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¢Ü Something on my mind,won't somebody please
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Please tell me what's wrong?
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You're just a fool, you know you're in love
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You got to face it to live in this world
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You take the good along with the bad
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Sometimes you're happy,and sometimes you're sad
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You know you love him,you can't understand
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Why he treats you like he dowhen he's such a good man!
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He's got me smiling, I should be ashamed
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Got me laughing when my heart is in pain ...
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-She's playing already?-I told you.
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Well, do you think it's too late to enter the contest?
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The contest isn't till Thursday, Ally.
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Well, there's going to be a cutoff, Elaine.
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-Not everybody's going to get a chance to, to enter.-We'll get in.
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D-do you think it is undignified for a lawyerto enter in an Ikette contest?
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-They're not called Ikettes anymore.-You know what I mean. ... Really, Elaine,
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a-assuming I get the chance, do you thinkI'll look silly or embarrass the firm?
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Why don't you ask our senior partners?
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-Look at her. Tina Turner.-Yeah.
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You know, out of all the celebrities in the world,Tina Turner, she's the one I think I'm most like.
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-I saw that!-No. It's, it's just ... when I first met you,
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that's exactly what I thought.I said to myself: "My god, it's Tina Turner!"
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-Okay.-Hah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah ... We got in?
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Only forty-two entered. Everybody got in!
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What's going on?
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Elaine and I are in the contest to be Ikettes,
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They're really not Ikettes becausethere's no Ike anymore --
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at least no "Ike and Tina." But there is a Tina,and as part of promoting her new record ...
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Breathe.
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They're having this contest,and Elaine and I are in!
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Which means we may meet her.I will meet Tina Turner!
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Which, you know, I've wanted to dosince the first day I sniffed your butt
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and decided you were the man for me -of course,your ass doesn't smell so good to me anymore ...
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Breathe.
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But Tina Turner is still Tina Turner,and I might finally get to meet her. Hah ...
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-Richard. I'm fraught.-Uh-oh.
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We have a very difficult case aheadin front of Judge Walsh.
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Judge Walsh doesn't like you.
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It upsets him when your lips moveand when words emerge from them.
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-What's your point, John?-My point is,
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given the aberrant nature of some of our clients,we don't need things compounded with Fishisms.
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Oh, John. I think we all agree I,I've grown considerably as a trial lawyer.
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I can really feel my oats in there now.
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And what I'm saying is we need you tokeep your oats to yourself on this one.
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I'm ready. Off we go!
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They evidently call us out by number.
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We have twenty seconds on stage,and that's it, they call out the next number.
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-How many contestants did you say?-Forty-two.
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-Ally!-Grrrr. ... Yes?
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I just want to thank you.[For] what you said.
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-You know, about ... You were totally right.-Oh! .y-you and Billy, you're, you're together?
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-Seems so.-Well, ... that's ----
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-Ally.-Hi, Billy. What's new?
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Can I steal you a second?
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-In the spirit of friendship and candor.-What?
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Well, this contest to beTina Turner's backup singer.
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-I can understand Elaine entering, but you?-Why not me?
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You know, there's going to bea lot of people going there
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-who know that you work here -----Oh, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't tell me
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that you're going to start inwith a firm reputation speech --
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not after everything you've been doing!
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I've been acting crazy, acting out.I admit it. Are you?
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Nice! Rain on the one parade I get?
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Now, I, I can't even believe that you ... I mean,look at you, running around with your secretary.
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What is she? Nineteen?
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You were the one who obviouslytold her to pursue this. Now ----
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I told her to pursue love.
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Now, I, I'm not saying thatit's crazy for her to fall for you,
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though it probably is. I'm talkingabout you going for her.
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-W-w-what is she, nineteen?-She's twenty-five and she's a good woman!
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-Yippee! Is that all?-That's all.
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Oh, oh, oh, and in the continued spirit ofour candor, I can see your roots.
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-I just feel natural in a dress. It's the real me.-Well, how is it the "real you," sir?
