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Hey.
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The space between
projects is hard.
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Time becomes unstructured.
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You settle into some
of your worst habits
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and every day's main
activity is just calculating
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how many hours are left until
you're allowed to fall asleep.
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You had a show on HBO
for a few years.
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That's me.
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That's nice, man.
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Thanks, man.
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And you weren't really
prepared for the level
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of exposure that your
little movies got.
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And they even suggested
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that you were a celebrity
on Jeopardy.
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Celebs, 1,000.
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His HBO series teaches
viewers how to do things.
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You were spoiled by
having a team of people
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and a big budget
to do fun stuff
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that takes a lot of planning.
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- Is that better?
- Yeah, that's good.
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But now that your
show is over
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you have to do everything
by yourself again
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and rebuild your whole
archive of street footage
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from the bottom...
from the bottom up.
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But the royalty checks
from your reruns
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are getting smaller
and smaller every month
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and you might need to get
money from elsewhere
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if you wanna fund
a new production.
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You've been getting requests
to make advertisements recently
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from some of your
least favorite brands.
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You even got an offer
to make a commercial
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for Depend diapers,
and they wanted you to film
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with the Naked Cowboy.
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But unfortunately
that fell through
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because he was in D.C.
on January 6th
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and said some other bad stuff.
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You had a hard time
believing that
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because you guys
go way back
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and now it seems like both
of you guys are outta work.
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You wanna sing?
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Someone sent
you an ad recently
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that used an AI-generated
imitation of your voice
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to sell gutters.
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People can't believe
it when I tell them this.
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I've worked in construction
for ten years now
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and it shocks me how many
people pay a fortune
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to upgrade their gutters
when there are services
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like this nationwide service
that savings-conscious
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homeowners
can't stop talking about.
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It's scary to think
how good it's getting.
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You used to think that
you were unique
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but if anyone can
recreate a voice
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then what value does
the original have?
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You always wanted to take
the road less traveled
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where nobody else would
ever dare to voyage.
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But it's hard to stay motivated
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when no one is telling
you what to do.
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Sometimes the best
idea is to just
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put the instrument
in your hands
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and then you'll have no choice
but to make art with it.
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The world is filled
with beautiful poetry
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and maybe you just
need to find a way
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to uncork your potential.
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You're part of
the Writers Guild
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and they went on strike over
the looming threat of AI
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among other things.
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But the only class they
offered members
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during the strike was
how to write
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and sell a Hallmark movie.
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Thankfully, your afternoon
was wide open
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uh, so you decided to just
go check it out.
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Let's talk about the formula
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and talk about what actually
makes a Hallmark rom-com
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specifically a Hallmark
rom-com.
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The core of this brand
is aspiration
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and I cannot stress
that enough.
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Escapism.
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Hallmark movies
are pretty settings
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even when they shouldn't
be pretty settings.
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Love interests.
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These have to be characters
that you want to be
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and want to be with.
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And it's inspirational.
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Trauma is fine if it ends
on a high note,
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if we've learned
from the trauma,
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and that is because people
come to these movies
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to escape their realities,
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and a lot of those realities,
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especially in this audience,
are financial.
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They don't really
wanna see people
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struggling financially
in these movies.
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These movies are a balm.
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They are the possibility
of what you could be.
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Your leads should feel like
they are on the cusp
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of an incredible life,
if only they could
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figure this one thing out
that's holding them back.
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You get bonus points
for dead relatives,
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a gala or big party or town
event that needs planning.
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Tradition.
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They hate this so much.
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They hate the almost
interrupted kiss so much.
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They are so tired of it.
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The big city girl comes home.
This one is truly outdated.
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We're now in the throes
of burnout culture.
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It's not cool
to be a girl boss anymore.
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We have overcorrected
on this.
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Um, this plot line gets a lot
of flak for being anti-feminist,
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but it's not inherently
anti-feminist.
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This is very serious.
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There is no reference
to Jesus or Christianity
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in any Christmas
Hallmark movie.
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They will be shot in small
towns or mid-size cities
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and more often than not,
in Canada.
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These movies will
do better than HBO will
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in terms of viewership.
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Now is not the time
for Ken Burns or The Sopranos.
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Now is the time to remember
that things have been
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in the past and can get better.
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A lot of the rules
seemed pretty strict
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but it was a proven formula.
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And if you could promise
that a new movie
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of yours would get viewers,
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then you'd probably
have an easier time
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getting money to make it.
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It seems like the love stories
in Hallmark movies
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usually begin with two people
who have very little in common.
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And the old cliché that
opposites attract
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gives people the
illusion that love
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can help overcome any
personal or political conflict.
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In the meantime, you tried
watching some Hallmark movies
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to get some
character inspiration
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and one of the ones you
watched was about a lady
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that starts dating an
affordable housing developer
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and brings him home to
her family for a
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Christmas surprise.
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The love interest has been
given orders from his boss
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to vacate a property
before the New Year
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so that they can build
a high-rise in the place
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of a beloved community
candle shop.
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But it turns out that
the person he's trying to evict
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is actually his date's
sister-in-law
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which leads to a bit
of tension as he
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tries to coerce her
into selling.
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You ever consider
pivoting to online only?
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Face-to-face interaction
is the whole point, Brian.
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After all, you cannot
smell a candle
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over the internet, right?
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Right.
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The love interest
eventually feels bad,
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and he tricks his boss
into coming over
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to the family's house
for Christmas dinner
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to propose something
more humane.
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We will just find you
a temporary pop-up location
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at one of our
commercial properties
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and as soon as
the building is done
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you will have the first
right of refusal
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for the same square footage
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of your current place
at the same price.
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It's gonna increase
appeal across the board.
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Well, it's definitely
good optics.
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I like it.
I can make this work.
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- Yeah?
- Yeah.
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And once
everything is all tied up,
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they finally kiss under the
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watchful gaze
of Old Saint Nick.
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It was ambitious to try
to fit a romance
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inside of a topic as unromantic
as affordable housing.
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Real estate developers
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usually aren't
the romantic leads in movies
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because they're
often portrayed
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as heartless opportunists,
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desperately trying
to augment a neighborhood
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that they don't understand
the complexity of.
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But they have tried to remain
hip despite their reputation.
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You went on the Hallmark Reddit
to see how the fans felt,
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and you found them
explaining the concept
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of a NIMBY to one another.
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A NIMBY will traditionally
reject efforts
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to build affordable housing
in their neighborhood
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and suggest that it should
be built someplace else
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far away.
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But it seems like they're
already building
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a lot around New York
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and you're occasionally
completely surrounded
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on all sides by cement trucks
when traveling.
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But for some reason,
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most of these houses
aren't affordable
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and you can't even be certain
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that most of them
are actually even occupied.
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And you wish you knew
what was really going on
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in some of these places.
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In a stroke of luck, you were
able to buy your building
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from your landlord when
she moved away a few years ago,
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and now you rent out
the apartments below
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to good friends
that you've known for a while.
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The first floor is occupied
by a couple with a baby
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and you charge them
$1,700 a month for rent.
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Thankfully, you live upstairs,
so you're able
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to fix any problems that
come up almost immediately.
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This putty
has been here for a long time,
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and then Sesame peed on it,
and this started happening.
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Your good friend Nellie
lives in the basement apartment
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and she pays you $600 a month
for rent for the entire unit.
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But the foundation
to your house is cracked
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and it makes it so there's
a leak into your basement
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whenever it rains
really, really hard
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causing intermittent
flooding during the spring
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and the fall.
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You never felt so helpless
to stop bad things
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from happening
to your friends.
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But it seems like
this is happening to a lot
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of other property all over
the city, like your gym.
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Which is making
people really upset
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because the city doesn't seem
to acknowledge the problem.
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You tried to fix
the crack yourself
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by just getting a bag
from Home Depot
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and fixing it up like
a good boy should.
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But not only did that
not solve the problem
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when you called your neighbor
to get some advice
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he criticized your
craftsmanship without realizing
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that you were
the one that did it.
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Yeah, is that a bad job?
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Yeah, it's terrible.
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Because you're not, I mean
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you're not like, you know...
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If you're gonna do this
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you gotta do it with like
hydraulic cement
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not like gravel mix
or whatever the fuck this is.
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Oh, okay.
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- So I mean...
- Yeah, I don't think
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that they knew
what was going on.
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Yeah.
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It's embarrassing to know
so little about
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something that occupies so much
of your visual environment.
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So you got a couple great
books on the subject
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and got your new movie
underway.
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But you've never tried
to finance something yourself
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and you realized you
needed a little help.
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So you called up a few good
friends that worked with you
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on your show and set up
a call with your agency
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to try to secure financing.
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You know, you want
a reason why this subject matter
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for you is a feature-length film
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and the places you wanna go.
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I mean, I think you
could sort of...
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We can all sell
that a little bit to, you know
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justify the budget ask.
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And tell us about
the sizzle you have in mind.
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You know, are you...
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Did you have a sense of how
you wanna put that together
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as sort of a sales tape?
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Um... I have,
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it's about two and a half,
three minutes right now.
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What's the working title again?
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The History of Concrete.
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Okay.
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Aside from water
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concrete is the second most
used material on the planet.
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People often think cement
and concrete are the same thing
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but this couldn't be
further from the truth.
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So cement is the gray powder
that's produced in a kiln.
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Concrete is a mixture of cement,
water, sand, and stone
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uh, and we mix all that
together to make concrete.
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Here you can see all
the coarse aggregate
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the big stone pieces
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and then the cement
paste matrix around it.
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Wow, it looks like a...
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It looks like a fruit cake.
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Yeah, a little bit.
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What we're standing
in front of right now
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is what's known
as a universal testing machine.
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It's used to test
both compression
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and tensile strength.
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You ever put
anything fun in there?
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Um...
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This is very
satisfying cranberry jelly.
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So, you know, we have
a little bit of fun in here.
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Cool, yeah, I try to...
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Yeah, I'm trying to have
a little fun, too.
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Wow.
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One of the first
applications of concrete
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was in ancient Rome
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and a lot of it is
still standing today.
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It's rumored that
the first concrete
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had self-healing properties
because of the stuff
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that they used to make it with.
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But unfortunately, the locals
seem to be pretty tight-lipped
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about their secret formula.
289
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Yeah, yeah, the material.
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Like concrete,
it's made of concrete?
291
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- No.
- No? Okay.
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Do you know anything
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about the concrete
of the building?
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- Il cemento?
- Yeah, cemento?
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Can you repeat in English,
please?
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Oh, I heard that this
was early Roman concrete.
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Yeah, it's Pantheon.
298
00:14:53,961 --> 00:14:55,496
- Oh, yeah, yeah.
- It's the Pantheon, this one.
299
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I was wondering
why it lasted so long.
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Ah.
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It's video?
302
00:15:08,375 --> 00:15:09,943
- Uh...
- No, no.
303
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I'm making a
movie about concrete.
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- Concrete?
- Yeah.
305
00:15:15,215 --> 00:15:16,684
- No.
- Like, I'm making a movie
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about concrete.
307
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- I'm sorry.
- A cinema of concrete.
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- No, thanks.
- Okay.
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Rome looks very similar
to the way it used to
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because it was built by
craftspeople with material
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that lasts a long time.
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And at one point they
decided to leave it
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at this exact level
of fucked up.
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They even sacrificed
valuable seating space
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inside the McDonald's to
preserve a bunch of old rocks.
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There's also a wax museum
in Rome where they preserve
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some of our most beloved
historical figures
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and they even have a feature
where you can watch a video
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of them speaking
with what seems to be
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an AI-generated mouth.
321
00:16:02,597 --> 00:16:03,765
I am Jack Nicholson,
322
00:16:03,898 --> 00:16:07,401
born in 1937 in Neptune
City, New Jersey, USA.
323
00:16:07,535 --> 00:16:09,403
Known for intense roles
in films like
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One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
325
00:16:12,774 --> 00:16:14,475
The Shining
326
00:16:14,609 --> 00:16:16,343
of Hollywood's most
respected actors.
327
00:16:16,477 --> 00:16:20,949
I'm Anthony Hopkins, born
in 1937 in Port Talbot, Wales.
328
00:16:22,049 --> 00:16:25,252
It's always interesting
at what point in time
329
00:16:25,385 --> 00:16:28,756
historians decide to freeze
the memory of something
330
00:16:29,323 --> 00:16:32,527
and who gets to decide
which time period
331
00:16:32,660 --> 00:16:34,562
is better than another.
332
00:16:34,995 --> 00:16:36,096
I am Elvis Prezzle
333
00:16:36,230 --> 00:16:39,701
born in 1935 in Tupelo,
Mississippi, USA.
334
00:16:39,834 --> 00:16:41,235
Known as
"The King of Rock 'n' Roll"
335
00:16:41,368 --> 00:16:42,937
I revolutionized popular music
336
00:16:43,070 --> 00:16:46,006
with songs like "Jailhouse Rock"
and "Hound Dog."
337
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You unfortunately
ended up blowing
338
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a 100 percent
of your film's budget
339
00:16:51,211 --> 00:16:52,714
on your trip to Rome
340
00:16:53,146 --> 00:16:56,851
and even though you were
getting some really cool stuff
341
00:16:59,219 --> 00:17:03,992
your agent was getting harder
and harder to get a hold of.
342
00:17:16,604 --> 00:17:18,973
So, you flew back to New York
343
00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:22,242
and tried to get some
advice on how to fundraise
344
00:17:22,376 --> 00:17:24,579
from a local Italian.
345
00:17:25,212 --> 00:17:28,716
What kind of advice
would you give to someone
346
00:17:28,850 --> 00:17:31,118
who's struggling
to get something financed?
347
00:17:32,020 --> 00:17:34,856
To try to make it
as inexpensive as they can
348
00:17:34,989 --> 00:17:38,158
and to make, you know,
and to get it done.
349
00:17:39,293 --> 00:17:41,029
Do you ever
think about concrete?
350
00:17:42,362 --> 00:17:44,097
No, no.
And you just brought it up,
351
00:17:44,231 --> 00:17:45,934
and it made me think
of it, you know?
352
00:17:46,868 --> 00:17:49,169
Um, how is the concrete
outside here?
353
00:17:49,571 --> 00:17:50,572
Oh, it's pretty nice.
354
00:17:50,705 --> 00:17:52,006
It's pretty
solid.
355
00:17:53,273 --> 00:17:54,642
That ain't goin' anywhere.
356
00:17:57,845 --> 00:17:58,880
Each square of sidewalk
357
00:17:59,013 --> 00:18:01,683
is usually five feet
by five feet.
358
00:18:02,684 --> 00:18:04,686
You're not allowed to put
a fridge on the sidewalk
359
00:18:04,819 --> 00:18:07,387
without taking its doors
off or securing them
360
00:18:07,522 --> 00:18:12,259
so children don't hide
inside and have so much fun.
361
00:18:13,126 --> 00:18:16,229
It seems like money can't
touch the sidewalk either
362
00:18:16,798 --> 00:18:19,499
which is why all the ATMs
in New York are just hovering
363
00:18:19,634 --> 00:18:22,302
right above the street outside.
364
00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:26,608
But mailboxes can be on
the sidewalk no problem.
365
00:18:28,175 --> 00:18:31,378
A sidewalk is usually
poured by a contractor
366
00:18:31,512 --> 00:18:33,881
employed by
the local municipality
367
00:18:34,015 --> 00:18:39,219
and they do everything
they can to keep it smooth.
368
00:18:44,224 --> 00:18:46,694
But after
the city pours it
369
00:18:46,828 --> 00:18:50,064
the property owners are
responsible for maintaining it
370
00:18:50,665 --> 00:18:52,900
which is why the repairs
are often imperfect
371
00:18:53,034 --> 00:18:55,069
and patchwork across the city
372
00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:59,674
just doing the bare minimum
to cover up any mistakes
373
00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:01,441
leading to unforeseen hazards
374
00:19:01,576 --> 00:19:04,277
that might emerge from
bad craftsmanship.
375
00:19:05,278 --> 00:19:08,650
People will also add rogue
mounds to preexisting stuff
376
00:19:08,783 --> 00:19:11,251
in order to optimize
their environment
377
00:19:11,686 --> 00:19:14,088
because concrete
is a continuous surface
378
00:19:14,522 --> 00:19:16,858
that can be added to
or subtracted from
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00:19:16,991 --> 00:19:18,626
without much attention paid.
380
00:19:20,327 --> 00:19:22,362
Every now and then
as it's drying
381
00:19:22,496 --> 00:19:26,834
a vandal will appear
and try to make their mark.
382
00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,302
It is often a name,
383
00:19:29,436 --> 00:19:31,673
a declaration of love
384
00:19:31,806 --> 00:19:34,842
or a common phrase
that everybody knows.
