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EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS #049
"Everybody Hates Bed-Stuy"
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CHRIS ROCK:
At the end of the school year,
I was going to graduate
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from Corleone Junior High.
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My eighth grade picture
had a list
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of everything I'd accomplished,
which so far, was nothing.
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This was my last chance to make
sure that didn't happen again.
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Why aren't you filling out
your yearbook activities form?
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Because right now,
the only thing I have
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to put under my picture is
"human punching bag."
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How about "First Black
kid at Corleone"?
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Actually, I wasn't the first
Black kid at Corleone...
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I was just the first one
that made it into the building.
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Okay, so I might be the first.
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But until now,
that hasn't meant a whole lot.
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But you tried out for
the basketball team.
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And ran for class president.
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Yeah, but I failed.
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Nobody remembers failure.
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I thought about
other Black people
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who were first at something,
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and what it would be like
if they had failed.
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Thanks for showing up.
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This Black guy was
in here, uh, Robinson.
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You know I was going to break
the color line for him.
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He showed up 20 minutes late.
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Claimed he couldn't
get a seat on the bus.
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Now you, kid,
you can't hit.
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You can't run.
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You can't throw.
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But you show up on time.
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It's not too late.
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You can still get
involved in an activity.
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Like what?
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I don't know.
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Something that plays
into your strong suits.
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Problem was,
all I had were weak suits.
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Choir.
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I can't sing.
Glee Club.
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I can't sing.
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The debate team.
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You can talk, can't you?
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Yeah, but that's full.
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Well, it looks like
the only thing left
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is the Chess Club
and Journalism staff.
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I thought about joining
the Chess Club.
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Go!
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Extra, extra!
Dummy joins newspaper.
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School newspaper, here I come.
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Because failure
is not an option.
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Captioning sponsored by
PARAMOUNT TELEVISION
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School newspapers are different
in white neighborhoods.
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For one thing,
there's no obituary column.
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So, what do you
want to write about?
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Politics.
No.
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I write about politics.
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Okay, then sports.
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No, Ping does
the sports column.
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Mostly covers Ping-Pong.
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Okay, then entertainment.
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Like, movie reviews
and stuff like that.
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This isn't Jet magazine,
this is a newspaper.
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I like Jet.
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Okay, then what do you
want me to write about?
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I don't know, something
that you know about.
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She doesn't have the guts to
suggest a fried chicken column.
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Like what?
I don't know.
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Something that's
unique to you.
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You know, something that's
unique to you, Blackety.
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While I thought
about what to write,
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my father thought
something was wrong.
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Re!
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Why're you campaigning
for this guy?
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Because my daddy
supported his daddy
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when he was
city councilman,
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and now I am just carrying
on the tradition.
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But you're hardly home as it is.
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Who gonna take
care of the house?
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That look means,
"Ain't you got two hands?"
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Baby, don't worry.
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The campaign will be over soon
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then everything will be
back to normal.
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I don't know why you want
to be involved with this guy.
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He's nothing but a
crook and a womanizer.
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Julius, would you
quit being jealous.
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He is not a crook.
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I've know him
since I was a teenager.
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So, even Saddam Hussein
had friends.
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Could you get that?
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Thank you, baby.
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Julius, ha-ha!
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Good to see you,
my brother.
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Hope you plan to
vote next week.
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Yeah, I-I do.
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Hope you plan to lose.
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Hi, Lamar!
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Rochelle, how're you doing?
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Good to see you.
Look at you.
Oh, good.
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Rochelle,
I want to thank you
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for volunteering
to help our campaign.
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Oh, not a problem, Lamar.
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You know you are
like family to me.
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Like play cousins.
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My mother saw a councilman,
but my father saw this:
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Rochelle, baby,
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Daddy needs you to get on out
there with your fine self
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and get Daddy them votes.
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Aw! But Daddy, it's raining
cats and dogs out there.
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Cats...
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Girl, you better
get on out there
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and go on
that campaigning.
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Get on out there.
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Vote for Daddy.
Vote for Daddy.
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Uh, so can I pick
these up later?
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Oh, yeah, you know what,
I'll get started on them now.
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Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.
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What about dinner?
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Oh, baby, can't we order
Chinese food?
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Well, who gonna pay
for this Chinese food?
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Uh, I can pay you
with my undying gratitude.
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Well, can you
pay me back with $13.43?
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:
Julius...
