Why wont imovie let me fast forward?

I make youtube videos so I know how to use iMovie really well. anyways, I tried to fast forward a clip and the screen just becomes gray. I saw some other posts that said to make sure the timeline isn't wrapped. first of all, I don't know what that means. second of all, I don't think that's the issue because I haven't done anything different than what I always do.
this is how the screen looks when I try to fast forward a clip

does anyone have any ideas? I've restarted my computer, restarted iMovie, started a new project, etc and nothing has worked

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