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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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(busy chatter)
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♪ ♪
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(disconcerting,
abstract sounds)
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(heavy footsteps approaching)
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Sorry. Excuse me.
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(chatter continues)
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(upbeat music playing
over speakers)
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Excuse me. Sorry about that.
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-Oh. Sorry. (chuckles)
-Yeah.
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No. That's my...
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Hey, guys, I'm just gonna
squeeze past you here. Sorry.
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(chatter and music continues)
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Hi.
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Hmm.
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(song changes over speakers)
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Hi.
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Is that yarn?
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Yes. Yeah.
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Huh.
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(song changes)
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-Is it... is it yarn?
-It's y-- Yeah.
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It's-it's yarn.
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(footsteps departing)
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(song changes)
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(chatter continues)
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Thank you so much for coming.
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-Slow night.
-Yeah.
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You know, I-I don't really need
anyone to buy my art.
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It would just be nice
if someone understood it.
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May I offer you
another perspective?
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Sure.
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I do need people
to buy your art.
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-I'm sorry.
-There's one collector left.
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Go talk to him.
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You know,
maybe my work is stronger
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if I let it speak for itself...
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-Go!
-Sure thing.
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Uh, excuse me.
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-Oh, thank you.
-Hi.
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Actually, no.
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S-Sorry, I'm not the...
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(song changes)
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ANDREA:
Aren.
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Does the last collector here
think you're a waiter?
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Okay.
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(sighs) I'm canceling
your solo show next month.
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No, no.
I already bought the materials.
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I...
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I spent $3,000 on yarn.
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ANDREA: That may be, but if you
can't stick up for your work,
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I can't do it for you.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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(keypad beeping)
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(withdraws card)
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(footsteps approaching)
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(sighs)
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(ATM alarm beeps)
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Can you, can you help me?
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The machine's being a dick.
(chuckles)
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Um...
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Yeah, okay. Sure.
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-What do you need?
-Can you get cash for me?
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-My PIN is 310... -No, no,
you shouldn't tell me your PIN.
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...555-0164. (chuckles)
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Actually, I think
that might be a phone number.
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Hold on. (chuckles)
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Uh...
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Where... Where's my card?
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It's in the machine.
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Oh, my God. Where's my...
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Brad?
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Someone stole my debit card.
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AREN:
It's-it's still in the AT...
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-Help!
-No, no, no, no!
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-Dude, dude! No, no, no.
-Whoa.
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-No. -Dude, dude! You have
headshots in the morning.
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He just stole her purse, man!
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RYAN:
Look, she's got her purse.
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BRAD:
But it was right there.
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I'm sorry to bother y'all,
but...
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did one of y'all
lose an earring?
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Oh, my God, yes!
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ROGER: I saw it on my way over
to meet my friend here.
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And let me just say,
I know it ain't his.
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Oh, my God, thank you.
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I would've been wearing one
earring like a freakin' pirate.
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(laughs)
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By any chance, are you all
going to get some food?
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Yeah.
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There's a barbecue spot
that just opened on La Brea.
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My cousin runs it.
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They got a killer review
in the LA Weekly.
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I don't know anything
about that.
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All I know is they pull pork
just like my grandma used to.
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I love pork.
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You tell them Roger sent you,
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-and they'll bring out
the good stuff. -Thanks, man.
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Hey, uh...
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no hard feelings, man.
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AREN:
Yeah, no. Yeah.
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(group chattering, laughing)
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-(exhales sharply)
-You good?
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Yeah, I c-- I could've sworn
that I had her bag.
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Let's get off the street.
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ROGER: You know, these white
folks looking at you crazy,
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-that doesn't bother you?
-AREN: It's no big deal.
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-It's a goddamn menace.
-It's-it's annoying.
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People looking at me
like I'm...
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whatever exactly
they think that I am.
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But, you know, it-it's not like
it happens every day.
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So you saying
people don't look at you
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like that every day?
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Well, that happens every day,
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you know,
if I go outside or whatever,
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but it doesn't escalate
every day
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is what I-- is what I'm saying.
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Is that so?
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I'm not living in fear.
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I mean, is there fear?
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Yeah.
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Am I living in it?
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-No?
-What?
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You were just explaining
how none of this affects you.
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(sighs):
I just, uh...
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try not to think about it,
I guess.
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Look, I don't want
to waste your time, Aren,
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but I saw you at the gallery.
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Right, yeah.
You were at the bar.
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And I followed you because
I think you're very talented.
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-My work?
-Uh, you mean the yarn thing?
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No, that didn't make
no kind of sense.
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But you?
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You I get, and I want
to take you to a job interview.
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Oh, no, I don't know anything
about bartending.
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Second job.
You need money, right?
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I need the yarn store to change
its return policy. (chuckles)
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-Can it do that?
-Yeah.
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-What?
-I mean, it pays good.
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What is it exactly?
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Officially,
it's a client services firm,
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but unofficially,
we saving the damn world.
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I don't really understand.
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It's easier to show you.
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-Here.
-Now?
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Yeah.
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-Okay. -You got
any medical conditions?
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-Heart disease? Eczema?
-What?
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N-No. Why would that...
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(whoosh)
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(whoosh)
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What? Hmm?
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-This way.
-Where are we?
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D-Did I just black out?
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I moved us a little.
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-You moved-- What?
-(entry bell jingles)
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Hey, yo, wait, wait.
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Hey, Roger.
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(sportscast playing over radio)
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How y'all doing?
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♪ ♪
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The hell is going on?!
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Now, I'm probably supposed to
start slower with all of this,
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but there's a recruiting class
starting right now,
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and we got to get you in it.
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Recruiting for what?
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(door slams shut)
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Welcome...
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to the American Society
of Magical Negroes.
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Over the next few days,
we'll introduce you to our work
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and determine if any of you
are fit for membership.
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Now, since every education
starts with the classics,
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let's take a look at
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some of our most accomplished
predecessors.
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James Crampton, Savannah, 1923.
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Watch his approach to the work.
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(fingers snap)
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(rattling)
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(old-time jazz song
playing faintly)
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(exhales sharply)
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Well, that's
a peculiar shot, suh.
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Where'd you come from?
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Oh, I was just
passing through, suh.
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Or should I say Mr. Avery?
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Hey.
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How'd you know my name?
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(laughs):
Well...
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everybody in the state
of Georgia who like billiards
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knows Beauregard Avery.
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Is it true that you once
snapped your cue on the break
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then ran the table
with one of the splinters?
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BEAU: I haven't played
since... the war.
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You done lost your stroke.
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-Excuse me?
-Uh, billiard stroke, suh.
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You know, they say
a man's grip on his cue...
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is like his grip on life.
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Let me see how you holding it.
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♪ ♪
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Now, see, you thinking 'bout
whether you gon' miss.
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Maybe you missed a little bit
in your life.
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But you can't
think on that now.
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00:14:04,512 --> 00:14:09,283
Now you gots to just
close your eyes
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and get your stroke back.
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(James chuckles)
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Not bad, Mr. Avery.
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Not bad.
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Now, obviously, you'll be using
a more contemporary dialect
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and a lot of other innovations
we've made since Jim's time.
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But he was a master
of the fundamentals.
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So, what did you notice about
Jim's approach to the work?
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He doesn't make it
about himself.
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It's always about the client.
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-Client service first.
-(sparkle)
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What else?
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He's really friendly.
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That's crucial.
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-Anything else?
-He's wearing suspenders.
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Okay. Let's take a look
at another one.
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Marcus Dunham, 1955.
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GUARD (on-screen):
Dead man walking!
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This isn't right, Marcus.
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Well, boss, it ain't about
the life leaving this world.
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It's about the life
coming into it.
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What do you mean?
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I know that you and the missus
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been having trouble
making life.
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I'm just barely scraping by
in this job,
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so it's hard to go home
and feel like a man.
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Now, you listen here, boss.
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Who snuck me that harmonica
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so I could speak my soul
fore I go?
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-I did, but...
-That took courage.
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That was done by a man.
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So when Mrs. Bossman
look at you tonight,
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know that she looking at
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the greatest man
in Kennebec County.
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(magical whoosh)
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(breath trembles)
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(harmonica playing
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot")
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GABBARD:
What about this one?
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Anybody else?
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The spiritual was a nice touch.
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Perceived authenticity.
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Your interests and hobbies
have to be authentically Black
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as understood by the culture.
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We're showing the client
the parts of ourselves
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that make them feel good.
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And nothing more.
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(water running)
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Nope! Nope!
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(Aren groans)
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Mm-mm.
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♪ ♪
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FEMALE OPERATOR:
No, I'm sorry.
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You can't conjure yourself
a steak dinner.
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Magic only works
in the service of clients.
261
00:17:16,436 --> 00:17:17,839
So if he's dieting,
you're dieting.
262
00:17:17,872 --> 00:17:19,574
MALE OPERATOR:
Mm-hmm. Uh, right.
263
00:17:19,607 --> 00:17:21,809
If she knows that much, you'll
have to do a memory spell.
264
00:17:21,843 --> 00:17:23,277
FEMALE OPERATOR:
Mind if I take control
265
00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:24,411
of your powers remotely?
266
00:17:24,444 --> 00:17:27,147
Anything medical
requires physical touch.
267
00:17:27,180 --> 00:17:29,283
(chuckles)
Even if he's sweaty, yes.
268
00:17:29,316 --> 00:17:32,252
No, that's me
controlling your powers.
269
00:17:33,387 --> 00:17:35,222
-KWAME: This is nice. Yeah.
-JEREL: I like it.
270
00:17:35,255 --> 00:17:37,324
-Not too tight?
-KWAME: Not too tight, no.
271
00:17:37,357 --> 00:17:38,826
JEREL:
Cause it's got to be nostalgic,
272
00:17:38,860 --> 00:17:40,294
but it can't be
too sharecropper.
273
00:17:40,327 --> 00:17:41,863
Oh, no, of course not.
274
00:17:41,896 --> 00:17:44,164
We're not doing Roots.
275
00:17:44,197 --> 00:17:46,400
-(pen writing)
-♪ ♪
276
00:17:49,369 --> 00:17:51,606
♪ Like a vice grip
on my heart... ♪
277
00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,341
How goes?
278
00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:57,879
It's...
it's really interesting.
279
00:17:57,912 --> 00:17:59,346
It's, um--
280
00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:02,149
You know, the name needs
a little updating,
281
00:18:02,182 --> 00:18:04,652
maybe like
"Magical Black People" or--
282
00:18:04,686 --> 00:18:06,588
I guess that doesn't have
the same ring, but, uh...
283
00:18:06,621 --> 00:18:08,355
What are you trying to say?
284
00:18:09,624 --> 00:18:12,594
I'm not sure this is for me.
285
00:18:13,561 --> 00:18:15,630
♪ ♪
286
00:18:17,364 --> 00:18:19,333
It really has
nothing to do with you,
287
00:18:19,366 --> 00:18:22,302
and-and I'm sure the work makes
a ton of sense for you guys.
288
00:18:22,336 --> 00:18:25,138
It just seems, you know,
for my personal taste...
289
00:18:25,172 --> 00:18:27,508
It's a little, um...
290
00:18:27,542 --> 00:18:30,377
-Please take me home.
-You ain't going home.
291
00:18:31,579 --> 00:18:33,246
(gasps)
292
00:18:33,881 --> 00:18:35,917
(birds chirping)
293
00:18:35,950 --> 00:18:38,218
Holy shit.
294
00:18:41,656 --> 00:18:43,190
It's bigger than you.
295
00:18:43,223 --> 00:18:45,593
We've been around
since before this was...
296
00:18:45,627 --> 00:18:46,661
Is this...?
297
00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:49,496
Monticello.
298
00:18:49,530 --> 00:18:50,932
-What?
-Yeah.
299
00:18:50,965 --> 00:18:52,265
Secret wing.
300
00:18:52,299 --> 00:18:54,201
(whimpers):
Oh, okay.
301
00:18:54,234 --> 00:18:57,270
-The truth is, Aren...
-I'm in Virginia?
302
00:18:57,304 --> 00:18:59,406
...you've got talent.
303
00:19:00,407 --> 00:19:02,677
Sorry, the building is gone.
304
00:19:02,710 --> 00:19:03,678
Yeah.
305
00:19:03,711 --> 00:19:05,345
And talent like yours
306
00:19:05,379 --> 00:19:07,414
can do more to help Black
people than a hundred marches.
307
00:19:07,447 --> 00:19:09,349
How?
308
00:19:10,685 --> 00:19:12,219
It's easier if I show you.
309
00:19:12,252 --> 00:19:14,622
No, no, no.
Last time you said that...
310
00:19:15,623 --> 00:19:17,357
(groans, pants)
311
00:19:17,391 --> 00:19:22,764
Aren, what's the most dangerous
animal on the planet?
312
00:19:22,797 --> 00:19:24,331
-Sharks.
-White people.
313
00:19:24,364 --> 00:19:26,233
When are white people
most dangerous?
314
00:19:26,266 --> 00:19:28,670
When they're teamed up
with sharks.
315
00:19:28,703 --> 00:19:29,871
When they feel uncomfortable.
316
00:19:29,904 --> 00:19:31,271
Okay, were sharks
a part of it or...
317
00:19:31,304 --> 00:19:32,540
White people
feeling uncomfortable
318
00:19:32,573 --> 00:19:34,509
precedes a lot
of bad stuff for us.
319
00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:36,443
White people move into
a neighborhood,
320
00:19:36,476 --> 00:19:38,980
they feel uncomfortable:
gentrification.
321
00:19:39,013 --> 00:19:41,448
-Okay.
-White cop sees a Black man,
322
00:19:41,481 --> 00:19:43,350
feels uncomfortable:
another shooting.
323
00:19:43,383 --> 00:19:45,820
Was a time when all you had
to do was look at a white man
324
00:19:45,853 --> 00:19:47,220
and make him uncomfortable.
325
00:19:47,254 --> 00:19:48,422
That was pretty much it
for you.
326
00:19:48,455 --> 00:19:49,824
Yeah, I get that.
I'm just not the...
327
00:19:49,857 --> 00:19:53,928
For some of us, the last thing
we see in this world
328
00:19:53,961 --> 00:19:55,963
is an uncomfortable white man.
329
00:19:55,997 --> 00:19:57,832
But I don't blame
white people for that.
330
00:19:57,865 --> 00:20:00,568
I blame their discomfort.
331
00:20:00,601 --> 00:20:01,536
That's why we here
332
00:20:01,569 --> 00:20:04,505
at the American Society
of Magical Negroes
333
00:20:04,539 --> 00:20:08,442
fight white discomfort
every damn day.
334
00:20:08,475 --> 00:20:12,013
We are the vanguard
of white relaxation.
335
00:20:12,046 --> 00:20:13,581
Black knights making sure
336
00:20:13,614 --> 00:20:15,683
that they don't take it out
on a brother.
337
00:20:15,717 --> 00:20:19,453
Because the happier they are,
the safer we are.
338
00:20:21,522 --> 00:20:22,523
Wow.
339
00:20:22,557 --> 00:20:24,224
(beeping and humming
in distance)
340
00:20:25,793 --> 00:20:27,829
You see that cop over there?
341
00:20:27,862 --> 00:20:29,396
Far as we know, he may be
342
00:20:29,429 --> 00:20:31,498
the next one to shoot
an unarmed Black man.
343
00:20:31,532 --> 00:20:33,768
-AREN: Him?
-I didn't bring you here
344
00:20:33,801 --> 00:20:36,003
for sharks, Aren.
345
00:20:36,037 --> 00:20:38,305
I brought you here for this.
346
00:20:38,338 --> 00:20:39,874
GABBARD:
We are constantly monitoring
347
00:20:39,907 --> 00:20:43,611
the happiness of everywhite person in America.
348
00:20:43,644 --> 00:20:46,881
And when one gets
too unhappy...
349
00:20:47,849 --> 00:20:49,984
-...they become a client.
-(distant voices clamoring)
350
00:20:50,017 --> 00:20:51,652
ROGER:
Excuse me, Officer?
351
00:20:51,686 --> 00:20:55,723
GABBARD: But they won't knowthey're a client.
352
00:20:55,757 --> 00:20:57,024
So you'll use
353
00:20:57,058 --> 00:20:58,693
-a white tears meter
-(bell dings)
354
00:20:58,726 --> 00:21:00,895
to get a readingof their distress levels.
355
00:21:00,928 --> 00:21:03,064
-(beeping, whirring)
-And it will also let you know
356
00:21:03,097 --> 00:21:04,599
when their distress
357
00:21:04,632 --> 00:21:08,069
has returned to acceptable
white person levels.
358
00:21:08,102 --> 00:21:09,637
(Officer Miller sighs)
359
00:21:09,670 --> 00:21:11,739
Man, I looked in the mirror
this morning,
360
00:21:11,773 --> 00:21:13,473
I swear to God,
361
00:21:13,508 --> 00:21:16,677
I look more like my father
than I look like myself.
362
00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:21,448
Well, it's like my grandmama
always used to tell me.
363
00:21:21,481 --> 00:21:24,417
There's only two fighters
you can't beat:
364
00:21:24,451 --> 00:21:26,087
Joe Louis and Father Time.
365
00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:27,922
MILLER: I just want to know
I still have it.
366
00:21:27,955 --> 00:21:29,724
You know?
367
00:21:31,592 --> 00:21:33,895
We're thinking about
going to a club tonight.
368
00:21:35,663 --> 00:21:37,665
Like...
369
00:21:37,698 --> 00:21:39,767
from music videos?
370
00:21:39,801 --> 00:21:41,936
Really exclusive.
371
00:21:41,969 --> 00:21:44,071
He and I can get in.
372
00:21:44,105 --> 00:21:46,607
I mean, if you can...
373
00:21:46,641 --> 00:21:49,476
maybe you're not
as far gone as you think.
374
00:21:54,816 --> 00:21:56,584
I want to do that.
375
00:21:57,450 --> 00:21:59,620
-(lively chatter)
-(upbeat music playing)
376
00:22:02,156 --> 00:22:03,825
ROGER:
Look, Aren,
377
00:22:03,858 --> 00:22:05,760
this is a one-night job.
378
00:22:05,793 --> 00:22:10,064
Nice, easy client like we use
in trainings or on holiday.
379
00:22:10,097 --> 00:22:11,464
But don't let that fool you.
380
00:22:11,498 --> 00:22:13,067
Black lives are depending
on this.
381
00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:15,536
Look, Roger, for me,
I don't think
382
00:22:15,570 --> 00:22:17,972
that keeping white people happy
is as big a deal
383
00:22:18,005 --> 00:22:19,439
-as you're saying it is.
-Oh, yeah?
384
00:22:19,472 --> 00:22:21,676
Why are you so nice?
385
00:22:23,010 --> 00:22:24,979
Because I'm friendly.
386
00:22:25,012 --> 00:22:26,080
Because white people
will kill you.
387
00:22:26,113 --> 00:22:27,582
Okay. (laughs)
388
00:22:27,615 --> 00:22:29,784
And I think you recognize this
in some way,
389
00:22:29,817 --> 00:22:31,719
and now you're trying
to get out in front of it.
390
00:22:31,752 --> 00:22:35,122
Roger, if I were hyperaware
of white people, I would know.
391
00:22:35,156 --> 00:22:36,757
-Oh, yeah?
-Yeah.
392
00:22:36,791 --> 00:22:38,491
Do you remember that white guy
that just passed us?
393
00:22:38,526 --> 00:22:40,928
-Yeah.
-You're blocking his way.
394
00:22:40,962 --> 00:22:42,630
I'm so sorry. I...
