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00:00have you ever stood naked in front of a mirror and looked at yourself i mean really looked
00:13i did this morning
00:19how was it completely horrifying
00:30guys have it so easy the expectations for a woman are hellish person you go into a store with raving
00:41pms sits and you turn and who do you see staring at you 17 magazine cover girl she has perfect skin
00:50and one of those killer bods you see in a late night ab crunch machine infomercial so you buy a
00:55basket of products and go home and sweat to the oldies but eventually it dawns on you you'll
01:01never be a 17 girl because they don't allow airbrushing in real life you know sam i'm not
01:09saying it's because of my boots but sometimes under the right life you totally escape troll status
01:20am i uh foxier than brooke mcqueen
01:40welcome to another year of torture and despair where your feet will be determined by the outfit that you wear
02:05oh the color of your hair
02:08oh the place you put your chair
02:12oh god it's so unfair
02:16oh this is
02:24i'm
02:24oh
02:25oh
02:26this
02:27grinning on the outside
02:31but I'm a wrecking turner than me
02:34let's get to squeak and pull on someone's side
02:40and I'm this high school highway
02:44I'm a dead team walking, dead team walking
02:48dead team walking through the night of the night
02:53let's go Sam, time to get up
02:58what was I thinking, planning a cruise
03:03what am I doing?
03:09what am I doing? I'm not going
03:10oh you're going mom, you've been planning this for a year
03:15I ironed the shorts you were looking for last night, they're already packed
03:19shorts packed, check, tanning accelerator for the pastiest in her thighs on the planet
03:26oh, they don't make that, guess I'm staying put
03:28mom, you trust me, right?
03:32I mean, you think I have good judgment, right?
03:34well, you're smarter than I am
03:36you've been telling me that since you were in fourth grade
03:38great
03:38can I get a tattoo?
03:44um, hmm, nope
03:46well, you know what, I am not a total square, alright?
03:48last year when you wanted the magenta stripe in your bangs
03:51we got the stripe
03:52yeah, yeah, and I hated the stripe
03:54because it turned on me
03:55I thought it was so daring and cool
03:57and I showed up last year
03:59and everyone had colored hair
04:01I mean, even the special ed kids
04:02no tattoos, Sam
04:05no bikers named Satan
04:08showing up here asking for dates
04:09no, Sam, no
04:12it's been two years, mom
04:21you have to let go
04:23dad wouldn't want you carrying him around like this
04:27you and your father having a discussion about tattoos
04:33that's, uh
04:35that's something I would have liked to have seen
04:37yeah
04:39yeah
04:40come on
04:42let's zip this sucker up
04:45you're gonna have a great time
04:51are you ready?
04:53now I'm two, girl, two
05:05with that change, you'll feel broke
05:08with those lips, those eyes, and that hair
05:11well, it's a radiant teen queen
05:15but behind the perfect size, too
05:20cheerleader power
05:23there's a ravenous, starving artist
05:26with her pain to move on down
05:31too bend and not to break
05:35chin up, try not to break
05:39I'm really on the outside
05:43but I'm a wrecking
05:45turn to the lead
05:47there's a sketch just squeak
05:49a hold on song
05:51I'm striding down
05:53this high school highway
05:56I'm a dead teen walking
05:59dead teen walking
06:00dead teen walking
06:02ooh la la la la
06:05dear diary
06:06how many calories are in a grape?
06:09I gained 1.7 pounds this weekend
06:12there's a box of raisonnets
06:15with Josh on Friday
06:16that's what did it
06:17I know it
06:18it's just that he stopped holding my hand
06:20halfway through the movie
06:21and I crashed into this total panic
06:24thinking he's disgusted by me
06:26he's dumping me
06:27this is so stupid
06:30everything I've worked hard for
06:32is happening
06:32isn't this the part
06:34where I'm supposed to be happy?
06:37you?
