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(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

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DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS SERIES
RICARDO FORT'S INTIMATE DIARY WAS FOUND

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NOBODY KNEW ABOUT ITS EXISTENCE

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"One day my mother asked me
what was wrong with love,

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"what was wrong with girls.

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"I answered that I liked boys.
And she, who wanted to help me,

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"suggested that I go to a psychologist
to clarify my ideas.

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"I was seventeen years old
and had never been with a man or a woman.

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"My analyst recommended
that I tried with a woman first.

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"According to him, there was a law
of the first impression

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"that said that your sexual debut
was going to mark your life.

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"And so it was...

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"but for the other side."

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COMMANDER FORT

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2. FREE

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(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

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RICARDO: (OVER TAPE) Ever since
I was a child, I have always dreamed of it

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or I thought that my life
would be like that.

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I was going to have a lot of success,
very big like that,

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and suddenly, I was going to die.

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Then they were going to make
a movie about my life and blah blah blah.

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I DID IT MY WAY

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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PABLO: The first time I saw Ricardo Fort
was in a club.

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He wasn't famous yet,
although in the gay scene

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we all knew who he was.

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Since that night, every time
I ran into him he was different.

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He never went unnoticed.

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When he was in his most mediatic moment,
I was going through the door of a theater

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and he suddenly appeared,
with his bodyguards and his entourage.

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He was wearing
a long white floor-length coat.

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My impression was that I was facing
a superstar, he looked like Madonna.

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Since then,
I ask myself the same question.

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How did Ricardo get to be like this?

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(PIANO MUSIC FADES)

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PABLO: What I never imagined,
is that so many years later

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I was going to read his intimate diary
in a series about his life.

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"For the first time,
I was facing a gay man.

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"I couldn't miss the opportunity.

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"I asked him to go to the bedroom
and we started having sex.

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"I must say that I did not like it

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"and that I left that apartment
crying with joy...

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R.F. DIARY READING

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"...because I thought that, finally,
I did not like men.

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"What I didn't understand is that
what I hadn't liked was that man."

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That thing about "that man,"

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I don't know if it's a joke,
if I have to make it funny, in general...

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No, don't think about that.

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Place yourself in the context,
it's not you today.

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It's 1988, you're 20 years old,
you're hot.

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JOSÉ MARÍA MUSCARI
THEATER DIRECTOR

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Your old man just told you
that you disgust him,

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your brothers tell you
to keep trying with women.

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It's like you don't know
where to place yourself,

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you don't know what you like,
you understand?

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What you have to do is have fun.

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Let's... Let's do something.
I'm going to put this on you

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and bet on the side of fun.

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-(IN ENGLISH) Okay.
-(IN SPANISH) Raise the tone, let's see...

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"I had formed a very large group
of friends

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"and at the carnival,
we all dressed up as women,

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"and who did I dress up as?
Madonna, of course."

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Hey, keep going… it's good.

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PABLO: "We went to a costume competition
at Bunker, the disco."

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R.F. DIARY READING

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PABLO: "I sat up all night fanning myself
so my makeup wouldn't run.

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"The DJ played the song 'Vogue'

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"and I knew the whole choreo,
the disco collapsed.

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"Of course, how could faggots
not hate me?

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"I was the prettiest, with a good body,
with money and on top of that,

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"I had the luxury of dressing up
as a diva. It was too much for them.

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(UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING)

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"I asked my father for 250,000 dollars,

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"which was what I planned to spend
on remodeling an empty factory

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-"that he had bought."
-(CROWD CHEERING)

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PABLO: "I made floors, walls, decoration,
bars, wood.

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"In the end, I spent three million dollars
but the disco turned out spectacular."

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PABLO: "So they began
to talk about me as a businessman.

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"I started with the casting
of bartenders and security staff."

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FROM CHOCOLATE TO DISCO

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PABLO: "I did that myself, of course.
I chose the prettiest men.