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Puts me in touch with my feminine side.I feel soft, supple.
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Now, Mr. Schoefield terminated your employmentbecause of how you dress?
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Yes. He did. He said I had to startwearing suits, or else I'd be ----
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Your Honor, may I remind the court thatMr. Potts suffers from a compulsive disorder
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-that makes him clap his hands on occasion.-Carry on.
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Well, Mr. Vault, why not just wear the suit,if it'll keep your employment?
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Deep down, ever since I was twelveyears old, I've known.
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-You've known what, sir?-That I'm a woman..trapped in a man's body.
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Finally, I went to a doctor. He tells me thatI have a fetish for wearing women's clothes.
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You see, this here is a medical thing.
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Did you tell Mr. Schoefieldthis was a medical condition?
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Yes, I did. And he fired me anyway.
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Mr. Vault, this is a graphics design company.
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-Correct?-Yes.
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So, potential clients come by the officeto check the place out.
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That, that happens pretty regularly.
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-Does it not?-Yes.
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-And do these customers ever stare at you?-Not for long, they don't.
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Once it gets going,it takes on a life of its own.
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Uh, are you sure that youshould be in this contest?
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-Why shouldn't I?-Well ... well, the, the truth is, Elaine,
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you ... you're more Liza Minnellithan Tina Turner.
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-And I, I don't know if this ... What?-I'll practice someplace else.
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There's nothing wrong with Liza Minnelli!What do you want?
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Look. I'm sorry. I had no reasonto criticize you. I'm sorry.
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And I apologize for picking onyour teenager friend.
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-Does it bother you.. me and Sandy?-Aw, no! I am so sure. ...
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A little. Uhnn, don't get me wrong,I, I am, I am so over you, but... Hhh. Yeah.
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Every time you're with somebody else,I ... I feel a pinch. ...
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-Do you?-A little.
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Well, Elaine's practicing, so ... I'd better.She, she is going to be really hard to beat.
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-Don't you find this contest a little silly?-Mm, hmm. I've become a big fan of silly.
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I remember a few years ago,you lost the bet to Renee,
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and you had to get up on stage at the barand tell a joke, you were mortified, terrified.
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And now, you're going to get up thereand try to shake like Tina Turner.
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A few years ago, I didn't have the need.
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I put on these suits everyday,go to work with my brief case,
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living my little life as a working professional.Now, it.. it'd be nice to.. I don't know, to
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-Escape your life.-Isn't that what you're doing with Sandy?
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-Why are you looking at me that way?-Well, every once in a while, I.. I get a hit,
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-I look at you sometimes, and it hits me that ---Duck.
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I clap my hands and I clean.I like to clean, clean.
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And I repeat words, as you can see,usually three times.
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It's a disorder, but it doesn'taffect my job, job, job.
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And when Mr. Schoefield, uh, fired you,did he give you a reason, reason?
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Reason! Reason! Sorry, when somebodyelse repeats a word, it makes me do it.
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Uh, my fault. Now, eh, eh,what did Mr. Schoefield, uh, tell you?
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He said I was disruptive.
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He said I made the clients nervous, nervousbecause when I clap, clap, clap, clap ...
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Sometimes, I repeat four times when inconjuction with a clap and I can't say
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the word, word, word without doing it.He said my applauding made them nervous.
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But it never affected the job, mm, job, job.Sometimes, I also alternate.
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I'm sorry, could you repeat your answer?
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Just kidding. Mr. Potts.. how you doing, Judge,
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uh, Mr. Potts, did the clapping ... Y-yes.Did the applaudes or the, uh,
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the repeating words or the cleaning,did it ever affect how you do your job?
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No. I draw pictures, I design.
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My design work was nevera subject of criticism. Never.
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-What do you mean, you're not going to do it?-It's just, a-as it gets closer, it feels ...
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Ally. Tina Turner, you've beenwanting to meet her all ----
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Well, maybe somebody will wist an ankle,and I'll get to sue her, meet her in a deposition.
