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I do not believe UN week is a competition, Mr. Cannon.

I asked you what the problem was, other than you're being a little insecure.

You know, I'm gonna give you an equal right right in your mouth if you don't

lighten up. He wanted to know if the rumors were true that the two of you

having an affair.

What? We sure they got trouble.

We sure they got trouble. Right here in River City.

Right here. Gotta figure out a way to keep the young ones more all after

Our children's children gonna have trouble.

You know, I want you out of the gig.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about a friend who's got herself so tied up in knots that she

even see straight.

Do you want fame?

Well, fame comes.

And right here is where you start failing and sweating.

Morning. Morning.

Something for you and me?

Yes. Nice.

You got a minute?

No.

Okay.

Oh, David, David, I'm sorry. I truly am. It's just I got a zillion numbers to

do, and I'm a week behind in every one of them. Okay, don't worry about it. You

wanted something. What was it?

You're busy. I can wait till lunch. Don't worry.

You're not mad at me?

Not in the lead.

All right. We make time after lunch. Okay. Okay.

character. So anything you might need to know about one of our students will be

on these cards.

Oh, thank you.

Good points. Excuse me.

Wait a minute. Aren't you Mr.

Swarovski? I can't believe you're still here.

Believe it. Mr. Swarovski, you've probably forgotten who I am.

No, but I've been trying. How are you, Mr. Cannon? Just fine. And looking

forward to the competition.

I do not believe your envy is a competition, Mr. Cannon.

Well, maybe not officially, but I think the kids turn it into one, whether we

like it or not.

I can tell it's heartbreaking for you to say that.

Well, surely you don't think I look upon this as a competitive situation.

Let's face it.

At Edison, academics is all we do.

Singing, dancing, that sort of thing. The kids do that after school.

Here, the situation is exactly reversed.

May I say, with all due respect, that what you just said is an insult to this

school. If what I said is untrue, then it is an insult.

If it is true, it's merely unpleasant.

Bert, Bert, the banner's up, so check it off the list. Oh, good.

Wait for me. I want to talk to both of you.

Now, Mr.

Sharofsky, perhaps you and I should talk, too.

Now, I know I'm meddling, but I'm a firm believer in lighting candles.

Lighting one little candle and fighting all the darkness, you know.

Sure. Now, if either one of you is selected to head up a national

have a resolution I'd like you to offer.

What is it? Well, I know this is only a school project, but I thought if we

could be the ones to bring my idea to the media, well, just think what would

happen if the real U .N. did the same thing.

Mrs. Berg, what exactly is your idea?

I believe the UN should form a multinational military force.

And the first assignment of that force would be to invade and free Comunicado.

To do what? I haven't been able to find it in the Atlas, but it's out there

somewhere. It's an area where a number of governments are keeping their

political prisoners.

In Comunicado?

Exactly. And they keep them there for weeks, even months.

And if we could be the ones to help free those poor people, well, wouldn't that

be a feather in our caps, though?

Sounds terrific.

We'll do whatever we can to help.

Free communicato.

And if our students were in charge of each delegation, they could help your

students along.

The heads of the delegations are determined by drawing lots.

Mr. Sharofsky, may I call you Benjamin?

No.

I'm just trying to be realistic.

I guarantee you, if the kids were putting on a musical production, the

at Edison would naturally assume that your kids would be in charge, as they

should be.

Well, here we're dealing with something that requires academic excellence.

Our students have academic excellence.

Oh, Mr.

Sharofsky, good news. The students from Edison are beginning to arrive.

Mrs. Berg.

Please make up your mind.

Are the students from Edison arriving, or is it good news?

the students and faculty of the School of the Arts, we would like to welcome

visitors from Edison High School, or to put it in a more international vein,

Buena Certa and Feliz Navidad.

At the bell, we will all be gathering in the cafeteria, where you'll receive

your national assignments, and then the... Shouldn't that

sign be over here on the other side?

Come along, please.

