An Accurate Designation of our Generation

The next morning, the football scene. A brief discussion of the word "meh." And then the awesomely hokey song:

11. Generation Meh

JAY
Our grandparents were the greatest
Mom and Dad were Boomers
But no one knows who we are yet.
None* of the labels the experts pick
Ever seem to really stick.
Which makes us just a little bit upset.
So without further ado
I present to you
Generation...
meh.**

EDDIE
Stuff sucks
But there's nothing we can do about it.

NATHAN
Well, not without considerable effort.
Armies forming and
Global warming won't
Simply go away.

AMY
Too bad

ROB
Yeah.

WILL
Stuff sucks
But there's nothing we can do about it.

NATHAN
Well, not without initiative and planning.

LINDSAY
Dreaming big is so
Overrated, though

ALL (but NATHAN)
Why not spend the day here
Coasting through,
Getting by;
Doing our best not to try.
Just like all our friends across the nation.
Maybe we could make a stir,

JAY
But apathy is easier.

ALL (but NATHAN)

Generation

EDDIE
Meh.

ALL (but NATHAN)

Generation

ROB
Meh.

ALL (but NATHAN)

Generation

NATHAN
Meh?

ADRIENNE & AMY
World's bad
But there's nothing we can do about it.

SARAH & LINDSAY
Well, not without some discipline and focus.

ROB & WILL
But in that regard,
Working hard is hard

EDDIE
We prefer to sit.

JAY
Things blow
But there's nothing we can do about it.

SARAH
Well, not without, like, taking off our headphones.

NATHAN
Might be worth a shot--

JAY
But we'd rather not.

ALL (but NATHAN)
It's less stress to quit.

ALL
Coasting through,
Getting by;
Doing our best not to try.
Just like all our friends across the nation.

MEN
Don't buy what they try to teach ya.

WOMEN
Stay inside and read your Nietzsche.***

ALL (but NATHAN)

Generation

LINDSAY
Meh.

ALL (but NATHAN)

Generation

WILL
Meh.

ALL (but NATHAN)

Generation

NATHAN
Meh?

EDDIE (spoken)
All right, everybody, let's do the apathy dance.

(They do the most unenthusiastic dance break ever. These three lines are spoken over the course of the dancing:)

LINDSAY
Whatever.

ROB
This is sooo lame.

AMY
Oh my God.

JAY
Democrats are stupid and
Republicans are evil
So why bother to believe you'll
Make a difference either way?

AMY
The terrorists keep plotting
And diseases keep on spreading.
No one quite knows where we're heading.

ALL
Maybe that's why kids today are

NATHAN
Scared to fail
Scared to death

ALL
All of us holding our breath
Even as we roll our eyes and pout.
We're wondering if we could come through

NATHAN
Even if we wanted to
Secretly afraid to go find out.

JAY
So for now we're all just

ALL
Coasting through,
Getting by;
Doing our best not to try.
Just like all our friends across the nation.
Sure the world will go to shit
But we don't have to notice it.

GROUP 1

Generation

GROUP 2
Meh

GROUP 1

Generation

GROUP 2
Meh

GROUP 1

Generation

GROUP 2
Meh

GROUPS 1 & 2****
Work (meh) Clean (meh) Vote (meh) Study (meh) Try (meh) Care (meh) Plan (meh) Thnik (meh)
(GROUP 3 enters here, singing LAs -- overlapping with below, happily, skipping around while plugging their ears, verse melody.)
Protest (meh) Challenge (meh) Grow (meh) Reach (meh) Dream (meh) Fight (meh) Question (meh) Hope (meh) Work (meh) Clean (meh) Vote (met) Study (meh)

ALL
Generation...

NATHAN
Meh.

*For the longest time, our Jay would always say "all" instead of "none," which sends the exact opposite message.
**The word "meh" is never sung; always spoken.
***At least two people in the cast (university students) at some point asked me what that line meant (and who/what Nietzsche is). I was thoroughly disappointed.
****I was group 1. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to memorize all the words in order. But I did. Don't worry.