06:38hey daddy
06:39first day of your sophomore year
06:40you are growing up too fast
06:42Brooke
06:42you're starting to make
06:42your old man look old
06:43listen when I get back
06:47what do you say we stop by
06:49Dr. Nicewander
06:49you know just a touch base
06:51it's been a while since you've seen me
06:52daddy I'm fine
06:53okay I don't need to see him
06:54okay?
06:56I stop by the star on the way home
06:58picked up the requested items
06:59dad!
07:00look they're rafts
07:01I told you to use the kind with wings
07:03well this came with a belt
07:04I thought you'd like that
07:05how long are you going to be gone this time?
07:09I've got to reorganize
07:09the client's portfolio in New York
07:11I should be back on Sunday
07:12I left all the phone numbers with Clara
07:14well I just
07:14I wanted to go over my routine with you
07:16where are you?
07:16you had in classes?
07:17my cheerleading routine
07:19I told you about it
07:20you know what?
07:21just let go
07:22I'll get it
07:22just let go
07:23okay?
07:27Brooke
07:28come on you look at me
07:30I'm trying
07:33I am so worshipping your Gwyneth-ness
07:59Calvin?
08:00so Calvin
08:01but hi Brooke
08:02Neutral Admiration Society
08:04is screeching to a dead halt
08:05why?
08:06baby blue is so last year
08:08thank god I brought reinforcements
08:10front color top shelf
08:12okay
08:13this is ugly
08:14who would want to wear this?
08:15everybody
08:15after we do
08:16you know
08:17I think I'm gonna go bare
08:19I'm gonna create a naked
08:20zen millennium
08:22kind of a look
08:23genius
08:24thank you
08:26okay check it out
08:27I spent all morning
08:28copying these things
08:29I was so exhausted
08:31from like
08:31the Kinko's manual labor
08:33of it all
08:33hype
08:33broken ale
08:34I had to stop and get
08:35a size fund
08:35Nick
08:36no way
08:36my dad will kill me
08:38if he finds out
08:38I'm throwing a party
08:39he doesn't have to know
08:41he'll be out of town
08:42he's always out of town
08:44Brooke
08:44the first party of the year
08:46creates the social Siberia
08:48and I for one do not intend
08:49to be left out in the cold
08:50besides
08:51if you bag
08:52we will be wearing
08:54Monica knee pads
08:55for the rest of the semester
08:56ew
08:57you're right
08:58of course I am
08:59you're so right
09:00hey baby
09:10hey Joshy
09:11are we still on for Tuesday night?
09:14I think I can back here
09:15okay
09:15I'll see
09:16bye
09:17Camelot
09:19good
09:20Bill
09:20what's Tuesday night?
09:22I'm just making dinner
09:23at my house
09:23you know
09:24little candlelight
09:25sort of thing
09:25hey Brooke
09:26okay
09:27just the two of you?
09:28yes
09:28so when you guys do it
09:32it's like one of those
09:33dirty showtime movies
09:34isn't it?
09:35actually it's more romantic
09:36than that
09:36it's like opera
09:37you know
09:37the perfect duet
09:39oh my gosh
09:40hi
09:41rude much?
09:42watch where you're going
09:43thank you
09:44alright
09:46you know what
09:46forget them
09:47their karma is to become
09:48alcoholic housewives
09:50anyway
09:51here this is more important
09:52sign my petition
09:53he who saves one life
09:54saves the world
09:55journalists have to be objective
09:56if I sign it
09:57I can't report on it
09:58alright I'll feed you two facts
10:00then
10:01where's your machine?
