1 00:00:25,784 --> 00:00:26,785 No. 2 00:00:27,452 --> 00:00:29,204 No, don't go fast. 3 00:00:30,914 --> 00:00:33,500 Evan. Baby, no "rushie." 4 00:00:33,583 --> 00:00:36,420 We talked about this. No stress. No stress. It's all good. 5 00:00:36,503 --> 00:00:39,589 - Kiss. Long kiss. Good. - I love you. 6 00:00:39,673 --> 00:00:42,426 If you guys are doing a coffee run, will you get me a banana mocha? 7 00:00:42,509 --> 00:00:43,802 Go back to bed, Daniel. 8 00:00:43,885 --> 00:00:45,429 I mean, how much longer is he staying? 9 00:00:45,512 --> 00:00:47,347 He's, like, homeless right now. Just give him a break. 10 00:00:47,431 --> 00:00:49,224 Well, why doesn't he just stay at your house? 11 00:00:49,307 --> 00:00:52,102 I'm not letting him stay at mine. He's a literal thief. 12 00:00:52,185 --> 00:00:53,812 Hey, baby, everything's good. 13 00:00:53,895 --> 00:00:54,938 - You're an amazing guy. - Yes. 14 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:56,106 - You're an amazing boyfriend. - Yes. 15 00:00:56,189 --> 00:00:58,150 - We all love you. Have a great day. - Okay. I love you. Bye. 16 00:00:58,233 --> 00:01:00,318 - You used to hate that guy. - Hey. 17 00:01:00,902 --> 00:01:05,490 English Teacher 18 00:01:18,879 --> 00:01:20,964 Top of the morning to ya. - Good morning, Ireland. 19 00:01:21,048 --> 00:01:22,132 You got lube on your shoe. 20 00:01:22,215 --> 00:01:24,551 I have lube on my shoe? How does that make sense? 21 00:01:24,634 --> 00:01:26,261 - Evan, we need to talk about the play. - No. 22 00:01:26,344 --> 00:01:27,721 - Hey, Rick. - Hey, what's up, player? 23 00:01:27,804 --> 00:01:31,558 Hey, donate to my GoFundMe. I'm trying to go to this male entrepreneur trip in Bali. 24 00:01:31,641 --> 00:01:33,769 No. Rick, we make the same amount of money. 25 00:01:33,852 --> 00:01:36,646 - I make more than you, dude. - Good. Donate to yourself. 26 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:41,651 Hello. Settle. Settle. Good morning. Where did we leave off? 27 00:01:41,735 --> 00:01:43,361 Inferno page 52. 28 00:01:43,445 --> 00:01:44,446 You're late, sir. 29 00:01:44,529 --> 00:01:45,655 I'm not late, Chelsea. 30 00:01:45,739 --> 00:01:47,574 I respect that opinion. 31 00:01:49,034 --> 00:01:51,912 So… 32 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:55,665 - Angels in America, Evan? - Angels in America, yes. 33 00:01:55,749 --> 00:01:58,335 You couldn't have picked a less controversial play? 34 00:01:58,418 --> 00:01:59,878 I didn't pick it. The kids picked it. 35 00:01:59,961 --> 00:02:02,255 I think it's great that they're engaging in such important work. 36 00:02:02,339 --> 00:02:03,590 - You should think it's great too. - That's great, 37 00:02:03,673 --> 00:02:06,635 but you couldn't have helped pick a play that doesn't have three lightning rods? 38 00:02:06,718 --> 00:02:07,761 - Three. - What is that? 39 00:02:07,844 --> 00:02:09,846 You learned that from a new book about being a principal? 40 00:02:09,930 --> 00:02:10,972 - No, no. - What are lightning rods? 41 00:02:11,056 --> 00:02:12,766 Lightning rods are things that attract controversy. 42 00:02:12,849 --> 00:02:15,268 - Uh-huh. - The play has sexuality. It has religion. 43 00:02:15,352 --> 00:02:16,353 - Uh-huh. - And, uh, and… 44 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:18,897 And dirty words, I guess, right? 45 00:02:18,980 --> 00:02:21,817 Just think about… think about Seussical. 46 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:23,902 - Oh, my God. - Oh, it makes me smile just saying it. 47 00:02:23,985 --> 00:02:26,446 Seussical the Musical. Seussical the Musical. 48 00:02:26,530 --> 00:02:28,240 - That's your pitch? - But think about it. But think about it. 49 00:02:28,323 --> 00:02:30,283 - It's up to you. It's up to you. - Grant, this is simple. 50 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:33,328 You're the boss. You want me to tell the kids we're not doing Angels in America. 51 00:02:33,411 --> 00:02:34,704 - I'm gonna tell them you said— - No. 52 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:37,541 I'm not gonna be the principal censoring kids' free expression. 53 00:02:37,624 --> 00:02:39,709 Then the local news does a whole story, and I'm the bad guy. 54 00:02:39,793 --> 00:02:42,796 Why does everyone always think the news is coming to our school? 