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"That's when I realized that nobody
is 100 percent heterosexual.

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"The disco went on for a year and a half
until my father

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"made my mother president of the company,
and that ruined everything.

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"A 65-year-old woman doesn't know
how to run a gay disco.

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(UPLIFTING MUSIC FADES)

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"Seeing my mother counting the money
in the disco at seven in the morning,

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"and talking to people
who were not so good,

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"I made the decision to close the club.

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"I decided to go to Miami
with 4,000 dollars in my pocket."

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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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(UPBEAT MUSIC FADES)

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PABLO: "When I arrived
in the United States

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"I was almost 21 years old
and I was so hot."

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R.F. DIARY READING

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"It was like landing in a paradise
of beautiful men.

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"At that time I met Gabriel,
a Scorpio, like me.

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"The guy had the gift of the gab.

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"It was the most tortuous
relationship I had.

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"We were always fighting
and then jumping into bed.

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"But he was the only man who knew
how to control me

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and he knew how to tell me 'no.'

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"He was my passport to freedom."

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GABRIEL: I met Ricardo on a trip I made
to Argentina for work...

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GABRIEL RYDS
R. F. EX-BOYFRIEND

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...and we had
an incredible, magical connection

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At that time, he was a minor

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and needed
parental authorization to travel.

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Dealing with the Iron Lady,
as I called her, was not an easy task.

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And her first reaction
when I told her that Ricardo

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was coming to live in the United States
with me was,

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"No, he's not going anywhere."

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I told him, "Well, in a couple of months
you'll be of age."

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And finally, she ended up signing up.

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When he arrived in the United States,
he was not the eccentric millionaire

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that everyone knew.

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He was an ordinary guy who was willing
to follow his dreams

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and work like any other person.

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But always with the idea
of progressing professionally

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in the entertainment industry.

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As a Scorpio,
he was an extremely sexual guy.

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He was the most beautiful boy
in Argentina.

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(ENGINE REVS)

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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GABRIEL:
We had a very intense relationship.

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Of course, there are things that,
out of respect and moral code,

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will die with me.

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In Ricky's case, there was a combo
of ambition, need to escape

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and liberation.

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At that time, the gay issue
was not as open an issue as it is today,

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and it was treated
with much more discretion.

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Ricardo was more daring,
which generated a certain short-circuit,

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mainly with his father.

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I think this is an additional reason
why he decided to emigrate.

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Ricky wanted to sing, it was his goal,
it was his obsession and I supported him.

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They are your fans!

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And finally his mother,
who had several contacts in the industry,

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got him some meetings
with important representatives...

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but it was not easy
for Ricky to get in.

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He wanted to become famous
immediately.

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-I go to the gym every day.
-CARMEN: Every day?

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-Yes.
-CARMEN: What about your hair?

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-I use a lot of gel.
-CARMEN: Can I touch?

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They want to touch.

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-Yes.
-Touch him!

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No, no.

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If I see a muscular, dark-haired guy,
I'm leaving!

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(WOMEN LAUGH)

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Tell us. Do you work in Miami?

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I went to Miami three years ago,
to make a record,

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with some companies
that we are still talking to.

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So, the next time I come here,
I hope to have my material

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-already finished.
-CARMEN: Are you working

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-on your CD?
-Yes.

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-When will it come out?
-We're talking to labels

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to see who we'll sign with,
and when we have the CD done,

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I'll come here to promote it.

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CARMEN: Can you tell us how old you are?

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Twenty-five.

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Twenty-five years!
And a wonderful career.

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I'm starting, so I hope that
with your help, I'll have success.

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Yes, of course. Thanks.

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-RICARDO: Thanks.
-Thank you.

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Let's go to a break with this beauty.
I want you to see him!

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See this face. Come here, Coco.
Come here.

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Show me your muscles.
Show me, come here.

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He has muscles too.

