History Film / Whiplash

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Fletcher likes to tell of an incident that happened at the Reno Club in Kansas City when Charlie Parker sat in on a jam session and played quite poorly. House drummer Jo Jones was so disgusted with Parker's playing that (according to Fletcher) he threw a cymbal at Parker's head and nearly decapitated him, which inspired Parker to go home, practice, and become one of the greats. In fact, according to everyone who was actually there, Jones merely took the cymbal off its stand and dropped it on the floor, to indicate, "Sorry, you're not good enough for this session; come back later when you've had time to practice." However, this modification of the story could very easily be deliberate on Fletcher's end as a psychological tactic and to further give credibility to his "humiliation breeds greatness" agenda.

* TheExtremistWasRight: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:[[SadistTeacher Fletcher]] ultimately succeeds in fostering the "Great Musician" he aspired to see in his lifetime, albeit at the cost [[FiredTeacher of his teaching career]] and his own student's mental health.]]

** Deconstructed. Though the film acknowledges Fletcher's perspective of denying rewards in favor of Mediocrity, reserving praise for the exceptionally talented, and persevering through hardship to succeed, the lengths to which he is willing to push his students to excel and the damage his students accumulate throughout his tutelage is depicted as so unflatteringly abhorrent, [[WasItReallyWorthIt the audience to is left decide whether or not the suffering and sacrifice his students endured to reach "greatness" was worth it.]] [[WordOfGod J.K. Simmons is inclined to agree with Fletcher's "good job" speech, but Damien Chazelle believes that this attitude will lead Andrew into an early grave.]]

* OneSteveLimit: Kind of averted. Fletcher is set on to find his next Music/CharlieParker and references Creator/EugeneONeill in his first verbal abuse of Andrew, and he also has two players named Parker and Eugene in his band.

* RiddleForTheAges: The movie never says what happened to the sheet music Andrew lost at the vending machine. It's not totally unlikely that Fletcher himself had something to do with it, as a way to test both Tanner and eventually Andrew, given that, by the ending [[spoiler:it's very clear that Fletcher will gladly risk the reputation of a whole orchestra, including his own, if that serves his motives]].

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The film can be seen as a cynical deconstruction of an ideal: those who aspire to greatness should push themselves beyond their limits to reap the rewards that come with such achievements. The cynicism shines in the form of the characters that strive for greatness being assholes at best and psychopathic at worst. Andrew, and to a lesser extent the other students, sacrifice their self-respect, sanity, and social kinship to become better artists from an instructor who sees even his ace students as beneath him. By the end of the film, the audience is left to conclude whether or not Andrew's achievements were worth the sacrifice. {{Word Of God}} says [[spoiler:they won't be because, in an [[http://screencrush.com/whiplash-damien-chazelle/ interview with Damien Chazelle]], the director stated that, if he had included a post-credits scene, he would have Andrew die of a drug overdose in his early 30s à la Charlie Parker, then have Fletcher deliver a short, insulting eulogy at his funeral.]]

** Andrew seems to have found a big break and made peace with Fletcher after [[spoiler:reporting Fletcher and getting him fired]]. It even seems like a huge IdiotBall moment for Fletcher, who apparently couldn't figure out that the kid who attacked him on-stage at a show was the one who [[spoiler:turned him in.]] Except, as it turns out, Fletcher [[spoiler:knew from the first moment that Andrew was the one who reported him, and he's setting up Andrew for humiliation. Because Fletcher is many, many things, but he's not "fucking stupid."]]

* GeniusBonus: Andrew idolizes Buddy Rich. In jazz circles, Buddy Rich was known as abusive jerk.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Fletcher likes to tell of an incident that happened at the Reno Club in Kansas City when Charlie Parker sat in on a jam session and played quite poorly. House drummer Jo Jones was so disgusted with Parker's playing that (according to Fletcher) he threw a cymbal ''at'' Parker and nearly decapitated him, which inspired Parker to go home, practice, and become one of the greats. In fact, according to everyone who was actually there, Jones merely took the cymbal off its stand and dropped it on the floor, to indicate "Sorry, you're not good enough for this session, come back later when you've had time to practice." However, this modification of the story could very easily be deliberate on his end as a psychological tactic and to further give credibility to his "humiliation breeds greatness" agenda.