55 00:02:42,879 --> 00:02:45,966 You just take care of it, Evan. I trust you and your capable hands. 56 00:02:46,049 --> 00:02:47,968 You can do this. You can do this. 57 00:02:48,051 --> 00:02:50,387 - You trust me? Great. - You can do this. But just… 58 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:52,430 But just one more thought. One more thought. 59 00:02:53,348 --> 00:02:54,558 Our Town. 60 00:02:58,228 --> 00:03:00,105 - You guys sound like horses. - What? 61 00:03:00,188 --> 00:03:03,108 Grant's pissed that the kids are doing Angels in America. 62 00:03:03,191 --> 00:03:06,611 - Angels in America. That's like RENT? - In that they're both plays, sure. 63 00:03:06,695 --> 00:03:09,072 I get RENT confused with season two of Real World. 64 00:03:09,156 --> 00:03:10,240 - Oh, my God. - Do you? 65 00:03:10,323 --> 00:03:12,617 - Which one has Pedro? - Evan, I hate to side with the brass here, 66 00:03:12,701 --> 00:03:14,244 buddy, but I see Grant's point. 67 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:16,371 You can't do Angels in America with high school kids. 68 00:03:16,454 --> 00:03:17,789 - You kidding me? - You know Angels in America? 69 00:03:17,873 --> 00:03:19,249 - I'm shocked. - Damn right I do. 70 00:03:19,332 --> 00:03:21,710 I watched the HBO miniseries, dude. I'll watch anything Pacino's in. 71 00:03:21,793 --> 00:03:23,628 - Same. - I didn't pick it. The kids picked it. 72 00:03:23,712 --> 00:03:27,757 - I think it's cool. It's like punk rock. - You're talking about AIDS. Too mature. 73 00:03:27,841 --> 00:03:29,134 One cannot be sure, 74 00:03:29,217 --> 00:03:32,345 but there is a distinct feeling I have that this is homophobia. 75 00:03:32,429 --> 00:03:34,306 An epidemic that nearly wiped out my people 76 00:03:34,389 --> 00:03:35,974 is too mature to talk about, interesting. 77 00:03:36,057 --> 00:03:37,976 No, it'll overdevelop their brains, man. 78 00:03:38,059 --> 00:03:41,313 - Wait, this reminds me, what's RSV? - It's like a coughing thing. 79 00:03:41,396 --> 00:03:44,107 - Shit. My accountant has RSV. - You have a dedicated accountant? 80 00:03:44,191 --> 00:03:46,067 You're a teacher. Why don't you just use TurboTax? 81 00:03:46,151 --> 00:03:48,486 Well, I fucking will be doing TurboTax this year. 82 00:03:48,570 --> 00:03:50,155 - My accountant has RSV. - It's not terminal. 83 00:03:50,238 --> 00:03:52,407 - It's not terminal yet. - I'm just saying, 84 00:03:52,490 --> 00:03:55,869 I don't think you should let the kids put on a play about a gay STD. 85 00:03:55,952 --> 00:03:57,412 - It's not a gay STD. - No, hear me out. 86 00:03:57,495 --> 00:04:00,415 - Can we just be really clear about that? - You know I am not a homophobe. 87 00:04:00,498 --> 00:04:03,376 You know I watch gay shit all the time. He knows this. 88 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:05,670 - You watch gay shit all the time? - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, 89 00:04:05,754 --> 00:04:07,756 Philadelphia, uh, Cast Away. 90 00:04:07,839 --> 00:04:09,007 That's not gay shit. 91 00:04:09,090 --> 00:04:10,634 - He never fucked the ball. - I think he did. 92 00:04:10,717 --> 00:04:12,844 Why would he fuck the ball when he could fuck sand? 93 00:04:12,928 --> 00:04:14,846 The kids want to do the play. I'm letting them do it 94 00:04:14,930 --> 00:04:18,892 because they have the right to express themselves through art. 95 00:04:18,975 --> 00:04:20,685 - Freedom of speech. What are you gonna say about that? 96 00:04:20,769 --> 00:04:22,270 - Freedom of speech. - Freedom of speech. 97 00:04:22,354 --> 00:04:23,438 Freedom of speech. 98 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:25,565 Okay. 99 00:04:25,649 --> 00:04:28,568 "I feel that something's going to give. 100 00:04:29,236 --> 00:04:30,570 It's 1985…" 101 00:04:30,654 --> 00:04:33,657 - "…15 years till the third millennium. 102 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:35,742 Maybe Christ will come again." 103 00:04:35,825 --> 00:04:39,412 I mean, Mr. Marquez, I'm having a really hard time connecting to this material. 104 00:04:39,496 --> 00:04:41,665 What do you mean by that? Where did you learn that expression? 105 00:04:41,748 --> 00:04:43,917 I mean, this stuff all happened, like, 90 years ago. 106 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,835 Yeah, weren't these people, like, Titanic? 