Anyway, Dad yelled, coming about, and he put the tiller hard over, and I was the

forward tugging the jib. Next thing I know, the main sheet slips out of his

hand, and the boom comes flying around.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I wasn't looking.

Pip, pip, oh, poop. Don't worry. We were tailgating.

We were fascinated with your story about yachting with Papa.

I can see why you were fascinated.

Hearing someone actually put more than three whole sentences together at the

same time must have been quite an experience for you.

You know something? If you was a man, I'd have

decked you for that.

If you was a man, I bet you would have.

Rasha.

Russia. Do I look Russian?

Nope. Do I look like it matters?

No.

Free communicado.

Whatever you say.

India.

Oh, India. Oh, I get to wear a sari. I look gorgeous.

Oh, I thought I was going to get one of those godforsaken countries where you

have to wear, like, rolled -up rugs and funny hats.

Oh, freak me.

Congratulations. You're the vice -consul from Italy.

All right, Italy.

You're located over in that section.

Oh, give me a break.

Things seem pretty good hands here.

Thought I'd take a little stroll, see how the other half lives.

Take your time.

Is that a sarcasm?

A prayer.

What are you doing?

Hey, I'm just looking at your name tag. Don't get hyper.

Pemberton. Alicia Pemberton. And it's not an Italian name.

Boy, you're quick.

I am Italian.

Really? You don't have a trace of an accent.

Well, I wasn't born there. Have you ever been to Italy?

No, but my grandfather... I spent the last three summers there.

Danny Amatullo.

I didn't ask you what your name was.

I asked you what the problem was, other than you're being a little insecure.

You know, I'm going to give you an equal right, right in your mouth, if you

don't lighten up.

They told us the kids in the school were a little flaky.

We'd probably be intimidated in this kind of setting.

Italy, congratulations.

You two have been selected co -chairpersons of the assembly.

You all set to go?

Are we all set, Signora Amatullo?

Italy, check.

What do you think?

Trouble. I think you may be right.

What I just said was this thought proved very interesting for us both.

Noah, you may know how to talk Italian, but you don't know a thing about what we

call the lovely language of the hands.

I can't believe you just said that.

What? What's a heck of a way to start UN week?

What'd I say?

Well, you just told me to take... All right, people, we're ready to begin.

You have an audition for a musical?

David, I think that's wonderful.

The word terrifying also comes to mind. Oh, come on, David. I heard you sing.

You have a nice voice.

I don't forget the dancing.

Oh, it's not that big a problem. Look, all you need is a recognizable piece of

material, one that shows your voice at the best, and, well, as far as the

dancing goes, they'll show you the steps they want to see, and all you... You

just... You know, come to think of it, I don't remember having

seen you dance.

I mean, I've seen you dance at parties, you know, juggling and bouncing around

and shifting your head from side to side.

Say it.

You dance like a glacier.

Lydia, don't you know some simple dance steps that look good and get the

audience involved?

Come on. Yeah, I do, but usually they involve having to take your clothes off.

I can handle that.

Sounds like an interesting conversation.

Probably not fit for the ears of a U .N. observer.

May I join you anyway?

Sure, Elizabeth. Plenty of room.

So, what's the topic under discussion?

Nothing.

Just shooting a breeze, you know. A little shop talk after school.

How's things at the U .N.? Anger?

No.

Rage and pouting.

Mr. Sharofsky and that cannon guy from Edison are about to go for each other's

throats. You're exaggerating.

Oh, you think I'm exaggerating? All you have to do is take... Nothing.

Miss Grant, you used to talk about a ballerina, Elsa Carson.

You said she was very good. Do I recall correctly?

Yes, you do. She was wonderful.

Article about her in the paper.

She's in Rome seeking asylum.

Once a defector.

Mrs. Cedar, how are you and Mr. Cannon getting along, Mr.

Shirovsky?

Keep the paper.

See you in the morning.

When

we

get this close...

When we get this close, you're... Why do they write lines like this? People

don't talk like... David, it's a musical cue. When you get to a musical cue, you

can't overanalyze it and look for the reality you do all the time. Just play

line, honey. Go for it. Okay, okay.