** Andrew's [[spoiler:final drum solo is treated as a triumph that indicates he'll go on to be one of the greats. In reality, since the audience was largely made of talent scouts and critics, the clear and massive disruption he caused to the band and the concert as a whole would mean that he essentially committed career suicide]].

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Fletcher humiliates Andrew on stage, exacting his revenge on him for getting him fired. And while Andrew gets the last laugh on him, Fletcher still finds his "perfect" student.]]

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Despite his idealistic goals, Fletcher's more repugnant actions [[note]] the revelation of Fletcher lying about Sean Casey's [[DrivenToSuicide true fate]] and his attempt at revenge on Andrew for testifying against him. [[/note]] reveal him as a selfish psychopath who will stoop to any low to succeed. Though Andrew is still [[ItsAllAboutMe self-serving]], he never engages in the horrid actions his mentor commits.

* ExactWords: When Fletcher states that he has an out-of-tune player, he singles out the trombonists, approaches one of them (Metz), and deliberately asks him "Do you ''think'' you're out of tune?" rather than "Are you out of tune?" After he sheepishly says yes, to which Fletcher explodes and throws him out of the band, he casually reveals that Metz wasn't actually out of tune at all, but him ''thinking'' that he was was bad enough.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on in the film, Andrew is late to his first class, rushes due to Fletcher's strictness, and gets himself hurt in the process. [[spoiler:Near the end of the second act a similar scenario again occurs, but [[SurpriseCarCrash this time with a car involved.]]]]

* GetOut: Subverted. When Andrew first asks Nicole out at her theater job, she sternly tells him to leave. When he's about to do so, she begins laughing and says she was only joking.

** The movie takes [[https://torontosun.com/2014/10/16/whiplash-director-damien-chazelle-found-inspiration-in-full-metal-jacket clear inspiration]] and cues from ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', with Fletcher being a civil version of the DrillSergeantNasty
* SingleTear: One of these trickles down Andrew's nose during Fletcher's first time reproaching him. Fletcher makes sure to [[KickTheDog milk out several more.]]
* SkewedPriorities: PlayedForDrama - [[spoiler:After being T-boned by a truck, Andrew is more concerned with retrieving his drumsticks and making it back to the stage than he is with seeking medical attention.]]

** Sorry, Andrew -- no amount of [[{{Determinator}} blind determination]] is going to get you through a performance [[spoiler:after just getting T-boned by a truck.]]
** Andrew [[spoiler:hitting his RageBreakingPoint should be awesome when he attacks Fletcher for cutting him and showing NoSympathy about the fact that he ran from the scene of a bad car accident to perform. Instead, the other students pull him off because while they may dislike Fletcher, they don't want him or Andrew seriously injured, or for Andrew to stoop to Fletcher's level. The conservatory also expels Andrew for assaulting a teacher and he refuses to explain why he did so; his father has to convince him to testify anonymously]].

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Studio Band. Rather than working together out of a love of music, desire to succeed, their shared hardship or even basic courtesy, Fletcher creates such an intense environment of competition, blame, and isolation among bandmates that they will turn on each other for the slightest mistake, just like Fletcher himself. Best shown in the relationship Andrew has with the other two alternate drummers.

* AmbiguousDisorder:
** A very low-key example. Neiman's single-minded attitude and comprehensive knowledge of his narrow area of expertise (as well as his reclusive shyness and disinclination to make eye contact until Fletcher compels him to) makes it a relatively common fan interpretation of him being on the autism spectrum.
** Fletcher's behavior points to this, given his explosive anger, extreme arrogance, dishonesty, and abusive tendencies.

* SkewedPriorities: PlayedForDrama - [[spoiler:After being T-boned by a truck, Andrew is more concerned with retrieving his drumsticks and making it back to class than he is with seeking medical attention.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Highly debatable considering [[{{Jerkass}} his character]], but Fletcher seems hesitant to start the band in the second act [[spoiler:after he notices Neiman injured and covered in blood from the car accident he just got, almost as if he realized he might have pushed him too far. [[KickTheDog He still uses it as an opportunity to insult Neiman and ultimately kick him off the stage.]]]]