107 00:04:45,919 --> 00:04:48,380 - What? - Nobody cares about this stuff. 108 00:04:48,463 --> 00:04:50,840 - This feels like a cartoon or something. - SpongeBob. 109 00:04:50,924 --> 00:04:54,135 It doesn't feel like a cartoon. I mean, you guys picked to play. 110 00:04:54,219 --> 00:04:56,513 Yeah, because we thought it was gonna be like punk rock, 111 00:04:56,596 --> 00:04:58,265 and the characters in it were vibey. 112 00:04:58,348 --> 00:05:01,309 We didn't know it was literally about having AIDS in the '80s. 113 00:05:01,810 --> 00:05:02,811 The "AIDSies." 114 00:05:02,894 --> 00:05:08,316 This play, like most art, is about the deep pain of human relationships. 115 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,736 - Yeah, but we don't relate to any of that. - Why? 116 00:05:11,820 --> 00:05:13,655 Because none of that has ever happened to us. 117 00:05:13,738 --> 00:05:15,782 - Yeah. - I mean, when you act in a play, 118 00:05:15,865 --> 00:05:17,867 it doesn't have to have happened to you. 119 00:05:17,951 --> 00:05:19,619 Everything's not a documentary. 120 00:05:19,703 --> 00:05:21,496 Why didn't the gay guys just stop having sex? 121 00:05:21,579 --> 00:05:24,291 - Wouldn't that have solved the problem? - That's not possible for those people. 122 00:05:24,374 --> 00:05:26,501 - No offense, queer. - Thanks, Chelsea. That's great. 123 00:05:27,085 --> 00:05:29,713 You have to understand, they didn't know what AIDS was. 124 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:31,172 They didn't know where it came from. 125 00:05:31,256 --> 00:05:33,508 And there was so much fear 126 00:05:33,591 --> 00:05:35,385 and so much disinformation. I mean, imagine. 127 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:36,928 Like with COVID? 128 00:05:37,012 --> 00:05:38,847 No, no, no, not like COVID. 129 00:05:38,930 --> 00:05:42,434 AIDS had stigma attached to it, and nobody knew who was gonna get it next. 130 00:05:42,517 --> 00:05:44,144 People didn't know if everybody was gonna get it, 131 00:05:44,227 --> 00:05:46,980 - if it was gonna take over the world. - Yeah, like with COVID. 132 00:05:47,063 --> 00:05:48,315 Not like COVID, no. 133 00:05:48,398 --> 00:05:52,235 But sure, if it helps you wrap your head around it a little better, then yes. 134 00:05:52,319 --> 00:05:55,447 Maybe those early days of AIDS did feel a little bit 135 00:05:55,530 --> 00:05:57,365 like those early days of COVID. 136 00:05:57,949 --> 00:05:59,659 So why don't we just make the play about COVID? 137 00:05:59,743 --> 00:06:01,953 - That's a good idea. Yeah. 138 00:06:02,037 --> 00:06:04,497 Yeah, but you can't just change what a play is about. 139 00:06:04,581 --> 00:06:06,750 This play is about what this play is about. 140 00:06:06,833 --> 00:06:09,002 You can do anything you want if you set your mind to it. 141 00:06:09,085 --> 00:06:10,378 - What? - The fact is 142 00:06:10,462 --> 00:06:12,130 we went through a global pandemic. 143 00:06:12,213 --> 00:06:13,548 It affected all our lives. 144 00:06:13,631 --> 00:06:17,844 They made us go to school at home. That doesn't even make sense. 145 00:06:17,927 --> 00:06:19,637 And you're not gonna let us do a play about that? 146 00:06:19,721 --> 00:06:23,808 I'm not not letting you. This is a thing you just made up two minutes ago. 147 00:06:23,892 --> 00:06:26,478 Yeah, screw Angels in America. Let's do COVID in America. 148 00:06:26,561 --> 00:06:27,562 That's what I'm saying. 149 00:06:27,645 --> 00:06:29,105 Yeah, that'll be a good-ass play. 150 00:06:29,189 --> 00:06:30,231 How do you guys do this? 151 00:06:30,315 --> 00:06:32,650 How do you turn these things on me so fast? 152 00:06:33,276 --> 00:06:35,445 - Ugh! Jesus. - Nice. 153 00:06:38,031 --> 00:06:40,075 The kids, they just don't think AIDS was serious. 154 00:06:40,158 --> 00:06:42,369 Or worse, they think it was serious and they don't give a shit. 155 00:06:42,452 --> 00:06:44,371 They all think it's, like, an STD. 156 00:06:44,454 --> 00:06:46,081 AIDS was undeniably an STD. 157 00:06:46,164 --> 00:06:48,750 Yes, AIDS is an STD, technically. I'm saying… 158 00:06:48,833 --> 00:06:51,252 Hello, this is Daniel. I'm sorry, I can't talk right now. 159 00:06:51,336 --> 00:06:54,005 I'm with family and friends. Let me call you after dinner. 