Rebop; Martita/ Todd and Artney/ Pearl Tam; 107

<i>ANNOUNCER:</i> <i>was provided by...</i> <i>Additional funding</i> -♪ ♪ ♪ <i>Nobody can make it for you</i> ♪ ♪ <i>You have to do it yourself</i> ♪ ¡A-Rebop arriba! ♪ <i>Nobody can</i> ♪ <i>You have to do it yourself</i> ♪ <i>Turn on to</i> Rebop! ♪ <i>Some people say</i> ♪ <i>Others say</i> ♪ <i>But if you need help</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Then you better</i> ♪ <i>Rebop, Rebop, yeah</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Rebop, Rebop</i> ♪ ♪ <i>You have to do it yourself</i> ♪

♪ <i>Rebop, Rebop</i> ♪ ♪ <i>You have to do it yourself</i> ♪ Rebop! ♪ <i>Do it, do it,</i> <i>(man speaking Spanish over P.A.)</i> <i>(audience applauding)</i> <i>(man speaking Spanish over P.A.)</i> (speaking Spanish) <i>(audience applauds)</i> "Teatro: A street scene. "A scene of us-- you and me. "A scene... "The scene of 'us,' as in 'we,' "as we express us "when we release

"'I am me' and 'you are you.' "Teatro, as in you, "as in we <i>"that set aside</i> <i>when we go up</i> (indistinct chatter) (chattering indistinctly) <i>MARTITA MORALES:</i> "With a world of our own "that we can see "See a street scene, "a feeling of love "as in 'us' that are 'we' of Ambulante." ♪ ♪ ♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai</i> ♪

♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai, lo, lai</i> ♪ Let me hear it (rhythmic clapping) That's it. <i>BIMBO RIVAS:</i> <i>I told them we would.</i> <i>MARTITA:</i> -Huh? Well, they-they-they're on a... on a skit that is aimed the discriminatory that people, uh, are doing in coming down You know, pick up aliens -Right. harassing situation particularly Chinese ♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai, lo, lai</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai, lo, lai</i> ♪ <i>Everybody!</i>

♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Save the Lower East Side</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Save the Lower East Side</i> ♪ <i>Let me hear you!</i> ♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Save the Lower East Side</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Le, le, le, lo, lai</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Save the Lower East Side</i> ♪ <i>Everybody!</i> BIMBO: "How fortunate is he "How good to feel. "How wonderful "How great it is to be at ease "on your last day on Earth. "Ha ha ha ha. Fantastic it is when you are ready -All right! (speaks Spanish) (rapid drumbeat playing) Street sound! <i>Street sound!</i> (speaking Spanish)

(drumming continues) It's bad. It's bad. (speaking Spanish) (indistinct chattering) (man speaking Spanish) (speaking Spanish) You know? They'll put a hurting on your Thank you, George. Okay. (speaks Spanish) <i>MARTITA:</i> <i>¡Y tu!</i> <i>¡Nene!</i> <i>Mami.</i> (speaking Spanish) Your curiosity aroused you Your curiosity was wondering. You wondered why all

are of many different colors. <i>¡Mira tu, nene!</i> Hey! <i>¡Mira!</i> <i>¡Venga acá!</i> But he kept on running. And you had no knowledge that this wasn't his name which was tan or brown. You did not know that are a mixture You do not know, for you are But... as the child gets older, she rebels! Rebels against the fact would not let her have or <i>con el pelo grifo</i> and Black to them is dirty. But dead and silky blond hair

with blue eyes and white skin See, this is <i>trigueña</i> and 15 years old This is a Puerto Rican girl that, to her, her flag is gold! <i>(cheering and applause)</i> ♪ <i>Save the children</i>

♪ <i>Save the children</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Boys and girls</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Save the children</i> ♪ <i>Save the children</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Boys and girls</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Oh, save the children</i> <i>MARTITA:</i>

<i>"...your people,</i> <i>"our kind,</i> <i>"always rebelling against</i> "My people, <i>mis gentes,</i> <i>"mis gentes del mundo,</i> "the little <i>mundo</i> "flying down to a big <i>mundo</i> "the land of opportunity, "flying down to the dirty ghetto "hearing the sound "screaming people "and screaming mothers "and see my people, <i>mis gentes,</i> "these poverty-stricken, "Opportunity? Nah, baby, <i>(audience cheering</i> ♪ ♪ We are brothers.

