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Clip: Season 7 Episode 1 | 1m 40s | Video has closed captioning.
The Newton South High School debate team has dealt with its share of disappointment but it doesn't stop them from moving on and up. Told to "be more Oprah," varsity member Gil is fueled by judgement of her poise rather than her points.
Aired: 03/06/23
(indistinct chatter) - I take advantage of progress, instead of...
The thing is, it's also, like, 10:40 and the majority, like a lot of people are coming from the East coast, so it feels like 1:00 for us, like 1:30 for us.
[Josh] Are you saying it's not fair?
- It is not fair, Josh.
- At this tournament, one judge, she was like, "I really liked your points, but your voice."
"Try to sound like Oprah.
You needed, like, more Oprah."
- Postings are out.
It's backwards though.
Four...
I cannot read this.
- Wait, where?
- 4050.
- Broke?
- Yeah.
4052.
- Where are you getting this?
- Wait, where are you getting this?
I'm sorry.
- Yeah, we didn't break.
[Josh] I'm sure you guys were really close.
Sorry you didn't make it.
- I think you keep going, because at least for me, it, like, made me really angry.
I just, like, did bad, cried.
Did worse, cried.
And then I was just like, now it's just pissing me off that I'm bad at this.