160 00:06:54,089 --> 00:06:55,882 All right, love you. Sorry. 161 00:06:56,758 --> 00:06:58,343 - It was spam. 162 00:06:58,426 --> 00:07:01,638 AIDS was a cultural moment in the gay community specifically. 163 00:07:01,721 --> 00:07:03,848 It was killing huge amounts of gay men. 164 00:07:03,932 --> 00:07:07,352 And these kids' reactions to it feel very kind of like… 165 00:07:07,977 --> 00:07:09,604 I don't know, don't make me say homophobic. 166 00:07:09,687 --> 00:07:12,065 Okay, put a dollar in the Evan-thinks-everything-is-homophobic jar. 167 00:07:12,148 --> 00:07:13,817 Well, a lot of things are homophobic, Malcolm. 168 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:16,069 But, like, these kids obviously relate more to COVID 169 00:07:16,152 --> 00:07:19,823 because, low-key, it is kind of the AIDS of the new generation. 170 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:22,325 It is, like, the same in so many ways. 171 00:07:22,409 --> 00:07:25,412 The fear. The lifestyle shift. Like, everything. 172 00:07:25,495 --> 00:07:29,124 Not to mention, like, a lot of gay guys died of COVID too 173 00:07:29,207 --> 00:07:31,543 'cause they didn't go by the quarantine rules. 174 00:07:31,626 --> 00:07:33,545 - Yes! - If they wanna do a play about COVID, 175 00:07:33,628 --> 00:07:34,963 let them do a play about COVID. 176 00:07:35,046 --> 00:07:36,297 Like, what's the harm here? 177 00:07:36,381 --> 00:07:39,342 The point I'm trying to make is, AIDS wasn't anybody's fault. 178 00:07:39,426 --> 00:07:43,388 Okay, COVID wasn't anyone's fault either, unless you wanna blame a cute little bat. 179 00:07:43,972 --> 00:07:46,224 Listen, I'm on the kids' side on this one. 180 00:07:46,307 --> 00:07:49,936 And I wanna see that shitty-ass play that they write. It sounds really funny. 181 00:07:50,019 --> 00:07:50,854 Mmm. 182 00:07:52,063 --> 00:07:54,149 I have to go to work. Let's table this. 183 00:07:54,232 --> 00:07:55,859 We're gonna finish this conversation later. 184 00:07:56,526 --> 00:07:58,570 He has work? Isn't he drunk right now? 185 00:07:58,653 --> 00:08:01,406 Yeah, he's in a blackout, but he works at a restaurant. It's fine. 186 00:08:04,325 --> 00:08:05,326 COVID IN AMERICA 187 00:08:06,494 --> 00:08:08,955 - What's this? - COVID in America. 188 00:08:09,038 --> 00:08:11,708 - See you tonight at rehearsal, biatch. 189 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:14,836 Didn't mean to call you biatch. I'm sorry, that was disrespectful. 190 00:08:15,336 --> 00:08:17,255 That's actually our only copy right now, so… 191 00:08:17,338 --> 00:08:19,507 Yeah, we need that back. I haven't gone to Kinko's yet. 192 00:08:19,591 --> 00:08:20,592 See you tonight. 193 00:08:21,718 --> 00:08:25,388 They've been rehearsing this thing for two days now, and it's a disaster. 194 00:08:25,472 --> 00:08:27,765 I am all about the kids putting on a play about COVID, 195 00:08:27,849 --> 00:08:29,851 as long as it tells the real story of COVID. 196 00:08:29,934 --> 00:08:32,687 And what is the real story of COVID, Markie? 197 00:08:32,770 --> 00:08:34,856 That it was a global cover-up of a lab leak, 198 00:08:34,939 --> 00:08:37,984 which didn't actually happen in Wuhan. It happened in Chengdu. 199 00:08:38,067 --> 00:08:39,694 Just come and watch some of the rehearsals, 200 00:08:39,777 --> 00:08:41,529 because this thing is turning into such a shit show. 201 00:08:41,613 --> 00:08:44,199 I've seen some of it. I've been working with the girls all morning. 202 00:08:44,282 --> 00:08:46,826 - I'm doing the choreography. - The choreography for what? 203 00:08:46,910 --> 00:08:48,578 For the play. It's a musical now. 204 00:08:50,413 --> 00:08:52,874 I got… I got an extra if you want. 205 00:08:52,957 --> 00:08:54,584 Two, three, four. 206 00:09:02,592 --> 00:09:05,512 - Good. Yeah. Um… - This is a disaster. 207 00:09:05,595 --> 00:09:07,722 Look, man, you can't preach about being 208 00:09:07,805 --> 00:09:10,141 behind the idea of freedom of artistic expression 209 00:09:10,225 --> 00:09:12,477 and then get mad when it actually takes place. 210 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:15,480 But this is too much expression. What they're expressing is insane. 211 00:09:15,563 --> 00:09:16,981 - Five, six, seven, eight, and step. 212 00:09:17,065 --> 00:09:21,569 Every morning, I would log into my Zoom. I was in the sixth grade. 