When we get this close...

Come on, fool.

And now you take the stage and the audience will accept the dramatic

the musical number.

I was just listening.

That's nice.

You were listening?

These rooms are soundproof.

They are?

Sometimes they leak.

Thanks.

Why aren't you at the meeting taking minutes?

Um, I'm getting it on tape.

And I give the tape to my dad. He takes it to work with him.

They've got this computer there that makes a printout from a cassette.

They've got an SE750?

How did you know it was an SE750?

Oh, I love computers.

So do I.

Oh, the SE750.

Those things cost millions.

Oh, the company's got zillions.

My dad says the money keeps pouring in. Never stops.

What kind of company is it?

I... I don't know.

Something to do with the Pentagon.

See. So, what you doing?

Practicing.

I'm supposed to be the entertainment for the assembly recess.

By yourself?

Well, everyone else is a delegate or in rehearsals.

Don't think I was the first choice.

Would it be easier if you played a duet?

It sure would.

What instrument do you play?

Same as you.

The sousaphone?

I can't believe it. It's true.

You love computers? You play the sousaphone?

I'm probably not in your league.

You are now.

One for you.

It's going to be great.

Good morning, Mrs. Burr.

Oh, Mrs.

Sharofsky, the pillar of our strength.

I shouldn't be at all surprised.

There's such an air about the place during UN week, don't you think?

To be sure.

The students assume a more dignified posture, more mature.

Like...

acting just like Edda.

And you gotta play St. Joan the way St. Joan was.

Not the way some shrink says.

Because those voices, they were real to her. They were divine.

Okay, but what if the actress playing St.

Joan was an atheist?

She'd have to look at this character from a psychiatric point of view.

No, she wouldn't. There's only one point of view, regardless who the actress is.

I mean, you've gotta be St. Joan the way she felt herself.

And become that character as much as you possibly can.

And actors can't go through that night after night.

The great ones do. It's not done.

Hey, don't mind me.

Unless you're talking about that U .A. thing. I don't want to hear no more

politics, trade treaties, nothing.

You are safe. There's no politics going down here.

What about you, Miller? I thought you were all gung -ho over this thing.

Yeah, I was. That's right. You know how thrilling it is to be the protectorate

of Swaziland?

Hello? Is anyone down here?

Over here.

No escape from Polly Preppy.

Your buddy Mortelli told me you'd probably hide out down here.

What a buddy.

You guys met?

Hi.

Look, we're on a recess. We have to be back in ten minutes.

Pass. You got my proxy.

I don't want your proxy. I want your body.

Present. In the chair upstairs. Come on.

Watch my lips.

Boring. Amen.

I mean, politics is a drag.

But it's not all politics.

Matt, what do you call trade agreements and grain embargoes?

Huh? Yeah, well, those trade agreements generate jobs. That creates wages.

And those wages go to families to help buy food. Otherwise, they might starve

death. I don't find that boring or silly.

Of course it's not.

But the problem is that all we have is trade agreements and grain embargoes.

There's no person for us to focus in on, so it's hard for us to really care

about it. You know, you need someone like that, um... East German ballet

What's her name?

Isla? You mean Elsa Karsten?

What about her?

Well, she was performing in Rome, and then all of a sudden she decided to

defect, and now there's a whole big thing going on about it.

That's right.

If we had somebody like that in this UN week, everyone would care because it's a

person. We'd get involved.

Yeah, well, then why don't we do that?

I mean, the school is full of performers.

Why don't you get someone to play Elsa Karsten and make it a human rights

Should she go home? Should she defect?

Is that the kind of thing that people would be interested in?

It's exactly the kind of thing, yeah.

Coco, where are you going?

I've got to go find Mr. Reedy, because he's going to tell me how a girl from

barrio can get into the soul of an East German ballerina.

Yeah, yeah, what are you talking about?

What am I talking about? There's got to be someone to play the part, and that's

me.

