"I have just been informed that all of your children are gone."
There are many, many reasons why I love School of Rock. It' s pretty much, as far as I'm concerned, a kick-ass movie. Of course, Jack Black is brilliant. Of course, Sara Silverman is brilliant. Of course, the kids are good, and the whole fantasy of having a boring month of school turn into rockin' band practice every day, culminating in a specatular battle of the bands showdown, works for me a hundred percent.
The moment that keeps coming back to me though is one scene of Joan Cusack's. She plays the uptight principle of the ultra uber strict private school. She's doing her best but she knows that all the parents are watching her all the time and are ready to blame her for say, having the bologna slices touching the cheese slices on the breakfast tray (witness the dialogue, 'now, I know that YOU know that's a problem').
So she has this moment after it's been revealed that Jack Black is not, in fact, Ned Schnieble, substitute teacher, but is just an unemployed guitar player who scammed his way into the job, and the parents know it, and they've all crowded into her office to yell at her. The parents are in a complete tizzy, speculating on all the horrible things that this man could have done to their children, and her assistant calls her out and whispers in her hear that the class is gone (because they've decided to play the battle of the bands after all and have jumped in the field trip bus to pick up Jack Black.)
She walks back into the throng of angry parents, calls for their attention, and the expression on her face is 90% serene, 10% chagrin, and she says "I've just been informed that all of your children are gone." And then she smiles into the shocked silence that follows. Joan Cusack is so brilliant here because it's clear that this is her very worst nightmare, and there is nothing she can do to avoid it. She has to step off that cliff, there's just no way around it.
It's a feeling I've had before, mostly at work. "I've just been informed that all of your children are gone." Or, at work, "I've just been informed that the software's been broken for weeks." "I've just been informed that we won't be able to get the job done." "I've just been informed that the deadline was moved up to yesterday." "I've just been informed that we're closing the Virginia office."
Having the worst come true - there's that moment of realization, like when you know you're going to throw up, and there's nothing you can do about it. You have to move forward, and the fact that you now know this somehow makes you smile.
In conclusion, Joan Cusack rules my world.
The moment that keeps coming back to me though is one scene of Joan Cusack's. She plays the uptight principle of the ultra uber strict private school. She's doing her best but she knows that all the parents are watching her all the time and are ready to blame her for say, having the bologna slices touching the cheese slices on the breakfast tray (witness the dialogue, 'now, I know that YOU know that's a problem').
So she has this moment after it's been revealed that Jack Black is not, in fact, Ned Schnieble, substitute teacher, but is just an unemployed guitar player who scammed his way into the job, and the parents know it, and they've all crowded into her office to yell at her. The parents are in a complete tizzy, speculating on all the horrible things that this man could have done to their children, and her assistant calls her out and whispers in her hear that the class is gone (because they've decided to play the battle of the bands after all and have jumped in the field trip bus to pick up Jack Black.)
She walks back into the throng of angry parents, calls for their attention, and the expression on her face is 90% serene, 10% chagrin, and she says "I've just been informed that all of your children are gone." And then she smiles into the shocked silence that follows. Joan Cusack is so brilliant here because it's clear that this is her very worst nightmare, and there is nothing she can do to avoid it. She has to step off that cliff, there's just no way around it.
It's a feeling I've had before, mostly at work. "I've just been informed that all of your children are gone." Or, at work, "I've just been informed that the software's been broken for weeks." "I've just been informed that we won't be able to get the job done." "I've just been informed that the deadline was moved up to yesterday." "I've just been informed that we're closing the Virginia office."
Having the worst come true - there's that moment of realization, like when you know you're going to throw up, and there's nothing you can do about it. You have to move forward, and the fact that you now know this somehow makes you smile.
In conclusion, Joan Cusack rules my world.
posted by walkinhomefromthethriftstore at 12:54 PM
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You know that (in)famous, "All Your Base Belong To Us"? Sometimes, at work, i feel like the villian in that game, except i'm saying "All These Moron Belong To Me."
Then i weep quietly until i get another urgent, incomprehensible e-mail.
Actual e-mail, in its entirety:
"I could not shrink it. This will help the clarity of the photo that is currently on the ad. Please replace so it is much clearly."
A HA HA HA HA HA!
Seriously. A ha ha ha ha ha.
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