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Julius, you funny, man.
Yeah.
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No, you funnier.
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No, you funny.
No, you really funny.
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And you lucky.
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I mean, you got yourself
a fine woman right here.
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Yes, yes.
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Don't worry, baby, I'll cook.
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Uh, I was going anyway.
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Bye.
Listen,
don't forget to vote.
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Oh, I won't.
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Oh, he won't, but not for you.
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Oh, Julius.
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Yuck!
What's the matter?
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My peas are touching
my mashed potatoes.
So what?
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I just hate when one food
touches another.
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Baby, that's what mashed
potatoes are for.
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They're like little
clumps of glue
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that you use to
pick up your peas.
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That's disgusting.
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I could only imagine
what would've happened
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if I'd tried that.
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I can't eat this.
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My peas are touching
my mashed potatoes.
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Are they separated now?
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Mm-hmm.
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Chris, put that paper away.
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You're just
like your daddy.
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You know better
than to read at the table.
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Sorry, ma-- it's just that
I'm writing an article
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in the school paper
and I'm looking for ideas.
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Oh, well...
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why don't you write
about Councilman Johnson,
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and all the wonderful things
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that are happening
in the neighborhood?
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Like crack?
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You know what,
as a matter of fact,
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I think we all should help.
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Drew, you can
help me put up posters.
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And Tonya,
you can hand out buttons.
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I've got homework.
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Yeah, and I got to read
an autobiography on Billy Ocean.
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Don't even look at me.
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You know, that's a shame.
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People marched and had dogs
and hoses turned on them
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for the right to vote, and
you guys can't even help.
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Maybe you should turn
dogs and hoses on them.
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Okay, fine.
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I'll do it by myself.
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My mother had to do it on her
own, and so did I.
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How's school?
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Tough, I've got to write
an article for the school paper.
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Oh, you're a writer now, huh?
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Well, it's just that this
is my last year
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at Corleone and I think people
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won't remember me
unless I do something.
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Good for you.
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It's great to
be a writer.
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You can get your legacy started.
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Legacy?
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Your legacy.
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Like, what people remember
you for.
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Somebody should tell
Bobby Brown
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about this whole
"legacy" thing.
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Only problem is, I don't
know what to write about.
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Well, you happen to be in luck.
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I got a lot you can write about.
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But you're gonna have to
tone it down a little bit,
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because it's juicy.
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Really?
Yeah.
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You know, when I was young,
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I was arealplayer.
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I dated women
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wherever I could find them.
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Oh, yeah, I was what you'd
call a serial dater.
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I went out with
thousands of women.
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They all cried when I left.
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But they'd all take me
back in a second.
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No, I didn't know that.
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I dated all the pretty
women in Syracuse.
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Both of them.
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Then I dated all the
pretty women in Albany.
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Now we're up to three.
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Then, I dated all the pretty
women in Pittsburgh.
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Okay, we're back at two.
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But I know it's hard
to look at old Doc
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and think of me in that way,
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but I'm a real lady killer.
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I knew one thing for sure:
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nobody at school
was writing about this.
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While I was getting my story
down,
Johnson!
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my mother was
getting the vote out.
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Vote Johnson! Johnson!
You got it, you got it.
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Johnson!
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Vote for Johnson!
Vote for Johnson!
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Here, vote for Johnson,
he's a great guy.
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Vote for John... hey!
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Wait! Wait! Wait!
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Wait, wait a minute!
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Wait a minute, what the
hell are you doing?!
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I'm trying to prevent
the election
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of this evil individual.
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Lamar Johnson is not evil.
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You know that since
this man has come into office,
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my business has dropped 35%?
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That's because the murder
rate has dropped 35%.
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The whole reason
I moved to Bed-Stuy
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was because
business was booming.
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I couldn't keep
a casket in stock.
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They were literally
flying into the ground.
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You are sick.
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That's why I'm going
to do everything
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in my power to get
him re-elected.
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I'm going to do everything
in my power to get him defeated.
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What?! Wait a minute now.
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If you're not voting
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for Johnson,
who are you voting for?
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Himelfarb?
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Abe Himelfarb,
who owns the pawn shop?
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With Himelfarb in office,
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everything will fall
naturally into place.
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Over my dead body!
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That would be tragic,
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but if it were to happen,
you can rest assured
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I'll give Mr. Julius
a nice discount.
