Fame (1982–1987): Season 1, Episode 1 - Metamorphosis - full transcript

You must develop some
sense of the other players.

I'm not into group scenes.
I'm not inviting you to an orgy.

♪ If you want me you
gotta let me know ♪

♪ Take me ♪♪

I knew it would work.
The real me is a redhead.

Girl, let me tell you something.

You keep treating your hair like
that, the real you is gonna be bald.

Everybody gets bad reviews.

You're not out of town anymore.

You're in the hot, burning
center of the galaxy.

♪♪ [Disco]



♪ Fame ♪
♪ I'm gonna live forever ♪

♪ I'm gonna learn how to fly ♪
♪ High ♪

♪ I feel it comin' together ♪

♪ People will see me and cry ♪
♪ Fame ♪

♪ I'm gonna make it to heaven ♪

♪ Light up the
sky like a flame ♪

♪ Fame ♪
♪ I'm gonna live forever ♪

♪ Baby, remember my name ♪
♪ Remember, remember ♪

♪ Remember, remember ♪

You got big dreams.

You want fame.

Well, fame costs,

and right here is where
you start paying in sweat.

♪ Fame ♪
♪ I'm gonna live forever ♪



♪ Baby, remember my name ♪
♪ Remember, remember ♪

♪ Remember, remember ♪

♪ Fame ♪♪

♪♪ [Marching Band]

Thank you very much, Miss
Bryant. We'll be sure to...

I have one where there're flames on my baton,
but I didn't want to set off the sprinklers.

- That's very considerate of you.
- Miss Bryant.

- Uh-huh?
- I understand that you're new
to our city.

- But what I don't understand... and maybe you can help me...
- Uh-huh.

The purpose of our school
is to prepare young people...

for careers as performers.

Is there a demand for professional
baton twirlers that I'm unaware of?

Well, sure.

If a girl twirls really well, well, she
might get asked to be a cheerleader...

for a professional
football team.

Thank you very much, Miss
Bryant. We'll let you know.

Thank you. Oh.

Bye!

Miss Julie Miller?

Just the chair.

You don't wanna know.

Miss Miller, these auditions are
for new arrivals to New York City,

and maybe you could tell us a
little about what brings you here.

My mom and dad got divorced.

Anytime you're ready.

Coco! How was summer stock?

It was beautiful. H-How
was teaching summer school?

Something less than beautiful.
Did you get to perform?

I got to perform... painting scenery and
nailing furniture together, scrounging up props.

And I got to understudy the healthiest
ingenue that ever joined Equity.

Anyway, did you see Bruno Martelli?
'Cause his father said he was here.

He's probably in the auditorium,
helping to set up lights.

Coco. Sorry you
didn't get to be a star.

Ah, Miss Sherwood,
I'm already a star.

Thing is, not enough
people know it yet, is all.

Martelli.

I decided that you and
me wasted last year.

What do you think about us
getting some people together...

and really getting it together,
and going... Shh, shh, shh, shh.

What, you dig
that kind of music?

I like any kind of good
music, and she's good.

Ow!

What's the money for? Cab fare.

[Chuckles] Mother, I'm
not taking a cab to school.

It's gonna be hard enough to fit in without
arriving like Goodie-Shoes Gotrocks.

Julie, it's been 20 years
since I lived in New York.

Till I know what's happened to that neighborhood
since your father and I moved away...

Well, until I know.

Mother, not a taxi. Come on!

- How 'bout a compromise?
- Okay. What?

I'll walk you to school.

Taxi!

School of the Arts, please.

You wanna hear what happened
at the United Nations last week?

Sorry, baby. I'm booked.

♪ Doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo ♪ Hey!

Solid gold, man. It's a cheap
chain. A hundred karats. It's cheap!

I'm not interested. Five dollars,
and you're not interested?

Come on, man. It's five
dollars, man. I don't wear chains.

It's not for you. It's for the
sweet little fox in your life.

I don't have a fox. You would
if you be flashin' this around.

The Jewish ambassador
punches the Chinese ambassador,

and the Chinese ambassador gets up
off the floor and asks what that was for.

"That was for Pearl Harbor." "Pearl
Harbor?" says the Chinese man.

"That was the
Japanese. I'm Chinese."

