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MATILDA JR.
| REVOLTING CHILDREN SCRIPT
LORELYN: This class is going to have a very special spelling test. Any child who gets one single answer wrong, goes to Chokey. LORELYN: What are you looking at? AICELLE: You. LORELYN: You, spell. Let me see. Spell, Newt. CRISHALOU. :Newt. N-E-W-T. Newt. LORELYN: What? CRISHALOU. :Miss Honey's taught us very well. LORELYN: Nonsense. LORELYN: You, stand up, turn around and spell the one thing that you all are. Revolting. JEANNYLYN: Revolting. R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N-G. Revolting. LORELYN: You're cheating. AICELLE: Of course she's not cheating. I taught them.That is all.With kindness and patience and respect. LORELYN: How dare you bring those words into my classroom, Madam, you know nothing of teaching. And I shall prove it. You, spell angelcomanial subtitus AICELLE: But that's not a word.You just made it up. LORELYN: Spell or go to Chokey. And I should warn you, it has silent letters. JOWANA: Amchella. LORELYN: Oh, dearie, dearie, dear. JOWANA: Okay. LORELYN: I'm so sorry. It was a silent z. LORELYN: You're going to Chokey. JINKY: Cat. C-A-F. Cat. I. I got it wrong.You're gonna have to put me in chokey, too. LORELYN: What? HAZEL S: Dog. D-Y-P. Me too. HAZEL B. : Table xabfy, and me. LORELYN: What are you doing? What's going on? LORELYN: Stop this. HANNAH :You can't put us all in chokey. Banana :G-T-A-B-L CRISHALOU: Bully P-Y-T-L-F-G-R-V-S-W. ALL STUDENTS: Revolte. A-D-A-D-A-D-A-D-I. REVOLTE [MUSIC] [LAUGTHER] LORELYN: You have to put me in Cherokee. LORELYN: You can't put us all in Cherokee. LORELYN: Dumb now, maggot. Did you think I hadn't thought of that? I've got chokies for each and every one of you. [Music] JINKY: [music… Look, there's writing on the chalkboard. ANFEL: [music… This is. HAZEL S. : [music…This is magnet. LORELYN: [music…No, no, no, no, no, no it can't be. ALL STUDENTS: [music… Close. My Jenny. That her house. Then leave all or I will get you like you want me. LORELYN: [music.. No. [music] ALL STUDENTS: RUN LORELYN: No, what ALL STUDENTS: RUUUUUUUUUN LORELYN: NOOOOOOOO ALL STUDENTS: RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN LORELYN: NOOOOOOOOOOOO ALL STUDENTS: RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN (SOLO): Whoa! Never again will she get the best of me Never again will she take away my freedom And we won't forget the day we (ALL): fought For the right to be a little bit naughty! Never again (SOLO): will the chokey door slam (ALL): Never again (SOLO): will I be bullied and (ALL): Never again (SOLO): will I doubt it when (ALL): My mummy says I'm a miracle Never again will we live behind bars Never again now that we know that we are Revolting children Living in revolting times We sing revolting songs Using revolting rhymes We'll be revolting children Til our revolting's done And we'll have the Trunchbull bolting We're revolting! We are revolting children Living in revolting times We sing revolting songs Using revolting rhymes We'll be revolting children 'Til our revolting's done And we'll have the Trunchbull bolting We're revolting! (TWO STUDENTS): We will become a screaming horde! ( STUDENT 1 and 2): Take out your hockey stick and use it as a sword (2×) ( STUDENT 3): Never again will we be ignored (STUDENT 4): We'll find out where the chalk is stored (STUDENT 5): And draw rude pictures on the board (STUDENT 6): It's not insulting (ALL): We're revolting! We can S-P-el how we like! If enough of us are wrong, wrong is right! Everyone! N-O-R-T-Y? 'Cause we're a little bit naughty! You say we oughta stay inside the line But if we disobey at the same time There is nothing that the Trunchbull can do (STUDENT 7): She can take her hammer and S-H-U(v) (ALL): You mighta thought we were weak but we're strong! Mighta thought we would break but you're wrong! Because you finally pushed us too far Now there's no going back cos we... R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N (SOLO): Revolting times! (ALL): We'll S-I-N-G Songs! U-S-I-N-G Rhymes! We'll be R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N-G It is 2-L-8-4-U-E-R-E-vol-ting! We are revolting children Living in revolting times We sing revolting songs Using revolting rhymes We'll be revolting children Til our revolting's done It is 2-L-8-4-U, 4-U, 4-U, 4-U, 4-U! We are revolting children