385
00:19:35,543 --> 00:19:38,278
This is a huge diss
to property owners
386
00:19:38,913 --> 00:19:42,382
but one can understand
the temptation
387
00:19:42,517 --> 00:19:47,220
to defile something
so flat, so level.
388
00:19:48,388 --> 00:19:50,058
So when it's drying
389
00:19:50,190 --> 00:19:53,460
there's usually always
a local guy watching it
390
00:19:53,961 --> 00:19:56,864
because you know the cops
won't do anything about it.
391
00:19:58,298 --> 00:19:59,934
Someone even put a compass
392
00:20:00,068 --> 00:20:01,736
in the middle
of Queens Boulevard
393
00:20:01,869 --> 00:20:03,104
claiming that
394
00:20:03,236 --> 00:20:06,373
it's the geographical
center of New York City.
395
00:20:06,507 --> 00:20:08,876
This is not even close
to being true
396
00:20:09,010 --> 00:20:11,311
but nobody seems to care.
397
00:20:12,780 --> 00:20:14,816
Because nature can
be hard to maintain
398
00:20:14,949 --> 00:20:16,951
people cover up
entire tree plots
399
00:20:17,085 --> 00:20:20,454
making it nearly impossible
for the plant to get water.
400
00:20:20,588 --> 00:20:22,389
And they also fill in
any other voids
401
00:20:22,523 --> 00:20:24,458
that happen to be nearby.
402
00:20:25,626 --> 00:20:27,227
This also makes flooding worse
403
00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:31,899
because the stormwater can no
longer drain into the earth.
404
00:20:33,233 --> 00:20:36,336
Gum is like the bird
shit of people.
405
00:20:37,004 --> 00:20:40,240
Wherever people congregate,
there is gum.
406
00:20:40,975 --> 00:20:43,177
The highest concentration
of gum deposits
407
00:20:43,310 --> 00:20:46,214
are at transition points
for some reason
408
00:20:46,346 --> 00:20:49,650
like a subway entrance
or the front of a deli.
409
00:20:50,151 --> 00:20:52,319
You always thought that
people spit out their gum
410
00:20:52,452 --> 00:20:56,256
when the flavor was gone,
but that doesn't explain
411
00:20:56,389 --> 00:21:00,027
why so many people toss it
out at the exact same moment
412
00:21:00,161 --> 00:21:03,263
before they enter a new space.
413
00:21:04,165 --> 00:21:06,433
At drive-thrus,
you notice that the driver
414
00:21:06,567 --> 00:21:09,237
usually spits out their
gum as they're ordering
415
00:21:09,871 --> 00:21:12,540
while the passenger waits
to spit out their gum
416
00:21:12,673 --> 00:21:15,743
until the last possible
second at the pickup window
417
00:21:15,877 --> 00:21:18,445
where a new flavor
is presented to them.
418
00:21:19,514 --> 00:21:23,184
But nobody knows more about
this stuff than the only guy
419
00:21:23,316 --> 00:21:25,385
in the city that
gets rid of it.
420
00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,755
People spit out their
gum no matter what.
421
00:21:27,889 --> 00:21:29,190
They don't care where they are.
422
00:21:29,322 --> 00:21:33,127
But have you ever actually
seen anyone spit out their gum?
423
00:21:33,761 --> 00:21:34,729
No.
424
00:21:35,263 --> 00:21:38,966
So what we do is we come
and we vaporize that gum
425
00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:42,369
and I'll show you later
in the segment how we do that.
426
00:21:42,503 --> 00:21:44,872
The segment?
The segment...
427
00:21:46,174 --> 00:21:48,209
Do you think this problem
will ever go away?
428
00:21:49,911 --> 00:21:52,680
I don't think chewing gum
is ever going to go away.
429
00:21:53,514 --> 00:21:56,551
Keep an eye on Mars stocks
430
00:21:56,684 --> 00:21:58,719
because if chewing
gum goes away
431
00:21:58,853 --> 00:22:01,589
the stock on Mars
and a few other companies
432
00:22:01,722 --> 00:22:03,191
will take a big dip.
433
00:22:03,323 --> 00:22:04,725
Oh, Mars like
the candy company.
434
00:22:04,859 --> 00:22:05,893
Correct.
435
00:22:06,493 --> 00:22:09,597
Right. There is no stock
on the planet.
436
00:22:13,067 --> 00:22:15,269
Ah, here,
so this is Gum Buster wine.
437
00:22:15,402 --> 00:22:19,372
- Wow.
- And we private label this wine
438
00:22:19,507 --> 00:22:21,209
for our good customers
439
00:22:21,341 --> 00:22:25,012
for Christmas, Hanukkah,
during the holidays.
440
00:22:25,146 --> 00:22:26,614
It's actually very good wine.
441
00:22:26,747 --> 00:22:28,015
- Yeah?
- And when I hand it out
442
00:22:28,149 --> 00:22:29,150
I say, "It's great wine.
443
00:22:29,283 --> 00:22:30,952
It doesn't taste
like chewing gum."
444
00:22:31,085 --> 00:22:34,689
And people smile
and thank me for the wine.
445
00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:48,603
Lotta gum here.
446
00:22:48,736 --> 00:22:50,370
- Great spot, right?
- Yeah.
447
00:22:50,805 --> 00:22:53,473
Right in front
of Mr. Happy Deli.
448
00:22:54,441 --> 00:22:56,043
These are the tubes
449
00:22:57,011 --> 00:23:00,248
and this is the famous
brass brush.
450
00:23:00,948 --> 00:23:04,384
So we're gonna just pop
that in. Pop this in.
451
00:23:05,086 --> 00:23:06,287
Here goes. Ready?
452
00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:21,035
And that gum is busted.
453
00:23:32,513 --> 00:23:33,781
That gum is busted.
454
00:23:34,849 --> 00:23:36,150
You wanna try?
455
00:23:36,284 --> 00:23:37,351
- Me?
- Yeah.
456
00:23:40,521 --> 00:23:41,555
Where did the gum go?
457
00:23:41,689 --> 00:23:43,357
It's busted.
458
00:23:49,196 --> 00:23:50,298
Whose car is that?
459
00:23:53,301 --> 00:23:54,902
Is that your car?
460
00:23:55,036 --> 00:23:56,404
- No.
- John:
461
00:23:56,537 --> 00:23:58,272
Why do people chew gum?
462
00:24:00,875 --> 00:24:03,844
I think to stop cigarette
smoking.
463
00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:06,347
Probably.
464
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,250
You landed a few pitch meetings
465
00:24:09,650 --> 00:24:12,186
but the material you had so far
466
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,322
wasn't really exciting anybody
467
00:24:14,454 --> 00:24:16,424
and they doubted your ability
468
00:24:16,557 --> 00:24:19,794
to turn it into a feature film.
469
00:24:19,927 --> 00:24:21,829
Getting it to
a certain place in development
470
00:24:21,963 --> 00:24:23,731
and it sounds like you
guys are just ready to go
471
00:24:23,864 --> 00:24:25,366
so development isn't
really something
472
00:24:25,498 --> 00:24:27,735
that you're interested in.
473
00:24:27,868 --> 00:24:30,771
And the couple people
that were helping you out
474
00:24:30,905 --> 00:24:34,508
would only get paid
if the movie got sold somehow.
475
00:24:35,910 --> 00:24:38,846
And the guilt you feel
for asking friends
476
00:24:38,980 --> 00:24:41,315
for such a huge
favor is so heavy
477
00:24:41,449 --> 00:24:44,552
that it makes it nearly
impossible to function
478
00:24:44,685 --> 00:24:46,220
the way that you're used to.
479
00:24:49,590 --> 00:24:51,559
But when you look
around New York
480
00:24:52,126 --> 00:24:54,862
it seems like there
are movies getting financed
481
00:24:55,763 --> 00:25:00,034
but only if they take you
to a different time and place.
482
00:25:00,935 --> 00:25:03,304
And you could feel
the industry laughing at you
483
00:25:03,437 --> 00:25:06,674
for not having
a script or a plot
484
00:25:06,807 --> 00:25:10,378
or actors in funny costumes.
485
00:25:11,812 --> 00:25:14,515
It's comforting to watch
nostalgic visions
486
00:25:14,648 --> 00:25:17,518
of a city that no longer exists
487
00:25:18,919 --> 00:25:20,921
but it seems like we
often spend more money
488
00:25:21,055 --> 00:25:22,890
recreating the stuff
that we miss
489
00:25:23,424 --> 00:25:25,626
than actually trying
to preserve
490
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,895
what's currently disappearing.
491
00:25:32,266 --> 00:25:35,569
Most Hallmark movies are set
in fictional environments
492
00:25:35,703 --> 00:25:38,773
that viewers fantasize
about inhabiting one day.
493
00:25:39,508 --> 00:25:43,177
But this is where Hallmark
movies are actually filmed.
494
00:25:44,211 --> 00:25:48,249
On a sound stage in the middle
of an industrial park
495
00:25:48,382 --> 00:25:51,352
right over the U.S.
border in Canada.
496
00:25:55,456 --> 00:25:56,357
Hallmark employee:
497
00:26:00,661 --> 00:26:03,532
The hallways are lined
with posters of productions
498
00:26:03,664 --> 00:26:05,866
that were filmed here
over the years.
499
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,602
A lot of them
are Christmas but...
500
00:26:08,736 --> 00:26:11,506
it seems like they're expanding
to other holidays, too.
501
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,010
Supposedly a turkey drop
is when you break up
502
00:26:16,143 --> 00:26:19,380
with your boyfriend during
Thanksgiving break from school.
503
00:26:21,182 --> 00:26:23,350
The team in there was
between productions
504
00:26:23,484 --> 00:26:26,353
but thankfully
the assistant director
505
00:26:26,487 --> 00:26:28,689
uh, had a moment
to speak with you.
506
00:26:28,823 --> 00:26:32,193
If you kind of look up
and down this whole hallway
507
00:26:32,326 --> 00:26:34,728
almost all of this signage
508
00:26:35,229 --> 00:26:39,200
is used in Hallmarks
or thrillers.
509
00:26:40,801 --> 00:26:42,970
I've worked on at least two
510
00:26:43,104 --> 00:26:47,274
where the holiday
hunk is a widow
511
00:26:47,842 --> 00:26:50,411
and learning to love
again is part of his arc.
512
00:26:57,485 --> 00:26:58,652
Are you making a big tree?
513
00:26:58,786 --> 00:27:00,654
- Yeah.
- Wow. Cool.
514
00:27:01,088 --> 00:27:02,189
Hallmark is interesting.
515
00:27:02,323 --> 00:27:05,126
They're the only cable
network that it continues
516
00:27:05,259 --> 00:27:07,094
to grow in viewership
517
00:27:07,862 --> 00:27:10,731
whereas the rest of cable
is kind of dying.
518
00:27:11,132 --> 00:27:13,434
What we do is we tell the same
story over and over and over.
519
00:27:13,568 --> 00:27:15,469
It's like a rinse, repeat.
520
00:27:15,604 --> 00:27:17,171
We, all of us in this building
521
00:27:17,304 --> 00:27:20,509
just continue to tell
the same boy-meets-girl story.
522
00:27:21,142 --> 00:27:22,877
- In a cycle.
- Over and over.
523
00:27:24,778 --> 00:27:26,847
There's a race
in New York where runners
524
00:27:26,981 --> 00:27:29,518
circle the same block
in Jamaica, Queens
525
00:27:29,650 --> 00:27:36,090
for 3,100 miles and it lasts
for 52 days straight.
526
00:27:36,525 --> 00:27:39,960
They run from 6 a.m.
to midnight every single day
527
00:27:40,529 --> 00:27:42,963
and sleep in camper vans
nearby.
528
00:27:44,431 --> 00:27:47,301
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the 28th edition
529
00:27:47,434 --> 00:27:50,037
of The Sri Chinmoy
Self-Transcendence
530
00:27:50,171 --> 00:27:51,573
3100 Mile Race.
531
00:27:52,439 --> 00:27:56,810
This year we have 12 runners
from 11 different countries
532
00:27:57,945 --> 00:28:00,981
to try and go to 5,000
533
00:28:02,917 --> 00:28:04,852
laps beyond beyond.
534
00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:08,590
Before the race,
they have a moment of silence
535
00:28:08,722 --> 00:28:11,492
to honor the late Sri Chinmoy,
536
00:28:11,992 --> 00:28:15,496
the spiritualist who came up
with this idea to begin with.
537
00:28:16,063 --> 00:28:19,833
Three, two, one. Go!
538
00:28:28,677 --> 00:28:30,077
They have an army
of disciples
539
00:28:30,211 --> 00:28:32,681
that record every single lap
540
00:28:32,813 --> 00:28:36,685
and a chef producing a constant
supply of homemade food.
541
00:28:38,919 --> 00:28:41,188
They even mark all
of the parts of the sidewalk
542
00:28:41,322 --> 00:28:44,825
that are damaged or uneven
with bright yellow tape.
543
00:28:45,492 --> 00:28:47,928
Even the smallest patch job.
544
00:28:48,329 --> 00:28:51,498
This is mostly all you
see for 52 days
545
00:28:52,299 --> 00:28:55,903
and they even have
a chorus to cheer them on.
546
00:29:17,324 --> 00:29:19,760
There's a belief here
that if you spend enough time
547
00:29:19,893 --> 00:29:22,496
on this material,
you will achieve
548
00:29:22,631 --> 00:29:24,898
some sort of
self-transcendence.
549
00:29:27,901 --> 00:29:31,272
But it's still unclear
why concrete
550
00:29:31,405 --> 00:29:33,608
was the preferred surface.
551
00:29:34,576 --> 00:29:35,843
What do you think of it?
552
00:29:35,976 --> 00:29:37,545
Well, running is good,
it's a good exercise
553
00:29:37,679 --> 00:29:39,681
but I wanna know
if they're getting paid.
554
00:29:40,381 --> 00:29:41,549
I don't think
they're getting paid.
555
00:29:42,816 --> 00:29:45,754
The question I would like to ask
how would they pay their rent?
556
00:29:46,220 --> 00:29:47,388
How would they eat?
557
00:29:47,522 --> 00:29:50,424
You know, you gotta pay
rent in America, you know
558
00:29:50,558 --> 00:29:54,161
and if you have a house,
you gotta pay mortgage.
559
00:29:54,729 --> 00:29:56,631
So how would they survive?
560
00:29:57,064 --> 00:29:58,799
There gotta be some
benefit up there.
561
00:29:59,199 --> 00:30:01,101
Let's go over there and
find out.
562
00:30:01,235 --> 00:30:03,170
Maybe it's spiritual?
563
00:30:03,772 --> 00:30:06,373
It could be spiritual,
but again, like he says
564
00:30:06,508 --> 00:30:10,844
you're out here from 6
in the morning to 12 midnight
565
00:30:10,978 --> 00:30:16,150
so in between, there is no in
between for work, you know?
566
00:30:16,283 --> 00:30:17,318
Do you ever think
567
00:30:17,451 --> 00:30:18,520
there's too much
concrete in the city?
568
00:30:19,186 --> 00:30:21,221
No! No.
569
00:30:21,355 --> 00:30:22,657
I think there's
a lot of buildings,
570
00:30:22,791 --> 00:30:23,658
I tell you that much.
571
00:30:23,792 --> 00:30:26,026
- No.
- A lot of high-rises.
572
00:30:26,460 --> 00:30:28,128
We got too many people
here, that's what happened.
573
00:30:28,262 --> 00:30:30,130
Mm-hmm. A lotta people.
574
00:30:32,032 --> 00:30:33,635
You could
understand being suspicious
575
00:30:33,768 --> 00:30:36,604
of someone without
a job walking in circles
576
00:30:36,738 --> 00:30:38,773
around a high school
for two months.
577
00:30:39,940 --> 00:30:43,210
But it must be nice
to have a spiritual leader
578
00:30:43,344 --> 00:30:45,179
to tell you what to do
579
00:30:46,246 --> 00:30:49,751
because otherwise you'd
just have to figure out
580
00:30:49,883 --> 00:30:52,152
how to fill the days
by yourself.
581
00:30:53,187 --> 00:30:56,190
And its hard not
to get discouraged
582
00:30:56,323 --> 00:30:59,093
when you're trying
out something new.
583
00:31:13,808 --> 00:31:15,810
The oldest
concrete street in America
584
00:31:15,943 --> 00:31:17,878
is actually in Ohio.
585
00:31:18,011 --> 00:31:19,880
It was built in 1891
586
00:31:20,013 --> 00:31:22,650
which means that throughout
almost all of human history
587
00:31:22,784 --> 00:31:24,619
there has not been
any concrete
588
00:31:24,753 --> 00:31:26,788
up until about a 100 years ago.
589
00:31:27,622 --> 00:31:31,125
Well, the street was built
in 1891, 1893.
