All language subtitles for Popular (1999) - S01E18 - Ch-Ch-Changes (480p DVD x265 Panda)_track4_[eng]

Very impressive, brooke.

You have quite a touch
With the carving knife.

Thank you, mr. Don.

Ah, sammie.

See, that bird ain't gonna fly.

No, sir. See, the grooves
In the wings are too deep.

See how brooke worked
With the grain, not against it?

See?
Yup.

She's real good
At that.

Thanks, mr. Don.

Harrison, boy, oh, boy.

Tell me, where'd you
Learn to sand like this?

I don't know.

I guess I've just always
Been interested in sawdust.

That's a gift.

Keep it up, buddy.

Thanks.

[clattering]
[boy] Oh!

Uh-huh!
You know, s.D., if you're
Not using a power tool,

You don't have
To wear goggles.

Have you seen
My main man's slap shot?

Ooooh...
Why don't you take it
For a test-drive?

Ooooh!
Come on.

[horn sounds]
Oh!

Smooth move, mr. D!

All right, you guys.
Take your seats.

I got a couple
Of announcements.

First:

Please remember that

Design concepts for final
Projects are due on friday.

[students groans]

On a more personal note,

As of tomorrow,

I'm going to be looking
A little different

Than you kids are used to,

But please know that
I'm still the same old teacher,

And you can count on me.

Along these lines,

From now on,

I would greatly appreciate it

If you all called me

Ms. Debbie,

Instead of mr. Don.

As of tomorrow,

I will be embarking on a one-way
Journey toward womanhood.

It's taken me

A long time to get the courage,

But I can no longer
Fight the truth.

I am a gender-crosser.

Say what?

I'm having a sex change.

Okay? Great.

Moving on
To cross-grain sanding.

♪ think it over once or twice ♪

♪ what lasts
the longest in this life ♪

♪ character
or rock-hard thighs ♪

♪ in the end do you believe ♪

♪ that beauty lies
in what you see ♪

♪ 'cause if you do,
then, baby ♪

♪ you've been deceived ♪

♪ well, me and b ♪

♪ we hate supermodels ♪

♪ it's just that I'm tired
of being compared ♪

[tv newscaster]
the u.S. Government
on wednesday

issued new export regulations

allowing u.S. Companies to ship
computer software products

to commercial firms,
individuals

and nongovernment users
without a license.

Hey, did I tell you
What happened

Yesterday at school
With mr. Don?

You know, my shop teacher?

[sighs]

Mom...

Did you even get up and
Go to bed last night?

Nope.

Fell asleep during
An oprah rebroadcast

And woke up to katie couric.

Listen, it's been about a month
Since you stopped working,

And all you do is lie around
All day and watch game shows.

[tv audio stops]

You need to find a new job.

[tv audio resumes]

I'm tired, okay?

I got on the web
Last night,

And I found
Some cool stuff.

There's a bunch of
Job listings here.

Some are even
For pharmacists.

You know, I-I think that
You'll feel a lot better

If you just
Get back out there.

All right.

I'll make a few calls.

♪ ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ♪

♪ turn and face the strain ♪

♪ ch-ch-changes ♪

♪ don't wanna be a richer man ♪

♪ ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ♪

♪ turn and face the strain ♪

♪ ch-ch-changes ♪

♪ just gonna have to be
a different man ♪

♪ time may change me ♪

♪ but I can't trace time ♪

♪ I said that time
may change me ♪

♪ but I can't trace time ♪

This is so crying game.
I can't believe it.

[carmen]
I don't get it.

Why dress like a woman?

And why wear those shoes with
That dress? They don't match.

[laughs]

Why so glum,
My little anti-bicep?

[carmen]
Oh. Duh, cindy lou who.

He just had his duck lamp
Fondled by a she-male.

These is troublin' times.

Yeah. Dude looks like a lady.
[laughing]

[clears throat]

I still think it's like
Some joke. Like candid camera.

It's weird to have a class
With her now.

I mean him.
I mean... What do I mean?
I don't know.