395
00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:50,137
-That's not nice.
-Let's try a little experiment.
396
00:22:50,171 --> 00:22:52,907
I want you to walk
in that crowd.
397
00:22:52,940 --> 00:22:54,141
Why?
398
00:22:54,175 --> 00:22:55,543
Well, it shouldn't be
a big deal to you
399
00:22:55,576 --> 00:22:56,911
since you so good
with white people.
400
00:22:56,944 --> 00:22:59,479
My mom's white.
I grew up with white people.
401
00:22:59,513 --> 00:23:01,616
And I'm sure that didn't
mess you up at all.
402
00:23:01,649 --> 00:23:03,651
So, I don't need to go.
403
00:23:03,684 --> 00:23:05,019
You scared?
404
00:23:05,052 --> 00:23:06,821
-No.
-Then go.
405
00:23:06,854 --> 00:23:09,456
I-I don't want to go.
406
00:23:09,489 --> 00:23:11,025
-You're scared.
-Okay, you know, fine.
407
00:23:11,058 --> 00:23:12,059
I'll go.
408
00:23:12,093 --> 00:23:13,661
For you.
409
00:23:13,694 --> 00:23:15,395
Thank you.
410
00:23:19,934 --> 00:23:21,702
(chatter and music fade)
411
00:23:21,736 --> 00:23:23,938
(disconcerting,
abstract sounds)
412
00:23:25,573 --> 00:23:27,708
(beeping, whirring)
413
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,722
(disconcerting sounds continue)
414
00:23:53,234 --> 00:23:56,504
I know you can feel
their discomfort, Aren.
415
00:23:58,105 --> 00:24:02,475
It's the loudest thing
in every room you walk into.
416
00:24:03,110 --> 00:24:05,212
Probably has been
your whole life.
417
00:24:06,113 --> 00:24:10,251
What did you do to make them
look at you that way?
418
00:24:10,284 --> 00:24:13,654
And what are they going to do
to you next?
419
00:24:14,689 --> 00:24:16,857
White discomfort
is your nemesis, Aren.
420
00:24:16,891 --> 00:24:20,493
Stop running from it
and start listening to it.
421
00:24:21,128 --> 00:24:22,263
MILLER:
Hey, hey.
422
00:24:22,296 --> 00:24:23,831
(chatter and music resume)
423
00:24:23,864 --> 00:24:25,599
What's up, fellas?
424
00:24:26,901 --> 00:24:28,169
Oh, man.
425
00:24:28,202 --> 00:24:30,504
This place looks awesome.
426
00:24:30,538 --> 00:24:32,039
There's no way I'm getting in.
427
00:24:32,073 --> 00:24:33,607
Have you seen me?
428
00:24:34,742 --> 00:24:36,677
-Give it a shot.
-It's not happening.
429
00:24:36,711 --> 00:24:39,180
(sighs) It was stupid
to even come here.
430
00:24:39,213 --> 00:24:41,082
Ah! Stupid.
431
00:24:41,115 --> 00:24:43,117
What was I thinking?
432
00:24:43,150 --> 00:24:44,652
God, this is the outfit
that I pick.
433
00:24:44,685 --> 00:24:45,920
I'm like,
"Oh, I'm gonna go to the club.
434
00:24:45,953 --> 00:24:47,788
Let's get my club outfit
out of the closet."
435
00:24:47,822 --> 00:24:49,857
-I bought new shoes...
-Don't look at me, Aren.
436
00:24:49,890 --> 00:24:52,093
-Look at him.
-(Miller continues ranting)
437
00:24:52,126 --> 00:24:54,261
Only him.
438
00:24:54,295 --> 00:24:57,298
Put everything out of your mind
439
00:24:57,331 --> 00:25:03,771
and focus on
his pale-ass feelings.
440
00:25:04,672 --> 00:25:06,974
GABBARD:
As a member of the Society,
441
00:25:07,008 --> 00:25:09,877
there's no more making sure
your hands are visible
442
00:25:09,910 --> 00:25:10,978
just in case
443
00:25:11,012 --> 00:25:13,547
or wondering if they're gonna
call the cops on you
444
00:25:13,581 --> 00:25:16,017
for doing
totally normal things.
445
00:25:16,050 --> 00:25:17,885
Now you'll know.
446
00:25:17,918 --> 00:25:21,756
You'll know exactly
how distressed they are
447
00:25:21,789 --> 00:25:23,891
and how to soothe them,
448
00:25:23,924 --> 00:25:27,128
so you won't have to be afraid.
449
00:25:27,161 --> 00:25:29,030
(bell dings)
450
00:25:29,063 --> 00:25:30,765
(continues ranting)
451
00:25:30,798 --> 00:25:33,000
-(beeping, whirring)
-(continues indistinctly)
452
00:25:33,968 --> 00:25:35,736
I see him.
453
00:25:35,770 --> 00:25:38,239
ROGER:
Then go and comfort him.
454
00:25:38,272 --> 00:25:40,274
(bell dings)
455
00:25:40,307 --> 00:25:42,143
They call me
a pencil-pushing nerd.
456
00:25:42,176 --> 00:25:43,644
Hey.
457
00:25:43,677 --> 00:25:45,312
Rules are important.
458
00:25:45,346 --> 00:25:46,747
Listen.
459
00:25:47,915 --> 00:25:50,718
Doesn't matter
how they look at you.
460
00:25:50,751 --> 00:25:52,953
It matters how you look at you.
461
00:25:57,024 --> 00:25:58,559
Yeah.
462
00:25:59,326 --> 00:26:00,828
You're right.
463
00:26:09,703 --> 00:26:12,239
Hey. Can we get in?
464
00:26:12,273 --> 00:26:13,974
(woman laughs)
465
00:26:15,176 --> 00:26:17,578
(magical jingling)
466
00:26:21,982 --> 00:26:23,751
Actually, yeah.
467
00:26:24,718 --> 00:26:26,120
(chuckles):
Yes.
468
00:26:27,121 --> 00:26:30,091
Guys, thank you.
469
00:26:30,124 --> 00:26:31,992
Now, let's do this.
470
00:26:35,129 --> 00:26:36,697
What did I just do?
471
00:26:36,730 --> 00:26:39,700
You made your world
a safer place.
472
00:26:39,733 --> 00:26:42,603
-I want to do that again.
-It's your job.
473
00:26:43,204 --> 00:26:45,606
♪ ♪
474
00:26:58,953 --> 00:27:01,055
GABBARD:
Ladies and gentlemen,
475
00:27:01,088 --> 00:27:05,392
the president of the American
Society of Magical Negroes,
476
00:27:05,426 --> 00:27:07,027
Dede Booker.
477
00:27:07,061 --> 00:27:08,896
(applause)
478
00:27:08,929 --> 00:27:11,132
(triumphant music playing)
479
00:27:24,278 --> 00:27:26,947
(sharp gust of wind)
480
00:27:26,981 --> 00:27:29,049
(music swelling)
481
00:27:32,486 --> 00:27:33,888
(music stops abruptly)
482
00:27:35,322 --> 00:27:39,693
Do we seem like gods
to you, Aren?
483
00:27:40,327 --> 00:27:41,896
Uh...
484
00:27:41,929 --> 00:27:44,231
Flattering but untruthful.
485
00:27:44,265 --> 00:27:47,768
In reality, we are only
as mighty as we are united.
486
00:27:47,801 --> 00:27:52,039
You see, Aren,
our powers are collective.
487
00:27:52,072 --> 00:27:54,775
If any member
uses magic selfishly,
488
00:27:54,808 --> 00:27:57,011
fails to put
their client first,
489
00:27:57,044 --> 00:28:00,981
all our powers fail,
and we cannot fail.
490
00:28:01,949 --> 00:28:04,351
Every year of our existence,
491
00:28:04,385 --> 00:28:08,055
the life expectancy
of Black Americans has risen,
492
00:28:08,088 --> 00:28:11,959
and members of our society
live five years past that,
493
00:28:11,992 --> 00:28:14,695
which brings us on par with...
494
00:28:15,329 --> 00:28:18,132
...white nonsmokers.
495
00:28:18,165 --> 00:28:21,068
And the privilege
and responsibility
496
00:28:21,101 --> 00:28:25,105
was upheld by Rosie...
the Riveter's nanny
497
00:28:25,139 --> 00:28:27,308
and Crispus Attucks.
498
00:28:27,341 --> 00:28:29,810
He really took one
for the team.
499
00:28:29,843 --> 00:28:33,747
And we can't forget Nancy Green
and her trademark syrup
500
00:28:33,781 --> 00:28:36,250
that funds our work today.
501
00:28:37,851 --> 00:28:41,288
So, understanding
this noble burden,
502
00:28:41,322 --> 00:28:42,990
will you join?
503
00:28:46,126 --> 00:28:47,461
Yes.
504
00:28:47,494 --> 00:28:49,830
Well, I officially welcome you
505
00:28:49,863 --> 00:28:53,934
to the American Society
of Magical Negroes.
506
00:28:53,968 --> 00:28:55,769
♪ ♪
507
00:29:13,521 --> 00:29:16,223
(sighs, chuckles)
508
00:29:16,257 --> 00:29:18,292
(ringing)
509
00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:28,570
(ringing stops)
510
00:29:28,603 --> 00:29:31,238
-You ready?
-Oh, wow.
511
00:29:33,140 --> 00:29:35,009
Um...
512
00:29:35,042 --> 00:29:36,210
Yeah.
513
00:29:36,243 --> 00:29:37,911
♪ ♪
514
00:29:54,529 --> 00:29:56,397
-Thanks.
-Thank you.
515
00:30:01,603 --> 00:30:03,804
(quiet chatter)
516
00:30:05,239 --> 00:30:07,274
(ringing)
517
00:30:09,343 --> 00:30:11,345
(ringing continues)
518
00:30:15,316 --> 00:30:16,850
(ringing stops)
519
00:30:18,485 --> 00:30:20,522
-Hello?
-Why aren't you here yet?
520
00:30:20,555 --> 00:30:23,057
Uh, yeah, I just, uh,
I needed a second.
521
00:30:23,090 --> 00:30:24,592
I have to brief you
on your first client.
522
00:30:24,626 --> 00:30:26,460
Also, why am I
looking at a table?
523
00:30:26,493 --> 00:30:28,462
Okay, I'll be right in
and we can talk.
524
00:30:28,495 --> 00:30:30,598
-I'm sorry. Oh, I'm so sorry.
-(sighs) It's okay.
525
00:30:30,632 --> 00:30:32,132
-I wasn't looking and...
-It's okay. It's fine.
526
00:30:32,166 --> 00:30:33,334
-Sorry. -You're fine.
Don't worry about it.
527
00:30:33,367 --> 00:30:34,368
Can I buy you a new one?
528
00:30:36,604 --> 00:30:38,172
Uh, yeah. Okay, sure.
529
00:30:38,205 --> 00:30:39,607
-That's-that's nice of you.
-Okay.
530
00:30:39,641 --> 00:30:42,076
-(drink pouring)
-(quiet chatter)
531
00:30:49,283 --> 00:30:51,218
Oh, my God,
I was looking for coffee.
532
00:30:51,251 --> 00:30:53,987
I was looking to make sure that
I didn't spill coffee on you.
533
00:30:54,021 --> 00:30:55,489
-Yeah, no, I wouldn't...
-And I realize that totally
534
00:30:55,523 --> 00:30:57,091
looked like
I was checking you out.
535
00:30:57,124 --> 00:30:59,226
I was not checking you out.
I wouldn't do that.
536
00:30:59,259 --> 00:31:00,060
Yeah, okay.
537
00:31:00,094 --> 00:31:02,096
I-I was not doing that.
I promise.
538
00:31:02,129 --> 00:31:03,297
Okay.
539
00:31:05,299 --> 00:31:10,104
I would. I would do that
if it was, like, uh--
540
00:31:10,137 --> 00:31:13,173
You're beautiful,
and I-I would...
541
00:31:13,207 --> 00:31:17,044
In a checkout-appropriate
situation, I would do that.
542
00:31:17,077 --> 00:31:19,113
Well, what would be
a... a situation
543
00:31:19,146 --> 00:31:21,616
where it's appropriate
to check me out?
544
00:31:21,649 --> 00:31:25,152
No, like a date or a...
545
00:31:25,185 --> 00:31:27,054
betrothal or--
I don't know what I'm saying.
546
00:31:27,087 --> 00:31:29,123
It's-- I was really
just looking for coffee.
547
00:31:29,156 --> 00:31:32,292
-It's okay.
-Thank you. Sorry.
548
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,268
I don't... I don't believe you.
549
00:31:41,301 --> 00:31:43,671
-You don't believe me? Why?
-No. You just...
550
00:31:43,705 --> 00:31:45,573
You just said that
you weren't checking me out,
551
00:31:45,607 --> 00:31:47,274
and then you said I was pretty.
552
00:31:47,307 --> 00:31:49,143
So how would you decide
that I was pretty?
553
00:31:49,176 --> 00:31:50,545
There's a difference,
there's a difference between
554
00:31:50,578 --> 00:31:52,246
-noticing how someone looks
and, like... -Okay. Okay.
555
00:31:52,279 --> 00:31:54,682
...skeevily, like,
looking them up and down.
556
00:31:54,716 --> 00:31:56,183
Okay, thanks
for letting me know.
557
00:31:56,216 --> 00:31:57,685
And I didn't say
that you were pretty actually.
558
00:31:57,719 --> 00:31:59,687
-I didn't say that.
-You did.
559
00:31:59,721 --> 00:32:01,155
-I just heard what you said.
-No.
560
00:32:01,188 --> 00:32:04,057
No, I said that you
were beautiful.
561
00:32:15,169 --> 00:32:16,336
Okay.
562
00:32:18,005 --> 00:32:20,675
-Okay.
-Yeah. No, I...
563
00:32:20,708 --> 00:32:21,975
Okay, I believe you.
564
00:32:22,009 --> 00:32:23,043
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
565
00:32:23,076 --> 00:32:24,378
It's a very nice thing to do.
566
00:32:24,411 --> 00:32:26,013
Not check you out?
567
00:32:26,046 --> 00:32:27,414
No, check me for coffee stains.
568
00:32:27,448 --> 00:32:28,982
That's...
569
00:32:29,016 --> 00:32:31,018
That's a very sweet thing
to do.
570
00:32:31,051 --> 00:32:33,621
Well, I'm very nice.
It's-it's, like, a flaw.
571
00:32:33,655 --> 00:32:36,323
Yeah? Says who?
572
00:32:43,363 --> 00:32:44,766
Oh, thanks.
I didn't even check myself.
573
00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:46,467
Yeah, am I good?
574
00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:47,501
Hmm?
575
00:32:47,535 --> 00:32:49,269
Am I coffee-free?
576
00:32:50,204 --> 00:32:53,273
Oh, I don't know.
I was just looking at that ass.
577
00:32:54,274 --> 00:32:55,476
Wow.
578
00:32:55,510 --> 00:32:57,679
-Terrible. (chuckles)
-Yeah, you like that?
579
00:32:57,712 --> 00:33:00,380
-(laughing)
-I'm sorry.
580
00:33:02,249 --> 00:33:04,519
-Uh...
-(pocket watch ringing)
581
00:33:05,653 --> 00:33:08,121
Uh...
582
00:33:08,155 --> 00:33:09,657
I'm s-- I have to go.
583
00:33:09,691 --> 00:33:12,259
I'm so sorry.
584
00:33:12,292 --> 00:33:13,795
Oh.
585
00:33:13,828 --> 00:33:15,597
AREN:
Sorry.
586
00:33:18,131 --> 00:33:20,234
ROGER: Your first client
is a Jason Mundt.
587
00:33:20,267 --> 00:33:22,202
You'll be working with him
in graphic design,
588
00:33:22,236 --> 00:33:24,371
where we felt your background
in yarn and shit
589
00:33:24,404 --> 00:33:25,507
will come in handy.
590
00:33:25,540 --> 00:33:27,274
Jason works at MeetBox,
591
00:33:27,307 --> 00:33:29,409
the most influential socialmedia platform in the world.
592
00:33:29,443 --> 00:33:32,279
Millions of white peoplesee his designs every day
593
00:33:32,312 --> 00:33:35,617
as they post and like and dowhatever else they do on there.
594
00:33:35,650 --> 00:33:37,117
You will be a deckhand.
595
00:33:37,150 --> 00:33:38,418
That's one level belowa boatswain.
596
00:33:38,452 --> 00:33:39,654
Come again?
597
00:33:39,687 --> 00:33:41,656
Spelled "boat" "swain."
598
00:33:41,689 --> 00:33:43,390
Yeah, but are we at sea?
599
00:33:43,423 --> 00:33:45,660
Well, they felt
normal job titles
600
00:33:45,693 --> 00:33:47,595
-were a bit too corporate.
-Okay.
601
00:33:47,629 --> 00:33:50,832
His meter jumped dangerously
high Tuesday 4:00 p.m.
602
00:33:50,865 --> 00:33:52,734
He was so upset
we considered sending in
603
00:33:52,767 --> 00:33:54,736
a team of
rapid response Negroes,
604
00:33:54,769 --> 00:33:56,236
but they were all my age
605
00:33:56,270 --> 00:33:58,405
and really didn't understand
what MeetBox did.
606
00:33:58,438 --> 00:34:01,341
So his morale is still
far too low.
607
00:34:01,375 --> 00:34:04,378
Your job is to figure out
what caused the jump
608
00:34:04,411 --> 00:34:07,114
and identify what he wants.
609
00:34:07,147 --> 00:34:08,683
MASTERSON:
There's a lot of research
610
00:34:08,716 --> 00:34:11,084
that if you spend
less time working,
611
00:34:11,118 --> 00:34:12,620
you're actually more productive.
612
00:34:12,654 --> 00:34:15,355
And that is why we've got
snacks, we've got games,
613
00:34:15,389 --> 00:34:17,291
we've got cots
if you want to take a nap.
614
00:34:17,324 --> 00:34:20,193
-Oh, that's great. -Yeah,
we also have a laundry service.
615
00:34:20,227 --> 00:34:21,596
We've got a car wash.
616
00:34:21,629 --> 00:34:23,698
You know, basically
you could just sleep here.
617
00:34:23,731 --> 00:34:25,833
Do a lot of people sleep here?
You keep saying...
618
00:34:25,867 --> 00:34:28,703
-Oh, no. No, no.
-Okay, cool.
619
00:34:28,736 --> 00:34:30,437
Although I could use a nap.
620
00:34:30,470 --> 00:34:31,873
(laughing)
621
00:34:31,906 --> 00:34:33,440
(laughing):
I'm fine.
622
00:34:33,473 --> 00:34:34,842
-(chuckles)
-This is Jason.
623
00:34:34,876 --> 00:34:36,844
-You're gonna work together
a lot. -Hey.
624
00:34:36,878 --> 00:34:38,680
-Hey.
-MASTERSON: No, darn it.
625
00:34:38,713 --> 00:34:42,316
Um, I was hoping there was
a station right next to him,
626
00:34:42,349 --> 00:34:45,118
but there's not, so why don't
you come downstairs with me.
627
00:34:45,152 --> 00:34:46,521
-(thump)
-(magical jingling)
628
00:34:46,554 --> 00:34:48,656
-Oh, is this one spoken for?
-Hmm?
629
00:34:52,660 --> 00:34:54,729
No.
630
00:34:54,762 --> 00:34:57,431
Uh, why don't you
just settle in.
631
00:34:57,464 --> 00:34:59,232
Great.
632
00:35:01,903 --> 00:35:03,705
Looks like we're neighbors.