590
00:31:31,258 --> 00:31:34,629
Uh, about 60% of it is still
the original concrete.
591
00:31:34,763 --> 00:31:38,298
George Bartholomew,
who the statue is behind me
592
00:31:38,432 --> 00:31:41,770
he came up with a formula
that he thought could hold up
593
00:31:41,902 --> 00:31:43,705
to horse-and-buggy traffic.
594
00:31:43,838 --> 00:31:48,342
A few years ago we added
the arch 'cause again
595
00:31:48,475 --> 00:31:49,943
this is a tourist attraction
596
00:31:50,077 --> 00:31:51,513
but we're also
proud of the history.
597
00:31:52,379 --> 00:31:54,148
Despite the pride
they feel
598
00:31:54,281 --> 00:31:56,684
the concrete
was in terrible shape.
599
00:31:56,818 --> 00:31:59,920
It seems like it had been
patched up a lot over the years
600
00:32:00,588 --> 00:32:03,625
and it looks more like
a monument to how poorly
601
00:32:03,758 --> 00:32:07,027
this material holds up
than anything else.
602
00:32:07,862 --> 00:32:09,229
There's even a driving school
603
00:32:09,363 --> 00:32:13,233
that uses the oldest concrete
street as a training ground.
604
00:32:13,367 --> 00:32:16,638
1891, first
concrete street in America.
605
00:32:16,771 --> 00:32:18,372
It needs to be redone.
606
00:32:18,506 --> 00:32:20,474
Yeah, it doesn't
look too good.
607
00:32:20,608 --> 00:32:23,812
- Mm-mm, yeah, all these shops--
- What's on this street?
608
00:32:23,944 --> 00:32:25,946
- and stuff are here.
- There's a Bigfoot
609
00:32:26,079 --> 00:32:26,947
on the street.
610
00:32:28,248 --> 00:32:31,185
Bellefontaine
is growing by leaps and bounds.
611
00:32:31,318 --> 00:32:32,319
- Oh, really?
- They're putting
612
00:32:32,453 --> 00:32:34,388
a whole new subdivision
of nice homes
613
00:32:34,522 --> 00:32:36,691
in there and everything.
614
00:32:36,825 --> 00:32:40,060
Okay, just before you get
to the railroad track
615
00:32:40,695 --> 00:32:42,229
you're gonna turn to the right
616
00:32:42,362 --> 00:32:44,998
and that is the shortest
street in America.
617
00:32:54,141 --> 00:32:55,543
It's the highest
point in Ohio.
618
00:32:55,677 --> 00:32:56,711
- Yes.
- Oh, really?
619
00:32:56,845 --> 00:32:58,979
That's the highest
point in Ohio?
620
00:32:59,112 --> 00:33:00,414
- Yes.
- Yes, it is.
621
00:33:01,482 --> 00:33:02,650
I can't believe it.
622
00:33:03,250 --> 00:33:04,418
I got a steering wheel.
623
00:33:04,552 --> 00:33:06,888
I got a little old fake
battery here.
624
00:33:07,020 --> 00:33:09,891
How to hook up your battery
if you're jumping somebody off.
625
00:33:10,324 --> 00:33:12,927
- Oh...
- All that kind of stuff.
626
00:33:13,060 --> 00:33:15,996
And then this is basically,
right here
627
00:33:16,396 --> 00:33:19,299
is where we do
most of our training.
628
00:33:30,110 --> 00:33:33,080
Teenagers represent
10% of the U.S. population
629
00:33:33,213 --> 00:33:35,617
but account for 14%
of traffic deaths.
630
00:33:38,085 --> 00:33:39,587
Blah, blah, blah, right?
631
00:33:39,721 --> 00:33:41,689
Yeah. It's tough.
632
00:33:42,690 --> 00:33:45,359
I'm kinda immune to it
'cause I see it every month.
633
00:33:50,264 --> 00:33:51,833
On top of the videos
634
00:33:51,966 --> 00:33:54,201
they even have people
come to the class
635
00:33:54,334 --> 00:33:57,605
to talk about the dangers
of highway traffic.
636
00:33:58,038 --> 00:34:00,742
My husband, Frank
637
00:34:01,943 --> 00:34:04,378
got in a really serious
motorcycle accident.
638
00:34:04,512 --> 00:34:07,615
He was on his way
to a friend's shop
639
00:34:07,749 --> 00:34:10,919
and a car crossed
the center line
640
00:34:11,051 --> 00:34:14,589
and he was at the exact spot
where this car did that
641
00:34:14,722 --> 00:34:15,924
and hit him head on.
642
00:34:16,056 --> 00:34:17,659
Was he a musician?
643
00:34:17,792 --> 00:34:19,027
He was, yes.
644
00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:23,463
That tattoo,
it was on his left calf.
645
00:34:24,097 --> 00:34:25,132
It's his skin.
646
00:34:25,265 --> 00:34:29,202
And if you look close,
you can see like pores.
647
00:34:29,336 --> 00:34:31,305
It looks like it's like
skin ripping open.
648
00:34:31,438 --> 00:34:33,708
You could see the inside
and it's like bionic
649
00:34:33,841 --> 00:34:35,409
Terminator kind of thing.
650
00:34:35,543 --> 00:34:37,011
You know, it's just nice
because you get
651
00:34:37,144 --> 00:34:40,715
this literal piece
of this person.
652
00:34:40,848 --> 00:34:42,951
It's just really
an awesome gift.
653
00:34:43,818 --> 00:34:45,419
So my name's Kyle Sherwood.
654
00:34:46,286 --> 00:34:49,489
I am one of the founders of
the company Save My Ink Forever
655
00:34:49,624 --> 00:34:51,893
that specializes in preserving
656
00:34:52,026 --> 00:34:54,261
your loved one's tattoos
after you pass away.
657
00:34:54,394 --> 00:34:59,499
Every single piece has its own
unique story attached to it,
658
00:34:59,901 --> 00:35:01,234
and it's just kind of fun
659
00:35:01,368 --> 00:35:05,172
to share the stories
of the tattoos.
660
00:35:05,305 --> 00:35:06,841
Did you get
into this business
661
00:35:06,975 --> 00:35:09,978
from the funeral industry
or the tattoo industry?
662
00:35:10,377 --> 00:35:13,413
So it was a combination
of my love for art
663
00:35:13,548 --> 00:35:18,151
my love for tattoos,
as well as kind of recognizing
664
00:35:18,285 --> 00:35:20,320
the trends
in the funeral industry.
665
00:35:20,454 --> 00:35:21,589
Wow.
666
00:35:21,723 --> 00:35:22,757
So what you're
looking at here
667
00:35:22,890 --> 00:35:26,226
is we have the back
piece and the arms.
668
00:35:27,095 --> 00:35:30,598
We have two leg pieces here.
669
00:35:30,732 --> 00:35:33,067
So what part
of the body was this tattoo on?
670
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,069
I believe it was part
of a forearm.
671
00:35:35,202 --> 00:35:37,038
Where was this
little devil from?
672
00:35:37,505 --> 00:35:39,306
You know,
that I do not know.
673
00:35:39,439 --> 00:35:43,243
This guy here,
he is the original...
674
00:35:44,378 --> 00:35:45,947
- Senior senior?
- Yes.
675
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:50,484
He was known as "Mean Gene
the Embalming Machine."
676
00:35:50,985 --> 00:35:52,654
This is "Mean Gene
the Embalming Machine?"
677
00:35:52,787 --> 00:35:55,422
"Mean Gene
the Embalming Machine." That--
678
00:35:55,556 --> 00:35:56,758
He doesn't look too mean.
679
00:35:56,891 --> 00:35:58,026
No, he's not.
680
00:35:58,258 --> 00:36:00,260
It's just I think one of those
things where it rhymed.
681
00:36:00,394 --> 00:36:02,162
He actually embalmed
Chef Boyardee.
682
00:36:02,764 --> 00:36:03,998
Chef Boyardee
was a real guy?
683
00:36:04,132 --> 00:36:07,602
Yeah, so my granddad
got to embalm him.
684
00:36:07,735 --> 00:36:10,203
Wait,
where is Chef Boyardee buried?
685
00:36:11,739 --> 00:36:15,375
He might be at Lakeview,
hold on.
686
00:36:18,211 --> 00:36:19,179
Hey.
687
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:21,949
Do you know where
Chef Boyardee's buried?
688
00:36:26,386 --> 00:36:28,122
Are there any
tattoos you won't preserve?
689
00:36:28,756 --> 00:36:31,659
Who's got the most
famous tattoo
690
00:36:31,793 --> 00:36:35,730
the most simplistic
tattoo on the planet
691
00:36:35,863 --> 00:36:39,499
but if you see it,
everybody knows it?
692
00:36:39,634 --> 00:36:41,201
- Charles Manson.
- There you go.
693
00:36:41,803 --> 00:36:42,670
Right there.
694
00:36:43,071 --> 00:36:45,039
Whoa. Wait,
someone asked you
695
00:36:45,173 --> 00:36:46,874
to preserve Charles
Manson's tattoo?
696
00:36:47,008 --> 00:36:49,610
- We were talking about--
- In a roundabout way.
697
00:36:49,744 --> 00:36:52,212
We were at a tattoo convention.
698
00:36:52,345 --> 00:36:57,585
But that also puts you
in an interesting position
699
00:36:58,019 --> 00:37:01,823
because, again,
the historical significance
700
00:37:01,956 --> 00:37:04,125
of the tattoo itself.
701
00:37:04,726 --> 00:37:08,796
However, what the tattoo
is that you would be preserving
702
00:37:08,930 --> 00:37:12,867
- is obviously a tough thing.
- Charles Manson.
703
00:37:14,736 --> 00:37:18,206
Maybe preserving
things is more complicated
704
00:37:18,338 --> 00:37:22,442
than it seems, and what
exactly should be preserved
705
00:37:22,577 --> 00:37:26,080
is always a subjective
decision.
706
00:37:27,582 --> 00:37:30,417
There was a patch of dirt under
a fire hydrant in Bed-Stuy
707
00:37:30,551 --> 00:37:33,755
that the locals decided
to turn into an aquarium
708
00:37:33,888 --> 00:37:35,923
for everyone to enjoy.
709
00:37:36,057 --> 00:37:37,225
We did something--
710
00:37:37,357 --> 00:37:39,392
we took something
from nothing into something
711
00:37:41,596 --> 00:37:44,098
to improve where we live at.
712
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,802
But then one day,
the city came in
713
00:37:47,935 --> 00:37:50,571
and filled the hole
with concrete.
714
00:37:51,606 --> 00:37:55,275
And people wore black
clothing to grieve the loss
715
00:37:55,408 --> 00:37:57,745
of the fish that died
in the process.
716
00:37:59,446 --> 00:38:01,048
There's a garden in SoHo
717
00:38:01,481 --> 00:38:03,618
that was under threat
of eviction recently
718
00:38:04,384 --> 00:38:05,853
because the city
wanted the land
719
00:38:05,987 --> 00:38:09,257
to build affordable
housing for seniors.
720
00:38:10,490 --> 00:38:14,095
And despite the good
intentions of the proposal
721
00:38:14,729 --> 00:38:16,731
people still showed
up to protest
722
00:38:17,430 --> 00:38:19,667
and speed preserve the garden
723
00:38:19,801 --> 00:38:22,236
using whatever materials
they had.
724
00:38:23,037 --> 00:38:25,173
We're in an
intense time for the garden.
725
00:38:25,305 --> 00:38:26,874
We're gonna do everything
that we can
726
00:38:27,008 --> 00:38:29,309
to the last moment.
727
00:38:29,442 --> 00:38:31,112
Save the garden.
728
00:38:32,312 --> 00:38:34,115
Save the garden!
729
00:38:34,582 --> 00:38:37,484
And there's another
green space in Brooklyn
730
00:38:37,618 --> 00:38:39,654
that Tony Hawk has been trying
731
00:38:39,787 --> 00:38:42,256
to turn into a skate
park for years
732
00:38:42,389 --> 00:38:45,693
which caused people
to protest outside of an event
733
00:38:45,827 --> 00:38:48,129
that he was having
with Rodney Mullen.
734
00:39:14,288 --> 00:39:17,758
You can't come into a
community, and you know
735
00:39:17,892 --> 00:39:21,494
do your white boy thing,
and you know, pave it over
736
00:39:21,629 --> 00:39:24,866
and good luck with us
and you hope us the best.
737
00:39:24,999 --> 00:39:28,336
I hope him the best because I
hope he hopes the best for me.
738
00:39:28,836 --> 00:39:33,074
Skate parks have these half
shells, which is like a pipe
739
00:39:33,207 --> 00:39:34,942
I guess they call
it a half-pipe.
740
00:39:35,076 --> 00:39:39,412
And I guess that's made out
of ceramic tiles, perhaps.
741
00:39:39,547 --> 00:39:40,882
- No, no, no.
- Or maybe it's made
742
00:39:41,015 --> 00:39:42,016
out of concrete.
743
00:39:42,149 --> 00:39:43,317
I don't know what
it's made out of.
744
00:39:43,450 --> 00:39:45,953
Our son is a skateboarder.
We are for the park
745
00:39:46,087 --> 00:39:49,590
but not pouring 40,000
square feet of cement
746
00:39:49,724 --> 00:39:53,794
over our little green park,
which is not very big.
747
00:39:53,928 --> 00:39:56,030
You know, there are a lot
of other places in Brooklyn
748
00:39:56,163 --> 00:39:57,598
where you could do that.
749
00:39:58,566 --> 00:40:01,235
The protestors
were very passionate
750
00:40:01,369 --> 00:40:04,906
but it seems like this
issue could not be further
751
00:40:05,039 --> 00:40:07,308
from any of the skaters' minds.
752
00:40:08,042 --> 00:40:09,076
Like, do you ever think
753
00:40:09,210 --> 00:40:10,745
there's too much
concrete in the city?
754
00:40:11,679 --> 00:40:15,216
I mean, I don't really think
about the concrete like that.
755
00:40:18,019 --> 00:40:19,086
You live in a
756
00:40:19,220 --> 00:40:20,955
historically
designated neighborhood
757
00:40:21,689 --> 00:40:23,958
which is why
all the street signs are brown.
758
00:40:24,926 --> 00:40:26,827
Recently they tore up
most of the sidewalk
759
00:40:26,961 --> 00:40:30,197
outside your apartment
to install a new gas line.
760
00:40:30,831 --> 00:40:32,967
But when they poured
all the new stuff
761
00:40:33,401 --> 00:40:35,836
they accidentally used
white concrete
762
00:40:35,970 --> 00:40:37,939
which isn't
historically accurate.
763
00:40:38,438 --> 00:40:40,508
So they had to come
back a week later
764
00:40:40,641 --> 00:40:44,879
to tear it all up again and
replace it with gray concrete.
765
00:40:46,013 --> 00:40:49,016
And even though your block
looks more accurate now
766
00:40:49,150 --> 00:40:54,655
the entire charade just felt
like a huge waste of material.
767
00:41:03,130 --> 00:41:05,766
A summer ago we had what
they called a cement shortage.
768
00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:07,935
They couldn't make enough
cement fast enough--
769
00:41:08,402 --> 00:41:11,205
- Nationwide.
- as it was being used up.
770
00:41:11,339 --> 00:41:12,406
- Really?
- Yes.
771
00:41:14,241 --> 00:41:15,509
You might get some
concrete one day
772
00:41:15,643 --> 00:41:16,610
and then you might not
be able to get it
773
00:41:16,744 --> 00:41:18,212
for four or five days.
774
00:41:18,346 --> 00:41:21,749
And this was not
just in our area
775
00:41:21,882 --> 00:41:22,883
this was all over the place.
776
00:41:23,017 --> 00:41:24,051
This was all over
the United States.
777
00:41:24,185 --> 00:41:27,121
They were shipping
a lot of cement overseas
778
00:41:27,254 --> 00:41:29,523
and China I think
got a lot of it.
779
00:41:29,657 --> 00:41:32,159
It seems like the older
concrete is stronger
780
00:41:32,293 --> 00:41:34,228
than the new concrete,
I will say that.
781
00:41:34,362 --> 00:41:35,696
Yeah. Right.
782
00:41:35,830 --> 00:41:38,232
What do you think
contributes to that?
783
00:41:38,366 --> 00:41:39,667
I think they used more cement
784
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,436
back when stuff
used to be cheaper.
785
00:41:42,570 --> 00:41:44,672
I think they would
put more cement per.
786
00:41:44,805 --> 00:41:46,874
And then it was also
handmade a lot of times.
787
00:41:47,008 --> 00:41:49,810
Like, stuff that we
tear out that was poured
788
00:41:49,944 --> 00:41:52,113
in like the '60s and
'50s was stronger.
789
00:41:52,246 --> 00:41:53,848
I look at it like this.