"Chinese, Japanese.
What's the difference?"

So the next day... ♪ Who
do you think you are ♪

♪ Some kind of star ♪
Hey, Ruby. You know what?

♪ You're heading
for a red light ♪

♪ Hot night ♪

Thank you! Oh!

- I'm sorry.
- You said it, baby. And blind too.

♪ Hot night ♪

♪ Bad fight Dynamite ♪

Chinese dude punches
the Jewish dude.

Jewish dude gets up, rubs his
chin and says... Buzz off, creep.

"What was that for?" Hey!

♪ Red is all I can see ♪

♪ Hot is how it will be ♪

♪ Bad for you if you
mess with me ♪♪

Jewish dude gets up, rubs his
chin and says, "What was that for?"

- And the Chinese guy says...
- Silence.

"I had nothing to do with the
Titanic." And the Jewish guy...

I'm not speaking
until I hear silence.

The word for the
day is "pretentious."

One: making claims,
explicit or implicit,

to some distinction, importance,

dignity or excellence.

Two: affectedly grand.

Superior, et cetera.
Ostentatious.

Who would like to
use it in a sentence?

Mr. Garcy?

The pretentious Chinese
ambassador says,

"Iceberg, Goldberg.
What's the difference?"

That's enough, Garcy.

This is no song-and-dance
class. It's English.

You're going to take it and all
your other academic subjects...

just as seriously as you
take your presumed careers.

You're going to work twice as
hard as the other students in this city.

You don't get any breaks because
you're talented or cute or funny.

This is still a high school.

If you don't leave my class...

speaking, reading and writing
English properly, you'll leave it, period.

Same goes for French and
algebra and biology and physics.

- Coco Hernandez?
- Yes?

Use "pretentious" in
a sentence, please.

Coming to school in
a cab is pretentious.

That's not fair. I come to
school in a taxi every day.

That's different.
Your father drives it.

[Laughter]

♪♪ [Wind Instruments]

You're Miller? Yeah.

I'm Montgomery. Here's your books.
Thanks. Can you put them down?

I can't get this thing to work.

Let me see. Short people understand
these things better than tall people.

Comes from being at a keyhole
height during formative years.

Ta-da! Hey!

Thanks. What am I gonna do
when you're not here to help me?

[Tough Voice] Sweetheart, no
one's running little Rico out of town.

They can stab me, shoot
me, throw me in the East River.

No matter how tough it gets,
you can count on little Rico.

How 'bout in the
morning, before first bell?

I'm not sure I can make that,

but, uh, seriously, if
you got any questions.

Yeah, just one or two.

New York City's like
a lot of other cities.

It isn't unfriendly.
It's just crowded.

So everyone carries around
a little piece of invisible space.

So you don't stare, you
don't smile at strangers,

you don't invade someone's
private space unless you're invited.

That's lesson one. Everyone
around here grows up knowing that.

What if you didn't grow up
here? Someone has to help you.

It's really simple. I could explain
it to you in 10 easy lessons.

That many? Well,
it's a big subject.

You gotta know what to do on the streets,
who to talk to, who not to talk to,

where to go, where not to go.

Okay. Okay what?

Okay. Will you teach
me? Yeah, but... why me?

Because you're the first friendly
person I've met in the whole school.

You seem to know what you're talking
about. At least I can understand you.

Sort of.

♪♪ [Beethoven: "Ode To Joy"]

♪♪ [Tripling Notes]

Hold it! Hold it!

Martelli, if you please, the same
notes and rhythm as the rest.

I am in rhythm. You
are in your rhythm.

You will play in my rhythm
and the rhythm of the class.

You must develop some sense of the
other players. I'm not into group scenes.

I'm not inviting you to an orgy,

but to play in an
ensemble. Yes, sir.

A dancer's body
remembers everything.

You learn something
once, and it's yours for life.

But first you have
to become a dancer.

Now, you may be
hot stuff up in Harlem,

or you may have the best
tutu collection in the country.

Doesn't matter. I don't
have time for prima donnas.

You wanna become a dancer, you're going to
have to work... work your little tights off.

I ain't wearin' no tights.

You've got big
dreams. You want fame.

Well, fame costs,

and right here is where
you start paying in sweat.

I want to see sweat.

