1 00:00:06,049 --> 00:00:07,967 [indistinct chatter] 2 00:00:08,718 --> 00:00:09,802 [Ji-Yoon sighs] Okay. 3 00:00:09,886 --> 00:00:11,763 Don't say anything provocative. 4 00:00:11,846 --> 00:00:13,681 I will not embarrass the Fatherland. 5 00:00:13,765 --> 00:00:15,767 Hey, you get how much trouble you're in? 6 00:00:16,809 --> 00:00:19,228 Know how many times I've been in trouble for real shit? 7 00:00:19,312 --> 00:00:21,606 For once, I'm in trouble for something demonstrably stupid. 8 00:00:21,689 --> 00:00:24,776 -You have to take this seriously. -I am. I will. 9 00:00:24,859 --> 00:00:26,069 [sighs] 10 00:00:26,152 --> 00:00:27,487 What is going on here? 11 00:00:28,863 --> 00:00:31,157 I told you to pull it together. 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,910 I left it crooked 'cause I like it when you fix me up. 13 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:37,163 You smell good. 14 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:41,542 Please, be receptive to their input, okay? 15 00:00:43,127 --> 00:00:47,090 Yeah, I'm not about to validate the total absurdity of this proceeding. 16 00:00:50,635 --> 00:00:52,095 [laughing] I'm not a Nazi. 17 00:00:52,178 --> 00:00:54,597 Do you think it's acceptable to joke about Nazis? 18 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,768 No, but that does remind me of this time when two Nazis walked into a bar-- 19 00:00:59,644 --> 00:01:00,937 [laughs] 20 00:01:02,146 --> 00:01:05,733 We have a straightforward protocol for this sort of situation. 21 00:01:05,817 --> 00:01:10,029 The two of you, you work on a statement of apology, 22 00:01:10,113 --> 00:01:12,865 and then we post it on all relevant platforms. 23 00:01:12,949 --> 00:01:14,742 I'm sorry, what's your name again? 24 00:01:15,243 --> 00:01:16,786 -Ronny. -Yeah, that's Ronny. 25 00:01:16,869 --> 00:01:19,205 Ronny. He's, uh, chief of communications. 26 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:23,000 Some people call it crisis management, or reputation management. 27 00:01:24,836 --> 00:01:25,920 I don't co-write. 28 00:01:26,003 --> 00:01:27,797 How do you suggest that we handle this then? 29 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,799 -I'm gonna talk to them. -To who? 30 00:01:29,882 --> 00:01:31,259 -"To whom." -"To whom." 31 00:01:31,884 --> 00:01:32,802 The students. 32 00:01:32,885 --> 00:01:34,971 -No, no, no. No, no, no. -I wouldn't advise that. 33 00:01:35,054 --> 00:01:36,055 I'm tenured. 34 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:39,142 You can't constrain my actions in my own classroom 35 00:01:39,225 --> 00:01:40,726 or my speech on this campus 36 00:01:40,810 --> 00:01:43,604 unless I'm in violation of the faculty code of conduct, 37 00:01:43,688 --> 00:01:44,689 which I'm not. 38 00:01:45,857 --> 00:01:49,193 Universities are supposed to encourage dissent. 39 00:01:49,277 --> 00:01:51,571 We should be proud of these kids. 40 00:01:51,654 --> 00:01:52,947 This is what they do. 41 00:01:53,030 --> 00:01:55,074 In fact, when I was an undergrad, 42 00:01:55,158 --> 00:01:58,786 I sat bare-ass on that very desk for South African divestment. 43 00:02:05,042 --> 00:02:07,712 -[door opens] -Are we gonna get that cappuccino latte? 44 00:02:07,795 --> 00:02:10,339 There are still a couple things we have to discuss. 45 00:02:11,716 --> 00:02:13,342 I'll catch up with you later. 46 00:02:14,218 --> 00:02:15,219 Okay. 47 00:02:18,055 --> 00:02:20,391 [Larson] This is already all over social media. 48 00:02:20,474 --> 00:02:24,353 The president is starting to get calls from donors and alumni. 49 00:02:24,437 --> 00:02:26,689 If it's not resolved immediately, 50 00:02:26,772 --> 00:02:29,108 I wouldn't be surprised if he asks for Bill's resignation. 51 00:02:29,192 --> 00:02:32,403 -No, he's going to apologize. -He doesn't seem remotely apologetic. 52 00:02:32,486 --> 00:02:34,906 Well, I can guarantee that after our next conversation, 53 00:02:34,989 --> 00:02:36,407 he will be filled with remorse. 54 00:02:39,410 --> 00:02:40,953 [bell tolling] 55 00:02:43,164 --> 00:02:44,457 Oh. Wait up. 56 00:02:46,125 --> 00:02:48,252 I like when you act like you're my boss. 57 00:02:48,336 --> 00:02:51,088 -You should've seen your face in there. -I am your boss. 58 00:02:51,172 --> 00:02:55,134 Okay. Well, then what are you doing tonight, boss lady? 59 00:02:55,218 --> 00:02:57,511 -Can I take you out for dinner? -What's the matter with you? 60 00:02:57,595 --> 00:02:59,555 No, you cannot ask me out right now. 61 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,891 This is a serious disciplinary matter. 