Auf Wiedersehen!

Be any armature.

Is it true what they're saying?

That depends on what they say.

But it's lonely at the top. It's all United Nations in turmoil and confusion.

All waiting for you and what's -her -face from Italy.

Alicia?

Waiting for you and Alicia.

Co -chairpersons in the assembly waiting for your guidance and leadership.

Why don't you make like a tree and leave?

Well, you know what Henry Kissinger said, don't you? Do I strike you as the

of person who would know what Henry Kissinger said?

Henry Kissinger said that power...

with the ultimate affidavit.

Yo, Mr. Reed, can I talk to you for a second? Maybe later, Danny. I'm running

late. Hey, hold on. I'll walk with you.

I know. I got to get to class. Hey, I thought this was your free period. Not

exactly.

Not exactly.

Oh, being late.

Yeah, but I... Oh, and I don't have to have a but I.

Did you practice? Yes, I practiced. Well, get over here. Let me see it.

Let's take it from the embrace.

All right.

Well, wouldn't you say that your decision comes down to a matter of

No, I would not say that. That's not true.

Carter! Yo, yo, would you cool it with that thing? You're giving me a headache.

I think you better lighten up a little bit.

Doris, it's all right.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to confuse our friend from East Germany. I'll put the

question another way.

Isn't it true that while it's unlikely for you to get rich in East Germany,

you'll probably become a millionaire in the West? Isn't that true?

Maybe. I guess so, maybe.

So can't we assume that you're putting all these countries through all this so

you can get rich?

No.

I admit money is important. Thank you. Thank you very much. That is not the

deciding factor.

The question is answered.

That's enough.

The chair would like to recognize the People's Republic of China.

I think we all know about the restrictions in your country.

But isn't it also true that there's 100 % employment in East Germany as compared

to only 10 % employment for dancers in the U .S.? Yes.

And wouldn't you say you've benefited from that 100 % employment?

Yes, I did.

I mean, I'm grateful for the training that I got.

But you're not grateful enough to perform in that country that provided

training.

I just don't think it's very fair.

Thank you.

Coco, you okay?

The chair recognizes... You mind if I recognize somebody for a change?

The chair recognizes the representative of the Netherlands.

Thank you.

I think borders are fine for mapmakers and border guards and their families.

That's where it ends.

You see, a person has got to live where they want to live, and an artist like

Ilse has got to live where she can create.

If she can't...

She's not going to do right by any country.

More important, she's not going to do right by herself.

I think that's more than unfair.

I think it's a crime.

That's all.

She recognizes Bulgaria.

Would you define the word patriotism? She's shot, man.

Patriotism is a love for one's country and a willingness to be patient with its

fault. Well, so then by your own definition, your actions are

Secretary will strike the last statement from the...

Where's the secretary?

Perfecto.

You really mean that?

You're not just saying it.

If Mr. Sharofsky could have heard how you just played, you'd be in school in a

second.

I'd like that.

So would I.

I'd like to go to school here with you.

Is that getting heavy?

As a matter of fact, yeah, it is at that.

Here, let me help you. That's okay, I've got it. No, I'd like to help you.

Oh, ouch.

Did I hurt you? Oh, sorry, just a little bit left. Oh, I'm sorry.

Tickle. What the...

That guy, get my goat.

Get my goat?

You know, every time I think I have a fighting chance with your language,

somebody says something like, get my goat.

He's just so smug. He's absolutely sure that we can't provide anything, even

approaching an academic foundation for our students. I could just scream.

He nearly got you where you live, huh?

Got you where you live?

What is that supposed to mean?

That's what I like to know.

Well, obviously this guy touched on some area that you feel insecure about.

Otherwise, you wouldn't be so teed off.

Teed off? That's another one. Would you like to know what he had to say about

the two of you?

Oh. Hmm.

He wanted to know if the rumors were true that the two of you were having an

affair.

What? Careful.

You're getting teed off.

I think they're insecure in this area.

I'm not insecure. That's ridiculous.

