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- Whoa, whoa, whoa! - Hey, watch it, you idiots!
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Be careful with those! They're violins, not bowling balls!
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- Why so many?
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- Boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing... - Mom?
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- What? - Which box has our toys?
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What the hell is Lexi doing? I can't hear the phone!
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Yes, I'm still holding.
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Okay, well, um...
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Listen, you don't have to lie to me...
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because I know that he's there.
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Well, just check under Lana Holden, Mrs. Lana Holden.
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Well... okay, okay, fine.
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Just tell Lieutenant Demetras that his wife called again, will you? Please?
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- And tell him that... Ma! Jeez! - No!
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- I want you to listen to me now.
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You can't keep doing this to yourself or to the boys.
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They need their mother now.
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- You're a beautiful, talented woman.
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- You have your whole life ahead of you. - Ma, if I'm so beautiful...
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and talented, tell me why did Charles leave me?
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Because Charles is a big jerk.
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Now get dressed.
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What am I gonna do?
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Well...
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first you eat breakfast.
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A little black coffee.
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And then you get a job.
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Any job.
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The boys, God bless them...
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They're big eaters. I can't afford it.
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Well, he's gonna get sick of her, Ma.
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We'll see.
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Well...
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in the meantime...
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get a job.
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Just wrap, you're not Picasso.
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Picasso would have put the bows on the back of the box.
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Brian Turner.
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Roberta Guaspari.
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Oh, my gosh. I thought you moved away.
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I did. I'm just here for my mom's birthday.
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Oh, that's nice. That's really...
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- Uh, that's for my mom. - Oh, man... Yeah, Turner.
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Very pretty though. Oh, go ahead. Go ahead.
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- Yes, I knew... I heard you wrote a book, right? - Mm-hmm.
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- I didn't read it, though. - That's okay.
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Neither did my mom. Looks good on her coffee table, though.
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Thank you very much, and please come again.
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So what are you doing here?
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I thought you'd be in Carnegie Hall by now.
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It's a long story.
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So my college professor said it was too late.
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You know? I hadn't had enough training to be a concert violinist.
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So I took a degree in teaching.
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I bet you're a great teacher.
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Well, I think I am. Or I could...
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But every time I would get started on something,
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Charles would be transferred.
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And then I had my kids, and I took time out to raise them.
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Then by the time I wanted to start teaching again,
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nobody would hire me because...
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You know, Navy wife. You can't count on her to stick around.
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So l-l-I decided what I would do is start my own program.
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And Charles gave me the money... to do that.
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- We were in Greece. I bought 50 violins at this little Greek shop. - "Fifty"?
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And I started the program at this little private school and, uh...
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- And then... - And then your husband ran off with your best friend.
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That's right. No, she was not my best friend. She was a friend.
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So what are you gonna do? Just wrap presents and wait till he comes back?
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You sound like my mother.
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Oh, God. Heaven forbid.
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- I've met your mother.
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- You don't look like her, though.
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You know something? I've been thinking.
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I know this cool lady. I wrote a piece about her.
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She runs this elementary school.
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- It's public, but it's alternative. - Mm-hmm. Hmm.
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I don't know. I think... I think you should meet her.
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I would love to, if you don't mind.
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If it works out, you'd have to be willing to relocate, though.
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Hmm. Where is it?
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- - Come here!
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- - Damn, man!
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- Hey! Do what you're doing, man!
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- You trying to kill me? - Watch it, fool!
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Welcome to East Harlem.
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Aside from half a term in a private school...
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in Greece...
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and a year teaching chorus in Hawaii ten years ago...
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That's... the Navy. They move you around.
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Um... it doesn't look as if you've had any other teaching experience.
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Well, not traditional teaching experience, but I have, um...
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- Uh, I've given private lessons. - Oh.
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That's not on there. I...
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I taught my sons.
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I'd like to help you, Mrs. Demetras.
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Brian spoke highly of you, and I told him I would consider starting a violin class.
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But without the proper qualifications...
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and without any experience in inner-city schools...
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I'm very sorry.
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Okay.
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Thank you for seeing me.
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You're quite welcome.
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What I did is change the 8... 45 to 9... 45...
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- to 8:45 to 9:30... -
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- Come in. - Excuse me.
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- Oh, I didn't mean to interrupt. I wanted you to meet my boys. - I'm sorry, Janet.
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- This is Nick. - Hi. - Hi.
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- And Lexi. - Hi.
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I'm sorry. Hi. Oh, I'm Roberta Guaspari-Demetras.
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Dennis Rouche, our music teacher and program coordinator.
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Mrs. Demetras, did I not make myself clear yesterday?
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Oh, yes, yes, of course. I just wanted to show you something.
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Just take a second. Ready, boys?
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Are we having a talent show? I should have brought my tap shoes.
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Five, six, ready, and...
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Beautiful. Beautiful.
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Oh...
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- Will you hire her now? - Oh!
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Uh... how long have you boys been playing?
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- Since I was three. - And you?
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Maybe since I was three and a half.
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Your mom must be a pretty good teacher, huh?
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- She's okay. -
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Nick... That's right. You guys wait out there.
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- Okay, so... - Mrs. Demetras, if you could...
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teach our students to play as well as they do, l-I'd be thrilled, but...
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I could. Any child can learn to play the violin.
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Assuming they have the discipline.
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I would teach them to have discipline.
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Mrs. Demetras, a lot of our parents are struggling...
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to feed their kids, to pay the rent.
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They don't have time to help them learn violin.
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Well, they wouldn't have to. They wouldn't have to.
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It would be great if they wanted to help, but these kids are going to be committed.
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They would practice on their own, and they'd help each other in the classroom.
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I think I know these students, Miss Demetras.
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- Mrs. - Mrs. Demetras.
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And I can tell you right now,
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their attention span doesn't go past do, re, mi.
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Maybe on a good day, I can get them to fa.
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I think you're underestimating them.
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They can learn to play as well as any other kids.
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- That I'd like to see. - Well, you will.
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Or you would... if...
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I'll tell you what...
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I'll put you down as a sub.
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- For now.
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- Thank you very much. - But even if it works out,
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the board may not let me create a permanent position for you.
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That's okay. Anything is okay. That's great.
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- I have already planned out the whole term. - Oh, thank you very much.
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- Yes! - There is no room for this.
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Besides, where are you gonna find money for violins?
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Oh, you need violins?
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- I have violins. I have 50 violins.
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Thank you very much. Nice to meet you, Mr...
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- Rouche. - Rouche. Th-Thank you.
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- Okay. Lucy? -
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Hey, let's go get one! Come on! Come on!
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I want one! Give it to me, now!
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- Come on, I want one! Come on! - Please, don't open...
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Don't open the cases, okay, everybody? Don't open the cases.
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- No guns.
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Okay, now... listen to me, please!
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- I don't like this one. - No, no! Please, keep them closed!
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Stop it, you two. You two, what did I just say?
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Stop! No, no, please, don't. Don't. No, no, no. No, no, no, please.
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just put them back in the case, all right?
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Who's plucking? Who's plucking my violin? Hey!
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Please, will you put it back in the case right now?
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Good. Okay. So today I'm going to be dividing you all up...
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- into five different classes.
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Hello. Come with me.
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You're gonna be the first student who is not in my violin class, okay?
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I want you to go to the office right now.
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Right now. Out, out, out.
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Go on, go on, go on. Out, out.
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- - Who wants to be next?
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Who wants to be kicked out of my class?
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Are you raising your hand...
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- because you want to be kicked out? - Yeah.
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- Wh-Why? - I don't want to learn about no stupid violins.
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- Man, violin's for wimps.
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- Who told you that? - Nobody.
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- I just know. - What's your name?
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- DeSean. - Well, DeSean...
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you didn't give me a good enough reason, so you're staying.
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Anybody else?
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Very nice. Everybody be quiet.
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I'm gonna hand out the violins.
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Hey, I play pretty good.
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Yeah, see how easy it is?
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That's great. You know what?
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In the spring, maybe, we can have a big concert...
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- and invite all your families and the whole school.
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Huh? That would be great.
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- What's your name, honey? - Naeem.
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Naeem. Okay, you can sit down, Naeem.
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You're gonna be a quarter size.
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Yeah, and if you guys do exactly what I tell you, if you listen to me,
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you're gonna sound beautiful in the concert,
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and you're gonna feel so proud of yourselves, you know?
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But if you don' listen to me,
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you're gonna sound so bad your own parents will get sick when they hear you.
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- They might even throw up.
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I'm serious.
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- You decent? - Yeah.
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- What's this? - A toast.
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- A toast? - To Roberta...
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- for making it through the first week. - Ah.
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I'm proud of you.
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I really appreciate everything you've done for us. I really do.
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I swear to you... I promise, this weekend,
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I will start looking for a place.
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There's no rush, really. No rush. It's...
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No, you've done enough.
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You should be writing and not baby-sitting us.
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I've been reading your book.
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- I think it's really great. Yeah. - Oh?
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It's really good. It's such powerful stuff.
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Wow. Yeah?
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- Yeah. - Well, thank you.
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Um, so the next one is on migrant workers?
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Yeah.
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How do you know how you... What...
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What you're gonna write about next?
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- I mean, how do you... - I just follow my gut.
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Pay attention to...
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what I'm being drawn to.
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What...
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What are you doing?
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I've been wanting to do that since Mr. Duvane's orchestra class.
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You never noticed me in that class.
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Oh, you... You completely ignored me. You used to drive me wild.
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You had like five different girlfriends.
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I never had the one I wanted.
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That Roberta isn't around anymore.
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I don't believe you.
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- No, I can't... l-I shouldn't. - Why?
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- Because the boys are... - They're sleeping.
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Yeah. Oh, man, I'm still married.
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And what's your husband doing right now?
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Oh, my God. The boys.
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It's okay.
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They're still sleeping.
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Where are you going?
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Uh... Texas.
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What?
252
00:19:07,826 --> 00:19:09,760
What's in Texas?
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Farm workers.
254
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My research grant? I just got the call. It came through.
255
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- Wow.
256
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I've got some families lined up there, and then I go on to California.
257
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How long are you gonna be gone?
258
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I don't know. Two, three months.
259
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I thought you would be around.
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I... Um... And last night...
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Roberta...
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last night was great, but what did you think?
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We were gonna get married in the morning?
264
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No, I didn't think that.
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I just... We just got here, and I barely even...
266
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I don't even know where to buy groceries.
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You're gonna be fine.
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You have a job, a place to stay,
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your kids have a school to go to,
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and there's a D'Agastino's right around the corner.
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What am I doing right now?
272
00:20:07,553 --> 00:20:10,613
- Rosining the bow. - Rosining the bow. That's right.
273
00:20:10,689 --> 00:20:12,953
And what am I doing when I tighten this little screw,
274
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when I turn it like this?
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- Tightening the horsehair.
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Everybody, be quiet. Naeem?
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- Tightening the horsehair. - The horsehair. That's right. Okay, what do we call this?
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- What is this called?
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Bird was shooting them threes, man. Bird was...
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- DeSean? DeSean? - Yeah.
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- What is this called? - I don't know.
282
00:20:34,813 --> 00:20:36,678
- Yes, you do. Why not? - I wasn't here.
283
00:20:36,748 --> 00:20:40,445
You were here, but you weren't paying attention. You want people to think you're stupid?
284
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Okay, you can tell him, Naeem.
285
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- It's called the frog. - It's called the frog. That's right.
286
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Okay, anybody remember what this is?
287
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Lucy, do you like it when people snap their fingers when you talk?
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- Yeah.
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"C," "C," "C," "C,"
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- I'm sorry. - No talking!
291
00:21:19,124 --> 00:21:23,458
- I was supposed to collect kids from Miss Cooper's classroom...
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for my 10:00 class, and there's nobody there.
293
00:21:26,431 --> 00:21:29,730
Miss Cooper's students have Phys Ed on Tuesdays.
294
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- But you scheduled them for violin.
295
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You must have read the schedule wrong.
296
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I don't think so.
297
00:21:38,777 --> 00:21:42,804
Well, I can't solve this problem for you right now.
298
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I'm trying to teach.
299
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So am I.
300
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May we continue, please?
301
00:21:58,764 --> 00:22:02,097
- But I thought all the teachers agreed to this. - In theory.
302
00:22:02,167 --> 00:22:05,102
Adam, I want to see you in my office after lunch.
303
00:22:05,170 --> 00:22:07,104
- What did I do? - Think about it.
304
00:22:07,172 --> 00:22:09,436
Look, whenever you pull the students out, it's a disruption.
305
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Plus, it's extra work on the teachers...
306
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because they have to fill the kids in on what they missed.
307
00:22:14,012 --> 00:22:16,947
- Some of the teachers resent it. - But can't you talk to them?
308
00:22:17,015 --> 00:22:20,109
Look, I pulled this off a second-grader this morning.
309
00:22:20,185 --> 00:22:23,450
I'll help you, Roberta, but I cannot hold your hand.
310
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I want everybody to put your right foot on a tile,
311
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and then you put your left foot on a line.
312
00:22:32,130 --> 00:22:35,622
See? Because we're trying to make a box with our feet.
313
00:22:35,701 --> 00:22:40,468
- Lucy, do you want to leave the class right now?
314
00:22:40,539 --> 00:22:43,804
Yeah, because I'm trying to make you stand strong. See?
315
00:22:43,875 --> 00:22:48,471
So strong and balanced that if I tried to push you over, I couldn't do it.
316
00:22:48,547 --> 00:22:50,481
- See? - Michael Jordan's pretty good, though.
317
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If you were standing strong, I couldn't push you...
318
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Hey, DeSean. Hey, James. Now, cut it out.
319
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Anybody seen Naeem?
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- I saw him this morning, but he's not here. - I know he's not here.
321
00:23:04,329 --> 00:23:08,129
That's why I asked you. See?
322
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Okay, good.
323
00:23:10,335 --> 00:23:12,667
You're not standing strong.
324
00:23:12,738 --> 00:23:16,435
See? See how I could push you? That's because your feet are not...
325
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centered.
326
00:23:21,113 --> 00:23:23,274
Somebody bring me a chair, okay?
327
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Guadalupe, I think it would be a good idea for you to sit, okay?
328
00:23:31,056 --> 00:23:32,751
Thank you, DeSean.
329
00:23:36,862 --> 00:23:39,490
Now, who can I yell at?
330
00:23:39,564 --> 00:23:41,964
Hey, Naeem!
331
00:23:42,033 --> 00:23:44,797
Where were you today?
332
00:23:44,870 --> 00:23:46,804
I can't be involved in class anymore.
333
00:23:46,872 --> 00:23:49,306
- Why not? - My mother won't let me.
334
00:23:49,374 --> 00:23:52,343
Why?
335
00:23:52,410 --> 00:23:56,312
My son's got more important things to do than learn dead white men's music.
336
00:23:56,381 --> 00:23:59,714
They're gonna learn "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
337
00:23:59,785 --> 00:24:02,845
How many black classical composers can you name?
338
00:24:02,921 --> 00:24:05,913
How many black classical violinists do you know?
339
00:24:05,991 --> 00:24:08,755
That doesn't mean that's the way it should be.
340
00:24:08,827 --> 00:24:11,352
I mean, Naeem's learning how to play music.
341
00:24:11,429 --> 00:24:13,590
Maybe it makes him feel good about himself.