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You... you just stay away
from my posters.
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Vote for Johnson!
Vote for John...
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Hey! Hey!
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Wait! Stop that man!
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Stop him!
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Wait! Wait!
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When I turned in my story,
Lisa read me the riot act.
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You call yourself a writer?
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This is the worst
story I've ever read.
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I just wasted
20 minutes of my life.
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Do you know how many trees
died for you to write this?
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You're destroying
the ozone layer.
258
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People are gonna get cancer.
259
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Okay, okay, I get it.
260
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So what's wrong with it?
261
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Everything--
who wants to read
262
00:09:46,186 --> 00:09:48,021
about some crusty
old ghetto Romeo?
263
00:09:48,055 --> 00:09:50,023
Well, you told me write
about something I know,
and I know this guy.
264
00:09:50,057 --> 00:09:51,391
Well, if this
is the best you can do,
265
00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:53,627
maybe you should think
about doing something else.
266
00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:56,196
Like the Chess Club?
267
00:09:57,197 --> 00:09:58,932
Go!
268
00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:06,940
I wonder if there's
a Checkers Club.
269
00:10:11,244 --> 00:10:14,815
Lisa hated my story,
so I showed it to Ms. Morello,
270
00:10:14,848 --> 00:10:16,784
who loved anything black.
271
00:10:16,817 --> 00:10:18,886
Lisa's right, this isn't good.
272
00:10:18,919 --> 00:10:20,821
What's wrong with it?
273
00:10:20,854 --> 00:10:25,125
Chris, there's nothing worse
than racial stereotypes.
274
00:10:25,158 --> 00:10:28,161
We've seen this
a thousand times.
275
00:10:28,195 --> 00:10:31,031
The tall, shirtless Black man,
276
00:10:31,064 --> 00:10:33,967
his ebony pecs
glistening with sweat
277
00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:35,168
from working in the fields.
278
00:10:35,202 --> 00:10:40,974
His furrowed brow
filled with savage lust.
279
00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:44,177
Where was I?
280
00:10:44,211 --> 00:10:47,414
I think you were talking
about racial stereotypes.
281
00:10:47,447 --> 00:10:49,817
Oh, right.
282
00:10:49,850 --> 00:10:52,285
I want to read
about the real Black men
283
00:10:52,319 --> 00:10:54,988
who walk the gritty streets
of the hood.
284
00:10:55,022 --> 00:10:57,791
People like Super Fly,
285
00:10:57,825 --> 00:11:01,294
the Mack, Black Belt Jones,
286
00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:04,031
Truck Turner and Blacula.
287
00:11:04,064 --> 00:11:08,001
Tell me the truth
about the pimps
288
00:11:08,035 --> 00:11:10,470
and the hustlers,
the violence...
289
00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:12,940
all set to a jazzy beat!
290
00:11:12,973 --> 00:11:15,809
Oh, there's a jazzy beat
I want to give her,
291
00:11:15,843 --> 00:11:17,310
right upside the head.
292
00:11:17,344 --> 00:11:18,879
Everyone else hated my article,
293
00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:21,148
but I knew I could count
on Greg for support.
294
00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:22,716
It's horrible, dude.
295
00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:24,885
I've only been to your
neighborhood twice,
296
00:11:24,918 --> 00:11:26,253
and even I have more
exciting stories.
297
00:11:26,286 --> 00:11:28,221
Well, I don't know
what to write about,
298
00:11:28,255 --> 00:11:30,023
'cause everything they're
asking for doesn't exist.
299
00:11:30,057 --> 00:11:33,160
That's the wrong
attitude.
What do you mean?
300
00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:34,795
Do you want to be remembered
301
00:11:34,828 --> 00:11:36,897
for being something more
than just a human pinata?
302
00:11:36,930 --> 00:11:38,298
Yeah.
Do you want to
have something
303
00:11:38,331 --> 00:11:39,967
under your picture
in the yearbook?
304
00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,302
Yeah.
Then give the
people what they want.
305
00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,041
I thought journalism
was supposed
306
00:11:48,075 --> 00:11:49,409
to be about
reporting the facts,
307
00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:51,244
but what I found out is that
308
00:11:51,278 --> 00:11:53,013
people don't always
want the facts.
309
00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:55,282
So I decided to givethe people
what they want.
310
00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:57,851
I took Doc's story
about being a lady killer,
311
00:11:57,885 --> 00:11:59,753
and dropped the word "lady."