10:02go ahead
10:02over 10 million animals
10:05are disgustingly killed
10:06each year
10:07for the specific purpose
10:08of sophomore biology
10:10dissection
10:11hello
10:14god look at them
10:15they all dress alike
10:17talk alike
10:18they're terrified of having an opinion
10:20of being different
10:21because then they risk being judged
10:22they're like cattle
10:25no sheep
10:27you know what
10:32I'm bored with being corralled
10:34in a safe little pen
10:35that's why I'm gonna get
10:36my nose pierced
10:37it's a true individualistic statement
10:41you have to live through the pain
10:43to be worthy of the reward
10:44that is so cool
10:45that is a metaphor
10:47for the heinous high school experience
10:49alright that rocks
10:50what are you gonna get
10:51a like stud or a ring?
10:53I think a stud
10:54nice
10:54welcome back
10:55Sam we are meeting in my office tomorrow right?
10:58yeah
10:58he is so your alternative nation god
11:08please Mr. Grant and I are just buds
11:10I just admire him for marching to his own drummer
11:13he gets it
11:15uh-huh
11:16performing allows you to call up feelings and fears
11:21you can't express in your life
11:25use what you're afraid to show
11:30let it out
11:31again
11:34amazing grace
11:41how sweet
11:44how sweet
11:45the sound
11:47that saved
11:51a wretch
11:53like me
11:55I'm stopping you here
11:59and I have one word to say to you
12:02and that word is
12:04Aretha
12:07Carmen
12:12hey
12:12can I have my petition
12:13will you please?
12:14oh yes
12:15you know if you pull this off
12:16it's gonna be genius
12:17yes
12:18bio is after lunch this year
12:20and I know I'm gonna bark
12:21if I have to slice and dice
12:22yeah
12:22so how was your summer, Carmen?
12:24oh galactically brutal
12:26my mom sent me to that camp again
12:27so basically I spent six weeks starving
12:29and singing kumbaya
12:30did you guys see this?
12:31what?
12:32Brooke McQueen is having a party this Friday
12:34invite only
12:35and so another season of social fascism begins
12:39you live like three doors down from her Harrison
12:42why don't you just disguise yourself as a kegger and crash?
12:45I don't want to crash
12:45I want to be invited
12:46don't you guys?
12:47who cares?
12:48all it's gonna be is fashion victims
12:50eating Chex mix
12:51drinking their first beer
12:52and yakking in the bushes
12:53you know when did Brooke McQueen
12:55become the sun around which all of us revolve?
13:00okay
13:00I'll just get on my broom now
13:02and ride off to first period
13:04a little cranky?
13:07a little
13:07I'm not gonna fight my feelings anymore for Mr. Grant
13:10it's time to live them
13:12an older soulmate is my bridge to womanhood
13:15I'm gonna cross it
13:17and then I'll visit him in prison
13:19and be a great pen pal
13:20auditions for the musical are tomorrow
13:23how am I gonna cut practice?
13:25my dad would kill me if he found out
13:26but it's my life
13:28right?
13:29if I bring the condoms
13:32will he think I'm a skank?
13:34who do you talk to about these things?
13:36is that a zit?