342
00:24:13,665 --> 00:24:15,758
- What does it matter who wrote it? - Please, Ma.
343
00:24:15,834 --> 00:24:18,769
Can I be in the class?
344
00:24:18,837 --> 00:24:21,601
Look, I've seen this before.
345
00:24:21,673 --> 00:24:25,439
You white women come up here and think you can rescue our poor inner-city children...
346
00:24:25,510 --> 00:24:28,035
who never asked to be rescued in the first place.
347
00:24:28,113 --> 00:24:30,047
No thank you.
348
00:24:30,115 --> 00:24:32,276
Come on.
349
00:24:34,853 --> 00:24:36,980
Don't look back at her. Turn your head around.
350
00:24:45,864 --> 00:24:47,798
Shit.
351
00:24:47,866 --> 00:24:49,959
Hello?
352
00:24:56,708 --> 00:24:58,642
Where are you?
353
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,574
Are you still with her?
354
00:25:10,155 --> 00:25:12,089
Oh, God.
355
00:25:12,157 --> 00:25:14,250
We've all missed you so much.
356
00:25:14,326 --> 00:25:18,422
The boys and me... We're gonna be so happy when you come back.
357
00:25:18,496 --> 00:25:22,762
I promise it will be better. i... I...
358
00:25:22,834 --> 00:25:24,768
What?
359
00:25:26,171 --> 00:25:29,766
Well... What? I thought you said that you and Lana...
360
00:25:29,841 --> 00:25:33,607
You were... That was all over.
361
00:25:33,678 --> 00:25:38,615
- - Charles? Charles?
362
00:25:50,695 --> 00:25:52,629
Mm-hmm.
363
00:25:52,697 --> 00:25:54,631
Yeah, that was it, you know?
364
00:25:54,699 --> 00:25:57,099
No explanation. No discussion.
365
00:25:57,168 --> 00:25:59,966
No... anything. He just...
366
00:26:00,038 --> 00:26:03,235
He basically didn't even want to talk about it.
367
00:26:03,308 --> 00:26:07,176
- Just "I want a divorce. Good-bye." - I know it's hard.
368
00:26:07,245 --> 00:26:09,179
You're gonna get through this.
369
00:26:09,247 --> 00:26:11,511
You will. You'll survive this. You will.
370
00:26:11,583 --> 00:26:15,212
I'm gonna take the boys and move back to my mom's.
371
00:26:15,287 --> 00:26:17,414
What?
372
00:26:17,489 --> 00:26:21,721
You're gonna quit teaching in the middle of the term?
373
00:26:21,793 --> 00:26:24,591
Well, I just... I don't fit in there.
374
00:26:24,663 --> 00:26:27,131
I'm not making any progress with those kids.
375
00:26:27,198 --> 00:26:29,189
What are you gonna tell Janet?
376
00:26:29,267 --> 00:26:32,532
Huh? Your husband left you, nothing else matters?
377
00:26:35,173 --> 00:26:37,607
I don't know.
378
00:26:47,619 --> 00:26:49,553
My mother gave it to me.
379
00:26:49,621 --> 00:26:52,715
- Why would she give you $50? - To buy breakfast.
380
00:26:52,791 --> 00:26:55,521
Do you know how hard your mother works?
381
00:26:55,593 --> 00:26:57,618
- Yeah. - Do you think it's right to steal from her?
382
00:26:57,696 --> 00:27:01,132
- I didn't. - Why don't we go to my office and call her and ask her?
383
00:27:01,199 --> 00:27:03,133
- Come on. - I need to talk to you.
384
00:27:03,201 --> 00:27:05,567
It will have to wait.
385
00:27:05,637 --> 00:27:08,834
- It's important. - Take a number.
386
00:27:19,484 --> 00:27:22,749
Guadalupe, what are you doing here?
387
00:27:22,821 --> 00:27:24,914
I can't keep my bow straight.
388
00:27:24,990 --> 00:27:29,927
Well, honey, your teacher must be looking for you.
389
00:27:33,498 --> 00:27:37,935
Here. I can't come anymore.
390
00:27:38,003 --> 00:27:40,767
It's too hard.
391
00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:44,070
The violin is hard for everybody.
392
00:27:44,142 --> 00:27:46,770
But everyone is better than me.
393
00:27:46,845 --> 00:27:51,179
I'll always be... weaker.
394
00:27:53,351 --> 00:27:56,616
Did you ever hear of Itzhak Perlman?
395
00:27:56,688 --> 00:28:01,387
- No. - He's one of the greatest violinists in the whole world.
396
00:28:01,459 --> 00:28:04,053
He has problems with his legs too.
397
00:28:04,129 --> 00:28:06,393
He has to use two canes to walk,
398
00:28:06,464 --> 00:28:09,661
but he still makes the most beautiful music.
399
00:28:09,734 --> 00:28:12,726
- And he sits down when he plays? - Yeah, he has to.
400
00:28:12,804 --> 00:28:14,795
He was your student?
401
00:28:16,808 --> 00:28:22,405
No, but if he were, I would tell him the same thing I'm telling you.
402
00:28:24,649 --> 00:28:28,415
You shouldn't quit something just 'cause it's hard.
403
00:28:29,988 --> 00:28:34,721
But I can't stand strong.
404
00:28:39,664 --> 00:28:43,600
Standing strong doesn't mean just using your legs.
405
00:28:46,171 --> 00:28:49,436
You can stand strong on the inside.
406
00:28:49,507 --> 00:28:51,771
You know what I mean?
407
00:29:13,465 --> 00:29:16,730
- Hi. Want to sit? - Mm-mm.
408
00:29:16,801 --> 00:29:21,067
- That's the sub I was talking about. - Mm-hmm.
409
00:29:21,139 --> 00:29:23,903
What's the matter, you got cooties or something?
410
00:29:23,975 --> 00:29:26,910
Oh, apparently.
411
00:29:26,978 --> 00:29:30,573
Well, I'll take my chances. Isabel Vasquez, second grade.
412
00:29:30,648 --> 00:29:35,312
- Hi, I'm Roberta Guaspari. - The violin teacher. I know.
413
00:29:35,386 --> 00:29:38,913
Is it my imagination or does everybody here hate me?
414
00:29:38,990 --> 00:29:41,424
Look, it's hard to fit in when you're doing a special program.
415
00:29:41,493 --> 00:29:45,589
People figure you're not gonna be here long, so they don't make the effort.
416
00:29:45,663 --> 00:29:49,099
It may take a while for folks to warm up, but they don't hate you.
417
00:29:49,167 --> 00:29:52,000
What about Alice Cooper?
418
00:29:52,070 --> 00:29:57,770
- Okay, okay, okay, okay. - A... She thinks the violin is a waste of time.
419
00:29:57,842 --> 00:30:01,437
- She's a bitch.
420
00:30:03,615 --> 00:30:07,278
So why are you being so nice to me?
421
00:30:07,352 --> 00:30:09,946
Ulterior motives.
422
00:30:10,021 --> 00:30:12,353
I want my daughter in your class next year.
423
00:30:14,425 --> 00:30:16,620
If I'm here next year.
424
00:30:16,694 --> 00:30:18,628
You will be.
425
00:30:23,902 --> 00:30:27,394
Is just for you and your boys?
426
00:30:29,541 --> 00:30:31,475
Yes.
427
00:30:33,044 --> 00:30:35,979
No husband? No boyfriends?
428
00:30:36,047 --> 00:30:38,982
No. No.
429
00:30:41,219 --> 00:30:45,246
- I'll-I'll take it. -
430
00:30:49,994 --> 00:30:55,330
Slow bows. Slow bows. Don't squeeze.
431
00:30:57,902 --> 00:31:02,100
Oh, man. Stop. Everybody, stop, stop, stop.
432
00:31:02,173 --> 00:31:04,903
DeSean, how much have you practiced this week?
433
00:31:04,976 --> 00:31:07,740
My asthma... It was very bad. I had to go to the hospital.
434
00:31:07,812 --> 00:31:10,804
Again? You told me you had to go to the hospital last week.
435
00:31:10,882 --> 00:31:13,851
Oh, yeah. Maybe it was last week.
436
00:31:13,918 --> 00:31:16,614
- Uh-huh.
437
00:31:16,688 --> 00:31:20,351
What about you, Lucy? You sounded the worst of all. Have you practiced?
438
00:31:20,425 --> 00:31:22,325
- No. - Why not?
439
00:31:22,393 --> 00:31:24,953
You can't be in this class if you do not practice.
440
00:31:25,029 --> 00:31:28,021
My grandma got mugged.
441
00:31:28,099 --> 00:31:31,967
Oh, I'm sorry. Is she okay?
442
00:31:32,036 --> 00:31:34,197
She died.
443
00:31:37,375 --> 00:31:42,472
Oh... Lucy, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
444
00:31:44,549 --> 00:31:47,347
Just do the best you can, okay?
445
00:31:53,725 --> 00:31:56,319
- Good night, Roberta. - Hey... good night.
446
00:31:56,394 --> 00:31:59,488
- See you tomorrow. - You ready? All right, we'll see you.
447
00:31:59,564 --> 00:32:01,589
Let's go.
448
00:32:13,344 --> 00:32:16,438
- Hey, Naeem. - Hi, Roberta.
449
00:32:16,514 --> 00:32:19,278
Hey, can I talk to your mama for a second?
450
00:32:19,350 --> 00:32:24,117
I just wanted to tell you that I didn't come up here to rescue anybody.
451
00:32:24,188 --> 00:32:26,554
I'm a single mother, and I needed the job.
452
00:32:26,624 --> 00:32:31,288
And I know you think you're protecting your son, but you're not.
453
00:32:31,362 --> 00:32:34,627
I mean, what if Arthur Ashe's mother said he couldn't play tennis...
454
00:32:34,699 --> 00:32:36,929
because it's a white man's game?
455
00:32:37,001 --> 00:32:39,492
You know, the important thing is Naeem.
456
00:32:39,570 --> 00:32:41,629
When he plays music,
457
00:32:41,706 --> 00:32:45,802
his whole face lights up.
458
00:32:49,047 --> 00:32:51,811
You should see that.
459
00:33:22,347 --> 00:33:24,781
- What's up?
460
00:33:24,849 --> 00:33:26,783
You are.
461
00:33:26,851 --> 00:33:28,944
- I was thirsty.
462
00:33:33,024 --> 00:33:35,151
Remember in Greece we could see the ocean?
463
00:33:35,226 --> 00:33:38,286
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
464
00:33:38,363 --> 00:33:42,629
- And the fishing boats and... - And the octopuses.
465
00:33:42,700 --> 00:33:45,464
Yeah.
466
00:33:45,536 --> 00:33:49,973
Um, is Daddy coming here soon?
467
00:33:54,712 --> 00:33:58,978
Well... that's something...
468
00:33:59,050 --> 00:34:02,577
I was wanting to talk to you about.
469
00:34:06,157 --> 00:34:10,924
Daddy isn't gonna live with us anymore.
470
00:34:12,330 --> 00:34:18,098
Um... you and Lexi are gonna see him;
471
00:34:18,169 --> 00:34:23,106
special times like Christmas and, you know, summers.
472
00:34:25,343 --> 00:34:30,110
Um... can you tell a birthday story?
473
00:34:30,181 --> 00:34:33,116
Don't you want to talk about what I just said?
474
00:34:33,184 --> 00:34:35,914
I want to hear the birthday story.
475
00:34:38,022 --> 00:34:40,957
Okay.
476
00:34:41,025 --> 00:34:44,461
Um...
477
00:34:44,529 --> 00:34:46,963
You know, it was your grandpa's birthday,
478
00:34:47,031 --> 00:34:50,797
and I was a little bit sad because...
479
00:34:50,868 --> 00:34:53,962
because he had died a couple months back.
480
00:34:54,038 --> 00:34:56,472
- But you knew I'd be born that day. - Yeah.
481
00:34:56,541 --> 00:34:59,635
So I packed, and I got ready.
482
00:34:59,710 --> 00:35:03,737
- Then Daddy left. - Daddy left, yeah.
483
00:35:03,815 --> 00:35:07,251
He didn't believe me because I said, "This is my dad's birthday.
484
00:35:07,318 --> 00:35:09,912
This baby is gonna be born today."
485
00:35:09,987 --> 00:35:13,081
But he didn't believe you, but I was born...
486
00:35:13,157 --> 00:35:15,921
- You sure were. - on the same day as Grandpa.
487
00:35:15,993 --> 00:35:17,927
That's right.
488
00:35:17,995 --> 00:35:22,091
It was a happy day.
489
00:35:22,166 --> 00:35:24,760
Was Daddy happy too?
490
00:35:24,836 --> 00:35:26,770
Of course he was.
491
00:35:26,838 --> 00:35:29,773
Then why is he leaving me?
492
00:35:33,177 --> 00:35:35,975
Well, he's not leaving you, Nick.
493
00:35:36,047 --> 00:35:41,280
I mean, he loves you, and he loves Lexi very, very much.
494
00:35:41,352 --> 00:35:44,617
Then why can't he live with us?
495
00:35:49,861 --> 00:35:54,628
It's just sometimes things h-happen between...
496
00:35:54,699 --> 00:35:59,136
- grown-ups: : :
497
00:35:59,203 --> 00:36:01,899
that are very hard to understand.
498
00:36:01,973 --> 00:36:05,409
They can't... They just can't be together.
499
00:36:21,526 --> 00:36:23,756
- I need to buy some... - Mommy, come look!
500
00:36:23,828 --> 00:36:25,762
What?
501
00:36:25,830 --> 00:36:29,266
What are you... Oh, my God, you're killing me.
502
00:36:29,333 --> 00:36:31,426
- What's this? - A dog.
503
00:36:31,502 --> 00:36:35,131
- What is this? - Mom, look, look at her. She's so cute.
504
00:36:35,206 --> 00:36:38,266
- Right? Can we get her? - No. We're not getting a dog, no.
505
00:36:38,342 --> 00:36:41,641
- She could stay with us. No, you don't have to... - No, but... Yeah, but...
506
00:36:41,712 --> 00:36:44,272
Okay.
507
00:36:44,348 --> 00:36:49,081
Now we're all gonna take turns cleaning up after this puppy, right?
508
00:36:49,153 --> 00:36:53,954
- Uh, absolutely.
509
00:36:54,025 --> 00:36:57,324
Yeah, right.
510
00:36:59,997 --> 00:37:02,465
You're on the wrong string, Becky.
511
00:37:02,533 --> 00:37:04,626
I've only told you this 14 times.
512
00:37:04,702 --> 00:37:07,102
Look at your nails.
513
00:37:07,171 --> 00:37:10,163
You're supposed to cut them for violin... I've told you th...
514
00:37:10,241 --> 00:37:13,335
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! That sounds so bad.
515
00:37:13,411 --> 00:37:15,811
That sounds terrible!
516
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,041
You're gonna make your parents sick.
517
00:37:18,115 --> 00:37:20,606
Is this an important question, Tanisha?
518
00:37:21,819 --> 00:37:24,151
- What? - Do you have two of those skirts?
519
00:37:24,221 --> 00:37:28,282
- Huh? - You wore one just like that on Monday.
520
00:37:28,359 --> 00:37:32,591
- All right, I don't think that's such an important question.