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-Let's compare them.
-(UPBEAT SPANISH MUSIC PLAYING)

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-(WOMEN CHEERING)
-CARMEN: Muscles... Let's go to a break.

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We will be right back.

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R.F. DIARY READING

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PABLO: "They offered me a contract
with Sony Music.

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"Four months without doing anything
and then I, like a fool,

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"got angry and asked them
to cancel the contract."

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(MUSIC CUTS OFF)

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My name is Tony Rodríguez,

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I am 48 years old, I am 5'5" tall
and I am from Buenos Aires.

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JOSÉ: Good.

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And tell me why you think
you're a good fit for this play.

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I want to stay because I look
a lot like him

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and because my life
was very similar to his.

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I went to look for my...

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to succeed abroad as an actor,
and then I returned to the country.

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So, it seems to me that there are
quite a few similarities with him.

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JOSÉ: How are you similar to Ricardo?

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I have had my chin done,
I have collagen in my cheekbones

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and I have had two nose jobs.

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JOSÉ: I'll show you a picture

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and I'd like you to pretend
you are Ricardo

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for the camera. Let's see.

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What was Ricardo thinking?

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Ricardo was thinking of one day,
going back to Buenos Aires,

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how he longed for so much,
doing theater, singing

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and also having freedom,

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both financially and mentally,
and that was what he was thinking about.

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JOSÉ: The dream of... of every artist,

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it's having something
of what Ricardo was, right?

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Having that... It was like a...

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like a fantasy
of at least one minute of his life...

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Of being who he was, right?

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To have some of what he had.

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(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

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(KEYPAD BEEPS)

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JAMES: (IN ENGLISH)
Miami is an amazing city,

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like none other in the world.

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It's like a star
with a thousand points of light.

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And there's a place for everyone.

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JAMES DAVIES AKA ELAINE LANCASTER
R. F. FRIEND

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JAMES: In the early mid to '90s,
Miami beach was known,

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as "Sodom by the sea."

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It's where gay men came
who were positive, with HIV,

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or full-blown AIDS,

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to live out their remaining days
with no limitations.

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And some lived and some did not.

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But everybody had a good time
along the way.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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JAMES: That's why in the early ‘90s,
there was an explosion of excess and fun.

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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JAMES:
Everybody went to Kremlin or Warsow,

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or 1235, which was Paragon.

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Flam Slam, Ultimate Level,

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-and of course Twist and Score.
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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JAMES: But everywhere everyone went,
they all had one thing in common,

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They lived like there was no tomorrow.

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And for some they were right.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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I met Ricardo in 1992.

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Well, I think it was 1992.

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It's hard to remember anything
from that time period.

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But I do know that he was one
of the most beautiful men, I'd ever seen.

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And he was one
of the most fascinating people

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and I knew he would be a part of my life.

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And over the years his body transformed.

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And his face slightly transformed.

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But, he was a perfectionist,
and he ultimately got what he was seeking,

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which I believe, was physical perfection.

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He was a very beautiful man.

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(TENSE MUSIC FADES)

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CO-HOST: (IN SPANISH) Ricardo Fort!

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-(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)
-(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

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Here comes Ricardo Fort!
He's coming this way!

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-Ricardo, how are you?
-Fine.

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-Where are you from?
-Argentina, Buenos Aires.

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TV SHOW HOSTED BY PAUL BOUCHE

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Put on the microphone,
because they won't hear you.

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I have been living here in Miami
for four years.

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Four years in Miami?
When we received your material,

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all the models on the show,
all the producers stood in a corner

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and I saw them like that,
turning the pages.

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We're going to show
some of the pages.

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-Some exotic photos.
-"Some exotic photos"?

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So, for the benefit,

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because we don't do this show
for ourselves,

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we do it so that
the people at home feel good.

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For the benefit of the public
that is watching us,

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in addition to your talented voice,

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I want you to do this interview shirtless.
What do you think about that, girls?

