Little Man Tate
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:08:00
This one calls himself Joey X
but his real name is Joseph Zimmerman.

:08:04
12 years old. Experimental painter.
:08:06
He's currently working
on a $200,000 commission...

:08:09
...for Hiroshi Electronics
corporate headquarters in Tokyo.

:08:12
- What does he call this painting?
- "Irony".

:08:15
Write him down, please.
:08:19
Cherry Reynolds. 10 years old. Just
published a volume of feminist poetry.

:08:23
In the preface, she refers to
the American housewife as, and I quote...

:08:27
..."A pathetic slamhound with
no notion of self-worth whatsoever."

:08:32
- Whatever I pay you, it's not enough.
- True.

:08:36
Fred Tate. Seven years old. Second
grader at Eisenhower Elementary School.

:08:41
He writes poetry, paints in oils and water,
plays the piano at competition level...

:08:46
...all the while maintaining
unlimited skills in math and physics.

:08:51
I can't explain it, Jane.
:08:54
It's not so much what he knows, but...
:08:57
...what he understands.
:09:01
"Death". There stands death,
:09:03
A bluish distillate
in a cup without a saucer.

:09:07
Such a strange place to find a cup,
:09:09
Standing on the back of a hand.
:09:12
Oh, shooting star that fell
into my eyes and through my body:

:09:15
Not to forget you. To endure.
:09:30
- Has this boy been tested?
- Just the Stanford-Binet.

:09:33
His numbers are here.
:09:35
This is extraordinary.
:09:39
- Where's the rest of his stuff?
- Apparently...

:09:43
...the mother refuses
to let him take any other tests.

:09:45
What about the father?
:09:47
- I don't know what happened to him.
- She probably doesn't either.

:09:51
- Did you send them our material?
- Yes, but I don't know if she'll respond.

:09:56
Well, keep trying.
:09:59
Stupid woman.

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