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-That's a more appropriate forum.-Ally ...
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-I am an attorney, Elaine. I should act like one.-Billy, tell her.
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-You should dance.-There. Convince her.
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It's silly. It ... it reflects badly on the firm.And you want to do it.
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A very wise woman told me last year:
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"Better to regret the things you dothan the things you don't. do"
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What's in there?
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-I want to dance.-Then, dance.
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-How long we got to wait like this?-They said they'd be right in.
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-You look very nice.-Thank you.
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I, I can't believe they're talking settlement,before I testify.
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Oh, well, maybe they're saving you for cleanup.
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You know, you don't need to beso sarcastic, Matthew,
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especially after your menacing testimony!
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-Stop it, you two!-All right ...
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All right. They've upped the offerto seventy-five apiece.
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-Seventy-five!?-Look. Can I be honest?
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-No! Lie to us, you little bug!-Bug, bug, bur.
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Uh, Matthew, that wasn't necessary. Wa-was it?
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-I think you should tell him you're sorry.-What? ...
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-I'm sorry, John.-No, it's ...
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Y-uh, uh, the, the thing is, uh,Paul's testimony ---- Yes.
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Uh, you came off as a wackadoo.A, a, nice one, but ----
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-Richard! Seventy-five is something.-We spent years there. We devoted our lives,
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we're supposed to walk awayfor seventy-five because we're ...
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What did you call us?Wackadoos. Nice ones.
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Mr. Cage, it's not like we have familiesor even ... well-rounded lives.
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Our lives were our jobs, and our families,well ... the people we worked with.
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Well ... no, I understand.I-if you want us to continue the fight ...
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-I believe we do.-Onward. Let's go.
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Look, John. I'm sorry forcalling you a little bug.
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Oh, it's, it's all right, Matthew.I know you're frustrated.
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-It's ... it's just that ever since the parade ...-What ... what parade?
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Well, Fourth of July. The Parade.
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Lots of businesses sponsored floatsand stuff, the employees marched along.
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Schoefield Design was in it.But Mindy, Paul, Benny and me --
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-we weren't allowed to march. Kind of hurt.-And the other employees?
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They all marched. But Mr. Schoefielddidn't want the public seeing us.
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Look. If you think we should settle,I could probably talk the others into going along.
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Noo. You don't need to settle, Matthew.Let's get back into court.
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We started out, and it was all about the work.Logos, designs, computer graphics.
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-Well, what happened then, Mindy?-Well, the company started getting successful,
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and Mr. Schoefield brought in new clients,and the company was growing.
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And three months ago, he called us inand said it wasn't working out.
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-What wasn't working out?-Us. Uh, we weren't working out.
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Did he say why?
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He said we weren't commensuratewith Schoefield Design's image.
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It had nothing to do with our craft.
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It was because the clients thoughtwe were weirdos.
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No, o-objection to the term "weirdos,"Judge, move for costs!
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-Your own witness said it.-Who said it doesn't matter!
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The fact that it's said at all,that it, that it's tolerated.
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That's why we're here -- because it's,it's okay to laugh at the oddballs,
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-it is okay to, to fire them, even -----Mr. Fish!
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Did Mr. Schoefield ever give youany warning this was coming?
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None. And that's not right.We helped build that company.
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Because of us, clients startedcoming through the door.
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And we got fired becausehe didn't want us to be seen.
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It's just not right.
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Mr. Winter, wasn't one of your job functionsto build and expand the client base?
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Yes.
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-Had you done that, sir?-I would have.
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-You hadn't done it yet?-No.
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Now, i-in fact, once the company moved intothe larger offices and increased its overhead,
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Mr. Schoefield made it clear that it was necessaryfor the designers to cultivate new business.
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-Didn't he?-Yes.
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And the four of you were unable to do that.Isn't that right, Mr. Winter?
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-That part of the job was new to us.-And you weren't able to do it?
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-In time, we would have.-In time, you would have.
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Aren't you supposed to be in costume?
