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The Positive Woman looks upon
her femaleness and her fertility
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as part of her purpose,
her potential, and her power.
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She starts with the knowledge
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that America is the greatest
country in the world,
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and she must do her part
to keep it that way.
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[APPLAUSE]
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Now the women's liberation movement...
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They like to characterize the, uh,
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Positive Woman as negative...
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- [WOMEN MURMURING]
- ... as "Anti,"
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when in fact, the opposite is true,
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because the Positive Woman
is pro-family and pro-life...
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- [WOMEN MURMURING]
- ... and pro-American.
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[MURMURING CONTINUES]
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There's a question?
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H-How does the Positive
Woman cope with threats
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to our nation's security
both within our borders
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as well as outside?
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[LOWERED VOICE] My mother's
now your mother's ringer.
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- Unbelievable.
- You're referring, no doubt,
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to our current political crisis?
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Well, our last election was a rout.
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[SCOFFS] There's no other
way of describing it.
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The liberals now control the courts
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and the legislative
and executive branches
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and the media.
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And in Jimmy Carter, well,
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we have a president who
is weak on foreign policy,
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is complacent in the face
of the growing red menace,
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and he is ill-prepared to
deal with the nuclear genie
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that is well and
truly out of the bottle,
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not to mention that within
weeks of his inauguration,
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the First Lady
ruthlessly lobbied Indiana
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to become the 35th
state to ratify the ERA.
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- Your mother seems...
- She's been like this
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- since the election.
- [WHISPERS] Shh, shh.
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So thank you very much.
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Uh, this is just a small
appetizer from my new book,
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"The Power of the Positive Woman,"
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and if you want the full meal,
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you'll need to buy a
copy from me for $8.95.
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- Thank you.
- [WOMEN MURMURING]
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[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
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Oh, thank you.
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Hi!
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[LOWERED VOICE] Phyl,
sit up straight, sweetheart.
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- You were wonderful.
- Oh, you were, too.
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We should eat something before
we head off to the theater.
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I can't believe I drove
all this way from Boston
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for "The King and I."
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I thought I was coming in for
"A Chorus Line."
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"The King and I" is a classic.
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Clive Barnes called "A Chorus Line"
an occasion of joy.
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"Like a rainbow after a thunderstorm."
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- Is Clive Barnes a weatherman?
- Oh, she's spent
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one semester at Princeton,
and she's already spouting
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this liberal nonsense like it's gospel.
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You have just a bit of
perspiration right there.
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You're a traitor to your sex
by waging war against women!
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[WOMEN GASP AND SCREAM]
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♪ Hey, oh, let's go ♪
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♪ Hey, oh, let's go ♪
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♪ They're formin' in a straight line ♪
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♪ They're goin' through a tight one ♪
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♪ The kids are losin' their minds ♪
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♪ Blitzkrieg bop ♪
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♪♪
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♪ Hey, oh, let's go ♪
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Well, I'm... I'm glad
it wasn't a cherry pie,
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because it would've stained my dress.
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["A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN"
BY WALTER MURPHY PLAYING]
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Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie
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[HORN HONKS,
VEHICLES PASSING IN DISTANCE]
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Is it... tongue?
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Mm. And some kind of... fish spread.
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That's a whitefish spread.
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It's an old Cossack family recipe
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from her father's butcher shop.
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Say you're on a diet.
That's what I always say.
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- You are always on a diet.
- [CHUCKLES]
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And we're here to cheer her up.
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How bad is she?
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[SIGHS] Just... don't
comment on her hair.
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I'm happy you're here to
give her some good news.
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I hope she sees it that way.
It's not even a paid position.
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I really thought she would win.
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No one's eating. Is someone sick?
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- [BOTH LAUGH]
- [DOOR CLOSES]
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I'm not interrupting.
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I just came out to
sneak myself a sandwich.
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Oh, excuse my hair.
I haven't been able to find anyone
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as good as Lily in the city.
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You haven't found anyone
as good in New York City.
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Uh, well, it was a walk
from the House Beauty Parlor
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to the Capitol that
really made my hair shine.
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[CHUCKLES] No one's touched the liver.
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Mmm.
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Did Bella tell you that we're going
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to Southern Italy next month?
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Yeah, we're taking a food tour,
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see who makes the better salami.
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- It's called salumi.
- No, no, "salumi"
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is the umbrella term
for all cured meats.
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I have been waiting 25
years to get you back there.
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[CHUCKLES]
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I'd like to, uh,
make a toast to Midge...
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... on being the first female
assistant to the president.
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I can't believe it was
only five years ago
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you were my assistant at the convention,
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running around, delivering papers.
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- Cheers.
- [GLASSES CLINK]
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- Cheers.
- You clearly have Carter's ear.
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Use it wisely.
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I am using it wisely.
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I have asked the president to
resurrect Jill's commission,
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which means the first ever
national women's convention
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is back from the dead.
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[STAMMERS] The one that I...
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Funded with your bill. Yes.
It's scheduled for November.
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Just need to find the
right person to run it.
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- Not this November.
- [GLASS CLATTERS]
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That's not enough time.
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Uh, it's designed to be run like
a political party convention,
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only it's bipartisan...
Uh, an even bigger undertaking.
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It takes years to plan.
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Which is why I've asked the
president to appoint you
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as Presiding Officer of the commission.
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Only you could pull off
something this ambitious.
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We could get so much done.
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I would certainly be the
right man for the job.
