Fame Page #4

Don't go to school.

Martelli, Bruno.

- Bruno. Come on.

Garcia, Raul.

- Garcia, Raul?

- It's Ralph.

- It says Raul.

- I don't relate to that.

- Garcia, Ralph.

- It's Garci.

Ralph Garci. I think they

spelled it wrong on the application.

- Garci, Ralph.

- Here.

- MacNeil, Montgomery.

- Here.

- Monroe, Lisa.

- Yes?

Johnson, Leroy.

Johnson, Leroy?

In future, Mr. Johnson, I'd like you to

leave your ghetto blaster at home.

I'd have left it home

if it wasn't so goddamn boring in here.

This is a classroom, Mr. Johnson. You're

going to be here for four years...

...with your eyes open,

homework done, pencils sharpened...

...and all food, cigarettes and radios

outside. Do you understand me?

- Why are you here, Mr. Johnson?

- Because I's young and single...

...and I loves to mingle.

Speak English.

- I speak like I likes.

- This is my room. You'll speak as I like.

I teach English. Now, if that's

a foreign language, you're gonna learn it.

This is no Mickey Mouse school. You

won't get off easy because of talent.

- I don't care how well you dance...

- B*tch run her f***ing mouth.

...or how many colored tutus you have.

If you don't give academic subjects...

...equal time, you're out.

- Bullshit.

You have to arrive earlier

to get dressed and warmed up.

You have to take outside classes

in your major field...

...and study ballet, modern, folk,

jazz, tap and historical dance here...

...as well as dance history,

supported adagio...

...variation class, makeup, hairstyling

and even acting for dancers.

50,000 people call themselves actors,

and maybe 500 are making a living at it.

Most of those do commercials to

pay the rent. The rest wait tables...

...clean other people's apartments,

living on welfare and hope.

Don't think talent's enough

to get you through.

You gotta have a strong technique,

a good agent, and most of all, thick skin.

Now you're part of an underprivileged

minority, and you're going to suffer.

Pulled tendons, shin splints,

swollen toes, smelly tights...

Cattle calls, the humiliation,

the rejection...

Melodic dictation theory, keyboard

harmony, piano, piano literature...

...music history, orchestration,

conducting, symphonic band...

When do we have lunch?

Lunch is at 11:
30...

...and then you'll have everything else.

- What's everything else?

Biology, chemistry, algebra, English,

French, physics, history, et cetera.

Dance is not a way

of getting through school.

It's a way of life, plus school.

The school part is easier.

You better like yourself a lot.

Because that's all you got to work with.

Use yourself.

Your voice, your experiences.

Wanna accumulate some experiences?

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