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Don't have to. I figured everybody elsewould dress up, so ----
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Okay. Here's how this goes. You all got numbers.You hear your number, get your ass up here.
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You got twenty seconds to show us something.
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Miss Turner's sitting over there.She'll pick the winner.
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Do not approach Miss Turner. You do that,you get disqualified. Do not go near the lady.
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This is an assault against all of us, really.
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Massachusettes is an ugly state --all of New England.
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Hello! Ever been to a Patriots game?The girls get huge in winter.
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-Rrrichard !?-Uh, the jury might hear this.
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I don't want them to hear it!
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Boston terrier, named after the peoplewho live here, Bowwow City.
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We can't just sit back and letthe funny-looking people get trampled on!
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-That's great, Richard. That's, that's just splendid.-But public opinion counts!
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-Yes, and now, it'll be against us!-I was great!
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-You were absurrrd!-John? What ... what's eating you?
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Well, i-is this case hittinga little too close to home?
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-Meaning?-Well ... Let's face it.
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You have a special place in your heartfor oddballs on account of you being one.
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Richard, please don't talk!Can you do that? Can you not talk?
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I can try. Whoops, seems I can't. Kidding.Bygones. Let's not be late for the show.
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This could get brutal.Elaine, what number are you?
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-Twenty-six.-Ally?
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-Uh ... uh, twenty-seven.-I'm bored.
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-Try to cope, Ling!-Grrrrr!
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-Number Eleven!-Aaaahhh!
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-Ling!-It was an accident.
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Number twenty-six!
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I'll bet she's an amazing rattle.
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-Go, get them, Ally!-Break your leg.
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All right. We have the decision.Joining the backup vocalists tomorrow night,
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the winner of the competition --number twenty-seven, Ally McBeal !
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-You did it!-Oh my god. Oh my god.
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-You believe this?-Where did they come from?
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Out of the woodwork. They saw mein the news last night. They're here in support.
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-Are you sure they're for us?-Uh-uh, they are.
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They've been well-wishing me!Check out, over there. Cousin it.
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-All rise!-Mmm.
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-Elaine, you were fantastic.-But you were better.
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-Look. I, I just -----I'm okay with it, Ally.
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Clearly, you're not. ... You know, th-th-they,they could've picked any number of women.
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But they picked you. Like always, it was you.
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A-are you more disappointedthat you didn't win or ... that I did?
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Both. I admit it. Look, Ally,I need to believe that
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I'm better at some things than you.Dancing was one of them.
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Oh, Elaine. You.. y-you're just,you're not. That was a joke.
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I'll be cheering for you tonight,I promise. ...
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-Something you wanted, Ling?-No. Just to say congratulationnns.
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I liked them all. They were good workers.But the company changed.
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-How so?-Well, we used to be a little mom-and-pop shop.
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All the work went on behind closed doors.
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And, then, with the new office--it was one big room
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all the design work was done in the open.
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And we'd bring clients in,they'd see it all in progress,
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and they'd meet our artist. Well,these people, they'd ... alienate clients.
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-How did they alienate clients?-Well, Paul's clapping his hands all day.
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And Mindy is obese, and some peopleunfortunately associate that with laziness.
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Uh, Benny's face scares children,and Matthew's in a dress.
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I had clients looking around, thinking thatit was some kind of halfway home.
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I, I can show you statistically thatonce I brought these people out in the open,
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-well, I started losing business.-But do you think it's fair just to fire them?
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No, I never said it was fair.But I have to be allowed to
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make my company competitive.I shouldn't be forced to be handicapped.
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And it is my company.Don't I get rights? It's my company.
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So, just fired them? Never mindyears of company service.
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They look like oddballs.Just fire the bastards!
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Objection.
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Withdrawn! Don't you consider it prejudiceto judge somebody on looks?
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I wasn't doing it. The clients were.
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Well, how do you not foster that bigotrywhen you respond to it in this way?
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-Hey!-Oh, who cares?
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Ever think eccentricitycould be a selling point?