13:38it is
13:39oh it's a big growing hog
13:42great
13:43this is just what I need
13:45cheerleader wannabe roll call
13:48sound off now
13:49Dana Durham
13:51trendoid wannabe
13:53yeah height
13:54Dana
13:54swing things like a year old
13:55pass
13:56there's something about Mary Cherry
14:01mysterious transfer from Dallas
14:03talents include
14:04tumbling
14:05so sweet
14:07I've become diabetic in her presence
14:09her family is loaded
14:10we're talking black gold Texas tea
14:12hair needs work
14:14but
14:14I like her
14:15consider
14:16I have nothing
14:21to say
14:22about this one
14:23there are more
14:25cheerleader applications
14:26this year than ever
14:28before
14:28everybody wants to be us
14:31such a blast deciding
14:34oh
14:36yeah a real blast Nick
14:37we're gonna make three new friends
14:38and 50 enemies
14:40okay
14:41bringing the room down
14:42hey Nicole
14:43you remember sugar daddy
14:45thinking about bringing him by the party
14:47yo
14:47girl
14:48you got huge
14:50I'll tell you that rat
14:52boy
14:53I think I'm gonna go get a muffin top
14:58and vomit
14:59bro
15:04what are you doing
15:05I set you up an intro
15:07you act like a Neanderthal
15:08you gotta be smooth
15:10this is how you treat a lady
15:13my god
15:20look at them
15:21they're like some bad
15:22Mariah Carey power ballad
15:24come to life
15:24you know
15:26speaking
15:27of musical tragedies
15:29did you guys hear
15:30rumor has it
15:31Joel never lived in a van
15:33by the river
15:33what
15:34hey Lily
15:35are you gonna eat your roll
15:36Clark
15:37didn't you lose like
15:3840 pounds this summer
15:39Harrison
15:40that is such
15:40a sexist guy thing to say
15:42don't listen to him
15:44Carm
15:44don't worry
15:45I have no intention
15:46of Ally McFeeling myself
15:48again
15:49anyway
15:50I think I'm
15:50I'm sassy
15:51and saucy
15:52and
15:53a really good dancer
15:55that's what's gonna get me
15:57on the cheerleading squad
15:58Carm
16:00cheerleading
16:01hey Nicole
16:02I
16:03I really like your
16:04your sweater
16:05ow
16:06hey Carm
16:10do you really
16:11wanna be a leader
16:12who
16:13cheers
16:14duh
16:15they're popular
16:16I'd love it
16:17okay see
16:18this is exactly
16:20what I've realized
16:21popularity is just
16:22conformity
16:23Brooke McQueen
16:24and her posse
16:25they're a cult
16:25once you join
16:27you're a goner
16:27why does that girl
16:30keep looking at me
16:31it creeps me out
16:33who is she anyway
16:34who
16:35Sam McPherson
16:36your homegirl
16:37sits beside me
16:38in algebra
16:38your SD
16:39gonna be peeping
16:40on some paper
16:41and passing this year
16:42yo
16:42well you're just
16:43a total catch
16:44aren't ya
16:44she just gives off
16:47this air
16:48like she's so
16:48superior
16:49sad really
16:51you can tell
16:53it's just a cover up
16:53I actually feel
16:54bad for her
16:55she's trapped
16:56in her own
16:56personal persona
16:57prison
16:58she can't show that
16:59that's why
17:00she's so
17:01thick
17:01funny
17:02when you try
17:03to pretend
17:03you're something
17:04you're not
17:04it's just a sign
17:05of low self-esteem
17:06total
17:07low self-esteem
17:08keep it down
17:11to adult world
17:12people
17:12this semester
17:14I've decided
17:15to introduce
17:16well a game
17:18of social
17:19Russian roulette
17:20I call it
17:22alphabetical lab
17:23partners
17:23pair up
17:24when I call
17:25your name
17:25Harrison John
17:27Nicole Julian
17:28yeah that would
17:31be you Blondie
17:31alright let's move
17:33it chop chop
17:34lollipop
17:35or should we
17:35maybe schedule
17:36a hearing test
17:37with the school nurse
17:38yes sir
17:40sugar daddy
17:43bernardino
17:44mary cherry
17:45samantha mcpherson
17:47brooke mcqueen
17:49do you want my sugar
18:10do you want my spice
18:11mix it up together
18:13I can make it real nice
18:14what
18:14sam
18:15wait up
18:16how's it going
18:17car
18:17it's awesome
18:18listen
18:18Rook's your new lab