What I mean is that

I don't think I feel
Comfortable in there anymore.

So switch classes, hon.

I say drop mr. Doubtfire's
And avoid the nightmares.

Last night, I woke up
In a terrifying sweat.

I envisioned myself
Wearing a florida housewife

Muumuu.

That's wrong.

[laughing]
[mary] My god, y'all!

What?

It's mama cherry.

Yeah, all mutual funds
Are down, mary cherry.

Oh, no, y'all,
This is no financial crisis.

It's an event
More terrifying

Than kathie lee gifford
Singing "Cabaret."

Mama cherry's
Discrimination case

Has been denied
By the u.S. Government.

She's wingin'
Her way out west

For community service
To pay her debt to society.

Which is?

Cherry cherry's substitute
Teachin' our home ec class!

- ha-ha!
- now I'll never get an "A"!

[cherry]
Carmen ferrara.
Here.

Nicole julian.

Here.

Adam rothchild ryan.

Here.

Damn!

I bet your real name's
Alice, ain't it?

No, mrs. Cherry. Our school
Has an open electives policy.

Girls can take shop class,
Boys, home ec.

It's a modern idea.

Who's runnin' this place?
A commie pinko?

- um, mama?
- hmm?

Where's mrs. Herlihy?
She's on bed rest.

Which you would be, too,

If you'd had
Your uterus removed.

Which I'd have done
16 years ago if I'd known

The bad hand motherhood
Was gonna deal me.

Any more questions?

Alice, shoot.

Mrs. Cherry,

What brings a fortune 500 ceo
To teach at kennedy?

In a word, alice, injustice.

Sheer gender discrimination.

I know why
The caged bird sings, kids.

Yes, I do.

It all started 12 years ago.

[siren wailing]

I'd just left
my seventh husband

and was in a hurry
to get on to my eighth.

suddenly, out of nowhere,
my day is ruined

by a copper who looked
shockingly like erik estrada.

if I'd had my 8-track
of "I shot the sheriff,"

I'd have popped it in
right then.

Ma'am,

Are you aware
That you're speeding?

Nope. Get a little quicker
With your questions, pokey.

I'm a lady on the go.
[coughing]

Ma'am, why are you allowing
Your daughter to smoke?

She's puttin' on weight.
Why the hell else

You think I got a "Danger
Wide load" bumper sticker?

All right,
Out of the car.

from the get-go,
he was rude.

didn't even offer
to help me out of my car.

I'm gonna have to
Give you a ticket.

I'm gonna have to
Give you the finger.

Lady, I'm bookin' you.
Spread 'em.

Only after a wedding proposal
And a credit check.

The lesson I want to impart
To all you girls

And alice is this:

Never give up
Without a fight,

No matter how monolithic-like
The institution.

Also, always wear
A pricey new outfit to court
Every day of your trial.

Now, next objective.

We're gonna learn
Real women's work.

The corporate takeover.

In this class, every participant
Will get one million dollars

Of class "A" preferred stock
In cherry cherry corp.,

To be used exclusively
For our collective hostile bid.

Who wants in?

Wow.

Nice change of pace, mom.

Did you do anything today?

Did you make even
One call about a job?

[sobs]

Mom, wait, wait, wait.

Hey, I just...

Hey, come on.

Sheila left me.

What?

Why?

I don't know.

She said
We'd grown apart.

What happened at work
Was too painful.

[exhales]

I can't blame her.

I'm not very lovable
These days.

Mom, I'm sorry.

It's so strange.

Just last month,

I thought everything
Was so great.

I came out.

I had sheila.

Now my life's just a mess.

I should never have opened
My big mouth at work.

None of this
Would have happened.

Mom, this is who you are.

Who I am, honey,
Has lost me everything.

Are you feeling so bad right now

Because I didn't
Support you enough?

What I'm saying is
We shouldn't be surprised

If your father suddenly calls
And sues for custody.

Well, then we'll fight it.

Like you should fight
The pharmacy chain

That only fired you
'cause you're gay.

It's a giant corporation, honey,
With like a gazillion lawyers.