633
00:35:03,738 --> 00:35:06,373
Yeah, I-I guess so.
634
00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:11,512
You like games?
635
00:35:11,546 --> 00:35:13,413
JASON: Guard-guard it.
Guard your goal.
636
00:35:13,447 --> 00:35:14,882
-You better guard it.
-AREN: Okay. I'm-I'm trying.
637
00:35:14,916 --> 00:35:16,718
You better guard it.
I'm close. I'm close!
638
00:35:16,751 --> 00:35:17,719
(magical jingling)
639
00:35:17,752 --> 00:35:19,687
-Oh!
-Okay.
640
00:35:19,721 --> 00:35:21,188
-Damn.
-Yes.
641
00:35:21,221 --> 00:35:22,790
-The streak is real.
-Got me again.
642
00:35:22,824 --> 00:35:24,224
Three in a row.
643
00:35:24,257 --> 00:35:25,627
-Whew.
-You practice this, don't you?
644
00:35:25,660 --> 00:35:28,462
JASON: Yeah,
I got one of these at home.
645
00:35:29,262 --> 00:35:31,431
-Lizzie.
-Uh, hey.
646
00:35:32,432 --> 00:35:33,467
Hey.
647
00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:34,636
I...
648
00:35:34,669 --> 00:35:37,672
I... I-I...
I just started working here.
649
00:35:37,705 --> 00:35:39,907
That's cool. Oh, my God.
I-I've worked here for a while.
650
00:35:39,941 --> 00:35:42,242
-That-that makes sense
why you're here. -Yeah.
651
00:35:42,275 --> 00:35:43,778
-(chuckles)
-And I'm...
652
00:35:43,811 --> 00:35:45,312
You guys know each other?
653
00:35:45,345 --> 00:35:46,781
-No. We just met.
-No, I mean, like, we--
654
00:35:46,814 --> 00:35:48,683
-I'm sorry. No, you go ahead.
-Sorry. No, uh, please.
655
00:35:50,417 --> 00:35:52,219
-Uh, I'm Aren, by the way.
-I'm Lizzie.
656
00:35:52,252 --> 00:35:54,756
-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
657
00:35:54,789 --> 00:35:56,390
Um, did you get my notes?
658
00:35:56,423 --> 00:36:00,662
No, no, I had to... go to this,
like, HR training and...
659
00:36:00,695 --> 00:36:02,664
That's fine, but we should
get it done tonight
660
00:36:02,697 --> 00:36:04,799
'cause then Masterson
might actually go home,
661
00:36:04,832 --> 00:36:06,466
which at this point is
kind of a human rights thing.
662
00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:07,869
JASON (chuckles):
Right. Yeah, no.
663
00:36:07,902 --> 00:36:10,270
-No, yeah, I'll get it.
-Thank you.
664
00:36:11,338 --> 00:36:12,807
LIZZIE: It was nice
to meet you officially.
665
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,509
-Yeah, it's nice to meet you.
-So, I'll see you around.
666
00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:16,376
See ya.
667
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,249
-So, uh, what's her story?
-Lizzie?
668
00:36:22,282 --> 00:36:24,451
She's kind of my work wife.
669
00:36:25,820 --> 00:36:26,821
(bell dings)
670
00:36:26,854 --> 00:36:29,489
(beeping, whirring)
671
00:36:31,793 --> 00:36:33,493
-You okay?
-I don't know, man.
672
00:36:33,528 --> 00:36:36,798
Like... (sighs) I can't get
this layout to work.
673
00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:41,501
-Hmm.
-What?
674
00:36:41,536 --> 00:36:42,970
Your stroke is
a little hesitant.
675
00:36:43,004 --> 00:36:44,471
I'm sorry?
676
00:36:45,338 --> 00:36:46,440
Your keystroke.
677
00:36:46,473 --> 00:36:47,975
-Oh.
-I mean, yeah.
678
00:36:48,009 --> 00:36:50,277
Yeah, I've--
I don't know what's going on.
679
00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:51,846
I just-- Something's off.
680
00:36:51,879 --> 00:36:53,748
Like, I, uh...
681
00:36:54,682 --> 00:36:56,450
Yeah, you know,
it's like the saying goes.
682
00:36:56,483 --> 00:36:58,786
A man's grip on his...
683
00:36:58,820 --> 00:37:02,289
keyboard is like
his grip on life.
684
00:37:04,357 --> 00:37:07,394
-Who said that?
-Rosa Parks.
685
00:37:08,495 --> 00:37:11,264
-Really? When... was that...
-Yeah, my point is,
686
00:37:11,298 --> 00:37:13,467
something's going on
somewhere else in your life
687
00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:15,737
can show up in your work.
688
00:37:16,637 --> 00:37:19,040
-Hmm. -But then again,
you're the boatswain.
689
00:37:19,073 --> 00:37:20,474
-What do I know?
-No. No, you're right, man.
690
00:37:20,508 --> 00:37:21,609
Something's definitely off.
691
00:37:21,642 --> 00:37:23,343
I just feel...
692
00:37:23,376 --> 00:37:24,746
-Feel like what?
-Shaky.
693
00:37:24,779 --> 00:37:26,647
-Mm.
-Like, I'm just not...
694
00:37:26,681 --> 00:37:28,415
You know, like, when
you're trying to do something,
695
00:37:28,448 --> 00:37:30,350
but you lost your keys
and you're like,
696
00:37:30,383 --> 00:37:31,886
"I'm trying to focus,
but where are my keys,
697
00:37:31,919 --> 00:37:33,353
-where are my keys, where are
my keys?" -Ah, I feel that.
698
00:37:33,386 --> 00:37:35,056
So, that is not me.
699
00:37:35,089 --> 00:37:36,524
Like, I always know
where my keys are.
700
00:37:36,557 --> 00:37:38,693
They're in a bowl by the door.
701
00:37:38,726 --> 00:37:40,293
Okay.
702
00:37:40,327 --> 00:37:41,763
He's a perfectly fine designer,
but he's, like,
703
00:37:41,796 --> 00:37:43,631
totally convinced
that he's on the fast track.
704
00:37:43,664 --> 00:37:45,465
-Great. What else?
-He responds more to
705
00:37:45,499 --> 00:37:47,034
'90s hip-hop slang
than Uncle Remus.
706
00:37:47,068 --> 00:37:49,036
What about his Want?
707
00:37:49,070 --> 00:37:51,404
I mean, those are all
great observations,
708
00:37:51,438 --> 00:37:53,508
but we need to find out
what he's missing.
709
00:37:54,108 --> 00:37:55,710
Honestly, I'm not sure.
710
00:37:55,743 --> 00:37:59,379
You know, best I can tell
is that, for some reason,
711
00:37:59,412 --> 00:38:01,916
his meter jumped
when his last project launched.
712
00:38:01,949 --> 00:38:04,786
Is he close to anyone at work?
713
00:38:04,819 --> 00:38:06,587
He has a work wife.
714
00:38:06,621 --> 00:38:08,656
So, spend some time with her.
715
00:38:08,689 --> 00:38:09,957
Get some intel.
716
00:38:09,991 --> 00:38:11,926
With her? Yeah.
717
00:38:11,959 --> 00:38:13,094
Yeah, I could do that.
718
00:38:13,127 --> 00:38:15,563
♪ ♪
719
00:38:22,036 --> 00:38:24,038
It's Lizzie, right?
720
00:38:24,071 --> 00:38:26,473
(chatter continues
indistinctly)
721
00:38:27,708 --> 00:38:29,777
♪ ♪
722
00:38:45,626 --> 00:38:47,695
♪ ♪
723
00:38:53,466 --> 00:38:55,102
AREN:
It's really good! (laughs)
724
00:38:55,136 --> 00:38:57,004
LIZZIE:
It's a shambles. It's terrible.
725
00:38:57,038 --> 00:38:58,706
I feel like if I squint,
I can totally see
726
00:38:58,739 --> 00:39:00,741
-the Chrysler Building.
-Oh.
727
00:39:00,775 --> 00:39:03,044
It's supposed to be
the Empire State Building.
728
00:39:03,077 --> 00:39:04,745
That's what I said,
729
00:39:04,779 --> 00:39:06,413
-the Empire State Building.
-That's not what you said.
730
00:39:06,446 --> 00:39:07,882
-Yes, it is.
You didn't hear me. -No.
731
00:39:07,915 --> 00:39:09,851
-Wow.
-What?
732
00:39:09,884 --> 00:39:10,818
There.
733
00:39:10,852 --> 00:39:12,485
You added jumpers?
734
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:13,855
(laughs):
No, no.
735
00:39:13,888 --> 00:39:15,756
They're, like...
736
00:39:15,790 --> 00:39:17,390
They're, like, a couple.
737
00:39:17,424 --> 00:39:18,960
-You know, in the movies.
-Oh.
738
00:39:18,993 --> 00:39:20,728
That's really sweet.
739
00:39:20,761 --> 00:39:22,964
Hey.
Uh, nice. Chrysler Building.
740
00:39:22,997 --> 00:39:24,999
Hell yeah.
741
00:39:25,032 --> 00:39:26,133
Masterson wants you.
742
00:39:26,167 --> 00:39:28,603
Okay.
743
00:39:29,436 --> 00:39:30,771
I will see you, gents.
744
00:39:30,805 --> 00:39:33,074
-AREN: All right.
-Watch them for me.
745
00:39:33,107 --> 00:39:34,575
You got it.
746
00:39:34,609 --> 00:39:36,110
-Good luck.
-LIZZIE: See you, guys. Bye.
747
00:39:36,143 --> 00:39:38,546
Yo, who took my tugboat?
748
00:39:40,915 --> 00:39:43,651
(sighs):
Okay.
749
00:39:43,684 --> 00:39:44,852
Wow.
750
00:39:45,820 --> 00:39:47,021
She's great.
751
00:39:47,054 --> 00:39:48,789
-Yeah, she's cool.
-Are you kidding?
752
00:39:48,823 --> 00:39:49,690
Come on, man.
753
00:39:49,724 --> 00:39:53,460
She's-she's smart
and funny and she's--
754
00:39:53,493 --> 00:39:54,662
Have you seen her work?
755
00:39:54,695 --> 00:39:56,163
She's, like,
a ridiculous designer.
756
00:39:56,197 --> 00:39:57,632
-Yeah. -She's, like,
the best designer here.
757
00:39:57,665 --> 00:40:00,101
Yeah, she's definitely
the golden child.
758
00:40:00,134 --> 00:40:01,802
(beeping, whirring)
759
00:40:02,770 --> 00:40:04,505
You know, th-they're
actually saying that
760
00:40:04,538 --> 00:40:06,040
about you, too,
around the office.
761
00:40:06,073 --> 00:40:07,174
I hear that all the time about
762
00:40:07,208 --> 00:40:09,010
how amazing of a designer
you are.
763
00:40:09,043 --> 00:40:10,477
Thanks, man.
764
00:40:10,511 --> 00:40:11,913
Yeah, y-you guys
are completely different.
765
00:40:11,946 --> 00:40:13,581
You're-you're actually--
766
00:40:13,614 --> 00:40:15,182
You-you work
really well together.
767
00:40:15,216 --> 00:40:16,817
-You think?
-Yeah.
768
00:40:16,851 --> 00:40:18,719
It's like you have such talent,
she has such talent.
769
00:40:18,753 --> 00:40:21,589
It's like,
it's like a power couple.
770
00:40:21,622 --> 00:40:23,691
Work-wise, you know.
771
00:40:24,959 --> 00:40:26,928
(news theme playing)
772
00:40:26,961 --> 00:40:28,763
MeetBox is under fire,
773
00:40:28,796 --> 00:40:32,166
as new complaints emerge its
facial recognition technology
774
00:40:32,199 --> 00:40:34,001
fails to identify Black people.
775
00:40:34,035 --> 00:40:37,638
Critics say a lack of diversity
on the engineering team
776
00:40:37,672 --> 00:40:39,507
may have contributed
to the issue.
777
00:40:39,540 --> 00:40:41,208
And with public pressure
growing,
778
00:40:41,242 --> 00:40:43,244
MeetBox founder
Mick Morton has promised
779
00:40:43,277 --> 00:40:44,912
sweeping internal changes.
780
00:40:47,114 --> 00:40:49,617
(club remix of a sea shanty
playing)
781
00:40:54,789 --> 00:40:55,690
(song ends)
782
00:40:55,723 --> 00:40:57,558
-Ahoy. -Ahoy.
-Ahoy.
783
00:40:57,591 --> 00:40:58,659
(light laughter)
784
00:40:58,693 --> 00:41:00,094
When I dropped out of Harvard
785
00:41:00,127 --> 00:41:02,163
to build MeetBox
in my parents' garage,
786
00:41:02,196 --> 00:41:03,731
I remember thinking,
787
00:41:03,764 --> 00:41:05,700
"I hope they don't
pull the car in."
788
00:41:05,733 --> 00:41:07,535
(laughter)
789
00:41:10,204 --> 00:41:11,706
I also remember thinking
790
00:41:11,739 --> 00:41:14,675
MeetBox had to be
a platform for everybody.
791
00:41:15,309 --> 00:41:17,511
Now, in the next few days,
you're gonna hear
792
00:41:17,545 --> 00:41:20,247
the media claim
that we have failed at that.
793
00:41:20,281 --> 00:41:23,150
You're gonna hear
outlandish accusations.
794
00:41:23,184 --> 00:41:24,919
"Mick's biased.
795
00:41:24,952 --> 00:41:26,587
"Mick's a racist.
796
00:41:26,620 --> 00:41:28,990
Mick hates
the entire nation of Ghana."
797
00:41:29,023 --> 00:41:30,624
That's not me.
798
00:41:30,658 --> 00:41:32,727
It's not who we are.
799
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,563
We are the same company that,
last quarter alone,
800
00:41:35,596 --> 00:41:38,532
partnered with
22 Black-owned vendors.
801
00:41:38,566 --> 00:41:40,634
We are the same company that,
802
00:41:40,668 --> 00:41:42,837
during the
George Floyd protests,
803
00:41:42,870 --> 00:41:45,006
suspended operations
for 12 hours.
804
00:41:45,039 --> 00:41:46,807
We're the same company
805
00:41:46,841 --> 00:41:50,678
whose flagship office
has a world cuisine station
806
00:41:50,711 --> 00:41:52,680
dedicated to the food
of the Caribbean
807
00:41:52,713 --> 00:41:54,048
and occasionally Africa.
808
00:41:54,081 --> 00:41:57,218
It's diverse, it's different,
it's yummy.
809
00:41:57,251 --> 00:41:58,619
We like it.
810
00:41:58,652 --> 00:41:59,820
That's who we are.
811
00:41:59,854 --> 00:42:01,922
(applause)
812
00:42:04,725 --> 00:42:06,627
But to make it crystal clear
who we are,
813
00:42:06,660 --> 00:42:09,296
I am thrilled to announce
that in the next 30 days,
814
00:42:09,330 --> 00:42:11,832
we are relaunching
the MeetBox brand.
815
00:42:11,866 --> 00:42:13,667
At a company-wide presentation,
816
00:42:13,701 --> 00:42:17,138
our top design team will pitch
a MeetBox makeover.
817
00:42:17,171 --> 00:42:18,939
We're gonna have a new logo,
818
00:42:18,973 --> 00:42:21,942
a new slogan
and a new commitment
819
00:42:21,976 --> 00:42:24,845
to the exact same values
that got us here.
820
00:42:25,679 --> 00:42:27,948
-He's incredible.
-Hmm.
821
00:42:34,889 --> 00:42:37,925
So that's Jason's Want:
to be like Mick.
822
00:42:37,958 --> 00:42:38,826
Mick's a CEO.
823
00:42:38,859 --> 00:42:41,062
That makes Jason
a five-, ten-year client.
824
00:42:41,095 --> 00:42:42,363
And those are different.
825
00:42:42,396 --> 00:42:44,065
Less magic, more listening.
826
00:42:44,098 --> 00:42:46,801
Yeah, it's actually fun
and weirdly relaxing.
827
00:42:46,834 --> 00:42:49,036
It's like being a secret agent
with none of the danger.
828
00:42:49,070 --> 00:42:50,704
(magical jingling)
829
00:42:59,146 --> 00:43:01,582
♪ ♪
830
00:43:06,387 --> 00:43:09,090
So, uh, I actually had
a question for you
831
00:43:09,123 --> 00:43:10,391
about Jason's work wife.
832
00:43:10,424 --> 00:43:12,693
Aren, just ask the girl out.
833
00:43:12,726 --> 00:43:14,728
-Can I?
-We're not monks, Aren.
834
00:43:14,762 --> 00:43:16,697
You're just scared to ask her.
835
00:43:16,730 --> 00:43:19,133
-I'm getting to it, all right?
-When?
836
00:43:21,969 --> 00:43:23,003
Tomorrow.
837
00:43:23,037 --> 00:43:25,339
(Roger laughing)
838
00:43:25,372 --> 00:43:27,007
ROGER:
Okay.
839
00:43:34,348 --> 00:43:35,850
-Dude.
-Whoa.
840
00:43:35,883 --> 00:43:36,585
Thank you.
841
00:43:36,617 --> 00:43:39,019
-You're welcome.
-Seriously, man.
842
00:43:39,053 --> 00:43:40,321
It was like an epiphany.
843
00:43:40,354 --> 00:43:41,722
I can't believe
I didn't see it before.
844
00:43:41,755 --> 00:43:42,857
Sorry, what-what are
we talking about?
845
00:43:42,890 --> 00:43:44,758
Lizzie.
846
00:43:44,792 --> 00:43:46,827
-What?
-Don't play dumb, man.
847
00:43:46,861 --> 00:43:49,797
I know what you were doing,
going on about her.
848
00:43:49,830 --> 00:43:51,699
You were trying to...
you were trying to set us up.
849
00:43:51,732 --> 00:43:53,667
No. No, no, no.
That's not what I was doing.
850
00:43:53,701 --> 00:43:55,002
-I was...
-It's okay. It's cool.
851
00:43:55,035 --> 00:43:57,404
I'm grateful because
you got me thinking,
852
00:43:57,438 --> 00:43:59,406
"Why haven't we
gotten together?"
853
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:01,041
And then it hit me.
854
00:44:01,075 --> 00:44:02,643
I'm into Lizzie.
855
00:44:04,945 --> 00:44:06,447
Hey, man, you were, um,
856
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:09,083
you were pretty focused on
being like Mick.
857
00:44:09,116 --> 00:44:10,918
I am.
858
00:44:11,752 --> 00:44:13,287
You want both things?
859
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:14,688
I do.
860
00:44:14,722 --> 00:44:17,358
-Isn't that cool?
-Yeah.
861
00:44:17,391 --> 00:44:19,426
Clarity is dope, man.
862
00:44:19,460 --> 00:44:21,061
(stammers) Right.
863
00:44:21,095 --> 00:44:23,297
-He wants both things?
-Yeah, can he even do that?
864
00:44:23,330 --> 00:44:27,301
Yes, but a Double Want is not
ideal for your first client.
865
00:44:27,334 --> 00:44:30,070
Okay, great, well, then
I'm just gonna focus on work
866
00:44:30,104 --> 00:44:32,907
and let him
deal with his love life.
867
00:44:32,940 --> 00:44:35,176
You know, the company's
about to do the big rebrand,
868
00:44:35,209 --> 00:44:36,810
-and so I feel like...
-No.
869
00:44:36,844 --> 00:44:39,713
You're going to concentrate on
both things at once.
870
00:44:39,747 --> 00:44:41,849
And, Aren, I hope
I don't have to tell you this,
871
00:44:41,882 --> 00:44:46,220
but you cannot have a romantic
relationship with Lizzie now.