And the better you are, the
more sweat I'm going to demand.

So if you've never had to
fight for anything in your life,

put your gloves on and
get ready for round one.

And Mama and Daddy's little
darlin's had better come out swingin'.

What does that mean?
They don't take credit cards.

Okay. Spread out on the floor.

We're gonna repeat that modern
one combination we did yesterday.

But I want you to
add arms to the spiral.

♪♪ [Piano] Five, six,
seven, and spiral, two.

Release, two.

Arms spiral, two.

Release. Let the arms flow.

And spiral, two.

Contract, two.
Extend and release.

[Horns Honking] Lesson number
two: how to get around New York.

The buses are so crowded
here. I feel weird in them.

Try the subways at 5:00. There's
weird. It does get kind of hectic.

Hectic? It gets
downright deadly.

You can't stand too
close to the edge.

A lot of creeps get their kicks
outta wasting people on the tracks.

- Wasting people?
- Doing away with them.

One morning I saw this woman...
Actually, it was half a woman.

It was really gross.

Well, it wasn't the
grossest thing I ever saw.

The grossest thing
I ever saw was...

You want some coffee? No,
thanks. I don't drink coffee.

Montgomery? Nah, me
either. My doctor won't let me.

Oh, you get anxiety attacks too?

I don't know if it's
anxiety, exactly.

You kind of get this pukey
feeling in the pit of your stomach?

And then your whole
body gets all hot and prickly,

and it feels like a thousand tiny little
fingers are working overtime on your skin?

Sometimes. I feel it too.

So do I.

Don't stare. Remember what I
said? Give people their space.

What about my space?

What are you talking
about? [Gasps]

What's going on?

Lesson four: how
to waste creeps.

♪♪ [Disco]

Sorry! Don't you have eyes?

I said I'm sorry. They oughta hang
a "danger" sign around your neck.

[Sherwood] The word
for the day is "deleterious."

Harmful to health,
well-being, property.

Injurious.

Who can use it in a sentence?

Hernandez?

Coffee can be deleterious
to some people's health...

and to other people's clothing.

[Scattered Laughter]

All right, Coco. That's the general
idea. Who can be more specific?

Garcy?

My Uncle Ramon is a
real deleterious person.

- That doesn't tell me
what "deleterious" means.
- I'm not finished yet.

You see, last month
he hit the big number,

and he moved to the country to
raise chickens, like he always wanted.

Only he's a city dude, see? What
does this have to do with "deleterious"?

His chickens all
died. I asked him why.

- He said, "I don't know. Maybe
I planted them too close."
- [All Groaning]

[Scattered Laughter]

Relevé up, and down.

And plié.

Relevé up, and down.

And port de bras over, and up.

What are you wearing, Leroy?

Dancing clothes.

This isn't Roseland.
This isn't dancin'.

That's cute, Leroy. You
know, you're real cute.

But either you dress properly
for my class, or you won't be in it.

All right, class.

Everyone, across the
floor in groups of twos.

We're gonna repeat what
we did yesterday. Quickly.

Five, six. Five, six, seven.

And extend!

Extend!

I'm sorry. Sure, hon.

I just wasn't looking. You
don't have to get "A" about it.

"A"? As in "annoyed."

Oh. I'm not.

I wouldn't do something
like that deliberately. Miller!

When I say "extensions,"
I don't mean your mouth.

Five, six, seven, and step!

Extend!

Extend!

That means the right shoes
and the right jeans and no jewelry.

- Ditch the gold chain.
- No.

- Flashy is out,
especially gold.
- I don't care.

You can take away the rest of my
identity, but the gold chain is special.

- It's very pretty, but...
- It's more than that.

Hey, you can't worry
about what looks good.

In fact, the better you
look, the bigger the danger.

You don't want to draw attention
to yourself. You want to dress down.

Which brings us to lesson
nine: defensive fashion.

♪♪ [Pop Rock]

♪♪ [Violin] [Girl] ♪
You are my lucky star ♪

♪ I saw you from afar ♪

♪ Two lovely eyes at
me they were gleaming ♪

♪ Beaming ♪

♪ I was starstruck ♪
Did you see that?

♪ You're all my lucky charms ♪♪ He winked
at me. Michael Harrison winked at me.

[Montgomery] He winks
at everybody, Doris.