62 00:03:03,392 --> 00:03:07,063 Oh, so I'm gonna let some paper pusher from HR write an apology for me? 63 00:03:07,605 --> 00:03:10,983 That's a disservice to my students. They'd smell that coming a mile away. 64 00:03:11,067 --> 00:03:12,902 Know what else they'll smell coming a mile away? 65 00:03:12,985 --> 00:03:15,238 This little streak of arrogance you got going on here. 66 00:03:16,030 --> 00:03:18,741 For Chrissake, I'm not a Nazi, okay? Am I not allowed-- 67 00:03:18,824 --> 00:03:20,368 This is not about whether you're a Nazi. 68 00:03:20,451 --> 00:03:23,537 It's about whether you're one of those men who, when something like this happens, 69 00:03:23,621 --> 00:03:26,040 thinks he can dust himself off and just walk away 70 00:03:26,123 --> 00:03:28,209 without any fucking sense of consequence. 71 00:03:33,339 --> 00:03:34,840 That a "no" on dinner? 72 00:03:34,924 --> 00:03:36,926 [classical music playing] 73 00:03:38,469 --> 00:03:40,096 Yaz hit 8,000 Twitter followers, 74 00:03:40,179 --> 00:03:42,390 so I posted that to the department's website. 75 00:03:42,473 --> 00:03:44,725 -You posted she won the NEH Fellowship? -Yep. 76 00:03:44,809 --> 00:03:48,896 And unfortunately, I'm coming to a dead end in terms of Joan's office. 77 00:03:49,855 --> 00:03:51,315 There's gotta be something we can do. 78 00:03:51,399 --> 00:03:52,608 -[knocking on door] -I-- 79 00:03:52,692 --> 00:03:55,528 Oh, hi. Thanks, Laurie I wanna talk to Lila for a second. 80 00:03:55,611 --> 00:03:56,821 Come on in. 81 00:03:56,904 --> 00:03:59,824 I know it seems like I have been ignoring you, 82 00:03:59,907 --> 00:04:01,158 but it's just been chaos. 83 00:04:01,242 --> 00:04:02,868 Don't forget, you have that dinner tonight. 84 00:04:02,952 --> 00:04:04,620 Oh crap. What is that again? 85 00:04:04,704 --> 00:04:07,206 At the dean's house. Maybe it's about the whole… 86 00:04:07,999 --> 00:04:10,626 Uh, uh-- Thanks. Thanks, Laurie. Thanks. 87 00:04:12,086 --> 00:04:13,337 -[door closes] -Hey. 88 00:04:13,421 --> 00:04:16,549 My friend Sarah at Wisconsin, her adviser got accused of harassment, 89 00:04:16,632 --> 00:04:18,759 and his recommendation ended up being worthless. 90 00:04:18,843 --> 00:04:22,054 -Nobody thinks Bill Dobson's a Nazi. -I have a mountain of student debt. 91 00:04:22,138 --> 00:04:24,807 It was a bad joke, and he is about to apologize. 92 00:04:24,890 --> 00:04:26,309 People have been calling me. 93 00:04:28,769 --> 00:04:29,854 What people? 94 00:04:29,937 --> 00:04:30,938 [Lila] Reporters. 95 00:04:31,439 --> 00:04:34,150 -What should I say? -Oh my God, don't say anything. 96 00:04:34,233 --> 00:04:37,236 If this gets big, it could… it could really hurt us. 97 00:04:38,404 --> 00:04:39,780 I mean, that means you too. 98 00:04:41,907 --> 00:04:44,327 [Rentz] Moby-Dick was a failure, of course. 99 00:04:44,410 --> 00:04:47,121 Critics hated it, and Melville died in obscurity, 100 00:04:47,204 --> 00:04:51,792 as he himself had predicted in letters to his friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne, 101 00:04:51,876 --> 00:04:53,377 to whom he dedicated the book. 102 00:04:55,087 --> 00:04:58,257 Not until the 1920s was it reappraised as the seminal master-- 103 00:04:58,341 --> 00:05:01,552 Are we going to discuss the fact that Melville was a wife-beater? 104 00:05:02,094 --> 00:05:03,637 [students murmuring] 105 00:05:03,721 --> 00:05:06,557 It is true that some feminist scholars have posited that, 106 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,185 but in the absence of definitive proof, 107 00:05:09,268 --> 00:05:12,188 well, I-- I think it's best we attend to the text itself. 108 00:05:12,271 --> 00:05:15,775 We're concerned with Melville the author, not Melville the human being. 109 00:05:15,858 --> 00:05:18,277 But you just referred to Melville the human being. 110 00:05:18,361 --> 00:05:20,363 His personal letters to Hawthorne? 111 00:05:20,446 --> 00:05:21,864 [students murmuring] 112 00:05:21,947 --> 00:05:27,161 I was only making the point that his, uh, his friendship with Hawthorne was, uh, 113 00:05:27,912 --> 00:05:31,040 was an important aspect of his growth as a writer. 114 00:05:31,123 --> 00:05:33,501 -[all murmuring] -Come on, are you serious? 115 00:05:33,584 --> 00:05:35,795 It was not until the 1920s 116 00:05:35,878 --> 00:05:38,923 that the novel took its rightful place as the-- 117 00:05:39,006 --> 00:05:41,133 We'll cover the wife-beating in my section. 118 00:05:41,217 --> 00:05:45,137 That, as well as some important contributions to Melville's work 119 00:05:45,221 --> 00:05:47,139 by the women in his life. 120 00:05:47,223 --> 00:05:48,766 [all agreeing] 121 00:05:53,354 --> 00:05:54,563 [Bill] Indefinitely? 122 00:05:54,647 --> 00:05:55,815 Who told you that? 123 00:05:56,649 --> 00:05:59,193 Indefinitely just means "until further notice." 124 00:06:09,412 --> 00:06:12,289 You wanna help me put these flyers up in here and around campus? 125 00:06:13,082 --> 00:06:15,793 I could send an email to the class through Blackboard. 