The Trotsky Page #9

- No, you are.

You--you are that doctor

in Uncle Vanya.

lneffectual and middle aged.

My troops will mobilize, just you wait.

They will shed

the thick cloak of boredom

that you have forced them into.

They will don their coats of arms

and the--the tunic

of oppression that you wear

will choke you, sir.

- You couldn't have mixed

that metaphor anymore.

- l make my point!

- ronstein... ronstein...

lsn't that the kid

from the factory this summer?

Yeah, the hunger strike kid.

nd now, he's taken

his principal hostage.

Serious sh*t disturber.

l thought he was f***ed up, but...

He's significantly more f***ed up

than l thought.

- h!

- Hmm.

- Yes.

Pigs is here.

- Crowds yet?

ny wild gangs of rebellious youth?

No?

What a shame.

Maybe they don't hate me

as much as you think they do. Hmm?

- Look. We have to mobilize, guys.

O.., it's crucial that we

physically support this cause.

- Yawn.

m l right?

- Shut up.

- ut why? We already physically

walked out of school.

- Yeah.

- That kid kind of scares me.

- What the f***

is he doing anyway,

holding erkhoff hostage?

Sh*t, that's serious!

- Yeah. Why not Davis?

- What'll Leon do after this revolution?

He'll redistribute homework

so we all have equal amounts?

- Can we have a student

secret-police force?

- l wanna be the young Putin!

Right?

- Ha, ha, ha.

O.., look. You guys are gonna have

to take this a little more seriously.

- What the f*** is there

to take seriously about this?

l mean, ha, ha and everything,

but where's the potatoes?

- Sorry, what the f***?

- What's the substance

to Leon's argument?

- Yeah, l completely agree.

- O.., look, l'm not like his

spokesperson or whatever...

- Oh, thank God for that!

- Um...

The schools suck.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Yeah.

Yes.

- Obviously.

- No, l mean, seriously,

the schools suck.

- Duh!

- Yes.

- Right, right.

Um, should it suck?

l mean, seriously, guys,

should school suck?

- No.

- No. No, right?

- So, if we all agree that school

sucks and that it shouldn't,

then what's next, guys? Hmm?

- This is turning out

to be a great speech.

- That's where Leon's coming from.

'Cause he's the one--

He thinks...

that what's next

is us getting involved.

ecause are we?

re we involved? l'm not.

F*** no! l mean, l'm the f***ing

treasurer of the Student Union.

l got you that job, man.

- SHUT UP!

- So fine, right? Whatever.

There's no judgement.

but l mean, for real, we don't do

sh*t to make that school better.

So Leon thinks

that by forming this union,

that it'll force us

to kind of all get involved

and we will make things better.

O.., he thinks that things have

a better chance of improving

if we improve them ourselves.

- l mean, that's dead f***ing on.

- Yeah.

- xactly! xactly!

That's the best possible explanation!

- Wait though.

Tony, do you--

do you think Leon's right?

- Of course, he is.

- No.

- O.., Dwight,

l wanna know what Tony thinks.

- l don't know.

l have no f***ing idea.

ut, um, you know who doesn't

believe in this union?

You know who thinks, like,

our opinions mean less than nothing?

F***ing erkhoff.

You know, l'll figure out

what l believe later.

'cause right now, all l want

is for that a**hole to be wrong.

nd that's the only reason l need

to follow Leon.

l'll put my deeds before

my faith for the time being.

- l don't even think--

- Shut the f*** up, Dwight!

urn.

- Hey!

That was f***ing awesome!

- Yeah, l guess we'll see.

- No, seriously, Tony, it was.

- Yeah, still gay.

- F***! l'm sorry. l'm just super caught

up in this sh*t right now, you know?

- Glad you liked

Land and Freedom.

- Totally. lt's like

my new favourite movie.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Hey! Skip! Sarah!

- What happened?

Why aren't you guys with Leon?

- He wanted us to leave.

We've been rabble-rousing,

trying to spread the word.

How's the crowd coming?

my thumbs hurt.

l'll tell you more on the way.

Let's go.

- They need your demands.

These cops are getting bored.

They're gonna bust in there

and arrest you.

O...

O.., l'll tell the chief.

O.., this is what he wants.

He wants the

school board commissioner

to allow the kids to unionize.

nd safe passage to Venezuela.

That was a joke, the Venezuela.

He wants the commissioner

brought down here.

That's all.

- Fine.

l want you to know

that we're humouring him.

- Humouring me?

Could we please just get

rchambault down here

as quick as possible

so we can all go home?

Thank you.

wesome.

- h-ha!

- This isn't over!

- Oh, l think we both know

that it pretty much is.

- Mom!

What are you doing?

- Get in the car, kids.

- No, Ma.

We're going to the school for Leon.

nd no, not even just for Leon.

This is something

that we all believe in.

l won't come home with you!

l'm sorry if l let you down.

- Stop being so shrieky!

l'll drive you.

- You will?

- Yeah, come on!

Come in! Hurry!

- Oh, great. l don't--

Do you guys want a ride?

- Can you all fit in?

re you O..?

Put your seatbelts on.

Your father wanted

to come too,

but he had a meeting

with the Moroccans.

- What's that?

Put the seatbelt on.

- Mum! Drive the car.

- Oh, come on!

- Madame, uh--

- Madam Chairman...

- Madame...

- Ma'am l should really explain

the circumstances...

- l watch the news l know exactly

what's going on here.

ut thank you very much.

Leon ronstein

Please come to the window.

Give me a hand.

- Uh, welcome.

- l am thoroughly unimpressed

and unamused, Monsieur ronstein.

Now, perhaps this is your idea

of playful hi jinks,

but in my books

and in the books of

the gentlemen in uniform here,

this is an egregious

and punishable offence.

- Well, maybe now you'll see

that we're actually serious.

- Who is the "we",

Monsieur ronstein?

You and God?

re you the king of ngland?

ll l see is

one brilliant young man,

desperate for attention,

and clearly willing to go

all the way to get it.

- O... We want a union!

- Listen, Norma Rae,

we've already had that discussion,

and it's not gonna happen.

So let your principal go.

- We want a union.

- You don't deserve a union!

You're children.

You do what we'll tell you to do.

nd on behalf of all adults,

grow up, Monsieur ronstein.

- Madame rchambault!

Do you want him

to be an adult or not?

- Did l not just make myself clear?

- No, you didn't.

lt seems like a very adult thing to do,

fighting for your rights.

- Well, no one asked

for your opinion.

- l agree with her.

- There's a surprise.

Run out of clients, Frank?

Had to start scouting

the high schools?

nd this is the best you could find?

Leon ronstein, the shining beacon

of hope for the great revolution?

- l think he may well be, yeah.

- How profoundly disappointing.

- Good god, Denise,

you're so mean!

- Why don't you tell your crazy little

friend to let us all go home? O..?

- Let me ask you one

real question first.

- Shoot.

- What kind of people you think

it takes to change the world?

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