Forget that. Well, who started these rumors? It seems the two of you did.

You were caught sneaking off together at odd times.

Oh, yeah, we were working on a project together, that's all.

Project?

I've heard it called a lot of things, but I've never heard it called a

Benjamin, Elizabeth, please. I've been helping David prepare for a musical

audition. He didn't want it all over the school, so we tried to keep it a

secret. It is a secret.

All over school.

David, what are we going to do?

We're going to deny it.

Suspected lovers deny all.

I don't think anyone's going to believe it.

He's absolutely right.

It just won't wash.

Stop it.

Well, you got any better ideas, Ben?

Do what lovers do. Have a fight and end it.

End what?

The affair.

There is no affair.

What? The two of you had a fight?

As we are midway through UN week, I'd like to get some

reactions from you, pro or con or both.

Julie? Well, I don't know how many kids feel the same way, but I know a lot of

times I feel if they just turn the whole mess over to young people, if we could

run the world, everything would be fine.

This week we got a chance to run things, and it's just not as easy as it looks.

Coco, I don't want to sound corny, but...

This might be one of the most important weeks of my life.

I thought you said you didn't want to sound corny.

Go on, Coco.

I think it's all about taking risks.

And I'm glad that I could see that now, because when I leave this school, it's

going to help me with the choices that I'm going to make.

And I agree with Julie.

It's not as easy as it looks.

Danny. I think they should call the whole thing off.

You do?

Yeah, I do.

Why?

What if the real U .N. decided to just call the whole thing off?

That's different.

How is it different?

That's different because they're adults and we're kids.

See, there's a time to be a kid, and that's now. And when it's time for us to

an adult, we're being adults.

Every time you turn around, they're trying to change kids into adults, and I

think that's wrong.

And besides, um... Besides what?

Besides, I think this is the wrong school to have U .N. week.

Why?

Because this is the school of the arts.

I mean, UN week should be for those schools who teach academic stuff.

Schools like Edison?

Danny, I want you to listen to me.

I work very hard at what I do, just as hard as any teacher from Edison.

If you pass a class that I've taught, you've learned something, something

valuable.

Don't sell me short.

How far do you think I can be put? I'm sure I don't know what you are talking

about.

I'm talking about last night.

I have never been so humiliated in my entire life.

David, I don't think this is the time or the place for either of us to air out

our dirty laundry, do you?

Dirty laundry?

I'm talking about my pride being barbecued last night, baby.

Oh, no.

None of that.

You're right.

You're right. I deserve it.

Whatever you say.

I'm saying goodbye.

Mr.

Grant.

Sweetheart, I want to let you in on a little secret.

Truce.

Trick. No trick.

I just don't want anyone to get hurt.

Well, don't worry about me.

Oh, I won't. You can count on that.

I'm talking about Coco Hernandez, who happens to be a friend of mine.

She's taking quite a beating.

The girl playing Ilsa?

She's fine. Don't worry about her.

Hey, I'm worrying, okay?

Now, Coco believes that anything worth doing is worth doing in excess.

And I think this time she might be overdoing it.

We might not be a bunch of Einsteins in this school, but we do care about each

other.

Yeah, but you're the one that said she's from the streets.

That means she's tough.

Just because someone's from the streets doesn't mean they don't feel things.

I mean, they've got their spots, too.

It's just in different places.

You got that?

Yeah, I got that.

You know, something tells me we're not going to be riding into the sunset.

Too bad.

I mean, we could probably teach each other a thing or two.

Or three.

Okay, that's it.

Honey. You know, I want you out of the gig.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about a friend who's got herself so tied up in knots that she

even see straight.

And I promised I can't do that. So what?

But... But nothing.

I'll play Ilsa.

Come on, Danny. Hey, if it's good enough for Dustin Hoffman.

Listen, I've been working on this girl day and night.

I can't back out now.

Don't let me guess. You're having too much fun. No, it's not fun.

But I'm learning something. I can feel it.

Don't you think you're paying too high a price?