It's the right thing to do, mom.

Those people at the pharmacy
Don't know you, the real you.

The world doesn't work that way.

You can be different. Fine.

Just don't talk about it.

Because if you do,
There are consequences.

That's how
The world works, harrison.

That's the way it works.

[phone rings]
I'll get it.

Oh, um, jane,

I almost forgot.

Principal hall
Gave me permission

To change my elective
As long as you guys sign off.

You're switching
Out of shop class?

I thought you liked shop.

Yeah, well, I changed my mind.

Around the time our teacher
Decided he wanted to change

From a he to a she.
[sam] So typical.

No tolerance for anyone
Who deviates

From your airbrushed ideal
Of perfection.

[jane]
Ahem, uh, back up.

Uh, your shop teacher, mr. Don,
Is becoming a woman?

Yes, and I think

That it's courageous what he...

What she is doing.

Really?

Why don't you put your money
Where your mouth is?

Where's the pro-sex change
Editorial?

We just got a call about
A special p.T.A. Meeting
On friday.

We have to vote on a motion
To have a shop teacher removed.

The guy who won best teacher
Last year. What's his name?

Debra.

Today we will learn
How to use the scroll saw

To turn this ordinary
Block of wood

Into a beautifully
Contoured doorstop.

You think mr. Don
Still gets any?

Don't make me go there.

Guys, she's gonna hear you.

"She"? Maybe you should join her
On the dark side, harriet.

Jerks.

[laughing]

[bell rings]

Oh.

Thank you.

I just wanted to say
That I'm sorry.

There are a lot of jerks in this
Class, and you deserve better.

And, uh, I also said some stuff,
And I shouldn't have.

I'm sorry about that.

That's okay.

You should, um...
You should fight back.

I don't think the administration
Would agree with you.

They can't just fire you.
You're a great teacher.

I did the research, harrison,
And they can.

So, you're just gonna take it?

Well, my wife
And three boys support me,

And that's what really matters.

But thank you for your support
And your idealism.

Hold on to that
For as long as you can, son.

All right.

Save our teacher.
Save our school.

Save our teacher.
Save our school.

Save our teacher...
What's goin' on?

I'm, uh, starting a sit-in.

To save ms. Debbie's job.

You know, this revamped
Teacher's lounge is awesome.

It's kind of like nell's
In the '80s.

It's the least I can do.

The salaries
They keep you teachers on

Barely keep you in cat food.

Klaus, another mochachino
For my friend.

[sniffs]
What the hell is that?

Somebody smells like old lady.

It's avon musk, actually.

Pull up a chair.

Klaus, get ms. Debbie
A cup of josephine.

Then run out and get her
A case of lady stetson.

Don, just because I'm curious,

How long is this charade
Gonna go on?

It's not a charade.

To get the operation, to pass
The psychiatric evaluation,

I have to live as a woman
In society for a year.

Don, what happened to you?

We went fishing together,

Lifted weights,
Bowled in the same league.

I can still do all those things,
Bobbi. I'm the same person.

You're not
The same person.

You turned nancy on me,

And we don't think
You should teach here

Until you figure out
Who the hell you are.

Right, bennet?

Sorry, bobbi. I really don't
Want to get political here.

You're the one who requested the
Hearing on friday, aren't you?

Proud to say
I'm a judas, yes.

I find your relationships
With students

To be perverse
And unhealthy.

You have no proof
Of that, bobbi.

Yet.

Pass the bear claws.

Thanks for the josephine,
Cherry cherry.

This is very nice.

So you're doing this
For your mother?

Yeah. No. I don't know.
It's complicated.

It's about her,
But it's also about me.

All year long,
All we've talked about

Is how we hate the popular crew

For making judgments
Based purely on externals,

For judging us
Because we're not like them.

And I realized that by doing
Nothing about ms. Debbie

And making all the clever,
Biting tranny remarks,

That I was everything
I despised, you know?

You're right.
[lily] Wow.

I made fun of ms. Debbie
The way they make fun of me.