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-(LAUGHS)
-(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

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Do you want it or not, girls?
There, yes. Yes, yes.

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The interview has to be shirtless,
Don't fall over with emotion. Let's see.

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-Are you shy?
-No.

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Are you embarrassed?

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-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
-No, not at all.

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Okay, then. There you have
a little music in the background.

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Pay attention to what...
Oh! Look at him, man, how humble!

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-Turn, turn, turn. There you go.
-(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

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-PAUL: Look at that!
-(EXCITING MUSIC PLAYING)

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Wow, look at that. Grab this.

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It's the first time I've been on TV naked.

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First time you got naked on television?
Don't worry.

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There are people who do it
and get paid quite well.

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-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
-Let me show you

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the photos we have here,
because, in addition to being a singer,

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you are a model.

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This is one of the modeling photos
that you have here

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and I want to show you
many others there are...

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For example, this photo.
You were never naked on TV,

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but in pictures you like to do it.

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RICARDO: Yes.

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-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
-PAUL: There's the other photo.

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Tell me one thing, how did you start
your artistic quest?

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Not just photography, but music.

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All my life,
I always wanted to be a singer.

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The modeling thing was something I did
when I arrived in Miami four years ago.

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But my life is singing, and well,
that's what I'm doing now, right?

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And in Argentina,
did you practice at some point

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or you never tried to be a singer?

291
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No. I tried there, but I thought Miami
was the best place to launch my career,

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so that's why I came here.

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The other day,
we were discussing in production,

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about what is more important
to become successful.

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If it is more important to be handsome
or if it is important to have talent?

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Tell me, what is the most important thing
to succeed in music?

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You can be handsome, but you have
to have talent too to back...

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How do you say it?

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-PAUL: Support?
-Yeah, to support it...

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But if you're just a nice face...

301
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If you don't have talent
to support that, it doesn't work.

302
00:18:25,563 --> 00:18:29,108
And I want you to tell me
about the tattoo you have here today...

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This is a scorpion,
I don't know if you can see it there.

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A scorpion, see if you can see it.

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-There it is.
-RICARDO: There.

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Because I'm a Scorpio.

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PAUL: And on the other side,
what do you have?

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This is... It's two tattoos in one.
It used to be a circle...

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Did you have the name of an ex-girlfriend
tattooed and had to take it off?

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-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
-Yes, no... I have that here in...

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No way!
Do you want him to show you?

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-No, no. No way!
-(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

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(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)

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Are we going to try the surgery scene?

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PABLO: Okay, what is not very clear to me
is how to handle the marker issue.

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Come here.

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Yes, you.

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Take off your shirt.

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Yes.

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R.F. DIARY READING

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PABLO: "At that time, I decided to venture
into surgery to achieve a perfect body.

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"I paid for the first operations
with my health insurance

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"and they caused me several disasters.

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"It's amazing how a person can change
if you give them a good body."

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(INSPIRING MUSIC PLAYING)

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DAVID: (IN ENGLISH)
I've been photographing male models

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for more than fifty years.

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At first, my interests were art
and anatomy.

329
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I always felt an extreme fascination
for bodies and faces.

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I think I became a photographer
because it let me mix both universes.

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DAVID VANCE
PHOTOGRAPHER

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It seems like in the late ‘80s
there was a tendency

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towards a change
in the aesthetic of the male body.

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More towards a body that's built
and more masculine, more muscular.

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As opposed to soft and feminine.

336
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And attitudes, faces, stronger expression.

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I don't know who it was
but somebody told me...

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"You have to photograph this guy,
he's spectacular."

339
00:21:18,861 --> 00:21:20,529
And that's how I met Richard.

340
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I didn't really know what to expect.

341
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He was alone, he didn't have a group
with him or anything and...

342
00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:30,331
Well, you know, looking at him
you'd think he would be stuck up but,

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he was very warm and very.... very sweet.

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A very humble person.

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The rumor was that he was all fake.