- He's only the most
popular boy in school.
- With a tic.

He never noticed me
before. It's my new look.

It's a learned
behavioral response.

I knew it would work.
The real me is a redhead.

Girl, let me tell you something.

You keep treating your hair like
that, the real you is gonna be bald.

[Giggling]

He's coming over
here, in person.

Hi. A couple of us are having a
party Friday. You wanna come?

- Oh, I don't think so.
- I think she's busy.

No. I just, um...

- Well, then what's wrong?
- Nothing really.

Look, I think you're
being really smart.

- You probably wouldn't
like our friends anyway.
- Well, I mean...

We have to eat lunch.

Was it something
we said? I'm on a diet.

I mean, I don't eat.

I mean, I'm free on Friday.

Um, that's okay, deary. We
really have enough people.

Come on, Michael.

You know what you
need? You need exposure.

I don't want exposure.

We could be big. We?

Hey, I don't just
dance, see? I sing too.

And we could go places.
You can go places.

I'm going to the bathroom.

That was real considerate of you considering
he's the most popular boy in school.

Doris wanted a date. I
have a boyfriend anyway.

You do? Yes. Back
in Grand Rapids.

You never said anything.

Well,

I try not to think
about him too much.

You really miss
him a lot, don't you?

With your sound and my voice...

and a couple of backup singers,
maybe, and a small band...

Band? The money,
honey. We could clean up.

There are bar mitzvahs and tea
dances on Long Island. I'm not into money.

You don't have to be, baby.

You just keep turning out your
music, and I'll just keep doing...

Look, I don't turn out my
music, and I don't perform.

That's cool, baby. I do.

I don't believe you.

I know.

You ain't seen or
heard the best of me yet.

We're gonna handle
that right here and now.

I don't work lunchrooms as a
rule, but you deserve a break today.

Just wait right here.

Do you guys remember "Take
Me"? Do you remember that?

Looks like you've got sort of a
crush on that Michael Harrison guy.

Julie, maybe people in
Grand Rapids get crushes.

That's not the way
it is in New York City.

- What do they get
in New York City?
- Herpes, mostly.

♪♪ [Rock]

♪ Who'd you have
in mind for your love ♪

♪ Oh, who's feeling
your affection ♪

♪ You ain't gonna
find perfect love ♪

♪ Till you look
in my direction ♪

♪ Open your eyes ♪

♪ You don't know what
you've been missin' ♪

♪ Baby, get wise ♪

♪ You can try me on for size ♪

♪ Oh, take me ♪

♪ Take me, baby
and never let me go ♪

♪ Shake me ♪

♪ If you want me you
gotta let me know ♪

♪ Take me Take me, baby ♪

♪ And hold on tight
'cause we're gonna make ♪

♪ All the lovin'
that you can take ♪

♪ Please don't make
me wait for your touch ♪

♪ To set my heart on fire ♪

♪ I anticipate that your touch ♪

♪ Is gonna shoot
my spirits higher ♪

♪ Ain't gonna lie ♪

♪ I've been watching
you a long time ♪

♪ Oh, my, my ♪

♪ I got ways to make you fly ♪

♪ Oh, take me Take me, baby ♪

♪ And never let me go ♪

♪ Shake me If you want me ♪

♪ You gotta let me know ♪

♪ Take me ♪

♪ Take me, baby ♪

♪ And hold on tight
'cause we're gonna make ♪

♪ All the lovin'
that you can take ♪

♪ Whoa, take me ♪

♪ Take me, baby
and never let me go ♪

♪ Shake me If you want me ♪

♪ You've gotta let me know ♪

♪ Take me Take me, baby ♪

♪ And hold on tight
'cause we're gonna make ♪

♪ All the lovin'
that you can take ♪

♪ Take me ♪♪

- Julie, spare me.
- Defensive wardrobe, Mom.

- If your father could see you...
- Well, he can't. Not anymore.

Honey, regardless of what
happened between him and me,

he's still your father,

and he expects me to
raise you in a certain way,

maintain certain standards.

But those standards
don't apply anymore.

Is that what all your
friends at school say?

I don't have that
many friends. Why?

Well, they set me apart.

Not all of them, but some.

My dancing was such a
big deal in Grand Rapids,

but here it's
kindergarten stuff.

