:30,417 --> 01:55:32,248 The original Ralph Garci. 1247 01:55:32,497 --> 01:55:36,012 -You don't have to be somebody else. -You're bringing me down! 1248 01:55:36,177 --> 01:55:38,691 -You're bringing me fucking down! -I'm sorry! 1249 01:55:38,857 --> 01:55:42,736 I gotta go make people laugh, and you're talking about rage and pain. 1250 01:55:42,897 --> 01:55:45,331 -I said I'm sorry! -It takes fucking wings. 1251 01:55:45,497 --> 01:55:48,648 Miss Seriously, let me tear flypaper, huh? 1252 01:55:49,137 --> 01:55:51,014 Give me a fucking break, honey! 1253 01:55:51,177 --> 01:55:54,692 Give me a fucking break. Okay, pal? Thank you. 1254 01:55:57,577 --> 01:56:01,286 -What's happening to you? -What's happening to me? Success. 1255 01:56:01,457 --> 01:56:05,336 Now, you either hang on or hang up. All right? 1256 01:56:10,737 --> 01:56:14,366 It's a great pleasure to introduce a young man who's funny and loud. 1257 01:56:14,537 --> 01:56:15,811 Especially during my act. 1258 01:56:15,977 --> 01:56:19,765 Please welcome the comedy stylings of Ralph Garci, ladies and gentlemen. 1259 01:56:22,177 --> 01:56:27,205 That's right. My name is Ralph Garci, and I'm a professional asshole. 1260 01:56:31,057 --> 01:56:36,051 That's right. I see we have a couple of amateurs in the audience tonight. 1261 01:56:36,497 --> 01:56:38,055 Don't we? 1262 01:56:39,377 --> 01:56:42,016 I see. How about sign language? 1263 01:56:42,177 --> 01:56:45,613 We have a standing ovation over there. 1264 01:56:45,977 --> 01:56:49,128 That's great. Hon, where you from? 1265 01:56:50,017 --> 01:56:54,215 Okey-dokey. That's my best friend. 1266 01:56:55,697 --> 01:56:57,494 Yeah, friends are important. 1267 01:56:58,897 --> 01:57:02,890 I live in the South Bronx, and up there, you got the Harlems of-- 1268 01:57:03,177 --> 01:57:06,886 Shit! I'm sorry. Excuse me. Fuck it. 1269 01:57:07,337 --> 01:57:08,816 That was supposed to be... . 1270 01:57:09,297 --> 01:57:13,210 The north-- The countries north of Harlem and west of Puerto Rico. 1271 01:57:13,617 --> 01:57:16,211 That's what it was supposed to be. Yes, indeed it was. 1272 01:57:16,377 --> 01:57:18,368 Anyway, there's lots of things there: 1273 01:57:18,537 --> 01:57:22,246 Rats, cockroaches, and, you know, little bugs. 1274 01:57:22,417 --> 01:57:25,932 You know what cockroaches are? Little things that crawl in the night. 1275 01:57:27,857 --> 01:57:32,294 Listen, I don't mean to alarm you, but if you don't laugh, you'll get cancer. 1276 01:57:34,377 --> 01:57:38,370 Sorry. That was probably in bad taste, and I didn't really... . 1277 01:57:42,457 --> 01:57:46,530 Excuse me. Fuck it. Thank you very much. 1278 01:58:06,897 --> 01:58:07,966 What do you want? 1279 01:58:08,657 --> 01:58:10,727 Pizza sounds good. You wanna eat? 1280 01:58:11,457 --> 01:58:14,176 Could you give me a break, all right? 1281 01:58:14,617 --> 01:58:17,450 We could split a special, with anchovies, maybe. 1282 01:58:17,737 --> 01:58:22,765 Fuck anchovies. I died out there, you're talking about fucking pizzas? 1283 01:58:22,937 --> 01:58:28,295 -No, I'm talking about eating pizzas. -Oh, that's very funny. You're a howl. 1284 01:58:28,457 --> 01:58:31,415 You should have been out there. The audience hated me. 1285 01:58:31,577 --> 01:58:35,729 -You had a bad night. That happens. -Not to me, it doesn't. 1286 01:58:35,897 --> 01:58:39,048 What do you want? lnsurance? You're in the wrong business. 1287 01:58:39,217 --> 01:58:42,015 Performers aren't safe. We're pie-in-the-face people. 1288 01:58:42,177 --> 01:58:45,374 Look, don't lecture me. All right, Sir Laurence? 1289 01:58:45,537 --> 01:58:49,291 All anyone ever promised you was seven classes a day and a hot lunch. 1290 01:58:49,777 --> 01:58:51,176 The rest is up to you. 1291 01:58:51,337 --> 01:58:55,694 Back in the Middle Ages, actors, they didn't even want to bury us. 1292 01:58:56,657 --> 01:58:58,329 Well, they do now. 1293 01:58:59,057 --> 01:59:01,571 Not if you're good. 1294 01:59:03,257 --> 01:59:04,929 How do you know? 1295 01:59:05,857 --> 01:59:08,496 How do you know if you're good? 1296 01:59:08,657 --> 01:59:10,693 Maybe you never know. 1297 01:59:15,857 --> 01:59:19,167 You just hang in, I guess. 1298 01:59:23,377 --> 01:59:25,208 You know the weirdest thing... 1299 01:59:26,017 --> 01:59:27,769 ...is Freddie. 1300 01:59:28,617 --> 01:59:32,656 When he made it, he realized it was everything he hated. 1301 01:59:33,177 --> 01:59:35,168 Cadillac Eldorado. 1302 01:59:35,337 --> 01:59:37,328 Pocketful of Quaaludes. 1303 01:59:37,497 --> 01:59:38,896 Johnny Carson. 1304 01:59:39,057 --> 01:59:41,127 It was no special shit. 1305 01:59:41,417 --> 01:59:43,533 You're not Freddie, Ralph. 1306 01:59:43,697 --> 01:59:46,086 I know that. I know. 1307 01:59:47,377 --> 01:59:51,529 Know something else about Freddie? Freddie didn't even want to be Freddie. 1308 01:59:51,697 --> 01:59:55,690 -No? -No. He wanted to be Joe Namath. 1309 01:59:57,937 --> 01:59:59,131 You laughed. 1310 01:59:59,297 --> 02:00:01,857 -Guess I'm funny. -Let's get out of here. 1311 02:00:13,897 --> 02:00:15,046 5'7"? 1312 02:00:21,697 --> 02:00:24,211 Okay, you're finished. Stand over there. 1313 02:00:24,377 --> 02:00:26,891 Go on. Keep the line moving. Come on. 1314 02:07:55,337 --> 02:07:56,326 Subtitles by SDI Media Group 1315 02:07:56,457 --> 02:07:57,446 (ENGLISH)