00:00 You do realize you're the youngest instructor we've ever hired here.
00:04 Well, thank you very much.
00:05 That wasn't a compliment.
00:06 No, no, no, no.
00:07 I don't have a teaching background.
00:09 I come from a long line of professional stand-up comedy.
00:12 So my show of applause, how many of you women have had an abortion?
00:14 It's really hard to not offend anyone these days.
00:18 My name is Alex Rimmer.
00:20 I have been a Hollywood regular now for about six, seven years.
00:25 And well, you probably saw it a couple months ago on TV when I reacted a little bit more
00:29 heavily than I should have on a talk show.
00:32 And I, well, I'm trying my hardest to get myself turned around right now.
00:38 I moved back home to Akron, Ohio, where I grew up, and I've decided to teach a semester
00:44 of theater arts at Valley Village Community College.
00:48 Today's my first day.
00:50 Dear Father God and Jesus, please let the students behind this door be the most energetic,
00:54 most aspiring, determined actors Akron, Ohio has ever seen.
00:59 Amen.
01:00 Time to watch "Prayer in Action."
01:02 Let's go.
01:03 Son of a bitch.
01:22 Welcome to your first day in beginning theater.
01:25 When is our teacher getting here?
01:26 He will be here in five seconds.
01:31 Ta-da!
01:33 I am Alex Rimmer.
01:38 I will be your theater mentor this semester.
01:41 How old are you?
01:42 25, 26?
01:43 24.
01:44 I have warts older than that.
01:46 Is anyone else going to be in the class?
01:48 When do we get out?
01:49 I think I know what's going on here.
01:52 It's the first day of class, and we're all a little nervous and on edge, and I know what
01:55 you're thinking.
01:56 I don't want to make myself look stupid in front of the hot chick on the first day.
02:00 That's not what we're thinking.
02:01 Well, I was thinking it, okay?
02:03 I'm Cece, and this is Mason.
02:05 And this is Mary Ann.
02:07 We love theater.
02:09 We perform anywhere we can.
02:11 If this class doesn't go well, we'd probably kill ourselves.
02:14 Well, we'd act it out.
02:17 That's funny.
02:18 You're so clever.
02:20 My mission is to transform you all into Oscar-worthy talents by the end of the semester.
02:25 Now before we even go into that, you all have to know what a typecast is.
02:29 How many of y'all know what a typecast is?
02:32 To cast in an acting role natural to one's own personality or fitted to one's physical
02:37 appearance.
02:38 All right, good.
02:39 Shut up.
02:40 Precisely.
02:41 And being in the industry for so long, I can easily typecast you all on the spot.
02:46 The jock, the best friend, the ugly chick, the outcast, and the slut.
02:51 Now I want you all to try me.
02:53 What would you cast me as?
02:54 The prick.
02:55 Somebody lonely.
02:56 The failed actor.
02:57 The sexy piece of [bleep]
03:01 I'm just here to meet younger guys.
03:03 A lot of big names in Hollywood use specific thoughts or emotions to invoke certain feelings
03:09 that help them portray really good characters.
03:12 What are some sad things that you could think of off the top of your head?
03:15 Something that makes you sad.
03:17 Abortions.
03:18 The Virginia Tech massacre.
03:19 Gang violence.
03:20 Condoms.
03:21 All right, okay, stop.
03:22 Let's start over.
03:23 Can anyone think of something that makes them laugh?
03:26 Something funny.
03:27 Ooh, Asian people with Down syndrome.
03:29 Yes, that is good.
03:32 Anyone else?
03:33 Yes.
03:34 Women's rights.
03:35 I would probably go under the sad list.
03:37 I have a question.
03:39 This is pointless.
03:40 You are a living buzzkill.
03:41 All right.
03:42 What do you mean, you cyber-bitch?
03:43 That is not good language for class time.
03:44 And quite frankly, I don't argue with ugly people, so.
03:49 I'm going to be standing by the door out here.
03:52 On your way out, I'd like--oh, God.
03:54 Okay, pull that down.
03:57 I'm going to be handing out flyers.
03:59 They have my name, number, email address, all that jazz.
04:03 I'd like you to pick one up on your way out.
04:05 And yeah.
04:06 I had a lot of fun today.
04:09 I am profusely looking forward to the rest of the semester.
04:14 It's going to be F-U-N fun.
04:19 I love my life.
04:23 But I love this class even more.
04:25 I'm done.
04:26 [music]
04:26 [music]
04:31 (upbeat music)
04:34 you
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