My music's still okay, but I'm
barely in their league sometimes.

I hate to sound like a shrink,

but it's a learning
experience for both of us.

I mean, you're trying to
fit in to your new school,

and I'm trying to wedge
my way in to the job market.

But, Mom, I'm trying to fit
in with a preppy wardrobe.

Look, either I look right...

or I look like a nerd
and I get treated like one.

Want some advice? Don't answer,
'cause you're gonna get it anyway.

Life is not an "either-or."

I used to think, either I
make my marriage work,

or my life is ruined.

It's not true.

We both used to think either
Julie gets an academic education...

or a musical one.

That's not true either, and the
school you're going to proves it.

- Maybe I'm just
not tough enough.
- Oh, honey.

You'd be surprised
at just how...

tough you can
be, if you have to.

Voice of experience talking now.

Still wearing that
chain Lester gave you?

Sweetheart, Lester is
back in Grand Rapids.

Maybe a part of me is too.

Oh, baby.

[Woman] ♪ I worked so
hard to get me a man ♪

♪ Don't try to take him away ♪

♪ I love my man
like nobody can ♪

♪ Don't try or you're gonna... ♪

The senior class will sponsor
a mixer next Wednesday...

for the benefit of the
incoming freshman class.

♪ Oh, who do you think you are ♪

♪ Some kind of star ♪♪
[No Audible Dialogue]

All new students are invited
to attend and get acquainted.

There will be a band
and entertainment...

Mr. Johnson, would you mind
taking off your hat, please?

Thank you.

- Will you please
stop being funny?
- I wasn't being funny.

Violins are on the way out.

It's the truth.

You... You don't
need strings today.

Did you hear this,
Mrs. Tussa? I heard.

Orchestras need strings.

Orchestras are an
endangered species. [Chuckling]

Really. You can do it
all on one instrument.

If you got a keyboard and some oscillators
and the right combination of wave forms,

you wouldn't need to make
all these dinosaur tracks.

Dinosaur tracks?

Mozart made dinosaur tracks? You
should make such dinosaur tracks!

He wouldn't orchestrate
today. He'd overdub.

He wouldn't need
all this bowing stuff.

And this figured
bass business...

It was probably necessary
in prehistoric days.

It was necessary in Leipzig.
It was necessary in Dresden.

- It was necessary...
- In the good old days.

Yes, the good old days.

[Sighs] Look, is this
a school or museum?

- Can't we bury the dead?
- I've buried mine,
Mr. Martelli,

and I've taught music to
other bright, young men...

with big, brave mouths
and superior visions.

The music survived.

Okay, class. Da capo.
From the beginning.

♪♪ [Mozart]

- I'm a workingman.
- Well, how 'bout that.

How 'bout you hastening
up this conversation,

'cause I got business
associates waitin'.

I'm waiting, too,
for your homework.

Romeo and Juliet. Remember?

I forgot it.

- Four days in a row?
- I told you I done it
and I forgot it.

You got ears, and you can
save us both some breath.

My hearing is fine. It's your
homework that's missing.

And the quality of the few
pages I have is unsatisfactory,

if you want to stay in school.

Ain't nobody makin'
me walk unless I wanna.

I will, Mr. Johnson, and
I won't waste any time.

Yeah? You been down
on me from day one...

when you should've been out
there testifyin' to all that new life...

I donated to your
tired little school.

[Sighs] I am down, as you say,

on your big open mouth,

your little closed mind,
your rude manners...

and your fourth-grade
reading level.

Yeah, it's not my reading level
you're workin'. It's racial discrimination.

Discrimination?

Well, how 'bout that?
Five whole syllables.

There's hope for you yet,

if I find your missing
English assignment...

on my desk tomorrow morning.

And if you don't? You'll be
dancing right out of this school.

You better have more than your mouth ready
when you go makin' my flight patterns.

Four days' worth.

I never said I was stayin',
but I hate makin' bigots happy.

[Door Closes]

[Thinking] Dear Lester,
things are very difficult for me.

The kids here don't accept
me, no matter what I do.

They look at me as if I just dropped
in from outer space or something.

Maybe I don't belong here.

Maybe I don't
belong in New York.