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It goes with distinction, individualism ----
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Is that what I'm supposed to say? --
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"Look at the distinctive defensetackle wearing the dress"?
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That's a fetish, Mr. Schoefield!A transvestite fetish.
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That is a mental disorder.As is Mr. Potts' compulsive clapping!
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Do you have any idea how hard it isto survive in today's marketplace?
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-Well, so, just broom the freaks!-Objection!
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Clients make quick decisions, Mr. Cage.
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They choose companies thatinstill them with confidence.
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And those four people, wonderfulas they are, they couldn't do it.
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And as president of my companyI have a responsibility.
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-Did any of their design work ever fall below?-It isn't always about product. It's about selling.
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That's business, Mr. Cage.Selling! Selling! Selling!
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Selling! Selling! Selling!
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-Oh god ...-And they couldn't do it.
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-Because they were oddballs!-You said that. Not me.
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-Called me ugly? You chewed him out!-Matthew, he is the defendant!
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But you didn't have to getall nasty on him like that!
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-I ... I had to cross-examine -----You rabid little bulldog!
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-I had to ... Eh, e-excuse me?-You were a little vicious, John.
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-If the jury ==.-That's the man we're suing!
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-Sue, sue, sue!-But you're still ----
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Oh, pipe down, Paul!
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-All right! ... Now, come on. Group hug. ==.-Oh, balls! Group hug?
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Don't you people dare tell mehow to try this case!
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That man is the defendant!If I don't get him, we don't win!
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Could you all, uh ...Could youexcuse us? Just one, one minute.
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-What's was that, John?-Just trying to win the damn case, that's all.
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Yes you are, yes you are.When it comes to trying cases,
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there's nobody more unflappablethan you are in the courtroom.
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Hey, I was under control in there.
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You yelled at Paul to pipe down.He's got OCD, John, and you yelled at him.
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He's probably out there clapping nowrepeating himself to the fat one.
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Yeah. Well, it's a shameI don't have your sensitivity, Richard.
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What's wrong? What, really?
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It's this case, you know.I told you I was fraught.
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-I am still fraught. The case has me ...-Fraught. Yeah.
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-Shall I close?-No.
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I was just hoping that I could actuallyget to meet Ms. Turner.
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You just sing the lyrics, sweetheart.The girls will help you.
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Well, I know. But I, but I thought thatI could just say hello first.
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I mean, I, I, I just feel th-thatshe and I have so much in common.
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If you do get to speak, darling,don't be telling her that.
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-Well, what about rehearsal? Are, aren't we -----You rehearsed with the girls.
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-I know, but I'm singing backup for her.-Honey, you're ----
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-I won the contest. I should get to meet her !!!-Okay, let's get this show rolling, everybody!
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Hi. Hi, hi, Miss Turner.Hi, I'm, I'm Ally McBeal.
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-It is such an honor to ...-Sweet.
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-To, to meet you ...-How was it?
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Hey. Exciting.
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Listen. I'm sorry, I only know youas Number Twenty-Six.
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Elaine Vassal.
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Yeah. Tell somebody who cares. Look.
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Between me and you, the lady, Miss Turner,she don't [sic] like to get shown up.
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-You know what I'm saying?-Actually, no.
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You were the best dancerlast night. But too good.
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The lady don't like to get shown up.That's between you and me.
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-You clear?-Yes, ma'am.
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Ladies and gentlemen. Tina Turner!
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Sixty years old. What do you think?Wattlectomy?
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-Shh.-Uh, wh-where's Ally?
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-Ally, Great.-Yeah, yeah.
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-Ally, you were so good!-Fine.
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-I don't want to talk about it.-Did you meet her? How ----
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I said I don't want to talk about it!And you talk about it.
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Now, what part of I don't want totalk about it do you not understand?
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Ally, it's about you --your favorite subject.
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What's the matter?
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Oh, what? Now I have an obligation to you, too?You're the last person I want to talk to, trust me!
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One night and she's a diva.
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When I was a boy, I had a group of buddiesand we would do everything together.
