In and Out Page #6

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I'm with Aldo Hooper, Howard's barber.

Stylist... razor cuts,

color, full blow dry.

That's very nice.

What do you think?

Will there be a wedding?

Howard is booked for Saturday.

A full styling. I say yes.

Emmett Wilson, who has just

delivered Howard's mail...

his intimate correspondence,

letters to a legend.

Anything we should know?

I can't reveal that.

I'm a postal employee.

Don't make him mad.

Of course he's getting married.

He's a man of his word.

Is this national?

You bet.

Please, use your full zip codes.

Greenleaf High,

cradle of crisis.

Howard's seniors...

youth in the crossfire.

Tell us in your own innocent

young words, is he gay?

Oh, no. He told us.

It was all this huge mistake.

It happened 'cause he

likes poetry and uses a napkin.

Unlike some people.

What?

Teens in turmoil.

And your message to America?

Greenleaf rules! Yeah!

Kids on the edge.

A community in chaos.

Indiana cries out.

Howard, can you hear?

Howard,

uh, you got a minute?

Howard, uh...

your... your life,

I mean, since...

since the Oscars, I can only imagine.

It's over now.

It's fine. It's just fine.

It's all ancient history.

We do have graduation

coming up Monday...

and you kind of put us

right... right in the spotlight.

I'm so sorry, Tom.

I'd be less than honest

if I didn't tell you...

that I've gotten some calls

from parents...

wondering if, in fact,

you were a ho... ho...

h- ho... h-ho...

Home room teacher?

Homo-hom-homosexual.

Tom, do I look like

a homosexual?

Would you walk for me?

Excuse me.

Uh, Howard?

Yes.

Do you enjoy teaching?

No, I don't enjoy it.

You don't?

No, I love it. It's my life.

Then you'd miss it?

Are you threatening me?

No, no.

I'm... I'm your friend.

Friends don't threaten.

No, they don't.

Friends warn.

And you, uh...

you are getting married,

aren't you?

But are you saying...

that if I weren't getting

married, I'd be fired?

- That's not an issue, is it?

- No.

Best wishes.

Hi.

Bless you.

Thank you.

Would you like to tell me

your sins?

Yes. Yes.

First of all, I'm not Catholic.

Then why are you here?

I have a friend who's Catholic,

and he's busy.

Aren't you helpful?

What are his, you know, sins?

Your friend's?

He's a plumber, and

he's about to be married.

He's been engaged

for three years.

Caution is a virtue.

Yeah, but everyone's...

Everyone's saying something

about him that isn't true.

It's not a bad thing,

but he isn't that thing.

Which thing are people

saying about him?

That, um...

That he's gay.

That he's what?

That he's gay.

Oh! Oh, my.

Yeah.

Oh, my, my.

That's rather like that

fellow on the Oscars.

That, uh, Howard Brackett...

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