213 00:09:21,653 --> 00:09:26,282 I would turn off my screen and I would cry. 214 00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:28,159 She would cry. 215 00:09:28,243 --> 00:09:29,410 This is awful. 216 00:09:29,494 --> 00:09:33,540 For the record, this is as good or as bad as any play I have ever seen. 217 00:09:34,290 --> 00:09:36,543 I think theater might just be this. 218 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:39,379 - That might be the best point you've made. Here's the thing. 219 00:09:39,462 --> 00:09:45,218 You have to spot with these turns because if you don't, you're gonna fall. 220 00:09:45,301 --> 00:09:46,553 So just don't get… 221 00:09:48,471 --> 00:09:49,472 dizzy. All right? 222 00:09:49,556 --> 00:09:52,642 Let's try it again. Five, six, seven, eight. 223 00:09:53,351 --> 00:09:55,728 I am the virus. I am the virus. 224 00:09:55,812 --> 00:09:57,146 - Jesus. - I am the virus. 225 00:09:57,230 --> 00:09:59,148 - Doesn't it look like the virus? - I am the virus. 226 00:09:59,232 --> 00:10:00,650 I am the virus. 227 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:06,614 And so, the metal detector in the second entrance isn't working, 228 00:10:06,698 --> 00:10:08,825 so, you know, bring metals if you want. 229 00:10:08,908 --> 00:10:11,119 No one else say anything… Goodbye. 230 00:10:11,202 --> 00:10:12,954 Grant, wait. We need to get this play canceled. 231 00:10:13,037 --> 00:10:15,164 - We're not doing this now, Evan. - I'm telling you, 232 00:10:15,248 --> 00:10:16,916 the kids are doing something they're gonna regret. 233 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,334 Then make them change it. 234 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:20,253 I can't make them change it. It needs to come from you, okay? 235 00:10:20,336 --> 00:10:23,131 They said the original Angels in America, they think it's not "punk rock." 236 00:10:23,214 --> 00:10:25,508 They think it's not "cool" to do a play about "AIDS" anymore. 237 00:10:25,592 --> 00:10:27,510 - Where's the lie? - You're worried about the local news. 238 00:10:28,094 --> 00:10:31,431 The local news is gonna find out that we're doing this play about COVID, 239 00:10:31,514 --> 00:10:34,058 and we're gonna be the laughingstock of the entire district. 240 00:10:34,142 --> 00:10:36,728 - Oh, people love COVID! - People don't love COVID. 241 00:10:36,811 --> 00:10:39,981 The Zoom calls, the social distancing, the sourdough bread. 242 00:10:40,064 --> 00:10:41,441 The sourdough bread was bussin'. 243 00:10:41,524 --> 00:10:45,194 Remember not having FOMO for the first three months of COVID? It was blissful. 244 00:10:45,278 --> 00:10:48,948 Somebody's gonna film this performance, and then it's gonna go online 245 00:10:49,032 --> 00:10:51,284 and it's gonna haunt these kids for the rest of their lives. 246 00:10:51,367 --> 00:10:53,870 It's a good lesson for you, Evan. You've opened up Pandora's box, 247 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:55,705 and now you have to fight your way through it. 248 00:10:55,788 --> 00:10:57,165 I'm not helping you for once. 249 00:10:57,248 --> 00:10:58,625 Shit, I'm helping. I'm doing tech. 250 00:10:58,708 --> 00:11:01,252 How is everybody slowly getting involved in this production? 251 00:11:01,336 --> 00:11:03,171 I'm selling snacks and merch on show night. 252 00:11:03,254 --> 00:11:04,714 - Who are you? - Eric. 253 00:11:04,797 --> 00:11:06,591 That's Eric. Eric from the Bronx. 254 00:11:06,674 --> 00:11:08,968 - You work here? - I was just out for a little bit, 255 00:11:09,052 --> 00:11:11,512 - but I'm back, dude. - He was in the Bronx visiting his sister. 256 00:11:11,596 --> 00:11:13,890 The play is an excellent fundraising opportunity, Evan. 257 00:11:13,973 --> 00:11:16,059 The show must go on. 258 00:11:16,142 --> 00:11:17,894 If I can just referee here, guys, seriously. 259 00:11:17,977 --> 00:11:19,145 I think it's a good thing 260 00:11:19,228 --> 00:11:21,898 to discuss the repercussions of this so-called vaccine 261 00:11:21,981 --> 00:11:23,524 through artistic expression. 262 00:11:24,025 --> 00:11:26,110 Personally, I don't care what he's saying about the vaccine, 263 00:11:26,194 --> 00:11:29,072 but the songs are so cute. And the dancing. 