Educating Rita
- PG
- Year:
- 1983
- 110 min
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- Afternoon, sir.
- Good afternoon.
In dealing with this, Dr Bryant,
do you think it's wise to pursue the
metaphysical nature of Blake's poetry?
Dr Bryant!
Mm?
I was asking, Doctor,
if you think that in approaching Blake
we should pursue
the metaphysical aspect of his poetry.
Most definitely.
Blake. They all get
Blake. Do you know what he is?
He is a dead poet. That's all.
I'm sorry, Dr Bryant, but I can't agree.
To dismiss William Blake
as a dead poet is "faseel".
Facile.
I've studied Blake extremely closely
over a number of years
and I absolutely disagree
with your appraisal of his genius.
Dr Bryant,
I don't think you're listening to me.
Mr Collins, I don't think
you're saying anything to me.
- Doctor, are you drunk?
- Drunk?
Of course I'm drunk.
to teach this when I'm sober?
Well, then you won't mind...
if I leave your tutorial.
Why should I mind? What do you want
to be stuck in here for anyway?
Because we want to study literature.
Literature?
Look - the sun is shining!
You're all young!
What are you doing in here?
Why don't you all go and do something?
Go out and make love or something.
Frank.
- Julia.
- Darling, can I have the car keys?
Yeah. Has your class finished?
Ages ago. Don't forget -
Brian and Elaine for supper.
- Now, you do know I'm gonna be late.
- No.
Darling, I told you,
I've got a new student coming.
- What time?
- Open University, very late.
Though why a grown adult
should want to come to this place
after putting in a hard day's labour
is beyond me.
Dr Bryant?
He actually said, "What is assonance?"
Really?
He didn't have a clue
what assonance was!
Er, come in.
Come in!
For God's sake, come in!
I'm comin' in, aren't I? You wanna get
that bleedin' handle fixed.
Er, yes, yes, I meant to.
No good meaning to,
you wanna get on with it.
One day you'll be shouting, "Come in,"
and it'll go on forever
cos the poor sod won't be able to get in
and you won't be able to get out.
- And you are...?
- I'm a what?
- Pardon?
- What?
And you are...?
What is your name?
Me first name?
Well, that would constitute
some sort of start.
- Rita.
- Rita. Ah.
Here we are.
Rita? It says here Mrs S White.
Oh, yes, that's S for Susan.
That's just me real name.
But I'm not a Susan any more,
I've changed me name to Rita.
- You know, after Rita Mae Brown?
- No.
Rita Mae Brown
who wrote Rubyfruit Jungle.
Haven't you read it?
It's a fantastic book, you know.
Do you wanna lend it?
Yes, yes. Well, thank you very much.
OK.
And what do they call you round here?
Sir.
But you may call me Frank.
OK. Frank.
That's a nice picture, isn't it, Frank?
- Er, yes, I suppose it is.
- It's very erotic.
I don't think I've looked at that picture
in ten years.
But yes, it is, I suppose so.
There's no suppose about it,
look at those tits.
Do you mind me using words like that?
- Like what?
- Tits.
- No.
- No, you wouldn't.
It's only the masses
who don't understand.
It's not their fault
but sometimes I hate them.
I do it to shock them sometimes.
You know, like, when I'm
in the hairdresser's, where I work,
I'll say something like,
"I'm really f***ed," dead loud
and it doesn't half cause a fuss.
But educated people
don't worry, do they?
It's the aristocracy that swears most.
It's all "Pass me the f***ing pheasant,"
with them.
But you couldn't tell them that
round our way.
- Aren't you interviewing me?
- Do I need to?
Oh, I talk too much, don't I?
Yeah, I know I talk a lot.
I don't at home but I don't often get
the chance to talk to someone like you.
Would you like to sit down?
- No. Can I smoke?
- Tobacco?
What? Yeah!
- Was that a joke?
- Yes.
- 'Ere y'are, do you want one?
- I'd like one...
- but I promised not to smoke.
- I won't tell anyone.
Promise?
I hate smokin' on me own. Everyone
seems to have packed up these days.
Bloody cowards.
- Would you like a drink?
- What of?
- Whisky.
- Oh, yeah.
My mate's got a drinks cabinet like that.
Tell me, what made you
suddenly decide to do this?
It's not sudden. I've been realising
for ages that I'm out of step.
I'm 26, I should've had a baby by now.
Everyone expects it.
But I mean, I don't want a baby yet. No.
I wanna discover meself first.
Do you understand that?
- Yes.
- Yeah.
I've, you know, I've tried to explain it
to me husband, you know,
but, between you and me,
I think he's thick.
Well, he doesn't want to see, yeah.
- What's this like?
- Howards End?
Howards End! Sounds filthy, doesn't it?
EM Foster.
- Forster.
- Oh, yeah.
- What's it like?
- Read it. Would you like to borrow it?
Yeah, all right. I'll look after it for you.
If I pack the course in, I'll post it back.
You haven't even started yet.
Why would you pack it in?
Well, I just might, you know.
Might think it was a soft idea.
- What does assonance mean?
- What?
- Don't laugh at me.
- Er, no.
Erm, assonance, it's a form of rhyme.
Erm, what's an example?
Do you know Yeats?
- The wine lodge?
- No, WB Yeats, the poet.
No.
Well, in his poem
The Wild Swans At Coole,
Yeats rhymes the word "swan"
with the word "stone".
You see?
That's an example of assonance.
Ooh, yeah,
means getting the rhyme wrong.
I've never thought of it like that
but I suppose it does mean
getting the rhyme wrong.
I love this room.
I love the view from this window.
Do you like it?
I sometimes get the urge
to throw something through it.
- What?
- A student, usually.
You're bleedin' mad, aren't ya?
Probably.
What are you lookin' at?
Are you a good ladies' hairdresser, Rita?
Yeah, I am. But they expect
too much, you know.
Like, women come in the hairdresser's
and half an hour later
they wanna walk out a different person.
You know, but I mean,
if you wanna change,
you've got to do it from the inside,
haven't you, like I'm trying to do.
Do you think I'll be able to learn?
Are you sure you're serious
about wanting to learn?
I'm dead serious, yeah.
I know I take the piss
but that's only because
I'm not, well, confident, like.
But I want to be. Honest.
When, you know, when do you actually
start teaching me, like?
What can I teach you?
Everything.
You want a lot.
And I can't give it.
Between you and me and the walls,
actually I am an appalling teacher.
That's all right most of the time -
appalling teaching is quite in order
for my appalling students
but it is not good enough for you,
young woman.
All I know is -
and you must listen to this -
all I know is that I know
absolutely nothing.
And besides, I don't like the hours
of this Open University business.
They expect me to teach
when the pubs are open.
It's all right.
There are other tutors, good ones.
I will arrange one for you.
Are you saying you want me to go?
Goodbye, Rita.
Wait a minute. Listen to me.
I'm on this course, you are my tutor
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