Speech & Debate Page #5

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with the Devil.

No more time for

"My Country, 'Tis of Thee"

From now on,

"It's my country 'tis of me"

I don't need friends.

I don't need to be

in the school musical

that the school board

has frauded.

I have music in my body.

I am music.

Mr. Healy thinks

an unwed mother

is too racy for us.

Are we in Salem, Oregon,

or Salem, Massachusetts,

circa 16... whenever the heck

those witches were being hunted?

Can't burn me

This witch is fireproof

So try and hang me

And see how strong my neck is

[Marie] Diwata, what

is going on in there?

No, Mom...

But I'm an actress.

Speech and Debate sounds like

homework that nerds want to do

because regular homework

isn't, I don't know, enough?

Just read the part that says

"D.I." on the home page.

They call it competitive acting.

You'll see why I called you.

[rock music playing]

[Diwata] Welcome to North Salem's

revived Speech and Debate team.

My name's Diwata,

and as team captain...

Self-appointed team captain.

I'm not acknowledging

that remark.

And I'm Solomon, and please know

that you can come to me

with any questions.

Or you could come to me,

so Solomon doesn't

get bugged too often.

We're gonna go over

different debate categories.

Hey, can we play icebreakers?

No. I'm running

the meeting, please.

Should have played icebreakers.

Um, who's our faculty Advisor?

Who's gonna sign my transcript?

Uh...

We don't have an official

faculty Advisor yet,

but it shouldn't be a problem,

given the decent turnout today.

Uh...

Solomon, tell them about

the tournament in the city.

- We travel, people.

- Okay. Okay.

The Portland Invitational

- is two weeks away...

- But first, travel is... Yes?

I don't get this. Who are you?

And who are you?

This is so weird.

I'm Diwata, and this is Solomon.

My background is in legitimate

theater and blogging.

Solomon's more into the debate

events, like Lincoln-Mercury.

It's Lincoln-Douglas,

after the President

and Stephen Douglas.

- Right...

- It's one-on-one debating.

Call that category LD, that's

the lingo for that event.

I'll teach you all the terms.

Don't worry.

I'm not worried.

Okay, if we could all

get into a circle...

This year's debate topic is...

Resolved.

When in conflict, an

individual's freedom of speech

should be valued over

a community's moral standards.

In a year with our mayor...

He's in trouble, and...

With the school censoring

our newspaper articles,

this is pretty relevant, yeah?

Solomon, you're

freaking people out.

It can be fun, too.

The best category is

called Dramatic Interpretation,

where you perform all the parts

of a play yourself.

Witness.

Welcome to a tale of witchcraft,

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