* ExactWords: When Fletcher states that he has an out-of-tune player, he singles out the trombonists, approaches one of them (Metz), and deliberately asks him "Do you ''think'' you're out of tune?" rather than "Are you out of tune?" After he sheepishly says yes, to which Fletcher explodes and throws him out of the band, he casually reveals that Metz wasn't actually out of tune at all, but him thinking that he was was bad enough.

** Andrew develops this mindset, starting from his snide remarks with his relatives, and becoming the catalyst to his [[DidNotGetTheGirl breakup with Nicole.]]

* ActorAllusion: Miles Teller has several scars on his face and neck from a car accident in 2007, where he was a passenger in a car going 80mph that lost control and flipped eight times. [[spoiler: While likely not a purposeful allusion (and definitely not as serious as the real-life event), Teller's character winds up in a crash himself later in the film.]]

--->'''Nicole''': What the fuck is ''wrong'' with you?

* ArtisticLicenseMusic: While the film is very popular among non-musicians, [[https://youtu.be/SFYBVGdB7MU jazz]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk2_mBCNrPc musicians]] tend to agree that while it gets some details right, it mainly treats jazz as a vehicle to tell its story, and there are an awful lot of things it gets wrong:

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Despite his idealistic goals, Fletcher's more repugnant actions [[note]] the revelation of Fletcher lying about Sean Casey’s [[DrivenToSuicide true fate]] and his attempt at revenge on Andrew for testifying against him. [[/note]] reveal him as a selfish psychopath who will stoop to any low to succeed. Though Andrew is still [[ItsAllAboutMe self-serving]], he never engages in the horrid actions his mentor commits.

--->'''Jim''': Travis and Dustin, they have plenty of friends and plenty of purpose.\\
'''Andrew''': They'll make great school board presidents.\\
'''Dustin''': You think you're better than us?\\
'''Andrew''': Catch on quick. Are you in Model UN?\\
'''Travis''': I got a reply for you. You think Carlton football is a joke? Come play with us.\\
'''Andrew''': Four words you will never hear from the NFL.

-->'''Nicole''': And when I do see you, you'll treat me like shit because I'm just some girl who doesn't know what she wants [[ItsAllAboutMe and]] ''[[ItsAllAboutMe you]]'' [[ItsAllAboutMe have a path and]] ''[[ItsAllAboutMe you're]]'' [[ItsAllAboutMe going to be great and I'm going to be forgotten. And therefore you won't give me the time of day because you have bigger things to pursue...]]\\
'''Andrew''': [[BluntYes That's exactly my point.]]\\
'''Nicole''': ''[[WhatTheHellHero What the fuck is wrong with you?]]''

--->'''Fletcher''': So, you know that I'm looking for players?\\
'''Andrew''': Yes, sir.\\
'''Fletcher''': Then why did you stop playing?\\

'''Fletcher''': Did I ask you to start playing again?\\

'''Andrew''': Uh... sorry, I...\\
'''Fletcher''': I asked why you stopped playing, and your version of an answer was to turn into a wind-up monkey.

* ForWantOfANail: {{Lampshaded}} -- when Neiman asserts that the core role is his as he earned it, Fletcher points out that he's only where he is because he lost Tanner's music folder and then stood in when Tanner couldn't play "Whiplash" from memory.
* FreudianSlip: Two examples are [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the [[ImpliedTrope implication]] of [[LiteralMinded literal-mindedness]] [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by Fletcher during Neiman's initial session with his core players. [[spoiler: The first slip is when Andrew loses the music sheet for "Whiplash", and the second slip is when he misplaces his drum sticks in the administration room of the car rental outlet.]] During Fletcher's pep talk with Andrew prior to his debut with his core players, Fletcher coaxes Andrew to acknowledge verbally that everything happens for a reason; then, during Fletcher's first constructive critique of Andrew's performance, he demands that he acknowledge verbally his state of being -- that he's "upset". [[spoiler:These two key points of dialogue partially construct a setting that fuses actions as statements: Andrew loses the sheet music because he doesn't want to be a second-call drummer, and he misplaces his drum sticks because he doesn't want to be Fletcher's core player (the regression of desire stems from Andrew's perception of Fletcher mistreating him rather than constructively criticizing him).]]

