Degrassi: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Shout: Part 2 (2002)

Melissa McIntyre: Ashley Kerwin

Quotes 

• Ashley : [to Paige]  You wanna win, right?

  Paige : Not with those lyrics. You've written...

  Ashley : I wrote exactly what we talked about. Something real, but you're acting just like last year.

  Paige : Give it up, Ashley, okay?

  Ashley : Tell me what's wrong with the new lyrics and I will.

  Paige : Singing a song about rape will not win the contest.

  Ashley : I thought we had an agreement.

  Paige : I said something real. Not something you got off the net and don't know anything about.

  Ashley : I'm allowed to imagine.

  Paige : No, you're not!

• Ashley : [as she reads her poem]  It happens to other people. You say how sad, you say poor thing. But when it's you it's something else. It's everything. It started with something minor, went from there to something worse. The friends you loved and thought you knew, just disappeared. It felt so weird. Half blessing, half curse. It happens to other people. You say how sad, you say poor thing.

• Ashley : [to Paige]  I can't believe you're even asking.

  Paige : We need you. It's embarrassing.

  Ashley : Oh, no. Can't let that happen. Poor Paige.

  Paige : Your poem is great, okay? It's about something real and it made me think.

  Ashley : It doesn't matter. It's gonna end up just like last year.

  Paige : It won't. I promise.

  Ashley : I wanted to take it seriously, but you guys wouldn't.

  Paige : We cheesed out, but this time we need to sing about real stuff.

  Ashley : Like what?

  Paige : Like how it feels when you're dumped or like abuse, pain, feeling sad. Whatever you want. Just so long as it means something.

  Ashley : This doesn't sound like Paige.

  Paige : Without you, we don't have a chance.

• Paige : We have lyrics?

  Ashley : Just finished them this morning and I printed out copies for each of you in Media Immersion.

  Paige : Sneaky girl.

  Ashley : The melody's the same, but the words are way more powerful now.

  Hazel Aden : It's kind of heavy.

  Ashley : Well, yeah. I mean it's about rape. Paige said last night let's make it real. My poem was okay, but I did some research online. Did you know that by the time girls reach university, one in four has been sexually assaulted?

  Paige : [as she reads the lyrics]  You took my body and tore it in half? This really isn't working for me.

  Ashley : But the stories are incredible, from girls our age. You wouldn't believe some of the things I read.

  Paige : Let's use the original lyrics, okay?

  Ashley : But this is way more interesting.

  Terri McGreggor : I agree.

  Paige : Um, I don't really care. I like the other version better.

• Ashley : [to Paige]  The song is stronger. Anyone with half an emotion would know that.

  Paige : Yeah. What do you know about rape?

  Ashley : I researched it. I know a lot more about it than you do.

  [Paige sits on the ground and starts to cry] 

  Ashley : Paige?

  Paige : Just leave me alone, okay?

  Ashley : I... I had no idea. I'm so sorry.

  Paige : Nobody knows. Only Hazel. I keep trying to forget, but I can't. He's in my nightmares.

  Ashley : Have you been to a doctor?

  Paige : He wore a condom. Very thoughtful, huh?

  Ashley : What about a counselor?

  Paige : I can't, okay? I just, I can't... and I can't play that song. I know it's a better version, but...

  [puts her head on Ashley's shoulder] 

  Ashley : It's okay. We'll play the other one tomorrow. It's okay. It's gonna be okay, Paige.