790
00:41:54,348 --> 00:41:57,718
They don't want that car
to last 50 years.
791
00:41:58,119 --> 00:41:59,987
They want it to wear
out and redo it.
792
00:42:00,121 --> 00:42:01,622
It's just the way
that things are.
793
00:42:01,756 --> 00:42:03,391
They wanna keep things
going and building
794
00:42:03,524 --> 00:42:05,359
and keep things in
a circle, you know?
795
00:42:05,493 --> 00:42:08,329
I don't know of anything that
lasts forever, do you?
796
00:42:08,763 --> 00:42:10,431
Maybe a tombstone.
That's it.
797
00:42:11,632 --> 00:42:14,835
Easy money is what we say.
There you go.
798
00:42:14,969 --> 00:42:16,604
Now we just gotta
pull the forms.
799
00:42:17,338 --> 00:42:18,739
This looks stupendous.
800
00:42:19,273 --> 00:42:21,108
Now will you sell
this to somebody
801
00:42:21,242 --> 00:42:23,077
this presentation to somebody?
802
00:42:23,577 --> 00:42:25,379
- We're gonna try to.
- Yeah.
803
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,415
But...uh...
804
00:42:28,416 --> 00:42:32,153
It's kinda hard to get
people excited
805
00:42:32,286 --> 00:42:33,687
about concrete, I'm finding.
806
00:42:33,821 --> 00:42:35,089
- Is it?
- Yeah.
807
00:42:35,489 --> 00:42:36,891
Well people don't realize...
808
00:42:38,225 --> 00:42:39,627
We'd be up a creek
without concrete.
809
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:40,995
It's used for everything.
810
00:42:41,128 --> 00:42:42,196
Can you think of anybody
811
00:42:42,329 --> 00:42:44,598
that would wanna buy
a movie about concrete?
812
00:42:47,568 --> 00:42:51,205
Well, maybe your big time
concrete suppliers?
813
00:42:53,874 --> 00:42:57,311
Every June, the entire
concrete industry reunites
814
00:42:57,445 --> 00:42:59,680
for a handful of different
conventions to network
815
00:42:59,814 --> 00:43:02,349
and talk about new
innovations in the industry.
816
00:43:16,597 --> 00:43:19,300
They even hold
competitions with big prizes
817
00:43:19,433 --> 00:43:22,837
and contestants that fly
in from all over the globe.
818
00:43:22,970 --> 00:43:25,306
You're gonna
catch 'em layin' brick!
819
00:43:25,439 --> 00:43:28,175
Good luck, Team Australia!
820
00:43:28,709 --> 00:43:30,945
G'day, mate!
821
00:43:31,078 --> 00:43:32,213
Thank you, appreciate it.
822
00:43:32,346 --> 00:43:34,782
You guys have fun out there.
Enjoy it.
823
00:43:34,915 --> 00:43:36,518
May I draw
your attention
824
00:43:36,650 --> 00:43:40,888
to the far end of the arena
where our main stage is?
825
00:43:41,021 --> 00:43:44,058
Our beautiful
Chevy Silverado truck.
826
00:43:44,625 --> 00:43:46,694
Let's start things off
as we bring in
827
00:43:46,827 --> 00:43:50,631
the Nellis Air Force
Color Guard.
828
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:53,667
Colors.
829
00:43:55,570 --> 00:43:56,571
Halt!
830
00:44:42,082 --> 00:44:43,984
Wow!
831
00:44:44,118 --> 00:44:47,321
We'll put 60 minutes
on the jumbotron.
832
00:44:47,454 --> 00:44:50,324
The question will be
answered in about an hour
833
00:44:50,457 --> 00:44:53,060
as to who is the world's
best bricklayer.
834
00:44:56,764 --> 00:44:58,432
These guys are awesome.
835
00:44:58,567 --> 00:45:01,435
Let's go, Johnny! Move it!
836
00:45:04,939 --> 00:45:07,208
Why didn't I
bring a camera up here?
837
00:45:07,341 --> 00:45:08,543
Bring me that camera.
838
00:45:09,009 --> 00:45:11,745
This is an absolutely
incredible shot.
839
00:45:19,053 --> 00:45:21,889
Count it down with me,
everybody in the audience.
840
00:45:22,022 --> 00:45:25,993
Ten, nine, eight, seven
841
00:45:26,126 --> 00:45:31,600
six, five, four, three,
two, one...
842
00:45:31,732 --> 00:45:33,801
Trowels down! Let's give a--
843
00:45:38,072 --> 00:45:39,006
Wow.
844
00:45:41,242 --> 00:45:42,409
What a finish.
845
00:45:43,944 --> 00:45:44,878
What the fuck?
846
00:45:46,814 --> 00:45:47,982
And in just a few minutes
847
00:45:48,115 --> 00:45:50,417
we're gonna get the junior
bricklayer underway.
848
00:45:50,552 --> 00:45:52,319
I will introduce our teams
849
00:45:52,453 --> 00:45:56,223
and see who's gonna drop
$500 into their pockets.
850
00:45:56,357 --> 00:45:57,692
Don't go anywhere.
851
00:45:57,825 --> 00:46:00,127
Let's check out the walls
and see how they're doing.
852
00:46:01,929 --> 00:46:03,030
Cool.
853
00:46:05,032 --> 00:46:07,569
There's also competitions
for students
854
00:46:07,702 --> 00:46:08,802
to see who can
make the best stuff
855
00:46:08,936 --> 00:46:11,472
with materials
from their home country.
856
00:46:11,939 --> 00:46:14,141
And if their sand
is too dense
857
00:46:14,275 --> 00:46:15,710
they need to take it
out into the hallway
858
00:46:15,843 --> 00:46:18,580
and remove all the moisture
with a hairdryer
859
00:46:18,713 --> 00:46:20,914
that they bought at Walgreens.
860
00:46:21,048 --> 00:46:22,816
Our sand is too wet.
861
00:46:22,950 --> 00:46:23,884
- So now we're-
- John: Oh, really?
862
00:46:24,018 --> 00:46:25,085
Yeah.
863
00:46:25,219 --> 00:46:26,420
They also have
a special event
864
00:46:26,554 --> 00:46:29,423
devoted to the women
of concrete.
865
00:46:29,557 --> 00:46:33,427
Good evening, Women in ACI.
866
00:46:36,797 --> 00:46:42,236
This is our 30th
anniversary of Women in ACI.
867
00:46:46,140 --> 00:46:49,476
And we have a step
and repeat in the corner
868
00:46:49,611 --> 00:46:52,946
for those who would
like to take advantage
869
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:56,584
and get a picture,
and ACI is not only a place
870
00:46:56,718 --> 00:46:58,252
where we come
to do good work
871
00:46:58,385 --> 00:47:00,722
but we also come for fun.
872
00:47:01,790 --> 00:47:03,023
They have a silent
auction
873
00:47:03,157 --> 00:47:05,426
where you can bid
on really cool stuff.
874
00:47:05,893 --> 00:47:08,495
And it seems like
the concrete industry
875
00:47:08,630 --> 00:47:12,166
has finally caught up
with the "Me Too" movement.
876
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:16,571
They even have a seminar
on the logistical problems
877
00:47:16,705 --> 00:47:20,675
of how to produce concrete
on the moon one day.
878
00:47:20,809 --> 00:47:22,677
We have a project at
Marshall Space Flight Center
879
00:47:22,811 --> 00:47:24,378
called MMPACT, it's Moon-to-Mars
880
00:47:24,512 --> 00:47:27,147
Planetary Autonomous
Construction Technology.
881
00:47:27,281 --> 00:47:30,918
It's a mouthful,
but the goal is to develop lunar
882
00:47:31,051 --> 00:47:32,687
and Martian surface
infrastructure
883
00:47:32,821 --> 00:47:34,054
using in situ materials.
884
00:47:34,589 --> 00:47:35,790
As many of you know
885
00:47:35,956 --> 00:47:38,392
it costs just over
a million dollars per kilogram
886
00:47:38,526 --> 00:47:40,194
to put materials
on the lunar surface.
887
00:47:40,327 --> 00:47:42,731
It's not enough just to build
a big empty concrete shell
888
00:47:42,863 --> 00:47:44,098
and be able to pressurize it.
889
00:47:44,231 --> 00:47:45,499
You have to be able
to live in it.
890
00:47:45,700 --> 00:47:48,670
So you need furniture and knives
and forks and switch plates
891
00:47:48,803 --> 00:47:50,237
and, you know, walk
through your house.
892
00:47:50,371 --> 00:47:51,438
Anything you have
in your house
893
00:47:51,573 --> 00:47:53,508
you're gonna need some
kind of equivalent
894
00:47:53,641 --> 00:47:55,008
on the lunar surface.
895
00:47:55,142 --> 00:47:56,845
It's gonna be 50 years
before we ever
896
00:47:56,977 --> 00:47:59,179
go to Mars from the moon.
897
00:47:59,313 --> 00:48:02,483
We need that water
for construction now.
898
00:48:02,617 --> 00:48:05,018
We need it for oxygen,
for life support
899
00:48:05,152 --> 00:48:07,187
binders for some
of our lunar concretes.
900
00:48:07,321 --> 00:48:09,189
We need to learn how
to live on the moon
901
00:48:09,323 --> 00:48:10,924
before we go all
the way to Mars.
902
00:48:11,559 --> 00:48:14,461
The moon is the satellite
you cannot destroy.
903
00:48:14,895 --> 00:48:17,464
So, this is all gonna be
part of the second Cold War
904
00:48:18,065 --> 00:48:19,967
because it will help us
put a base on the moon
905
00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:21,669
and beat the Chinese to the moon
906
00:48:21,803 --> 00:48:24,739
or the Chinese-Russian
consortium to the moon.
907
00:48:26,306 --> 00:48:28,041
You walked
around the convention
908
00:48:28,175 --> 00:48:31,278
and you saw a lot of vendors
trying to offer alternatives
909
00:48:31,412 --> 00:48:32,881
to the original formula
910
00:48:33,013 --> 00:48:35,916
because it seems to be widely
understood in the industry
911
00:48:36,483 --> 00:48:38,787
that the carbon emissions
from cement production
912
00:48:39,319 --> 00:48:42,524
are the third biggest
contributor to global warming.
913
00:48:43,758 --> 00:48:46,828
One of the ideas
was even to use human urine
914
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:49,196
to make concrete in space
915
00:48:49,329 --> 00:48:52,433
because water up there
will be so scarce.
916
00:48:53,033 --> 00:48:56,805
But the industry seems
reluctant to fully adopt
917
00:48:56,937 --> 00:48:58,138
any of these ideas,
918
00:48:58,272 --> 00:49:01,509
because once you're used
to something
919
00:49:01,643 --> 00:49:04,178
it becomes kind of hard
to change your lifestyle
920
00:49:04,311 --> 00:49:07,181
without external pressure.
921
00:49:08,683 --> 00:49:09,918
The most popular booth...
922
00:49:10,050 --> 00:49:13,053
...was the 3D-printed
concrete demonstration
923
00:49:13,888 --> 00:49:17,792
which seems to be where the
industry is heading fast.
924
00:49:18,526 --> 00:49:21,596
One could picture a future
with a whole new species
925
00:49:21,729 --> 00:49:24,799
of autonomous
construction robots
926
00:49:25,733 --> 00:49:29,002
constantly modifying our
environment in the background
927
00:49:29,571 --> 00:49:33,808
while the rest of us just
lurk for artificial romance.
928
00:49:38,011 --> 00:49:41,749
You have never once questioned
this material before
929
00:49:43,818 --> 00:49:46,855
but everything you
learned so far
930
00:49:46,987 --> 00:49:50,625
made you feel like we
were in danger somehow.
931
00:49:51,826 --> 00:49:56,263
But everyone here just seemed
to be in a state of bliss
932
00:49:56,396 --> 00:49:59,968
enjoying the lifestyle
that the concrete business
933
00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:01,001
provides for them.
934
00:50:03,170 --> 00:50:04,672
When you left one
of the conventions
935
00:50:04,806 --> 00:50:07,775
you took a look at the contract
that you signed with them
936
00:50:08,610 --> 00:50:10,979
and the fine print
said that you agreed
937
00:50:11,111 --> 00:50:14,481
to not portray concrete
in a negative light.
938
00:50:15,817 --> 00:50:18,218
You're still not sure
what that means
939
00:50:18,352 --> 00:50:20,688
but you're not lovin' it.
940
00:50:22,055 --> 00:50:24,491
Because without something
to criticize
941
00:50:25,225 --> 00:50:27,996
a documentarian is powerless
942
00:50:29,096 --> 00:50:34,536
and it's taking every ounce of
strength you have to continue.
943
00:50:38,706 --> 00:50:40,274
Someone at the convention
told you
944
00:50:40,407 --> 00:50:43,645
that the first Starbucks
made of 3D-printed concrete
945
00:50:43,778 --> 00:50:47,649
was in Texas, but you didn't
really wanna go there
946
00:50:47,782 --> 00:50:49,884
so you paid a local
videographer
947
00:50:50,018 --> 00:50:51,886
to film it in your style
948
00:50:52,620 --> 00:50:57,391
which for some reason consisted
mostly of drone photography.
949
00:50:58,425 --> 00:51:00,795
There's a good chance
most buildings will end up
950
00:51:00,929 --> 00:51:02,897
looking like this in the future
951
00:51:03,031 --> 00:51:05,232
if the concrete industry
has its way
952
00:51:06,133 --> 00:51:09,102
and you're afraid
if we're not careful
953
00:51:09,236 --> 00:51:12,840
most documentaries will
look like this, too.
954
00:51:24,986 --> 00:51:28,355
Back in Queens, the first
person dropped out of the race
955
00:51:28,488 --> 00:51:31,291
after running 2,000 miles
956
00:51:31,425 --> 00:51:34,194
because the terrain
was too punishing.
957
00:51:34,328 --> 00:51:37,865
On nice open black road,
you can just run for, you know
958
00:51:37,999 --> 00:51:41,803
you can run in a really
smooth, pain-free way.
959
00:51:41,936 --> 00:51:43,805
Concrete is,
it's a different surface.
960
00:51:44,304 --> 00:51:46,340
This came as a surprise to me.
There's just not the--
961
00:51:46,473 --> 00:51:48,308
I think it's the energy
return and the give.
962
00:51:48,743 --> 00:51:52,947
It's a really unforgiving,
a very unforgiving surface.
963
00:51:53,081 --> 00:51:56,618
I'm, um-- Even now as a lover
of hard surfaces
964
00:51:56,751 --> 00:51:59,520
I'm really a bit shocked
by how brutal
965
00:51:59,654 --> 00:52:04,191
this ended up being
on my left foot.
966
00:52:05,827 --> 00:52:07,895
The entire race
is positioned around a tree
967
00:52:08,029 --> 00:52:10,263
that their guru planted
on the lawn
968
00:52:10,397 --> 00:52:11,899
of a high school decades ago
969
00:52:13,133 --> 00:52:15,903
which provides shade
for all the students'
970
00:52:16,037 --> 00:52:19,272
after-school military programs.
971
00:52:19,406 --> 00:52:21,542
- Alpha Company!
- Platoon!
972
00:52:21,676 --> 00:52:22,877
Attention!
973
00:52:23,878 --> 00:52:25,546
Present arms!
974
00:52:26,446 --> 00:52:28,482
Company
Commander, knock out a pushup.
975
00:52:28,616 --> 00:52:29,884
Tell me why.
976
00:52:30,417 --> 00:52:31,586
We covered it. Why?
977
00:52:35,623 --> 00:52:37,625
You were at
a concert recently
978
00:52:37,759 --> 00:52:40,862
but you were too far in
the back to see anything
979
00:52:40,995 --> 00:52:43,665
and you ended up breaking
your beer glass
980
00:52:43,798 --> 00:52:45,033
all over the ground.
981
00:52:45,867 --> 00:52:49,537
And miraculously the guy
who helped you clean it up
982
00:52:49,671 --> 00:52:51,405
told you that he actually
worked in sales
983
00:52:51,539 --> 00:52:52,974
for a concrete company
984
00:52:53,107 --> 00:52:56,878
and he agreed to meet up
with you a couple days later.
985
00:52:58,012 --> 00:53:00,180
- Wow.
- Yeah, I sell concrete.
986
00:53:00,313 --> 00:53:04,451
It's pretty cutthroat because
it's so relationship-based.
987
00:53:04,585 --> 00:53:05,620
Do you do any work
988
00:53:05,753 --> 00:53:07,320
outside of the concrete
industry?
989
00:53:07,454 --> 00:53:08,790
Uh, I act.
990
00:53:08,923 --> 00:53:10,925
Everything now, especially
for an actor, is a self-tape.
991
00:53:11,059 --> 00:53:13,861
So you can't even go in
and be personal with someone
992
00:53:13,995 --> 00:53:15,262
and show 'em what
you've got.