-->'''Aunt Emma''': Did you hear, Jimmy?\\
'''Uncle Frank''': They named Trav the season's MVP.\\
'''Jim''': That's incredible, Tra--\\
'''Aunt Emma''': And Dustin heading up Model UN, soon-to-be-Rhodes-Scholar or who knows what, Jim "Teacher of the Year"... I mean, the talent at this table -- it's stunning. (''{{Beat}}.'') And Andy. With your drumming.

** [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Fletcher's abuse was bound to backfire]] either in the form of one of his students getting fed up with his abuse and attacking him or people seeking legal action, [[spoiler:such as Sean Casey’s parent’s wanting him fired]]. Fletcher even [[LampshadedTrope lampshades it]] at the beginning of the third act when he remarks that his actions may have made him “a few enemies”.

** Andrew seems to have found a big break and made peace with Fletcher after [[spoiler: reporting Fletcher and getting him fired]]. It even seems like a huge IdiotBall moment for Fletcher, who apparently couldn't figure out that the kid who attacked him on-stage at a show was the one who [[spoiler: turned him in.]] Except, as it turns out, Fletcher [[spoiler: knew from the first moment that Andrew was the one who reported him, and he's setting up Andrew for humiliation. Because Fletcher is many, many things, but he's not "fucking stupid."]]

* ArtistAllusion: Miles Teller has several scars on his face and neck from a car accident in 2007, where he was a passenger in a car going 80mph that lost control and flipped eight times. [[spoiler: While likely not a purposeful allusion (and definitely not as serious as the real-life event), Teller's character winds up in a crash himself later in the film.]]

** A very low-key example. Neiman's single-minded attitude and comprehensive knowledge of his narrow area of expertise (as well as his reclusive shyness and disinclination to make eye contact until Fletcher compels him to) makes it a relatively common fan interpretation of him having high-functioning autism.
** Fletcher also doesn't seem quite there himself, given his explosive anger, extreme arrogance, dishonesty, and abusive tendencies.

* TheBully: Fletcher, the main character's music teacher, teaches his students by cursing at them, flinging racial and homophobic slurs at them, demeaning them for their mistakes, and physically abusing them.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Fletcher likes to tell of an incident that happened at the Reno Club in Kansas City when Charlie Parker sat in on a jam session and played quite poorly. House drummer Jo Jones was so disgusted with Parker's playing that (according to Fletcher) he threw a cymbal ''at'' Parker and nearly decapitated him, which inspired Parker to go home, practice, and become one of the greats. In fact, according to everyone who was actually there, Jones merely took the cymbal off its stand and dropped it on the floor, to indicate "Sorry, you're not good enough for this session, come back later when you've had time to practice."
* ArtisticLicenseMusic: While the film is very popular among non-musicians, [[https://youtu.be/SFYBVGdB7MU jazz]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk2_mBCNrPc musicians]] tend to agree that while it gets some details right, there are an awful lot of things it gets wrong:

*** However, this modification of the story could very easily be deliberate on his end as a psychological tactic and to further give credibility to his "humiliation breeds greatness" agenda.
** Overall, the film mainly treats jazz as a vehicle to tell its story, rather than focusing on getting the details right. It exaggerates things to a level that would never be tolerated in reality.

** Fletcher likes to tell of an incident that happened at the Reno Club in Kansas City when Charlie Parker sat in on a jam session and played quite poorly. House drummer Jo Jones was so disgusted with Parker's playing that (according to Fletcher) he threw a cymbal ''at'' Parker and nearly decapitated him, which inspired Parker to go home, practice, and become one of the greats. In fact, according to everyone who was actually there, Jones merely took the cymbal off its stand and dropped it on the floor, to indicate "Sorry, you're not good enough for this session, come back later when you've had time to practice."

* GetOut: Subverted. When Andrew first asks Nicole out at her theater job, she sternly tells him to leave repeatedly. When he's about to do so, she begins laughing and says she was only joking.

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The dinner scene sets up such a dynamic with Andrew very clearly being the black sheep of his family, with his musical achievements being completely buried under those of his cousins and father.