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When we were nine, we even did that,uh, blood brother thing.
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Remember where you'd cut your arm a littleand kind of rub it on each other? ==.
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Kids don't do it today, I suspect. Well,I mean, who knows what you can catch?
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But, um, when we were twelve andtree houses gave way to movies,
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and by the time we were fourteen, it was girls.And at fourteen, it became important to be "cool."
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Well, I, I wasn't. I had a kind of a funny little face,and my mother dressed me in cardigans
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and sweaters, and I stuttered and ...Well, I, I wasn't cool, at all.
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And my friends just kind of drifted away.They didn't turn on me, they just.. Well, I mean,
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they got invited to the parties and I didn't.They were popular with the girls, I wasn't.
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And one day, they were just == gone.
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You know, I didn't let anybody seeme cry, but, uh, I did, I did cry. ...
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Yeah, it's, it's tough being a kid.Kids can be cruel.
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How wonderful it was to becomean adult, to foray into a world
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where people don't discriminate on looks.
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Adults don't pick on the disenfranchised.Grown-ups judge each other on character.
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And when you a get job, you're appraisedon the quality of your work.
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Adults are tolerant. And all thebullying and the ridicule,
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the nonsense that a child might have toput up with simply for being funny-looking,
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thank god, that goes away when you grow up.You enter the Land of Opportunity.
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Well, I, I feel indebted to Mr. Schoefield.
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Because of him, these four peoplehave come into my life.
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Matthew Vault, Mindy Platt, Benjamin Winter,
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Paul Potts. Like Mr. Schoefield testified to,wonderful people.
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Like Mr. Schoefield testified to,excellent graphic design artists.
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Now, kids picked on them all their lives,I bet. 'Cause children will do that.
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But how lucky 'cause they now livein the world of adults --
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a world where bigotry simply doesn't exist;
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a world where people, all peoplehave the right to work;
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where people, if they do their jobs well,don't get fired!
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It is the Land of Opportunity.
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Which means that every kid candream of growing up and maybe
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one day starting his or her own company;and hire the people you think will best serve
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that company, fire the ones you think don't.
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The graphics design business isabout presentation.
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Yes, it used to be solely aboutpresenting the finished product.
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And then, whatever was "hip"or "trendy" or "cool" ... If you will.
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That's what sold. It still does. But today,clients don't just look at portfolios.
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They visit studios. They want to seewho's doing the designing.
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They want to be impressed thatthe designers themselves are cool.
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-Objection. Your Honor, th-this is boring.-Mr. Fish.
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These four people were unable tocultivate new business.
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It's as simple as that. Was it the dress,the weight, the face, the clapping?
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We don't know. All we know is thatthey weren't satisfactorily expanding
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the client base at Schoefield Design.If they were, do we really think
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Mr. Schoefield would have fired them?Do we really?
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-What?-Can I ... help?
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No! ... Nghh! Ngphh, uphh, uhhh!
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Ally? This is the problem withhaving a night like last night,
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where you get to pretendto be somebody else.
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-It is?-Yes.
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Next day, you go back to beingwhat you really are. And it's devastating.
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-Are you crazy?-Yes!!!
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-My hair ...-What's going on?
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Oh, could you just go away, please!
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-Ally?-I said go away!
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What are you going to do?Hit me, too?
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-I saw you last night.-So?
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I saw ten of you and ... and then,I saw twenty of you and ...
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and then, the whole room was you.Hhh. It was awful.
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-The whole room was me?-Uh ... yes.
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-Why?-I don't knowww! That's why I'm so upset!
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Th-that's why I'm banging down stall doors!
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And the, the last thing I want to befantasizing about is you! ...
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-Talk about regressing!-That was a putdown.
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Well, the, the lyrics of the song about,about anger and.. and heartache, and..
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-and your face. Huh, yuh, I, I don't know why ...-Are you still angry?
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Well, I didn't think so, but.. I don't know,
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-maybe I am.-Over?