993
00:53:15,395 --> 00:53:17,197
You just have to kind
of film yourself, send it out
994
00:53:17,330 --> 00:53:18,800
and then thousands
of other people do it
995
00:53:18,933 --> 00:53:21,836
and you're just
in a deck of other people.
996
00:53:23,604 --> 00:53:25,006
Are you working
on any projects right now?
997
00:53:25,139 --> 00:53:27,608
Yeah, I'm doing a short
film called The Last Guest.
998
00:53:32,513 --> 00:53:35,315
Yeah, so now we're gonna,
I think we're ready to block.
999
00:53:35,449 --> 00:53:36,483
Are you mic'd up?
1000
00:53:36,617 --> 00:53:38,452
- No. Where's Jordan?
- Jesus.
1001
00:53:38,953 --> 00:53:40,154
So what is this about?
1002
00:53:40,287 --> 00:53:42,924
This guy is like renting
his apartment like illegally
1003
00:53:43,057 --> 00:53:45,292
and his landlord doesn't
know basically
1004
00:53:45,425 --> 00:53:47,061
through, we'll call it "Airbnb"
1005
00:53:47,195 --> 00:53:49,097
but we're trying to not
mention it.
1006
00:53:49,229 --> 00:53:50,698
Was this movie
inspired at all
1007
00:53:50,832 --> 00:53:53,467
by the housing crisis?
1008
00:53:53,601 --> 00:53:55,903
Not, well, I don't know.
1009
00:53:57,538 --> 00:53:58,405
Oh wait, what is that?
1010
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:00,775
Oh, it's a Photoshop
of the two actors.
1011
00:54:00,908 --> 00:54:03,144
Yeah, they graduated
from realtor's school.
1012
00:54:03,276 --> 00:54:05,113
We also created
this magazine, too.
1013
00:54:05,245 --> 00:54:06,547
It's about realtors' minds.
1014
00:54:06,681 --> 00:54:07,882
- Oh, really?
- Yeah.
1015
00:54:08,015 --> 00:54:09,483
All of this has to fly
to the next room.
1016
00:54:09,617 --> 00:54:10,651
I need this whole room cleared.
1017
00:54:10,785 --> 00:54:12,385
Oh yeah.
Sure, you got it.
1018
00:54:13,020 --> 00:54:14,522
- Do you do this a lot?
- DP:
1019
00:54:14,655 --> 00:54:15,723
Okay.
1020
00:54:15,857 --> 00:54:17,390
- Are you doing sound?
- Yes, I am.
1021
00:54:17,525 --> 00:54:18,960
I'm looking around the space.
1022
00:54:19,093 --> 00:54:21,062
I'm gonna have to move around.
1023
00:54:21,195 --> 00:54:23,898
You'll say
the lines and you come.
1024
00:54:24,532 --> 00:54:26,100
Hey, they left
you some chicken!
1025
00:54:26,234 --> 00:54:27,702
You see the bathroom?
1026
00:54:27,835 --> 00:54:28,970
Reset. Reset.
1027
00:54:29,137 --> 00:54:30,738
Leave it there. Don't take
it out from the fridge.
1028
00:54:30,872 --> 00:54:32,240
- Okay.
- Let's try one opening
1029
00:54:32,372 --> 00:54:34,407
from the top
and the next one from here.
1030
00:54:34,542 --> 00:54:36,077
Hey, they left you
some chicken!
1031
00:54:36,210 --> 00:54:38,112
Hey, they left you
some chicken!
1032
00:54:38,246 --> 00:54:40,148
Hey! They left you
some chicken!
1033
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:41,549
What are you
drinking there?
1034
00:54:42,216 --> 00:54:43,684
Vodka Red Bull.
1035
00:54:43,818 --> 00:54:46,120
Just vodka
and Red Bull.
1036
00:54:46,254 --> 00:54:48,421
We can't do that. You can't
bring the cops into it.
1037
00:54:48,556 --> 00:54:49,590
If you're really my friend
1038
00:54:49,724 --> 00:54:51,358
we're not bringing
the cops into it, okay?
1039
00:54:51,491 --> 00:54:52,459
Why not?
1040
00:54:52,593 --> 00:54:53,227
Because I'm gonna
lose everything.
1041
00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:54,562
My job, my apartment
1042
00:54:54,695 --> 00:54:56,329
everything I've worked
so hard for!
1043
00:54:57,497 --> 00:55:02,003
Oh my God.
1044
00:55:02,136 --> 00:55:04,705
"Oh, they left
you some chicken," you know?
1045
00:55:05,706 --> 00:55:06,841
You look like Ari Aster.
1046
00:55:06,974 --> 00:55:08,643
- Ari Aster?
- Yeah. You look like him.
1047
00:55:08,776 --> 00:55:11,179
Don't you think he looks
like Ari Aster a bit?
1048
00:55:11,311 --> 00:55:12,513
Oh, yeah.
1049
00:55:12,647 --> 00:55:14,414
That's fucking you, dude.
1050
00:55:14,549 --> 00:55:16,851
- That's me?
- That's you.
1051
00:55:16,984 --> 00:55:18,451
Okay, yeah.
1052
00:55:18,586 --> 00:55:20,487
Same style. See what I mean?
1053
00:55:21,321 --> 00:55:23,758
Has it become
more difficult
1054
00:55:23,891 --> 00:55:28,863
to get like funding
for passion projects?
1055
00:55:29,297 --> 00:55:31,398
Yeah, I think like,
it's always difficult
1056
00:55:31,532 --> 00:55:32,800
to get like funding.
1057
00:55:32,934 --> 00:55:34,401
Like, this is like,
I'm funding it
1058
00:55:34,535 --> 00:55:36,403
out of my own pocket,
basically.
1059
00:55:36,537 --> 00:55:38,840
It's just like, just like
us, you know,
1060
00:55:38,973 --> 00:55:42,176
like finding people that
wanna collaborate and all.
1061
00:55:42,310 --> 00:55:45,246
It's not like, you know,
a Hollywood film.
1062
00:55:45,378 --> 00:55:47,648
It's just more like a--
let's call it like
1063
00:55:47,782 --> 00:55:49,584
I don't know, like independent,
you know?
1064
00:55:49,717 --> 00:55:50,785
Where's it gonna be?
1065
00:55:51,185 --> 00:55:53,321
Well, my hope at the
beginning, you know
1066
00:55:53,453 --> 00:55:56,389
I was thinking just to do
it for myself, you know
1067
00:55:56,524 --> 00:55:59,861
to show it to friends and all
but then like, I don't know
1068
00:55:59,994 --> 00:56:01,796
people started liking
the script and all
1069
00:56:01,929 --> 00:56:04,098
and then they were like,
"Maybe you can put it like
1070
00:56:04,232 --> 00:56:05,666
you know, in like festivals
and stuff like that,"
1071
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:07,134
so maybe that's a goal.
1072
00:56:07,268 --> 00:56:09,469
Depending on how, you
know, we end up doing this.
1073
00:56:09,604 --> 00:56:10,538
So far, it's cool.
1074
00:56:10,671 --> 00:56:12,773
Yeah, so far it's looking great.
1075
00:56:14,108 --> 00:56:16,010
Maybe it's nice
to make something
1076
00:56:16,143 --> 00:56:18,112
even if you don't know
what it's for.
1077
00:56:18,613 --> 00:56:21,082
And the simple act
of making art
1078
00:56:21,215 --> 00:56:23,718
is the thing that
gives you purpose.
1079
00:56:31,692 --> 00:56:34,929
Los Angeles might have the most
pornographic relationship
1080
00:56:35,062 --> 00:56:36,463
with concrete.
1081
00:56:37,464 --> 00:56:39,901
They constantly have
celebrities penetrate it
1082
00:56:40,034 --> 00:56:43,571
to cement their legacy
for future generations to see.
1083
00:56:44,238 --> 00:56:48,709
But anything over 60 years
old is covered in cracks
1084
00:56:49,243 --> 00:56:52,780
and will probably need
to be replaced eventually.
1085
00:56:57,818 --> 00:56:59,887
There's something
impossible to describe
1086
00:57:00,021 --> 00:57:03,224
about the experience
of being on the sidewalk here.
1087
00:57:06,894 --> 00:57:08,562
There's just a constant stream
1088
00:57:08,696 --> 00:57:11,299
of automobiles
in every direction.
1089
00:57:11,766 --> 00:57:15,102
Thousands of eyes looking
directly at you
1090
00:57:15,937 --> 00:57:18,339
just hungry for something
to stare at.
1091
00:57:19,407 --> 00:57:20,608
They can look at you
1092
00:57:20,741 --> 00:57:24,045
but you're not supposed
to look at them.
1093
00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:30,084
In New York City, drivers
are a punished class
1094
00:57:30,551 --> 00:57:34,322
but in Los Angeles,
the pedestrian is the fool.
1095
00:57:35,690 --> 00:57:37,959
A lot of people here end up
taking cabs
1096
00:57:38,092 --> 00:57:39,560
where the passengers
1097
00:57:39,694 --> 00:57:42,396
are always offered
wisdom by the drivers.
1098
00:57:42,863 --> 00:57:48,336
There's always cats
and dogs who needs love
1099
00:57:48,468 --> 00:57:53,674
and who needs a home
and needs to be loved.
1100
00:57:53,808 --> 00:57:54,976
Well, the mob companies
1101
00:57:55,109 --> 00:57:58,012
used to run construction,
concrete companies.
1102
00:57:58,145 --> 00:58:00,014
- That's true.
- Think about that.
1103
00:58:00,614 --> 00:58:03,851
- Instead of concrete,
they're using...
1104
00:58:05,786 --> 00:58:07,722
uh left over...
1105
00:58:07,855 --> 00:58:10,291
I wanna say peanut shells
or something like that, weird.
1106
00:58:10,424 --> 00:58:11,726
Oh, really?
1107
00:58:11,859 --> 00:58:18,366
To subsidize the strength
of like, you know, concrete.
1108
00:58:18,498 --> 00:58:19,867
So I made this for my car.
1109
00:58:20,301 --> 00:58:21,602
Oh my God,
this is your car?
1110
00:58:21,736 --> 00:58:23,070
I glued this
1111
00:58:23,204 --> 00:58:24,171
- and I made like a little-
- John: Wow, so this is concrete
1112
00:58:24,305 --> 00:58:25,473
- on your car?
- Yeah.
1113
00:58:25,873 --> 00:58:27,608
- So this design, too.
- Oh my God.
1114
00:58:28,442 --> 00:58:31,679
The various functions
at different venues in L.A.
1115
00:58:31,812 --> 00:58:35,249
fuel the economy,
and it's hard to know
1116
00:58:35,383 --> 00:58:37,818
how to entertain yourself
here as an outsider
1117
00:58:38,386 --> 00:58:40,221
unless you're invited to one.
1118
00:58:43,591 --> 00:58:45,893
They usually have them
at fancy hotels
1119
00:58:46,027 --> 00:58:48,596
like the Chateau Marmont
1120
00:58:48,729 --> 00:58:50,531
where the penthouse
looks directly
1121
00:58:50,664 --> 00:58:54,335
onto the most well-lit
billboard you've ever seen.
1122
00:58:55,836 --> 00:58:57,204
At this particular event
1123
00:58:57,338 --> 00:59:01,609
Kim Kardashian was being
named as GQ's Man of the Year
1124
00:59:02,276 --> 00:59:06,180
and you were invited
for some strange reason.
1125
00:59:06,313 --> 00:59:09,550
I already said like
quite a bit about Tom Ford
1126
00:59:09,683 --> 00:59:12,253
in the magazine,
and he said quite a bit back
1127
00:59:12,386 --> 00:59:14,688
but I was thinking about what
I could say about him tonight.
1128
00:59:14,822 --> 00:59:17,825
And I just thought, oh,
one thing that I didn't get to
1129
00:59:17,958 --> 00:59:21,695
in the piece was that I think
Tom has this unique ability
1130
00:59:21,829 --> 00:59:25,466
to combine sex and money.
1131
00:59:25,599 --> 00:59:28,302
Like, sex that's just
sex is kind of boring
1132
00:59:28,436 --> 00:59:31,639
and money, like, money's
the most boring thing on Earth.
1133
00:59:31,772 --> 00:59:35,342
Not really.
1134
00:59:35,476 --> 00:59:37,411
- Really?
- Not really.
1135
00:59:37,546 --> 00:59:40,414
We're gonna hash
this out afterwards.
1136
00:59:42,716 --> 00:59:44,819
But all jokes aside
1137
00:59:45,686 --> 00:59:47,721
I think all of us at this table
1138
00:59:48,222 --> 00:59:51,092
there's a lot of things
that we admire about you
1139
00:59:51,225 --> 00:59:54,061
and the first thing that comes
to mind would be family.
1140
00:59:54,929 --> 00:59:57,264
I don't know if anybody
have been on the other side
1141
00:59:57,398 --> 01:00:00,835
of the wrath of fuckin'
with Kim's family
1142
01:00:01,536 --> 01:00:02,736
but she don't play around.
1143
01:00:02,870 --> 01:00:04,305
So I just want everybody
to grab their glass,
1144
01:00:04,438 --> 01:00:06,140
whatever they have
in front of them.
1145
01:00:08,042 --> 01:00:11,912
We're gonna toast to someone
who is living at the same time
1146
01:00:12,046 --> 01:00:14,315
that we all are,
but is living in her purpose.
1147
01:00:15,550 --> 01:00:18,719
The philosopher
Guy Debord once said
1148
01:00:19,353 --> 01:00:22,189
that when enough capital
accumulates
1149
01:00:23,324 --> 01:00:26,327
it will eventually just
become an image.
1150
01:00:41,375 --> 01:00:43,110
You went
to the Emmys recently
1151
01:00:43,244 --> 01:00:45,279
because you were
nominated for something.
1152
01:00:46,447 --> 01:00:49,049
A lot of the Emmys ended
up going to the Oscars
1153
01:00:49,717 --> 01:00:53,287
which can't happen the other
way around for some reason.
1154
01:00:54,021 --> 01:00:56,824
And when you lost your category
1155
01:00:57,391 --> 01:00:59,894
you were staring
directly at Lucy Liu.
1156
01:01:01,262 --> 01:01:03,297
But one of the big
winners of the night
1157
01:01:03,430 --> 01:01:05,933
was a documentary
about Billy Joel.
1158
01:01:06,367 --> 01:01:08,869
And it seems like
music documentaries
1159
01:01:09,003 --> 01:01:12,273
were really lucrative
for the studios right now.
1160
01:01:14,008 --> 01:01:17,077
You got a call from your agent
that you finally got an offer
1161
01:01:17,211 --> 01:01:19,346
for someone to finance
your documentary
1162
01:01:19,980 --> 01:01:23,384
but it seems like they might
have gotten the same memo.
1163
01:01:24,519 --> 01:01:27,388
The contract stated that
the deal would only go through
1164
01:01:27,522 --> 01:01:29,089
if your movie
included a musician
1165
01:01:29,223 --> 01:01:34,596
of "elevated visibility,
relevance, and notoriety."
1166
01:01:35,530 --> 01:01:40,067
During the pitch you joked
about this being a rockumentary
1167
01:01:40,635 --> 01:01:44,038
but unfortunately they
took you seriously
1168
01:01:44,539 --> 01:01:46,907
and now it's your
only available option
1169
01:01:47,041 --> 01:01:49,343
to finish your movie.
1170
01:01:52,514 --> 01:01:55,216
Most rockumentaries
rely on cliches
1171
01:01:55,349 --> 01:01:59,053
about the unlikely rise
of a struggling musician.
1172
01:01:59,186 --> 01:02:01,822
And then at the height
of their career
1173
01:02:01,956 --> 01:02:04,024
something tragic
usually happens.
1174
01:02:05,292 --> 01:02:06,595
One of the better ones
you saw recently
1175
01:02:06,727 --> 01:02:09,363
was the one about DMX.
1176
01:02:10,064 --> 01:02:13,200
It followed him after
his release from prison
1177
01:02:13,334 --> 01:02:15,469
as he was trying
to rebuild his life.
1178
01:02:15,604 --> 01:02:19,106
And the only way he could
secure future album deals
1179
01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:20,841
would be if he made
a Christmas album
1180
01:02:20,975 --> 01:02:22,577
for the record company.
1181
01:02:32,820 --> 01:02:34,989
But sadly, he passed away
1182
01:02:35,122 --> 01:02:38,826
before he was able to finish
his Christmas album.
1183
01:02:40,662 --> 01:02:42,564
If you were to make
a rockumentary
1184
01:02:42,697 --> 01:02:43,831
you would wanna follow
someone
1185
01:02:43,964 --> 01:02:45,700
at the beginning
of their career
1186
01:02:46,267 --> 01:02:48,035
but it's getting harder
and harder
1187
01:02:48,168 --> 01:02:51,706
to discover emerging
talent in New York City.
