Speech & Debate Page #9

Synopsis: Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, an unlikely trio set out to find a common truth and make their voices heard as they revive a defunct school club and take on the world.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Dan Harris
Production: Sycamore Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
PG-13
Year:
2017
105 min
788 Views


started with a pothole.

[Kristin Chenoweth] So this next song

is written by one of my superfans.

Her name is Diwata Jones.

I thought I'd sing it and send

some love back her way...

since she loves everything

I post on Twitter.

Here we go.

Boys don't seem to like me

For who I am

I'm not good at romancin'

Others pleasing men by

Acting like they're witches

Doing naked forest dancin'

I know a girl

Who's good at singing

Like a dying squirrel

And another who still

Wants to choose her

But even when we feel

Like we are losing out

That doesn't make us losers

'Cause I'm flying free when

I am me

When you are you

When we are we

We're flying free

If we are three

So you be you

And I'll be me

Together, together

Good times are

Just beginning

When you try your best

Then you are the best

You're a loser

Who is winning

Sometimes others think

That different is bad

They're scared

Unwilling to wager

Sometimes judgey people

Just don't understand

That who you are

Is how God made you

Even when the bad guys

Pull ahead

We're fighting for

Our survival

The race is long

We won't give up

Even when

We don't make finals

'Cause I'm flying free

When I am me

When you are you

When we are we

We're flying free

If we are three

So you be you

And I'll be me

Together, together

Some girls will

Always be thinner

If we try our best

Then we are the best

This loser is a winner

Just be yourself

And you'll come in first

Even if the world

Thinks you are the worst

The worst

I'm flying free

When I am me

When you are you

When we are we

We're flying free

If we are three

So you be you

And I'll be me

Together, together

Our good times

Are just beginning

If we try our best

Then we are the best

Just be yourself

And forget the past

Love your weirdo self

Through thick and thin

If you love yourself

Then you always win

You win

Oh, together,

Whoa, together

Good times are

Just beginning

If we try our best

Then we are the best

We're losers

Who are winning

We're winning

Yeah

We're winning

Yeah, yeah

[instrumental music playing]

[instrumental music playing]

How do you solve

A problem like Maria?

How do you catch a cloud

And pin it down?

How do you find the words

That mean Maria?

A flibbertigibbet

A will-o'-the wisp

A clown

Where am I?

I must have fallen

through a wormhole

and traveled back in time.

If I hold it in

I'll lose my bravery

If you hold it in

You will end slavery

You win

I win

[together] - If you

hold - If I hold

It in

Yeah

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Stephen Karam

Stephen Karam is an American playwright and screenwriter. His plays Sons of the Prophet, a comedy-drama about a Lebanese-American family, and The Humans were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2012 and 2016, respectively. The Humans won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play. more…

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