126 00:06:15,876 --> 00:06:18,462 It's gone way beyond just the students in our class. 127 00:06:19,588 --> 00:06:21,173 [classical music playing] 128 00:06:30,641 --> 00:06:31,976 Your boy's toast. 129 00:06:34,103 --> 00:06:35,896 [sighs] 130 00:06:37,648 --> 00:06:38,607 [door closes] 131 00:06:38,691 --> 00:06:41,485 [Joan] Guess what else? There is no Wi-Fi. 132 00:06:42,153 --> 00:06:43,487 [Ji-Yoon] Oh Jesus Christ. 133 00:06:43,571 --> 00:06:46,657 -You tried tech support? -I've already left 700 messages. 134 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:48,576 I'm on my way over there right now. 135 00:06:49,118 --> 00:06:50,953 Do you wanna come? Pull your weight? 136 00:06:51,036 --> 00:06:54,915 I gotta go nudge Rentz. But I will bring it up to Larson tonight. 137 00:06:54,999 --> 00:06:56,876 I'm… I'm so sorry, Joan, I… 138 00:06:56,959 --> 00:07:00,129 You know what? You wanna work here? I can move some of this crap. 139 00:07:00,212 --> 00:07:01,213 Nah. 140 00:07:02,006 --> 00:07:02,965 [sighs] 141 00:07:04,049 --> 00:07:05,926 [smacks lips] You look at your evaluations yet? 142 00:07:06,010 --> 00:07:07,178 Yes. 143 00:07:07,261 --> 00:07:08,721 And what did they say? 144 00:07:09,972 --> 00:07:11,891 [sighs] That I'm too exciting. 145 00:07:15,686 --> 00:07:19,440 -Wait a minute. Was he always in here? -Oh, I haven't had time to redecorate. 146 00:07:19,523 --> 00:07:22,943 I gave him a hand job in his car 147 00:07:23,027 --> 00:07:25,154 when I got tenure. To celebrate. 148 00:07:25,237 --> 00:07:27,907 That's the president of the college from, like, 1924. 149 00:07:27,990 --> 00:07:30,117 Who looks like the guy I gave a hand job to. 150 00:07:30,201 --> 00:07:33,746 -Also, how is that a celebration for you? -[Joan] Good point. 151 00:07:34,330 --> 00:07:36,582 He owes me an orgasm, whoever he is. 152 00:07:37,166 --> 00:07:41,003 Hey, Joan? You hear about Bill doing a town hall with the students? 153 00:07:42,588 --> 00:07:45,925 -I'm worried. -This is what he does. They love him. 154 00:07:46,008 --> 00:07:47,593 He's so empathic. 155 00:07:47,676 --> 00:07:51,514 Now, if it were Elliot, or even you, I'd be worried. 156 00:07:52,014 --> 00:07:53,140 [door closes] 157 00:07:54,475 --> 00:07:55,726 -[knocking] -Knock, knock. 158 00:07:56,268 --> 00:07:57,394 Oh, hey. 159 00:07:57,937 --> 00:07:59,021 Hi. 160 00:08:00,105 --> 00:08:01,941 Uh, thanks for the apple pie. 161 00:08:03,025 --> 00:08:03,943 Peach. 162 00:08:04,443 --> 00:08:06,028 -[Bill] Right. -Yeah. [chuckles] 163 00:08:06,111 --> 00:08:08,447 -Uh, do you have a minute? -Sure. Sure. 164 00:08:09,448 --> 00:08:13,452 -Oh. Hey, we need to keep that open. -This is going to be a bloodbath. 165 00:08:14,411 --> 00:08:15,496 Why do you say that? 166 00:08:16,330 --> 00:08:21,252 See, any so-called jokes related to Hitler are in their own special category. 167 00:08:22,086 --> 00:08:25,464 You know some kids put on Hitler mustaches and posted knockoffs of your meme? 168 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:29,134 Do you not see this? There's a larger campus context here. 169 00:08:29,218 --> 00:08:32,513 There's a larger national context. To be Jewish with all these militias? 170 00:08:32,596 --> 00:08:35,474 Last year, we had the largest number of anti-Semitic incidents in 40 years. 171 00:08:35,558 --> 00:08:37,810 Of course intent matters, but even if you meant no harm, 172 00:08:37,893 --> 00:08:40,688 if the impact of something that you did has… Oh. 173 00:08:40,771 --> 00:08:42,773 -Uh, this is Daphne. Dr. Kim-- -Dafna. 174 00:08:43,482 --> 00:08:46,193 Hi. I was just, um, telling him the same thing. 175 00:08:46,694 --> 00:08:48,862 -Great minds think alike. [laughs] -[laughs] 176 00:08:52,908 --> 00:08:54,451 [Bill] Um… [smacks lips] 177 00:08:54,535 --> 00:08:56,412 -Do you need me for something? -Yes. 178 00:08:57,705 --> 00:08:58,622 Okay. 179 00:08:59,957 --> 00:09:04,211 Uh, there's something else I wanted to ask you about, but to be continued. 180 00:09:04,295 --> 00:09:05,421 Sure. 181 00:09:09,883 --> 00:09:11,885 -Okay-- -What the fuck are you doing? 182 00:09:11,969 --> 00:09:13,929 She came barreling in here and she closed the door. 183 00:09:14,013 --> 00:09:15,139 Why didn't you open it? 184 00:09:15,222 --> 00:09:17,266 Because she was accusing me of inciting the alt-right, 185 00:09:17,349 --> 00:09:19,435 and I didn't wanna interrupt her in the middle of that. 186 00:09:20,227 --> 00:09:21,478 Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey. 187 00:09:21,562 --> 00:09:23,272 -Hey, hey, hey. -No. What? 188 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,774 That's nothing, okay? 189 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:28,902 You're trouble. 