Artne is 12. Todd is nine. Todd is deaf. We live in Detroit... Michigan. <i>ARTNE: It is dangerous</i> <i>if you are deaf</i> <i>because the driver doesn't know</i> <i>Strong vibrations are painful</i> <i>even to a hearing person.</i> <i>(indistinct television chatter)</i> (Todd vocalizes)

<i>ARTNE:</i> <i>but he can feel</i> (Todd vocalizes) <i>It's not bad</i> <i>The only bad thing</i> <i>And now...</i> Todd Grundy's magic... Nothing here. Nothing here. At the count of three, One, two... three. -Ah. <i>TEACHER:</i> TEACHER: TEACHER: <i>ARTNE:</i> <i>but she isn't deaf.</i> ...talk to Deanna or Robbie or Danny or Tracy. TEACHER:

<i>WOMAN:</i> <i>I am not happy for Todd</i> <i>because they do not</i> <i>as the other children.</i> <i>But if Detroit</i> seems okay, then we will leave Todd. (vocalizes) -At the Detroit Day School. WOMAN: Because... <i>ARTNE: Sign language is</i> <i>It's a language</i> Yes, I know. (vocalizes) Todd, please talk I want to hear you, not... <i>ARTNE:</i> <i>without ever knowing</i> TEACHER: Use your voice. (Todd vocalizing) -TEACHER: Steps.

<i>WOMAN:</i> <i>for total communication.</i> <i>There are signs I will see</i> <i>if they tell me the truth.</i> <i>If they are telling me</i> <i>next summer,</i> (vocalizing) He will know everything. Pull it out. <i>ARTNE: Signing is a natural</i> <i>for deaf people.</i> You want to go to Flint School? No? You want to stay? But... if go to Flint... (mother vocalizes) ...Flint, learn more. (mother vocalizes) Learn more. (mother vocalizing) (mother vocalizes)

But if Todd I will miss him. -I'll miss him. You want to go to school or stay with me? (vocalizes) (both laugh) Oh... Yeah! (laughs) (vocalizes)

<i>ARTNE:</i> <i>includes signing,</i> (imitates crash) (laughter) (laughter) (applause) (Todd vocalizing) CHILD: <i>ARTNE: Sometimes hearing people</i> Come on, come on, come on! <i>Hearing people should not</i> <i>We should try to understand.</i>

(laughter) <i>ARTNE: My deafness</i> <i>but Todd's isn't.</i> <i>And now...</i> ...for our last, At the count of three, we will both disappear. One... ...two... ...three. (kids laughing) <i>ARTNE: The kids in Todd's class</i> <i>It helps some of them</i> <i>WOMAN:</i>

<i>Detroit Day School for the Deaf.</i> <i>You know, our group and the</i> <i>is fighting for better</i> <i>We still are fighting, fight...</i> <i>We will always</i> so that maybe grow up maybe deaf But it will be better for them. -(vocalizing) Maybe. But wait. Maybe Detroit Day School (vocalizes) If we fight hard enough, they will have to change. Yes. <i>ARTNE:</i> ♪ ♪

Hi. My name is Kai Kee Lau, and I live in San Francisco. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ -♪ <i>One more day</i> ♪ ♪ <i>One more day</i> ♪ -♪ <i>I made it</i> ♪ ♪ <i>I made it</i> ♪ ♪ <i>One more day</i> ♪ ♪ <i>My friends are gone,</i> ♪ <i>One more day</i> ♪ -♪ <i>It's turned to midnight</i> ♪ -♪ <i>I made it</i> ♪ ♪ <i>One more day</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Just because</i> ♪ ♪ <i>I'm walking...</i> ♪ <i>KAI KEE: Because I was</i>

<i>and a cleft palate,</i> <i>I did not learn to speak right.</i> ♪ <i>I'm living,</i> <i>In America,</i> <i>are born with cleft palates.</i> ♪ <i>Glad to be here.</i> ♪ Put your tongue at the back of your mouth. That's the palate. That's where before you were born. But mine did not, so I had to have When these pictures were taken, when you were an infant and your palate And these are the first pictures when you came into the office, when we sat down and we decided what kind of surgery What would you like <i>KAI KEE:</i> Remove the scar, kind of like... Totally remove the scars? Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. No, that's something