[carmen] Can you imagine being
Ms. Debbie right now?

He must feel
Persecuted and hunted.

- just like I feel with nicole.
- right.

Oh, look, b,
The wannabe's have opened
A transsexual sign-up booth.

Harrison,
You little rocky horror,
Can I borrow your fishnets?

Why don't you ask brooke?
It's the right thing to do.

You're about being
Politically correct, right?

I have a right to be myself

And choose who I want
To surround myself with.

Just because we have
A difference of opinion

Doesn't mean that we can't be
Civil to each other.

[scoffs]

I respect your point of view.

Hey, brooke.

Do you remember at the dance
When you asked me if I'd be

Interested in you
If you weren't pretty?

You wanted to know if I
Valued what was inside you
As much as your looks.

Harrison,
What's your point?

My point is,

Every time ms. Debbie
Looks at your empty chair,

She feels that exact
Same judgment from you.

[sniffles]

- back on point, harrison.
- you can count on us.

Absolutely.

Thanks, guys.

I say we turn this hallway
Into a squatters' camp.

Yup, we can go to rightworth and
Get poster boards and a hibachi.

That's the company
That canned my mom, lil.

Oh.

Right.

If we organize
And fight smart,

Then maybe
We can prevent ms. Debbie

From feeling
As bad as my mom.

Maybe nobody
Has to feel bad.

I'll be back. I've got
One more class to catch.

Okay.

I'm not a freak.

I'm not a freak.

[nicole] What's wrong
With your mother?

She always gets this way
If she has to miss the view.

[adam]
Mrs. Cherry?

Are you okay?

There's just a lot of pain
In the world, kids. That's all.

Listen up.

Now, as anybody can tell
By my stunning outfit,

I got plenty of money.

But it takes more than
Dead presidents

To pull off a takeover.

It takes brains.

Brains and the guts to find

The perfect company
That's right for the kill.

Let's hear some pitches.

I propose
We take over rightworth.

Hold up, mushroom cap.
You can't waltz into my class
Late and start blabbin'.

I oughta dock you $200,000.

Rightworth is
A really good target.

Their stock's at a 52-week low.
What's their achilles heel?

Terrible discrimination
Practices. I know about
One wrongful termination.

There may be more.

- can you prove it?
- actually...

No.

Listen, tiny.

Listen, all of you.
Never say no.

Especially if you got
Cherry cherry behind you

Holding her bankbook
And wearing

Steel-toed cow paddy kickers.

Let's take 'em out. Alice!

Execute a buy order
For 200,000 shares of rightworth
At market value. Asap!

Yes, ma'am.

[carmen]
We have almost ten signatures.

300 more,
And we're in business.

We'll present them at friday's
Board meeting to show that

This school's students will not
Tolerate discrimination.

I'm gonna photocopy more fliers
And pick up marshmallows

So we can make s'mores.

Harrison.

Mom? Why are you here?

Principal hall called me
Down to her office

To discuss your legal rights.

So now you've become
A revolutionary all of a sudden?

I'm tired of people
Being punished

Just for being themselves.

I'm not gonna stand for it.

I will not have you
Screw up your education

Fighting for some
Hopeless cause.

You don't know what
You're getting into.

People really don't like

Having their prejudices exposed.
That's too bad.

I'm not gonna stop telling the
Truth until somebody hears me.

Well, principal hall
Has heard you.

Good.

Didn't I see you
Two weeks ago at the
Melissa etheridge concert?

Miss glass, sir,
This is my mother.

Great. Then I'll kill
Two birds with one stone.

Harrison,

Be aware, sport.

If you continue to play u.S.A.
For africa in these halls,

You're goin' down.

Wai--

[jane]
Let me get this straight.

You're planning
A sit-in at kennedy high

To help save ms. Debbie's job.

Well, I applaud
The sentiment, sam,

But I don't think
A strike is the way to go.

We need to do something
To attract attention.

A shop teacher in chiffon
Would take care of that.

You think this is a joke,
Don't you?

I actually think
It's very serious.