I miss you desperately,

when I think of last
year by the lake...

and how you put this
chain around my neck,

and how I vowed I'd never take it off until
the day I saw your precious face again.

[Bruno] ♪ You
know what I'd like ♪

♪ I'd like to wake
up miles from here ♪

♪ A cabin in the
woods somewhere ♪

♪ With a rocking chair ♪

♪ You know what I'd like ♪

♪ To drive from
here to Santa Fe ♪

♪ And leave my
past along the way ♪

♪ Oh, yesterday ♪

♪ Singing, hey ♪

♪ Fly away ♪

♪ You know what I'd like ♪

♪ I'd like to write a symphony ♪

♪ To play my life in every key ♪

♪ In harmony ♪

♪ Take you away ♪

♪ Where we could
spend some time alone ♪

♪ Build a house
and call it home ♪

♪ Whoa, babe, I'm home ♪

♪ I'm tangled
up in all the lies ♪

♪ Of all the folks I know ♪

♪ I'd like to just let go ♪

♪ You know what I'd like ♪

♪ I'd like the
crazy days to end ♪

♪ To close my eyes
and count to 10 ♪

♪ And to start again ♪

♪ Close my eyes ♪

♪ And count to 10 ♪

♪ And start again ♪

♪ Start again, start again ♪

♪ Close my eyes ♪

♪ And count to 10 ♪

♪ And start again
Start again, start again ♪

♪ Close my eyes ♪

♪ And count to 10 ♪

♪ And start again
Start again, start again ♪

♪ Start again ♪♪

♪♪ [Tuba]

"O speak again, bright angel, for
thou art as glorious to this night...

"as is a winged
messenger of heaven.

"As is a winged
messenger of heaven...

"onto the white, upturned,
wondering eyes of mortals...

"that fall back to gaze on him,

"when he bestrides
the lazy, pacing clouds...

and sails upon the
bosom of the air."

Thank you, Montgomery.
That was very nice.

Garcy?

I... forgot my book.

Borrow Julie's.

- "And how you put this chain around my neck...
- Don't!

"and how I vowed I'd never take it off until
the day I saw your precious face again.

"I miss you more than
words alone can say.

Dear Lester, there is not a night
you are not in Julie Miller's dreams."

Ralph! That's enough, Garcy. A
person's privacy oughta be respected.

You got the look of tension
headache number nine.

Its name is Garcy. What'd he do?

Like they say in the playground in third grade,
man, he oughta pick on someone his own size.

Lighten up. That's just Garcy. You know the
way he is. He'll do anything to make a joke.

Does he tell Leroy a funny joke
about eating watermelons on the levee?

How 'bout a joke for
Shorofsky on stingy Jews?

Maybe a bit on Italian gangsters
for me. What are you so bent for?

I'm bent about people
picking on minorities,

and in this school, in this
city, she's in the minority.

All the talk we do about talent
being the one thing we care about.

No, man, that's not it.

The one thing we care about
is laughs and feeling superior.

Just thought we were
better than that, that's all.

♪♪ [Cello]

Good afternoon. Anything
I can help you with today?

Yeah, tights.
Certainly. For yourself?

Yeah. What size?

- I don't know.
- Medium, I'd say.

- Yeah, right. Medium.
- Colored?

I imagine you'd
prefer black, don't you?

Yeah, black tights.
That's it, man. Right there.

- Uh, dance belt?
- Say what?

Do you have a dance belt? Most
tights I've seen don't need no belt.

Young man, we're not
talking about that kind of belt.

You see, most
tights are, well, tight.

You ain't talking
to no fool, turkey.

Well, I know that. Tights
are tight. I know that.

Young man, you need
what you would call a "jock."

Well, why didn't you say that?

Now, let's see what
we have here for you.

How are these?

Nah, not the kid.
Nah, that's all right.

No way. Puttin' no
tights on. Tight tights.

♪♪ [Bongo Drum]

Leroy, where are
your tights? I...

No, don't tell me you forgot
them. That was last week's excuse.

No, I didn't forget 'em. See, I washed
them, right? And they shrunk up.

Then when I put 'em
on, they were so tight,

they cut off my circulation,
and I couldn't walk. [Laughter]

That's awful, Leroy.
I'll tell you what.