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And it really bothered him.

347
00:21:48,390 --> 00:21:50,935
With me, he was just very sincere
and honest.

348
00:21:51,018 --> 00:21:52,937
We talked about these things,
he told me...

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that he would wake up
in the middle at night and...

350
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and inject a growth hormone
to make his skin look softer.

351
00:22:00,778 --> 00:22:03,280
I guess it worked because his skin
was really amazing.

352
00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:09,245
I have to say that Richard,
really was his own creation.

353
00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:12,623
He did all these things
because that's how he wanted to look.

354
00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:16,460
He was like walking art,
the problem was maintaining it.

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(INSPIRING MUSIC FADES)

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DR. OMAR: (IN SPANISH) Ricardo
was super demanding with aesthetics.

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VOICE OF DR. OMAR LEBUS
PLASTIC SURGEON

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DR. OMAR:
Super detailed and perfectionist.

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He was constantly looking for fashion
and that is why he underwent

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so many surgeries.
We performed a liposuction

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to define the abdominal six pack,
define the pecs well, define deltoids.

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He had placed calf prosthesis
that we later removed.

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He had had three nose surgeries.

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00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:55,916
The application of botulinum toxin
and hyaluronic acid was a constant,

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thus he achieved a super masculine image,
defining the mandibular contour.

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He had a chin prosthesis placed.

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00:23:03,591 --> 00:23:08,053
He also used growth hormone
to soften the skin for a long time.

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Ricardo knew what he wanted.

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My name is Pablo Ugolini,
I am 41 years old and I'm 5'11" tall.

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Mom, you cut off all the electricity...
But, get your hand out of there,

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the knife...

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You're going to be electrocuted, mom.

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(SINGS, IN ENGLISH) Miami

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I know you want me
You know I want you

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I know you want me
You know I want you

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(IN ENGLISH) One, two, three, four
(IN SPANISH) One, two, three, four

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(INSPIRING MUSIC PLAYING)

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00:24:00,689 --> 00:24:03,692
GIORGIO: I met Ricardo in the '90s.

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00:24:04,568 --> 00:24:06,278
We had very good vibes,

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and from that moment on
we never stopped seeing each other.

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00:24:14,203 --> 00:24:18,958
Even today, incredible as it may seem,
when I walk down Lincoln Road

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I still get stopped for photos.

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00:24:21,794 --> 00:24:23,921
They confuse me a lot with Ricardo.

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GIORGIO MIRANDA
R. F. FRIEND

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I like that Ricardo is still alive in me.

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What we loved most in the world
was singing.

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When I get together with my friends
to sing, I think of Ricardo.

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00:25:07,131 --> 00:25:10,175
Why couldn't he pursue his true passion?

389
00:25:11,969 --> 00:25:16,348
Because I can assure you
that all he wanted was to be a singer.

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00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:34,825
(INSPIRING MUSIC FADES)

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RICARDO FORT
"YOU WON'T COME BACK"

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(WIND WHOOSHING)

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00:25:50,132 --> 00:25:53,093
(ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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00:26:06,273 --> 00:26:11,361
Why do I have to carry this cross
This melancholy?

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00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:17,785
I try to forget you, but it's obvious
That you still hurt me

396
00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:24,291
And I find it hard to accept it

397
00:26:26,502 --> 00:26:32,758
And my empty room is witness and proof

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00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:37,763
That you won't come back

399
00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:42,768
I know

400
00:26:43,185 --> 00:26:48,816
No, you won't come back

401
00:26:48,982 --> 00:26:52,319
Yesterday was a goodbye

402
00:26:52,945 --> 00:26:58,367
No, you won't come back

403
00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:05,374
How can I know if it was my fault?

404
00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:12,089
Come back

405
00:27:13,257 --> 00:27:14,800
I try to escape

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00:27:14,967 --> 00:27:16,385
JOSÉ: Butterflies.

407
00:27:16,552 --> 00:27:18,095
RICARDO: But memories...