We can't totally Wherever we operate, we're going to leave scars. But we try to leave and we will try If you can see my lip, where we have these -Uh-huh. that the lip is made, to make your scars So that you'll have and you'll have we call it, in the middle. And these scars so that it'll look more like a lip that has never Are you uneasy because of or because of the fact that What if someone "Why do you have these scars I would say, What's wrong with that?" Nothing wrong. I think that's a good attitude

Yeah, but in seventh grade, because of... so I stopped fighting Right. The fighting doesn't -(laughs) you're liable to disturb I know. -KAI KEE: Hi, there. How much does it cost -For salmon? Well, salmon is, But your bait's included. $20? How much is it? Well, if you, and you buy then every time you go out, How much do you get in your job? How much do you get paid? Me? Well, a little. $50. -A month? Okay. Take me one half of my salary -to go one day. Kai Kee, I'm gonna say some of these speech sounds

and see how... how good the closure ...valve is here. -Okay, let's try "puh." -"Tuh." -"Kuh." -"Buh." -"Duh." -"Guh." -"Ch." "Ch" as in "chair." "Ch." Chair. -"Juh." As in "engine." Engine. Okay. Can you tap your tongue (clicks tongue) -Yeah. Back of your front teeth. Good. This is my speech therapy class. I meet with Paul twice a week. Where... where is <i>Paul has lots</i> CLERK: <i>KAI KEE: He always reminds me</i> When you cast...

<i>KAI KEE:</i> <i>I'll get to speak better.</i> Now, listen. (reel clicks) Oh, yeah. I always thought... I thought they... they will put and then they, What's that for anyway? You mean when they put String in there. That's for, So, when you have a heavy fish or you have a fish on your, you know, you've got a bite it takes the pressure of the reel, you know? You know, it just, That's how I got my... that is how I got -It got caught right here. <i>Sometimes, you know,</i> <i>sometimes it's</i> Talking to strangers but right now it's easier. PAUL: KAI KEE:

PAUL: What'd you think Did you think Him? I thought -And... when you were talking? -Good. he had any trouble I don't think so. No? Were you nervous when and started talking to him? The speech get the fear away. Every time I'm talking not... not-not that much scared -talking to a stranger. -scared when you-- Okay. I thought maybe your speech because you started You were talking about and the weights and the rods, and you That's okay because that way, this shows me that you lost You really didn't care, <i>-KAI KEE: Just kept talking.</i> <i>-everybody else talks.</i> (speaking Chinese phonetically) Uh-huh, uh-huh. Yep.

(speaking Chinese phonetically) -That one. It's... it's warm, "I like chocolate milk." -That's right. Okay. (speaking Chinese phonetically) <i>KAI KEE:</i> <i>of our school.</i> "I do not like chocolate milk." (speaking Chinese phonetically) -...Lee Diamond, right? Um... (speaking Chinese phonetically) (speaking Chinese) <i>KAI KEE: Until I started</i> <i>how to speak Chinese,</i> <i>I never realized why</i> <i>pronunciation was so important.</i> MR. DIAMOND: Let's see if (laughter) What about that one, man? Oh, that one. -(laughter) Is that a bad word? Ah, yes. Who wrote that one anyway? Oh, some girl wrote that one. -Oh! -Girl, huh?

She must be Hey, what is it? What is it? ♪ ♪ ♪ <i>It's my life</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Let it shine</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Let my life</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Mm-hmm</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Live my life</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Let my life shine</i> ♪ ♪ <i>So someone...</i> ♪ (trolley bell rings) ♪ <i>It may not happen</i> ♪ ♪ <i>In my lifetime</i> ♪ ♪ <i>But maybe my son</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Will have peace of mind</i> ♪ <i>KAI KEE:</i> <i>So long.</i> ♪ <i>Let it shine...</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Some people say</i> ♪ <i>Others say</i> ♪ <i>But if you need help</i> ♪ ♪ <i>Then you better</i> ♪ <i>Rebop, Rebop, yeah...</i> ♪ <i>ANNOUNCER:</i> <i>was provided by...</i>

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