I don't think this is
A transition that he...

She-- whatever--

Needs to be making
In front of students.

You're gonna vote
Against him, aren't you?

Let's just have dinner.

We'll discuss it later.

This is not college
This man is teaching.
It is high school.

These kids are dealing with
Identity problems of their own.

[jane] Who are you
Trying to protect?

Changes are happening around
These kids all the time.

If a teacher wanted to get
Divorced in the middle
Of a semester

Or remarried,
Should we fire them?

There was a time when a woman
Couldn't walk in front of
A classroom of kids pregnant.

What year do you wanna
Go back to? 1871?

This person is clearly
Under great emotional strain

And most likely very confused.

No, daddy, he's not.

You're the one
Who's confused.

Sam, I wanna help
Ms. Debbie save her job.

What can I do?

[blaring]

People. People.
May I have your attention?

Now comes the hard part.

The administration's
Gonna try and say

That we're
"Creating a disturbance."

They're gonna try and force us
To stop supporting our woman

And instead
Start listening to the man.

[wind whistling]

I'd like to turn the floor over

To our chief information
Officer, miss lily esposito,

Who can tell us
What to expect today.

Let's show some love for lily!

Yeah!
Go, lily!

[applause continues]

[feedback from bullhorn]

I've done a lot of research

On nonviolent demonstrations,

And I have to warn you,

They don't always end
Nonviolently.

They could suspend us.

They could drive us
Out of here by force.

These people are not above
Using crowd control measures

Such as tear gas
Or even the aqua ram.

Aqua ram? Is that the swim team?

It's like a fire hose,
Only more bloody.

We don't know
What they'll do.

We just know
They'll do something.

Oh, my god.

♪♪ [guitar]

I'm so tired.

What's the official
Nonviolent position on napping?

[lily]
I don't get it.

Why would the administration
Just ignore us?

[harrison] Hang in there, guys.
We gotta keep the faith.

This could be it!
Positions, everybody!

[rumbling]

You kids settin' up
For a square dance?

Are you representing yourself
Or the administration?

The administration
Isn't looking for a clash.

Publicity is what you're after
And, boo-hoo, jane fonda,

You're not gonna get any.

But if you're lookin' for
A kick-ass square dance caller,

I could be persuaded.

♪ alaman left, alaman right ♪

♪ swing with the opposite lady
Swing that lady round ♪

♪ then promenade ♪

Guys, bobbi glass is right.
We need publicity.

[brooke]
Hey, guys,

What about that windbag
On channel 8?

What's his name?
Oh, gary's corner.

He fights all wrongs.
I know that guy.

I called him to cover
My frog dissection protest.

I have his number.

Hi. Um, this is lily
From kennedy high.

I need to speak to gary.

I can't believe this.
She knows him.

What do you mean
He's already at kennedy?

Welcome to gary's corner!

We fight the wrongs!

But today, we're
Spotlighting a right!

With me is billionairess
Cherry cherry

With her new innovative
Curriculum in home economics.

Ms. Cherry is gonna teach
Our kids how to invest

In the economy, which is good
For us and good for america.

Give me that mike.
You talk too much.

Hi. Welcome to another edition
Of gary's corner,

Starring me, cherry cherry.

Moving on.

We have the ceo of rightworth
As our guest today.

Give it up for mr. Harold bean.

It's my pleasure.

You can sweet-talk
All you want, weasel,
But viewers need to know

You're here today because
My kids bought your company.

Like it or not,
Your job's on the line.

We've got questions for you
To see if we should keep you on.

Mr. Bean, I was always taught
That a successful company
Is a happy company.

How's the morale
Among your employees?

Well, uh,

Employee relations are of the
Utmost importance at rightworth.

That's why we give a 5% discount
To all our employees.

Except on liquor.

[adam]
That's nice.

But according to
Employment records,

You also discriminate against
Minorities and people of color.

What's going on here?

[cherry]
Look. Another question.

And this one's from
My sweet little girl.

Thank you, mama.