264 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:30,698 Don't you like when they do that? 265 00:11:30,782 --> 00:11:32,784 Thank you for running this by me. Approved. 266 00:11:32,867 --> 00:11:34,827 Dismissed, dismissed, dismissed. 267 00:11:34,911 --> 00:11:38,873 - Guys. Let me have your attention, please. 268 00:11:38,956 --> 00:11:40,333 I have an announcement to make. 269 00:11:41,918 --> 00:11:42,919 Pablo! 270 00:11:45,338 --> 00:11:47,423 We are going back to doing the play 271 00:11:48,132 --> 00:11:49,258 as originally written, 272 00:11:49,342 --> 00:11:51,344 about not COVID. 273 00:11:51,427 --> 00:11:53,346 - No. - What? 274 00:11:53,429 --> 00:11:55,223 - I have a good reason for this 275 00:11:55,306 --> 00:11:59,102 because I actually knew a lot of people in my life 276 00:11:59,185 --> 00:12:03,523 when I was growing up who died of these illnesses. 277 00:12:03,606 --> 00:12:05,066 And I intend to honor them 278 00:12:05,149 --> 00:12:08,111 with this work of art that is about what they went through. 279 00:12:08,945 --> 00:12:10,780 Weren't you a baby in the '80s? 280 00:12:11,864 --> 00:12:14,951 Okay, fine. Yes, I don't know anybody who died of AIDS personally, 281 00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:16,703 but it was my community. 282 00:12:16,786 --> 00:12:17,870 Lying ass. 283 00:12:17,954 --> 00:12:19,622 Just… just listen to me. 284 00:12:20,415 --> 00:12:25,294 You cannot do this weird play about COVID because it's bad. 285 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:28,464 - It's just so bad, you guys. 286 00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:29,674 Evan. 287 00:12:29,757 --> 00:12:33,052 You're gonna remember this later in your lives and you're gonna be embarrassed. 288 00:12:33,136 --> 00:12:34,887 - You know what, sir? - What? 289 00:12:34,971 --> 00:12:39,100 I assume that maybe the reason you don't care too much about COVID 290 00:12:39,183 --> 00:12:42,395 is because what you were probably doing during the pandemic is 291 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:45,440 throwing ass at the gay club, no mask on. 292 00:12:45,523 --> 00:12:46,357 Ooh! 293 00:12:46,441 --> 00:12:48,484 - That's not true. - We've actually all already spoken 294 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:49,569 - about this. - Mm-hmm. 295 00:12:49,652 --> 00:12:51,821 If you don't let us do our version of the play, 296 00:12:53,030 --> 00:12:56,117 - we're just not gonna do the play at all. Yeah. 297 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,287 - Because we are artists. - Sing it, sister. 298 00:12:59,370 --> 00:13:00,580 Hell yeah. 299 00:13:00,663 --> 00:13:01,664 Okay. 300 00:13:02,165 --> 00:13:03,833 Well, then it's officially called off. 301 00:13:06,085 --> 00:13:07,837 - Are you shitting me? - What? 302 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:09,797 Talk to him, please. 303 00:13:09,881 --> 00:13:11,174 This sucks. 304 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:23,186 Oh, my God. After-hours visit from the angel of COVID. 305 00:13:23,269 --> 00:13:27,064 Can you imagine me welcoming you at the Pearly Gates? 306 00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:30,985 What scene was that for? 307 00:13:31,068 --> 00:13:34,655 The, uh, six feet apart dance with the president of Pfizer 308 00:13:34,739 --> 00:13:36,824 and the president of Moderna. 309 00:13:36,908 --> 00:13:40,828 That was gonna be terrible, wasn't it? I'm glad we canceled this thing. 310 00:13:40,912 --> 00:13:42,455 This is so interesting. 311 00:13:42,538 --> 00:13:45,124 - Gwen, it's not… - Where is this coming from? 312 00:13:45,208 --> 00:13:48,002 Here's the deal: I did a play in high school, 313 00:13:48,085 --> 00:13:50,880 and it was called I Wasn't There But I Felt Like I Was, 314 00:13:50,963 --> 00:13:53,257 that I wrote and directed and starred in. 315 00:13:53,341 --> 00:13:56,427 One-man show, spotlight on me, all about 9/11. 316 00:13:56,928 --> 00:13:57,970 - And I bombed, 317 00:13:58,054 --> 00:13:59,931 and then I regretted it for years. 318 00:14:00,014 --> 00:14:03,100 - Shut up. - I'm making sure that these kids 319 00:14:03,184 --> 00:14:04,811 don't encounter that same fate. 320 00:14:04,894 --> 00:14:08,815 Mmm. You're really kind of punishing them for something you did 20 years ago? 321 00:14:08,898 --> 00:14:11,818 I'm not punishing them. I'm saving them. I'm doing them a favor. 