521
00:37:32,663 --> 00:37:35,188
- - Let's try it again.
522
00:37:41,172 --> 00:37:45,108
Okay, just practice on the fingerboards silently.
523
00:37:51,215 --> 00:37:56,710
Naeem and I were wondering if he could still be in the class?
524
00:37:59,023 --> 00:38:00,957
Well, I would love that.
525
00:38:03,260 --> 00:38:05,194
You've got a lot of catching up to do.
526
00:38:05,262 --> 00:38:08,925
- You think you can work that hard? - Yeah, I can.
527
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,027
Okay. But I can also arrange for some private lessons at my apartment.
528
00:38:13,104 --> 00:38:15,732
I wouldn't be able to afford that.
529
00:38:15,806 --> 00:38:18,707
That's okay.
530
00:38:18,776 --> 00:38:21,267
Why don't you go get a spare violin and see if you can remember...
531
00:38:21,345 --> 00:38:23,404
how to set it up.
532
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:34,257
Okay, let's try it again, shall we?
533
00:38:34,325 --> 00:38:36,259
- Yes. - Come on out, Naeem.
534
00:38:36,327 --> 00:38:40,423
See if you can remember how to do that. All right.
535
00:38:40,665 --> 00:38:42,599
- You're shouting at them all the time! - I'm not shouting all the time!
536
00:38:42,667 --> 00:38:44,601
Just when they don't listen.
537
00:38:44,669 --> 00:38:48,400
- They have to listen to me. - Didn't you tell them they were making their parents sick?
538
00:38:48,472 --> 00:38:53,273
I did say... But I didn't say it exactly that way.
539
00:38:53,344 --> 00:38:57,644
I'm raising Becky in a supportive atmosphere.
540
00:38:57,715 --> 00:39:00,445
- I don't send her to school to be abused. - I'm trying to teach discipline.
541
00:39:00,518 --> 00:39:03,248
That's all. If you want to take a very difficult instrument,
542
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,881
you have to take it seriously, you have to focus, you have to pay attention...
543
00:39:06,957 --> 00:39:11,155
I think what Mrs. Lamb is trying to say, Roberta,
544
00:39:11,228 --> 00:39:14,891
is that you are a little too harsh,
545
00:39:14,965 --> 00:39:18,901
but I'm sure you might be able to soften your comments to the children.
546
00:39:21,138 --> 00:39:24,904
I don't believe we have an impossible situation here, now do you?
547
00:39:24,975 --> 00:39:27,967
Mm-mm. No, that's... I can do that.
548
00:39:28,045 --> 00:39:29,569
Good.
549
00:39:45,262 --> 00:39:49,096
Okay, that's enough. Thank you.
550
00:39:56,173 --> 00:40:00,837
Well, that was... pretty good.
551
00:40:00,911 --> 00:40:03,038
That was... not so bad.
552
00:40:03,114 --> 00:40:06,515
It wasn't? I thought we stunk.
553
00:40:06,584 --> 00:40:08,552
Well...
554
00:40:08,619 --> 00:40:10,553
I wouldn' put it that way.
555
00:40:10,621 --> 00:40:12,612
I would just say that some people...
556
00:40:12,690 --> 00:40:15,124
could maybe practice a little bit more.
557
00:40:15,192 --> 00:40:18,184
James, did you practice at all this week?
558
00:40:19,897 --> 00:40:24,994
Okay, well, perhaps you could try a little harder for next week, okay?
559
00:40:25,069 --> 00:40:28,300
Good. Because all you got to do is your best.
560
00:40:28,372 --> 00:40:30,704
Roberta, why are you acting like that?
561
00:40:30,775 --> 00:40:34,211
- Like what? - Like nice.
562
00:40:34,278 --> 00:40:37,247
- Well, don't you want a nice teacher? - I already got nice teachers.
563
00:40:37,314 --> 00:40:41,751
- You added some variety. - Yeah, we like you better the way you used to be.
564
00:40:48,058 --> 00:40:52,427
I agree. This is even worse. You're acting weird now.
565
00:40:55,232 --> 00:40:58,668
Okay, I take it all back.
566
00:41:00,337 --> 00:41:02,396
You stunk! You all stunk!
567
00:41:02,473 --> 00:41:07,001
- - Don't tell your parents that I said that, okay?
568
00:41:07,077 --> 00:41:09,011
- Okay. - Let's do it again.
569
00:41:09,079 --> 00:41:11,775
Right this time. Stand up straight.
570
00:41:11,849 --> 00:41:14,750
Make the box with your feet. Come on, tabletops up.
571
00:41:14,819 --> 00:41:16,753
Stop sign. Beautiful. Let's go.
572
00:41:16,821 --> 00:41:18,948
Five, six, seven, and...
573
00:41:19,023 --> 00:41:23,187
Tempo, tempo, tempo!
574
00:41:25,863 --> 00:41:28,297
Don't open the presents, all right, on the airplane.
575
00:41:28,365 --> 00:41:31,129
It's time to board. Time to go.
576
00:41:31,202 --> 00:41:33,295
Okay, gotta go. Hugs, hugs, hugs.
577
00:41:35,372 --> 00:41:38,466
I'll take good care of them.
578
00:41:38,542 --> 00:41:41,636
- Can't you come with us, please? - Oh, baby, I told you.
579
00:41:41,712 --> 00:41:44,977
This is Daddy's special time with you.
580
00:41:48,786 --> 00:41:50,720
Bye.
581
00:41:50,788 --> 00:41:52,722
Bye.
582
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,294
Bye, Nick!
583
00:42:23,988 --> 00:42:26,456
Oh, Tom Sawyer is drying out too.
584
00:42:29,860 --> 00:42:32,693
You should read the new book Mark Twain's writing now.
585
00:42:32,763 --> 00:42:35,755
How did you happen to fall in?
586
00:42:35,833 --> 00:42:38,529
- I didn't fall in. I jumped in to save George. -
587
00:42:38,602 --> 00:42:42,299
What? To save me?
588
00:42:42,373 --> 00:42:45,467
- Who is it? - You didn't go through with it, did you?
589
00:42:45,542 --> 00:42:47,601
- Through with what? - Suicide.
590
00:42:47,678 --> 00:42:51,637
- - It's against the law to commit suicide around here.
591
00:42:56,954 --> 00:42:59,388
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!
592
00:43:02,026 --> 00:43:05,587
- Oh! - Merry Christmas!
593
00:43:05,663 --> 00:43:08,928
- I'm back. - You're back. Oh, God.
594
00:43:09,133 --> 00:43:12,193
- Hut, hut, hike! - I gotcha, I gotcha! - I'm open!
595
00:43:12,269 --> 00:43:16,365
Touchdown!
596
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:19,409
- First down and ten now! - Okay.
597
00:43:19,476 --> 00:43:22,104
That's it. Enough goofing off.
598
00:43:22,179 --> 00:43:24,613
- Back to work, everybody. - Hey, no fair.
599
00:43:24,682 --> 00:43:26,616
- Everybody. - What are you trying to do, kill me?
600
00:43:27,885 --> 00:43:30,979
You're wearing me out.
601
00:43:31,055 --> 00:43:34,286
- I'll wear you out. - You already did that last night.
602
00:43:34,358 --> 00:43:38,886
The only one in the entire coffee shop not speaking Spanish. Boys, lunch.
603
00:43:40,831 --> 00:43:44,961
- - Oh, my... Gunshots. You hear that?
604
00:43:45,035 --> 00:43:46,969
How you gonna live here by yourself?
605
00:43:47,037 --> 00:43:49,301
That's a truck backfire, Ma.
606
00:43:49,373 --> 00:43:53,309
I work in this neighborhood, and I want to live here too.
607
00:43:54,912 --> 00:43:56,880
Say hello to the next-door neighbor, Assunta.
608
00:43:56,947 --> 00:43:59,643
He won't bite.
609
00:43:59,717 --> 00:44:02,743
- What's your name? - Lawrence.
610
00:44:02,820 --> 00:44:05,414
- Are you hungry, Lawrence? - Yes.
611
00:44:05,489 --> 00:44:08,083
Do you want half of mine, and I'll have half of yours?
612
00:44:08,158 --> 00:44:11,025
- Okay? - Lawrence?
613
00:44:11,095 --> 00:44:14,792
- Come sit with us. - Hey, get in here.
614
00:44:14,865 --> 00:44:18,596
- Why did you let her buy this house? - "Let her"?
615
00:44:18,669 --> 00:44:20,933
Your daughter does what she wants, in case you haven't noticed.
616
00:44:21,005 --> 00:44:23,872
I noticed.
617
00:44:25,809 --> 00:44:29,438
- I just don't understand the rush. - I want my own home.
618
00:44:29,513 --> 00:44:32,778
I've been living on Navy bases since the day I got married.
619
00:44:32,850 --> 00:44:35,114
The boys don't have a dad. They can have a home.
620
00:44:35,185 --> 00:44:37,278
But if you invested your divorce settlement,
621
00:44:37,354 --> 00:44:39,788
you could buy a nice house someday.
622
00:44:39,857 --> 00:44:41,791
Bad enough you're living in this neighborhood.
623
00:44:41,859 --> 00:44:45,124
- You lock yourself into a mortgage... - Ma!
624
00:44:45,195 --> 00:44:48,130
Please stop, okay?
625
00:44:56,874 --> 00:45:00,139
I'm sorry. I am. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
626
00:45:00,210 --> 00:45:04,237
Forgive me. I love you.
627
00:45:04,314 --> 00:45:06,578
Don't worry. It's gonna be okay.
628
00:45:06,650 --> 00:45:10,416
Things keep going as well as they have been,
629
00:45:10,487 --> 00:45:14,617
- eventually, I'm sure, Brian will move in with me.
630
00:45:14,691 --> 00:45:16,921
And how much do you know about that man?
631
00:45:16,994 --> 00:45:19,428
He's a good person, you know?
632
00:45:19,496 --> 00:45:22,021
He's... He's been a big help to me.
633
00:45:22,099 --> 00:45:24,590
He's great with the boys.
634
00:45:24,668 --> 00:45:29,833
Just don't want you to make the same mistake twice, Roberta.
635
00:45:29,907 --> 00:45:31,772
You barely knew Charles, and you married him.
636
00:45:31,842 --> 00:45:34,276
I don't believe this! I don't believe it!
637
00:45:34,344 --> 00:45:36,278
You're ragging on me for buying the house in this neighborhood.
638
00:45:36,346 --> 00:45:38,780
I would think you would want Brian to move in with me!
639
00:45:38,849 --> 00:45:41,283
Not if he's the wrong person!
640
00:45:41,351 --> 00:45:43,945
-
641
00:46:06,243 --> 00:46:09,178
Okay, everybody look alive. We're coming up to the fermata.
642
00:46:09,246 --> 00:46:11,407
Here it comes. Nobody move.
643
00:46:11,482 --> 00:46:13,848
Hold, hold, hold, hold, hold.
644
00:46:13,917 --> 00:46:16,078
Now at the spring concert,
645
00:46:16,153 --> 00:46:18,587
the audience is going to be dying for this next note,
646
00:46:18,655 --> 00:46:21,920
but we're gonna make 'em wait.
647
00:46:21,992 --> 00:46:25,257
And wait and wait and wait and wait.
648
00:46:25,329 --> 00:46:28,025
You wait here. I'm gonna go get a cup of coffee.
649
00:46:28,098 --> 00:46:30,430
- Roberta! - Good-bye.
650
00:46:30,501 --> 00:46:33,231
- Roberta!
651
00:46:33,303 --> 00:46:35,771
All right, all right, all right, all right, all right!
652
00:46:35,839 --> 00:46:39,570
But you gotta remember, you gotta all come in together. Promise me.
653
00:46:49,353 --> 00:46:53,449
- Man, we'll never get that right. - That's not a very nice thing to say about your classmates.
654
00:46:53,524 --> 00:46:57,016
How many people think we can get it right by the concert?
655
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:07,292
See? I think we can. Have faith, DeSean.
656
00:47:07,371 --> 00:47:09,566
- It'll be all right.
657
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:12,074
All right. Practice makes perfect.
658
00:47:13,143 --> 00:47:15,134
Can I go upstairs?
659
00:47:15,212 --> 00:47:18,648
Yeah, go see if you can find your room.
660
00:47:18,715 --> 00:47:22,981
- Careful, there's no railing... yet. - All right.
661
00:47:24,721 --> 00:47:27,155
- Hey, Ernie. - Hey.
662
00:47:27,224 --> 00:47:31,160
- How's it going? - If I could just remember what I did here yesterday,
663
00:47:31,228 --> 00:47:33,822
- I could be moving a whole lot faster.
664
00:47:33,897 --> 00:47:37,594
- You look real pretty today, honey. - Thanks.
665
00:47:37,668 --> 00:47:39,966
Roberta, honey...
666
00:47:40,037 --> 00:47:42,471
have you lost your mind?
667
00:47:42,539 --> 00:47:46,305
- - Wait, what is that?
668
00:47:46,376 --> 00:47:50,335
- That's Sheetrock. - Why does it have wallpaper all over it?
669
00:47:50,414 --> 00:47:53,406
- That's how it comes. - Wait a minute. What do they call that?
670
00:47:54,885 --> 00:47:56,819
Sheetrock.
671
00:47:56,887 --> 00:48:00,516
- And why... - That's the way it comes now.
672
00:48:02,759 --> 00:48:05,694
Roberta, you've got to be kidding me.
673
00:48:05,762 --> 00:48:09,027
These ex-cons you've hired ripped this off,
674
00:48:09,099 --> 00:48:11,033
just like they're ripping you off.
675
00:48:11,101 --> 00:48:14,628
I have spent every single penny of my settlement on this house.
676
00:48:14,705 --> 00:48:17,469
I don't have the bucks, okay,
677
00:48:17,541 --> 00:48:19,475
to hire fancy union workers.
678
00:48:19,543 --> 00:48:22,637
Okay, fine. Do it your way.
679
00:48:22,713 --> 00:48:24,977
As usual.
680
00:48:32,956 --> 00:48:34,821
- Fight, fight! - Oh, my God!
681
00:48:37,060 --> 00:48:39,221
- Okay, boys... - Come on, kids. Break it up.
682
00:48:39,296 --> 00:48:42,322
- Calm down. What's wrong with you? - Nick, come on!
683
00:48:42,399 --> 00:48:45,163
- Hey.
684
00:48:55,712 --> 00:48:57,646
I'm putting him on two-day suspension,
685
00:48:57,714 --> 00:49:00,842
- but next time he will be expelled. - There will not be a "next time."
686
00:49:00,917 --> 00:49:03,010
I promise you that.
687
00:49:03,086 --> 00:49:05,680
Have you noticed your son lately?
688
00:49:05,756 --> 00:49:08,350
He's tied up in knots, and he's asking for help.
689
00:49:08,425 --> 00:49:11,861
Kids fight. You're making too much of this.
690
00:49:18,302 --> 00:49:21,794
He was choking the kid, Roberta.
691
00:49:21,872 --> 00:49:23,965
Nick is in trouble,
692
00:49:24,041 --> 00:49:26,441
and you need to deal with it.
693
00:49:33,917 --> 00:49:38,013
Hey, Lexi, catch!
694
00:49:38,088 --> 00:49:40,989
Oh, no, no!
695
00:49:41,058 --> 00:49:43,322
- Oh, no! - I'm sorry.