872
00:44:46,253 --> 00:44:48,756
Is that going to be a problem?
873
00:44:48,789 --> 00:44:50,457
Because if you don't
put Jason first,
874
00:44:50,491 --> 00:44:52,793
everyone's magic will fail.
875
00:44:52,826 --> 00:44:56,063
I was hoping that was, like,
a team-building thing.
876
00:44:56,096 --> 00:44:57,865
We're all in this together now.
877
00:44:57,898 --> 00:44:59,934
So you have to set up
Lizzie and Jason,
878
00:44:59,967 --> 00:45:03,704
and I have to drive around
this crotchety old white lady.
879
00:45:12,379 --> 00:45:14,815
Oh. Lizzie texted me.
880
00:45:14,848 --> 00:45:16,183
What should I say?
881
00:45:18,152 --> 00:45:20,154
-Let's start with what
she said. -Okay, she said,
882
00:45:20,187 --> 00:45:23,424
"Can I get
that timeline, please?"
883
00:45:23,457 --> 00:45:25,492
What do you think it means?
884
00:45:25,527 --> 00:45:28,229
Hey. You two talking about me?
(clicks tongue)
885
00:45:28,262 --> 00:45:30,965
-Hey.
-What's up? Hey.
886
00:45:32,466 --> 00:45:34,735
Oh, my-- Wait, are you?
887
00:45:35,369 --> 00:45:37,004
Yeah, actually, we were.
888
00:45:37,037 --> 00:45:38,839
We were just, uh, wondering
if you wanted to get a drink
889
00:45:38,872 --> 00:45:41,275
-with us after work, right?
-Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
890
00:45:41,308 --> 00:45:43,511
Oh.
891
00:45:43,545 --> 00:45:45,112
Okay, yeah. That sounds great.
892
00:45:45,145 --> 00:45:48,349
Um, as long as Jason
gets me that timeline.
893
00:45:49,316 --> 00:45:50,951
Yeah, it's-- Yeah, it's chill.
894
00:45:50,985 --> 00:45:53,120
Okay, great.
Let me know about drinks.
895
00:45:53,153 --> 00:45:55,055
AREN:
All right.
896
00:45:55,089 --> 00:45:56,991
(Jason sighs)
897
00:45:57,024 --> 00:45:58,859
-(chuckles): Thank you.
-Yeah, you're welcome.
898
00:45:58,892 --> 00:46:01,962
-Geez. -I'll just, uh,
I'll make up an excuse
899
00:46:01,996 --> 00:46:03,897
-last minute, and then
you guys are all set. -What?
900
00:46:03,931 --> 00:46:05,499
-All right?
-No, no. No, no, no, no.
901
00:46:05,533 --> 00:46:07,067
You... You're coming.
902
00:46:07,101 --> 00:46:09,803
-Why?
-Did you just see me?
903
00:46:09,837 --> 00:46:11,872
"It's chill"?
904
00:46:11,905 --> 00:46:12,906
-Okay.
-I've never said "chill."
905
00:46:12,940 --> 00:46:14,074
All right, yeah, okay, fine.
906
00:46:14,108 --> 00:46:16,377
I'll come for one drink,
all right?
907
00:46:18,846 --> 00:46:21,015
-Should I send the timeline?
-Yeah, send it now.
908
00:46:21,048 --> 00:46:22,950
-Send it? -You should
probably send it now.
909
00:46:23,984 --> 00:46:26,253
AREN: So Jason and Iworked on it for a week,
910
00:46:26,287 --> 00:46:28,022
-and then... -Yeah, and then...
and then Masterson
911
00:46:28,055 --> 00:46:29,423
fell asleep
right in front of me.
912
00:46:29,456 --> 00:46:31,191
-(laughing): Oh, my God.
-(laughing)
913
00:46:31,225 --> 00:46:32,926
That's pretty funny.
914
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,562
Your stories are
getting better.
915
00:46:34,596 --> 00:46:36,196
-It was good, right?
-Yeah, it's good.
916
00:46:36,230 --> 00:46:37,898
-I'm getting funnier.
-You're making my job easier.
917
00:46:37,931 --> 00:46:40,234
-Maybe. (laughing)
-Yeah.
918
00:46:44,639 --> 00:46:46,073
Should we do another round?
919
00:46:46,106 --> 00:46:47,441
-Should we do one more?
-Yeah. -Yeah.
920
00:46:47,474 --> 00:46:49,943
-Yeah, let's do it.
-Yeah? Okay.
921
00:46:49,977 --> 00:46:51,445
-No, I got it.
-You got it?
922
00:46:51,478 --> 00:46:53,080
-All right, thank you.
-Thank you.
923
00:46:53,113 --> 00:46:55,349
ANCHOR (over TV):
...country music superstar.
924
00:46:55,382 --> 00:46:56,917
In other news, the fallout from
925
00:46:56,950 --> 00:46:59,621
MeetBox's facial recognition
scandal continues.
926
00:46:59,654 --> 00:47:01,589
The technology required
927
00:47:01,623 --> 00:47:03,123
to access the platform
has prevented
928
00:47:03,157 --> 00:47:05,560
the entire nation of Ghana
from logging on
929
00:47:05,593 --> 00:47:07,428
for several days.
930
00:47:07,461 --> 00:47:08,896
Well, on the one hand,
931
00:47:08,929 --> 00:47:11,298
it's been great for
my productivity at work.
932
00:47:11,332 --> 00:47:13,400
But on the other hand,
it was quite racist.
933
00:47:13,434 --> 00:47:15,936
ANCHOR: The growing outcry
made its way to social media,
934
00:47:15,969 --> 00:47:18,272
where the hashtag "Ghanagate"
has been trending...
935
00:47:18,305 --> 00:47:21,543
I'm so sick of this, this whole
facial recognition thing.
936
00:47:21,576 --> 00:47:22,943
God, I know.
937
00:47:22,976 --> 00:47:25,212
It was a mistake.
938
00:47:25,245 --> 00:47:28,048
Oh, no, I meant, like, I'm
just so sick of thinking about
939
00:47:28,082 --> 00:47:31,619
how we all work for these
people who are responsible.
940
00:47:31,653 --> 00:47:36,023
So what? So everybody who was
on that team is a bad person?
941
00:47:36,056 --> 00:47:37,958
-(beeping, whirring)
-I didn't say that. Um...
942
00:47:37,991 --> 00:47:40,227
Wait, did you--
Was that your last project?
943
00:47:40,260 --> 00:47:42,262
Uh, yeah, yeah.
944
00:47:44,398 --> 00:47:47,101
And we were doing our best,
you know, and...
945
00:47:47,134 --> 00:47:50,070
I'm-I'm sorry.
I forgot that you were on that.
946
00:47:50,104 --> 00:47:52,507
-No, it's... I don't care.
-AREN: Yeah.
947
00:47:52,540 --> 00:47:53,974
I was just
blowing off steam about...
948
00:47:54,007 --> 00:47:55,142
People are being
really sensitive right now.
949
00:47:55,175 --> 00:47:56,310
You know,
it's a hot-button issue
950
00:47:56,343 --> 00:47:57,545
-right now.
-Yeah.
951
00:47:57,579 --> 00:47:58,912
That's totally
what I was commenting on.
952
00:47:58,946 --> 00:48:00,114
-Right.
-You're not a bad person.
953
00:48:00,147 --> 00:48:02,650
-Oh, not at all.
-Right. Right. Yeah, no.
954
00:48:02,684 --> 00:48:04,952
-I'm sorry.
-No, it's fine, it's fine.
955
00:48:04,985 --> 00:48:06,920
But, yeah, thank you.
956
00:48:06,954 --> 00:48:08,188
You're good.
957
00:48:08,222 --> 00:48:10,658
And, look, I mean,
would it have helped
958
00:48:10,692 --> 00:48:14,261
to have people of color
on the team?
959
00:48:14,294 --> 00:48:15,530
Maybe. Yeah.
960
00:48:15,563 --> 00:48:17,364
But...
961
00:48:17,398 --> 00:48:18,999
you know, it was
a really competitive project,
962
00:48:19,032 --> 00:48:20,300
and no people like you made it,
963
00:48:20,334 --> 00:48:23,370
so I don't know
what they want me to do.
964
00:48:27,341 --> 00:48:30,177
I think, uh, you shouldn't
beat yourself up over it.
965
00:48:30,210 --> 00:48:33,213
-Yeah. Exactly.
-That's the main thing.
966
00:48:33,247 --> 00:48:34,248
Yeah.
967
00:48:34,281 --> 00:48:35,650
Right.
968
00:48:35,683 --> 00:48:37,184
And I'm not.
969
00:48:37,217 --> 00:48:40,220
Like, I thought about it
for a few minutes
970
00:48:40,254 --> 00:48:41,088
I'm moving on.
971
00:48:41,121 --> 00:48:43,223
Cause you can't--
you cannot slow down
972
00:48:43,257 --> 00:48:44,726
and listen to the haters and...
973
00:48:44,759 --> 00:48:47,194
(newscast playing quietly
over radio)
974
00:48:48,462 --> 00:48:50,230
(Lizzie sighs)
975
00:48:52,332 --> 00:48:54,101
What?
976
00:48:54,134 --> 00:48:55,570
No, I should've said something.
977
00:48:55,603 --> 00:48:57,037
You did.
978
00:48:57,070 --> 00:48:59,039
You-you said exactly
what I was thinking
979
00:48:59,072 --> 00:49:00,575
-about the whole scandal.
-Yeah, and then
980
00:49:00,608 --> 00:49:05,446
Jason got all guilty, and I
just, like, completely bailed.
981
00:49:05,479 --> 00:49:06,581
(groans) I'm so stupid.
982
00:49:06,614 --> 00:49:08,382
No, don't... it's...
983
00:49:08,415 --> 00:49:10,718
You were trying to make him
feel better, you know.
984
00:49:10,752 --> 00:49:12,453
We both were.
985
00:49:12,486 --> 00:49:14,622
Yeah, well, now I feel worse.
986
00:49:14,656 --> 00:49:16,290
I mean, don't you?
987
00:49:16,323 --> 00:49:19,326
It's okay to...
pick your battles.
988
00:49:19,359 --> 00:49:21,596
That's the thing. I feel like
I'm not really picking.
989
00:49:21,629 --> 00:49:25,332
It just feels like this reflex.
990
00:49:26,266 --> 00:49:28,035
Okay, that doesn't make sense.
991
00:49:28,068 --> 00:49:29,336
No, actually that makes
perfect sense.
992
00:49:29,369 --> 00:49:32,372
It's like when...
when someone sneezes,
993
00:49:32,406 --> 00:49:35,175
how you say "Bless you"
without even thinking.
994
00:49:35,209 --> 00:49:37,077
Only then you look up
afterwards,
995
00:49:37,110 --> 00:49:40,013
and you're like, "What did I...
What did I just bless?"
996
00:49:40,047 --> 00:49:41,415
-Yeah.
-Right.
997
00:49:41,448 --> 00:49:43,618
Yeah.
998
00:49:43,651 --> 00:49:45,185
I don't know.
999
00:49:45,219 --> 00:49:47,421
It's-it's one thing
to not stand up for myself,
1000
00:49:47,454 --> 00:49:50,525
but then when
I-I look over and I see
1001
00:49:50,558 --> 00:49:54,094
that you're uncomfortable, too,
it's just...
1002
00:49:56,631 --> 00:49:59,266
I should've said something.
1003
00:50:02,069 --> 00:50:04,506
Thank you... for saying that.
1004
00:50:04,539 --> 00:50:07,441
That's-that's really...
1005
00:50:07,474 --> 00:50:08,510
That's really nice.
1006
00:50:08,543 --> 00:50:09,811
I don't have a lot of people
1007
00:50:09,844 --> 00:50:12,279
that stick up for me, so...
1008
00:50:14,348 --> 00:50:15,750
Well, I didn't
stick up for you.
1009
00:50:15,783 --> 00:50:18,018
I just thought about it.
1010
00:50:24,626 --> 00:50:26,528
JASON: Well, Lizzie pulled me
aside this morning
1011
00:50:26,561 --> 00:50:28,730
and was rehashing
our conversation at the bar,
1012
00:50:28,763 --> 00:50:31,666
and apparently I upset her.
1013
00:50:31,699 --> 00:50:33,535
-Wait, what?
-I know.
1014
00:50:33,568 --> 00:50:36,403
But you weren't upset, right?
1015
00:50:36,436 --> 00:50:37,572
No, no.
1016
00:50:37,605 --> 00:50:39,172
Good.
1017
00:50:40,508 --> 00:50:42,242
-Wow.
-Right?
1018
00:50:42,276 --> 00:50:44,144
Cause I obviously care
very deeply
1019
00:50:44,177 --> 00:50:47,582
about this stuff, and I take it
really seriously, but...
1020
00:50:47,615 --> 00:50:51,151
Honestly, I didn't even know
she was, like, ethnic at first.
1021
00:50:51,184 --> 00:50:54,656
So, like, don't come at me
when you're...
1022
00:50:54,689 --> 00:50:56,256
you're me.
1023
00:50:56,858 --> 00:50:58,358
You know?
1024
00:51:00,562 --> 00:51:01,663
You gonna serve?
1025
00:51:01,696 --> 00:51:03,631
Uh, yeah. Sorry.
1026
00:51:03,665 --> 00:51:04,732
(clears throat)
1027
00:51:05,533 --> 00:51:08,302
Um, are you and Lizzie
good, though?
1028
00:51:08,335 --> 00:51:09,637
Oh, yeah.
I mean, she was basically
1029
00:51:09,671 --> 00:51:10,838
flirting with me
by the end of it.
1030
00:51:10,872 --> 00:51:12,472
Oh, yeah?
1031
00:51:12,507 --> 00:51:14,709
Yeah, she does this thing
where she, like,
1032
00:51:14,742 --> 00:51:16,109
touches my arm and...
1033
00:51:17,745 --> 00:51:18,880
-Easy.
-Sorry.
1034
00:51:18,913 --> 00:51:20,247
It's, uh...
1035
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:22,115
You got any more balls?
1036
00:51:22,149 --> 00:51:23,216
-Yeah, I got one.
-Okay.
1037
00:51:23,250 --> 00:51:24,586
GABBARD:
Our society began
1038
00:51:24,619 --> 00:51:26,320
as an informal commitment
1039
00:51:26,353 --> 00:51:28,790
amongst Monticello slaves
1040
00:51:28,823 --> 00:51:32,326
to help each other avoid
harsh punishment.
1041
00:51:32,359 --> 00:51:35,630
(quietly): Now that I can see
white discomfort everywhere,
1042
00:51:35,663 --> 00:51:37,732
I'm starting to realize
1043
00:51:37,765 --> 00:51:40,400
all of this stuff
that it does to me.
1044
00:51:40,434 --> 00:51:42,637
Like, I apologize all the time.
1045
00:51:42,670 --> 00:51:45,372
-You really should hear this.
-Oh, sorry.
1046
00:51:45,405 --> 00:51:46,741
See?
1047
00:51:46,774 --> 00:51:50,177
And you were so right about
1048
00:51:50,210 --> 00:51:52,614
how I've been aware of this
my whole life.
1049
00:51:52,647 --> 00:51:57,250
Like, I was never really able
to explain my sculpture before,
1050
00:51:57,284 --> 00:51:59,754
but I-I think it's about...
1051
00:51:59,787 --> 00:52:00,888
Roger?
1052
00:52:00,922 --> 00:52:02,456
(sighs)
1053
00:52:02,489 --> 00:52:04,491
R-Roger?
1054
00:52:04,525 --> 00:52:05,593
Am I making sense?
1055
00:52:05,627 --> 00:52:09,396
You haven't been making sense
for quite some time.
1056
00:52:10,898 --> 00:52:12,667
Sorry.
1057
00:52:15,937 --> 00:52:17,905
Lizzie, your...
1058
00:52:17,939 --> 00:52:21,542
your work on the logo
has been just...
1059
00:52:21,576 --> 00:52:23,377
-just great.
-Aw.
1060
00:52:23,410 --> 00:52:25,245
I mean, it was
a team effort. I...
1061
00:52:25,278 --> 00:52:28,650
Well, I know that you did
all the heavy lifting, so...
1062
00:52:29,784 --> 00:52:30,918
-I do.
-Thank you.
1063
00:52:30,952 --> 00:52:33,387
-Yeah.
-Aw.
1064
00:52:33,420 --> 00:52:36,289
I just want you to know
how great you are.
1065
00:52:37,224 --> 00:52:38,626
-Thank you. Thank you.
-Yeah.
1066
00:52:38,660 --> 00:52:40,460
It's just, um...
1067
00:52:40,494 --> 00:52:44,398
our team is gonna be pitching
the logo to Mick himself.
1068
00:52:44,431 --> 00:52:46,299
-Mm-hmm.
-And I'm gonna ask...
1069
00:52:46,333 --> 00:52:49,336
I'm gonna ask Jason to do it.
1070
00:52:50,470 --> 00:52:51,506
But it's...
1071
00:52:51,539 --> 00:52:53,975
I'm sorry, that's my, um,
design, though, you know.
1072
00:52:54,008 --> 00:52:55,409
No, I know.
1073
00:52:55,442 --> 00:52:57,444
Uh, Jason's just better
in a room, and--
1074
00:52:57,477 --> 00:52:59,379
-He's great in a room.
-Um, is he?
1075
00:52:59,413 --> 00:53:01,616
-He's so charismatic and...
-He's loud and he's...
1076
00:53:01,649 --> 00:53:04,719
Well, it's a loud...
company, Lizzie.
1077
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,355
Sorry, I just feel like
I've been, I've been asking you
1078
00:53:08,388 --> 00:53:10,525
-for something like this
for a long time. -Mm-hmm. Sure.
1079
00:53:10,558 --> 00:53:13,695
-And we... we talked about this
in my review. -Sure.
1080
00:53:13,728 --> 00:53:15,530
This particular design
means a lot to me, and...
1081
00:53:15,563 --> 00:53:19,266
Okay, well, I'm up for
Rear Admiral this year.
1082
00:53:19,299 --> 00:53:21,301
No, Lizzie, Rear Admiral.
1083
00:53:21,334 --> 00:53:23,336
-Okay, yeah, um...
-And we should just really
1084
00:53:23,370 --> 00:53:24,806
support each other right now.
1085
00:53:25,673 --> 00:53:27,842
-Yeah, so...
-I heard about that.
1086
00:53:27,875 --> 00:53:29,644
That's great.
1087
00:53:29,677 --> 00:53:31,311
It's a big presentation,
1088
00:53:31,344 --> 00:53:34,549
and Jason's just a better fit
for this audience.
1089
00:53:35,750 --> 00:53:37,350
(pats leg)
1090
00:53:38,619 --> 00:53:41,488
-You'll be fine.
-No, that's okay. Um...
1091
00:53:47,061 --> 00:53:50,263
(phone chiming)
1092
00:53:50,297 --> 00:53:51,899
Oh, Masterson's calling me in.
1093
00:53:51,933 --> 00:53:53,801
I'll meet you
and Lizzie at the bar.
1094
00:53:53,835 --> 00:53:55,469
All right.
1095
00:54:05,646 --> 00:54:06,614
Hey.
1096
00:54:06,647 --> 00:54:10,283
I'm sorry, I-I actually--
I have to head home.
1097
00:54:10,317 --> 00:54:11,686
-What's wrong?
-Nothing's wrong.
1098
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:12,954
-You okay?
-Yeah.
1099
00:54:12,987 --> 00:54:15,656
-Oh.