Mr. Bean-a-worth,
How do you plead to the charge

That you wrongfully
Exterminated a lesbian lady.

Oh, I'm sorry, mama.
Terminated?

She's not smart or pretty,
But she's loyal as
A rottweiler.

We didn't wrongfully
Terminate anyone.

Yes, you did, bobby bigot,
And I just aired your dirty
Discrimination laundry

To the whole world,
Which you deserved.

You're fired.

Fake, stupid anchorpeople,
Back to you.

Mr. Bennet,
Have you seen the media?

We need them
To save ms. Debbie.

I think they were in home ec.

You find ms. Debbie. I'll
Stall the jive turkey media.

Mr. Bennet,
We could also use you.

[harrison] We were thinking
You could speak out with us.

If a faculty member who's also
A minority joined us, then...

I'm gonna have to decline.
This is tough stuff.

Yes, I like ms. Debbie.

Also, yes,
I'm afraid to lose my job.

I-I'm out.

That was my own battle,

But I don't think
The last shot's been fired.

I thought journalists,
Role models,

Risked safety all the time
To do what's right.

I'm not the story here.

The person you need on board
Is ms. Debbie.

She's your star witness.

What you guys need
To show the media

Is where does ms. Debbie stand?

[screams]

Relax, mary cherry.
He's hideous, not dangerous.

[mary]
Oh, I'm sorry, nic,

But seeing this lady with a wee
Willy winky has traumatized me.

How will I sleep at night?
[debbie] I-I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to startle you.
I'll just wait outside.

Wait.

For the first time,
My sense of style

Has to override
My christian convictions.

I would be betrayin'
My oath

As a glamazon
If I let you walk out of here

Lookin' like
Ten miles of bad road.

I'm just bad at this
Froo-froo stuff.

Can I ask you girls a question?

How do you always look
So beautiful and overly made-up

Like expensive call girls?

Well, ms. Debbie, stop.
I'm blushin'.

And that shade of blush

Happens to be
The perfect color

That would offset
Your eyes, ms. Deb.

Ms. Debbie, sit...

And learn.

♪♪ [harp]

I call this successful makeover
"Uncle miltie be gone."

Remember, only I look good
In green eye shadow.

Bye, hon.

I gotcha now, donny boy.

Just wait till
The p.T.A. Committee hears this.

seeing this lady with a wee
willy winky has traumatized me.

how will I sleep at...

I knew you couldn't
Resist this place.

Sitting down while you pee
Is overrated, don. Know that.

Why do you hate me
So much, bobbi?

I think you hate me
Because all this hits

A little too close
To home, doesn't it?

You could make
The leap, too, bob.

Just be aware
Of the consequences.

Like losing good friends.

Hey! Ms. Debbie, great news!

We've got a news crew
Interested in your story.
They just need five minutes.

Look, you guys,
I appreciate everything,

But the last thing
I need to do is put my family

Through a messy
Public spectacle.

They're going through enough.

You won't talk to the media?

Definitely not.

But, ms. Debbie,

The reporters,
The camera people,

They're already here.

They're right outside?
Yeah.

No, I don't want this.
Okay.

Uh...

We may have a problem.

Where the hell is he? She!

There she is!

[lily]
Ms. Debbie!

[lily]
Ms. Debbie!

- hi. Do you like my hat?
- oh, you're one foxy tranny.

Thank you.

I can't believe you did this.
This is really bad.

Would you like it if the media
Was camped outside your house?

Hounding you?
Making you feel like a prisoner?

I'm sorry. Okay?

We had no idea they would ambush
Ms. Debbie's house like that.

Look, uh, you can stay here
Until after the 11:00 news,

And they'll probably
Pack it in after that.

That's not gonna happen, son.

My wife just said

Three news crews have shown up
In the last half hour.

They're shining
The lights in the place.

They're terrifying her.

She's a very shy,
Sweet woman.

She doesn't deserve this.

I told her
We'd keep this private,

Deal with it as a family.

My youngest son, mike,

Is a freshman in college
Over at ucla.

He's in a frat.
You know what they'll do to him?