696
00:49:43,393 --> 00:49:45,327
- Come here. - I didn't mean it. The wind took it.
697
00:49:45,395 --> 00:49:47,989
- Come here. - No, I don't have enough power!
698
00:49:48,065 --> 00:49:51,557
- No! Help me! - You're gonna get it.
699
00:49:51,635 --> 00:49:56,038
- Are you a duck or a chicken? - I'm a chicken!
700
00:49:56,106 --> 00:49:58,199
- You're a chicken?
701
00:49:58,275 --> 00:50:00,209
- Careful! - You got yourself a chicken.
702
00:50:00,277 --> 00:50:03,007
- I'm a chicken!
703
00:50:10,220 --> 00:50:14,782
You're the only one that can make Nick laugh nowadays.
704
00:50:14,858 --> 00:50:18,954
He just misses his dad. I'm just a fill-in.
705
00:50:19,029 --> 00:50:23,466
No, I don't think so. I think he really, really likes you.
706
00:50:24,868 --> 00:50:27,666
- Huh. - We're all hopin'...
707
00:50:27,738 --> 00:50:31,469
you'll move into the new house with us, you know.
708
00:50:31,541 --> 00:50:34,806
Whoa. Slow down here a minute.
709
00:50:34,878 --> 00:50:37,813
- That's a little too much like getting married.
710
00:50:37,881 --> 00:50:40,145
- He's sweating.
711
00:50:40,217 --> 00:50:42,651
What's so bad about that?
712
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:45,483
How do you know that in five years we'll even like each other?
713
00:50:45,555 --> 00:50:48,649
- Oh, well, you know, maybe we won't. - Yeah.
714
00:50:48,725 --> 00:50:50,818
But if two people care about each other,
715
00:50:50,894 --> 00:50:53,158
you know, they take a chance.
716
00:50:53,230 --> 00:50:55,994
Yeah, like you and Charles took a chance.
717
00:50:56,066 --> 00:51:00,162
I'm not talking about Charles, I'm talking about us.
718
00:51:00,237 --> 00:51:03,502
Roberta, look, marriage...
719
00:51:03,573 --> 00:51:07,339
It's based on a belief that one person can completely meet another's needs.
720
00:51:07,411 --> 00:51:09,675
Now, I just... I don't buy that.
721
00:51:09,746 --> 00:51:11,839
- Whoa, wait, wait a minute. - I never have.
722
00:51:11,915 --> 00:51:13,883
What are you saying?
723
00:51:13,950 --> 00:51:16,111
Are you saying that...
724
00:51:16,186 --> 00:51:18,780
if you have some needs that I don't meet,
725
00:51:18,855 --> 00:51:21,881
you would go and have them met by somebody else?
726
00:51:24,694 --> 00:51:29,961
I'm saying it's a fantasy to think about marriage lasting these days.
727
00:51:30,033 --> 00:51:33,127
One out of two marriages ends in misery and divorce.
728
00:51:33,203 --> 00:51:35,296
No, no, no, you're not answering my question.
729
00:51:35,372 --> 00:51:37,806
What is your question?
730
00:51:37,874 --> 00:51:40,968
If I don't meet all of your needs,
731
00:51:41,044 --> 00:51:42,978
you know, and we're in a committed relationship...
732
00:51:43,046 --> 00:51:46,812
I'm not talking about marriage. I'm just talking about a relationship.
733
00:51:46,883 --> 00:51:49,010
You would go to somebody else?
734
00:51:50,554 --> 00:51:52,988
In theory... yes.
735
00:51:54,558 --> 00:51:56,492
"In theory"?
736
00:51:56,560 --> 00:51:58,494
Wait a second. Wait, wait.
737
00:51:58,562 --> 00:52:00,826
Wh-What happened here?
738
00:52:00,897 --> 00:52:02,888
Weren't we having a nice time?
739
00:52:02,966 --> 00:52:06,561
Yeah, okay. Have we been having a great time together?
740
00:52:06,636 --> 00:52:09,104
- Mm-hmm. - Okay.
741
00:52:09,172 --> 00:52:11,663
So let's just keep it that way, all right?
742
00:52:15,011 --> 00:52:16,945
Or not.
743
00:52:20,183 --> 00:52:22,777
Let's go! Come on!
744
00:52:22,853 --> 00:52:25,845
Let's go home! We're all going home.
745
00:52:27,357 --> 00:52:31,453
- Why can't he? - Because he just can't.
746
00:52:33,363 --> 00:52:35,627
Brian is at his house tonight.
747
00:52:35,699 --> 00:52:37,633
We are at ours.
748
00:52:37,701 --> 00:52:40,135
- Then I want to go to his house. - That's enough, Nick.
749
00:52:40,203 --> 00:52:42,137
Come on.
750
00:52:42,205 --> 00:52:45,732
Will you please just set up your violin and start practicing while I make supper.
751
00:52:45,809 --> 00:52:48,209
Why don't you see if the puppy left us a little present in the bathroom?
752
00:52:48,278 --> 00:52:50,644
I don't feel like practicing!
753
00:52:50,714 --> 00:52:54,912
I don't care. Just go do it, now. Go. Go.
754
00:52:54,985 --> 00:52:57,249
I want to go to Brian's!
755
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,982
Stop whining...
756
00:53:00,056 --> 00:53:02,320
and go practice the violin.
757
00:53:06,329 --> 00:53:08,797
Get your violin.
758
00:53:15,672 --> 00:53:17,606
Man.
759
00:53:23,179 --> 00:53:27,673
- What the hell do you think you're doing?
760
00:53:27,751 --> 00:53:29,776
The problem with you is you're mean to everybody,
761
00:53:29,853 --> 00:53:32,947
and then they don't want to be with you!
762
00:53:33,023 --> 00:53:36,288
I've had just about enough of you, young man.
763
00:53:36,359 --> 00:53:40,455
You just set up that violin properly and start practicing right...
764
00:53:40,530 --> 00:53:43,294
I hate the violin!
765
00:53:44,868 --> 00:53:46,927
Pick up that bow right now.
766
00:53:47,003 --> 00:53:50,302
Don't you ever, ever throw down your bo...
767
00:53:50,373 --> 00:53:53,638
It's all your fault! You made Daddy leave us!
768
00:53:53,710 --> 00:53:55,109
Now you're gonna make Brian leave us!
769
00:53:55,178 --> 00:53:58,272
You're gonna be all alone, and I'll have to take care of you!
770
00:53:58,348 --> 00:54:03,513
You don't have to... take care of me.
771
00:54:03,587 --> 00:54:07,523
- Then who's going to? - I can take care of myself.
772
00:54:08,892 --> 00:54:14,125
And I can take care of you and Lexi. I promise.
773
00:54:14,197 --> 00:54:17,291
You didn't try hard enough.
774
00:54:17,367 --> 00:54:20,928
You made Daddy leave us.
775
00:54:21,004 --> 00:54:23,939
That isn't true.
776
00:54:25,508 --> 00:54:28,272
And that is not fair.
777
00:54:29,846 --> 00:54:34,306
I begged him not to leave us, but he wouldn't listen to me.
778
00:54:34,384 --> 00:54:38,286
- Why not? - Because he found somebody else...
779
00:54:38,355 --> 00:54:42,018
that he likes more... than me.
780
00:54:42,092 --> 00:54:45,550
Who?
781
00:54:45,629 --> 00:54:48,792
Lana.
782
00:54:48,865 --> 00:54:53,962
Remember Lana and Tom, our friends in Greece?
783
00:54:54,037 --> 00:54:56,062
That's her.
784
00:55:01,511 --> 00:55:04,844
Is he gonna marry her now?
785
00:55:11,221 --> 00:55:13,246
No, honey.
786
00:55:15,291 --> 00:55:17,259
But he's not...
787
00:55:21,364 --> 00:55:26,131
He's not ever coming back... to me.
788
00:55:29,005 --> 00:55:32,441
Come here, Lex. Come here, baby.
789
00:55:32,509 --> 00:55:36,445
I'm... I'm gonna take care of you, Nick.
790
00:55:36,513 --> 00:55:39,277
And I'm gonna take care of your brother.
791
00:55:39,349 --> 00:55:42,113
And we're still a family. Come here, baby.
792
00:55:42,185 --> 00:55:44,585
I'm never gonna go anywhere.
793
00:55:44,654 --> 00:55:48,454
Okay? You don't have to worry.
794
00:55:55,532 --> 00:55:58,467
Hey. Hey!
795
00:56:33,670 --> 00:56:36,264
- Hey. - What?
796
00:56:36,339 --> 00:56:39,274
- What color is that? - White.
797
00:56:39,342 --> 00:56:42,778
- No, I told you eggshell. - Eggshells are white.
798
00:56:44,114 --> 00:56:46,048
Women.
799
00:56:48,184 --> 00:56:51,176
- - Roberta...
800
00:56:51,254 --> 00:56:53,188
how many times I tell you...
801
00:56:53,256 --> 00:56:55,622
you can't be your own contractor?
802
00:56:55,692 --> 00:56:57,626
You're an idiot.
803
00:56:57,694 --> 00:57:02,996
Yeah. Yeah, you're right. I am an idiot.
804
00:57:03,066 --> 00:57:05,296
- Hey! Ernie!
805
00:57:05,368 --> 00:57:07,632
Ernie, wake up. Come on, come on.
806
00:57:07,704 --> 00:57:10,798
I'm sorry, but you are fired.
807
00:57:10,874 --> 00:57:13,308
You're fired. Yeah. Go.
808
00:57:13,376 --> 00:57:16,470
You two... You're fired.
809
00:57:16,546 --> 00:57:19,208
- Out. Get out. - Is she kidding?
810
00:57:19,282 --> 00:57:22,774
- You're kidding, right? - I want you out of my house! Go!
811
00:57:26,222 --> 00:57:29,089
- You're fired too.
812
00:57:29,159 --> 00:57:31,320
Take it! Go!
813
00:57:32,896 --> 00:57:35,330
Yeah.
814
00:57:35,398 --> 00:57:39,232
- Yeah, that's more like it. - You're fired too.
815
00:57:40,403 --> 00:57:42,496
What?
816
00:57:42,572 --> 00:57:45,006
I mean it. I mean... I mean it.
817
00:57:45,074 --> 00:57:47,668
I need to be with a man, you know,
818
00:57:47,744 --> 00:57:49,837
who can make a commitment to me.
819
00:57:49,913 --> 00:57:54,350
I need that, and my boys need that.
820
00:57:56,085 --> 00:57:58,918
Can you do that?
821
00:58:04,260 --> 00:58:07,252
Roberta...
822
00:58:07,330 --> 00:58:09,855
Get out!
823
00:58:15,038 --> 00:58:17,063
All right.
824
00:58:19,142 --> 00:58:21,076
All right.
825
00:59:30,580 --> 00:59:33,981
- Whew! That was great.
826
01:00:22,799 --> 01:00:26,098
- All right!
827
01:00:26,169 --> 01:00:28,103
Bravo!
828
01:00:33,309 --> 01:00:38,679
- All right! -
829
01:00:42,418 --> 01:00:46,445
- Yeah! -
830
01:01:06,067 --> 01:01:08,695
Children, today is a very special day...
831
01:01:08,769 --> 01:01:13,729
because we're starting the tenth year of the East Harlem Violin Program.
832
01:01:13,808 --> 01:01:18,973
Now, some of you might know that I used to teach just 50 kids at this school.
833
01:01:19,046 --> 01:01:21,412
But now I teach 150 kids...
834
01:01:21,449 --> 01:01:23,815
at three different East Harlem schools.
835
01:01:24,983 --> 01:01:29,010
So many children want to take this violin class that we have to have a lottery.
836
01:01:29,087 --> 01:01:31,817
Now this is a wonderful opportunity,
837
01:01:31,889 --> 01:01:36,223
so I want you to talk to your parents about whether or not you would like to try this.
838
01:01:36,294 --> 01:01:40,822
My daughter took violin with Roberta when she was your age.
839
01:01:40,898 --> 01:01:45,096
Now she's in high school, and she still talks about how much she loved it.
840
01:01:45,169 --> 01:01:49,037
Janet and I started this program...
841
01:01:49,107 --> 01:01:54,010
because we knew how much you kids could benefit from it.
842
01:01:54,078 --> 01:01:58,242
You should know, however, the violin...
843
01:01:58,316 --> 01:02:00,716
is a difficult instrument.
844
01:02:00,785 --> 01:02:02,719
So I... What is it, Justin?
845
01:02:02,787 --> 01:02:05,312
- Who's that lady in the back? - Oh, excuse me.
846
01:02:05,390 --> 01:02:08,223
Yes, this is Dorothea Von Hauften, and she...
847
01:02:08,292 --> 01:02:10,556
- What kind of name is that? - Justin, shh.
848
01:02:10,628 --> 01:02:12,721
She's taking pictures of Roberta's classes...
849
01:02:12,797 --> 01:02:16,096
for a magazine article on music education.
850
01:02:16,167 --> 01:02:18,761
- I want to be in a magazine. - First things first, Justin.
851
01:02:18,836 --> 01:02:21,270
Roberta's going to explain to us about the lottery.
852
01:02:21,339 --> 01:02:24,331
What we're gonna do is, you're going to bring in your permission slips.
853
01:02:24,409 --> 01:02:26,900
Have your parents sign them. You bring them in.
854
01:02:26,978 --> 01:02:29,378
I'm gonna take a hat. I'm gonna close my eyes...
855
01:02:29,447 --> 01:02:34,180
and I'm gonna pick just 50 names from each school...
856
01:02:34,252 --> 01:02:36,186
'cause there isn't enough room for everybody else.
857
01:02:36,254 --> 01:02:40,623
So, on Friday, bring in the slips,
858
01:02:40,692 --> 01:02:43,217
and we will tell you who gets to be...
859
01:02:43,294 --> 01:02:47,196
- in the violin class. - Yeah, but everybody gets a chance.
860
01:02:47,265 --> 01:02:51,861
- Yes? - I really, really hope that I get in the class.
861
01:02:51,936 --> 01:02:55,201
- - I really hope you do too.
862
01:03:27,705 --> 01:03:31,971
Wait, Lex, what time is it? - 2:20.
863
01:03:32,043 --> 01:03:36,912
- I got to go. - Nick, Lexi, how come you guys don't play the violin?
864
01:03:36,981 --> 01:03:40,849
We used to, but you know how my mom is as a teacher?
865
01:03:42,920 --> 01:03:45,115
Picture her being your teacher and your mother.
866
01:03:45,189 --> 01:03:47,953
- Oh, I'm sorry I'm so late. - Hi, Mom.
867
01:03:48,025 --> 01:03:50,858
- Hi, Rachel. - Hi. - Hey, Allegra, come here.
868
01:03:50,928 --> 01:03:52,759
Nick, are you finished practicing?
869
01:03:52,830 --> 01:03:54,923
- Yeah, I'm done. - Already?
870
01:03:54,999 --> 01:03:58,127
- You hardly even practiced. - What, are you timing me with a stopwatch?
871
01:03:58,202 --> 01:04:00,932
- Why don't you pick on Lexi for a change? - 'Cause I'm perfect.
872
01:04:01,005 --> 01:04:04,133
- 'Cause he's perfect. - Yeah, but your head hurts, right?