-Shit, um...
1100
00:54:21,529 --> 00:54:22,830
Thank you.
1101
00:54:25,666 --> 00:54:28,536
Look, um, we don't
have to go to the bar.
1102
00:54:28,569 --> 00:54:32,305
We can just walk
in that direction and talk.
1103
00:54:33,641 --> 00:54:37,745
Sorry, I'm just-- I'm not
super, uh, fun right now.
1104
00:54:37,779 --> 00:54:39,013
It's okay.
1105
00:54:39,046 --> 00:54:40,648
No, I'm really, uh...
1106
00:54:40,681 --> 00:54:42,550
I'm no fun.
1107
00:54:43,518 --> 00:54:47,622
I think, uh, this is fun enough
for the both of us.
1108
00:54:48,589 --> 00:54:49,356
Oh, my God.
1109
00:54:49,389 --> 00:54:51,659
Is this a ring that says
"So swag"?
1110
00:54:51,692 --> 00:54:52,794
Okay, you love that.
1111
00:54:52,827 --> 00:54:54,829
-It's very fun.
-That was a gag gift.
1112
00:54:54,862 --> 00:54:56,831
-So...
-It's almost too fun.
1113
00:54:58,032 --> 00:54:59,934
-"So swag."
-Okay.
1114
00:54:59,967 --> 00:55:01,803
Um...
1115
00:55:01,836 --> 00:55:05,338
A short, un-fun walk?
1116
00:55:05,372 --> 00:55:07,842
All right.
1117
00:55:07,875 --> 00:55:10,011
Completely joyless.
1118
00:55:10,044 --> 00:55:12,013
LIZZIE:
It's my job to support Jason,
1119
00:55:12,046 --> 00:55:13,581
in more ways
than you can imagine,
1120
00:55:13,614 --> 00:55:14,949
but, I mean, I don't know.
1121
00:55:14,982 --> 00:55:16,684
I think
I'm a good designer also.
1122
00:55:16,717 --> 00:55:18,820
-AREN: You're the best of us.
-(stammers) I mean, I don't,
1123
00:55:18,853 --> 00:55:20,688
-I don't know if I'm the best,
but, like... -No, you are.
1124
00:55:20,721 --> 00:55:22,489
I went to RISD
with some great designers,
1125
00:55:22,523 --> 00:55:23,724
-and you're killing it.
-Thank you.
1126
00:55:23,758 --> 00:55:25,793
-I mean that.
-That means a lot.
1127
00:55:25,827 --> 00:55:27,829
Thank you. I...
1128
00:55:27,862 --> 00:55:31,032
Like, if I'm being honest,
I kind of... (sighs)
1129
00:55:31,065 --> 00:55:33,433
I kind of think that, too.
1130
00:55:33,466 --> 00:55:35,536
And that's, like,
this whole thing for me.
1131
00:55:35,570 --> 00:55:39,140
Like, it's taken me years
to just be able to say, like,
1132
00:55:39,173 --> 00:55:41,843
you know, "I think,
like, I, as a person,
1133
00:55:41,876 --> 00:55:44,145
do not suck fundamentally."
1134
00:55:44,178 --> 00:55:46,013
And it's...
1135
00:55:46,047 --> 00:55:49,851
(sighs) This place is supposed
to be a meritocracy, so...
1136
00:55:49,884 --> 00:55:52,452
Mick? Like, Mick is
a free market psychopath.
1137
00:55:52,485 --> 00:55:54,856
If there was a way to promote
with blood sport,
1138
00:55:54,889 --> 00:55:56,724
oh, my God, he'd be
throwing us in the pit,
1139
00:55:56,757 --> 00:55:58,425
-like, left and right.
-(laughs)
1140
00:55:58,458 --> 00:56:00,061
And I'm just saying,
"Put me in the pit.
1141
00:56:00,094 --> 00:56:01,428
-Like, I'm there."
-Yeah.
1142
00:56:01,461 --> 00:56:03,531
"I'm committed.
I'm-I'm good."
1143
00:56:03,564 --> 00:56:06,934
Can I just say,
you're kind of a badass...
1144
00:56:06,968 --> 00:56:08,069
right now.
1145
00:56:08,102 --> 00:56:09,570
I mean, at all times,
1146
00:56:09,604 --> 00:56:10,872
-but specifically right now...
-Thank you.
1147
00:56:10,905 --> 00:56:12,673
...because I feel like--
I keep thinking this
1148
00:56:12,707 --> 00:56:14,575
because, uh, with me,
when I lose an opportunity,
1149
00:56:14,609 --> 00:56:16,544
I'm like, "Yeah, that's right.
That makes sense.
1150
00:56:16,577 --> 00:56:17,879
And goodbye
and thank you so much."
1151
00:56:17,912 --> 00:56:20,915
-And you're-- right now,
you're, like... -Wait.
1152
00:56:20,948 --> 00:56:22,449
This...
1153
00:56:22,482 --> 00:56:23,517
-I don't even have the word
for it. -But why?
1154
00:56:23,551 --> 00:56:24,518
That how much I don't have it.
1155
00:56:24,552 --> 00:56:25,820
You went to RISD. I mean...
1156
00:56:25,853 --> 00:56:27,788
-That's different.
-No, it's not at all.
1157
00:56:27,822 --> 00:56:29,824
That's like the Harvard
of finger painting.
1158
00:56:29,857 --> 00:56:31,726
That's how they sell it.
It's on all the pamphlets.
1159
00:56:31,759 --> 00:56:33,728
-Exactly. I mean, it's...
-(laughs)
1160
00:56:33,761 --> 00:56:37,031
Yeah, it's amazing
to even get in there.
1161
00:56:37,064 --> 00:56:40,034
-What did you study?
-Sculpture.
1162
00:56:40,067 --> 00:56:42,103
-You did?
-Mm-hmm.
1163
00:56:42,136 --> 00:56:44,005
You still do it?
1164
00:56:44,038 --> 00:56:46,707
No. Not really, um, anymore.
1165
00:56:46,741 --> 00:56:47,608
I, uh...
1166
00:56:49,243 --> 00:56:51,178
I used to love it,
but it's sort of similar
1167
00:56:51,212 --> 00:56:52,780
-to what you were saying.
-What?
1168
00:56:52,813 --> 00:56:55,917
I couldn't decide if I was,
like, really good
1169
00:56:55,950 --> 00:56:59,153
and other people didn't get me
or if I was, like,
1170
00:56:59,186 --> 00:57:03,090
a lunatic
making yarn sculptures.
1171
00:57:03,124 --> 00:57:05,593
-Yarn sculptures?
-I know, I know.
1172
00:57:05,626 --> 00:57:07,795
Sculptures with yarn?
1173
00:57:07,828 --> 00:57:10,564
-Yeah.
-Do you have pictures?
1174
00:57:11,265 --> 00:57:13,768
-I do.
-Yeah?
1175
00:57:13,801 --> 00:57:15,670
Um...
1176
00:57:17,872 --> 00:57:19,874
-They don't really work in 2D.
-Oh, my God.
1177
00:57:19,907 --> 00:57:23,077
-And they're too small
on this screen. -Are you sure?
1178
00:57:23,110 --> 00:57:25,546
-Let me see. (laughs)
-Come on!
1179
00:57:26,213 --> 00:57:29,482
-(Aren groans)
-(Lizzie chuckles)
1180
00:57:39,193 --> 00:57:40,928
This looks so cool.
1181
00:57:40,962 --> 00:57:44,497
Yeah, you don't really get the
feeling that you get in person.
1182
00:57:45,633 --> 00:57:48,202
Uh, okay, so if it was, like,
right in front of me,
1183
00:57:48,235 --> 00:57:50,571
what would I be feeling?
1184
00:57:53,274 --> 00:57:55,009
Calm.
1185
00:57:56,077 --> 00:57:57,678
Quiet.
1186
00:57:58,779 --> 00:58:01,515
Kind of like how I imagine
meditating is supposed to feel
1187
00:58:01,549 --> 00:58:02,883
but you can never
actually pull off.
1188
00:58:02,917 --> 00:58:05,720
Okay, so it's-it's,
like, relaxing?
1189
00:58:05,753 --> 00:58:07,621
I'm doing a terrible job
of this.
1190
00:58:07,655 --> 00:58:09,657
-Why are you making me do this?
-No, you're not.
1191
00:58:09,690 --> 00:58:12,492
-You're not.
-(chuckles)
1192
00:58:13,227 --> 00:58:14,829
Yeah, um...
1193
00:58:15,830 --> 00:58:18,899
I think my pieces are about...
1194
00:58:18,933 --> 00:58:21,035
comfort.
1195
00:58:21,068 --> 00:58:22,169
Mm-hmm.
1196
00:58:22,203 --> 00:58:24,005
Not like my shoes
are comfortable,
1197
00:58:24,038 --> 00:58:27,641
but deep social ease.
1198
00:58:28,776 --> 00:58:32,246
Like, I saw this Wall Street
bro get mugged one time.
1199
00:58:32,279 --> 00:58:34,582
-Uh, okay.
-It's an example.
1200
00:58:34,615 --> 00:58:36,550
-Okay. Okay. (chuckles)
-Deep social ease.
1201
00:58:36,584 --> 00:58:39,320
Uh, but when this guy
got mugged,
1202
00:58:39,353 --> 00:58:43,190
he was so surprised.
1203
00:58:44,291 --> 00:58:46,861
Yeah, I mean, isn't that
kind of essential to a mugging?
1204
00:58:46,894 --> 00:58:49,030
But no, it was the way
he was surprised.
1205
00:58:49,063 --> 00:58:50,164
It was...
1206
00:58:50,197 --> 00:58:51,899
Like, right before the mugging,
1207
00:58:51,932 --> 00:58:55,302
he was so sure that the world
wasn't gonna come for him
1208
00:58:55,336 --> 00:58:57,605
that it took him
a super long time to realize
1209
00:58:57,638 --> 00:58:59,173
that he was getting mugged.
1210
00:58:59,206 --> 00:59:01,675
I swear to God
that for a split second,
1211
00:59:01,709 --> 00:59:03,944
he thought the knife
was a present for him.
1212
00:59:05,079 --> 00:59:08,849
Like, in his mind, it was
more likely that a stranger
1213
00:59:08,883 --> 00:59:12,219
would give him
a random gift...
1214
00:59:12,253 --> 00:59:15,289
than that they would
try to hurt him.
1215
00:59:15,322 --> 00:59:17,825
Totally. Yeah.
1216
00:59:17,858 --> 00:59:21,729
And I-I want to know
what that would feel like
1217
00:59:21,762 --> 00:59:24,965
to have that expectation
of the world.
1218
00:59:26,367 --> 00:59:28,569
Just for a second.
1219
00:59:30,104 --> 00:59:32,339
Like I'm...
1220
00:59:32,373 --> 00:59:34,208
floating in salt water,
1221
00:59:34,241 --> 00:59:38,746
and I can just relax.
1222
00:59:43,717 --> 00:59:45,953
Well, what makes you
feel like that?
1223
00:59:50,391 --> 00:59:52,259
Peruvian wool.
1224
00:59:52,293 --> 00:59:54,595
(snickers)
1225
00:59:56,030 --> 00:59:58,099
And...
1226
00:59:58,132 --> 01:00:01,168
when people are talking to me.
1227
01:00:01,202 --> 01:00:04,138
-Like, me specifically.
-Mm.
1228
01:00:04,171 --> 01:00:09,210
Not an idea of me but
the person that I actually am.
1229
01:00:12,279 --> 01:00:14,682
And when does that happen?
1230
01:00:17,384 --> 01:00:19,887
Is it weird to say now?
1231
01:00:26,260 --> 01:00:28,629
(phone ringing, vibrating)
1232
01:00:33,868 --> 01:00:35,035
Sorry.
1233
01:00:36,170 --> 01:00:38,005
-Hey. -JASON (over phone):
You sitting down?
1234
01:00:38,038 --> 01:00:39,006
AREN:
I was.
1235
01:00:39,039 --> 01:00:40,407
JASON:
Dude, I get to pitch Mick
1236
01:00:40,441 --> 01:00:43,043
in front of the entire company,
everyone.
1237
01:00:43,077 --> 01:00:45,746
-That's awesome, man.
-Like, I knew it was coming,
1238
01:00:45,779 --> 01:00:47,281
and this is it, it's here,
1239
01:00:47,314 --> 01:00:49,016
and I'm bringing you
along with me.
1240
01:00:49,049 --> 01:00:51,085
And I just emailed you a temp,
so you think you can, like,
1241
01:00:51,118 --> 01:00:53,154
work your magic
like you did last time?
1242
01:00:53,187 --> 01:00:55,222
Yeah. You got it. No problem.
1243
01:00:55,256 --> 01:00:56,657
Thanks, man.
1244
01:00:57,458 --> 01:00:59,894
(exhales heavily)
1245
01:01:01,462 --> 01:01:04,165
Sorry, I've got to go back
to work.
1246
01:01:05,933 --> 01:01:08,235
That's okay.
I should actually...
1247
01:01:08,269 --> 01:01:10,070
I should go, so...
1248
01:01:12,873 --> 01:01:14,875
Thanks for the walk.
1249
01:01:15,809 --> 01:01:16,911
Yeah, anytime.
1250
01:01:16,944 --> 01:01:18,979
-I'll see ya.
-See ya.
1251
01:01:24,818 --> 01:01:26,987
(bell tolling)
1252
01:01:29,356 --> 01:01:31,258
(bell continues tolling)
1253
01:01:31,292 --> 01:01:34,962
A farm subsidy's not welfare
because farmers aren't lazy.
1254
01:01:34,995 --> 01:01:36,797
-(magical jingling)
-You know?
1255
01:01:36,830 --> 01:01:37,932
(farmer mumbles)
1256
01:01:37,965 --> 01:01:40,100
(jingling stops abruptly)
1257
01:01:41,235 --> 01:01:43,437
(farmer continues mumbling)
1258
01:01:43,470 --> 01:01:45,940
(bell continues tolling)
1259
01:01:45,973 --> 01:01:50,211
And that's why you have nothing
to be embarrassed about.
1260
01:01:50,244 --> 01:01:51,478
(magical whoosh)
1261
01:01:51,513 --> 01:01:53,113
(whoosh stops abruptly)
1262
01:01:55,550 --> 01:01:57,218
♪ ♪
1263
01:01:57,251 --> 01:01:58,520
(magical whoosh)
1264
01:01:58,553 --> 01:02:00,221
(whoosh stops abruptly)
1265
01:02:03,490 --> 01:02:05,426
(bell continues tolling)
1266
01:02:05,459 --> 01:02:07,861
♪ ♪
1267
01:02:20,007 --> 01:02:22,209
(distant voices clamoring)
1268
01:02:27,081 --> 01:02:29,149
(Dede muttering)
1269
01:02:33,887 --> 01:02:35,856
-(scoffs)
-(tolling stops)
1270
01:02:35,889 --> 01:02:39,393
Normally, I would be
floating above you, godlike,
1271
01:02:39,426 --> 01:02:44,198
with magic powered by a hundred
Negroes working as one.
1272
01:02:44,231 --> 01:02:49,003
But today, Kyle here had to get
an actual chair for me.
1273
01:02:49,036 --> 01:02:52,473
Why? Because someone here
defied the Society.
1274
01:02:52,507 --> 01:02:55,876
Our powers shut down
because someone here
1275
01:02:55,909 --> 01:02:57,878
made it about himself.
1276
01:02:57,911 --> 01:02:59,413
-Who was it?
-(crowd murmuring)
1277
01:02:59,446 --> 01:03:05,419
Brutus and Kyle have
had to carry this thing around
1278
01:03:05,452 --> 01:03:08,022
like common laborers.
1279
01:03:08,055 --> 01:03:10,991
Brutus went to Dartmouth.
1280
01:03:11,025 --> 01:03:12,893
He doesn't need this shit.
1281
01:03:12,926 --> 01:03:16,063
And Kyle went to...
1282
01:03:16,096 --> 01:03:19,233
Kyle?
Baby, where'd you go again?
1283
01:03:19,266 --> 01:03:21,035
Cornell, ma'am.
1284
01:03:21,068 --> 01:03:24,838
Still technically Ivy.
1285
01:03:24,872 --> 01:03:27,308
Who did it?
1286
01:03:29,376 --> 01:03:31,412
Tonya?
1287
01:03:31,445 --> 01:03:33,380
Tell us of your crimes.
1288
01:03:33,414 --> 01:03:34,549
(sighs)
1289
01:03:34,582 --> 01:03:37,284
I told my client about himself.
1290
01:03:37,318 --> 01:03:39,053
(crowd murmuring)
1291
01:03:39,086 --> 01:03:40,087
Not much.
1292
01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:43,991
It was just like,
"Hey, you may want to revisit
1293
01:03:44,024 --> 01:03:46,226
that foundational paper
in our field."
1294
01:03:46,260 --> 01:03:48,062
Was that all?
1295
01:03:48,095 --> 01:03:50,364
And I may have sworn at him
a little.
1296
01:03:50,397 --> 01:03:52,600
-(crowd groaning, murmuring)
-He's never read it.
1297
01:03:52,634 --> 01:03:54,935
He cites it,
but he's never read it.
1298
01:03:54,968 --> 01:03:56,571
I've heard enough!
1299
01:03:56,604 --> 01:03:58,372
I hereby ban you
1300
01:03:58,405 --> 01:04:01,543
from the American Society
of Magical Negroes.
1301
01:04:01,576 --> 01:04:03,611
You will receive
a mind-erasing spell
1302
01:04:03,645 --> 01:04:07,214
that will take away any and all
recollection of your time here.
1303
01:04:07,247 --> 01:04:09,283
And then, Tonya,
1304
01:04:09,316 --> 01:04:13,621
you will receive
the most severe sentence.
1305
01:04:13,655 --> 01:04:17,091
You will be forced to live
in America...
1306
01:04:17,124 --> 01:04:18,258
No.
1307
01:04:18,292 --> 01:04:19,594
...as a...
1308
01:04:19,627 --> 01:04:21,962
regular Black person.
1309
01:04:21,995 --> 01:04:24,198
(crowd murmuring)
1310
01:04:26,266 --> 01:04:28,168
We're working to get our powers
up as soon as possible.
1311
01:04:28,202 --> 01:04:29,937
Normally, Tonya would have
helped with that.
1312
01:04:29,970 --> 01:04:32,507
GABBARD:
What a waste.
1313
01:04:32,540 --> 01:04:34,509
To Tonya.
1314
01:04:34,542 --> 01:04:37,111
She is...
1315
01:04:37,144 --> 01:04:38,580
was...
1316
01:04:38,613 --> 01:04:40,914
the smartest of us.
1317
01:04:40,948 --> 01:04:43,551
-She's not dead, though, right?
-Probably not.
1318
01:04:43,585 --> 01:04:46,487
But without our standard-issue
charm against hate crimes,
1319
01:04:46,521 --> 01:04:47,955
the worst could've happened.
1320
01:04:47,988 --> 01:04:49,990
Like she stepped
out of our door
1321
01:04:50,023 --> 01:04:52,926
and walked
straight into a Nazi.
1322
01:04:58,600 --> 01:05:01,235
I didn't mean to put you off
like that.
1323
01:05:01,268 --> 01:05:02,570
No, no, it's...
1324
01:05:02,604 --> 01:05:04,471
I don't recruit.
1325
01:05:04,506 --> 01:05:08,375
Usually, I don't work
with the new members like that.
1326
01:05:08,409 --> 01:05:10,411
Really?
1327
01:05:10,444 --> 01:05:13,080
Dede says I'm too stern.