You bring them in tomorrow morning, and I'll
trade you for a pair that fits you, okay?

Okay.

And take off the
earrings, Phenicia.

But these aren't
earrings exactly.

Well, what are they exactly?
They're religious objects.

Tribal warriors in Africa wear
them to ward off evil spirits.

Well, when your troupe
performs in Togoland,

you can wear all of your
earrings, my dear girl.

You can stick an elephant tusk
through your nose, if you want to.

But in my class, between the hours of
2:00 and 3:00 p.m., we are not praying.

We are dancing...

without jewelry.

[Chuckling]

- Off with the necklace, Miller.
- No.

I mean, it's not a
necklace. It's not just...

Oh, no. No, don't tell me. I
know. Another religious object.

[Laughter] You don't understand.

I promised that I
wouldn't take it off.

Dear Lester, I remember that precious
day when your precious fingers...

put this precious chain
around my precious neck,

and I promised
myself... Stop it!

Stop looking at me!

Stop it!

- You're a moon child,
aren't you?
- I beg your pardon?

What's your birthday?

- July 13.
- I thought so.

That's why you're into
big, emotional scenes.

- I am not into
big, emotional scenes!
- Rest, girl.

- If you gave me half a chance...
- Hey, nobody gives you anything, baby.

You make your own chances.

- Come on, Coco. Constant ridicule doesn't help.
- Forget it.

Everybody gets bad reviews.

You're not out of town anymore.

You're in the hot, burning
center of the galaxy.

You oughta thank her.

Thank her?

People around here want to get
looked at, and she gave you a spotlight.

- I don't want that spotlight.
- Then what are you doing here?

I don't know.

Yeah? Well, I do.

You're good.

You're not as good as me,

but then you don't have
my experience or my planets.

A friend of my sister, see,
she tells fortunes and stuff.

She says I have the sun
and the moon in my hand.

All I have to do is wait
for opportunity to knock.

Why are you telling me this?

Because, in this school,
you gotta be tough.

You can't cry over
an unkind word.

You gotta work harder,
prove 'em wrong.

Or you can quit.

But you won't,

not if you really belong here,

if you're a professional.

♪♪ [Disco]

♪ Baby, look at me ♪

♪ And tell me what you see ♪

♪ You ain't seen
the best of me yet ♪

♪ Give me time I'll
make you forget the rest ♪

[No Audible Dialogue]
♪ I've got more in me ♪

♪ And you can set it free ♪

♪ I can catch the
moon in my hand ♪

♪ Don't you know who I am ♪

♪ Remember my name ♪

- ♪ Fame ♪
- ♪ I'm gonna live forever ♪

- ♪ I'm gonna learn
how to fly ♪
- ♪ High ♪

♪ I feel it coming together ♪

♪ People will see me and cry ♪

- ♪ Fame ♪
- ♪ I'm gonna make it
to heaven ♪

♪ Light up the sky like
a flame ♪ ♪ Fame ♪

♪ I'm gonna live forever ♪

♪ Baby, remember my name ♪
♪ Remember ♪

♪ Remember, remember
Remember, remember ♪

♪ Remember, remember ♪

[No Audible Dialogue]

♪ Fame ♪

♪ I'm gonna live forever ♪

- ♪ I'm gonna learn
how to fly ♪
- ♪ High ♪

♪ I'm gonna live forever ♪

♪ Baby, remember my name ♪

♪ Remember, remember
Remember, remember ♪

♪ Remember, remember ♪♪

You look beautiful,
sweetheart. Thanks, Mom.

Have a good day. Thanks.

[Sherwood] Silence!

Do I hear silence?

The word for the day
is "metamorphosis."

One: a change of form,
shape, structure or substance.

Transformation.

Two: a marked or
complete change...

of character, appearance... Bye!

Or condition.

Who would like to use it
in a sentence? Mr. Martelli?

[Bruno] I never met a
"morphosis" I didn't like.

♪ Fame I'm gonna live forever ♪

♪ I'm gonna learn how
to fly ♪ ♪ High ♪♪

♪♪ [Disco]

♪ Fame ♪

♪ Fame ♪

♪ Fame ♪

♪ Remember, remember
Remember, remember ♪

♪ Remember, remember
Remember, remember ♪

♪ Fame ♪♪

[Roars]