322 00:14:12,401 --> 00:14:15,321 Don't you think it's sort of this classic thing in high school 323 00:14:15,404 --> 00:14:17,615 to make really bad art? 324 00:14:17,698 --> 00:14:19,867 Like, it's sort of a rite of passage. 325 00:14:19,951 --> 00:14:25,248 So you're sort of taking away a really fun experience and a lesson from the kids. 326 00:14:29,794 --> 00:14:30,795 Yeah. 327 00:14:31,838 --> 00:14:32,880 You might be right. 328 00:14:38,261 --> 00:14:39,428 MORRISON HENSLEY HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE PRESENTS 329 00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:41,013 COVID IN AMERICA 330 00:14:44,809 --> 00:14:47,603 Oh, my God. I'm so excited. It's gonna be horrible. 331 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:52,775 So, kinda serious: Daniel's gonna, um, go to rehab for the next couple weeks. 332 00:14:52,859 --> 00:14:54,277 - Oh, that's good. - Yeah. I'm just telling you 333 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,363 because tonight I guess he's going, like, "ham," I guess you would say. 334 00:14:57,446 --> 00:14:59,156 Like, drinking extra or double. 335 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,868 Just 'cause when he goes to rehab, like, you can't drink as much there. 336 00:15:01,951 --> 00:15:04,203 At his rehab, they shouldn't be drinking at all. 337 00:15:04,287 --> 00:15:07,373 I think this one is more of a hybrid situation, you know. 338 00:15:07,456 --> 00:15:09,292 Wine at dinner kind of vibes. 339 00:15:09,375 --> 00:15:10,793 I don't think that's a rehab. 340 00:15:10,877 --> 00:15:12,962 - We don't need to talk about it right now. - Hi. 341 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:14,505 - How are you? - Hey, congrats. 342 00:15:14,589 --> 00:15:15,965 - Thank you. - My God. 343 00:15:16,048 --> 00:15:19,218 God. Can you imagine we, like, pulled off this choreography without using silks? 344 00:15:19,302 --> 00:15:22,096 It's a miracle that you pulled off that choreography without using silks. 345 00:15:22,179 --> 00:15:23,347 It's insane. 346 00:15:23,431 --> 00:15:25,266 There he is. Hey, king. 347 00:15:25,349 --> 00:15:27,560 - Oh. - Hey— 348 00:15:27,643 --> 00:15:29,729 Okay— We're not— Let's do a closed-mouth kiss. 349 00:15:29,812 --> 00:15:31,731 Are you excited for the play, Daniel? 350 00:15:34,817 --> 00:15:38,779 - He's swaying. He looks seasick. - Did I tell you I quit vaping? 351 00:15:38,863 --> 00:15:42,491 I don't know. This is the first time we've ever spoken. 352 00:15:42,575 --> 00:15:44,118 Great story, make it about you. 353 00:15:49,081 --> 00:15:50,207 MHS 354 00:15:50,291 --> 00:15:51,375 These vaccine lines… 355 00:15:51,459 --> 00:15:52,501 Down, down. 356 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:54,003 They're so long. 357 00:15:54,587 --> 00:15:55,588 Fuck. 358 00:15:55,671 --> 00:16:00,134 I mean, if I have to stand in another goddamn line at another goddamn stadium… 359 00:16:00,217 --> 00:16:01,719 Why are they so obsessed with saying "goddamn"? 360 00:16:01,802 --> 00:16:03,888 - …another goddamn shot… - I think it sounds like theater to them. 361 00:16:03,971 --> 00:16:05,306 - I might just lose my mind. - Yeah, 362 00:16:05,389 --> 00:16:07,016 they're gonna lose the Christian audience. 363 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:09,018 I mean, what am I worth anyway? 364 00:16:12,188 --> 00:16:16,025 I'm just another goddamn experiment for American Big Pharma. 365 00:16:17,902 --> 00:16:21,197 - It's all so fucked up! - Whoa! 366 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:22,406 - Wow. 367 00:16:24,784 --> 00:16:27,370 - We go to Italy— - Fuck, Pablo, get the fuck off. 368 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:28,955 Fucking audience sucks. 369 00:16:29,038 --> 00:16:30,414 - That was good. Shut up. 370 00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:32,416 - This— 371 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:33,501 I hate theater! 372 00:16:33,584 --> 00:16:34,669 We go to Italy. 373 00:16:37,421 --> 00:16:40,216 Buongiorno, news Italia. 374 00:16:45,054 --> 00:16:45,888 Mamma mia! 375 00:16:45,972 --> 00:16:49,183 Will somebody tell these kids to shut up? 376 00:17:01,112 --> 00:17:04,115 ♪ Italia ♪ - I remember that. I remember that. 377 00:17:04,198 --> 00:17:05,533 Europe is… Europe is in chaos. 