1328
01:05:13,113 --> 01:05:15,082
-What?
-(chuckles)
1329
01:05:15,115 --> 01:05:18,285
That's what I said.
I'm likeable.
1330
01:05:18,318 --> 01:05:21,155
So, uh, why me?
1331
01:05:21,188 --> 01:05:23,023
I'll give you a compliment.
1332
01:05:23,056 --> 01:05:25,426
Watching you walk through
a room full of white people
1333
01:05:25,459 --> 01:05:27,562
is the most painful thing
I've ever seen.
1334
01:05:27,595 --> 01:05:30,030
Mm, thank you.
1335
01:05:30,063 --> 01:05:32,166
I called Dede right away
and said,
1336
01:05:32,199 --> 01:05:35,402
"I'm going to work
with this young man myself."
1337
01:05:36,604 --> 01:05:41,041
You know, uh, I just realized
I never actually, uh,
1338
01:05:41,074 --> 01:05:43,110
thanked you for helping me out
that night.
1339
01:05:43,143 --> 01:05:45,345
You don't have to thank me.
1340
01:05:46,748 --> 01:05:48,516
Still.
1341
01:05:49,349 --> 01:05:52,186
You can thank me
by doing a good job.
1342
01:05:57,525 --> 01:05:59,393
Okay.
1343
01:06:02,797 --> 01:06:05,165
-LIZZIE: Hey.
-Hi.
1344
01:06:06,366 --> 01:06:08,168
Is everything okay?
1345
01:06:08,202 --> 01:06:10,003
Yeah.
1346
01:06:10,037 --> 01:06:11,205
I mean, I was not okay
last night,
1347
01:06:11,238 --> 01:06:13,340
and you were really sweet
about it.
1348
01:06:13,373 --> 01:06:15,175
So it's your turn.
1349
01:06:15,810 --> 01:06:17,411
-Yeah, I'm good.
-Okay.
1350
01:06:26,621 --> 01:06:28,255
(sighs)
1351
01:06:29,389 --> 01:06:31,058
JASON: I can't believe
you haven't played this before.
1352
01:06:31,091 --> 01:06:32,359
AREN:
Yeah, I know. It's-it's fun.
1353
01:06:32,392 --> 01:06:34,194
-(gruesome game sound effects)
-Oh, my God.
1354
01:06:34,228 --> 01:06:35,630
-I know, right?
-Wow.
1355
01:06:35,663 --> 01:06:37,565
Look, he's, like,
all burned up.
1356
01:06:37,599 --> 01:06:40,802
-You can, like, pick up
his lung. -Okay, yeah, let's...
1357
01:06:40,835 --> 01:06:44,071
Hey, actually, um...
I actually had a suggestion
1358
01:06:44,104 --> 01:06:45,807
on the Lizzie front.
1359
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:47,809
-JASON: Yeah, shoot.
-AREN: I was thinking
1360
01:06:47,842 --> 01:06:50,444
that you could ask Lizzie
to present with you.
1361
01:06:51,546 --> 01:06:54,516
Why? I mean, I do the talking,
you run the deck.
1362
01:06:54,549 --> 01:06:55,650
What else do we need?
1363
01:06:55,683 --> 01:06:57,050
Well, Lizzie's
a great designer,
1364
01:06:57,084 --> 01:06:58,285
and, you know,
it's a nice gesture,
1365
01:06:58,318 --> 01:06:59,754
especially for someone
that you're into.
1366
01:06:59,787 --> 01:07:01,623
JASON:
Yeah, but it's not fair.
1367
01:07:01,656 --> 01:07:03,223
AREN:
No.
1368
01:07:03,257 --> 01:07:05,359
You'd still have plenty
of face time with Mick.
1369
01:07:05,392 --> 01:07:07,662
JASON: No, it's-- I mean,
it's not fair to Lizzie.
1370
01:07:07,695 --> 01:07:09,363
What-- I-I don't follow.
1371
01:07:09,396 --> 01:07:11,265
Well, I mean,
if you give somebody a break
1372
01:07:11,298 --> 01:07:12,667
and they haven't earned it,
1373
01:07:12,700 --> 01:07:14,836
you're just setting them up
to fail down the line,
1374
01:07:14,869 --> 01:07:16,804
so it's not fair to them.
1375
01:07:16,838 --> 01:07:20,140
So you don't think
Lizzie's earned it?
1376
01:07:20,173 --> 01:07:23,343
Well, I mean,
Masterson did come to me, so...
1377
01:07:23,377 --> 01:07:26,179
Yeah, true, but it could've
been either of you.
1378
01:07:26,213 --> 01:07:28,448
-Could it?
-Yeah.
1379
01:07:28,482 --> 01:07:30,618
Well, I mean, I can only
speak for me, and I got it,
1380
01:07:30,652 --> 01:07:32,520
so I must have put in
the right amount of work.
1381
01:07:32,554 --> 01:07:35,690
Well, what if Lizzie put in
the exact same amount of work?
1382
01:07:35,723 --> 01:07:37,424
But she didn't get it.
1383
01:07:37,457 --> 01:07:39,393
So the fact that you have it
is proof that you deserve it?
1384
01:07:39,426 --> 01:07:40,227
Kinda.
1385
01:07:40,260 --> 01:07:41,796
Pick up that rapier there
1386
01:07:41,829 --> 01:07:44,264
and just stab them in the nose.
1387
01:07:44,298 --> 01:07:47,535
I mean, sure, there's luck
and talent and stuff,
1388
01:07:47,569 --> 01:07:50,572
but I feel like mostly
people get what they work for,
1389
01:07:50,605 --> 01:07:52,574
and I got it, Lizzie didn't.
1390
01:07:52,607 --> 01:07:55,843
But don't other things
contribute to your success?
1391
01:07:55,877 --> 01:07:57,512
Like what?
1392
01:07:57,545 --> 01:07:59,379
Like if people treat you
1393
01:07:59,413 --> 01:08:01,448
like you're gonna be successful
your whole life,
1394
01:08:01,481 --> 01:08:04,318
don't you think that makes it
easier to succeed?
1395
01:08:04,351 --> 01:08:07,187
-Like, me specifically?
-Sure.
1396
01:08:07,220 --> 01:08:09,757
Well, I was gonna succeed,
so they would've been right.
1397
01:08:09,791 --> 01:08:11,626
Uh, but what if
they treated you
1398
01:08:11,659 --> 01:08:13,126
like you weren't gonna succeed?
1399
01:08:13,160 --> 01:08:14,629
Well, why would they? I was.
1400
01:08:14,662 --> 01:08:16,430
It's a hypothetical, Jason.
1401
01:08:16,463 --> 01:08:18,465
Well, I would've been like,
"Back off, haters." Like...
1402
01:08:18,498 --> 01:08:20,500
Okay, but that's
a really confident attitude,
1403
01:08:20,535 --> 01:08:22,604
and if you were being undermined
your whole life...
1404
01:08:22,637 --> 01:08:25,506
Well, I'm confident, so I
wouldn't let them undermine me.
1405
01:08:25,540 --> 01:08:27,341
But I'm saying, like,
what if your confidence
1406
01:08:27,374 --> 01:08:28,676
isn't actually yours,
1407
01:08:28,710 --> 01:08:30,444
it's just something
that you learned how to do
1408
01:08:30,477 --> 01:08:33,380
in response to how people
have treated you?
1409
01:08:33,413 --> 01:08:35,215
Like, for me-- and I'm not
1410
01:08:35,248 --> 01:08:36,684
actually sure
how this happened--
1411
01:08:36,718 --> 01:08:38,352
but I feel like, at some point,
1412
01:08:38,385 --> 01:08:40,253
I got taught
that other people...
1413
01:08:40,287 --> 01:08:42,456
-Dude, pump the brakes, man.
-Uh, my bad. I'm not trying...
1414
01:08:42,489 --> 01:08:43,625
No, pump the brakes
on the Humvee.
1415
01:08:43,658 --> 01:08:44,926
Oh, sorry. Sorry.
1416
01:08:44,959 --> 01:08:46,527
Slow, slow, slow, slow, slow.
Nice, nice!
1417
01:08:46,561 --> 01:08:48,395
Whew, I thought we were
gonna overshoot it. Nice.
1418
01:08:48,428 --> 01:08:50,430
Whew. What were you saying?
1419
01:08:52,567 --> 01:08:55,202
Uh, um...
1420
01:08:56,838 --> 01:08:58,205
Nothing.
1421
01:08:58,238 --> 01:08:59,507
-Holy shit, you almost died.
-Yeah.
1422
01:08:59,540 --> 01:09:01,709
(mellow rock music playing
through speaker)
1423
01:09:01,743 --> 01:09:04,144
(quiet chatter)
1424
01:09:07,280 --> 01:09:09,483
(chatter continues
indistinctly)
1425
01:09:22,697 --> 01:09:24,699
KWAME:
Were you looking for anything
1426
01:09:24,732 --> 01:09:25,800
specific?
1427
01:09:25,833 --> 01:09:28,402
Just... inspiration.
1428
01:09:28,435 --> 01:09:29,604
(chuckles)
1429
01:09:29,637 --> 01:09:31,271
-Yeah.
-Tough client.
1430
01:09:31,304 --> 01:09:34,942
Well, anytime Oscar here senses
a really extreme reaction
1431
01:09:34,976 --> 01:09:36,711
from one of the clients,
good or bad,
1432
01:09:36,744 --> 01:09:39,814
he starts recording to a disk.
1433
01:09:39,847 --> 01:09:41,549
And the full disks
are archived here
1434
01:09:41,582 --> 01:09:44,217
so we can look back
at these moments.
1435
01:09:44,251 --> 01:09:47,421
Usually, these are
our finest work.
1436
01:09:47,454 --> 01:09:51,491
Like, the most recent one
we caught was...
1437
01:09:51,526 --> 01:09:54,629
-(whirring)
-Huh. All right, um...
1438
01:09:54,662 --> 01:09:57,330
No one seems to have labeled
the last one.
1439
01:09:57,364 --> 01:09:59,332
KWAME (recorded):
And that's why you have nothing
1440
01:09:59,366 --> 01:10:01,468
to be embarrassed about.
1441
01:10:01,501 --> 01:10:03,470
(magical whoosh,
whoosh stops abruptly)
1442
01:10:04,672 --> 01:10:06,306
Um...
1443
01:10:07,875 --> 01:10:09,577
Um... (coughs, clears throat)
1444
01:10:18,385 --> 01:10:20,287
-Excuse me.
-Sure.
1445
01:10:46,379 --> 01:10:48,315
-(knob clicks)
-ROGER (recorded): I can't wait
1446
01:10:48,348 --> 01:10:50,618
ROGER (recorded):
to see this picture.
1447
01:10:50,651 --> 01:10:53,286
Nah, that, uh,
that didn't come out.
1448
01:10:53,320 --> 01:10:54,589
Let me take it again, okay?
1449
01:10:54,622 --> 01:10:57,692
You guys ready?
'Cause this is the one.
1450
01:11:07,935 --> 01:11:09,737
(quiet knocking)
1451
01:11:11,338 --> 01:11:13,541
(old-time jazz music playing)
1452
01:11:15,510 --> 01:11:18,846
He was my... second client.
1453
01:11:19,814 --> 01:11:21,381
And she was...
1454
01:11:21,414 --> 01:11:23,383
Well, I mean, she was Annie.
1455
01:11:23,416 --> 01:11:24,585
(camera clicks)
1456
01:11:25,520 --> 01:11:28,723
First he fell for her,
then I fell for her,
1457
01:11:28,756 --> 01:11:31,358
and then I did my job.
1458
01:11:32,425 --> 01:11:33,895
You ever regret it?
1459
01:11:34,929 --> 01:11:36,964
Regret is for white people.
1460
01:11:36,998 --> 01:11:39,399
I don't think
that's how it works.
1461
01:11:39,432 --> 01:11:40,868
Well, not according
to my grandma.
1462
01:11:40,902 --> 01:11:43,004
Oh, you're gonna quote
your wise Black grandma to me?
1463
01:11:43,037 --> 01:11:45,405
-(laughing)
-To me?
1464
01:11:45,438 --> 01:11:47,008
Yeah, but this is my real one.
1465
01:11:47,041 --> 01:11:48,609
Okay.
1466
01:11:48,643 --> 01:11:52,847
See, my daddy... (sighs)
he used to shine shoes.
1467
01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:57,985
And this one day-- I must have
been five, six years old--
1468
01:11:58,019 --> 01:12:00,087
I went to town to see him.
1469
01:12:00,121 --> 01:12:04,391
And I was running toward him,
all excited.
1470
01:12:04,424 --> 01:12:05,893
But before I got to him,
1471
01:12:05,927 --> 01:12:10,463
this white man looked down
from the chair above him,
1472
01:12:10,497 --> 01:12:13,366
and he just spit on his head.
1473
01:12:14,902 --> 01:12:17,905
He spit on him.
1474
01:12:17,939 --> 01:12:20,708
He said something about...
1475
01:12:20,741 --> 01:12:24,444
my daddy needed
more spit in his shine.
1476
01:12:25,813 --> 01:12:28,583
And I just froze.
1477
01:12:29,884 --> 01:12:32,887
I mean, my daddy had a temper.
1478
01:12:32,920 --> 01:12:35,623
So I'm saying to myself,
1479
01:12:35,656 --> 01:12:37,525
"Ooh!
1480
01:12:38,826 --> 01:12:42,797
He's about to whoop the shit
out of this white man."
1481
01:12:42,830 --> 01:12:44,497
Mm.
1482
01:12:47,500 --> 01:12:52,740
But instead, he wiped the spit
off of his head,
1483
01:12:52,773 --> 01:12:55,977
and he looked up at him
and he smiled.
1484
01:12:57,979 --> 01:13:03,017
And I ran home crying,
thinking about that smile.
1485
01:13:03,050 --> 01:13:07,088
When I finally ran into
my grandmother, I told her
1486
01:13:07,121 --> 01:13:11,659
how ashamed I was of my daddy,
and she got real still.
1487
01:13:13,127 --> 01:13:14,896
And you know what she said?
1488
01:13:14,929 --> 01:13:17,031
What?
1489
01:13:17,932 --> 01:13:21,836
"If your daddy come home
alive today...
1490
01:13:23,070 --> 01:13:25,907
...he ain't got nothing
to regret."
1491
01:13:26,874 --> 01:13:30,611
So have I lost some things
to this work?
1492
01:13:31,245 --> 01:13:33,681
Some pride?
1493
01:13:33,714 --> 01:13:35,182
Her?
1494
01:13:35,216 --> 01:13:36,784
Yeah.
1495
01:13:38,552 --> 01:13:41,722
But I never regretted
one smile.
1496
01:13:43,057 --> 01:13:45,993
Because I'm still here.
1497
01:13:47,094 --> 01:13:49,496
And so many of us ain't.
1498
01:13:54,035 --> 01:13:57,204
But what do you do about the
little part of you that dies
1499
01:13:57,238 --> 01:13:59,540
every time you smile like that?
1500
01:13:59,573 --> 01:14:01,642
What, you'd rather go
all at once?
1501
01:14:01,676 --> 01:14:04,078
-No, I just...
-It's just pride, Aren.
1502
01:14:04,111 --> 01:14:06,547
-Feels like more.
-Well, that's 'cause you didn't
1503
01:14:06,580 --> 01:14:08,582
let her go
like I told you to do.
1504
01:14:10,184 --> 01:14:11,252
How'd you know that?
1505
01:14:11,285 --> 01:14:12,586
(chuckles)
1506
01:14:12,620 --> 01:14:15,589
Of course I know
all about that.
1507
01:14:15,623 --> 01:14:17,457
I'm pretty much a wizard.
1508
01:14:18,092 --> 01:14:19,860
Fair enough.
1509
01:14:21,595 --> 01:14:24,031
You'll get another client,
1510
01:14:24,065 --> 01:14:25,833
and she will fade.
1511
01:14:25,866 --> 01:14:28,269
AREN: Then why do you keep
a picture?
1512
01:14:28,302 --> 01:14:30,705
ROGER:
So she doesn't.
1513
01:14:34,075 --> 01:14:35,776
That sounds awful.
1514
01:14:35,810 --> 01:14:37,912
Well, it's better than
the alternative.
1515
01:14:37,945 --> 01:14:43,117
If you do anything to interfere
with her or your client,
1516
01:14:43,150 --> 01:14:45,886
you could have
your memory erased.
1517
01:14:45,920 --> 01:14:48,656
You won't even remember
she existed.
1518
01:14:50,291 --> 01:14:54,528
I'm sorry, son,
but this is the job.
1519
01:14:58,332 --> 01:15:00,768
♪ ♪
1520
01:15:15,149 --> 01:15:17,685
♪ ♪
1521
01:15:24,191 --> 01:15:26,093
(song ends)
1522
01:15:26,127 --> 01:15:28,062
Hey, Lizzie?
1523
01:15:28,095 --> 01:15:29,864
-Hey.
-Hey.
1524
01:15:32,199 --> 01:15:37,038
I just wanted to apologize
1525
01:15:37,071 --> 01:15:40,041
for being weird the other day.
1526
01:15:40,074 --> 01:15:42,143
No worries.
1527
01:15:42,176 --> 01:15:44,845
-Thank you.
-Yeah.
1528
01:15:46,614 --> 01:15:49,183
But, um, I really...
1529
01:15:49,216 --> 01:15:52,653
I really do want to be friends.
1530
01:15:52,686 --> 01:15:55,356
And I want to say that
out loud to you
1531
01:15:55,389 --> 01:15:59,760
because I...
I feel like we had a...
1532
01:15:59,794 --> 01:16:04,331
"We're actually gonna be
friends" night,
1533
01:16:04,365 --> 01:16:08,836
and then I was weird about it.
1534
01:16:10,137 --> 01:16:12,173
Um, yes.
1535
01:16:12,206 --> 01:16:14,075
Totally.
1536
01:16:14,108 --> 01:16:16,310
So...
1537
01:16:16,343 --> 01:16:17,845
friends?
1538
01:16:20,114 --> 01:16:21,115
Yes.
1539
01:16:21,148 --> 01:16:22,083
-(chuckles)
-Are we friends?
1540
01:16:22,116 --> 01:16:23,784
Of course we're friends.
1541
01:16:23,818 --> 01:16:25,019
-Yeah. Wait, I don't...
-Friends.
1542
01:16:25,052 --> 01:16:27,188
-It's formal, but...
-(laughs) Yeah.
1543
01:16:27,221 --> 01:16:28,823
Seal the deal. All right.
1544
01:16:28,856 --> 01:16:31,258
Um, I'm gonna get back
to work, okay?
1545
01:16:31,292 --> 01:16:33,794
-Okay. Okay.
-I'll see you around.
1546
01:16:39,300 --> 01:16:40,868
Hey, Aren.
1547
01:16:45,406 --> 01:16:46,707
-Hey, what's up?
-(chuckles)
1548
01:16:46,740 --> 01:16:48,742
I'm sorry, I just...
1549
01:16:48,776 --> 01:16:51,278
I know you just said
that we had a...
1550
01:16:51,312 --> 01:16:54,715
uh, "We're actually gonna be
friends" kind of night,
1551
01:16:54,748 --> 01:16:56,684
but that's...
1552
01:16:57,918 --> 01:16:59,787
...that's not
what I would call it.
1553
01:16:59,820 --> 01:17:02,923
What-what would you call it?
1554
01:17:06,293 --> 01:17:08,863
Um, we had a moment.
1555
01:17:09,897 --> 01:17:11,232
Didn't we?