I hope I'm paying the same price Ilsa is. You're not Ilsa. You're Coco.

Listen, I don't want to hear that. Can't you understand that, Danny? But it's

the truth.

No, it's not.

Coco, you sure you're okay?

Your friends are starting to worry about you. You know that?

My friends are 10 ,000 miles away.

And I miss them very much.

Boy.

Come here often, baby?

Damn right. I'm just the man I'm looking for, you fool.

Well, do you think we put an end to the Windsor romance?

Oh, I sure hope so. But I took out a little insurance just in case.

What do you mean, insurance?

I told Dora Schwartz the whole story, made her promise to please not tell.

That's a good idea.

Right?

Oh, by the way, congratulations.

For what? What did I do?

Well, you just got cast as the lead in the musical.

You mean Music Man?

That's the one.

Are you crazy?

David, you have an audition, right? You get those people down here to see you,

and I'll have you looking so fierce you won't know what happened.

Maybe. Come on, it's easy to arrange.

Sharofsky's people have been rehearsed. My people have been rehearsed.

What about the kids?

What about them?

Do they know?

They'll know when I tell them.

Oh, come on, David. You know they'll be happy to do this for you.

Get going. Come on, we got work to do. Meet me in an hour.

Hey, thank you.

Mr. Brent, Mr. Warren, appreciate you coming down.

I'll do my best to make it worth your while.

Mr. Swarovski?

Well, either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to

acknowledge, or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the

presence of a pool table in your community.

Well, you got trouble, my friend.

Right here, I say, trouble right here in River City. Why, sure, I'm a billiard

player. Certainly mighty proud. I say I'm always mighty proud to say it. I

consider that the hours I spend with a cue in my hand are golden.

Help me cultivate horse and a cruel head and a keen eye. Have you ever taken

pride to give an ironclad lead to yourself from a three -rail billiard

But just as I say it takes judgment, brains, and maturity to score in a balk

-line game, I say that any boob can take and shove a ball in a punt.

And I call that soft.

The first big step on the road to the depths of Dagredae, I say the first

medicinal wine from a teaspoon, then beer from a bottle.

And the next thing you know, your son is playing poor money in a pinchback suit.

And listening to somebody out of town, Jasper, hearing him tell about horse

gambling. Not a wholesome, fun race, no, but a race where they set down right on

the horse. Like to see some stuck -up jockey boy setting on dad pads? Make

blood boil, I should say.

Now, friends, let me tell you what I mean.

You got one, two, three, four, five, six.

Pockets and a table.

Pockets that mark the difference between a gentleman and a bum. With a capital B

that rhymes with B that stands for fool.

And all week long, your river city youth will be frittering away. See, your

young men will be frittering.

Frittering away their noontime, suppertime, chore time, too.

Get the ball in the pocket. Never mind the dandelions pulled on the screen door

patched on the beach they pounded.

Never mind pumping any water until your parents are caught with a sister in

India on a Saturday night, and that's trouble.

Yes, you got lots and lots of trouble. I'm thinking of the kids in the

knickerbocker, shirt -tailed young ones, peeking in the pool hall, window at the

school. You got trouble, folk, right here in River City.

Trouble with a capital T, and that rhymes with P, and that stands for pool.

I know all you folks are the right kind of parents, and I'm going to be

perfectly frank.

Would you like to know what kind of conversation goes on while they're

around that hall?

They'll be trying out Vivo, trying out Cupid, trying out Taylor Mays like

cigarette fiends, and bragging all about how they're going to cover up a

telltale breath with sense in one fine night.

They leave the pool hall, heading for the depths of the armory.

Libertine men and scarlet women and ragtime.

Shameless music that'll drag your son, your daughter, to the arms of the

Animal instinct.

Masteria. Friends, the idle brain is the devil's playground.

Trouble. Right here in River City. Right here in River City. Capital T, and that

rhymes with P, and that stands for poo.

That stands for poo. We surely got trouble. We surely got trouble. Right

River City. Right here.