312
00:11:59,787 --> 00:12:01,188
OMAR:
Who do you want to beat?
313
00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:02,089
CROWD:
Johnson!
314
00:12:02,122 --> 00:12:04,124
OMAR:
When do you want to beat him?
Now!
315
00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:05,993
When I say, "Johnson,"
you say, "Fool." Johnson!
316
00:12:06,026 --> 00:12:07,160
CROWD:
Fool!
Johnson!
317
00:12:07,194 --> 00:12:08,128
What is that noise?
318
00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:09,296
That's Mr. Omar.
319
00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:10,831
He's having
an anti-Johnson rally.
320
00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:13,066
When do you want
to beat him?
What?!
321
00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:15,168
When I say, "Johnson," you
say, "Fool"-- Johnson!
Fool!
322
00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:16,937
Johnson!
Oh! J...
323
00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:18,238
Who do you
want to beat?
Johnson!
324
00:12:18,271 --> 00:12:20,440
ROCHELLE:
Tonya, tap your butt on
downstairs and lock the door.
325
00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:21,809
Go on, now!
326
00:12:21,842 --> 00:12:22,976
...you say,
"Fool." Johnson!
327
00:12:23,010 --> 00:12:24,111
CROWD:
Fool!
328
00:12:24,144 --> 00:12:25,312
Johnson!
Fool!
329
00:12:25,345 --> 00:12:27,881
Hey, hey, don't
listen to that fool.
330
00:12:27,915 --> 00:12:29,049
Johnson is a good man.
331
00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:30,951
He's cleaning up our streets!
332
00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:32,185
Vote Johnson!
333
00:12:32,219 --> 00:12:33,854
What kind of councilman got
334
00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:36,890
people campaigning for him
hollering out of windows?!
335
00:12:36,924 --> 00:12:38,125
Vote for Himelfarb!
336
00:12:38,158 --> 00:12:39,259
How you gonna
337
00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:41,929
vote for somebody, and you can't
even spell their name?!
338
00:12:41,962 --> 00:12:43,163
Vote Johnson!
339
00:12:43,196 --> 00:12:47,000
We can't spell his name, 'cause
Johnson ruined the schools.
340
00:12:47,034 --> 00:12:47,968
Vote for Himelfarb!
341
00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:50,971
When I say, "Himel,"
you say "Farb"-- Himel!
342
00:12:51,004 --> 00:12:51,905
Farb!
Himel!
343
00:12:51,939 --> 00:12:54,374
Farb!
Well, at least
Johnson ain't locked
344
00:12:54,407 --> 00:12:56,409
out of his own
damn house!
345
00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:58,946
When I say, "Locked,"
you say, "Out"-- Locked!
346
00:12:58,979 --> 00:13:00,180
CROWD:
Out!
347
00:13:00,213 --> 00:13:01,381
Locked!
Out!
348
00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:02,549
That's what he is.
349
00:13:02,582 --> 00:13:04,417
Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait!
350
00:13:04,451 --> 00:13:06,854
Where you going?
Where you going? Come on!
351
00:13:06,887 --> 00:13:10,157
Himelfarb will open doors
that's been shut.
352
00:13:10,190 --> 00:13:12,893
He will put a chicken
in every pot.
353
00:13:12,926 --> 00:13:15,562
After I changed my story,
everyone else changed theirs.
354
00:13:15,595 --> 00:13:18,165
Oh, Chris!
355
00:13:18,198 --> 00:13:19,399
Oh!
356
00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:20,400
My brilliant
357
00:13:20,433 --> 00:13:22,535
little Alex Haley.
358
00:13:22,569 --> 00:13:24,171
So, did you like the story?
359
00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:25,338
Like it? I love it!
360
00:13:25,372 --> 00:13:27,107
The Scissor Killer?!
361
00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:28,608
I wouldn't step
foot in Bed-Stuy
362
00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:30,310
for all the money
in the world.
363
00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:32,345
That's how most people feel.
364
00:13:32,379 --> 00:13:33,480
It was so
frightening!
365
00:13:33,513 --> 00:13:36,149
So real!
The truth leapt off the page.
366
00:13:36,183 --> 00:13:37,584
The truth jumped off a cliff.
367
00:13:37,617 --> 00:13:39,186
So, are you going to publish it?
368
00:13:39,219 --> 00:13:40,287
Are you kidding?