1188
01:02:55,175 --> 01:02:57,144
You used to go see
a lot of shows
1189
01:02:57,278 --> 01:02:59,046
shows at non-commercial venues
1190
01:02:59,179 --> 01:03:01,849
because that's just
the kind of guy you are.
1191
01:03:03,284 --> 01:03:06,621
But a lot of these spaces
are designed to be temporary
1192
01:03:07,288 --> 01:03:12,159
and usually only exist
until the landlord wants
1193
01:03:12,293 --> 01:03:14,596
to use the property
for something more lucrative.
1194
01:03:15,863 --> 01:03:17,599
And now some of the only
places that are left
1195
01:03:17,732 --> 01:03:21,135
to see smaller shows
are skinny apartments
1196
01:03:21,268 --> 01:03:25,774
that a bunch of people live in
that also double as a venue.
1197
01:03:30,411 --> 01:03:32,413
How's that can staying up there?
1198
01:03:32,547 --> 01:03:34,616
Somebody put that
there like two years ago
1199
01:03:34,749 --> 01:03:37,217
and it never fell,
and I never touched it once.
1200
01:03:37,351 --> 01:03:39,053
- It's really--
- I was like, it's impressive
1201
01:03:39,186 --> 01:03:42,423
that it's never, like,
fallen on my head or anything.
1202
01:03:42,557 --> 01:03:44,124
It just stayed there.
1203
01:03:44,258 --> 01:03:46,493
That's crazy.
1204
01:03:47,061 --> 01:03:49,930
And sometimes
the basements musicians perform
1205
01:03:50,064 --> 01:03:51,398
in are so hot
1206
01:03:51,533 --> 01:03:54,803
that people pass out
before the show even begins.
1207
01:04:05,780 --> 01:04:08,516
Or to beat the heat,
they often just play outside
1208
01:04:08,650 --> 01:04:13,120
with generators until
someone comes to stop them.
1209
01:04:38,513 --> 01:04:41,448
The place that you used
to live in has concerts, too.
1210
01:04:42,851 --> 01:04:45,419
It was originally
a tombstone factory
1211
01:04:45,553 --> 01:04:47,856
that got turned into
residential units
1212
01:04:48,523 --> 01:04:51,925
but the landlords did such
a bad job converting it
1213
01:04:52,059 --> 01:04:53,460
that when the fire department
1214
01:04:53,595 --> 01:04:56,731
finally inspected the property,
they found fake sprinklers
1215
01:04:56,865 --> 01:04:59,601
and a bunch of
other code violations.
1216
01:04:59,734 --> 01:05:02,236
I used to have, you could put
an air conditioner in there.
1217
01:05:02,369 --> 01:05:08,175
So, the city shut off the heat
and hot water indefinitely.
1218
01:05:08,743 --> 01:05:12,112
And now everyone that lives
there has been on rent strike
1219
01:05:12,246 --> 01:05:13,782
ever since you moved out.
1220
01:05:15,517 --> 01:05:18,419
I mean,
Simpsons is like fully cemented
1221
01:05:18,553 --> 01:05:20,287
- in my brain.
- Yeah, me too, man.
1222
01:05:20,421 --> 01:05:22,222
That's like what I grew up with.
1223
01:05:22,356 --> 01:05:25,225
SpongeBob was like I caught
it when I could, you know?
1224
01:05:25,359 --> 01:05:26,493
SpongeBob was a-
1225
01:05:27,327 --> 01:05:28,563
You're still technically
1226
01:05:28,696 --> 01:05:30,330
the only person on the lease
1227
01:05:30,931 --> 01:05:33,100
and the landlords have been
sending you invoices
1228
01:05:33,233 --> 01:05:34,334
every month
1229
01:05:34,468 --> 01:05:36,003
for the past seven years.
1230
01:05:36,838 --> 01:05:39,707
And the current grand
total rivals the cost
1231
01:05:39,841 --> 01:05:42,510
of a private island.
1232
01:05:58,192 --> 01:06:01,094
Unfortunately,
the financiers didn't really
1233
01:06:01,228 --> 01:06:03,363
approve of any of the musicians
you filmed with
1234
01:06:03,997 --> 01:06:05,767
because it wouldn't
get enough viewers
1235
01:06:05,900 --> 01:06:08,335
to make their investment
worth it.
1236
01:06:09,369 --> 01:06:12,339
But maybe you don't
need anybody else
1237
01:06:13,006 --> 01:06:16,143
because all your friends
are right here.
1238
01:06:17,912 --> 01:06:18,780
Josh.
1239
01:06:19,881 --> 01:06:20,748
André.
1240
01:06:21,716 --> 01:06:22,650
Mr. Boston.
1241
01:06:23,885 --> 01:06:25,152
And Alizé.
1242
01:06:26,754 --> 01:06:28,155
You want some Silver?
1243
01:06:28,288 --> 01:06:29,223
Yeah, sure.
1244
01:06:33,293 --> 01:06:35,162
Really?
Oh, what kind of band?
1245
01:06:39,901 --> 01:06:41,134
- Really?
- Sure.
1246
01:06:41,268 --> 01:06:43,872
My name is Jack Macco.
1247
01:06:44,004 --> 01:06:45,974
I'm a guitar player and singer
1248
01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:49,009
and the name
of the band is called Nebulus.
1249
01:06:49,142 --> 01:06:50,244
Cool.
1250
01:06:50,512 --> 01:06:53,247
Never forget why you're
doin' it, because you love it.
1251
01:06:53,715 --> 01:06:56,149
That feeling that you
get from playing a gig
1252
01:06:56,283 --> 01:06:57,719
even if it's terrible,
1253
01:06:58,553 --> 01:07:03,758
it's one of the greatest
feelings of magic in reality.
1254
01:07:04,792 --> 01:07:05,994
And never lose that.
1255
01:07:10,732 --> 01:07:13,467
And it doesn't matter how
many clicks you get online
1256
01:07:13,601 --> 01:07:14,802
or anything like that.
1257
01:07:14,936 --> 01:07:16,403
There's a million people online
1258
01:07:16,538 --> 01:07:19,707
who get like half
a million clicks
1259
01:07:19,841 --> 01:07:21,809
and they can't perform for shit.
1260
01:07:21,943 --> 01:07:23,912
- Yeah.
- Be a great performer.
1261
01:07:24,979 --> 01:07:26,648
Be a high skill level.
1262
01:07:26,781 --> 01:07:28,883
You wanna join us? Um...
1263
01:07:29,617 --> 01:07:31,953
Film our performance
next week?
1264
01:07:32,820 --> 01:07:35,422
I'm... What time,
what day next week?
1265
01:07:42,162 --> 01:07:44,599
Gotta have the key.
1266
01:07:44,732 --> 01:07:45,733
To what?
1267
01:07:46,166 --> 01:07:48,502
Ah. Set list.
1268
01:07:49,537 --> 01:07:51,071
Hey!
1269
01:07:51,204 --> 01:07:53,775
- Hello, man.
- Thanks for having us.
1270
01:07:53,908 --> 01:07:56,209
This is a song,
hopefully you know it.
1271
01:08:11,158 --> 01:08:13,160
The state of music is fine
1272
01:08:13,293 --> 01:08:18,733
the state of operating it
for capital is in question.
1273
01:08:19,667 --> 01:08:21,468
Everybody wants to see
a cover band, you know
1274
01:08:21,936 --> 01:08:25,673
so trying to make a stand
in the original part of this
1275
01:08:26,641 --> 01:08:29,376
the creativity hasn't
been stifled
1276
01:08:29,510 --> 01:08:31,512
only the ability for guys
to, you know
1277
01:08:31,646 --> 01:08:33,014
make a dollar out of it.
1278
01:08:44,626 --> 01:08:47,595
We're gonna do "Addicted"
right now, an original song.
1279
01:09:04,078 --> 01:09:06,114
All right,
that was an original song.
1280
01:09:06,246 --> 01:09:08,181
I think that's all we got.
1281
01:09:08,916 --> 01:09:11,485
We got another band
coming on after us.
1282
01:09:11,619 --> 01:09:12,553
No, you don't.
1283
01:09:12,687 --> 01:09:14,088
- We don't?
- No.
1284
01:09:14,221 --> 01:09:15,288
Oh.
1285
01:09:17,157 --> 01:09:19,027
I said, that was pretty
good for no rehearsal.
1286
01:09:19,192 --> 01:09:20,862
- Yeah, you guys ripped.
- Right?
1287
01:09:21,896 --> 01:09:23,263
Hold on,
I gotta get to the--
1288
01:09:23,397 --> 01:09:24,966
Thanks so much
everybody for coming out
1289
01:09:25,099 --> 01:09:26,567
and happy new year.
1290
01:09:27,167 --> 01:09:30,038
When I was a kid,
I did a lot of original music.
1291
01:09:31,105 --> 01:09:35,109
We were the original
Chainsmokers.
1292
01:09:35,242 --> 01:09:38,880
And yeah, so they stole
the name of our band
1293
01:09:39,013 --> 01:09:41,716
and they went on,
but we were-
1294
01:09:41,849 --> 01:09:43,151
- Wait, really?
- Yeah.
1295
01:09:43,283 --> 01:09:48,355
We were doing all original
songs at the time, and yeah.
1296
01:09:48,488 --> 01:09:50,058
And the name of your
band was The Chainsmokers?
1297
01:09:50,190 --> 01:09:51,592
Chainsmokers. Yep, yep.
1298
01:09:51,726 --> 01:09:53,127
- How do you know that th-
- So we have a suit
1299
01:09:53,260 --> 01:09:55,195
but it never went anywhere.
1300
01:09:55,963 --> 01:09:57,932
I think that Jack
has a good formula
1301
01:09:58,066 --> 01:10:01,769
of introducing a few songs,
a few of his original songs
1302
01:10:01,903 --> 01:10:05,973
between the cover band
songs that everybody knows.
1303
01:10:06,107 --> 01:10:07,207
Right.
1304
01:10:07,340 --> 01:10:11,913
So, you know, they'll
give it more of a chance
1305
01:10:12,046 --> 01:10:15,482
to listen to good original
music when they heard
1306
01:10:15,616 --> 01:10:17,384
a couple of songs
that they could sing
1307
01:10:17,518 --> 01:10:19,787
the lyric with in between, yeah.
1308
01:10:22,355 --> 01:10:24,458
Maybe it's better
to put the stuff that you like
1309
01:10:24,592 --> 01:10:26,894
in between the stuff
that other people like
1310
01:10:27,294 --> 01:10:28,830
as a way to get them
familiar with something
1311
01:10:28,963 --> 01:10:31,398
that they don't really
wanna think about.
1312
01:10:32,265 --> 01:10:33,735
Like sand.
1313
01:10:34,736 --> 01:10:36,403
Sand is one of the most
important parts
1314
01:10:36,537 --> 01:10:38,338
of any batch of concrete.
1315
01:10:39,306 --> 01:10:42,143
We use 50 billion tons
of it every year
1316
01:10:42,677 --> 01:10:44,045
because sand actually
makes up
1317
01:10:44,178 --> 01:10:45,947
most of what you see every day.
1318
01:10:47,347 --> 01:10:49,083
The glass in your windows
1319
01:10:49,984 --> 01:10:51,853
the chips in your phones
1320
01:10:53,420 --> 01:10:55,388
the porcelain in your thrones.
1321
01:10:56,456 --> 01:11:00,061
But you can only use certain
kinds of sand for construction
1322
01:11:00,561 --> 01:11:02,663
because the grains
need to be jagged
1323
01:11:02,797 --> 01:11:06,033
and irregular in order to
form a bond with cement
1324
01:11:06,968 --> 01:11:09,003
and help it lock into place.
1325
01:11:11,338 --> 01:11:14,474
There's even a monument
for sand miners in Long Island
1326
01:11:14,609 --> 01:11:17,545
which demonstrates how
critical this resource was
1327
01:11:17,678 --> 01:11:20,948
in the formation
of our beloved metropolis.
1328
01:11:22,016 --> 01:11:25,019
And because our appetite
for sand has increased so much
1329
01:11:25,787 --> 01:11:29,257
we have to continuously find
new places to extract it from.
1330
01:11:30,057 --> 01:11:33,094
This includes a lot
of shorelines and riverbeds
1331
01:11:33,828 --> 01:11:36,731
which accelerates coastal
erosion
1332
01:11:36,864 --> 01:11:38,232
and habitat destruction.
1333
01:11:38,933 --> 01:11:41,969
And while environmental
experts try to sound the alarm
1334
01:11:42,469 --> 01:11:44,806
the rest of us live
blissfully unaware
1335
01:11:44,939 --> 01:11:46,908
of the impending shortage.
1336
01:11:53,114 --> 01:11:56,217
The more we take
sand out of the environment
1337
01:11:56,349 --> 01:11:58,820
the more it changes
the environment, right?
1338
01:11:58,953 --> 01:12:03,490
China used as much concrete,
which is a proxy for sand
1339
01:12:03,624 --> 01:12:05,526
because sand goes
into concrete
1340
01:12:06,160 --> 01:12:09,931
they used as much concrete
between 2011 and 2014
1341
01:12:10,064 --> 01:12:12,700
so just three years,
as the entire U.S. did
1342
01:12:12,834 --> 01:12:14,434
over the last century.
1343
01:12:15,269 --> 01:12:20,074
And that just shows
that we need so much sand
1344
01:12:20,208 --> 01:12:24,812
to the point where
it's maybe even unfathomable.
1345
01:12:26,714 --> 01:12:29,416
At the Tibet Center
on 17th Street
1346
01:12:30,051 --> 01:12:33,154
they have a public ceremony
that anyone can come and watch
1347
01:12:33,287 --> 01:12:36,157
where they spend day after
day carefully crafting
1348
01:12:36,290 --> 01:12:38,926
an intricate design out
of colored sand
1349
01:12:39,827 --> 01:12:43,097
only to brush it away once
they're finally done with it.
1350
01:12:43,831 --> 01:12:46,267
It seems like they really
honor the substance
1351
01:12:46,399 --> 01:12:48,202
in a way that concrete
never could
1352
01:12:49,237 --> 01:12:51,772
although you're sure
the industry will
1353
01:12:51,906 --> 01:12:54,542
ah, come for them
eventually, too.
1354
01:12:56,277 --> 01:12:57,745
Have you tried
Jefferson's Bourbon?
1355
01:12:57,879 --> 01:12:59,747
- No.
- Oh, it's delicious.
1356
01:12:59,881 --> 01:13:01,048
Wait, let me see. Hold on.
1357
01:13:01,182 --> 01:13:03,851
Inspired by Thomas Jefferson.
1358
01:13:04,285 --> 01:13:05,753
- Oh really?
- Yeah.
1359
01:13:06,554 --> 01:13:08,789
We were supposed
to have rehearsal at 12.
1360
01:13:10,390 --> 01:13:12,693
- And it was canceled.
- Why?
1361
01:13:15,363 --> 01:13:18,833
Because bass and drums
really don't wanna rehearse.
1362
01:13:19,533 --> 01:13:23,871
It seems to be like they
don't wanna spend the time
1363
01:13:24,005 --> 01:13:27,842
working on new material or
getting the old material right.
1364
01:13:29,377 --> 01:13:31,444
It's hard to keep
a band together
1365
01:13:31,579 --> 01:13:34,615
when everyone has to make
a living somehow.
1366
01:13:47,795 --> 01:13:49,263
Even on your own project
1367
01:13:49,797 --> 01:13:52,166
your collaborators
sometimes miss calls
1368
01:13:52,300 --> 01:13:54,368
because they have to
take other work.
1369
01:13:54,835 --> 01:14:00,041
So you just end up hanging
out by yourself in Zoom rooms
1370
01:14:00,174 --> 01:14:01,709
testing out new backgrounds
1371
01:14:02,442 --> 01:14:06,180
just worrying that stubbornly
pursuing this project
1372
01:14:06,314 --> 01:14:09,617
has permanently disfigured
your professional
1373
01:14:09,750 --> 01:14:11,519
and personal life.
1374
01:14:13,120 --> 01:14:16,057
All the pools in the city
are made of concrete, too
1375
01:14:17,224 --> 01:14:20,294
but a lot of the times
they get so crowded
1376
01:14:20,428 --> 01:14:23,631
that the lines stretch
far beyond the horizon.
1377
01:14:24,131 --> 01:14:26,267
The line can
be really, really long.
1378
01:14:26,400 --> 01:14:28,302
- Yeah?
- We had it
1379
01:14:28,436 --> 01:14:30,771
when the pool
was open to capacity
1380
01:14:31,238 --> 01:14:34,408
it went all the way straight
up past the basketball courts.