190 00:09:29,737 --> 00:09:30,738 Me? 191 00:09:32,615 --> 00:09:33,907 Can I ask you a favor? 192 00:09:33,991 --> 00:09:36,035 After your performance this morning, you owe me one. 193 00:09:36,118 --> 00:09:36,952 Anything. 194 00:09:37,036 --> 00:09:39,705 Can you babysit Ju Ju tonight? I've got this thing at Dean Larson's. 195 00:09:39,788 --> 00:09:40,748 For what? 196 00:09:40,831 --> 00:09:42,708 Oh, who knows? Grease the wheels. 197 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:43,751 [chuckles] 198 00:09:43,834 --> 00:09:45,669 -What is this? -[Bill] I don't know. 199 00:09:45,753 --> 00:09:48,464 -What wheel is like this? -[laughs] 200 00:09:48,547 --> 00:09:50,299 [classical music playing] 201 00:09:56,722 --> 00:09:58,932 The Wi-Fi in my office is on the fritz. 202 00:09:59,016 --> 00:10:01,310 -[sighs] What's wrong with it? -There isn't any. 203 00:10:01,393 --> 00:10:02,728 Well, I could get you a booster, 204 00:10:02,811 --> 00:10:05,022 but your department will have to fill out the paperwork. 205 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:05,981 [sighs] 206 00:10:06,065 --> 00:10:07,316 Have you talked to your chair? 207 00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:10,611 Okay. 208 00:10:15,741 --> 00:10:16,617 [sighs] 209 00:10:21,121 --> 00:10:22,122 [lighting match] 210 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:27,753 [in singsong] Thank you. 211 00:10:29,171 --> 00:10:31,840 Thank you. 212 00:10:34,843 --> 00:10:36,303 [fire crackling] 213 00:10:42,059 --> 00:10:43,560 -[fire whooshing] -Oh. 214 00:10:44,228 --> 00:10:45,229 Uh… 215 00:10:47,022 --> 00:10:48,148 [whooshing] 216 00:10:48,232 --> 00:10:50,401 Oh. Uh… Sh-- 217 00:10:50,484 --> 00:10:51,527 Oh. Ah! 218 00:10:54,113 --> 00:10:55,280 [breathes deeply] 219 00:10:55,864 --> 00:10:57,074 Oh my God. 220 00:10:58,826 --> 00:10:59,827 [sighs] 221 00:11:04,581 --> 00:11:05,833 [fire alarm beeping] 222 00:11:08,585 --> 00:11:10,421 [whooshing] 223 00:11:11,505 --> 00:11:12,381 [gasps] 224 00:11:12,464 --> 00:11:14,007 I heard your internet is down. 225 00:11:14,591 --> 00:11:16,885 Wonderful. Come in. 226 00:11:17,469 --> 00:11:19,221 [man] And… you're online. 227 00:11:19,304 --> 00:11:21,181 Where have you been all my life? 228 00:11:21,265 --> 00:11:22,683 I don't know, IT department? 229 00:11:22,766 --> 00:11:26,645 Actually, have you ever heard of RateMyProfessors.com? 230 00:11:26,729 --> 00:11:27,730 Yeah. Mmm. 231 00:11:27,813 --> 00:11:31,066 I'm supposed to take in some of my students' criticisms. 232 00:11:31,150 --> 00:11:33,444 -Why? -I already know what they're gonna say. 233 00:11:33,527 --> 00:11:36,905 That I shouldn't teach any books that are more than 300 pages long. 234 00:11:36,989 --> 00:11:39,158 Well, I wouldn't just assume they're gonna say that. 235 00:11:39,241 --> 00:11:42,077 I mean, maybe they'll have something interesting to say. [laughs] 236 00:11:42,161 --> 00:11:44,955 -I would give you a good review. -[laughs] 237 00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:46,832 This font is so small. 238 00:11:46,915 --> 00:11:49,752 Would you mind reading some of these out loud to me? 239 00:11:49,835 --> 00:11:54,465 -The ones that you think might be helpful. -Okay. Yeah, let's, uh, let's see. 240 00:11:55,507 --> 00:11:56,800 You sure this is legit? 241 00:11:58,469 --> 00:12:00,304 -No, not that one. -What? 242 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:01,513 Oh. Uh… 243 00:12:02,097 --> 00:12:05,726 -[hesitating] No, not that one. -What? What does it say? 244 00:12:05,809 --> 00:12:07,019 Uh… 245 00:12:07,102 --> 00:12:10,230 "All dumpty, no humpty." 246 00:12:10,314 --> 00:12:13,776 What, like I'm fat? Or do those words mean something different now? 247 00:12:13,859 --> 00:12:15,027 No, that's what they mean. 248 00:12:15,110 --> 00:12:17,488 But clearly you're not. Look at you, you look great. 249 00:12:17,571 --> 00:12:18,739 Go to the next one, okay? 250 00:12:18,822 --> 00:12:23,410 "Professor Hambling's what I think about when I'm trying not to, um…" 251 00:12:24,161 --> 00:12:26,079 -[muttering] No. -It's okay. 252 00:12:26,163 --> 00:12:28,290 -I don't think this is constructive. -Come on. 253 00:12:28,373 --> 00:12:30,375 "When I'm trying not to cum in my girlfriend." 254 00:12:30,459 --> 00:12:33,879 I'm what he thinks about when he's trying not to cum in his girlfriend? 255 00:12:33,962 --> 00:12:35,798 -I don't get it. -I wouldn't overanalyze it. 256 00:12:35,881 --> 00:12:37,299 I'm what he th… 257 00:12:40,135 --> 00:12:41,136 Ah. 258 00:12:42,846 --> 00:12:43,847 [chuckles] 259 00:12:44,765 --> 00:12:47,017 Let's just have a little look at that. 260 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:55,400 -This was posted yesterday. -Oh, was it? I didn't notice that. 261 00:12:55,484 --> 00:13:00,030 I don't suppose there's any way you could track this fucker down? 262 00:13:00,614 --> 00:13:03,742 Well, yeah. I mean, it'd be illegal though. [laughs] 263 00:13:04,993 --> 00:13:06,495 -[knocking] -[Ji-Yoon] I'm heading out. 264 00:13:06,578 --> 00:13:08,205 -'Night. -'Night. 