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00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:20,722
Chains.

409
00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:25,018
PABLO: Chains, wings, everything.

410
00:27:27,187 --> 00:27:31,358
RICARDO: (SINGS)
It is difficult for me to accept it

411
00:27:33,944 --> 00:27:39,741
But the calendar reminds me daily

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00:27:40,242 --> 00:27:45,080
That you will not return

413
00:27:45,247 --> 00:27:50,460
No, you will not return

414
00:27:52,796 --> 00:27:56,133
"After much thought, I decided
that the life of an artist was not for me,

415
00:27:56,717 --> 00:27:58,510
-"the loneliness felt is terrible."
-(ROMANTIC MUSIC FADES)

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00:27:59,595 --> 00:28:01,889
"I felt that it was the ideal time
to be a father.

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00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:03,891
R.F. DIARY READING

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"I was the first Argentinian
to look for surrogacy."

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00:28:08,979 --> 00:28:10,731
DR. FERNANDO AKERMAN
FERTILITY and IVF CENTER OF MIAMI

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00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:12,399
DR. FERNANDO:
Surrogacy is a medical procedure

421
00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:13,984
in which a couple, a single man

422
00:28:14,234 --> 00:28:19,990
or woman who are unable
to carry a pregnancy, use this technology.

423
00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:26,413
An embryo is transferred
to the uterus of a woman

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00:28:26,496 --> 00:28:27,748
who is the surrogate.

425
00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:36,548
They can choose the characteristics
of the egg or sperm donor,

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00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:40,886
such as height, weight, hair color,
eye color, skin color, race.

427
00:28:43,430 --> 00:28:49,686
In the embryo, when a biopsy is done,
you can choose the sex,

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00:28:49,853 --> 00:28:53,315
but I cannot define what height
or eye color it will have once it is born.

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00:28:54,816 --> 00:28:57,778
PABLO: "I had to travel urgently
to the United States

430
00:28:58,445 --> 00:28:59,571
"because they were premature.

431
00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:01,490
"Later I was criticized
for choosing this method,

432
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,575
"but I look at my children...

433
00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:05,077
R.F. DIARY READING

434
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,120
"...and see the happiest
and most beautiful children in the world."

435
00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:18,674
PABLO VERXELITAKI:
My name is Pablo Verxelitaki,

436
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:21,802
I am 30 years old, 6'2" tall
and I am from Tucumán.

437
00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:25,806
If you had to say how you are most
like Ricardo...

438
00:29:25,889 --> 00:29:32,270
Aesthetically, I feel that we look alike
in the chin, in the eyes and mouth.

439
00:29:33,063 --> 00:29:34,106
JOSÉ: And in personality?

440
00:29:34,272 --> 00:29:36,608
And in personality,
that he was super authentic,

441
00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:40,278
and that he was going after a dream,
and that nothing stopped him.

442
00:29:40,988 --> 00:29:43,490
He wasn't afraid of what they would say,
I loved that

443
00:29:43,573 --> 00:29:46,827
because he had really been criticized
a lot and so have I, but I don't care.

444
00:29:46,994 --> 00:29:48,370
If I go for something, that's it.

445
00:29:48,537 --> 00:29:50,247
I had an aesthetic that many people
did not like,

446
00:29:50,664 --> 00:29:54,626
and when I saw Ricardo,
I felt identified in that sense.

447
00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:57,671
Of course, as if someone appeared
and legitimized who you were.

448
00:29:57,754 --> 00:29:58,839
Exactly.

449
00:29:59,548 --> 00:30:01,633
What do people say,
that you look like him?

450
00:30:01,758 --> 00:30:02,759
Do they tell you that?

451
00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:06,847
People tend to ridicule,
especially Ricardo too,

452
00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:08,932
on television even,

453
00:30:09,224 --> 00:30:12,227
though we all loved him,
some hated him, what do I know?