1381
01:14:34,542 --> 01:14:35,676
- Oh, really?
- Yes.
1382
01:14:36,243 --> 01:14:38,312
So we have opened every
single day this summer
1383
01:14:38,446 --> 01:14:40,247
with the exception
of maybe a Category One
1384
01:14:40,381 --> 01:14:43,317
or a Category Two
where we have to close.
1385
01:14:43,451 --> 01:14:47,021
Category One is if someone
has an accident in the water
1386
01:14:47,154 --> 01:14:49,357
maybe a number two,
but a solid one,
1387
01:14:49,489 --> 01:14:50,691
or if they vomit.
1388
01:14:50,825 --> 01:14:53,928
So we have to close
the pool for a half an hour.
1389
01:14:54,061 --> 01:14:56,330
This is where they come in,
they regenerate
1390
01:14:56,464 --> 01:14:58,366
they make sure
that water is clean.
1391
01:14:58,498 --> 01:15:02,403
We get a Category Two,
which is diarrhea
1392
01:15:02,536 --> 01:15:05,139
we have to close the pool
for 25 and half hours
1393
01:15:05,272 --> 01:15:07,208
and we have to shock
it at a 10.0.
1394
01:15:07,341 --> 01:15:08,809
Because it spreads.
1395
01:15:08,943 --> 01:15:10,911
It's like liquid. It's liquid.
1396
01:15:11,045 --> 01:15:12,580
So being that it's liquid
1397
01:15:12,713 --> 01:15:14,515
it's really...
1398
01:15:14,648 --> 01:15:16,650
It'll spread faster
in the water.
1399
01:15:16,784 --> 01:15:18,185
Mm. How long does
that take to clean up?
1400
01:15:18,319 --> 01:15:19,887
25 and a half hours.
1401
01:15:20,021 --> 01:15:21,889
Wow. Why "and a half?"
1402
01:15:22,023 --> 01:15:22,890
Yes.
1403
01:15:24,158 --> 01:15:26,060
These are our chlorinators.
1404
01:15:26,193 --> 01:15:27,862
- Oh, that's the chlorine?
- Yes.
1405
01:15:27,995 --> 01:15:29,330
What is leak flang?
1406
01:15:30,297 --> 01:15:32,700
- That's the hair catcher.
- Oh, okay.
1407
01:15:32,833 --> 01:15:34,702
Does anyone maintain
the concrete here?
1408
01:15:35,236 --> 01:15:36,437
No.
1409
01:15:36,570 --> 01:15:40,241
They try to, but you would
have to do a overhaul
1410
01:15:40,775 --> 01:15:42,043
because it's so old.
1411
01:15:45,279 --> 01:15:46,547
There's leaks all over.
1412
01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:49,917
They try to fix it,
but it's unrepairable
1413
01:15:50,051 --> 01:15:51,786
unless you take everything out
1414
01:15:52,286 --> 01:15:55,089
and then redo it all over
from the structure up.
1415
01:16:01,162 --> 01:16:02,797
You've been seeing
a lot of different examples
1416
01:16:02,930 --> 01:16:04,965
of New York City falling apart.
1417
01:16:06,767 --> 01:16:09,270
There's a building in Midtown
that's been held together
1418
01:16:09,403 --> 01:16:12,106
with ratchet straps
for a few years now.
1419
01:16:14,675 --> 01:16:17,078
The Salt Shed in Chelsea
is held together
1420
01:16:17,211 --> 01:16:19,246
at certain joints
with packing tape.
1421
01:16:20,781 --> 01:16:22,551
There are cracks
everywhere you look
1422
01:16:22,683 --> 01:16:25,052
on the bridges and highways
1423
01:16:25,186 --> 01:16:28,489
and different varieties
of corrosion.
1424
01:16:30,024 --> 01:16:33,127
And a skyscraper in Midtown
that was only finished
1425
01:16:33,260 --> 01:16:36,630
ten years ago is reportedly
falling apart
1426
01:16:37,364 --> 01:16:40,167
because the designers wanted
the concrete to be white
1427
01:16:40,734 --> 01:16:42,703
which makes it crack easier
1428
01:16:42,837 --> 01:16:46,407
and causes big chunks
to fall on the street below.
1429
01:16:48,242 --> 01:16:52,313
And they may need to demolish
this entire building
1430
01:16:52,446 --> 01:16:54,014
in order to save Midtown.
1431
01:16:58,119 --> 01:17:01,689
Recently a historic awning
above a subway entrance
1432
01:17:01,822 --> 01:17:03,357
spontaneously collapsed,
1433
01:17:03,491 --> 01:17:06,760
but thankfully nobody
was under it.
1434
01:17:07,928 --> 01:17:11,232
It was over 120 years old
and it looked like the stuff
1435
01:17:11,365 --> 01:17:15,102
that held it together
was in pretty bad condition.
1436
01:17:15,604 --> 01:17:17,705
Was it the steel
or was it the concrete?
1437
01:17:17,838 --> 01:17:20,609
Concrete worker:
1438
01:17:20,741 --> 01:17:21,742
Yeah.
1439
01:17:22,376 --> 01:17:23,612
Concrete worker:
1440
01:17:25,446 --> 01:17:28,182
It's hard when
you're aware of a flaw
1441
01:17:28,315 --> 01:17:31,185
but incapable to stop it
1442
01:17:32,253 --> 01:17:35,222
and you shudder to think
of the condition
1443
01:17:35,356 --> 01:17:37,925
of the rest of the stuff
around the city.
1444
01:17:39,493 --> 01:17:41,862
So, you met up
with a former
1445
01:17:41,996 --> 01:17:43,831
Department of Transportation
Commissioner
1446
01:17:44,431 --> 01:17:46,066
who is also known as the
1447
01:17:46,200 --> 01:17:48,202
inventor of the word
"gridlock."
1448
01:17:48,769 --> 01:17:52,072
So, this is a very
unusual structure
1449
01:17:52,206 --> 01:17:53,642
called a triple cantilever.
1450
01:17:53,774 --> 01:17:56,210
I don't know of any
others in the world.
1451
01:17:56,343 --> 01:17:57,612
There may be.
1452
01:17:57,745 --> 01:17:59,079
But you could
see the beginning
1453
01:17:59,213 --> 01:18:01,583
of the Brooklyn Heights
Promenade
1454
01:18:01,715 --> 01:18:06,487
which is a cherished park-like
area for Brooklyn Heights
1455
01:18:06,954 --> 01:18:10,424
followed by the northbound
BQE directly under it
1456
01:18:10,991 --> 01:18:14,028
the southbound BQE and Furman.
1457
01:18:14,161 --> 01:18:16,598
I believe the lifespan
of any concrete deck
1458
01:18:16,730 --> 01:18:18,232
is around 40 years.
1459
01:18:18,832 --> 01:18:22,604
After that you begin
to see spalling concrete
1460
01:18:22,736 --> 01:18:25,206
exposed reinforcing bars.
1461
01:18:25,339 --> 01:18:28,075
There are screens
that are holding the concrete
1462
01:18:28,209 --> 01:18:32,514
from raining down on cars
and on people's heads.
1463
01:18:32,647 --> 01:18:35,349
This is what's supporting
the roadway.
1464
01:18:36,450 --> 01:18:39,086
You could see that the rebars
1465
01:18:39,220 --> 01:18:43,224
are really just
fossils or imprints.
1466
01:18:43,357 --> 01:18:47,061
The byproduct of corrosion,
which we call rust
1467
01:18:47,529 --> 01:18:50,798
is larger than the rebar itself.
1468
01:18:50,931 --> 01:18:54,301
So it pushes the concrete,
creates a void
1469
01:18:54,435 --> 01:18:56,804
the concrete has nothing
to hold onto
1470
01:18:56,937 --> 01:18:59,373
and begins to fall
to the ground.
1471
01:18:59,507 --> 01:19:03,777
I've seen pieces of concrete
weighing more than 600 pounds
1472
01:19:03,911 --> 01:19:07,114
fall to the ground and
crush a motorist below.
1473
01:19:07,682 --> 01:19:09,618
So, there is a real concern
1474
01:19:09,750 --> 01:19:12,820
that you could have
something catastrophic happen
1475
01:19:12,953 --> 01:19:16,023
in this area over
the next few years.
1476
01:19:16,156 --> 01:19:17,692
That would not surprise me.
1477
01:19:41,882 --> 01:19:43,117
When concrete fails
1478
01:19:43,585 --> 01:19:46,721
it is often brought to the
concrete recycling facility
1479
01:19:46,854 --> 01:19:49,990
to offset the environmental
impact of production.
1480
01:19:50,958 --> 01:19:54,529
But even something designed
to make a positive change
1481
01:19:55,296 --> 01:19:59,333
ends up hurting its neighbors
in such a dense city.
1482
01:20:00,602 --> 01:20:01,770
In the last year
1483
01:20:01,902 --> 01:20:04,905
this toxicity has changed
everything we know.
1484
01:20:05,039 --> 01:20:07,575
I usually have to wear
my mask everywhere.
1485
01:20:08,175 --> 01:20:10,745
I'm a professional singer
and I get sick all the time
1486
01:20:10,878 --> 01:20:13,814
so my engagements have
not been working out
1487
01:20:14,348 --> 01:20:17,484
and we want things to go
back to the way they were
1488
01:20:17,619 --> 01:20:20,354
'cause it's a great place
to live and raise a family.
1489
01:20:20,487 --> 01:20:21,488
You're a professional singer?
1490
01:20:21,623 --> 01:20:22,590
Yes.
1491
01:20:22,724 --> 01:20:25,560
But this is sort
of the typical soot.
1492
01:20:25,694 --> 01:20:28,730
The bedroom window
is even worse.
1493
01:20:29,963 --> 01:20:31,865
You know, you're never
gonna not have dust
1494
01:20:31,999 --> 01:20:34,736
but this is a whole
different kind of dust.
1495
01:20:34,868 --> 01:20:36,136
It's just everywhere.
1496
01:20:36,270 --> 01:20:40,542
For my voice and my age
and where I'm at
1497
01:20:40,675 --> 01:20:44,144
I mean, I could be working
pretty regularly and-
1498
01:20:44,278 --> 01:20:47,381
But yet you don't have like
decades more, you know
1499
01:20:47,515 --> 01:20:49,450
I don't have decades
more to do this
1500
01:20:49,584 --> 01:20:53,822
so I would really like
to be performing now.
1501
01:20:53,954 --> 01:20:57,024
Yeah.
1502
01:21:47,842 --> 01:21:49,243
Shut it down, shut it down!
1503
01:21:49,376 --> 01:21:51,278
The protests
lasted for weeks
1504
01:21:52,112 --> 01:21:55,082
and the only way the mayor
would allow it to shut down
1505
01:21:55,215 --> 01:21:58,419
is if he could build a new
high-rise in its place.
1506
01:21:58,553 --> 01:22:00,354
Shut it down!
1507
01:22:00,487 --> 01:22:02,256
This was part of a larger
push from the mayor
1508
01:22:02,389 --> 01:22:04,491
to build affordable housing
1509
01:22:05,125 --> 01:22:07,995
and his grand plan
to accelerate development
1510
01:22:08,128 --> 01:22:11,666
was a zoning amendment
called the City of Yes.
1511
01:22:12,266 --> 01:22:13,635
This proposal would
1512
01:22:13,768 --> 01:22:16,905
potentially add 80,000 new
homes to the city
1513
01:22:17,037 --> 01:22:18,907
and allow additional units
1514
01:22:19,039 --> 01:22:22,744
to be built in unused airspace.
1515
01:22:23,812 --> 01:22:26,581
The bill would also
promise close to $2 billion
1516
01:22:26,714 --> 01:22:28,449
in infrastructure improvement
1517
01:22:29,116 --> 01:22:30,984
potentially solving some
of the flooding issues
1518
01:22:31,118 --> 01:22:32,252
everyone's been having
1519
01:22:33,187 --> 01:22:35,924
and hopefully make it
so that your power lines
1520
01:22:36,056 --> 01:22:38,358
don't catch on fire anymore
1521
01:22:38,860 --> 01:22:40,862
disabling the power
grid for days
1522
01:22:42,129 --> 01:22:45,667
forcing the pizzeria
to move all their mozzarella
1523
01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:47,836
to another fridge
across the street.
1524
01:22:48,969 --> 01:22:51,706
But despite some
of the positive aspects
1525
01:22:51,840 --> 01:22:55,309
the City of Yes started to
worry a lot of local homeowners
1526
01:22:55,442 --> 01:22:57,110
and they had a community
meeting
1527
01:22:57,244 --> 01:22:58,913
to talk about it in
your neighborhood
1528
01:22:59,046 --> 01:23:00,949
that you were invited to.
1529
01:23:01,081 --> 01:23:04,251
This was designed
for the building industry
1530
01:23:05,052 --> 01:23:06,554
by the building industry
1531
01:23:07,054 --> 01:23:11,358
and if we don't stop it,
our communities are toast.
1532
01:23:12,092 --> 01:23:14,829
We're all for affordable housing
1533
01:23:14,963 --> 01:23:20,267
because you are the people
who give affordable housing
1534
01:23:20,400 --> 01:23:21,335
to your neighborhood.
1535
01:23:21,468 --> 01:23:25,472
I mean,
most of the owners I know
1536
01:23:25,974 --> 01:23:27,609
they have long-term tenants
1537
01:23:28,342 --> 01:23:31,779
and they wrestle over
raising the rent
1538
01:23:31,913 --> 01:23:33,915
of the good tenant
that they have.
1539
01:23:34,047 --> 01:23:37,217
Think about it,
when a developer comes in
1540
01:23:37,619 --> 01:23:40,688
and now he has looser rules
1541
01:23:41,288 --> 01:23:44,358
he thinks about, "How can
I even make more money?"
1542
01:23:45,158 --> 01:23:47,662
It's not just
because we don't like change.
1543
01:23:48,128 --> 01:23:50,698
I mean, there's always
good change
1544
01:23:50,832 --> 01:23:52,466
and there can be bad change.
1545
01:23:54,434 --> 01:23:57,137
There's an idea
in Buddhism called Samsara
1546
01:23:57,705 --> 01:24:00,975
which suggests
that all suffering
1547
01:24:01,108 --> 01:24:03,210
comes from the refusal
to accept that
1548
01:24:03,343 --> 01:24:04,712
change is inevitable
1549
01:24:05,345 --> 01:24:09,182
and that the only
constant is impermanence.
1550
01:24:12,486 --> 01:24:14,722
Eventually all
the city council members
1551
01:24:14,856 --> 01:24:16,691
met one day
to finally take a vote
1552
01:24:16,824 --> 01:24:19,627
on whether or not
to pass the City of Yes
1553
01:24:19,761 --> 01:24:23,565
and a lot of the more
conservative council members
1554
01:24:23,698 --> 01:24:25,299
seemed to immediately
oppose it.
1555
01:24:25,700 --> 01:24:26,868
This is something that threatens
1556
01:24:27,001 --> 01:24:29,369
the very character
of our neighborhoods
1557
01:24:29,503 --> 01:24:30,638
and it's really...
1558
01:24:31,673 --> 01:24:34,341
It's really egregious
that we're turning over
1559
01:24:34,474 --> 01:24:37,011
many of the decisions
to developers.
1560
01:24:37,444 --> 01:24:39,614
Infrastructure experts tell us
1561
01:24:39,747 --> 01:24:44,351
that we can barely sustain
housing as it currently exists.
1562
01:24:44,484 --> 01:24:47,021
Flooding is a major
problem in this city
1563
01:24:47,154 --> 01:24:49,256
sewers are overwhelmed as it is
1564
01:24:49,389 --> 01:24:51,960
and the electrical grid
is at a breaking point.
1565
01:24:52,492 --> 01:24:54,062
Despite all
the opposition
1566
01:24:54,562 --> 01:24:56,564
most of the progressive
council members
1567
01:24:56,698 --> 01:24:59,067
saw this as a step
in the right direction.
1568
01:24:59,534 --> 01:25:00,969
We need to build in this city.
1569
01:25:01,101 --> 01:25:02,904
We need to build
affordability in this city.
1570
01:25:03,037 --> 01:25:04,906
We need rent stabilization
in this city.
1571
01:25:05,039 --> 01:25:07,307
We need so much
more to protect
1572
01:25:07,441 --> 01:25:08,475
the working class New Yorkers
1573
01:25:08,610 --> 01:25:10,945
that exist within
the five boroughs.
1574
01:25:11,079 --> 01:25:15,482
This council cannot
be the body that says no
1575
01:25:15,617 --> 01:25:17,217
to people that need
a place to live.
1576
01:25:17,351 --> 01:25:18,586
You're a bullshitter,
that's what you are!
1577
01:25:18,720 --> 01:25:20,054
You're bullshitting the people!