18:19partner
18:20right
18:20because cheerleading
18:21auditions are kind of
18:22after school
18:22and I was thinking
18:22maybe you could put in
18:23a word that I'm
18:24a good person
18:24or that I would
18:25practice
18:25carmen
18:26carmen
18:26come on
18:26you yourself said you're a good
18:28dancer
18:29that'll be what gets you
18:30on the squad
18:30not hiking
18:31you're good
18:33sam
18:35please
18:37look
18:39I don't want to be a kiss ass
18:40or anything
18:40it's just that
18:41this means so much
18:43you know
18:43okay
18:47okay look
18:48Brooke McQueen and I
18:49don't really have a daily
18:50opinion swap
18:51but for you
18:53I'll put in a word
18:54okay
18:57I'll get you later
18:58so
19:02how was your summer
19:03sam
19:04oh you know
19:05I hung out with friends
19:07what did you do
19:11I went to Greece
19:13it was amazing
19:15blazing hot sun
19:17and you want to know
19:19the best thing about it
19:21no tan lines
19:26hey
19:29wow
19:32sorry I'm late
19:34it's okay
19:35it's okay
19:35you got your ear pierced
19:37that's so cool
19:39I don't think I've ever met a teacher
19:41with an extra hole before
19:42well I got it after one too many beers
19:47at a limp biscuit concert this summer
19:49I went to Hanson
19:50on a dare
19:52so
19:56congratulations are in order
19:59Miss McPherson
20:00I am proud to announce
20:02that you are the new editor-in-chief
20:04of the Zapruder Reporter newspaper
20:06so you want to talk about our first issue
20:09shoot
20:10yeah
20:10journalists is always prepared
20:11I was doing a lot of reading
20:13I was doing a lot of reading over the summer
20:14you know
20:14and I came across all of this
20:16this millennium madness stuff
20:18you know
20:19but
20:19what was missing
20:21was a young person's perspective
20:23that's such a cool idea
20:25we could do
20:26a roundup
20:27like a massive public opinion poll
20:28in a regular column
20:29you know
20:30you know what
20:30I've got an idea
20:30I know where you can do
20:32some of these
20:33popular interviews
20:34have you
20:36have you heard about this
20:37this party
20:39that Brooke McQueen
20:40is throwing
20:41on Friday night
20:41you're going
20:44yeah
20:47yeah
20:47of course I'm going
20:48great
20:48and
20:50I'll be bringing my notebook
20:51so
20:52that's
20:54what a terrific idea
20:56this one
21:17yeah
21:18thank you sugar
21:20yeah baby
21:20she's going to check us
21:33us now for utensils
21:34and we have to use
21:35this red marker
21:36to map
21:36the outline of the cutting
21:38red on green
21:40Christmas kind of toady
21:42that's so hilarious
21:47oh my god
21:48on our date
22:01will we
22:02round first base
22:03hit a triple
22:04or slide
22:06into home
22:07what
22:17okay
22:18check it out
22:18I spent all last period
22:20typing in
22:20our complete
22:21class list
22:22and
22:23the blinking names
22:25denote them
22:25to kiss
22:26kiss
22:27kill to be
22:29in our social
22:29stratosphere
22:30hi
22:32yeah
22:33okay
22:34should I just blink
22:36them now
22:37very good ladies
22:47you know
22:49you didn't have to do
22:51all the work
22:51I was going to help out
22:52it's okay
22:53so
22:59planning a party
23:00huh
23:00sounds like a blast
23:02yeah
23:03kind of
23:04frog really smells
23:07doesn't it
23:08yeah
23:10we've got spirit
23:22yes we do
23:23we've got spirit
23:24how about you
23:25what we'd like
23:26all of you to do
23:27is observe our
23:27very simple routine
23:28and then step forward
23:30alone
23:30and repeat it back
23:31to us
23:32five
23:34five
23:34six
23:35seven
23:35eight
23:36Oh, oh, oh.
24:06Any questions?
24:16Um, y'all, do I have to do the splits?
24:19I'm a Christian.
24:23Name, please.
24:24Fr...
24:25Name, please.
24:27Freddy Gong, and I'd like to play Emile Debec.
24:31Ooh, the dashing plantation owner who has his eye on Nellie Forbush.
24:36Fabulous.
24:37What song are you singing for us today, Freddy?
24:40This nearly was mine.