454
00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:14,354
They always tend to ridicule him.

455
00:30:14,604 --> 00:30:17,733
And the same thing happens to me.
The surgeries...

456
00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:19,443
I don't know,

457
00:30:19,609 --> 00:30:24,281
when you're different,
they tend to ridicule you.

458
00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:26,199
I'd like Ricardo to be seen
as I see him.

459
00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:27,409
More human.

460
00:30:27,534 --> 00:30:30,245
When I saw him,
I saw a beautiful man, a father,

461
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:34,374
an intelligent guy,
who knew how to handle the media.

462
00:30:34,624 --> 00:30:37,002
I didn't see the ridiculousness
that some showed.

463
00:30:37,544 --> 00:30:41,381
Pablo, look. Here we have a coat rack
that has real clothes from Ricardo

464
00:30:41,465 --> 00:30:43,091
that I would like you to choose.

465
00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:45,093
Which one would you like to wear?

466
00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:10,243
Are you moved?

467
00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:12,954
PABLO VERXELITAKI: Yes of course.
I mean, besides being my idol...

468
00:31:14,289 --> 00:31:15,373
(SMACKS LIPS)

469
00:31:15,582 --> 00:31:18,251
I don't know how to explain it to you,
but I had moments when I felt alone

470
00:31:18,335 --> 00:31:19,586
in the world and I felt identified.

471
00:31:19,753 --> 00:31:22,172
I don't know... I'm crying now.

472
00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:31,973
JOSÉ: What do you think Ricardo
would think of you?

473
00:31:33,058 --> 00:31:37,938
No, I don't know what he would think...
I guess I would be a fan for him.

474
00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:41,399
If I had the opportunity,
I would tell him that I felt alone

475
00:31:41,483 --> 00:31:45,362
or attacked,
and that I felt identified, really...

476
00:31:50,659 --> 00:31:52,619
-JOSÉ: His coat looks good on you.
-Thanks.

477
00:31:55,956 --> 00:31:57,457
(EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING)

478
00:31:58,834 --> 00:31:59,793
(SNIFFLES)

479
00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:54,890
PABLO:
How did Ricardo get to be like this?

480
00:32:57,976 --> 00:33:01,438
I'm not a sociologist, or a psychologist,
or anything,

481
00:33:02,564 --> 00:33:07,402
but my conclusion is that when a person
connects with popular sentiment,

482
00:33:08,945 --> 00:33:12,657
beyond the enormous differences
they have with the rest of mortals,

483
00:33:13,575 --> 00:33:17,245
beyond being rich, it is beautiful,
that it is eccentric.

484
00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:22,083
It is because there is something
in which people can reflect.

485
00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:25,629
It's like a visible crack,

486
00:33:26,755 --> 00:33:29,132
like a glass, which you don't know
when it's going to break....

487
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:33,261
Ricardo Fort was a character
made almost entirely

488
00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:35,180
of synthetic substances,

489
00:33:35,931 --> 00:33:37,390
but he had that.

490
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:41,186
A guy who went back
into the closet to be accepted.

491
00:33:42,229 --> 00:33:46,107
A guy who spent his life
paying people to go to his parties.

492
00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:48,109
To laugh at his jokes.

493
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,238
And it doesn't matter
if you don't have money,

494
00:33:51,321 --> 00:33:54,574
if you don't know Miami
or if you are never going to be famous.

495
00:33:55,450 --> 00:34:00,121
That desperation to be loved
can be understood by anyone.

496
00:34:02,999 --> 00:34:06,795
What would have happened to Ricardo Fort
if he had been born thirty years later?

497
00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:10,882
Would he have hidden his sexuality
to be famous?

498
00:34:12,592 --> 00:34:14,719
Would his dreams be the same?

499
00:34:17,806 --> 00:34:20,809
(EMOTIONAL MUSIC CONTINUES)

500
00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,010
(EMOTIONAL MUSIC FADES)