265 00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:12,501 Oh, um, did you take a look at Yaz's suggestions for external reviewers? 266 00:13:13,252 --> 00:13:15,587 We have to have people who take feminist scholarship 267 00:13:15,671 --> 00:13:17,714 and critical race theory seriously, Elliot. 268 00:13:18,715 --> 00:13:20,759 -[yawning] -She's our only junior Americanist. 269 00:13:22,219 --> 00:13:26,515 You share a mutual interest, obviously, in making sure your field remains 270 00:13:26,598 --> 00:13:28,934 one of the most prominent in our department, right? 271 00:13:30,435 --> 00:13:33,438 Anyway, we want her case to go through with flying colors. 272 00:13:33,522 --> 00:13:36,066 I'll send her work out to respected scholars 273 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:38,068 who will review it objectively. 274 00:13:39,695 --> 00:13:40,696 Great. 275 00:13:42,739 --> 00:13:44,867 [woman] When I found out the English department 276 00:13:44,950 --> 00:13:47,536 elected their first female chair, 277 00:13:47,619 --> 00:13:49,788 I did cartwheels. 278 00:13:49,872 --> 00:13:52,749 I was an English major, so I told Paul 279 00:13:53,250 --> 00:13:55,794 I have to shake her hand, and… 280 00:13:56,879 --> 00:13:59,882 -Oh. [chuckles] -And say well done. [chuckles] 281 00:13:59,965 --> 00:14:02,593 I don't know how competitive the election was, but thank you. 282 00:14:02,676 --> 00:14:04,720 -Oh, don't undersell yourself. -[woman] He's right. 283 00:14:04,803 --> 00:14:08,181 No woman ever got anywhere by underselling herself. 284 00:14:08,891 --> 00:14:13,270 Now, I have been thinking about this clusterfuck. 285 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:17,983 Oh. Professor Dobson. I can assure you he is going to apologize. 286 00:14:18,066 --> 00:14:20,068 -He is truly devastated. -[woman] No, no. 287 00:14:20,152 --> 00:14:25,198 You all need a pick-me-up over there. Some new blood. Some star power. 288 00:14:25,282 --> 00:14:29,244 -Mrs. Whittenden has a special visitor-- -I happened to run into such a person-- 289 00:14:29,328 --> 00:14:30,370 -You go. -No. 290 00:14:30,454 --> 00:14:33,165 -[Mrs. Whittenden] Go ahead. -[Larson] No, I'm sorry. Go ahead. 291 00:14:33,248 --> 00:14:35,459 At the farmers market, if you can believe it. 292 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:38,045 -He has a country house around here. -Mmm. 293 00:14:38,128 --> 00:14:40,881 We started talking, and I thought, 294 00:14:40,964 --> 00:14:42,424 "Here's the kind of person 295 00:14:42,507 --> 00:14:46,094 who can revitalize the study of literature." 296 00:14:46,178 --> 00:14:48,639 And lo and behold, 297 00:14:48,722 --> 00:14:52,309 he agreed to give the Distinguished Lecture this year. 298 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:53,393 Mmm. 299 00:14:54,019 --> 00:14:55,354 I thought that, um… 300 00:14:56,063 --> 00:14:58,523 Historically, that's been at the chair's discretion. 301 00:14:58,607 --> 00:15:02,569 The funds are at the discretion of the trustee who endowed them. 302 00:15:02,653 --> 00:15:05,906 And you can't beat my candidate, Dr. Kim. 303 00:15:05,989 --> 00:15:07,991 I already announced that Dr. McKay would be-- 304 00:15:08,075 --> 00:15:10,327 -Guess who it is. -I don't-- I really can't. 305 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:11,870 You'll be thrilled. 306 00:15:11,954 --> 00:15:13,205 That's a-- [laughs] 307 00:15:13,288 --> 00:15:15,624 That's a clue right there. 308 00:15:15,707 --> 00:15:16,917 [laughs] 309 00:15:20,045 --> 00:15:21,838 -Colson Whitehead. -Try again. 310 00:15:22,464 --> 00:15:24,800 -It's someone you'll like. -I like Colson Whitehead. 311 00:15:24,883 --> 00:15:26,259 David Duchovny. 312 00:15:27,302 --> 00:15:28,220 The actor? 313 00:15:28,303 --> 00:15:30,180 -Agent Scully himself. -Mulder. 314 00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:32,641 Mulder. Yeah. He'll, uh… 315 00:15:32,724 --> 00:15:34,851 Well, he'll need to prepare his lecture 316 00:15:34,935 --> 00:15:37,896 and, uh, have meetings with selected English majors. 317 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:40,524 We're planning to choose names by lottery. 318 00:15:40,607 --> 00:15:44,361 And so we're gonna need you to find him an office. 