873
01:04:04,208 --> 01:04:07,177
- Have a good lesson, Rachel. - Thanks.
874
01:04:07,245 --> 01:04:11,079
- Where are you going? - I'm going to meet Lawrence, play some basketball.
875
01:04:11,149 --> 01:04:13,583
- I'll be back in a couple of hours. - Okay.
876
01:04:28,533 --> 01:04:30,694
Don't forget the vibrato.
877
01:04:33,871 --> 01:04:36,339
Dang, I just can't get that right.
878
01:04:36,407 --> 01:04:38,341
Well, that's almost it. You almost got it.
879
01:04:38,409 --> 01:04:40,570
Almost isn't good enough.
880
01:04:40,645 --> 01:04:46,208
Ooh, did I turn you into such a perfectionist?
881
01:04:46,284 --> 01:04:48,445
No, I came that way.
882
01:04:48,519 --> 01:04:50,453
That's what I thought.
883
01:04:50,521 --> 01:04:55,618
Well, just as long as you get it... for your Juilliard audition.
884
01:04:55,693 --> 01:04:58,218
- What?
885
01:04:58,296 --> 01:05:01,265
I've recommended you for a gifted kids scholarship.
886
01:05:01,332 --> 01:05:03,266
Really?
887
01:05:03,334 --> 01:05:05,268
I think you can do it.
888
01:05:06,504 --> 01:05:09,564
And the next is...
889
01:05:09,640 --> 01:05:12,040
Shandra Wilson.
890
01:05:12,109 --> 01:05:15,806
- Yes! - Congratulations.
891
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:19,782
- All right, Shandra! Good for you. - Congratulations, sweetie.
892
01:05:19,851 --> 01:05:25,380
- All right. Next is Justin Brady. - Yes!
893
01:05:25,456 --> 01:05:27,481
- Yeah.
894
01:05:27,558 --> 01:05:29,583
- Yes! - Here you go.
895
01:05:29,660 --> 01:05:32,595
- Next one is... Could be you. - Look at this, Ramon.
896
01:05:32,663 --> 01:05:37,760
Ladies and gentlemen, Vanessa Klein.
897
01:05:37,835 --> 01:05:42,238
Vanessa, good for you, honey. Wow, such a good class.
898
01:05:42,306 --> 01:05:43,933
And the very last one, okay?
899
01:05:44,008 --> 01:05:48,377
- And that is Ramon Olivas.
900
01:05:48,446 --> 01:05:53,349
All right, Ramon. Good for you. Oh, my gosh.
901
01:06:04,762 --> 01:06:07,595
- Thank you! - Yea!
902
01:06:07,665 --> 01:06:09,599
I got it!
903
01:06:09,667 --> 01:06:13,330
I got it!
904
01:06:29,854 --> 01:06:32,254
Does that really work, the ticket thing?
905
01:06:32,323 --> 01:06:34,257
- Oh. Oh, hello. - Hello.
906
01:06:34,325 --> 01:06:37,624
No, that doesn't work, but I keep trying.
907
01:06:37,695 --> 01:06:40,528
You know, maybe one day, the school will give me a parking space.
908
01:06:40,598 --> 01:06:42,589
- Oh. - That would be nice.
909
01:06:42,667 --> 01:06:46,159
- Here. Photographs. - Oh!
910
01:06:48,172 --> 01:06:53,439
Oh, no! They're fantastic!
911
01:06:53,511 --> 01:06:56,537
- Those copies are for you. - Oh, thank you so much!
912
01:06:56,614 --> 01:06:59,674
Oh, they're great! Oh, can I pay you for them?
913
01:06:59,750 --> 01:07:02,878
Oh, don't be silly. You'll need your money for parking tickets.
914
01:07:02,954 --> 01:07:06,481
Oh, thank you so much! That's fantastic!
915
01:07:06,557 --> 01:07:09,685
I think what you're doing for these children... It's wonderful.
916
01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:13,821
My husband's a violinist. He was very impressed when I told him about you.
917
01:07:13,898 --> 01:07:17,026
- Oh, really? What's his name? - Arnold Steinhardt.
918
01:07:18,602 --> 01:07:23,539
- Of the Guarneri String Quartet? - Yeah. Oh, here.
919
01:07:23,607 --> 01:07:26,508
Stay in touch. Let us know when the kids have a concert.
920
01:07:26,577 --> 01:07:28,875
I will, I will. Oh, thank you.
921
01:07:28,946 --> 01:07:32,313
Thank you so much. That's really...
922
01:07:32,383 --> 01:07:33,850
- Here. - That's... Oh, gosh.
923
01:07:33,918 --> 01:07:37,081
- Keys. Bye. - Bye-bye.
924
01:07:37,288 --> 01:07:40,519
Very good! Okay, now when you take your violins home,
925
01:07:40,591 --> 01:07:46,257
I'm gonna ask you to put your music... Tape it up on the wall directly in front of your nose.
926
01:07:46,330 --> 01:07:50,232
'Cause you don't want to be bending over like this, trying to read your music.
927
01:07:50,301 --> 01:07:55,329
- Your parents are gonna be so excited to see you... play. - Stop!
928
01:07:57,942 --> 01:08:01,070
Yeah, okay. Let's try it again.
929
01:08:01,145 --> 01:08:04,376
Ready? And...
930
01:08:07,585 --> 01:08:09,576
Ramon, how many cats you killing back there?
931
01:08:25,770 --> 01:08:27,704
Ready and...
932
01:08:31,709 --> 01:08:36,271
Myesha, your stop sign should be touching, honey.
933
01:08:36,347 --> 01:08:39,646
Don't let it wiggle around like that.
934
01:08:39,717 --> 01:08:43,448
- Justin, you're on the wrong string. -
935
01:08:43,521 --> 01:08:46,251
Look at your feet. All right, hold it, hold it, hold it.
936
01:08:46,323 --> 01:08:48,154
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What time...
937
01:08:48,225 --> 01:08:52,457
- Vanessa, where is your violin? - I forgot it.
938
01:08:52,530 --> 01:08:54,521
Again?
939
01:08:55,499 --> 01:08:57,262
This is... Good-bye.
940
01:08:57,334 --> 01:08:59,996
Go on. Good-bye.
941
01:09:00,071 --> 01:09:02,505
I'm sorry, but, you know, you may be dropped.
942
01:09:02,573 --> 01:09:05,474
Go!
943
01:09:05,543 --> 01:09:09,274
Hey, Ramon, that's very much better. I have to tell you, I'm very impressed.
944
01:09:09,346 --> 01:09:13,578
- - That practicing is paying off. Let me see your nails, Rosario.
945
01:09:13,651 --> 01:09:17,815
See? You gotta keep these clipped. And I'm looking at you too, Myesha.
946
01:09:17,888 --> 01:09:20,288
- Everybody, I've told you... - Drop dead, Justin!
947
01:09:20,357 --> 01:09:22,848
- It was an accident. - It was not!
948
01:09:22,927 --> 01:09:25,862
Hey, Ramon, I don't like that kind of talk in here! You pick that stand up now.
949
01:09:25,930 --> 01:09:27,761
You get the music. Come on.
950
01:09:27,832 --> 01:09:33,464
Listen to me, buddy. We have a big concert coming up. You're not gonna be in it maybe.
951
01:09:33,537 --> 01:09:36,097
- Is that what you want? - No.
952
01:09:37,808 --> 01:09:42,609
- Ooh. - Nothing funny here.
953
01:09:42,680 --> 01:09:45,376
- Here you go, sweetheart. Come on, I got it.
954
01:09:45,449 --> 01:09:47,474
- Good night. - Bye-bye. Work hard. - Get inside.
955
01:09:47,551 --> 01:09:49,883
That a girl. We just got... We're in a hurry, that's all.
956
01:09:49,954 --> 01:09:51,888
- Mr. Klein? - Yeah?
957
01:09:51,956 --> 01:09:56,586
You know, I'm gonna have to drop Vanessa from class if she keeps forgetting her violin.
958
01:09:58,062 --> 01:10:00,155
Hey, look...
959
01:10:00,231 --> 01:10:03,598
she's going back and forth between houses.
960
01:10:03,667 --> 01:10:06,067
My wife and I split up.
961
01:10:07,905 --> 01:10:10,738
Oh. I'm sorry.
962
01:10:10,808 --> 01:10:13,242
Vanessa, why don't you write down for your mom and dad...
963
01:10:14,441 --> 01:10:16,432
which days are violin days, okay?
964
01:10:26,153 --> 01:10:27,950
Relax your two, Simon. Good.
965
01:10:32,219 --> 01:10:34,312
Kenny, your stop sign should be up. Up, up, up, up. That's better.
966
01:10:34,387 --> 01:10:37,845
Stephanie, you look like you never had a violin lesson with me in your entire life!
967
01:10:40,560 --> 01:10:42,494
Oh, Carlos. Where's your violin?
968
01:10:42,562 --> 01:10:46,054
- Um... it's coming. - What's it, walking here by itself?
969
01:10:46,133 --> 01:10:49,569
- I'm coming! - Thank you.
970
01:10:49,636 --> 01:10:53,504
- Your buddies giving you a hard time? - Look, it's just not cool.
971
01:10:53,573 --> 01:10:56,406
- You wouldn't understand. - You want your sister to carry your violin, that's fine.
972
01:10:56,476 --> 01:10:59,570
But is she practicing for you too? Because that's the way it sounds to me lately.
973
01:10:59,646 --> 01:11:01,580
- I've been busy. - I don't want to hear it.
974
01:11:01,648 --> 01:11:03,616
Get here on time and commit to this class or I don't want you in here.
975
01:11:03,683 --> 01:11:05,844
You understand me? Go.
976
01:11:05,919 --> 01:11:10,720
Go.
977
01:11:16,496 --> 01:11:19,090
You're a good violinist, Carlos,
978
01:11:19,166 --> 01:11:22,260
but it is definitely not cool to waste your talent.
979
01:11:22,335 --> 01:11:25,236
- Okay? - Yeah.
980
01:11:25,305 --> 01:11:28,934
So, let's do it again. Perfect this time.
981
01:11:31,411 --> 01:11:33,345
Hi.
982
01:11:36,783 --> 01:11:38,717
Hey...
983
01:11:46,927 --> 01:11:48,588
What happened?
984
01:11:56,136 --> 01:12:01,506
- I guess you've all heard the bad news about Justin. - I didn't hear.
985
01:12:01,575 --> 01:12:04,339
There was a drive-by shooting by his house,
986
01:12:04,411 --> 01:12:06,606
and he got shot by accident and he died.
987
01:12:15,255 --> 01:12:18,122
Would anybody like to talk about this now?
988
01:12:30,904 --> 01:12:32,838
Ramon?
989
01:12:32,906 --> 01:12:36,842
I think we should just play violin.
990
01:13:01,468 --> 01:13:06,701
- Roberta, come in. - I just wanted to stop by and check on Ramon.
991
01:13:06,773 --> 01:13:11,176
- Why? - Didn't he tell you what happened at school today?
992
01:13:24,658 --> 01:13:30,062
- Hey, Roberta wants to talk to you, okay? - Okay.
993
01:13:43,543 --> 01:13:46,341
- Did that sound okay? - That sounded very good.
994
01:13:46,413 --> 01:13:49,974
Very good.
995
01:13:53,420 --> 01:13:55,354
I've been thinking about Justin.
996
01:13:57,424 --> 01:14:01,053
Remember how mad I was at him the last time I saw him?
997
01:14:01,127 --> 01:14:04,619
Yeah. You got really strict with him.
998
01:14:04,698 --> 01:14:09,431
Yeah, but, you know, it wasn't always easy to be nice to him.
999
01:14:09,502 --> 01:14:14,201
You think Justin's in heaven or hell?
1000
01:14:14,274 --> 01:14:16,105
Heaven.
1001
01:14:19,279 --> 01:14:21,372
I told him to drop dead.
1002
01:14:21,448 --> 01:14:26,385
Well, Justin didn't die because you said that.
1003
01:14:26,453 --> 01:14:29,479
- I promise. - How would you know?
1004
01:14:29,556 --> 01:14:35,153
Well, I don't think you're that powerful. You know?
1005
01:14:35,228 --> 01:14:37,389
If you had such powers,
1006
01:14:37,464 --> 01:14:40,763
just imagine what kind of a violinist you'd be by now.
1007
01:14:40,834 --> 01:14:45,237
- Yeah, I'd be better than you.
1008
01:14:52,278 --> 01:14:54,212
It's okay to cry.
1009
01:14:55,482 --> 01:14:57,677
Not for a man.
1010
01:14:57,751 --> 01:15:00,515
My boys still cry,
1011
01:15:00,587 --> 01:15:04,648
and they're big, strong young men now:
1012
01:15:04,724 --> 01:15:07,522
And I'll bet Justin's daddy cried.
1013
01:15:16,803 --> 01:15:18,737
It's okay.
1014
01:15:31,284 --> 01:15:33,582
What's this?
1015
01:15:37,791 --> 01:15:40,726
Oh. What is all this?
1016
01:15:50,937 --> 01:15:53,804
What is this?
1017
01:16:03,917 --> 01:16:06,977
Nick! Lexi! You come down here right now!
1018
01:16:10,256 --> 01:16:12,349
Mom, we were just trying to help.
1019
01:16:14,294 --> 01:16:16,922
This is so humiliating.
1020
01:16:16,996 --> 01:16:19,328
No one even knows it's you.
1021
01:16:19,399 --> 01:16:21,959
I mean, you don't even have to read them, if you don't want to.
1022
01:16:22,035 --> 01:16:24,526
- Although, look, obviously,
1023
01:16:24,604 --> 01:16:26,936
a lot of guys are interested in dating you.
1024
01:16:27,006 --> 01:16:31,272
No, a lot of guys are interested in dating you and Lexi.
1025
01:16:33,413 --> 01:16:35,847
What did you say about me anyway?
1026
01:16:35,915 --> 01:16:38,907
Beautiful musician,
1027
01:16:38,985 --> 01:16:41,249
late thirties, tired of playing solo...
1028
01:16:41,321 --> 01:16:45,587
Seeks a healthy, stable, attractive man who's not afraid of a duet...
1029
01:16:45,658 --> 01:16:47,956
- with a strong, independent woman.
1030
01:16:48,027 --> 01:16:50,359
My violin playing will feed your soul.
1031
01:16:50,430 --> 01:16:52,455
And my lasagna will be music to your palette.
1032
01:16:52,532 --> 01:16:54,466
Oh, my God!
1033
01:16:54,534 --> 01:16:57,503
Did you catch all the music metaphors?
1034
01:16:57,570 --> 01:17:00,835
Oh, no. Listen, don't you think it's a little weird...
1035
01:17:00,907 --> 01:17:02,932
that you're trying to get your mother a date?
1036
01:17:03,009 --> 01:17:05,307
And don't hit him again or I'll smack you.
1037
01:17:05,378 --> 01:17:08,279
Don't you think it's a little weird that you're not even interested in dating?
1038
01:17:08,348 --> 01:17:12,148
Look, even if I were interested in dating,
1039
01:17:12,218 --> 01:17:15,153
which... which I'm not,
1040
01:17:15,221 --> 01:17:18,520
I don't have time to do that, and, besides, you know,
1041
01:17:18,591 --> 01:17:20,889
I have my teaching... which I love.