** Fletcher's NoSympathy seems to come to a head when he gets mad at Andrew for messing up a concert, even though Andrew walked away from a massive car crash and barely survived. He cuts him, driving Andrew to [[spoiler:assault him, leading to Andrew's expulsion. It turns out that the parents of former student who died by suicide find out, and they meet with Andrew, using their lawyers, to convince him to testify anonymously. This leads to Fletcher getting fired]].
** The movie seemingly will end with [[spoiler:Andrew expelled, with his drums packed away. He's walking around in a funk while his dad is encouraging him to take a break from music. Then he and Fletcher meet, and Fletcher invites him to perform with his new band, with the ultimate scheme seemingly to humiliate Andrew during a concert. Instead, Andrew rises to the task and takes over the concert performance]]. 

** Overall, the film mainly treats jazz as a vehicle to tell its story, rather than focusing on getting the details right.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Sorry, Andrew -- no amount of [[{{Determinator}} blind determination]] is going to get you through a performance [[spoiler:after just getting T-boned by a truck.]]
** Andrew [[spoiler:hitting his RageBreakingPoint should be awesome when he attacks Fletcher for cutting him and showing NoSympathy about the fact that he ran from the scene of a bad car accident to perform. Instead, the other students pull him off because while they may dislike Fletcher, they don't want him or Andrew seriously injured, or for Andrew to stoop to Fletcher's level. The conservatory also expels Andrew for assaulting a teacher and he refuses to explain why he did so; his father has to convince him to testify anonymously]].
** [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Fletcher's abuse was bound to backfire]] either in the form of one of his students getting fed up with his abuse and attacking him or people seeking legal action, [[spoiler:such as Sean Casey’s parent’s wanting him fired]]. Fletcher even [[LampshadedTrope lampshades it]] at the beginning of the third act when he remarks that his actions may have made him “a few enemies”.
** Andrew seems to have found a big break and made peace with Fletcher after [[spoiler: reporting Fletcher and getting him fired]]. It even seems like a huge IdiotBall moment for Fletcher, who apparently couldn't figure out that the kid who attacked him on-stage at a show was the one who [[spoiler: turned him in.]] Except, as it turns out, Fletcher [[spoiler: knew from the first moment that Andrew was the one who reported him, and he's setting up Andrew for humiliation. Because Fletcher is many, many things, but he's not "fucking stupid."]]

''Whiplash'' is a 2014 psychological drama written and directed by Creator/DamienChazelle, and starring Creator/MilesTeller as Andrew Neiman, a young {{jazz}} drummer with [[IJustWantToBeSpecial aspirations of becoming one of the great musicians]].

Attending the country's greatest music school, New York City's Shaffer Conservatory, Neiman finds himself on the radar of music conductor Terence Fletcher (Creator/JKSimmons), head of the top-tier band. Seeking to train under Fletcher and become a jazz legend, Neiman manages to impress him and enter the ranks. However, he soon learns that Fletcher's methods of teaching prove [[SadistTeacher vicious in their perfectionism]], willing to stop at nothing to push students past the limits expected of them [[WellDoneSonGuy to earn his approval]].

A now-famous sequence from the original script was converted into an 18-minute short film starring Creator/JohnnySimmons as Andrew and J. K. Simmons as Fletcher to secure the film's production. Upon debut at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, it received mass acclaim and won the short film Jury Award for fiction, convincing investors (including Creator/JasonReitman) to produce the whole film. Miles Teller replaced Johnny Simmons while the other Simmons remained as Fletcher.

* TrainingFromHell: '''''AND HOW.''''' Fletcher's modus operandi for making students great musicians is essentially this. Most notably, in one scene, Andrew, Carl, and Ryan are put through an exhausting practice session that goes on for hours into the night.

** Fletcher likes to tell of an incident that happened at the Reno Club in Kansas City when Charlie Parker sat in on a jam session and played quite poorly. House drummer Jo Jones was so disgusted with Parker's playing that (according to Fletcher) he threw a cymbal ''at'' Parker and nearly decapitated him, which inspired Parker to go home, practice, and become one of the greats. Jones did in fact throw the cymbal, but it landed on the stage near Parker's feet as a way of saying, "Sorry, you're not good enough for this session, come back later when you've had time to practice."

