Roseanne (TV Series)

Brain-Dead Poets Society (1989)

Sara Gilbert: Darlene Conner

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Quotes 

• Darlene Conner : [Poem Darlene wrote for English, and had to read out loud on 'Culture Night']  To Whom it Concerns/ Darlene's work will be late/ It fell on her pancakes, and stuck to her plate/ To Whom it Concerns/ My Mom made me write this/ But I'm just a kid, so how could I fight this/ To Whom it Concerns/ I lost my assignment/ Maybe I'll get lucky, solitary confinement/ To Whom it Concerns/ Darlene's great with a ball/ But guys don't watch tomboys, when they're cruisin' the hall/ To Whom it Concerns/ I just turned thirteen/ Too short to be quarterback, too plain to be queen/ To Whom it Concerns/ I'm not made of steel/ When I get blind-sided, my pain is quite real/ I don't mean to squak, but it really burns/ I just thought I'd mention it/ To Whom it Concerns.

• Darlene Conner : [about reading her poem aloud on Culture Night at her school]  Mom, you can't make me go! And if you try and make me read my poem in front of the geekoid masses, you'll have to throw a net around me and drag me out of the house like a dead seal!

  [Roseanne walks away] 

  Darlene Conner : Where are you going?

  Roseanne Conner : To get the net.

• Darlene Conner : [not wanting to write a poem for English] 

  [shouts] 

  Darlene Conner : I don't want to be expressive! I couldn't care less about poetry! I just want to graduate high-school, so I can get on with my life, so I can get a job, and get out of this hell-hole town!

  Roseanne Conner : But if you could be expressive, what would you say?

• Darlene Conner : Who cares what people think?

  Roseanne Conner : Well if you don't care what people think, why don't you want to go?

  [Darlene doesn't answer] 

  Roseanne Conner : DAN, COME HERE QUICK! DARLENE IS SPEECHLESS!