1556
01:17:13,300 --> 01:17:16,670
And I guess I just figured that
you were, you were acting weird
1557
01:17:16,704 --> 01:17:19,373
because it was, uh,
it was too soon,
1558
01:17:19,406 --> 01:17:21,842
um... or it was too much,
1559
01:17:21,876 --> 01:17:24,879
um, or because I outrank you.
1560
01:17:24,912 --> 01:17:27,281
-(chuckles) Oh, yeah?
-Yeah. Yeah.
1561
01:17:27,314 --> 01:17:29,150
Yeah, I could order you
to do stuff.
1562
01:17:29,183 --> 01:17:30,985
(chuckles)
1563
01:17:31,018 --> 01:17:32,653
(laughs)
1564
01:17:35,189 --> 01:17:36,924
So am I crazy?
1565
01:17:38,392 --> 01:17:40,060
No.
1566
01:17:42,363 --> 01:17:44,064
Thank you.
1567
01:17:47,368 --> 01:17:51,138
We had a really lovely moment.
1568
01:17:52,239 --> 01:17:54,041
But?
1569
01:17:54,074 --> 01:17:57,077
But... I...
1570
01:17:59,246 --> 01:18:02,983
...just started this job,
1571
01:18:03,017 --> 01:18:05,052
and...
1572
01:18:05,085 --> 01:18:07,788
I'm sorry...
1573
01:18:07,821 --> 01:18:10,257
Don't be sorry.
1574
01:18:10,291 --> 01:18:11,892
Um, no, I'm sorry.
1575
01:18:11,926 --> 01:18:14,962
I sh-shouldn't have brought it
up at work. That's...
1576
01:18:18,232 --> 01:18:19,300
We're friends.
1577
01:18:19,333 --> 01:18:21,268
-We're friends.
-Friends.
1578
01:18:21,302 --> 01:18:22,469
(both laugh)
1579
01:18:22,503 --> 01:18:24,705
-Friends.
-Okay.
1580
01:18:26,006 --> 01:18:27,775
Okay, I'm gonna,
I'm gonna go home,
1581
01:18:27,808 --> 01:18:29,944
but I'll... I'll see you.
1582
01:18:29,977 --> 01:18:31,212
-Okay.
-See ya around.
1583
01:18:31,245 --> 01:18:32,947
All right, see ya.
1584
01:18:38,018 --> 01:18:40,087
♪ ♪
1585
01:18:43,490 --> 01:18:46,093
GABBARD:
There's a tension here.
1586
01:18:47,394 --> 01:18:51,265
Black... but palatable.
1587
01:18:52,132 --> 01:18:53,901
Because they don't want to know
1588
01:18:53,934 --> 01:18:56,370
how much it costs youto navigate them.
1589
01:18:56,403 --> 01:19:00,374
The sadness behind your eyesevery time you smile.
1590
01:19:00,407 --> 01:19:05,279
The lump in your throatfrom everything you didn't say.
1591
01:19:05,312 --> 01:19:09,283
We're showing the clientthe parts of ourselves
1592
01:19:09,316 --> 01:19:11,852
that make them feel good...
1593
01:19:13,387 --> 01:19:15,789
...and nothing more.
1594
01:19:18,459 --> 01:19:20,894
♪ ♪
1595
01:19:31,038 --> 01:19:33,240
(ocean waves lapping gently)
1596
01:20:01,035 --> 01:20:03,003
(phone ringing, vibrating)
1597
01:20:03,037 --> 01:20:04,238
(groans)
1598
01:20:09,977 --> 01:20:12,614
-Hi, uh... -JASON (over phone):
Yo, presentation day.
1599
01:20:12,647 --> 01:20:14,048
Hey, let's meet 30 before.
1600
01:20:14,081 --> 01:20:17,351
Also, big news
on the Lizzie front.
1601
01:20:17,384 --> 01:20:18,886
-Yeah?
-Yeah, yeah.
1602
01:20:18,919 --> 01:20:21,422
I, uh... as soon as
the presentation's over,
1603
01:20:21,455 --> 01:20:24,058
I'm asking her out.
1604
01:20:24,091 --> 01:20:25,926
-You there?
-Mm-hmm.
1605
01:20:25,959 --> 01:20:27,629
Did you hear the part about
how after the presentation
1606
01:20:27,662 --> 01:20:29,830
I'm asking her out?
1607
01:20:32,567 --> 01:20:34,769
(phone ringing, vibrating)
1608
01:20:38,640 --> 01:20:40,341
-I'm so sorry. I-I, um...
-JASON: All good.
1609
01:20:40,374 --> 01:20:41,975
Anyway, I got a great plan
to ask her out,
1610
01:20:42,009 --> 01:20:43,344
but I'm gonna need your help.
1611
01:20:43,377 --> 01:20:45,012
What was that thing
that you said last week
1612
01:20:45,045 --> 01:20:46,447
that made her laugh?
I think it was about a...
1613
01:20:48,315 --> 01:20:50,351
♪ ♪
1614
01:20:52,119 --> 01:20:54,121
(grunts)
1615
01:20:58,992 --> 01:21:01,095
LIZZIE (recorded): Hi. This is
Lizzie. Leave a message.
1616
01:21:01,128 --> 01:21:02,963
-Hey, Lizzie, are you at work?
-SKATER: Hey! (grunts)
1617
01:21:02,996 --> 01:21:04,365
-I need to talk to you.
-Watch where you're going!
1618
01:21:04,398 --> 01:21:06,133
(phone chimes)
1619
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:08,068
JASON (recorded):
You close?
1620
01:21:08,102 --> 01:21:09,503
Don't want to be
"that boatswain,"
1621
01:21:09,537 --> 01:21:11,171
but, uh, you're late.
1622
01:21:13,407 --> 01:21:15,577
-(phone chimes)
-JASON (recorded): Hey, man,
1623
01:21:15,610 --> 01:21:16,644
you got an ETA?
1624
01:21:16,678 --> 01:21:19,012
Uh, where-where you at?
1625
01:21:27,287 --> 01:21:29,156
(phone ringing)
1626
01:21:30,457 --> 01:21:31,559
(ringing stops)
1627
01:21:31,593 --> 01:21:33,360
(sighs)
1628
01:21:36,397 --> 01:21:38,499
What? LaCroix?
1629
01:21:38,533 --> 01:21:40,434
No, he's not
a dockworker, Tyler.
1630
01:21:40,467 --> 01:21:43,404
Go get the one with
the fresh fruit squeezed in it.
1631
01:21:43,437 --> 01:21:45,239
-Run!
-(door opens)
1632
01:21:46,206 --> 01:21:47,474
(chuckles)
1633
01:21:47,509 --> 01:21:49,476
Mick, hi. Jason.
1634
01:21:49,511 --> 01:21:51,044
What an honor.
1635
01:21:51,078 --> 01:21:53,548
All we are really is
just bags of meat, you know?
1636
01:21:53,581 --> 01:21:55,315
(chuckles) In a box.
1637
01:21:55,349 --> 01:21:58,218
(laughter)
1638
01:21:58,252 --> 01:22:00,722
Okay, Linda. Linda, Linda,
Linda, Linda, Linda, Linda.
1639
01:22:00,755 --> 01:22:02,690
-Is your team all set?
-Yes, Mick, it's, uh--
1640
01:22:02,724 --> 01:22:04,124
-Of course. Of course.
-That's great.
1641
01:22:04,158 --> 01:22:07,294
You have
a very bright future here.
1642
01:22:07,327 --> 01:22:09,062
(inhales deeply)
1643
01:22:10,998 --> 01:22:12,667
Wow, I think
I just left my body.
1644
01:22:12,700 --> 01:22:13,668
-Are we set?
-Yes.
1645
01:22:13,701 --> 01:22:15,402
-Okay.
-Yeah.
1646
01:22:16,771 --> 01:22:18,573
♪ ♪
1647
01:22:18,606 --> 01:22:21,141
(crowd cheering)
1648
01:22:28,482 --> 01:22:30,083
Ahoy.
1649
01:22:30,117 --> 01:22:32,453
Thank you all so much
for coming.
1650
01:22:32,486 --> 01:22:34,154
Or rather not coming,
1651
01:22:34,188 --> 01:22:37,759
because we are live streaming
this to your desks.
1652
01:22:37,792 --> 01:22:42,296
We read a study in
the Harvard Business Review
1653
01:22:42,329 --> 01:22:44,231
that said
gathering in large groups
1654
01:22:44,264 --> 01:22:46,266
leads to too much fun!
(chuckles)
1655
01:22:46,300 --> 01:22:47,301
And unions.
1656
01:22:47,334 --> 01:22:50,337
So we're gonna have fun
from wherever we are.
1657
01:22:50,370 --> 01:22:53,608
And I would like to hear you,
one at a time.
1658
01:22:53,641 --> 01:22:55,710
First up, Los Angeles!
1659
01:22:55,743 --> 01:22:57,411
(crowd cheering)
1660
01:22:57,444 --> 01:22:58,479
Seoul!
1661
01:22:58,513 --> 01:22:59,647
(crowd cheering)
1662
01:22:59,681 --> 01:23:02,483
♪ ♪
1663
01:23:02,517 --> 01:23:04,251
Dude, where have you been?
1664
01:23:04,284 --> 01:23:06,353
-The presentation is starting.
-I can't talk right now, man.
1665
01:23:06,386 --> 01:23:08,288
-We're about to go on.
-Have you seen Lizzie?
1666
01:23:08,322 --> 01:23:11,325
She'll be at the presentation.
Come on.
1667
01:23:12,192 --> 01:23:14,194
Uh, the other day,
I was bidding on
1668
01:23:14,228 --> 01:23:16,096
a first edition
of The Fountainhead,
1669
01:23:16,129 --> 01:23:17,532
and I lost.
1670
01:23:17,565 --> 01:23:22,604
Now, those of you who know me
know that I hate losing.
1671
01:23:22,637 --> 01:23:24,238
Okay? (chuckles)
1672
01:23:24,271 --> 01:23:26,073
But in the end,
it was kind of exhilarating,
1673
01:23:26,106 --> 01:23:30,812
cause it reminded me
of my drive to win.
1674
01:23:30,845 --> 01:23:34,782
Now, Ghana-gate...
1675
01:23:34,816 --> 01:23:36,751
reminded us that
we have to double down
1676
01:23:36,784 --> 01:23:38,285
on connecting with everybody.
1677
01:23:38,318 --> 01:23:41,355
MICK: Design will help them
find their bliss.
1678
01:23:41,388 --> 01:23:43,123
-I don't see Lizzie.
-Just find her after.
1679
01:23:43,156 --> 01:23:44,659
No, it's urgent.
I'm having a moment of clarity.
1680
01:23:44,692 --> 01:23:46,260
Hey, hey, there's nothing more
urgent than this presentation.
1681
01:23:46,293 --> 01:23:47,662
Look, I'm just
clicking the slides.
1682
01:23:47,695 --> 01:23:49,196
If I'm not back in time,
you can do it on your own.
1683
01:23:49,229 --> 01:23:50,532
-No, you have to be there.
-Why?
1684
01:23:50,565 --> 01:23:52,366
-Because you do.
-I'm just pressing a button.
1685
01:23:52,399 --> 01:23:54,334
-Do I have to spell this out
for you? -Yeah, apparently.
1686
01:23:54,368 --> 01:23:57,070
So this whole rebrand
is about diversity.
1687
01:23:57,104 --> 01:23:59,206
MICK:
Now, without further ado,
1688
01:23:59,239 --> 01:24:01,275
please join me
in welcoming to the stage
1689
01:24:01,308 --> 01:24:04,144
L.A. design team head
Linda Masterson!
1690
01:24:04,177 --> 01:24:06,213
(crowd cheering)
1691
01:24:07,414 --> 01:24:09,182
MASTERSON:
Thanks so much, Mick.
1692
01:24:09,216 --> 01:24:11,385
Well, I think it's safe to say
1693
01:24:11,418 --> 01:24:15,188
that every crew is
only as good as their captain.
1694
01:24:15,222 --> 01:24:16,691
-(Mick whoops)
-(crowd laughing, applauding)
1695
01:24:16,724 --> 01:24:19,561
(fading): And with Mick at
the helm, it's pretty clear
1696
01:24:19,594 --> 01:24:23,130
we're not gonna be hitting
any icebergs anytime soon.
1697
01:24:23,163 --> 01:24:26,066
(Masterson continues
indistinctly)
1698
01:24:29,469 --> 01:24:31,238
(mouthing)
1699
01:24:53,595 --> 01:24:56,664
MASTERSON: These may not
seem like MeetBox words.
1700
01:24:56,698 --> 01:24:59,601
They may not be carved
on the hull of values.
1701
01:24:59,634 --> 01:25:01,569
But I would argue...
1702
01:25:01,603 --> 01:25:04,171
(Masterson continues
speaking indistinctly)
1703
01:25:05,372 --> 01:25:06,173
Hey.
1704
01:25:06,206 --> 01:25:08,509
-Hey.
-I, uh...
1705
01:25:10,778 --> 01:25:12,847
I didn't like that.
1706
01:25:12,880 --> 01:25:14,448
What?
1707
01:25:14,481 --> 01:25:15,883
That thing you said,
I didn't like it.
1708
01:25:15,917 --> 01:25:17,351
Okay.
1709
01:25:17,384 --> 01:25:18,620
I felt like you were saying
1710
01:25:18,653 --> 01:25:19,887
that I'm only here
because of my race.
1711
01:25:19,921 --> 01:25:21,288
-I didn't like that.
-What?
1712
01:25:21,321 --> 01:25:23,323
And I needed to say that
out loud.
1713
01:25:23,357 --> 01:25:24,191
Whoa.
1714
01:25:24,224 --> 01:25:27,795
I feel crazy
just blurting that out.
1715
01:25:27,829 --> 01:25:29,229
That's... Wow.
1716
01:25:29,262 --> 01:25:30,531
-Whoa.
-(laughs)
1717
01:25:30,565 --> 01:25:32,199
Just once, I wanted to say
what I thought,
1718
01:25:32,232 --> 01:25:34,669
-no matter the consequences.
-I'm not racist.
1719
01:25:34,702 --> 01:25:35,837
What?
1720
01:25:35,870 --> 01:25:37,705
-I'm not racist.
-Oh, no, no, no, no.
1721
01:25:37,739 --> 01:25:38,940
That's not what I'm saying.
1722
01:25:38,973 --> 01:25:40,340
I was just trying
to tell you how I felt,
1723
01:25:40,374 --> 01:25:41,776
which is actually
pretty big for me,
1724
01:25:41,809 --> 01:25:44,311
cause I usually only
worry about how you feel...
1725
01:25:44,344 --> 01:25:46,446
'Cause I would never say
anything racist.
1726
01:25:46,480 --> 01:25:47,915
No, I'm just talking about me.
1727
01:25:47,949 --> 01:25:49,684
I don't have a racist bone
in my body.
1728
01:25:49,717 --> 01:25:53,788
Sorry, I'm actually having a
moment of real personal growth,
1729
01:25:53,821 --> 01:25:56,390
and so-- no offense--
1730
01:25:56,423 --> 01:26:00,260
I don't really care if you're
racist on a skeletal level.
1731
01:26:00,293 --> 01:26:01,829
Whoa, we can't just,
like, throw that shit around.
1732
01:26:01,863 --> 01:26:03,430
All right?
It's like a death sentence.
1733
01:26:03,463 --> 01:26:05,600
AREN: No, getting shot
is a death sentence.
1734
01:26:05,633 --> 01:26:07,234
-JASON: You know what I mean.
-No, I don't totally.
1735
01:26:07,267 --> 01:26:08,402
You did say a thing.
1736
01:26:08,435 --> 01:26:10,805
You said
you only needed me onstage
1737
01:26:10,838 --> 01:26:12,239
-because I'm diverse.
-No.
1738
01:26:12,272 --> 01:26:14,241
-No, I didn't.
-Yes, you did.
1739
01:26:14,274 --> 01:26:15,409
JASON:
No, no, I said
1740
01:26:15,442 --> 01:26:17,512
the presentation
is about diversity.
1741
01:26:18,378 --> 01:26:20,480
That... that's semantics.
1742
01:26:20,515 --> 01:26:22,617
-That's-that's not
what happened. -I'm sorry...
1743
01:26:22,650 --> 01:26:25,385
-I'm sorry you heard it wrong.
-I-I was just there. That's...
1744
01:26:25,419 --> 01:26:26,921
If what you're saying happened,
1745
01:26:26,954 --> 01:26:28,523
then I'm racist,
and I'm not racist,
1746
01:26:28,556 --> 01:26:30,424
so it couldn't have happened
how you said it happened.
1747
01:26:30,457 --> 01:26:31,726
So because
you don't want to feel bad,
1748
01:26:31,759 --> 01:26:32,894
the thing that just happened
didn't happen?
1749
01:26:32,927 --> 01:26:34,361
That makes it sound crazy.
1750
01:26:34,394 --> 01:26:35,863
-That's because it's crazy.
-Can we...
1751
01:26:35,897 --> 01:26:38,331
Can we just please
focus up here?
1752
01:26:38,933 --> 01:26:41,736
And now Jason Mundt.
1753
01:26:42,670 --> 01:26:44,271
-I don't care if you're racist.
-Dude.
1754
01:26:44,304 --> 01:26:45,807
-Everyone's racist.
-Aren. (chuckles)
1755
01:26:45,840 --> 01:26:47,575
AREN: I care that you won't
acknowledge what just happened.
1756
01:26:47,608 --> 01:26:48,976
JASON:
I'm sorry you're offended, okay?
1757
01:26:49,010 --> 01:26:50,578
AREN:
I mean, how can we move forward
1758
01:26:50,611 --> 01:26:51,713
-until we acknowledge...
-I apologize. You hear me?
1759
01:26:51,746 --> 01:26:52,880
This is me apologizing.
1760
01:26:52,914 --> 01:26:54,314
...the basic facts
of the situation?
1761
01:26:54,347 --> 01:26:55,315
-Are they lovers?
-(arguing continues)
1762
01:26:55,348 --> 01:26:57,317
I don't think so.
1763
01:26:57,350 --> 01:26:58,786
-I'm not asking for
reparations. -I did all of it.
1764
01:26:58,820 --> 01:27:00,454
-I'm not asking for you
to apologize. -I did racism.
1765
01:27:00,487 --> 01:27:01,856
-I did slavery.
-I'm just asking for...
1766
01:27:01,889 --> 01:27:03,256
If I could just do
this presentation,
1767
01:27:03,290 --> 01:27:04,491
-that would be great.
-I'm sorry,
1768
01:27:04,525 --> 01:27:05,459
-did you say you did slavery?
-Uh...
1769
01:27:05,492 --> 01:27:07,028
Like, as an institution?
1770
01:27:07,061 --> 01:27:08,863
-AREN: How did we get there?!
-I'm just, I'm just gonna...
1771
01:27:08,896 --> 01:27:11,032
All you had to do was listen
to me and the thing that I was
1772
01:27:11,065 --> 01:27:12,633
-saying about myself!
-(chuckles nervously)
1773
01:27:12,667 --> 01:27:13,968
-Hey, what's happening?
-For Christ's sake...
1774
01:27:14,001 --> 01:27:15,536
I don't know.
He's freaking out.
1775
01:27:15,570 --> 01:27:17,004
...there's a section
of the presentation called
1776
01:27:17,038 --> 01:27:18,606
"Diverse Experiences."
It's a dumb title,
1777
01:27:18,639 --> 01:27:20,440
-but it's in there.
-Okay, Mick, I've got this.