319 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:49,199 [Bill] Ready, set, go. 320 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:51,702 [brushing] 321 00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:56,456 [Ju Ju] What's it like to be you? 322 00:15:56,999 --> 00:15:59,251 Uh, it's a mixed bag. 323 00:16:01,712 --> 00:16:02,713 [spits] 324 00:16:02,796 --> 00:16:04,089 I saw you crying… 325 00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:06,675 when your wife died. 326 00:16:07,592 --> 00:16:10,846 In the kitchen, and my mom was crying. 327 00:16:12,639 --> 00:16:13,640 Yeah. 328 00:16:14,599 --> 00:16:17,602 -Well, you know, that was a… That was-- -I don't have a dad. 329 00:16:21,732 --> 00:16:25,277 Well, one of the things about life is you real-- 330 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,780 You don't really realize what, you know, until you're a lot older-- 331 00:16:28,864 --> 00:16:30,198 Do you have cavities? 332 00:16:32,451 --> 00:16:33,452 Yeah. 333 00:16:33,535 --> 00:16:34,619 I don't. [spits] 334 00:16:35,245 --> 00:16:36,872 [faucet running] 335 00:16:38,957 --> 00:16:41,710 -[turns off faucet] -Do you wanna read my favorite book? 336 00:16:43,128 --> 00:16:45,255 -I sure do. -It has naked pictures in it. 337 00:16:52,596 --> 00:16:54,681 I don't remember being a baby. 338 00:16:54,765 --> 00:16:55,974 [Bill] Yeah, me neither. 339 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:02,939 -[Ju Ju] What's he doing? -[Bill] They're breastfeeding. 340 00:17:05,567 --> 00:17:06,485 [Ju Ju] Oh. 341 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:11,406 I don't remember my birth mom. 342 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:14,409 [flips page] 343 00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:26,004 When I have a baby, I'm gonna be 25. 344 00:17:26,088 --> 00:17:28,131 Maybe 27. 345 00:17:28,799 --> 00:17:30,383 I don't wanna be really old. 346 00:17:30,467 --> 00:17:32,469 And I'm gonna be married. 347 00:17:34,137 --> 00:17:37,057 A lot of people think marriage is a bourgeois institution. 348 00:17:37,140 --> 00:17:39,976 -You know what that is? -My mom is turning 47. 349 00:17:41,770 --> 00:17:45,690 Yeah, well, she had to wait a long time to get you. 350 00:17:46,942 --> 00:17:49,486 For two years, she had your car seat by the door, 351 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:51,363 a whole set of clothes ready to go. 352 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:54,199 She was waiting and waiting, 353 00:17:54,282 --> 00:17:58,370 and, you know, she had to jump through a lot of hoops. 354 00:17:58,453 --> 00:18:00,080 Today, my teacher said 355 00:18:00,163 --> 00:18:03,125 that I'm going to lead the class for Día de los Muertos. 356 00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:05,210 -You know what that is? -Yeah. 357 00:18:06,253 --> 00:18:07,879 Mmm, that's exciting. 358 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:12,551 So we can make your wife an altar so her soul can find you. 359 00:18:13,468 --> 00:18:16,012 I just need to know what her favorite things were. 360 00:18:18,181 --> 00:18:20,267 Well, she was really good at piano. 361 00:18:21,226 --> 00:18:25,939 And, like, what were her favorite things to eat? Like cake, candy… 362 00:18:26,022 --> 00:18:28,525 It's good if it's something she can smell. 363 00:18:31,278 --> 00:18:34,948 Um, she really liked pizza. 364 00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:36,616 Same. 365 00:18:37,742 --> 00:18:40,162 We're about to see another penis. 366 00:18:40,245 --> 00:18:41,246 [flips page] 367 00:18:41,329 --> 00:18:43,832 -I tried to warn you-- -You can't just pretend he's an academic. 368 00:18:43,915 --> 00:18:45,208 He almost got his PhD. 369 00:18:45,292 --> 00:18:47,335 That's another way of saying he doesn't have his PhD. 370 00:18:47,419 --> 00:18:50,547 I have real faculty with real credentials who need support. 371 00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:53,675 Who cannot do their work. Who are literally sitting in basements. 372 00:18:53,758 --> 00:18:56,511 -He is a recognizable name. -No, he is not. 373 00:18:56,595 --> 00:18:58,555 These kids don't watch TV. They're on TikTok. 374 00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:00,140 Butts in seats. 375 00:19:00,223 --> 00:19:02,434 That's the only thing that should matter to you right now. 376 00:19:02,517 --> 00:19:03,560 Creative writing? 377 00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:06,855 That's the only field in your department building enrollments. 378 00:19:06,938 --> 00:19:08,899 Students want to produce content. 379 00:19:08,982 --> 00:19:10,609 -[sighs] Oh my God. Content. -Yeah. 380 00:19:10,692 --> 00:19:13,778 Whether it's a novel to self-publish, or… or a blog. 381 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:15,697 -Or-- -Then at least get a real writer. 382 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:19,034 He is a New York Times bestselling author. 