24:47One dream in my heart
24:53One love to be living for
25:01I've got 45 minutes till auditions are over.
25:04Man, I'm never gonna make it.
25:06Let's go!
25:08All right, guys, hold on.
25:09I like her.
25:32She's really good.
26:02Good and plenty.
26:10468.
26:12All right, guys, huddle up.
26:16468 center on one.
26:18On one.
26:18Ready?
26:19Break!
26:22Fly, fly, fly!
26:24KT!
26:24Get ready!
26:25Omaha!
26:27Omaha!
26:27Omaha!
26:28Set, hike!
26:29Where are you going?
26:44Um, I don't really know what to do.
26:47Have you any music prepared?
26:49Yeah.
26:50Yeah.
26:50Let's go.
27:20evening, you may see a stranger, you may see a stranger across the crowded room, and
27:39somehow you'll know, you know even then, that somewhere you'll see her again and again.
27:57I wonder how Carmen's audition went, she was so nervous about it. Oh you know Sam, one question, why are we taping some of these popular interviews?
28:15Well I'm interested in going into broadcasting, and it'll be good to get some tape of myself.
28:21So, hey you figure out how to land an invite to Brooke's party?
28:27What is your deal with Brooke McQueen? You're totally obsessed.
28:30No, no, that would be you. Admit it Harrison, once it's been the bottle years on, she begged.
28:37Now you're a Brooke McQueen satellite boy, and it bugs you.
28:41You know Sam, sometimes you can just be so cold.
28:51Okay, I was brutal, I admit it, I'm sorry.
29:01I'm not mad at you because you said it, I'm mad, I'm mad because it's the truth.
29:07Every time she blows me off, I'm transported back to being 11 years old, and I'm coming back from a golf camp.
29:16You know, I've got these huge ass ears, and the zits are just starting to pop out, and I look like a loser.
29:22But I don't feel like a loser, because my best friend since I was five is going to be there.
29:31So there I am, at the window of my mom's station wagon, and we drive by her house.
29:37And there's Brooke McQueen.
29:40I can't believe it, in two months she's grown five inches, and she's this beautiful giantess.
29:48She's also sitting on the back of a moped with some jock, who doesn't have big ass ears, and zits, and has long outgrown his Justice League of America bedspread.
29:59I drive by, in slow motion, and I'm waving and grinning like an idiot, and she...
30:10She looks right through me.
30:15She pretends she doesn't even see me.
30:24I mean, it's been that way ever since.
30:30Well, actually...
30:33I think your big ass ears kind of fit your personality.
30:41Gee, thanks.
30:45God, Lily, you should have seen it. I was good.
30:48You know, I was actually good.
30:50I nailed every move, and nobody laughed, and Brooke even smiled at me, which she didn't do with any of the other girls.
30:57It's the best moment of my life.
30:59Unfortunately, the downside to success is the new wardrobe I'm gonna need, which is so gonna break the bank.
31:05You know, Carm, I really do admire you.
31:09You do?
31:10Yeah, for trying out, I mean.
31:13It took a lot of guts to say, I wanna be a cheerleader, and I'm gonna go for it.
31:19Even though everybody else was telling you not to.
31:22My raspberry beret is off to you.
31:26Thanks.
31:27You know, sometimes I think to find out what your true potential is, you have to be willing to stand up for yourself.
31:32You know?
31:33Even if it means you might end up looking like a fool.
31:36I can't believe I did it.
31:44Okay, ready?
31:47Okay, is it two Britney Spears?
31:49Very Hit Me Baby one more time.
31:51We're gonna take this in the matching room.
31:53Okay.
31:54Are you sure?
31:55Honey, that outfit looks so hot on you.
31:58He's gonna flip out.
32:00I'm telling you, your love story tonight is gonna be so hectic.
32:04Celine Dion is gonna call you for inspiration.
32:07Hi!
32:08I just found my ensemble for the party.