1042
01:17:22,795 --> 01:17:25,525
I have you... and you.
1043
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:29,568
That's all I need.
1044
01:17:32,438 --> 01:17:35,635
- - I really thought she'd like the music metaphors.
1045
01:17:36,709 --> 01:17:38,734
She said don't hit me.
1046
01:17:44,717 --> 01:17:48,084
God.
1047
01:17:56,129 --> 01:17:59,496
"Dan Paxton."
1048
01:18:05,572 --> 01:18:08,405
That's good. That's good.
1049
01:18:13,613 --> 01:18:16,104
- I'm not flat, Mom. - Sounds flat to me.
1050
01:18:16,182 --> 01:18:18,173
Play the violin. I'll take care of the cello, okay?
1051
01:18:24,290 --> 01:18:26,520
So, you nervous, Mom?
1052
01:18:26,593 --> 01:18:28,925
No.
1053
01:18:30,830 --> 01:18:32,457
-
1054
01:18:37,704 --> 01:18:42,300
I'm... I'm just... I'll be right back. I just...
1055
01:18:42,375 --> 01:18:44,309
Let him in.
1056
01:18:51,517 --> 01:18:55,647
Hi. I'm Dan Paxton.
1057
01:18:55,722 --> 01:18:57,656
- Is this the right place? - Yeah.
1058
01:18:57,724 --> 01:18:59,692
- Roberta, right? - Yeah. I'm her son, Lexi.
1059
01:18:59,759 --> 01:19:04,093
- Oh, hi, Lexi. Nice to meet you. - You can go in the living room.
1060
01:19:07,567 --> 01:19:09,762
- Hi. - Nick.
1061
01:19:09,836 --> 01:19:11,963
- Uh, Dan. - Dan, nice to meet you.
1062
01:19:12,038 --> 01:19:15,974
- This is Allegra and... - Hi. Oh, hey.
1063
01:19:16,042 --> 01:19:18,977
She should be... She should be out in a minute.
1064
01:19:20,246 --> 01:19:22,180
Hi.
1065
01:19:26,386 --> 01:19:28,752
- Dan? - Yeah.
1066
01:19:28,821 --> 01:19:31,813
- Hi, I'm Roberta. - Wow. An honest woman.
1067
01:19:31,891 --> 01:19:34,189
- "Honest"? - Your ad.
1068
01:19:34,260 --> 01:19:37,491
You said you were a beautiful woman, and you were telling the truth.
1069
01:19:39,198 --> 01:19:42,065
Oh.
1070
01:19:43,703 --> 01:19:47,969
- We should probably take off... soon. - Okay, all right.
1071
01:19:48,041 --> 01:19:49,975
I'll get my bag.
1072
01:19:53,413 --> 01:19:56,280
Make sure you're home by midnight, young lady.
1073
01:19:59,052 --> 01:20:02,818
- He's like six four. - I know.
1074
01:20:02,889 --> 01:20:05,323
To the right. To the right.
1075
01:20:08,194 --> 01:20:10,662
- - That's the car. They're here.
1076
01:20:10,730 --> 01:20:13,722
- All right. - Oh, Mommy's late.
1077
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:15,825
- What time is it anyway? - 12:30.
1078
01:20:15,902 --> 01:20:18,234
- That's promising. - Ten bucks says he tries to kiss her.
1079
01:20:18,304 --> 01:20:21,637
That's a no-brainer. Of course, he'll try. The real question is whether she lets him.
1080
01:20:21,708 --> 01:20:24,677
- Okay, ten bucks she lets him. - You're on.
1081
01:20:24,744 --> 01:20:27,269
Well, I had a good time tonight.
1082
01:20:27,347 --> 01:20:30,373
Yeah, I did too. I, uh...
1083
01:20:32,318 --> 01:20:34,252
I have a confession to make though.
1084
01:20:34,320 --> 01:20:36,914
Uh...
1085
01:20:36,989 --> 01:20:38,980
Uh, I've...
1086
01:20:39,058 --> 01:20:41,720
I've never answered an ad before.
1087
01:20:41,794 --> 01:20:45,787
Uh, I lost a poker bet.
1088
01:20:45,865 --> 01:20:49,926
- No.
1089
01:20:50,002 --> 01:20:53,335
But I'm glad I did. But I...
1090
01:20:53,406 --> 01:20:56,637
I have a little confession myself.
1091
01:20:56,709 --> 01:21:02,011
My boys placed the ad behind my back.
1092
01:21:02,081 --> 01:21:04,345
- You're kidding. - No.
1093
01:21:04,417 --> 01:21:06,351
- I had a great time. - No. Really?
1094
01:21:06,419 --> 01:21:09,877
Yeah, they did this. They're so worried I have no...
1095
01:21:09,956 --> 01:21:12,584
social life.
1096
01:21:12,658 --> 01:21:15,593
- Ten dollars. - No way, man. She ain't gonna kiss him.
1097
01:21:15,661 --> 01:21:17,595
- Just watch. - Shut up.
1098
01:21:26,105 --> 01:21:28,539
Dan, I just... I want to tell...
1099
01:21:28,608 --> 01:21:33,739
I went along with this because it's been a while for me.
1100
01:21:33,813 --> 01:21:35,747
It's been quite a while.
1101
01:21:35,815 --> 01:21:38,215
But, um, I'm not sure...
1102
01:21:38,284 --> 01:21:41,947
I really want to get involved with anybody just yet.
1103
01:21:42,021 --> 01:21:45,115
Does this mean I don't get any lasagna?
1104
01:21:45,191 --> 01:21:48,991
- Oh, yeah.
1105
01:21:49,061 --> 01:21:51,928
Bye.
1106
01:21:51,998 --> 01:21:53,932
Oh, my God!
1107
01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:57,697
- Jesus, what are you guys doing up? - Sorry.
1108
01:21:57,770 --> 01:21:59,704
- Why, is it late?
1109
01:21:59,772 --> 01:22:03,674
- How was it, Mom? - It was nice, you know.
1110
01:22:03,743 --> 01:22:05,677
- "Nice"? - Yeah.
1111
01:22:05,745 --> 01:22:07,736
What, as in like "Let's just be friends" nice?
1112
01:22:07,814 --> 01:22:10,908
Well, you know, I don't know.
1113
01:22:10,983 --> 01:22:14,043
But we'll see.
1114
01:22:14,120 --> 01:22:16,782
- You know, there's a lot more letters. - Good night, Nick.
1115
01:22:16,856 --> 01:22:18,790
- Good night, Mom. - Good night, baby.
1116
01:22:18,858 --> 01:22:20,951
Good night, Mom.
1117
01:22:21,027 --> 01:22:22,961
That's right. Pay up.
1118
01:22:23,029 --> 01:22:25,827
Mom, could you loan me ten dollars?
1119
01:22:36,809 --> 01:22:40,176
Hi. Kids, I'm sorry I'm late.
1120
01:22:40,246 --> 01:22:44,546
I got stuck over at C.P.E. 2.
1121
01:22:44,617 --> 01:22:47,745
Where are your violins?
1122
01:22:56,028 --> 01:22:59,520
- What's the matter? - We heard you got fired.
1123
01:22:59,599 --> 01:23:03,228
You what?
1124
01:23:05,271 --> 01:23:07,865
They don't want music anymore.
1125
01:23:16,148 --> 01:23:18,082
Is it true?
1126
01:23:18,150 --> 01:23:21,244
- Come into the office, Roberta. - It's true? You're firing me?
1127
01:23:21,320 --> 01:23:24,187
It wasn't me, Roberta. The Board of Ed cut the budget.
1128
01:23:24,257 --> 01:23:26,487
The district had to comply.
1129
01:23:26,559 --> 01:23:30,154
As of the end of this term, the violin program has been excessed.
1130
01:23:30,229 --> 01:23:32,254
"Excessed"?
1131
01:23:32,331 --> 01:23:35,266
They specifically said that my violin program has to go?
1132
01:23:35,334 --> 01:23:38,861
They slashed the budget! Music and art programs got hit the worst.
1133
01:23:38,938 --> 01:23:41,270
- Yeah, what about Dennis's classes? - Uh, I'm tenured, Roberta.
1134
01:23:41,340 --> 01:23:43,274
Yeah. When was this decided anyway?
1135
01:23:43,342 --> 01:23:46,072
Things happened very quickly. I wanted to tell you myself.
1136
01:23:46,145 --> 01:23:49,774
- I can't believe this is happening! - Why not? You are a sub.
1137
01:23:49,849 --> 01:23:53,785
- Your position has never been permanent. - Hey, Dennis, just smile!
1138
01:23:53,853 --> 01:23:56,253
- This is the happiest day of your life, isn't it? - Come into the office.
1139
01:23:56,322 --> 01:23:58,950
You are not helping.
1140
01:24:00,326 --> 01:24:02,260
- Come on.
1141
01:24:05,164 --> 01:24:08,429
- There must be some way that we can fight this. - Fight it with what?
1142
01:24:08,501 --> 01:24:12,028
I don't have any other extra programs I can give them instead.
1143
01:24:12,104 --> 01:24:15,403
I see. I see.
1144
01:24:15,474 --> 01:24:18,966
After ten years, after 1,400 kids have learned the violin,
1145
01:24:19,045 --> 01:24:20,979
this is just an "extra program."
1146
01:24:21,047 --> 01:24:22,981
You know I don't feel that way,
1147
01:24:23,049 --> 01:24:25,779
and you know damn well I've been standing by you all these years!
1148
01:24:25,851 --> 01:24:28,081
You think I haven't noticed what you've done for these kids?
1149
01:24:28,154 --> 01:24:30,987
- Then do something! - I have been on this phone for the past three days...
1150
01:24:31,057 --> 01:24:33,218
trying to do something!
1151
01:24:33,292 --> 01:24:36,159
They're sick of hearing my voice! Believe me...
1152
01:24:36,228 --> 01:24:39,254
there are other people around here I would much rather get rid of,
1153
01:24:39,332 --> 01:24:45,168
but as far as the board is concerned, violin classes are not a priority!
1154
01:24:45,237 --> 01:24:48,229
I don't have the power here, Roberta.
1155
01:24:50,710 --> 01:24:52,200
I am so sorry.
1156
01:26:39,085 --> 01:26:41,747
- Please sit.
1157
01:26:45,524 --> 01:26:48,721
This beautiful concert that you just heard...
1158
01:26:50,463 --> 01:26:52,761
could be the very last concert...
1159
01:26:52,832 --> 01:26:55,858
- of the East Harlem Violin Program.
1160
01:26:55,935 --> 01:27:00,463
The Board of Ed and the district superintendent think that music...
1161
01:27:00,539 --> 01:27:03,940
isn't important for our kids.
1162
01:27:04,009 --> 01:27:07,740
- But they are wrong,
1163
01:27:07,813 --> 01:27:11,305
- and they're gonna get a big fight. -
1164
01:27:34,039 --> 01:27:36,098
Why do the parents have to meet here?
1165
01:27:36,175 --> 01:27:38,973
- You should be using the vacuum cleaner, by the way. I got it. -
1166
01:27:39,044 --> 01:27:41,808
- - Oh, God, somebody's early.
1167
01:27:43,549 --> 01:27:48,316
- Hello, Assunta. How are you? - Well, I'd be a lot better...
1168
01:27:48,387 --> 01:27:51,356
- if my daughter had a job next year. - Well, so would I.
1169
01:27:51,423 --> 01:27:53,948
- Ma. Sorry I'm early, but, um...
1170
01:27:54,026 --> 01:27:57,291
I figured we'd need a little extra time to set up.
1171
01:27:57,363 --> 01:28:01,026
Beware of Greeks bearing you-know-what.
1172
01:28:01,100 --> 01:28:03,694
Mommy, will you mind taking Allegra for a walk right now please?
1173
01:28:03,769 --> 01:28:06,795
- You are having a meeting here tonight, right? Parents and teachers? - Yes.
1174
01:28:06,872 --> 01:28:08,965
- Get down, get down. - Come on, Allegra. Let's go.
1175
01:28:09,041 --> 01:28:12,204
- Take it from me, - Good-bye.
1176
01:28:12,278 --> 01:28:14,303
if you want to get parents to help you with something, you got to feed them.
1177
01:28:14,380 --> 01:28:17,178
- Do you have a cutting board for these? -
1178
01:28:17,249 --> 01:28:21,447
And if you think parents are bad, teachers are worse.
1179
01:28:21,520 --> 01:28:23,545
Believe me, I know. I was a teacher.
1180
01:28:23,622 --> 01:28:26,352
That's why I brought snacks.
1181
01:28:26,425 --> 01:28:29,724
- Wow. - Gets them every time.
1182
01:28:29,795 --> 01:28:33,231
Uh, you didn't expect me to bring homemade, did you?
1183
01:28:33,299 --> 01:28:37,258
- No, I didn't... - Good, because my husband begs me to stay out of the kitchen.
1184
01:28:41,574 --> 01:28:45,533
- I didn't expect you to be here at all. - Why not?
1185
01:28:46,846 --> 01:28:48,780
We got to figure out a way to fight this.
1186
01:28:49,882 --> 01:28:51,941
And after ten years, I don't know,
1187
01:28:52,017 --> 01:28:55,316
I just can't imagine walking down those hallways and not hearing that...
1188
01:28:55,387 --> 01:28:58,185
off-key, nails-on-blackboard violin music.
1189
01:29:00,826 --> 01:29:02,953
Thank you.
1190
01:29:05,264 --> 01:29:10,327
- Ma. Ma, get some... - I'll tell you this.
1191
01:29:10,402 --> 01:29:12,336
If this was a downtown problem,
1192
01:29:12,404 --> 01:29:14,269
- they would take care of it tomorrow.
1193
01:29:14,340 --> 01:29:17,036
Absolutely right.
1194
01:29:17,109 --> 01:29:18,906
They don't realize how much this program helps our kids.
1195
01:29:18,978 --> 01:29:21,913
Simon is our third child to study with Roberta.
1196
01:29:21,981 --> 01:29:24,575
james is premed. April is valedictorian.
1197
01:29:24,650 --> 01:29:27,619
- Now that says something. - Nobody knows that.
1198
01:29:27,686 --> 01:29:31,087
We should inundate the board and the district with letters. I mean, flood them.
1199
01:29:31,156 --> 01:29:33,852
It doesn't matter how many letters you send them. It's just not in the budget.
1200
01:29:33,926 --> 01:29:36,554
- What if we raise the money ourselves? - Oh, they wouldn't object.
1201
01:29:36,629 --> 01:29:39,097
What if you did a benefit concert?
1202
01:29:39,164 --> 01:29:42,930
We could raise a batch of money from the ticket sales,
1203
01:29:43,002 --> 01:29:46,733
and the concert itself could be great publicity for the program.
1204
01:29:46,805 --> 01:29:50,798
It can't just be me and the kids, I don't think, not if you're gonna charge money.
1205
01:29:50,876 --> 01:29:53,344
Perhaps I could persuade Arnold to play with you and the kids.
1206
01:29:53,412 --> 01:29:57,872
- - And, well, maybe he can get another violinist too.
1207
01:29:57,950 --> 01:29:59,884
Itzhak Perlman, perhaps.
1208
01:29:59,952 --> 01:30:02,785
Itzhak Perlman? Arnold and... Arnold would do this?