After this story,
369
00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,056
no one at this school
will ever forget you, Chris.
370
00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:44,024
But that's just
the beginning.
371
00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:46,459
This Scissor Killer has got
to be stopped,
372
00:13:49,229 --> 00:13:50,463
atthe Brooklyn Crier, and
they published it, too! Look!
373
00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:56,203
Because of you,
374
00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:58,972
they're going to bring
this man to justice.
375
00:13:59,006 --> 00:14:01,341
Because of me,
they're gonna waste their time.
376
00:14:05,145 --> 00:14:07,614
CHRIS ROCK:
I wanted to be remembered,
and this was something
377
00:14:07,647 --> 00:14:09,316
people were never going
to forget.
378
00:14:09,349 --> 00:14:11,218
Brooklyn was paralyzed
with fear.
379
00:14:11,251 --> 00:14:12,953
There was fear
in the beauty shop.
380
00:14:12,986 --> 00:14:14,154
"Put the knife to her and..."
381
00:14:15,588 --> 00:14:18,225
There was fear
in the barbershop.
382
00:14:18,258 --> 00:14:20,093
There was even fear
in the gutter.
383
00:14:20,127 --> 00:14:22,395
* All our times have come
384
00:14:22,429 --> 00:14:24,297
There was only one man
who was happy.
385
00:14:24,331 --> 00:14:26,233
* Here but now they're gone...
386
00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:28,235
Now that's what
I'm talking about.
387
00:14:31,538 --> 00:14:33,974
The Brooklyn Crier is working
in conjunction
388
00:14:34,007 --> 00:14:36,309
with local authorities
to determine the whereabouts
389
00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:39,279
of a man known only
as The Scissor Killer.
390
00:14:39,312 --> 00:14:42,149
The Scissor Killer was brought
to the attention of the Crier
391
00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:44,684
by this Corleone Junior
High School student after...
392
00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:48,321
Rochelle, good God,
have you seen the stories?
393
00:14:48,355 --> 00:14:50,357
I just saw it on TV.
394
00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:52,259
:
This is a... a...
395
00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,029
Oh, this is a disaster!
396
00:14:56,063 --> 00:14:58,398
Can you believe what this is
going to do to the community?
397
00:14:58,431 --> 00:15:01,368
I mean, why would you let
your son Chris write a story
398
00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:04,037
like this when I'm trying
to get reelected?
399
00:15:04,071 --> 00:15:06,306
What? You're worried about
being reelected when my son
400
00:15:06,339 --> 00:15:07,674
is out there
about to be
401
00:15:07,707 --> 00:15:09,676
snipped to death by
a scissor killer?!
402
00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:11,979
Is that what you
saying to me?!
403
00:15:12,012 --> 00:15:14,281
Uh, n-no, no.
404
00:15:14,314 --> 00:15:15,248
Yes!
405
00:15:15,282 --> 00:15:16,216
I'm saying
406
00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,051
what would people think
407
00:15:18,085 --> 00:15:20,587
if I'm allowing a
serial killer to roam
the neighborhood?!
408
00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:23,690
I hadn't seen spin like that
since Usher battled Omarion.
409
00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:25,993
I don't know
if you noticed or not,
410
00:15:26,026 --> 00:15:27,627
but ain't nobody
in the neighborhood
411
00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:29,629
except that killer
and my baby!
412
00:15:29,662 --> 00:15:33,366
My story had pulled the wool
over the community's eyes,
413
00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,235
but Doc's eyes
weren't woolly at all.
414
00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,270
Who keeps taking
these posters down?
415
00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:43,010
Now, Chris, let me see
if I understand this correctly.
416
00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:46,113
The killer
came over here
417
00:15:46,146 --> 00:15:48,248
and spontaneously
confessed to you
418
00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:51,051
about his murderous
past in Syracuse,
419
00:15:51,084 --> 00:15:52,452
Albany and Pittsburgh.
420
00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:54,521
Is that about right?
421
00:15:54,554 --> 00:15:56,389
Yeah, if by right,
you mean wrong.
422
00:15:56,423 --> 00:15:57,557
Yeah, kind of.
423
00:15:57,590 --> 00:16:00,527
Oh, what part of
that did I get wrong?
424
00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,263
The part about the killer
coming out here.
425
00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:06,599
Chris, you've got this
whole neighborhood terrified.