32:11Uh-huh.
32:12I am the Millennium.
32:18Um, hi, Brookie.
32:19I know what you're doing.
32:20Stop staring at yourself in the mirror like you're the 600-pound angry mom from The Springer Show.
32:26I'm not.
32:27Actually, I-I was thinking about cheerleading tryouts and-and the list.
32:34Nicole, I don't-I don't think that we're being totally fair.
32:37Look, honey, I know you want to be like a nice person, but sometimes in a position of leadership, you must adhere to the accepted social order of things and make hardline decisions.
32:48Because if you don't, if you make one exception, then you have to make a dozen.
32:52And before you know it, we have amputee girls trying to hold up a triangle mount and ashes, ashes.
32:56We all fall down.
32:58Okay, what do you mean by accepted social order?
33:02What I mean is, we live in the age of plaintiff and that is the standard by which all things are judged.
33:07Well, bless my lord and Taylor, look who's here shopping for the latest in designer fashion.
33:12Yeah.
33:13Knock, knock.
33:14Who's there?
33:15Coincidence.
33:16Come on, Nick, let's go.
33:18Your audition today was so good, Mary Cherry.
33:21I mean it.
33:22Of course, we're going to have to cut down on the Pop-Tarts.
33:24Done.
33:26Um, Nick, did I mention that my mother was a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader and thus, I'm a legacy?
33:33I got your email and I'm crystal light clear.
33:36Bye-bye, hon.
33:37We're very hopeful.
33:38Bye.
33:39Bye, Ruth.
33:40Bye.
33:41You know, I have trouble believing that you would pick her over Carmen.
33:46Um, update, she's rich.
33:48We'll get condos for Christmas.
33:51I'm putting Carmen on the squad.
33:57Okay, great.
33:58Great.
33:59I'll totally support you.
34:00You will?
34:01Mm-hmm.
34:02I'll totally support you when your boyfriend gets crap from his buddies because you delivered
34:06eyesore candy.
34:07I'll totally support you during away games when we take the field and everybody moves.
34:11And I'll totally support you when you blow everything we've worked for our entire lives
34:15because you want to be nice instead of disciplined.
34:17I'm there for you all the way.
34:18I'll totally support you.
34:19On your card?
34:20Yeah, go ahead and charge it.
34:21I'm supporting you.
34:22Hi.
34:23Welcome back.
34:24I'm Sam McPherson and we're just here hanging out talking about the issue of popularity.
34:38We're going to ask real kids questions relating to that topic today.
34:43So let's start with one that's dividing our very civilization.
34:46Backstreet Boys or NSYNC?
34:51Um, Backstreet Boys.
34:52Totally.
34:53NSYNC is totally more talented.
34:55Well, NSYNC, they look like butts.
34:57They both suck.
34:58Eminem rocks.
34:59The look that's totally in right now.
35:08Hi.
35:09What's the most popular activism issue amongst our generation today?
35:13Racial intolerance.
35:14Gay marriage.
35:15Tiger Woods or Mia Hamm?
35:16Tiger Woods?
35:17Tiger.
35:18Mia Hamm.
35:19Are you popular or unpopular?
35:21Popular.
35:22Uh, unpopular.
35:23Unpopular, I guess.
35:26Though I think my new man, Drew, is going to help me with the fine ladies.
35:31So, want to go get a Slurpee or something?
35:36Uh.
35:37Oh, yeah.
35:38Cool.
35:39You have a most popular actor.
35:40Leo.
35:41That's it.
35:42That's it.
35:43You have a most popular actor.
35:44Leo.
35:45Leo.
35:46Do you date blondes or brunettes?
35:47Brunettes.
35:48Are you busy Friday night?
35:49No.
35:50Enough.
35:51Piercing or no piercing?
35:52Piercings.
35:53I totally agree.
35:54This journalism thing is exhausting.
35:55I'm going home, throwing a hot pocket in the nuker.