If I fight this battle publicly,

Everybody loses.

Look, it's not over
Until it's over.

There's still a chance the
P.T.A. Meeting could go our way.

I'm not going to that.

- what?
- I don't blame you, debbie.

Those people
Just can't understand.

If neither one of you
Want to fight, fine.

I'm out, too, okay?

I'm done with this.
But I was just trying to help.

[door slams]

[jane]
"Gendernaut"?

Makes ms. Debbie
Sound like an alien.
Totally.

[mike]
Good morning.

[clears throat]

If I'm gonna be in the doghouse

For voting
With my conscience, fine.

So be it.

[jane]
Look, mike,

I know that, as a man,
When you hear that another man,

In a skirt, no less,
Is teaching your daughters,
It's a little threatening.

It's more than threatening.

It-it-it's... Ugh!

Wrong?

Who are we to judge that?

We had this exact same
Conversation with our parents

That we are now having
With our daughters,

Only then, when we were
The self-righteous ones

Who knew everything,
What were the causes?

Feminism? Civil rights?

As I recall,
You told me a story

About a certain thanksgiving
Where you walked away

From your grandfather's house

Because he referred to
A black person as the "N" word.

That is totally different
From this situation, jane.

What this situation is about,

To me, seems as very clear
And very simple.

I want my kids to judge people
By what they stand for

And not what they stand in.

[scoffs] What?

This new dude sucks.

He nailed me with a "C"

'cause I didn't
Specify the dimensions
On my tissue dispenser.

- what?
- shh!

What a chump. Ms. Debbie
Would've never done that.

Ms. Debbie got her freak on,
But at least she was cool.

Any more space
On that petition, harrison?

We want
Ms. Debbie back.

We wanna join the fight.

Muumuu nightmares
Be damned, bro.

[harrison] Why?

Huh? Why now?
[nicole] Well,

After our makeover, she really
Isn't that bad-looking anymore.

You're a day late
And a dollar short.

The revolution will not be
Televised. It's not happening.

Ms. Debbie's on leave
Until tonight's hearing,

Which she isn't showing up for.

So there will be no presence
At the meeting to fight for.

It's over.

Joe, you hush your wet,
Sexy, petulant-lipped mouth.

If there's one thing
My mama taught me,

It's not over
Till she says so.

What size foot you got, joe?

[horse whinnying]

[robin]
Excuse me.

I got a call
To come to school.

It's about my son's ongoing
Political disturbances.

I can assure you,
He's done with that.

My social secretary
Made the call.

I wanted to talk about you.
Have a seat.

I'm sorry. Who are you?
I'm cherry cherry,

And there's been a mistake
As big as my hair made here.

That would be...
I pulled some top-secret

Personnel files from rightworth,
And it says here

You were in an open relationship
With another gal,

And that's how come
You got the boot.

Obviously that's a big lie.
Look at ya.

Ya ain't got a buzz cut,
And you're wearing

A pastel sweater set
From banana republic.

Sorry. I was lookin' for
A lesbian. Have a nice day.

No, ms. Cherry,
You have the right girl.

I am a lesbian.

It's not all that I am,
But it's part of the package,

And I can't deny that.

Oh. Cuttin' to the chase then,
You're hired.

Excuse me?

I'm ceo of the corporation now,
And I'm trying to remedy

Our discrimination problem
We got down there.

You mean that
You want to rehire me?

Give me my old job back?
All right,

Quit playin' hard to get.

I'll triple your old salary
And throw in free tickets

To the women's music festival
Of your choice.

That's my final offer.

Thank you.

Order.

Order, please!

We are here this evening

To discuss the fate of one of
Our teachers, mr. Don jackson,

A.K.A. Ms. Debbie jackson.

We usually begin these
Proceedings with an open forum.

Ms. Debbie jackson
Cannot be here tonight.

I would like it if a board
Member would speak in her favor.

All right, let's move
To the con views.

Finally.

Wait. Somebody wants
To say something, and...

I think they've done it
Quite eloquently.