383 00:19:20,869 --> 00:19:22,495 -No, he's not. -Look it up. 384 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,081 No. 385 00:19:28,418 --> 00:19:29,336 [keys jangling] 386 00:19:29,419 --> 00:19:30,420 [sighs] 387 00:19:31,796 --> 00:19:32,797 Hello? 388 00:19:39,971 --> 00:19:41,932 -[whispering] Hey. -[mouthing] Hey. 389 00:19:44,184 --> 00:19:45,435 [whispering] Yeah, let's… 390 00:19:50,148 --> 00:19:51,900 You did all my dishes. 391 00:19:54,444 --> 00:19:56,029 Hey, so, uh… [sighs] 392 00:19:56,112 --> 00:19:57,155 Thanks. 393 00:19:57,239 --> 00:19:59,658 You figure out what you're gonna say? Town hall? 394 00:19:59,741 --> 00:20:01,284 Can I, um… 395 00:20:01,826 --> 00:20:03,578 -Can I try it out on you? -Yeah. 396 00:20:03,662 --> 00:20:04,704 [Bill] Okay. 397 00:20:04,788 --> 00:20:06,039 Thank you for coming. 398 00:20:08,041 --> 00:20:12,337 I'm truly heartbroken to have offended anyone here. 399 00:20:13,046 --> 00:20:14,506 The fact is… 400 00:20:15,924 --> 00:20:21,596 ♪ It's springtime ♪ 401 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,265 ♪ For Hitler ♪ 402 00:20:23,348 --> 00:20:24,349 Bill. 403 00:20:24,432 --> 00:20:25,767 ♪ In Germany ♪ 404 00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:27,352 You know what? I give up. 405 00:20:28,019 --> 00:20:29,813 Sorry. I'm just-- 406 00:20:30,647 --> 00:20:31,606 Okay. 407 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:34,401 There's this. 408 00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:37,028 David Duchovny is a bestselling author. 409 00:20:37,112 --> 00:20:38,863 -No. -Mm-hmm. 410 00:20:38,947 --> 00:20:40,907 Still can't let him give the Distinguished Lecture. 411 00:20:40,991 --> 00:20:42,158 I don't have a choice. 412 00:20:43,118 --> 00:20:46,413 "David Duchovny wrote his thesis at Princeton on Beckett." 413 00:20:46,496 --> 00:20:47,580 Oh, just like you. 414 00:20:48,623 --> 00:20:49,666 No. 415 00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:52,877 "He was Harold Bloom's advisee at Yale." 416 00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:54,296 -Jesus. -I know. 417 00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:58,383 Oh, wait, wait. Go back. Is that really David Duchovny's butt? 418 00:20:58,466 --> 00:21:01,386 Why do we keep saying David Duchovny's whole name every time we mention him? 419 00:21:01,469 --> 00:21:03,680 -Is that really David's butt? -Okay. 420 00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:05,181 -He is in shape. -That's enough. 421 00:21:05,265 --> 00:21:06,975 [instrumental music playing] 422 00:21:10,645 --> 00:21:12,022 [indistinct chatter] 423 00:21:12,689 --> 00:21:15,358 [Ronny] The party tents are here, but we're unable to set them up. 424 00:21:15,442 --> 00:21:16,276 Why? 425 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,862 There's students waiting to hear from Bill Dobson. The town hall. 426 00:21:18,945 --> 00:21:21,281 Oh Jesus Christ. That's in the main quad? Right now? 427 00:21:21,364 --> 00:21:22,866 -Should we move the venue? -[Larson] No. 428 00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:25,160 Just start setting up when they disperse. 429 00:21:25,243 --> 00:21:26,703 Get the campus police there. 430 00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:29,622 Keep the quad clear for the rest of the afternoon. 431 00:21:30,457 --> 00:21:34,586 [Bill] Hi, everybody. It means a lot to me that you showed up for this. 432 00:21:34,669 --> 00:21:37,797 Obviously, I am not a member of the Jewish community, 433 00:21:37,881 --> 00:21:40,717 and I'm not in a position to tell you what is or isn't offensive. 434 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,552 -[student 1] That's right. -[all] Yeah. 435 00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:45,805 But I am a member of the Pembroke community, as are we all, 436 00:21:45,889 --> 00:21:48,433 and I wanna understand your point of view. 437 00:21:48,516 --> 00:21:49,809 -No Nazis at Pembroke. -Yeah. 438 00:21:49,893 --> 00:21:52,103 I agree. There should be no Nazis anywhere. 439 00:21:52,187 --> 00:21:53,897 -Hate speech has no place here. -Agreed. 440 00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:55,899 Are you harboring neo-Nazi sentiments? 441 00:21:55,982 --> 00:21:58,443 -[student 2] Are you a Nazi? -No, I'm a professor. 442 00:21:58,526 --> 00:22:01,988 Uh, Nazis hate professors, because Nazis are enemies of thought. 443 00:22:02,072 --> 00:22:05,158 One of the greatest gifts that American universities ever received 444 00:22:05,241 --> 00:22:07,869 was the influx of intellectuals who fled the Third Reich. 445 00:22:07,952 --> 00:22:09,829 Writers like Thomas Mann, 446 00:22:09,913 --> 00:22:13,166 Hannah Arendt, Bertolt Brecht, Theodor Adorno. 447 00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:15,960 Many of them wrote invaluable studies of the fascist mindset. 