Scene 6 Flashcards
SE: you weren’t bad out there tonight you just…
Weren’t good enough?
SE: you had the technique, your choreography was killed, everyone could see-
My heart was in the wrong place and my song was a dick move.
SE: none of us could’ve predicted Vicious would go nuclear in round two.
But I should have been ready, no matter what the song. That’s what you trained me for. I thought I HAD it. But you knew I didn’t. Yall tried to tell me. I’m such a fucking idiot.
SE: I want to show you something
What?
SE: I warn you it’s pretty brutal
It can’t be worse than my first qualifier.
Sweet child of mine plays
What? You?
SE: it was their best charting song in the US!
This performance is pretty upsetting! WHOA!
SE: YEAH! Some douche-canoe took off his shoe and chucked it at me
I see that.
SE: and I completely sucked.
I mean I guess. But enthusiasm counts for a lot. You’ve clearly always had that in spades.
SE: you’re just being nice
I’m being honest. There’s something about you onstage that’s magnetic. Even when you’re totally bombing.
SE: so why would a guy who shit the bed that hard his first time out ever, would want to play air guitar again?
Because it’s not about “me” it’s about “we”. Golden Thunder taught me that.
SE: we all fail. That’s part of it. And we’re all still here.
You found your tribe that night.
SE: exactly and I think we’re your tribe too. But we’re pretty pushy about collaboration.
I’ve noticed. And I think I might be ready to hang up the lone wolf act.
SE: very cool.
And…even though the season’s almost over… if I wanted to keep spending time with you. Just one on one? Would you be into that? Maybe we could check out some music or?
SE: yeah I’d be really into that. Yes
You dodged that shoe like a ninja.
SE: you’re going to watch it again.
Not right now. later for sure. Like a bunch of times.
FB: but who could have foreseen that his destination was the Nina?
Um, what am I holding?
GT: that is a motherfucking invitation to the motherfucking Dark Horse Round.
I need more information.
SE: and the winner gets to go to nationals.
Really?? Why am I only hearing about this now?
CQ: they see potential in you.
Potential For what?
CQ: and if you expect to win, that’s what you’re gonna have to give them.
Great. To go to Nationals, I have to give the judges a thing that none of you can even explain to me.
FB: you’ve transcended
Transcended not having an actual guitar in my hands?
SE: there is no one on the face of God’s green earth more rockstar than Joan Jett. Fight me.
THANK you!
CQ: you need a completely new tactic for the Dark Horse.
How am I supposed to pick the perfect song under this kind of pressure?
CQ: why not play some Sammy Hagar Van Halen and be done with it?
That song just doesn’t feel like my…guts.
GT: okay how does everyone feel about Swedish-
Wait wait, everybody shut up. Shreddy, what was that thing you said about airness? That…air guitar comes from a time before you cared about looking cool?
SE: yeah. Like when you were a kid and you’d just spaz out.
Right. That’s where my song lives! In my kid hood, jumping around at slumber parties, knocking the other girls over because I couldn’t control my arms. It’s maybe not cool, or difficult or flashy, but it’s in my bones. That’s where I’m going to find my airness.
SE: what’s the song the Nina. Do you have it?
Yeah. Yeah I have it!