Gotta figure out a way to keep the young ones more all after school. Our

children's children gonna have trouble. Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble.

Mothers of River City, heed that warning before it's too late.

Watch for the telltale signs of corruption.

The miniature son leaves the house.

Does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee?

Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger?

Dime novel hidden in the corn crib.

Is he starting to memorize jokes from Captain Billy's whiz bag?

Are certain words creeping into his conversation?

Words like, like swell!

Aha! And so your old man!

But if so, my friends!

You got trouble. Oh, we got trouble. Right here in River City. Right here in

River City. With a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool.

That stands for pool. We surely got trouble. We surely got trouble. Right

in River City. Right here. Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock, and the Golden

Rule. Our children's children's gonna have trouble. Oh, we got trouble.

We're in terrible, terrible trouble. That game with the 15 number balls is

devil's tune.

Oh, yes, we got trouble, trouble, trouble.

Oh, yes, we got trouble here. We got big, big trouble.

Well, these people you perform with, they part of the package?

No, no, they're students here at the school.

They stay.

Well, I think we got a problem.

Have you heard anything about the real detector?

As far as I know, it's incognito.

Cognito. First comunicado, now cognito.

What next?

Aren't you supposed to be in there?

Oh, there's still a few more minutes before they start.

Today's the day for the wood, am I right?

So, do you think they'll let you stay?

I don't know.

But I feel like I should say something, make some kind of statement.

So what's stopping you?

Because I don't know what to say, because there's so many sides to it.

There comes a time when you must stop listening to all the argument and decide

what you want.

That's what I believe, too. You're not finished yet.

Then comes the hard part.

You have to go out and get it.

Nobody's going to give it to you, Cookie.

So you better stand up and ask for it.

See you inside.

That if a country makes the investment of time and training in support of an

artist... then it's the responsibility of that artist to pour back into that

country's cultural life some of that investment.

And so I recommend we vote Ilse Karsten be returned to East Germany immediately.

All right, we have time for one more speaker.

The chair recognizes the delegate from India.

I would just like to say something.

Will the delegate yield the floor?

I've been listening to everything that's been said.

And I can see how difficult it is to decide what to do with an artist in my

situation. All the questions of patriotism and loyalty and law.

But it seems to me that before there is an artist, there is a person.

And that if that person hasn't done anyone any harm, then any law that tries

keep her where she doesn't want to be

It's a law that should be changed or broken.

It seems wrong to me for someone to suffer just because a line has been

a map.

I am where I want to be.

As an artist and as a person.

And I'm asking you to let me remain.

Thank you.

Cast your votes. Mark them on the ballots in front of you.

Goodness,

I wonder where Elizabeth could be.

She's so late.

The last time I saw her, she and Mr. Kennedy read it to us.

I'm talking dog and cat.

Hi.

Mind if we join you?

No, do. Of course not.

Sit down.

Did I miss a chapter?

Oh, well, in the spirit of UN week, Mr. Sherwood and I have negotiated truth.

I don't care what you say, Lydia.

He's not such a bad guy.

No, you're the one that's bad, girl.

Did you hear the news about Ilsa?

You mean Coco?

No, the real Ilsa.

They sent her back.

It happened this morning.

What about our Ilsa? Does anyone know what they decided?

Mr. Sharofsky is supposed to be bringing us the news.

There he is, Mr. Sharofsky.

Well? The kids voted to let her stay.

All right.

Too bad Ilsa didn't go to the School of the Arts.

I don't follow.

The real Ilsa was sent back home this morning.

I see.

Well, after all, they're just high school kids.

They're allowed to be wrong.

I must disagree, Mr. Cannon.

These kids are not necessarily wrong.

They're simply trying it a different way.

The Lord knows there's room for improvement.

But let me tell you something. We don't have to hang our heads in shame either.

These kids care about the world and each other. We must have been doing

something right.

Occasionally, at least.

A toast.

To our students.

How about to our teachers?

That's what they are, my friend.

Luncheon.

Baloo.