1778
01:27:20,474 --> 01:27:21,876
-You couldn't be less
interested... -Um, excuse me.
1779
01:27:21,909 --> 01:27:23,678
-Oh, you want to get in
on this, Mick? -Uh, fellas?
1780
01:27:23,711 --> 01:27:25,012
Yeah, I think I might be able
to help out with this.
1781
01:27:25,046 --> 01:27:26,413
-Just go.
-All right. Ahoy, MeetBox.
1782
01:27:26,446 --> 01:27:27,380
Oh, you think
you understand me?
1783
01:27:27,414 --> 01:27:28,916
-Uh, yeah.
-Mick,
1784
01:27:28,950 --> 01:27:30,484
-you don't understand other
people. -And my name is Jason.
1785
01:27:30,518 --> 01:27:31,686
-(clears throat)
-You own an island.
1786
01:27:31,719 --> 01:27:33,588
-Right. -JASON: I'd like
to get started...
1787
01:27:33,621 --> 01:27:35,022
-No one with an island has
empathy. -MASTERSON: Just stop.
1788
01:27:35,056 --> 01:27:37,357
It's not possible
to possess both things.
1789
01:27:37,390 --> 01:27:38,960
-Right.
-JASON: Dude, stop.
1790
01:27:38,993 --> 01:27:40,427
Okay, I'm so sorry.
1791
01:27:40,460 --> 01:27:41,662
Why are you doing this?
We're friends.
1792
01:27:41,696 --> 01:27:42,997
You're not my friend.
1793
01:27:43,030 --> 01:27:44,464
And you don't want
to be friends,
1794
01:27:44,498 --> 01:27:46,033
because if we were
actual friends,
1795
01:27:46,067 --> 01:27:48,936
you would have to talk to me
and listen to me
1796
01:27:48,970 --> 01:27:53,574
and make space for the reality
that I live in a country
1797
01:27:53,608 --> 01:27:57,612
that makes me feel
like it wants me dead.
1798
01:27:57,645 --> 01:27:58,513
-What?
-What?
1799
01:27:58,546 --> 01:28:00,681
Where if I get shot today,
1800
01:28:00,715 --> 01:28:03,718
there is an army of people
ready to explain how it was
1801
01:28:03,751 --> 01:28:05,720
-probably my fault.
-(laughs) Probably?
1802
01:28:05,753 --> 01:28:07,855
-And I feel that every day.
-Aren, the diversity section
1803
01:28:07,889 --> 01:28:10,390
-of this whole thing is coming
later. -In every glance,
1804
01:28:10,423 --> 01:28:12,627
in every movie that's
supposed to be uplifting.
1805
01:28:12,660 --> 01:28:14,494
-And maybe less about death.
-And that changes everything.
1806
01:28:14,529 --> 01:28:15,930
Because death and diversity
don't really have anything
1807
01:28:15,963 --> 01:28:17,497
-to do with each other, so...
-That changes how I walk
1808
01:28:17,532 --> 01:28:20,635
and how I talk
and how I take up space!
1809
01:28:20,668 --> 01:28:21,669
Or don't!
1810
01:28:21,702 --> 01:28:22,537
I got this. Okay.
1811
01:28:22,570 --> 01:28:24,404
It changes
what risks feel reasonable
1812
01:28:24,437 --> 01:28:26,874
and which ones are insane.
1813
01:28:26,908 --> 01:28:29,677
And it's taken me my whole life
to realize that this is
1814
01:28:29,710 --> 01:28:31,546
a weight
that I walk around with
1815
01:28:31,579 --> 01:28:32,880
-all the time.
-MASTERSON: Hi.
1816
01:28:32,914 --> 01:28:34,515
-My name is Jason, and I...
-And after this
1817
01:28:34,549 --> 01:28:35,850
lifelong journey
of figuring out
1818
01:28:35,883 --> 01:28:37,819
that maybe this shit
impacts everything I do...
1819
01:28:37,852 --> 01:28:39,620
Linda, you-you're not Jason.
You can't do that.
1820
01:28:39,654 --> 01:28:41,022
...you want to turn around
and act like I'm crazy
1821
01:28:41,055 --> 01:28:42,623
for acknowledging it.
No, no, no, no.
1822
01:28:42,657 --> 01:28:44,357
No, no, no, no. You don't
get to put me in danger
1823
01:28:44,391 --> 01:28:45,760
just because you don't want
to feel like an asshole.
1824
01:28:45,793 --> 01:28:46,961
Young man, young man.
1825
01:28:46,994 --> 01:28:48,029
-Be the asshole.
-MICK: We have forums...
1826
01:28:48,062 --> 01:28:49,496
Mick, hold on a second.
1827
01:28:49,530 --> 01:28:50,698
-Jason!
-I beg your pardon?
1828
01:28:50,731 --> 01:28:52,667
Because the shame
that you feel like
1829
01:28:52,700 --> 01:28:54,669
you did something wrong
just by being yourself,
1830
01:28:54,702 --> 01:28:56,571
-that is my whole life.
-MICK: You know what?
1831
01:28:56,604 --> 01:28:59,106
-You know what, everybody?
-AREN: And this place...
1832
01:28:59,140 --> 01:29:00,675
-this country...
-This is MeetBox.
1833
01:29:00,708 --> 01:29:02,710
...has been
so deeply indifferent
1834
01:29:02,743 --> 01:29:04,879
-to whether or not I exist...
-(Mick continues indistinctly)
1835
01:29:04,912 --> 01:29:09,050
...that on some level, I don't
think I have the right to.
1836
01:29:09,083 --> 01:29:10,852
And what I am saying to you
1837
01:29:10,885 --> 01:29:12,687
that you so steadfastly
refuse to hear...
1838
01:29:12,720 --> 01:29:14,121
It's the Mick way.
It's the MeetBox way.
1839
01:29:14,155 --> 01:29:15,990
...is fuck that!
1840
01:29:16,023 --> 01:29:18,626
I do!
1841
01:29:19,794 --> 01:29:21,762
I deserve to be here.
1842
01:29:22,763 --> 01:29:26,366
Not just on this stage
but in this world.
1843
01:29:29,502 --> 01:29:32,940
And that, believe it or not,
is a revelation to me.
1844
01:29:34,876 --> 01:29:39,714
So you want to know about
my-my "diverse experience"?
1845
01:29:40,915 --> 01:29:43,885
I have been on this planet
for 27 years,
1846
01:29:43,918 --> 01:29:48,388
and I just figured out this week
that I deserve to be alive.
1847
01:29:49,090 --> 01:29:51,525
(exhales heavily)
1848
01:30:09,043 --> 01:30:10,845
I didn't know that.
1849
01:30:13,014 --> 01:30:14,749
Me neither.
1850
01:30:16,651 --> 01:30:18,686
♪ ♪
1851
01:30:19,520 --> 01:30:21,188
-Hi.
-Hi. That was...
1852
01:30:21,222 --> 01:30:22,455
(folder drops on floor)
1853
01:30:22,489 --> 01:30:23,925
I'm gonna move us a little.
1854
01:30:23,958 --> 01:30:25,226
What?
1855
01:30:25,259 --> 01:30:26,961
(sharp whoosh)
1856
01:30:26,994 --> 01:30:28,529
So, I'm gonna go soon,
1857
01:30:28,562 --> 01:30:30,531
-and I-I can't explain.
-Oh, my God.
1858
01:30:30,564 --> 01:30:32,499
But even though we might
never see each other again,
1859
01:30:32,533 --> 01:30:34,068
I need you to know
that you're not crazy.
1860
01:30:34,101 --> 01:30:35,803
What we had was real.
1861
01:30:35,836 --> 01:30:38,839
And as long as I've known you,
I've wanted to do this.
1862
01:30:38,873 --> 01:30:40,608
(bell tolling)
1863
01:30:43,978 --> 01:30:45,980
Aren?
1864
01:30:47,848 --> 01:30:50,450
-(bell continues tolling)
-(crowd murmuring)
1865
01:30:51,786 --> 01:30:54,487
-DEDE: Aren Mbondo.
-(tolling stops)
1866
01:30:58,259 --> 01:31:00,795
We have seen your crimes
on the MeetBox stage,
1867
01:31:00,828 --> 01:31:03,631
crimes that have
endangered everyone
1868
01:31:03,664 --> 01:31:07,902
and kept me
at this miserable height.
1869
01:31:07,935 --> 01:31:09,971
What happened after
you left the auditorium?
1870
01:31:10,004 --> 01:31:13,274
I teleported my client's love
interest to a romantic location
1871
01:31:13,307 --> 01:31:14,842
where I tried to kiss her.
1872
01:31:14,875 --> 01:31:16,243
(crowd murmuring)
1873
01:31:16,277 --> 01:31:19,714
In my defense,
I had feelings for her first,
1874
01:31:19,747 --> 01:31:23,050
and he kind of
colonized my crush.
1875
01:31:23,084 --> 01:31:24,852
(crowd murmuring)
1876
01:31:24,885 --> 01:31:28,723
How can you possibly justify
your behavior?
1877
01:31:29,991 --> 01:31:34,195
I guess I've always felt like
it's my job
1878
01:31:34,228 --> 01:31:36,197
to make white people
feel comfortable,
1879
01:31:36,230 --> 01:31:39,133
and obviously,
here it literally is,
1880
01:31:39,166 --> 01:31:42,069
but...
1881
01:31:42,103 --> 01:31:44,038
it shouldn't be.
1882
01:31:45,172 --> 01:31:47,008
(crowd whispering)
1883
01:31:47,041 --> 01:31:49,643
MAN:
I get it though...
1884
01:31:51,312 --> 01:31:53,280
Aren,
1885
01:31:53,314 --> 01:31:55,316
you are hereby banished
1886
01:31:55,349 --> 01:31:58,919
from the American Society
of Magical Negroes.
1887
01:32:00,921 --> 01:32:02,590
Makes sense.
1888
01:32:02,623 --> 01:32:04,792
(crowd murmuring quietly)
1889
01:32:08,596 --> 01:32:10,798
(siren wailing in distance)
1890
01:32:17,705 --> 01:32:19,807
You got a history
of concussions?
1891
01:32:20,741 --> 01:32:24,011
Because technically
this spell is brain damage.
1892
01:32:25,079 --> 01:32:26,947
I'm okay.
1893
01:32:33,020 --> 01:32:34,789
(Roger clears throat)
1894
01:32:34,822 --> 01:32:36,724
♪ ♪
1895
01:32:49,970 --> 01:32:52,139
-Are you gonna...
-Just give me a second.
1896
01:32:52,173 --> 01:32:53,808
Um, yeah, okay.
1897
01:32:53,841 --> 01:32:55,743
You know you're not
gonna be able
1898
01:32:55,776 --> 01:32:57,645
to take care of yourself
out there?
1899
01:33:00,414 --> 01:33:03,717
Um... I'll be fine.
1900
01:33:07,154 --> 01:33:09,290
(Roger inhales deeply)
1901
01:33:09,323 --> 01:33:10,858
Okay.
1902
01:33:12,960 --> 01:33:14,995
♪ ♪
1903
01:33:18,666 --> 01:33:20,634
(fizzling sound)
1904
01:33:28,008 --> 01:33:29,944
(fizzling sound)
1905
01:33:32,179 --> 01:33:33,948
Shit.
1906
01:33:33,981 --> 01:33:35,382
What? What's...
1907
01:33:35,416 --> 01:33:38,752
I think you must have
gave somebody notions.
1908
01:33:38,786 --> 01:33:40,921
I could really use a hand here.
1909
01:33:40,955 --> 01:33:44,959
I don't think you really
understand the welfare state.
1910
01:33:44,992 --> 01:33:45,793
What?
1911
01:33:45,826 --> 01:33:47,895
But it's got to be
a two-way street.
1912
01:33:47,928 --> 01:33:50,698
I can't be the only one
grabbing crotches around here.
1913
01:33:50,731 --> 01:33:53,167
You've got to check in
on my penis as well.
1914
01:33:53,200 --> 01:33:55,202
(voices clamoring loudly)
1915
01:33:56,170 --> 01:33:58,906
But this shutdown
feels different. Big.
1916
01:33:58,939 --> 01:34:01,175
-Did I just put you
out of a job? -Oh, no.
1917
01:34:01,208 --> 01:34:03,878
Being a magical Negro
isn't just about magic.
1918
01:34:03,911 --> 01:34:06,680
As long as there are
fretful whites,
1919
01:34:06,714 --> 01:34:08,916
we will be here.
1920
01:34:12,052 --> 01:34:13,754
All right.
1921
01:34:13,787 --> 01:34:16,190
Uh... I'm gonna go.
1922
01:34:16,223 --> 01:34:18,425
But what you gonna do for work?
1923
01:34:18,459 --> 01:34:20,427
Uh...
1924
01:34:20,461 --> 01:34:22,429
Actually, I have an idea
for a new piece.
1925
01:34:22,463 --> 01:34:24,331
The yarn?
1926
01:34:24,365 --> 01:34:26,333
You do remember
nobody liked it?
1927
01:34:26,367 --> 01:34:28,802
Yeah, but I do.
1928
01:34:30,104 --> 01:34:34,475
Well, if I'm letting you out of
here with your memory intact,
1929
01:34:34,509 --> 01:34:36,410
you better text me tonight.
1930
01:34:36,443 --> 01:34:38,445
(laughs):
Okay, sure.
1931
01:34:38,479 --> 01:34:42,082
And none of that emoji shit.
I need words.
1932
01:34:43,250 --> 01:34:46,120
I'm curious to see how you
gonna make it out of all this.
1933
01:34:46,153 --> 01:34:47,755
Make it out of what?
1934
01:34:48,956 --> 01:34:51,192
You didn't leave her in L.A.
1935
01:34:51,225 --> 01:34:53,394
Oh.
1936
01:34:53,427 --> 01:34:55,362
No.
1937
01:34:55,396 --> 01:34:56,397
No, no, no.
1938
01:34:56,430 --> 01:34:58,199
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
1939
01:34:58,232 --> 01:35:00,067
LIZZIE (recorded voice mail):
Aren, what is going on?
1940
01:35:00,100 --> 01:35:02,069
You just left me hereand you just disappeared?
1941
01:35:02,102 --> 01:35:03,804
-I'm on the...
-WOMAN: Excuse me!
1942
01:35:03,837 --> 01:35:05,306
LIZZIE (continues):
...on the Empire State Building.
1943
01:35:05,339 --> 01:35:07,208
What is going on?
1944
01:35:07,241 --> 01:35:08,943
LIZZIE: (new recorded
voice mail): Um, okay, great.
1945
01:35:08,976 --> 01:35:11,745
So, I'm, like,on the Brooklyn Bridge now
1946
01:35:11,779 --> 01:35:12,947
on the way to the airport,
1947
01:35:12,980 --> 01:35:16,050
uh, and I guessI'm in New York.
1948
01:35:16,083 --> 01:35:18,786
LIZZIE: (new recorded voice
mail): I, uh, landed in L.A.
1949
01:35:18,819 --> 01:35:21,956
Um, I'm in a car homeright now.
1950
01:35:21,989 --> 01:35:23,824
Um, can you just--can you give me a call
1951
01:35:23,857 --> 01:35:26,060
and let me knowthat you're okay?
1952
01:35:30,297 --> 01:35:32,099
Lizzie.
1953
01:35:32,132 --> 01:35:33,968
(panting):
Hey. I'm so sorry.
1954
01:35:34,001 --> 01:35:36,370
I didn't realize
that when I left...
1955
01:35:36,403 --> 01:35:38,806
♪ ♪
1956
01:35:56,390 --> 01:35:58,092
(both chuckle)
1957
01:36:00,427 --> 01:36:02,896
I, uh...
1958
01:36:02,930 --> 01:36:04,398
LIZZIE:
Uh-huh?
1959
01:36:04,431 --> 01:36:05,933
AREN:
Ah. (chuckles)
1960
01:36:05,966 --> 01:36:09,870
LIZZIE:
Hi, uh, Aren.
1961
01:36:09,903 --> 01:36:13,941
AREN: Um, I feel terrible
about leaving you in New York.
1962
01:36:13,974 --> 01:36:15,342
That was not
what I was planning on.
1963
01:36:15,376 --> 01:36:19,013
LIZZIE: Mm-hmm.
So, do you have powers or...
1964
01:36:19,046 --> 01:36:22,016
AREN: No, right. Okay, that's
a, that's a fair question.
1965
01:36:22,049 --> 01:36:26,153
I'm part of this magic society--
1966
01:36:26,186 --> 01:36:27,388
Or-or I was.
1967
01:36:27,421 --> 01:36:29,356
I just quit, so...
1968
01:36:29,390 --> 01:36:30,924
Good on me or...
1969
01:36:30,958 --> 01:36:33,160
LIZZIE:
You're kidding.
1970
01:36:33,193 --> 01:36:34,395
AREN:
Nope.
1971
01:36:34,428 --> 01:36:36,897
LIZZIE: Which is such a crazy
coincidence, because I'm...
1972
01:36:36,930 --> 01:36:38,533
I'm also a part
of a magic society,
1973
01:36:38,566 --> 01:36:41,068
and I was about to quit.
1974
01:36:41,101 --> 01:36:42,503
AREN:
Yeah, okay, that's funny.
1975
01:36:42,537 --> 01:36:44,505
-I-I deserve that.
-LIZZIE: No, really.
1976
01:36:44,539 --> 01:36:46,040
But first I thought
I would kidnap you
1977
01:36:46,073 --> 01:36:48,042
and leave you
on the Space Needle.
1978
01:36:48,075 --> 01:36:51,945
AREN (laughs): No, I was...
I was trying to be romantic.
1979
01:36:51,979 --> 01:36:53,881
-(Aren groans)
-LIZZIE: All right.
1980
01:36:53,914 --> 01:36:55,583
Just walk with me, then.
1981
01:36:55,617 --> 01:36:57,451
-That sounds much nicer.
-AREN: Okay.
1982
01:36:57,484 --> 01:37:00,354
LIZZIE:
Maybe no more magic.
1983
01:37:00,387 --> 01:37:03,991
AREN:
Yeah. No more magic.
1984
01:37:04,024 --> 01:37:06,493
LIZZIE: Oh, and you still
owe me a coffee.
1985
01:37:06,528 --> 01:37:08,962
♪ ♪
1986
01:37:10,998 --> 01:37:13,934
(breezy music plays quietly
over speakers)
1987
01:37:13,967 --> 01:37:15,936
(entry bell jingles)
1988
01:37:22,943 --> 01:37:24,311
Can I help you?
1989
01:37:28,115 --> 01:37:30,084
Oh. Okay.
1990
01:37:30,117 --> 01:37:32,186
♪ ♪
1991
01:37:46,568 --> 01:37:49,002
♪ ♪
1992
01:38:18,465 --> 01:38:20,901
♪ ♪
1993
01:38:50,497 --> 01:38:52,933
♪ ♪
1994
01:39:22,530 --> 01:39:24,965
♪ ♪
1995
01:39:54,562 --> 01:39:56,997
♪ ♪
1996
01:40:26,594 --> 01:40:28,997
♪ ♪
1997
01:40:58,626 --> 01:41:01,061
♪ ♪
1998
01:41:30,658 --> 01:41:33,093
♪ ♪
1999
01:42:02,690 --> 01:42:05,125
♪ ♪
2000
01:42:34,722 --> 01:42:37,157
♪ ♪
2001
01:43:06,754 --> 01:43:09,189
♪ ♪
2002
01:43:38,786 --> 01:43:41,221
♪ ♪
2003
01:44:10,818 --> 01:44:13,253
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2004
01:44:29,871 --> 01:44:32,272
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