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/BlackSwan'':
** Both movies are about a niche art-form, very little known about by the mainstream public.
** Both movies are about a very talented person and their difficult relationship with a [[DrillSergeantNasty very demanding mentor]].
** In both movies the mentor acts very ambiguous, sometimes in a positive way but most of the time totally unimpressed by the student, causing great confusion and decline in self-confidence.
** In both movies the mentor uses the trick to assign a slightly less talented fellow student for the same role to compete with in order to increase motivation.
** Both movies end with the protagonist, against all odds, delivering a stellar perfomance, proving once and for all that they are the best person for he job and finally earning the respect of their mentor.

* TrainingFromHell: In one scene, Andrew, Carl, and Ryan are put through an exhausting drums training by Fletcher that goes on for hours into the night.

!!"If you want the fucking tropes, earn them!":

** Doubles as a WhamLine when [[HopeSpot Andrew finally seems to be gaining what he wants]] and in a less abusive environment.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Andrew finishes his stunning performance and finally wins over Fletcher, with the latter finally convinced he'll be one of the greats.]] However, [[spoiler:Andrew endures losing his girlfriend and almost everything else in his personal life in order to get there.]] Moreover, the viewer is left to wonder whether [[spoiler:the final performance ultimately justifies Fletcher's abuse throughout the film and whether Andrew's effort was really worth it.]]

''(Andrew resumes playing.)''\\

''(Andrew stops playing again.)''\\

** Andrew himself is introduced in a montage of furious drumming and sweat, which effectively sets his personality as a [[{{Determinator}} determinator]]. There's even a hint of smugness when Fletcher asks him why he stopped playing.
** Andrew's father Jim is introduced asking his son if he's doing alright after the aforementioned interaction with Fletcher, and reassures him that there will be other options if things don't work out as he had hoped. When Andrew responds by irritatedly asking what he means by "other options", he gives the vague answer of "life" and claims that he'll have a better perspective on it when he gets older. This establishes him as a {{Foil}} to Fletcher, a mentor figure who is willing to unconditionally accept Andrew but unable to understand his drive to improve himself. Immediately after this, a person accidentally bumps into him from behind and ''he'' apologizes despite having had no part in why the collision occurred, establishing him as an ExtremeDoormat that lacks the resolve needed to stand up for himself.

* TheExtremistWasRight: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:[[SadistTeacher Fletcher]] ultimately succeeds in fostering the "Great Musician" he aspired to see in his lifetime, albeit at the cost [[FiredTeacher of his teaching career]] and [[SanitySlippage his own student's mental health]].]]
* FalseDichotomy: Fletcher's general view amounts to this as he says how praising people for the standard prevents them from going further, as evidenced in his "good job" monologue, but he goes the other extreme, offering up nothing but horrific verbal abuse. The idea that a teacher can praise a student for doing well and also push them to be better is something Fletcher doesn't seem to have ever considered and is a sign that [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist that he just likes being awful to people because he's a bully.]]

* ForWantOfANail: {{Lampshaded}} -- when Neiman asserts that the core role is his as he earned it, at which point Fletcher points out that he's only where he is because he lost Tanner's music folder and then stood in when Tanner couldn't play "Whiplash" from memory.

** Fletcher compares Connolly to a leprechaun and Andrew later refers to him as "that little redhead". Despite these taunts, Connolly is in fact very tall and strapping; one can't help but wonder if the part was originally intended for someone shorter.

** Fletcher likes to tell of an incident that happened at the Reno Club in Kansas City when Charlie Parker sat in on a jam session and played quite poorly. House drummer Jo Jones was not impressed with Charlie Parker's playing, and so, according to Fletcher, he threw a cymbal ''at'' Charlie Parker, nearly decapitating him, which inspired Parker to go home, practice, and become one of the greats. This story, as told by Fletcher, is embellished. In reality, Jo Jones just dropped the cymbal like a gong as a way of telling Charlie Parker "Sorry, you're not good enough for this session, come back later when you've had time to practice."

'''Aunt Emma''': And Dustin heading up Model UN, soon-to-be-Rhodes-Scholar or who knows what, Jim "Teacher of the Year"... I mean, the talent at this table -- it's stunning. (''{{beat}}'') And Andy. With your drumming.

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