1578
01:25:20,187 --> 01:25:21,789
Bullshitter!
1579
01:25:21,923 --> 01:25:22,924
- Bullshitter!
- Sergeants,
1580
01:25:23,057 --> 01:25:23,858
please remove him
from the gallery.
1581
01:25:23,992 --> 01:25:25,627
Just say no to City of Yes!
1582
01:25:25,760 --> 01:25:27,494
There
will be no interruptions...
1583
01:25:27,629 --> 01:25:28,663
You're selling out
1584
01:25:28,796 --> 01:25:29,864
- people of color!
- ...from the gallery.
1585
01:25:29,998 --> 01:25:31,131
You are selling out
1586
01:25:31,298 --> 01:25:32,232
- people of color!
- Please be quiet
1587
01:25:32,366 --> 01:25:33,433
as you are moving out.
1588
01:25:33,568 --> 01:25:34,836
Say no to the City of Yes!
1589
01:25:34,969 --> 01:25:36,904
Take back New York City!
1590
01:25:37,304 --> 01:25:39,139
Speaker Adams,
you're a bullshitter!
1591
01:25:39,807 --> 01:25:41,876
At the end
of the comment portion
1592
01:25:42,010 --> 01:25:43,077
they all took a vote
1593
01:25:43,210 --> 01:25:46,914
and the City of Yes
passed 31 to 28
1594
01:25:48,482 --> 01:25:52,219
and they immediately
had a celebration downstairs
1595
01:25:52,352 --> 01:25:54,989
as if they all knew
this was coming.
1596
01:27:09,097 --> 01:27:10,832
It seems like
a lot of people were confused
1597
01:27:10,965 --> 01:27:13,266
about how to feel
about this happening
1598
01:27:13,668 --> 01:27:16,403
and you're really
starting to worry
1599
01:27:16,537 --> 01:27:21,241
that all this new stuff won't
last longer than 40 years.
1600
01:27:24,112 --> 01:27:26,446
At this point,
all the conversation
1601
01:27:26,581 --> 01:27:29,717
about funding your film
had completely dried up
1602
01:27:30,184 --> 01:27:33,087
and you finally
started to feel like
1603
01:27:33,221 --> 01:27:35,590
you weren't the only one
this was happening to.
1604
01:27:36,490 --> 01:27:39,927
You read in the news that
all the old media companies
1605
01:27:40,061 --> 01:27:44,198
were continuing to aggregate
into a single behemoth.
1606
01:27:45,199 --> 01:27:49,137
But when you treat cultural
artifacts like poker chips
1607
01:27:49,604 --> 01:27:50,705
it's hard to know
what will happen
1608
01:27:50,838 --> 01:27:53,674
when the casino shuts down.
1609
01:27:55,209 --> 01:27:56,511
Did you see
the Billy Joel doc?
1610
01:27:56,644 --> 01:27:57,612
No, I didn't.
1611
01:27:57,745 --> 01:27:59,247
Hey, you wanna
try some mezcal?
1612
01:27:59,379 --> 01:28:01,448
Oh, no thank you.
But thanks for asking.
1613
01:28:03,050 --> 01:28:03,985
Would you like some mezcal?
1614
01:28:04,118 --> 01:28:05,920
- No, thank you.
- No dog today?
1615
01:28:06,053 --> 01:28:07,320
No.
1616
01:28:07,855 --> 01:28:09,257
Pourquoi, mademoiselle?
1617
01:28:10,558 --> 01:28:12,492
She usually comes in with a dog.
1618
01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:15,096
- Same color hair.
- Yeah.
1619
01:28:15,229 --> 01:28:17,598
Oh, she has the same
color hair as her dog?
1620
01:28:17,732 --> 01:28:18,599
Yeah.
1621
01:28:20,201 --> 01:28:22,270
As you followed
your musician friend more
1622
01:28:22,937 --> 01:28:25,405
his band seemed
to be doing really well.
1623
01:28:26,841 --> 01:28:29,677
He was performing
at a lot of different venues
1624
01:28:30,377 --> 01:28:32,814
and he was able to keep his
band together long enough
1625
01:28:32,947 --> 01:28:35,382
to record some original music.
1626
01:28:52,867 --> 01:28:55,002
And he even
made a music video.
1627
01:29:05,546 --> 01:29:09,482
But then one night before a gig
at an Irish bar in Astoria
1628
01:29:10,084 --> 01:29:12,987
he called you with some
really bad news.
1629
01:29:13,654 --> 01:29:18,059
His fiancée, who you
didn't even know existed
1630
01:29:18,726 --> 01:29:21,262
had just passed away in
the middle of the night
1631
01:29:21,796 --> 01:29:24,765
under mysterious circumstances.
1632
01:29:25,800 --> 01:29:29,203
The hospital's saying that
she died of natural causes.
1633
01:29:29,337 --> 01:29:32,273
It's like nobody dies
from irritable bowel syndrome.
1634
01:29:33,341 --> 01:29:34,175
Nobody.
1635
01:29:36,944 --> 01:29:40,882
We were together
at least 15 years.
1636
01:29:41,015 --> 01:29:42,183
- Really?
- Yeah.
1637
01:29:43,084 --> 01:29:44,886
- So sorry.
- Yeah.
1638
01:29:45,653 --> 01:29:46,854
How'd you meet her?
1639
01:29:49,190 --> 01:29:50,157
Well...
1640
01:29:54,427 --> 01:29:59,367
I read tarot cards
and I'm into that esoteric stuff
1641
01:30:00,534 --> 01:30:03,436
and so I used to read
her cards initially.
1642
01:30:03,905 --> 01:30:06,406
Is everybody happy to see
this month finished with?
1643
01:30:06,540 --> 01:30:07,742
- Good God, yeah.
- Yeah.
1644
01:30:08,609 --> 01:30:11,478
- Hopefully the next month is
gonna be better than this one.
1645
01:30:11,612 --> 01:30:13,147
Don't bet on it.
1646
01:30:35,036 --> 01:30:36,837
When you lose somebody you love
1647
01:30:37,638 --> 01:30:39,006
that's so close to you
1648
01:30:39,140 --> 01:30:40,841
it's almost like a part
of you has died
1649
01:30:40,975 --> 01:30:42,576
and the only way
to deal with it...
1650
01:30:44,078 --> 01:30:46,314
if you have that
creative ability
1651
01:30:47,214 --> 01:30:50,751
it's the only thing that gets
you through the day sometimes.
1652
01:30:53,988 --> 01:30:56,157
When you got home,
you looked online
1653
01:30:56,290 --> 01:30:59,160
to see if there was anything
about his late fiancée
1654
01:30:59,660 --> 01:31:02,330
and you discovered
a New York Times obituary
1655
01:31:02,462 --> 01:31:04,932
that was published a
couple days earlier.
1656
01:31:05,465 --> 01:31:07,535
Her name was
Dorothy Chin Brandt
1657
01:31:07,668 --> 01:31:09,370
and she was actually
1658
01:31:09,502 --> 01:31:12,907
a trailblazing
Asian American judge.
1659
01:31:13,808 --> 01:31:16,811
It says that her cause
of death was sepsis
1660
01:31:17,578 --> 01:31:19,647
and from the looks of it,
they had been in love
1661
01:31:19,780 --> 01:31:21,849
for a very long time.
1662
01:31:23,784 --> 01:31:25,519
And they even had
a memorial for her
1663
01:31:25,653 --> 01:31:29,423
at a Chinese cultural
center in Flushing.
1664
01:31:41,335 --> 01:31:44,939
She had the greatest
sense of humor in the world
1665
01:31:45,072 --> 01:31:49,176
and it was very understated,
but it was hysterical.
1666
01:31:49,810 --> 01:31:50,911
You were looking
around for Jack
1667
01:31:51,045 --> 01:31:53,914
but you couldn't
find him anywhere.
1668
01:31:54,348 --> 01:31:58,119
So, you decided to leave
because you quickly
1669
01:31:58,252 --> 01:32:01,055
ran out of questions
to ask people there.
1670
01:32:01,188 --> 01:32:02,423
So what advice would you give
1671
01:32:02,556 --> 01:32:07,495
to an aspiring young
Asian judge?
1672
01:32:09,930 --> 01:32:12,366
You called Jack
and asked him what was going on
1673
01:32:12,500 --> 01:32:14,935
and he told you that he had
an upcoming performance
1674
01:32:15,069 --> 01:32:17,204
at the Montauk Music Festival.
1675
01:32:24,178 --> 01:32:25,613
This was one
of the biggest opportunities
1676
01:32:25,746 --> 01:32:27,648
for musicians on Long Island
1677
01:32:28,517 --> 01:32:32,253
but unfortunately Jack
came down with a cold
1678
01:32:32,386 --> 01:32:34,588
right before
he was about to start
1679
01:32:34,722 --> 01:32:36,857
a long string of performances.
1680
01:32:37,892 --> 01:32:39,393
I think this is gonna
be the big show
1681
01:32:39,528 --> 01:32:41,530
and I hope I don't
mess up at all.
1682
01:32:42,663 --> 01:32:44,598
All right, everybody,
we are Nebulus.
1683
01:32:46,167 --> 01:32:48,035
We're very excited
to be here
1684
01:32:49,036 --> 01:32:51,540
for the Montauk Music Festival.
1685
01:32:51,672 --> 01:32:52,940
Thank you for having us.
1686
01:32:53,074 --> 01:32:56,610
We're gonna play some
originals and some covers.
1687
01:32:57,078 --> 01:32:59,814
This first song is an original
called "Hit the Highway."
1688
01:33:33,047 --> 01:33:35,517
Can you hear me out there?
1689
01:33:55,035 --> 01:33:57,304
What happened to the sound guy?
1690
01:34:05,246 --> 01:34:06,814
Afterward he brought you
1691
01:34:06,947 --> 01:34:09,683
to his beachfront motel
room to offer you
1692
01:34:09,817 --> 01:34:13,454
a little leftover liquor
from another promotion.
1693
01:34:16,657 --> 01:34:18,692
Vinny's actually crashing there.
1694
01:34:18,826 --> 01:34:20,995
Oh, wait, your bassist?
1695
01:34:21,128 --> 01:34:22,597
Yeah, Vinny's brand new.
1696
01:34:22,730 --> 01:34:23,831
Oh, okay.
1697
01:34:23,964 --> 01:34:26,601
- He is not very skilled.
- Yeah.
1698
01:34:28,135 --> 01:34:31,305
That's about an ounce
and a half, maybe two.
1699
01:34:31,906 --> 01:34:37,411
I saw your fiancée's
obituary before we came out
1700
01:34:37,546 --> 01:34:40,814
and I didn't know
she was a judge.
1701
01:34:40,948 --> 01:34:41,815
Yeah.
1702
01:34:42,283 --> 01:34:45,286
Uh, a very accomplished judge.
1703
01:34:45,419 --> 01:34:46,921
She's a very prominent person.
1704
01:34:47,522 --> 01:34:49,423
She was a trailblazer
in her own way
1705
01:34:49,558 --> 01:34:52,993
and she was always behind
me seeing things in me
1706
01:34:53,127 --> 01:34:56,030
that I didn't even see in
myself or I didn't wanna see.
1707
01:34:57,298 --> 01:35:01,769
Was it at all
complicated being engaged
1708
01:35:01,902 --> 01:35:04,405
to a judge
1709
01:35:04,539 --> 01:35:09,109
with, like, your lifestyle?
1710
01:35:10,377 --> 01:35:13,515
Not at all. Because I think
in a lot of ways
1711
01:35:13,648 --> 01:35:15,049
we were just kindred spirits
1712
01:35:15,182 --> 01:35:20,054
but on the outside, we seemed
to have circles that never fit
1713
01:35:20,187 --> 01:35:22,524
you know, or worlds
that would never collide.
1714
01:35:23,090 --> 01:35:26,760
I guess we had that
indescribable love
1715
01:35:26,894 --> 01:35:30,632
that opposites attract, I guess.
1716
01:35:31,098 --> 01:35:34,902
Did she preside
over any famous cases?
1717
01:35:36,737 --> 01:35:43,244
Uh... A number of mob
racketeering busts.
1718
01:35:43,744 --> 01:35:44,878
- Oh, really?
- I think the one
1719
01:35:45,012 --> 01:35:49,049
that seems to pop out
the most is DMX
1720
01:35:49,517 --> 01:35:52,286
the rapper, who's deceased now.
1721
01:35:52,721 --> 01:35:56,524
She was the judge
in a case against DMX?
1722
01:35:56,658 --> 01:36:00,094
Yeah, and he went to jail
because of her.
1723
01:36:01,895 --> 01:36:03,764
What was DMX on trial for?
1724
01:36:03,897 --> 01:36:06,834
I think he was impersonating
a police officer.
1725
01:36:06,967 --> 01:36:08,369
- Really?
- Yeah.
1726
01:36:09,604 --> 01:36:14,308
Now, I didn't know this
until her best friend
1727
01:36:14,441 --> 01:36:16,745
found the last will
and testament
1728
01:36:17,646 --> 01:36:22,116
that I was the executor
and the beneficiary.
1729
01:36:23,083 --> 01:36:24,151
So you didn't know
1730
01:36:24,285 --> 01:36:26,186
- that you were in the will?
- I had no idea.
1731
01:36:26,320 --> 01:36:28,590
I had no idea
that she had a will.
1732
01:36:28,723 --> 01:36:29,790
Wow.
1733
01:36:29,923 --> 01:36:30,824
She wasn't supposed to--
1734
01:36:30,958 --> 01:36:32,893
She's not supposed to be dead.
1735
01:36:34,061 --> 01:36:36,698
- She's supposed to be alive.
- Hmm.
1736
01:36:37,798 --> 01:36:43,203
Do you feel like
it's good to have trauma
1737
01:36:43,337 --> 01:36:45,540
lead towards a positive arc?
1738
01:36:48,008 --> 01:36:49,209
Making lemonade?
1739
01:36:50,712 --> 01:36:51,579
Yeah.
1740
01:36:53,013 --> 01:36:55,182
I think that's probably
the best thing you can do
1741
01:36:55,316 --> 01:36:56,584
is to make lemonade.
1742
01:37:07,461 --> 01:37:08,495
Oceanfront.
1743
01:37:13,400 --> 01:37:14,803
So what's next for you?
1744
01:37:18,005 --> 01:37:19,873
What's next is...
1745
01:37:21,609 --> 01:37:23,077
Don't lose my voice.
1746
01:37:24,078 --> 01:37:25,279
Get back to the city.
1747
01:37:29,016 --> 01:37:31,318
Take care of all the things
I left behind.
1748
01:37:32,286 --> 01:37:33,954
There's a lot to take care of.
1749
01:37:36,090 --> 01:37:38,092
If you could watch
a documentary about anything
1750
01:37:38,225 --> 01:37:39,828
what would it be about?
1751
01:37:41,128 --> 01:37:42,831
Documentary about anything?
1752
01:37:44,131 --> 01:37:45,332
How to build a house.
1753
01:37:52,707 --> 01:37:54,776
Milk, milk, lemonade.
1754
01:37:55,909 --> 01:37:59,213
Some people just wanna
see a house get made.
1755
01:38:17,599 --> 01:38:20,702
I guess if you run around
in circles for long enough
1756
01:38:21,836 --> 01:38:24,505
you'll eventually just
get somewhere new.
1757
01:38:24,639 --> 01:38:26,473
Way to go.
1758
01:38:26,608 --> 01:38:28,008
Oh, thank you.
1759
01:38:28,710 --> 01:38:30,277
Thank you. Thank you.
1760
01:38:31,713 --> 01:38:34,516
Running on the worst
possible surface
1761
01:38:34,649 --> 01:38:38,820
an uneven concrete surface,
dodging students
1762
01:38:39,353 --> 01:38:43,357
scooters, and strollers
day after day
1763
01:38:44,158 --> 01:38:47,829
that these runners were able
to accomplish what they have.
1764
01:38:48,830 --> 01:38:50,532
Do you believe in miracles?
1765
01:38:51,533 --> 01:38:53,000
And even though
it feels good
1766
01:38:53,133 --> 01:38:55,135
to finally finish something
1767
01:38:55,637 --> 01:38:57,906
don't get too comfortable
at the finish line
1768
01:38:58,907 --> 01:39:01,910
because everyone knows
that the real reward
1769
01:39:02,042 --> 01:39:05,747
is being able to start
all over again.
1770
01:39:19,928 --> 01:39:22,229
Because at the end
of the day
1771
01:39:22,931 --> 01:39:24,933
nothing lasts forever.
1772
01:39:25,567 --> 01:39:27,067
Except maybe a...
1773
01:39:27,769 --> 01:39:29,036
Maybe a tombstone.
1774
01:39:32,339 --> 01:39:33,474
And that's it.