The Trotsky Page #5

- No, l did!

- Who?

- Remember that kid

l was tutoring?

- You didn't!

Timmy?

l did.

- How am l only hearing

about this now, whore?

What was it like?

- Uh, well, let's put it this way.

They f*** you very quickly

but a lot.

- Really?

- He came so many times

l lost count.

- That's disgusting.

- You are so horny for that kid.

- No.

- Yes, you are.

- l gotta kind of move

this face back to...

You son of a b*tch.

Oops.

Oh sh*t!

- Thanks.

Ouch. Ouch, ouch.

- Sorry, l thought

you were a burglar.

- No, you didn't.

- No, clearly l thought you were

a cartoon character. l'm sorry.

No one's ever broken

into my house before.

- Congratulations on your Ph. D.

- You're so f***ing nuts, Leon.

- Please!

Nah, don't say that.

You don't actually think that,

do you? 'Cause...

l don't usually care of what

anybody thinks of me. Obviously.

Um, but...

l'm just very determined.

Oh.

Oh please, God.

No.

Oh, f***.

- Uh, hi there.

l--l took the liberty

of making up some coffee.

l hope that's O...

- lt's fine.

- Here you go.

l love you.

- l don't do sugar.

- O...

- What time is it?

- lt's 9:
53.

We have to leave pretty soon.

l was entertaining the idea

of trying to wake you up myself.

- Where are we going?

- Uh, E Talk.

- What?

- l already told you.

My E Talk Daily interview.

l'm due there in about 45 minutes.

So, uh...

Do you think

you need a shower?

- l said l would go?

- Hi.

- obby!

- Don't be nervous.

- Oh, l'm not. l'm not.

l just didn't think

it would actually be you

conducting the interview.

- l'm flattered.

- That's not what l meant.

- en, we're ready in 5,

- Today, we are talking to

an extraordinary young man

named Leon ronstein.

Leon staged a massive strike

at his father's Montreal factory

this summer

to try to unionize

the workers there.

nd now, he's doing

the same thing

at his high school

in Montreal West.

Welcome, Leon.

- Uh, thank you, en.

lt's an honour to be here.

- Let's start with a question

l think most people

would want to ask you first.

Why do you think high school

should be unionized?

- Uh, l think

we deserve a voice.

l mean, teachers have a union

to ensure that

their rights are protected.

l think we deserve the same.

Uh, just think.

Had there been a student union

in, say, Newfoundland,

we never would've had

the boys of St. Vincent.

- Uh, um, l'm sorry.

re you saying that

there's sexual abuse

at your high school?

- Oh, no, no, no.

l'm merely being hyperbolic

to prove a point.

l'd say the bulk

of today's adolescents

tend to feel that

they have no one to talk to.

Now imagine, if you will,

a review board of peers

to listen to set issues

and assess them accordingly.

- O...

So, so you want a union

to try to help students deal

with feelings of alienation?

- Well, kind of, en. l think that

a large part of the reason why

today's youth seems

so disaffected--

are so disaffected--

is because they really have

so little control...

- re you his mother?

- ...over the major aspects

of their day-to-day lives.

- l'm his lawyer.

- l--l think my last question

for you is this:

Why you?

Why did Leon ronstein

take up this cause?

- Uh, well,

l'm not sure if

you're aware of this, en,

but Leon ronstein is actually

the birth name of Leon Trotsky.

- Can we cut? Cut!

Couper!

Stop the tape.

Um, don't say that, Leon.

Just don't.

- Wait, don't say what?

Don't say what?

- h, come on, lex.

l have to be true to myself.

- On E Talk?

- Who are you?

- She's my--

- Lawyer, en.

l am his lawyer.

nd l don't want him

talking to you anymore.

Come on.

- Now?

- Done.

- l'm sorry, en.

- l was trying to help you.

- l know.

- Listen, um, l don't think you

should come back to my place.

- Why not?

- ecause we can't.

l...

Last night was wrong.

l--l was drunk.

nd l didn't know

what l was doing.

- So, what the hell

are you afraid of?

Huh?

Letting somebody love you?

- Oh, Jesus, you're schmaltzy.

No, Leon, l'm afraid

of who will play me

in the TV movie about us.

- ut it's fate. lt's not up to us.

- O.., l don't live my life that way.

l can't.

nd l can't do this either, so...

l'm sorry if l led you on.

- Fine. Fine...

No. No. No.

- l'll get out.

- l'm still in love with you, O..?

You don't get a say in that.

- ids, eh?

Don't

Don't talk down

To me

Don't

Don't talk down

To me

Your head is moving side to side

Our temperatures rise

I hear the devil outside

You're heading north

Well I'm heading south

Well I hope the words are right

When they leave your mouth

Oh

Well I'm better off now

Oh

- Have fun.

One second.

- Take it. Run.

ring me back a drink.

- Uh, O...

- lt's me again. Hi.

- Come on, students,

it's your future.

Face it!

Join the movement.

O.., so, uh...

Who are you, guys?

- We're nimal Farm.

- He's Clover.

Hello?

- O.., that is too much effort.

lt's high school.

nd you're a pig.

- Correct.

- O...

Hey, uh... How's the count?

- lt's good.

lt's uh, 300 signatures thus far.

- Wow! That's great.

- lt's incredible.

- Leon?

- w, great!

- girl dressed as yn Rand

just told me that you threw her out.

- Yeah.

nd?

- Why?

- This is a

fascist-free zone, Dwight.

Maybe you should leave as well.

- O.., yeah. Throw another

f***ing kid out, Leon,

and you are next.

- O... asy, Dwight.

ll right? yn snuck back in.

She's in the gym.

- Yeah, Dwight, go back

to the candy stand.

- What you say, Skippy?

- Oh god.

- You wanna f***ing die?

- O.., please, Dwight.

We are trying to work.

- Well, f*** you, man!

- wesome! Please go.

- Hi!

- Hi!

- l'm not gonna stay long.

- What?

Yes, yes, you are.

Yes, you are.

You're going to have fun.

Skip!

This is my sister, Sarah.

Sarah, this is Skip.

Sarah doesn't know anyone here,

so why don't you ask her

to dance

and talk to her

and stuff like that?

- You wanna dance?

- Sure.

- Thank you.

- You're an interesting guy, Leon.

- Thank you.

- Oh!

Hello, gorgeous!

Oh, hey! re you the girl

who spiked the punch?

- Mmm!

No, l just got here.

- Oh, man! l'm trying

to figure out who to thank.

Whoo!

l totally have to date this DJ.

nyway, you two kids

have fun, O..?

ye!

l'm going this way!

- Uh-huh.

- nd now all

the party people are here.

- Oh, uh, please don't

spoil it for me.

Let me venture a guess.

You are the Ceausescus!

Oh no, wait a second.

lt's--it's got to be, uh,

Oliver Stone and an sian woman?

m l getting warmer?

- Very clever, Leon.

- Uh-huh.

- So, social justice, eh?

lnteresting theme.

- Mm-hmm!

Whose idea was that, l wonder?

- Uh, l actually tabled the idea.

- ls there no little devil

whispering in your ear, Tony?

- Caught you on E Talk

the other day, Leon.

You're getting pretty famous.

- Well, as long as the cause receives

the appropriate attention.

- You watch E Talk, sir?

- That's right. l do.

nyhoo, we need to have a meeting

with you and l guess with you, Tony,

and anyone else who wants

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