426
00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:08,701
Ain't nobody
on the streets.
427
00:16:08,735 --> 00:16:11,171
Ain't nobody out here, ain't
nobody coming in the store.
428
00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:13,473
I'm sorry; it's just that
I want to be remembered.
429
00:16:13,506 --> 00:16:16,276
Chris, you can't base
your legacy on lies.
430
00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:19,746
Now, you got to go and
tell somebody what you did.
431
00:16:23,416 --> 00:16:25,218
Walking home,
I couldn't help thinking
432
00:16:25,252 --> 00:16:28,221
that my street was usually
filled with life,
433
00:16:28,255 --> 00:16:31,158
and now it was an empty
wasteland, all because of me.
434
00:16:31,191 --> 00:16:33,160
I felt worse
than food poisoning.
435
00:16:33,193 --> 00:16:36,629
Little dude from across
the street... come here, man.
436
00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:39,399
Man, what you
doing out there?
437
00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:41,034
Don't you know there's
a killer on the streets?
438
00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:43,270
Nah, I'll be all right.
439
00:16:43,303 --> 00:16:44,537
Let me hold a dollar.
440
00:16:44,571 --> 00:16:47,740
* The people getting angry...
441
00:16:47,774 --> 00:16:50,377
Be safe out here.
442
00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:54,714
Did I just get mugged
from a window?
443
00:16:56,516 --> 00:16:58,818
Not only was Brooklyn filled
with fear,
444
00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:01,088
it was filled with reporters.
445
00:17:01,121 --> 00:17:03,556
WOMAN:
Today, the streets of
Bedford Stuyvesant are deserted.
446
00:17:03,590 --> 00:17:06,093
All of the murderers,
rapists and Black people
447
00:17:06,126 --> 00:17:07,327
who normally populate
these streets
448
00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:08,728
are behind
closed doors.
449
00:17:08,761 --> 00:17:10,530
And yet, it
is no safer,
450
00:17:10,563 --> 00:17:12,332
because of one man--
the Scissor Killer.
451
00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:14,501
There's the young man
that-that broke the story.
452
00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:17,570
Let's see if we can get a word.
Young man... what we... how...
453
00:17:17,604 --> 00:17:19,772
Can you tell us any
more about the killer?
454
00:17:19,806 --> 00:17:21,341
What kind of sweat
socks did he use?
455
00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:23,443
How did you get away?
How did you get him...?
456
00:17:23,476 --> 00:17:25,145
The thing I was most afraid of
457
00:17:25,178 --> 00:17:27,080
was telling my parents
I'd made up the story.
458
00:17:27,114 --> 00:17:28,781
I couldn't think
of anything worse.
459
00:17:30,450 --> 00:17:31,584
Hello, worse.
460
00:17:31,618 --> 00:17:33,820
Oh, my God, Chris,
where have you been?!
461
00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:36,389
I was so worried
about you!
462
00:17:36,423 --> 00:17:38,158
Your daddy is
on his way home.
463
00:17:38,191 --> 00:17:39,792
This detective wants
to talk to you.
464
00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:41,294
If you're Black,
465
00:17:41,328 --> 00:17:43,330
that's a sentence
you never want to hear.
466
00:17:43,363 --> 00:17:46,266
Listen, Chris, we need a
description of the killer.
467
00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:48,235
Give me a second
to make one up.
468
00:17:48,268 --> 00:17:49,702
Well, he's Black,
469
00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:53,440
um, five-two,
light skin, uh, afro?
470
00:17:53,473 --> 00:17:55,175
He stopped listening
after Black.
471
00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:56,843
What's going on?
There he is!
472
00:17:56,876 --> 00:17:58,678
On the floor, now!
ROCHELLE:
No! No! No, no, no, no, no!
473
00:17:58,711 --> 00:18:00,413
Hey! Oh, oh, oh!
You're going
to fry for this one!
474
00:18:00,447 --> 00:18:01,781
Hey! Chris!
ROCHELLE:
You got the wrong person!
475
00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:03,750
No, no, no! That's my father.
He's not a killer!
476
00:18:03,783 --> 00:18:05,452
How do you know?
477
00:18:05,485 --> 00:18:06,819
If I didn't tell the truth,
478
00:18:06,853 --> 00:18:08,655
there was going
to be an obituary.
479
00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:10,157
'Cause there is
no killer.
480
00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:11,358
What?!
