Where do I go to buy an ideal?

Else 2022-03-20 09:01:15



Guitars, bass, drums, and singing. When Dewey Finn took the stage with his gang of rock kids, when his ideals rose with the singing, when those kids no longer knew anything, when the audience shouted School of When I was rocking, I didn't expect my tears to flow down the corner of my eyes. It seemed to be shocked by some unknowable force, and I couldn't help it.

What does a slightly funny and exaggerated film bring us? What exactly does a rock-and-roll-themed movie tell us? The movie is over, the subtitles are out, it's time to eat dinner or watch the black screen and think silently. I am twenty-three years old, I still have three months to work, a few years to get married, and a few decades to live. There are countless polite words waiting for me to say, and countless helplessness and sighs. There was a funeral that I couldn't see. "Give up and admit defeat, because life is like this, you can't win. You can try hard, but the result will end in a crushing defeat, because the 'boss' has the final say in this world..."

Where is the boss, I Where should I go to find him, is the boss myself, is the boss me these boring comparison sentences? Boss, if I find you one day, can you sell me an ideal? Although I may fail and have nothing in the end, at least I have performed the School of Rock in my heart. I will be a good student then.

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Extended Reading
  • Sincere 2022-04-23 07:01:19

    A campus full of rock and roll, full of youthful sunshine.

  • Toby 2022-03-24 09:01:19

    Rock is a gesture, an unyielding voice facing the whole world.

School of Rock quotes

  • [Dewey is dressed classy for the school presentation he has to give at Horace Green]

    Ned Schneebly: What are you dressed up for?

    Dewey Finn: I got a hot date.

    Ned Schneebly: [rifling through mail] That's weird. I got a check from Horace Green Prep for $1,200. I've never worked there.

    [Dewey looks worried as Ned picks up the phone and starts dialing]

    Dewey Finn: What are you doing?

    Ned Schneebly: Calling the school.

    [other line picks up]

    Ned Schneebly: Hello, this is Ned Schneebly...

    [Dewey rushes over and hits the hook on the phone, disconnecting the call]

    Ned Schneebly: [confused] Dewey? What's going on?

    Dewey Finn: [quietly frustrated] I told them fifteen times MAKE IT OUT TO CASH!

    Ned Schneebly: Dewey?

    Dewey Finn: [turns back to Ned, embarrassed] I did something bad, Ned.

    Ned Schneebly: [finally understanding] No... .

    Dewey Finn: Yeah. They called for a sub. I said I was you, to make some money. But then I got there, and the kids, they rock, man. There's this kid Larry who's like

    [imitating Larry]

    Dewey Finn: "I'm not cool," and but now he's like

    [imitating piano]

    Dewey Finn: There's this other girl who can sing like

    [imitating Tomika's vocals]

    Dewey Finn: . She thought she was too fat, so they were dying, and the principal got drunk. Now we're playing Battle of the Bands! It's the coolest thing! One day. Then I will come clean. I'll tell everyone it was my fault. You'll be fine.

    [pleading]

    Dewey Finn: One day!

  • Dewey Finn: [Patty opens the curtains. Dewey wakes up] What? What is it?

    Ned Schneebly: Dewey, hey, it's the first of the month and uh, I would like you to share the rent now please.

    Dewey Finn: Aw man, you don't have that. You wake me up for that? Come on!

    Ned Schneebly: Sorry.

    [Patty begs Ned to keep talking to Dewey]

    Ned Schneebly: Dewey! I mean, you owe me a lot of money as it is.

    Patty Di Marco: Yeah, try 2200 dollars.

    Dewey Finn: Ok, you guys, the band is about to hit it big time. We're gonna win Battle of the Bands and we're gonna roll it in the benjamins, I will throw you like a dog with a bone. Goodnight!

    Patty Di Marco: Oh, give it up! Your band has never made 2 cents!

    Ned Schneebly: Patty, come on, I'm on this.

    Patty Di Marco: Oh, you're on this? You're on this? He's walking all over you!

    Dewey Finn: Mommy, could we please talk about this later?

    Patty Di Marco: Uh, no, we can't talk about it later because Ned and I have to go to work. We have jobs. We contribute to society, alright? I'm an assistant to the mayor of this city, hello?

    Dewey Finn: Ned, can you get her out of here please? Why? Why her?

    Patty Di Marco: And Ned has the most important job there is.

    Dewey Finn: Temping?

    Ned Schneebly: [aggravated] Dewey, a substitute teacher is not a temp!

    Dewey Finn: [sarcastically] He's a babysitter!

    Ned Schneebly: Oh, you think it's so easy? I'd like to see you try. You would've last one day!

    Dewey Finn: Dude, I serve the society by rocking, okay? I'm out there on the front lines elaborating people with my music. Rocking ain't like walking at a park, lady!

    Patty Di Marco: This is useless, alright? You tell him that if he doesn't come up with the rent by the end of the week, he's out of here!

    Ned Schneebly: Dewey, I'm not paying your share of the rent so, I don't know, maybe you should sell one of your guitars or something.

    Dewey Finn: What? Would you tell Picasso to sell his guitars?

    Patty Di Marco: Oh my god, he's an idiot!

    Dewey Finn: Dude, I've been mooching off here for years and it's never been a problem until she showed up. Just dump her, man.

    Ned Schneebly: Yeah, well, if you don't come up with some money, she's gonna dump me. She's fed up.

    Dewey Finn: Oh, really? Because that would be a good thing. She's a nightmare!

    Ned Schneebly: Come on! I may never have another girlfriend! Just come on! Come up with some money, please! Please!

    Dewey Finn: Ok, for you. Not for her, but for you.

    Ned Schneebly: [calmly] Thank you.