Speech & Debate Page #7

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[chuckles]

Oh, my God.

My pants were around my ankles,

wearing this lame sweatshirt.

I... [scoffs]

It was a hand-me-down

from my cousin, and...

I had to throw it away. I...

couldn't look at it

after it was over.

Could have at least

had a nice one on.

I have a Champion sweatshirt

I like.

Your turn.

Oh, my God. I...

Say something.

I'm in love with Diwata.

Um...

Okay.

Okay, um...

[takes a deep breath]

Before, in the car,

I lied.

The dance in Scouts

to "Freedom",

I did teach the kids.

And I got up, and I did it,

complete with all of these

crazy, like...

flaming moves.

And while I was dancing,

the Scout leaders,

they were trying to hide

that they were laughing,

like really laughing.

And they were, like,

shifting their weight

and coughing,

but it was obvious.

And the guy that my mom

was dating at the time...

he actually stood up...

stopped the music,

and made me walk

back to my seat.

I dropped out of Scouts

because the kids

started calling me...

Miss Gay BSA.

BSA?

Bathing suit areas...

- No, idiot...

- From stranger danger?

Boy Scouts of America.

Solomon, you know

you're grounded. Get inside.

Guys, I have to go.

[The Crucible playing]

None of you confessed?

There been many confessed.

- Who are they?

- There be a hundred or more, they say.

And Giles?

Giles is dead.

They press him, John.

Press?

Great stones,

they lay upon his chest

until he plead aye or nay.

They say he give 'em

but two words.

"More weight," he says and died.

More weight.

Add another stone.

Make him speak.

More weight.

Give us a name!

[Marie] Diwata, you want dinner?

I'm leaving now.

[sighs] Mother, please

die so you will be dead.

I hate eating where I work.

It's embarrassing.

[Marie] Well, you get a discount here.

I'm not loaded, you know.

I know, I know,

but everyone here knows me.

Like, everyone's gonna want

to stop and talk to me.

Diwata.

[plate crashes on table]

Did you hear?

Our local nut case is

a star on YouTube now.

He screamed at us

at board meetings,

and suddenly he's a star

with a fan base.

Seriously? A lot of people.

Yeah. It's, like, 50,000 hits.

Oh, there's James.

Is he by himself?

Should we invite him to join us?

- What? No.

- Should we?

- We should.

- Mom, no. Please don't.

- We should. James.

- No.

Come here.

James, how's Solomon doing?

He'll come around. He's just going

through a rough spot right now.

So you don't know.

- Diwata.

- No, it's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay. It's fine.

Being an adult doesn't mean

that you suddenly

have the answers to everything.

What do you think

I should tell him?

Uh... That you love him.

Start there.

I'm gonna be such a better

parent than you guys, just FYI.

Could you excuse us

for a second?

Diwata.

What?

Do you think my life is easy?

That I enjoy eating

at the restaurant

where my daughter works?

- Mom...

- No, no, no, no, no.

You're an adult.

We're on a first-name basis.

You call me Marie.

No, I don't want to.

Then let me be your mother.

Please, please,

you have to respect me,

and you need to stop

floating through your life

like none of this is real,

because everything I did,

at your age,

is what my life is now.

- Okay?

- I'm sorry.

- Okay?

- I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, too. Come here.

[toilet flushing]

Oh! Oh, no.

[Marie laughing]

When the world

Turns against you

And you cannot go on

When your pants

Get pulled down

And you'd rather

Have them on

When you got zero friends

And you can't get a date

Tell your pant-pullers

Bring it on

More weight.

When your town is

Close-minded

And the elders

Get their way

So you dye your hair blonde

And you dance like a lady

When you wanted the lead

But 'cause of crap

You must wait

Tell those crap-heapers

Heap it on

More weight.

Lay it on

More weight.

Until I'm gone

More weight.

B*tch, sit on my chest

with heavy piles of hate.

More weight.

[notification tone playing]

[man]

What do you want?

Uh, I want...

I want your advice.

[man] Go away!

I just want to talk to you.

[man] You're on my property.

You've been formerly warned.

Go away.

I'll fix your pothole.

[man] Come in.

What do you want?

Um...

Well...

you're a really big star

on YouTube.

Ah, that's my sister's doing.

I don't use electricity anymore.

They can track it backwards now.

So what do you want?

I screwed up a lot

of stuff, and now...

I don't know what to do.

No one'll listen to me.

How do you get people

to listen to you?

And now, I mean, they love you.

Well, you know,

getting people to listen to you

is kind of the opposite

of getting people to like you.

You know, they tell me,

"Stick to your two minutes."

I remind them that I'm gonna

speak until I'm done speaking.

They can arrest me.

I'm using their stage for my

needs, not theirs, my terms.

Life is a stage.

Life is a stage.

What are you doing here?

I mean, somebody send you

to spy on me?

Oh, no.

- No?

- But... UH...

- Thank you very much for your time.

- Come here.

[crashing]

Are you insane?

Oh, God!

I'm grounded.

You can't be here.

Howie's here, too.

Life is a stage.

- What?

- We're in detention forever.

We can't be in clubs or the play

or newspapers,

but school board meetings

all have an open mike portion.

Diwata's right.

We're letting them shut us up.

We kind of came up

with this thing.

Okay, so at the meetings, they have

to let us say whatever we want.

Why don't we do it in a way

that they won't forget?

Honestly, what do you

have to lose?

What on earth?

What are all

these newscasters doing here?

Nice turnout.

Told you I got my peeps.

Custodial staffs love me,

just FYI.

[principal Bellingham] We are very proud

to have Salem County's Crimson Tides

lead us today in

the Pledge of Allegiance.

[all] I pledge

allegiance to the flag

of the United States of America

and to the republic,

for which it stands,

one nation, under God,

indivisible, with liberty

and justice...

- for all.

- For Paul.

Ha, how 'bout those Tides?

Well, welcome... all of you.

I'm not sure we...

why we have such

a full house tonight,

but... Nor am I clear

on who contacted the ACLU.

- [light clapping and cheering]

- [Principal Bellingham chuckles]

I just want to assure everyone

that nothing is decided

without hearing

any of the community's concerns.

Tonight's meeting uh...

is going to be

an open and fair one

in which everyone will have

the chance to speak.

However, as per longstanding

town bylaws,

the press will not be able

to report or film inside.

There are exits on both sides

of the back of the room.

What's the point

of humiliating ourselves

if nobody's gonna even see it?

We still have one incognito

camera. All we need is one.

You banned my brother,

but you can't stop

the flood, Bellingham.

Guess what. The city called.

They want their

first amendment rights back!

Who's with me? ACLU?

Yeah. Well, I'm a small

independent nation

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