481
00:18:11,391 --> 00:18:12,825
You better explain
yourself, Chris.
482
00:18:12,859 --> 00:18:13,860
I made it up.
483
00:18:13,893 --> 00:18:16,429
When I handed in my story
to the school newspaper,
484
00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:19,499
they said it was so dull that
they wouldn't even print it,
485
00:18:19,532 --> 00:18:22,435
so I made the story a little bit
more interesting to read.
486
00:18:22,469 --> 00:18:23,803
I'm sorry.
487
00:18:23,836 --> 00:18:26,439
There's a gun pointing at
your daddy's head right now,
488
00:18:26,473 --> 00:18:27,774
and you're sorry?
489
00:18:27,807 --> 00:18:30,177
Lamar Johnson's
campaign
490
00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:31,744
is falling apart,
and you're sorry.
491
00:18:31,778 --> 00:18:33,680
People are running
around this neighborhood
492
00:18:33,713 --> 00:18:37,217
just scared to death,
and you're sorry.
493
00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:39,186
Boy, you don't know
what sorry is.
494
00:18:39,219 --> 00:18:41,388
I'm going to ask you
one more time, ma'am:
495
00:18:41,421 --> 00:18:42,589
Do you know this man?
496
00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:44,191
Yes! That's my husband,
497
00:18:44,224 --> 00:18:45,592
for God sakes!
498
00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:46,826
Son,
499
00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:48,928
you've got a knack
for inventing evidence.
500
00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:51,631
You might want to consider
a career in law enforcement.
501
00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:54,701
In a moment,
I might need a cop myself.
502
00:18:56,936 --> 00:19:00,507
All I did was stretch the truth.
503
00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:01,741
Oh, that's a
coincidence,
504
00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:03,643
'cause I'm about to
stretch your behind.
505
00:19:03,676 --> 00:19:05,312
Get upstairs!
506
00:19:05,345 --> 00:19:07,247
After my mother
set me straight,
507
00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:08,848
I had to set
the story straight.
508
00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:10,483
You made it up?
Well, I'm sorry.
509
00:19:10,517 --> 00:19:12,452
I was just giving the people
what they want.
510
00:19:12,485 --> 00:19:13,553
Oh, this is
just great.
511
00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:15,822
All the real killers
running around Bed-Stuy, and you
512
00:19:15,855 --> 00:19:17,324
had to make one up.
513
00:19:17,357 --> 00:19:19,526
That's just lazy.
What else did you make up?
514
00:19:19,559 --> 00:19:20,693
Is your real
name Chris?
515
00:19:20,727 --> 00:19:22,229
Are you
even Black?
516
00:19:22,262 --> 00:19:23,530
Who knows?
517
00:19:23,563 --> 00:19:26,499
This is so disappointing.
518
00:19:26,533 --> 00:19:29,236
You're the first
Black writer in the
school's history.
519
00:19:29,269 --> 00:19:30,870
I was the first Black
everything
520
00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:32,038
in the school's history.
521
00:19:32,071 --> 00:19:36,476
You reach reporter status,
and you make up your story?
522
00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:39,479
What will your
people think of you?
523
00:19:44,784 --> 00:19:47,687
You just had to lie,
didn't you, Aesop?
524
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,722
Hey, dude.
525
00:19:51,458 --> 00:19:54,594
So, I gave the people what
they want, and now look at me.
526
00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:56,963
Sometimes people don't
like what they want
after they get it.
527
00:19:56,996 --> 00:19:58,398
I wonder if he'll want my foot
528
00:19:58,431 --> 00:19:59,632
in his behind
after he gets that.
529
00:19:59,666 --> 00:20:00,933
I got the yearbook.
530
00:20:00,967 --> 00:20:04,237
I learned a couple of important
things from this whole fiasco.
531
00:20:04,271 --> 00:20:07,006
Number one,
I learned the word legacy.
532
00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:08,375
Number two, people are suckers
533
00:20:08,408 --> 00:20:09,942
for a serial
Scissor Killer story.
534
00:20:09,976 --> 00:20:12,645
And C-- hey, I could write.
535
00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:14,581
But best of all,
536
00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:16,583
I finally did get
something written
537
00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:18,718
under my school
yearbook picture.
538
00:20:19,619 --> 00:20:21,588
* Everybody hates Chris.
539
00:20:21,621 --> 00:20:25,358
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