The Trotsky Page #3

just like this Leon,

will be going to public school.

- l didn't say anything to him,

l swear to--

re you O..?

- Oh, yeah, yeah!

No, l'm, uh...

lt's a good idea.

lt's--it's gonna be good for me.

l...

l love public stuff.

This is public school.

With all the public people.

- Montreal, Toronto and

Vancouver. Just like you asked.

- Oh, great!

Thank you.

- Why do you want these?

- Oh, uh, my destiny.

Card 4.

- Oh.

- O...

Um, hello there.

Uh, this is my first day here.

l believe l'm meant to ask you

where my homeroom is.

- Name?

- Leon ronstein.

- Leon ronstein?

Principal erkhoff,

this is Leon ronstein.

- Leon ronstein.

We've been waiting for you.

- h! Well, in that case,

l'll tell you that l don't have

a tremendous amount of

experience with public schools,

but l've decided

that l'm going to like it.

- Good!

l think you'll find this is

not like most public schools.

l like to run a pretty tight ship.

- l respond passionately

to structure, so...

- Then we should

get along just fine.

- h!

- Your homeroom and schedule

are in there.

nd that's the activities board

if you care about that stuff.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Oh god.

Oh my god! l'm sorry.

We thought

you were a teacher.

- Yeah, man.

Uh, close the door.

- h!

Um, are you people the,

uh, union representatives

that l sign in with?

- The union representatives?

Uh, sure.

- Uh, do you want

to help with the dance?

- l want to join the union.

- re you new?

- l get it.

You think this is like--

you think this is like a union,

like--like the Teamsters.

- Oh! No. No.

No, no, no.

That--that's not us.

- No, no. This is just

like student's council.

Like, uh... Ha!

l don't know. council?

lt's not a union.

That's just the name.

- ll right, well, uh, what sort

of legislative powers

do you guys have as a council?

- Uh, none.

- Uh, the power

to organize a dance.

You want to help?

Skip.

How did you manage

to get mud on your shoes?

lt hasn't rained for days.

- Oh, um, l don't know.

Sorry, Ms. Davis.

- pologize to me

in detention this afternoon.

- ctually, l have to go to

the orthodontist this afternoon.

- Perhaps, you should have

thought of that

before you walked into

my school with muddy shoes.

Welcome back, Skip.

- God! She's such a b*tch!

l can't believe

she's already started on me.

- ls it actual school policy

that you can't have

muddy shoes in the hallways?

- Um.

- Yeah, l'll go to detention with you.

Solidarity.

- ll right, everyone!

- O...

- Class started 2 minutes ago.

- Oh, Jimmy!

F***!

- Welcome back.

How was your summer?

Tuck in your shirt.

See you in detention.

Sheila!

Sheila, take that thing

out of your nose.

You are not a bull.

- Sorry, Ms. Davis.

- pologize in detention.

nd don't act like a hussy!

- What a c*nt!

- Fascist.

- Since this is

the first day of detention,

l requested to be

the supervisor

so that you would all know

just how bad it can be.

ll which to say,

you don't want to be here,

l don't want you to be here,

so shape up

and don't come back.

- Um, Ms. Davis?

Since it's the first day of school

and we don't really have

any homework, can we just read?

- No.

l brought math with me.

- Hi there!

Sorry l'm late. l had trouble

finding your place.

Hi, you guys.

How's it going? l know you.

- What is your name?

- Oh!

Uh, l don't have detention.

Uh, l'm just here in protest.

l took the liberty of reading up

on the school-board regulations

vis--vis, uh, detention.

nd, uh, mud isn't in there.

Neither are, uh,

nose rings for that matter.

nd between you and me,

it is the first day of school,

you probably could've

let the shirt thing slide.

How are you?

re you well?

- Young man!

l don't know

who you think you are--

- Leon ronstein.

l am the reincarnation

of Leon Trotsky.

nd if you give Skip

or any other student

another unjustifiable

detention again,

you and l are going to have

a very serious problem, Mrs...

l'm sorry.

What was your name?

- So, we're celebrating tonight,

and by celebrating,

l mean you actually have to

leave your house.

- Oh, no, we're not.

We are doing nothing tonight.

- No! l told Lucy l'd get you drunk.

Don't make me a liar.

- Stop emailing my mother.

- l like your mother.

- You can have her.

Oh sh*t!

- Oh my God!

ls that your future husband?

- Um...

- Hi, honey!

- Don't leave me.

This could get ugly.

Not funny. Not funny.

What are you doing here?

- Um...

Congratulations on

defending your thesis!

- l don't want to see you.

- Why not?

- Uh, you frighten me.

l think you're crazy.

- ut l love you.

- Wow!

O.., uh, l think l'm gonna leave now.

- Uh, please don't.

- Call me later.

- l won't.

- nd, um, it was very nice

to meet you.

- Thank you. l think so.

- O...

- Oh! Say hi to Julian for me.

- Hi.

Uh, could...

Could we please go, um,

and have coffee together?

Um...

Please don't say

anything mean to me anymore.

- Stop asking me to marry you, O..?

Seriously, it freaks me out.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

- Fine. Fine.

Fine.

- Was that a no?

No. Hey!

That was a joke!

That was sort of a joke!

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

So you really think

that you're the same person

as Leon Trotsky?

- Yes.

- nd you think that

you're gonna live out his life

exactly as it happened to him,

ice pick and all?

- Correct.

- Well, my limited knowledge

of Trotsky involves,

a lot of travelling and a lot

of assassination attempts.

- Have you been

reading up on him?

- What l mean is

that it's a lot to live up to.

- Uh...

l actually like to look at it

as a lot to look forward to.

- Well, for a Marxist,

you'd make a great Hindu.

- What? Oh...

Well, Terry agleton

encourages us

to let Marxism breathe

in our new century

by allowing for things

which arl Marx, frankly,

had no opinion on,

by letting the guidelines

of the Great Dialectic,

or the Grand Narrative,

guide us towards moral

and not moralist thinking.

- Was that "gobbledeegook?"

- Hells no.

- l didn't think so.

- So his name is Julian?

- No, he's making it up.

- nd, uh...

How heartbroken will Julian be

when you break up with him

for me?

- So, l'm that-a-way

and the bus stop is that-a-way.

- Yeah. l know.

- Good night.

- Night.

- This is the end of our date.

- Oh, l know.

l'm just staring at

how beautiful you are.

l thank you for a very

lovely evening.

- Uh...

- Sit down.

So, are you enjoying public school

as much as you hoped

that you would?

- Uh, see, it's all very exciting.

Um, too bad about all

the fascists, though.

- xcuse me?

- Oh, the fascists,

like Ms. Davis over here.

Uh, if it wasn't for them,

l'd be having a fantastic time.

nd the kids are great,

like that gentleman Skip.

Skip seems really nice.

- He says that he doesn't

actually know you.

- That is correct.

- ut you know him?

- No.

- So you were just

demonstrating solidarity with him?

- Yes, that's right.

- Do you understand why

you've been given detentions

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