35:56We are done for the day.
35:57One more interview.
35:58Huh?
35:59No.
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36:29Hello.
36:30Hello.
36:31Hello.
36:32Hello.
36:33Hi.
36:34I'm Sam McPherson.
36:35Hi.
36:36Hi.
36:37How are you?
36:38Oh, well, you know Harrison John, right?
36:41Yes.
36:42Hi.
36:43Could I ask you a couple of questions real quick?
36:45It's for a series of interviews I'm doing about popularity for my journalism class.
36:50It would really help me out.
36:51No, sure.
36:52Okay, yeah.
36:54Okay, well, could you start off by looking into the lens
36:56and telling us your name
36:58and one thing you believe helps form your identity or persona?
37:04Okay.
37:07Hi, I'm Brooke McQueen, and I'm...
37:10Hi, Brooke.
37:11I'm a cheerleader.
37:13Oh, God.
37:16It sounded so superficial.
37:20I'm on the Honor Society.
37:22Great.
37:23You recently held auditions for the JV squad, correct?
37:27Yes, actually, today.
37:29So will the new cheerleaders be chosen
37:31based on, say, how popular they are or on...
37:34No, no, it should be based on ability.
37:37Great.
37:38Yeah.
37:39So what you're saying is that under your leadership,
37:43you're trying to break certain stereotypes
37:45out of ostracized kids who don't fit in.
37:48Absolutely.
37:50Yeah.
37:52Well, Brooke, you date our school quarterback, Josh Ford,
37:57who, like you, is considered to be
37:59one of the most popular people in our school.
38:02I'm sorry, but it really bothers me
38:07that you just categorize me as one thing.
38:09I think I'm a lot of things, or at least I try to be.
38:12Well, don't you think that popular is a title or categorization
38:17you actively sought out?
38:19No.
38:22Not really.
38:23It's just, it's something that just happened.
38:29So, some days you want a different label?
38:33Don't you?
38:34Um, I, I, I, I have to go.
38:42Um, am, am I done?
38:47Thanks.
38:49Excuse me, sorry.
38:50Okay.
38:56Okay.
38:56See you.
39:20Is it me?
39:41Is it because I'm fat?
39:42No, Brooke, you're so beautiful.
39:46Look, we'll get there.
39:50I mean, next time it'll be better.
39:52I promise.
39:53Yeah.
39:54Hey, I think you're beautiful.
39:56No, I'm not.
39:59I'm not.
40:00I feel like I'm constantly having to project something that I don't really feel.
40:06And I'm so tired of being disappointed in myself and feeling like I'm living this big lie.
40:13And this being the biggest one of all, Josh, everybody thinks that we've already done it.
40:17Nobody knows that we're both the big V's.
40:19Well, Brooke, you didn't have to tell everybody we've had sex.
40:23What are you talking about?
40:24You told all of your friends?
40:26Come on, people just expect things from us, Josh.
40:29Brooke, why do you feel you have to be everything to everybody?
40:32I...
40:32Look, I'm a little on edge here too, okay?
40:36Do you think it's easy trying to decide what in the hell I'm going to do if I make the musical I tried out for?
40:41Because if I do, Brooke, I'm going to have to choose between that and the team.
40:47You tried out for the musical?
40:50Good one.
40:50I thought we talked about everything.
40:56Why didn't you tell me this?
41:00Well, obviously you wouldn't have understood.
41:02Obviously I do understand.
41:03We don't make homecoming court if you're a drama geek.
41:05I didn't mean that.
41:12Yeah, you did, Brooke.
41:13Yeah, you did.
41:14Well, yay for me.
41:40Hey, now.
41:49A meal at the back.
41:59I wonder if I have any lines.
42:00Any lines?
42:01Chow, you got the lead role.
42:04Oh.
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42:35Oh.
42:36Shh, shh.
43:06Shh, shh.
43:36Shh, shh.
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