♪ ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
turn and face the strain ♪

♪ ch-ch-changes ♪

♪ oh, look out,
you rock 'n' rollers ♪

[laughter, applause]
♪ ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ♪

♪ turn and face the strain ♪

♪ ch-ch-changes ♪

♪ pretty soon now
you're gonna get older ♪

- ♪ time may change me ♪
- ridiculous.

♪ but I can't trace time ♪

♪ I said that
time may change me ♪

Is somebody wearing
Lady stetson?

[whip cracking]

[miss glass]
All right, enough.

These "Dragsters" are confused,
And they have no vote.

The only person legitimately
Concerned with ms. Debbie

Is don herself,

And in a show of cowardice,

Has declined to defend
Her monstrous lifestyle.

Harrison john, I think what you
Need is a nice, big detention.

Pick on someone your own size.

- [crowd gasps]
- ms. Debbie, is that you?

Now more than ever,
Principal hall.

[applause]

I wrote down a few thoughts,
If that's okay.

Before hedwig and the angry inch
Are through with their number,

I'd like to say a few words.

Miss glass,
You are out of line, sir.

I just get worked up

When I think about
The effect this individual

Has on the impressionable young
Minds we work so hard to mold.

Now...
[clears throat]

I'm no orator.
I'm a biology teacher.

But I believe I speak
For every right-thinking member

Of this committee when I say,

This nut-job's gotta go!

You don't speak for me, bobbi.

I believe a real woman
Has the floor,

So please shut up!

First, I'm sorry for all the...

Excitement I've caused
Over the last few days.

It was never
My intention.

I'm not here to...

Ask for special treatment.

I'm not here to bore you

With the details of my journey.

I'm here to tell you that...

Regardless of what you decide,

I've never been happier
In my own skin.

I'm not ashamed.

I don't regard
Being a woman as shameful.

And I...

Definitely
Don't think it should

Prevent me from being able
To perform my job.

I know a lot of you
Feel differently.

That's up to you.

But I will always remember

That I stood up for myself
When I had the chance.

And I will never forget
My students.

Thanks to their...

Love and their
Incredibly creative...

Support, I feel as though

No matter what the outcome
Of tonight's vote,

I've already won.

[principal hall] Thank you
Very much, ms. Debbie jackson.

I see no further need
For discussion.

Let's vote.

All those in favor

Of keeping ms. Jackson on
As a teacher at kennedy high,

Please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

[applause]
Yes!

And those opposed.

Nay!
Nay!

Nay!
Nay!

[lily]
Don't listen to her!

You can't do this!
This is ridiculous!

This is discrimination!

[gavel bangs]

[door opens]

My oldest son made this for me.

You know,
You always reminded me of him.

Except you're more tolerant.

You said your family
Supported your decision.

I lied.

He's getting married next month,
And he asked me not to come.

[sighs]

Just keeps gettin' better, huh?
I'm sorry.

I had no idea.
You have nothing
To feel sorry about.

You've been an amazing friend
To me, harrison.

I'll never forget that.

Yeah.

Ms. Debbie?

When I get married,

I'll give you a call.

I'd love for you to be there.

I'd be honored.

[robin]
Harrison?

I've been looking
All over for you.

Here.

[chuckles]

Thanks, sailor.

I am really
Proud of you, honey.

You were right
To take a stand.

And I was wrong
Not to stand with you.

That's okay.

You were in
An unemployment funk.

[laughs]

Speaking of that,
A funny thing just happened.

Hmm?

I got my old job back.
Big promotion, too.

But the really funny thing
About it is,

I would never have been
So blessed and lucky

If I'd stayed
Ashamed and hidden.

Strange how
The world works, huh?

Sometimes you do win
For being who you are.

And sometimes you lose.

He was such
A nice person, mom.

She was just so nice.

♪ to bend and not to break ♪

♪ chin up, try not to quake ♪

♪ I'm grinning on the outside ♪

♪ but I'm a wreck internally ♪

♪ ooh, la la la la ♪

♪ ooh, la la la la ♪