448 00:22:16,044 --> 00:22:18,713 Invaluable defenses of freedom of thought. 449 00:22:18,797 --> 00:22:22,425 I wouldn't use the stories of Jewish refugees here, if I were you. 450 00:22:22,509 --> 00:22:25,011 -[students murmuring] -Not all of them were Jewish. 451 00:22:25,095 --> 00:22:27,180 Some of them were standing in solidarity. 452 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:28,807 You comparing yourself to Hannah Arendt? 453 00:22:28,890 --> 00:22:30,517 -No. -After saluting Hitler in your class. 454 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:31,559 Let's hear him out. 455 00:22:31,643 --> 00:22:34,813 We are inheritors of their legacy. 456 00:22:34,896 --> 00:22:37,899 The university should be a place to uphold free discourse. 457 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:40,318 The exchange of ideas without fear. 458 00:22:40,402 --> 00:22:42,946 It's all about free speech as long as you're the one talking. 459 00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:44,572 -[students agreeing] -Okay. 460 00:22:44,656 --> 00:22:48,076 No, I want this to be a forum where everyone can voice their opinion. 461 00:22:48,159 --> 00:22:51,121 You're a white tenured professor who writes op-eds for the New York Times. 462 00:22:51,204 --> 00:22:53,748 -[chuckles] -You really think this is an equal forum? 463 00:22:54,207 --> 00:22:57,502 I get that. That's a great point, and it's never gonna be perfect. 464 00:22:57,585 --> 00:23:00,296 -But having this conversation is a start. -Yeah. 465 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:02,799 Someone drew a swastika in Brooks Hall yesterday. 466 00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:04,259 -In the lounge. -[student 3] Yeah. 467 00:23:04,342 --> 00:23:06,970 -Do you know that? -[student 4] You think that's funny too? 468 00:23:11,391 --> 00:23:14,686 If you are suggesting that what I did 469 00:23:14,769 --> 00:23:18,106 is the same as propagating neo-Nazism, that's inaccurate. 470 00:23:18,189 --> 00:23:21,693 That is a willful misrecognition of what was clearly-- 471 00:23:21,776 --> 00:23:24,821 Are you saying we misrecognized a Nazi salute? 472 00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:28,116 No. I'm not… I'm not saying that at all. I was trying to say-- 473 00:23:28,199 --> 00:23:31,661 This is how it always goes. You do something that's objectively fucked up, 474 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:35,331 and then when we call you out on it, we get accused of getting it wrong. 475 00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:36,374 [students agreeing] 476 00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:39,377 I didn't say anyone was overreacting. I was making the case-- 477 00:23:39,461 --> 00:23:40,837 Are you going to apologize? 478 00:23:42,630 --> 00:23:43,882 -Yeah. -[student 5] Okay. 479 00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:44,799 Yes. 480 00:23:44,883 --> 00:23:47,093 -Okay, so let's hear it. -[Bill] Okay. 481 00:23:47,802 --> 00:23:48,720 [student 6] Yeah. 482 00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:54,434 I am sorry if I made anyone feel-- 483 00:23:54,517 --> 00:23:56,269 -[uproar] -That's not an apology. 484 00:23:56,352 --> 00:23:59,105 -If I made you feel-- -You're sorry about my feelings. 485 00:23:59,189 --> 00:24:03,067 You're minimizing your responsibility by saying you're sorry for how we feel. 486 00:24:03,151 --> 00:24:04,152 Hey, Dean Larson. 487 00:24:04,235 --> 00:24:07,489 It's nice to see you come out to defend a member of Pembroke faculty 488 00:24:07,572 --> 00:24:08,740 for saluting Hitler! 489 00:24:08,823 --> 00:24:10,867 -[students jeering] -No, that is not why I'm here. 490 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:13,828 I didn't ask him to be here. This is between you and me. 491 00:24:13,912 --> 00:24:16,456 [student 7] Why didn't you show up to our town hall last week? 492 00:24:16,539 --> 00:24:20,960 We hosted a town hall on racial justice literally right here. 493 00:24:21,044 --> 00:24:23,213 -Professor, did you call the police? -[Bill] No. 494 00:24:23,296 --> 00:24:25,757 -You brought backup. -I can't believe you brought them. 495 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,177 -Please. These are two separate issues. -No Nazis at Pembroke! 496 00:24:29,260 --> 00:24:31,304 -[Bill] Hey! -[students] No Nazis at Pembroke! 497 00:24:31,387 --> 00:24:37,435 [chanting] Dobson out! Dobson out! Dobson out! Dobson out! 498 00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:41,814 Dobson out! Dobson out! Dobson out! 499 00:24:44,484 --> 00:24:46,945 [classical music playing] 500 00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:27,068 [music continues]