1209
01:30:02,855 --> 01:30:04,880
Itzhak Perlman?
1210
01:30:04,957 --> 01:30:06,948
And Arnold... Would they do this, though?
1211
01:30:07,026 --> 01:30:09,051
Yes, Arnold and Itzhak are very good friends.
1212
01:30:09,128 --> 01:30:11,062
- Seriously, you think they would? - Yes, yes.
1213
01:30:11,130 --> 01:30:15,499
And we could rent a place like the 92nd Street "Y." It's perfect for this.
1214
01:30:15,567 --> 01:30:19,333
- It seats about 900 people. - Nine hundred would be more than enough.
1215
01:30:19,405 --> 01:30:23,000
And if we charge between $50 and $100 a ticket, then...
1216
01:30:23,075 --> 01:30:25,407
That could raise you enough to reinstate your program for a year.
1217
01:30:25,477 --> 01:30:27,604
- - That's a very... That's a great idea.
1218
01:30:27,680 --> 01:30:30,342
- That's a lot of money, Roberta. - It'll be fun.
1219
01:30:30,416 --> 01:30:33,317
- - If you can get us the fellows.
1220
01:30:33,385 --> 01:30:37,788
Beg him. Do whatever you need to do.
1221
01:30:37,856 --> 01:30:42,793
- Hi. - Well, I have some good news and some great news.
1222
01:30:42,861 --> 01:30:45,352
- We're in five different papers.
1223
01:30:47,766 --> 01:30:52,430
Oh, my... Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
1224
01:31:09,188 --> 01:31:12,055
Itzhak, it's Arnold.
1225
01:31:12,124 --> 01:31:13,989
You know, the other fiddler.
1226
01:31:14,059 --> 01:31:16,220
I have something to propose to you.
1227
01:31:28,540 --> 01:31:31,373
- Thank you. - Okay, good luck.
1228
01:32:00,105 --> 01:32:02,733
Hey!
1229
01:32:02,808 --> 01:32:06,972
Everybody, listen to me. Pay attention. Fall in.
1230
01:32:07,046 --> 01:32:10,277
You people are my very best...
1231
01:32:10,349 --> 01:32:13,250
beginning and advanced violin students,
1232
01:32:13,318 --> 01:32:16,913
and that's why you have been chosen to be in the Fiddlefest.
1233
01:32:16,989 --> 01:32:21,585
Because I trust that you can handle this pressure.
1234
01:32:21,660 --> 01:32:25,289
This is gonna be a lot of work, a lot, a lot of work!
1235
01:32:25,364 --> 01:32:27,525
People have already bought tickets to this thing,
1236
01:32:27,599 --> 01:32:29,863
and we are not gonna be here in the fall if, you know,
1237
01:32:29,935 --> 01:32:31,869
they all run screaming to the box office...
1238
01:32:31,937 --> 01:32:34,064
and want their money back, okay?
1239
01:32:34,139 --> 01:32:36,073
So you gotta be good!
1240
01:32:36,141 --> 01:32:38,701
- "Bach's Minuet 1"? - Yes, that's right.
1241
01:32:38,777 --> 01:32:41,143
Because people are gonna be paying good money for this concert.
1242
01:32:41,213 --> 01:32:43,238
They don't want to hear "Twinkle."
1243
01:32:43,315 --> 01:32:48,309
Okay. Now, on the second page of your music, you will see a contract.
1244
01:32:48,387 --> 01:32:52,153
I need you and I need your parents to sign that...
1245
01:32:52,224 --> 01:32:56,320
because that promises me you are gonna be there at each and every rehearsal.
1246
01:32:56,395 --> 01:33:00,092
- Every Saturday and Sunday? - Every Saturday and Sunday...
1247
01:33:00,165 --> 01:33:03,259
- and nighttime rehearsals during the week.
1248
01:33:03,335 --> 01:33:05,269
Oh, yes! We have six weeks, people!
1249
01:33:05,337 --> 01:33:08,363
Six weeks to this concert. All right?
1250
01:33:08,440 --> 01:33:11,034
That's not enough time. We can't do it all in school.
1251
01:33:11,110 --> 01:33:14,409
I'm thinking, maybe, we're gonna come in early before school in the mornings.
1252
01:33:14,480 --> 01:33:17,938
- Come in early...
1253
01:33:18,016 --> 01:33:20,951
No, that's what it's gonna take. Have you ever heard of Navy SEAL training?
1254
01:33:21,019 --> 01:33:24,819
- No. - Well, this is gonna be Roberta's String Training.
1255
01:33:24,890 --> 01:33:28,121
- It's gonna be tough. It's gonna be rough. - Hi, Roberta.
1256
01:33:28,193 --> 01:33:31,026
Oh, Naeem! Oh!
1257
01:33:31,096 --> 01:33:33,428
Great! I'm so glad you came.
1258
01:33:33,499 --> 01:33:36,093
- Roberta! - Guadalupe, is that you? Oh.
1259
01:33:36,168 --> 01:33:39,137
Oh, I'm good, I'm good.
1260
01:33:39,204 --> 01:33:41,138
Now, I'm grea... That's not Lucy.
1261
01:33:41,206 --> 01:33:45,643
- Oh! Oh, guys, this is so great.
1262
01:33:45,711 --> 01:33:48,805
- And DeSean? You're a monster. You're huge! - How you doing?
1263
01:33:48,881 --> 01:33:52,840
You grew a little.
1264
01:33:52,918 --> 01:33:55,785
You guys, you grew a little bit.
1265
01:33:55,854 --> 01:33:59,449
Okay, these are four of my... not my best students, but my first students.
1266
01:33:59,525 --> 01:34:05,327
- They've agreed to come and play in the concert with you guys.
1267
01:34:05,397 --> 01:34:08,992
I'm trying to tell them how hard they're gonna have to work. All right?
1268
01:34:09,067 --> 01:34:12,161
Take it from me, you gotta work your butts off.
1269
01:34:12,237 --> 01:34:14,535
Six weeks to this concert.
1270
01:34:41,033 --> 01:34:43,399
Hey, Carlos, where you going? We got a game, remember?
1271
01:34:43,468 --> 01:34:46,062
- Yeah, but I can't make it. - What are you talking about?
1272
01:34:46,138 --> 01:34:48,197
Look, I just can't make it.
1273
01:34:48,273 --> 01:34:51,868
What? Do you have a date with the violin teacher?
1274
01:34:51,944 --> 01:34:55,402
Yeah, I do. Give me that.
1275
01:35:06,525 --> 01:35:08,459
More bow!
1276
01:35:09,861 --> 01:35:11,795
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
1277
01:35:11,863 --> 01:35:14,957
My God, you sound... Is anybody practicing at all?
1278
01:35:15,033 --> 01:35:18,196
How can we practice? We're rehearsing all the time.
1279
01:35:18,270 --> 01:35:21,706
- Oh, that's funny. You think that's funny, Stephanie?
1280
01:35:21,773 --> 01:35:25,709
You think the 400 people that have bought tickets so far are gonna think...
1281
01:35:25,777 --> 01:35:29,907
You think Itzhak Perlman is gonna think it's funny?
1282
01:35:29,982 --> 01:35:32,212
I'm not trying to beat you kids up.
1283
01:35:33,285 --> 01:35:35,219
I'm really not.
1284
01:35:35,287 --> 01:35:37,221
But I know two things.
1285
01:35:37,289 --> 01:35:39,553
One: If this program disappears next year,
1286
01:35:39,625 --> 01:35:42,185
you're gonna look around, and you're gonna really, really miss it.
1287
01:35:45,998 --> 01:35:50,901
Two: If you have a hand in saving it,
1288
01:35:50,969 --> 01:35:53,836
each one of you,
1289
01:35:53,905 --> 01:35:56,203
you're gonna feel real good.
1290
01:35:56,275 --> 01:35:58,243
Real good.
1291
01:35:58,310 --> 01:36:02,406
Boy, that will be better than any lesson I can teach you in class.
1292
01:36:02,481 --> 01:36:07,851
It's gonna be worth it, so please hang in there with me.
1293
01:36:08,053 --> 01:36:11,750
Oh, you know, I cannot believe I ever agreed to do this!
1294
01:36:11,823 --> 01:36:13,688
These kids are never gonna be ready.
1295
01:36:13,759 --> 01:36:17,354
You should hear the Bach double. It's a complete disaster.
1296
01:36:17,429 --> 01:36:19,897
- Good morning. - Good morning.
1297
01:36:19,965 --> 01:36:22,195
The good news is the tickets are selling like hotcakes.
1298
01:36:22,267 --> 01:36:24,667
The bad news is the kids sound like sh...
1299
01:36:24,736 --> 01:36:28,194
- There's more bad news. - What?
1300
01:36:28,273 --> 01:36:31,606
- We've lost the "Y." - What?
1301
01:36:31,677 --> 01:36:33,611
They had a flood. A water heater burst.
1302
01:36:33,679 --> 01:36:36,876
The concert hall was damaged, and they've canceled all events.
1303
01:36:36,948 --> 01:36:38,472
Until when?
1304
01:36:38,550 --> 01:36:41,644
- Until further notice. - Oh, no, no, no.
1305
01:36:41,720 --> 01:36:45,212
This can't happen. We've sold tickets. We've done publicity.
1306
01:36:45,290 --> 01:36:47,781
We have a concert in three weeks.
1307
01:36:47,859 --> 01:36:51,192
I've been on the phone all morning calling other theaters.
1308
01:36:51,263 --> 01:36:53,197
Nothing's available.
1309
01:37:09,981 --> 01:37:13,417
- Come on. - The teacher's late.
1310
01:37:13,485 --> 01:37:17,251
You know, I think she should be dropped, don't you?
1311
01:37:17,322 --> 01:37:21,486
- Yeah, I don't know if we should let her play in Fiddlefest. - Yeah.
1312
01:37:36,007 --> 01:37:39,272
Check it out. Here you go, youngster.
1313
01:37:39,344 --> 01:37:43,041
- Yeah. - Hey, somebody gave us money!
1314
01:37:43,115 --> 01:37:46,710
Stop. No, hold it. Are you guys kidding me?
1315
01:37:46,785 --> 01:37:49,345
You have to have more bow.
1316
01:37:49,421 --> 01:37:51,355
And you gotta go to the frog.
1317
01:37:51,423 --> 01:37:54,551
You guys sound terrible. I can't believe how terrible you sound.
1318
01:37:54,626 --> 01:37:58,062
- You're gonna make everybody sick to their stomachs.
1319
01:37:58,130 --> 01:38:00,963
They're gonna pay $ 1,000 a ticket, and you're gonna make them throw up.
1320
01:38:01,032 --> 01:38:05,128
Carlos... you imitating me?
1321
01:38:05,203 --> 01:38:10,800
If you're imitating me, you should do it right. Stand up straight.
1322
01:38:10,876 --> 01:38:12,969
Put that violin up. Higher, higher.
1323
01:38:13,044 --> 01:38:14,978
Look at your feet. All crooked.
1324
01:38:15,046 --> 01:38:17,640
Come on, continue.
1325
01:38:17,716 --> 01:38:20,082
That's okay. You can take it from here.
1326
01:38:20,152 --> 01:38:23,588
Yeah. He's right, you know? You do sound terrible,
1327
01:38:23,655 --> 01:38:26,715
and you are gonna make everybody sick to their stomachs.
1328
01:38:26,792 --> 01:38:29,454
Rachel! I can't believe you're late. Hurry up.
1329
01:38:29,528 --> 01:38:33,589
- I need to talk to you. - All right, go on in, everybody.
1330
01:38:33,665 --> 01:38:35,963
Start on the Minuet 1, okay?
1331
01:38:36,034 --> 01:38:40,198
I'll be there in a minute. Hurry up, hurry up. Go, go, go, go, go.
1332
01:38:41,973 --> 01:38:43,907
What's up?
1333
01:38:43,975 --> 01:38:46,671
We're moving away.
1334
01:38:46,745 --> 01:38:49,305
You're moving? Where?
1335
01:38:49,381 --> 01:38:52,111
It's a secret.
1336
01:38:52,184 --> 01:38:54,277
My father...
1337
01:38:56,354 --> 01:38:59,118
has been hurting my mom.
1338
01:39:00,358 --> 01:39:02,349
So we have to get away.
1339
01:39:02,427 --> 01:39:04,759
Has he been hurting you too?
1340
01:39:08,700 --> 01:39:11,635
I'm sorry about Juilliard...
1341
01:39:11,703 --> 01:39:14,399
and about the concert.
1342
01:39:16,942 --> 01:39:21,003
What? No. I'm not gonna take your violin. That's yours. You keep that.
1343
01:39:21,079 --> 01:39:23,570
- No, I don't want it. - You can't give this up.
1344
01:39:23,648 --> 01:39:26,412
It's a very important part of you.
1345
01:39:52,244 --> 01:39:53,541
Do the kids know we lost the "Y"?
1346
01:39:54,813 --> 01:39:56,940
- No. - We gotta find a place.
1347
01:39:57,015 --> 01:40:00,610
- What about the Bronx? - What about... What about Cleveland?
1348
01:40:00,685 --> 01:40:02,619
We can have it in Cleveland.
1349
01:40:02,687 --> 01:40:04,951
Mom, no one's gonna go to the Bronx.
1350
01:40:05,023 --> 01:40:07,116
You gotta have it at one of the schools. It'll be smaller...
1351
01:40:07,192 --> 01:40:09,217
I can't have it at a school because...
1352
01:40:09,294 --> 01:40:11,285
- there will not be enough money raised. - "Enough money."
1353
01:40:11,363 --> 01:40:13,558
No, because it's too small.
1354
01:40:13,632 --> 01:40:15,725
- Then just postpone it. - I can't postpone it.
1355
01:40:15,800 --> 01:40:17,893
- Why not? - Because Steinhardt is booked.
1356
01:40:17,969 --> 01:40:20,233
Perlman's booked all summer long.
1357
01:40:20,305 --> 01:40:23,240
- - It's not gonna work.
1358
01:40:26,111 --> 01:40:29,911
Roberta! It's me! Are you there?
1359
01:40:29,981 --> 01:40:32,609
What is she doing here?
1360
01:40:32,684 --> 01:40:37,087
Hello, hello. I have good news! Really good news!
1361
01:40:37,155 --> 01:40:39,089
Arnold got a call from his friend Wally Schurer...
1362
01:40:39,157 --> 01:40:41,091
who heard about us losing the "Y,"
1363
01:40:41,159 --> 01:40:43,593
and he wanted to see how he could help.
1364
01:40:43,662 --> 01:40:46,028
Then Wally had this brilliant idea and called his friend Isaac Stern,
1365
01:40:46,097 --> 01:40:48,031
and it's all arranged.
1366
01:40:48,099 --> 01:40:50,033
We have a new place for Fiddlefest.
1367
01:40:50,101 --> 01:40:52,592
- Where? - Carnegie Hall.
1368
01:40:53,672 --> 01:40:56,266
Oh, my God!
1369
01:40:58,510 --> 01:41:00,444
- Are you kidding me? - No.
1370
01:41:00,512 --> 01:41:04,278
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh! Oh, my...
1371
01:41:04,349 --> 01:41:07,113
Isn't this terrific?
1372
01:41:07,185 --> 01:41:10,052
- It's fantastic! - It's huge!