378 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,621 These kids are talented. I wonder what this play is about. 379 00:17:11,872 --> 00:17:13,290 Tiger King, you're on. Go. 380 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:15,501 Chelsea, go up, go up, go up. 381 00:17:15,584 --> 00:17:17,211 - Commit! - Shh. 382 00:17:17,294 --> 00:17:19,046 Go. Go, go, go. Come on. 383 00:17:19,755 --> 00:17:20,589 And brain fog. 384 00:17:20,673 --> 00:17:23,634 Get your virus costumes on. Get your virus costumes on. 385 00:17:33,477 --> 00:17:35,396 They're doing it. Yeah. 386 00:17:35,479 --> 00:17:37,815 The news is lying. 387 00:17:45,322 --> 00:17:47,283 It's not enough toilet paper. It doesn't read. 388 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:51,412 Honey, I'm as goddamn tired as you of being cooped up in this place. 389 00:17:51,495 --> 00:17:52,663 It's madness. 390 00:17:53,956 --> 00:17:55,416 I couldn't agree more. 391 00:17:55,499 --> 00:17:58,377 And I'm tired of banging these fucking pots and pans 392 00:17:58,461 --> 00:18:00,463 for the goddamn nurses and doctors. 393 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:02,423 My sister had COVID, so this is 394 00:18:02,506 --> 00:18:05,342 - just, like, kind of hitting me hard. - Now these clowns are saying 395 00:18:05,426 --> 00:18:09,889 that this is being caused by the goddamn Chinese 5G towers. 396 00:18:09,972 --> 00:18:12,058 She couldn't smoke for, like, three weeks. 397 00:18:14,727 --> 00:18:15,811 What was that? 398 00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:18,147 It's just a cough. 399 00:18:30,326 --> 00:18:32,787 She's gonna win an Oscar for this. Oh, my God. 400 00:18:32,870 --> 00:18:35,498 Everybody, cough. Cough! 401 00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:38,125 Everybody cough! 402 00:18:40,044 --> 00:18:43,964 Two stripes. Stay away from me. Get back! 403 00:18:44,048 --> 00:18:45,883 We cough because we can. 404 00:18:47,051 --> 00:18:49,303 Hell yeah! 405 00:18:50,387 --> 00:18:51,639 Great. 406 00:18:51,722 --> 00:18:54,266 Well done, Murphy. I'm gonna get you into some weird school. 407 00:18:54,350 --> 00:18:58,896 This show is not an endorsement of COVID-19 or coronavirus. 408 00:18:58,979 --> 00:19:02,108 We condemn coronavirus in the strongest term. Thank you. 409 00:19:02,191 --> 00:19:03,609 - Yeah! Yeah! 410 00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:13,285 Wait, so he's, like, building a pickleball court now? 411 00:19:13,369 --> 00:19:15,412 It's no longer a pool. It's a pickleball court 412 00:19:15,496 --> 00:19:17,998 'cause Swimply rents out pickleball courts now. 413 00:19:18,082 --> 00:19:19,834 Like, this is much better. 414 00:19:19,917 --> 00:19:21,460 - Yeah. - Right, babe? 415 00:19:21,544 --> 00:19:24,088 I'm just explaining to everybody what you're doing. 416 00:19:24,171 --> 00:19:26,173 - Yeah, I'm building a pickleball court. Pickleball court. 417 00:19:26,257 --> 00:19:28,634 - It's a money machine. A money magnet. - It's a money magnet. 418 00:19:28,717 --> 00:19:30,052 So much smarter than just getting a job. 419 00:19:30,136 --> 00:19:32,471 - It looks really good. - Thank you. 420 00:19:32,555 --> 00:19:33,973 I'll be the first to say it. 421 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:37,726 I think the play was pretty good. 422 00:19:38,686 --> 00:19:40,771 - Mm-hmm. - And made me wish I got vaccinated. 423 00:19:41,605 --> 00:19:42,565 It's a good play. 424 00:19:42,648 --> 00:19:44,024 And it did make me remember. 425 00:19:44,108 --> 00:19:46,193 You liked that sanitation, the opening… 426 00:19:46,277 --> 00:19:49,113 - Sanitizing the groceries. - It was based off Stomp. 427 00:19:49,196 --> 00:19:50,239 Yeah. 428 00:19:51,198 --> 00:19:52,658 You take out the cereal. 429 00:19:54,201 --> 00:19:56,871 Speaking of high school plays, how about this? 430 00:19:58,581 --> 00:20:01,167 - Where'd you get that? - Wow! You're so cute. 431 00:20:01,250 --> 00:20:02,835 Yeah, I reached out to your mom. She sent me this. 432 00:20:02,918 --> 00:20:06,297 - Look at the charisma. - Kind of doing like a little hip thing. 433 00:20:06,380 --> 00:20:07,381 Okay, Markie, stop the video. 434 00:20:07,464 --> 00:20:08,465 TOWER 1 - TOWER 2