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Wh-why do I have to do all the analysis?Why, why can't you ----
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You have already done it!What are you angry over?
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Maybe because you left me again!
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And we broke up as a couple.Which I'm fine with, relieved with.
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Actually, when I think about what ...
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Well, we rode it out,and we settled in as friends,
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which was important to me.And, and now, we're not even friends anymore.
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-That's not my fault.-It is your fault!
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-You went off and became the new Billy!-Who, you rejected!
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W-well, how couldn't I?You were a massive dope!
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Your, your, your, your head.Your, your ridiculous Billy Girls.
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An-and ... an-and your malesensitivity classes,
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and now you're trying tomount your secretary.
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I mean, how could I be your friend? ...
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An-and then, now, the way,the way that you can still see ... in me.
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And how you knew I wanted to dance, and ...I so want your friendship back.
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-I so m, I ... I ... I so miss it.-Then, let's get it back.
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-Hm... How?-We can just start talking again.
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Ugh. Well, it isn't that simple, Billy, okay?
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-You can't just -----It can be, if we try. What's new?
436
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Just this last month what's beengoing on in your life?
437
00:38:08,833 --> 00:38:17,384
Well ... I met this fantastic guy.
438
00:38:17,384 --> 00:38:20,947
Well, he turned out to be a paranoidschizophrenic and homeless.
439
00:38:20,947 --> 00:38:22,646
Dumped him.
440
00:38:22,646 --> 00:38:27,244
Met another great guy who ...laughed like a cow.
441
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Dumped him.
442
00:38:28,466 --> 00:38:34,877
And then, this fabulous guy.Bisexual. Dumped him.
443
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And last night, I sang with Tina Turner.
444
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Well, that's a start. Maybe we cango out for drinks later, and ...
445
00:38:46,938 --> 00:38:53,782
-And you could tell me about Sandy.-I could tell you about Sandy.
446
00:38:53,782 --> 00:38:58,703
-You like her?-I do.
447
00:38:58,703 --> 00:39:09,448
My friendship with you.. it's everything.I'm sorry I've gone off the way I have.
448
00:39:09,448 --> 00:39:16,789
-Are you back?-I'm back.
449
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Members of the jury,you've reached your verdict?
450
00:39:29,216 --> 00:39:32,201
-We have, Your Honor.-What say you?
451
00:39:32,201 --> 00:39:34,969
In the matter of Vault et al.vs.Schoefield Design,
452
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on the charge of wrongful termination,we find in favor of the defendant.
453
00:39:40,389 --> 00:39:41,483
Mother!
454
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This concludes your service.You're dismissed. This matter is adjourned.
455
00:39:44,252 --> 00:39:47,446
I'm sorry.
456
00:39:47,446 --> 00:39:50,978
Oh, listen, we're sorry. I-if we'd settled,you would have got your contingency.
457
00:39:50,978 --> 00:39:53,366
-Well, I'm not here for the money, Mr. Winter.-Uh, that would be me.
458
00:39:53,366 --> 00:39:56,893
You know, you people fought for yourself,and then, I was proud to fight with you.
459
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Uh, excuse me, people.
460
00:39:59,617 --> 00:40:03,780
You know, sometimes, there istriumph in the battle alone.
461
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There will be a victory paradeimmediately following,
462
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starting in front of the courthouse.And I invite you all to join.
463
00:40:10,468 --> 00:40:12,249
-John ...-What you doing?
464
00:40:12,249 --> 00:40:15,921
-It's time you were in a parade.-W-we got no band.
465
00:40:15,921 --> 00:40:17,943
No. We have no band, we have no permits.
466
00:40:17,943 --> 00:40:20,386
Uh, well, we just have to supplythe music ourselves.
467
00:40:20,386 --> 00:40:23,013
-How do we do that?-Well, uh ...
468
00:40:23,013 --> 00:40:32,664
Paul, give us a beat. And just keep going.Okay. I need you to think, people.
469
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When you hear the music in your head,wave your arms.
470
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Okay, feel it. You need to feel it!
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