1373
01:41:10,121 --> 01:41:12,055
- You're a genius. - Thank you.
1374
01:41:12,123 --> 01:41:14,057
Whoa! That's fantastic!
1375
01:41:15,460 --> 01:41:17,553
- Oh, jeez. - What?
1376
01:41:17,629 --> 01:41:19,563
- We can't play at Carnegie Hall. - Mom!
1377
01:41:19,631 --> 01:41:21,565
- No, I mean, you know... - Yeah, you can.
1378
01:41:21,633 --> 01:41:24,193
- Mom. - It's fantastic.
1379
01:42:07,012 --> 01:42:09,640
Amazing sound, isn't it?
1380
01:42:10,749 --> 01:42:12,774
You must be Roberta.
1381
01:42:12,851 --> 01:42:15,615
- Mr. Stern. - I was working upstairs...
1382
01:42:15,687 --> 01:42:18,383
and I thought I'd come down and just welcome you.
1383
01:42:18,456 --> 01:42:20,890
- It's so nice to have you here in this house.
1384
01:42:20,959 --> 01:42:24,053
Thank you very much for your help bringing us here.
1385
01:42:24,129 --> 01:42:26,063
Let me show you something.
1386
01:42:26,131 --> 01:42:31,364
If you're very, very quiet...
1387
01:42:31,436 --> 01:42:33,404
listen and you can hear Tchaikovsky...
1388
01:42:33,471 --> 01:42:37,874
conducting the opening concert in 1891.
1389
01:42:40,311 --> 01:42:43,747
And if you listen over there, you'll hear Jascha Heifetz.
1390
01:42:43,815 --> 01:42:46,909
If you listen over there, you'll hear Sergey Rachmaninoff.
1391
01:42:46,985 --> 01:42:52,355
And right over here is where Vladimir Horowitz played on his piano.
1392
01:42:52,424 --> 01:42:56,087
And they're all here in the walls...
1393
01:42:56,161 --> 01:42:59,096
to welcome all who come here.
1394
01:42:59,164 --> 01:43:01,598
- This is what Carnegie is for, - Yeah.
1395
01:43:01,666 --> 01:43:04,601
and we are so happy that you and the children are coming.
1396
01:43:04,669 --> 01:43:08,105
I'm very, very grateful that you're giving us a chance.
1397
01:43:08,173 --> 01:43:11,040
- I want to ask you a favor. - Mm-hmm.
1398
01:43:11,109 --> 01:43:15,705
Could I, with a couple of friends, come and join with you and the kids?
1399
01:43:15,780 --> 01:43:18,715
- We'd love to help. - Really?
1400
01:43:18,783 --> 01:43:21,217
That would be... That would be fantastic.
1401
01:43:21,286 --> 01:43:23,379
Well, we'd love to be part of it.
1402
01:43:23,455 --> 01:43:27,221
Oh, my God, yes. I mean, yeah, that would be...
1403
01:43:27,292 --> 01:43:30,887
You do such special work. It's just a way of saying thank you.
1404
01:43:30,962 --> 01:43:34,728
And don't worry. It will work out. I promise you.
1405
01:43:34,799 --> 01:43:36,892
From your mouth to God's ear.
1406
01:43:46,578 --> 01:43:47,602
Which earrings?
1407
01:43:47,679 --> 01:43:50,910
- Here. - I'm not gonna wear earrings, Ma. I'm gonna play the violin.
1408
01:43:50,982 --> 01:43:53,416
- At Carnegie Hall. - Get me two more violins.
1409
01:43:53,485 --> 01:43:55,419
- You can't go to Carnegie Hall... Ma, you got two already.
1410
01:43:55,487 --> 01:43:58,581
- How many emergencies can there be? - Get... three.
1411
01:43:58,656 --> 01:44:02,251
And make sure that, um, two of them are half size.
1412
01:44:02,327 --> 01:44:04,261
Five, six, seven, eight, nine...
1413
01:44:04,329 --> 01:44:06,263
Lexi, will you call the car company?
1414
01:44:06,331 --> 01:44:08,265
Mom, they're not gonna forget to send the car. It will be here.
1415
01:44:08,333 --> 01:44:10,528
- Make sure that, that they're gonna... - Mom.
1416
01:44:10,602 --> 01:44:13,366
- Yeah? - What are you doing? Mom...
1417
01:44:13,438 --> 01:44:15,702
- I'm trying to straighten up. - Mom, you're insane, you know that?
1418
01:44:15,774 --> 01:44:19,608
- It's okay, though. Come on, just get dressed. - Hang up your nightgown.
1419
01:44:19,677 --> 01:44:21,872
Okay. I'll put this last one in.
1420
01:44:21,946 --> 01:44:24,039
- I think I'm gonna forget it. - No, you are not.
1421
01:44:24,115 --> 01:44:27,551
You're gonna be just fine. Look here.
1422
01:44:27,619 --> 01:44:29,985
Beautiful. Beautiful.
1423
01:44:31,055 --> 01:44:32,989
Ah, Maria.
1424
01:44:35,527 --> 01:44:38,394
- - I'll be down in a minute!
1425
01:44:40,965 --> 01:44:42,899
Yes!
1426
01:44:42,967 --> 01:44:45,902
Mommy! Ma!
1427
01:44:45,970 --> 01:44:49,235
My God, I caught the hem on my heel,
1428
01:44:49,307 --> 01:44:52,071
and I can't thread the needle because my hand is shaking.
1429
01:44:52,143 --> 01:44:54,407
- Here. -
1430
01:44:54,479 --> 01:44:57,915
- It's not time. It can't be time. - It's time.
1431
01:44:57,982 --> 01:45:00,246
I'll sew it in the car.
1432
01:45:06,558 --> 01:45:08,492
Oh, my gosh!
1433
01:45:08,560 --> 01:45:10,357
I told you they'd send a car.
1434
01:45:10,428 --> 01:45:11,793
- Hi, Roberta! - Hi!
1435
01:45:11,863 --> 01:45:13,160
Hi, Mrs. Johnson.
1436
01:45:13,231 --> 01:45:15,165
Thank you.
1437
01:45:15,233 --> 01:45:17,428
Give me that skirt.
1438
01:45:18,937 --> 01:45:21,531
- There it is. - Oh, that's not so bad.
1439
01:45:21,606 --> 01:45:26,202
- Thank you, Ma.
1440
01:45:26,277 --> 01:45:28,711
Don't worry about it. You rip, I sew.
1441
01:45:28,780 --> 01:45:31,749
Not just for that. For getting me out of bed.
1442
01:45:31,816 --> 01:45:34,979
Oh, don't thank me. Thank Charles.
1443
01:45:35,053 --> 01:45:37,851
What? Why Charles?
1444
01:45:37,922 --> 01:45:43,019
If he hadn't left you, none of this would have happened.
1445
01:45:46,798 --> 01:45:48,891
Well, thank you, Charles.
1446
01:45:51,636 --> 01:45:54,070
- - Okay, okay, okay, okay!
1447
01:46:00,445 --> 01:46:03,744
- Vanessa's missing in action. - Oh, my God. Did you call her mother and her father?
1448
01:46:03,815 --> 01:46:06,340
- You know, it's two separate places... - No answer at either!
1449
01:46:06,417 --> 01:46:09,750
- They stole the car. - What?
1450
01:46:09,821 --> 01:46:13,257
- And the violin was in the car. - Oh, no. You okay? Nick! Lexi!
1451
01:46:13,324 --> 01:46:16,350
- I need an extra violin! - Done. It's done.
1452
01:46:16,427 --> 01:46:18,486
- Oh, congratulations.
1453
01:46:18,563 --> 01:46:20,497
- It is so beautiful. - Carnegie Hall.
1454
01:46:20,565 --> 01:46:22,499
- I know. - Hi.
1455
01:46:22,567 --> 01:46:24,501
- Thanks for coming on time, buddy.
1456
01:46:30,608 --> 01:46:33,168
It is you. Oh, my gosh.
1457
01:46:34,612 --> 01:46:36,580
Congratulations.
1458
01:46:36,648 --> 01:46:39,481
- I knew you'd get here, sooner or later.
1459
01:46:42,220 --> 01:46:44,381
- Well, thanks.
1460
01:46:44,455 --> 01:46:46,889
I'm just glad I'm here to see it.
1461
01:46:46,958 --> 01:46:49,119
I'm really glad you are too.
1462
01:46:49,193 --> 01:46:51,889
- Break a leg. - Thanks.
1463
01:46:53,298 --> 01:46:55,892
Can I have your attention, please?
1464
01:46:55,967 --> 01:46:59,926
This is the five-minute call. We now have five minutes.
1465
01:47:00,004 --> 01:47:03,906
- - Oh.
1466
01:47:03,975 --> 01:47:08,571
Galahad. Thank you so much.
1467
01:47:08,646 --> 01:47:10,511
- You all right? - Yeah.
1468
01:47:10,581 --> 01:47:13,675
- You're glowing. - Oh... well, it's terror.
1469
01:47:13,751 --> 01:47:17,585
Thank you.
1470
01:47:17,655 --> 01:47:20,021
If I get through this night...
1471
01:47:20,091 --> 01:47:22,821
Okay, everybody! Everybody, hey! Come here!
1472
01:47:26,731 --> 01:47:29,097
I just need your attention for a second.
1473
01:47:29,167 --> 01:47:32,534
Can't see you all. Okay?
1474
01:47:32,603 --> 01:47:37,939
All right, I just want you all to take a second... and just breathe, okay?
1475
01:47:38,009 --> 01:47:40,978
- Deep breath.
1476
01:47:41,045 --> 01:47:44,481
- That's good.
1477
01:47:44,549 --> 01:47:48,542
Ten years ago, Roberta Guaspari-Demetras...
1478
01:47:48,619 --> 01:47:51,782
walked into my office because she needed a job.
1479
01:47:51,856 --> 01:47:55,053
And, because she had a vision...
1480
01:47:55,126 --> 01:47:57,060
that any child...
1481
01:47:57,128 --> 01:47:59,790
could learn to play the violin,
1482
01:47:59,864 --> 01:48:03,732
together we created the East Harlem Violin Program,
1483
01:48:03,801 --> 01:48:07,066
through which more than a thousand students...
1484
01:48:07,138 --> 01:48:09,663
have expanded their vision...
1485
01:48:09,741 --> 01:48:14,678
of what is possible in their lives.
1486
01:48:14,746 --> 01:48:20,514
When a program like this is cut, our children's future is compromised.
1487
01:48:20,585 --> 01:48:25,181
I want to thank each of you for your generous support,
1488
01:48:25,256 --> 01:48:30,353
and I sincerely hope that you enjoy the concert.
1489
01:48:30,428 --> 01:48:32,419
Thank you.
1490
01:48:36,434 --> 01:48:38,368
Listen to me.
1491
01:48:38,436 --> 01:48:41,701
I would like you all to play...
1492
01:48:41,773 --> 01:48:44,867
from your heart.
1493
01:48:44,942 --> 01:48:46,773
Do you understand me?
1494
01:48:46,844 --> 01:48:48,903
Play like I know you can play.
1495
01:48:48,980 --> 01:48:51,005
Don't look at the audience.
1496
01:48:51,082 --> 01:48:56,281
Watch me. You do not have to be afraid.
1497
01:48:56,354 --> 01:48:59,653
You are going to be really, really wonderful tonight.
1498
01:49:03,361 --> 01:49:05,352
Just play from here.
1499
01:49:08,132 --> 01:49:11,101
I'm so proud of you.
1500
01:49:16,074 --> 01:49:18,008
Ladies and gentlemen,
1501
01:49:18,076 --> 01:49:20,670
the children of the East Harlem Violin Program,
1502
01:49:20,745 --> 01:49:24,146
led by their teacher Roberta Guaspari.
1503
01:51:23,401 --> 01:51:27,030
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome a man who has long been considered...
1504
01:51:27,104 --> 01:51:31,473
the most sought-after and accomplished fiddler in Nashville, Mark O'Connor.
1505
01:52:44,882 --> 01:52:46,179
Yeah!
1506
01:52:50,755 --> 01:52:52,689
Ladies and gentlemen,
1507
01:52:52,757 --> 01:52:55,248
as a conclusion to this evening's wonderful concert,
1508
01:52:55,326 --> 01:52:58,261
we present to you a group of international artists...
1509
01:52:58,329 --> 01:53:02,663
who have united in support of the East Harlem Violin Program.
1510
01:53:02,733 --> 01:53:06,191
It is our great pleasure to introduce to you... Michael Tree,
1511
01:53:06,270 --> 01:53:08,670
Charles Veal, Jr.,
1512
01:53:08,739 --> 01:53:11,264
Arnold Steinhardt,
1513
01:53:11,342 --> 01:53:14,038
Karen Briggs, Itzhak Perlman,
1514
01:53:14,111 --> 01:53:16,875
Isaac Stern, Sandra Park,
1515
01:53:16,947 --> 01:53:19,882
Diane Monroe, joshua Bell,
1516
01:53:19,950 --> 01:53:21,975
and Mark O'Connor.
1517
01:53:22,053 --> 01:53:25,113
At the piano, jonathan Feldman.
1518
01:53:25,189 --> 01:53:27,123
Performing their unique ensemble version...
1519
01:53:27,191 --> 01:53:29,455
of Bach's Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins.
1520
01:55:44,328 --> 01:55:48,424
Bravo!
1521
01:56:08,786 --> 01:56:10,720
Come, come, come, come, come!
1522
01:56:18,262 --> 01:56:21,629
That's my daughter. That's my daughter.
1523
01:56:21,699 --> 01:56:23,860
And bow.
1524
01:57:17,454 --> 01:57:21,447
When we play the violin, we play right across those holes because...
1525
01:57:21,525 --> 01:57:23,857
that's where it resonates, that's where the sound is nice.
1526
01:57:23,928 --> 01:57:26,362
Okay, we're gonna talk about the bow again.
1527
01:57:26,430 --> 01:57:29,695
- Who remembers what this is? - Ooh, I know!
1528
01:57:29,767 --> 01:57:31,291
- Yes? - Frog hair.
1529
01:57:31,368 --> 01:57:34,701
It's... "Frog hair"? Did you ever see a frog with hair?
1530
01:57:34,772 --> 01:57:36,740
- No.
1531
01:57:36,807 --> 01:57:39,207
- No. So what is it? - Horsehair?
1532
01:57:39,276 --> 01:57:41,710
H-Horse's hair. That's right, that's right.
1533
01:57:41,779 --> 01:57:44,612
But he's right. There is a frog here somewhere.
1534
01:57:44,682 --> 01:57:48,015
- Let him answer.
1535
01:57:48,819 --> 01:57:51,151
That's right. That's a frog.
1536
01:57:52,285 --> 01:57:55,413
See him? His little eye?
1537
01:57:55,489 --> 01:58:00,426
Okay, now why do they use horsehair? Does anybody know?
1538
01:58:00,494 --> 01:58:02,758
- Yes? - It's strong and soft.
1539
01:58:02,829 --> 01:58:04,763
Because it's strong. A horse's tail...
1540
01:58:04,831 --> 01:58:07,925
The hair is very strong, and it's very soft.
1541
01:58:08,001 --> 01:58:11,198
That's nice because when we put the bow on the string,
1542
01:58:11,271 --> 01:58:13,535
it makes a lovely sound.