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[LAUGHTER]
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- [GLASSES CLINK]
- Cheers.
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♪♪
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[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
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You're still up.
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[SIGHS] It's late. Come to bed.
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Hmm.
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That was a great slogan.
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Hmm. It was.
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But Bella Abzug won with it.
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The most socialist,
anti-war, radical libber
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had the same slogan as me.
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Don't make it personal.
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Come to bed.
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[PATS HAND]
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[SIGHS]
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[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
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I want you to imagine
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a group of Native Alaskan women
getting on a bus in Fairbanks,
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Appalachian women getting
on a bus in Beattyville,
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homemakers getting on a bus in Toledo.
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They're all traveling to
represent their state,
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all of them yearning to
have a voice in government,
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to vote on issues
that affect their lives.
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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS IN DISTANCE]
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It's easier to imagine
if your eyes are closed.
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When the state meetings are over,
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all these buses,
hundreds and hundreds of them
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with women from all walks of life,
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make their way to Houston.
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We have very limited resources.
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Do we wanna spend our
money on these buses,
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or on pretty skirts to decorate
tables on the convention floor?
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Fine. No table skirts.
Everyone, open your eyes.
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You're gonna give a 10-minute meditation
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on every line item in the budget?
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No, just the table skirts
felt frivolous.
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Moving on. Coretta Scott King
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has agreed to join the commission
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and chair the minority rights committee.
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That's fabulous.
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Uh, we have one more spot.
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As much as I hate to say it,
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I think we should appoint Betty
as our final commissioner.
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Betty Friedan? No.
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Uh, I know she's divisive
and a pain in the ass,
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but she is a pioneer.
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Who almost singlehandedly kept lesbians
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out of the movement for a decade.
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And we've been making a big
push at the state meetings
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to approve a gay rights resolution.
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If the resolution makes it
on the agenda in Houston,
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will the president still get up
onstage for opening ceremonies?
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- I'll make sure of it.
- If Betty is on that stage,
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it'll send a message
that we're not welcome.
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- I'll resign.
- So now we're not gonna have
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people we disagree with participate?
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Not if we want Houston to be inclusive.
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You wanna be inclusive by excluding?
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Would you listen to yourself?
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- You cannot appoint her.
- Okay. Okay, let's calm down.
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This is just how we
talk in New York City.
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The West Side of New York City.
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[LAUGHTER]
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This is exactly
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what I warned would happen
with the Democrats in charge.
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It's a federally funded festival
for frustrated feminists.
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They're gonna ram a whole platform
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of lefty issues down our throats.
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- Yes.
- Will the libbers use this
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to get those last three states?
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Well, they put that Marxist
Bella Abzug in charge,
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so I would guess yes,
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but that doesn't mean
we're gonna roll over
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and let them win.
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- They are truly the horribles.
- Mm-hmm.
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Deviants and murderers.
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Get ready to see our hard-earned dollars
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go to fund abortion on
demand, lesbianism,
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shelters for beaten wives.
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Well, I think the husband will
be more inclined to beat her...
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- if he thinks she's gonna get
- [BABY FUSSING]
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a vacation funded by his tax dollar.
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But, uh, we should
organize a counter rally
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to protest the convention.
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Grab the attention of the press.
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No. No, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, wait a minute.
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I do have a strategy.
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Now Bella Abzug's commission
is holding meetings
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in every state this summer,
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where they will elect representatives
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to go to this national
convention in Houston,
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and each of these state meetings
will be our battleground.
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Now we need to get ourselves
elected so that we can get seats
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at the convention.
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Why shouldn't conservative
women have a voice
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on women's issues?
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Well, that's right.
That's exactly my point.
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So anyone can run,
not just the liberals?
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Yes, it's called the electoral process.
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Well, it's, um...
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it's kind of like the Pillsbury
Bake-Off Contest...
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Thousands of women from
every state competing
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for a spot on the national competition
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to see who has the best recipes.
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And we have to get pro-family bakers,
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or we'll be stuck with a bunch
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of liberal recipes in our cookbook
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and force-fed ERA brownies,
abortion cookies,
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and lesbian pies till Kingdom come.
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Yes, well, every metaphor
has its limits, Rosemary.
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Well, if we're going to war,
we'll need protection.
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I have some men that
would be willing to help,
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make sure we're not harmed.
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Do you really think it's that dangerous?
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Look at what they did to Phyllis.
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Oh! It doesn't hurt a bit.
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But we do need to be smart about this.
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Because if we're gonna
take over their conference
250
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by winning seats,
they can't see us coming.
251
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Frankly, Phyllis, I have concerns
252
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about you being the leader
of this operation.
253
00:12:32,569 --> 00:12:34,542
You're a lightning rod.
254
00:12:36,095 --> 00:12:37,984
I think she has a point.
255
00:12:39,246 --> 00:12:44,703
Well, clearly, you're a target,
given your... pirate status.
256
00:12:44,728 --> 00:12:47,382
What... What if you
get pied again or worse?
257
00:12:47,407 --> 00:12:49,256
I am not a pirate.
258
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I only meant let us do
the work on the ground,
259
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and you can recover and
strategize from home.
260
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Yeah, well,
I can see the wisdom in that.
261
00:13:00,250 --> 00:13:03,562
Well, I think it's clear
who should be out front.
262
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I have done a pretty good job
of running the Illinois chapter
263
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of STOP ERA.
264
00:13:08,696 --> 00:13:12,633
I would be honored to take
your place on the front lines.
265
00:13:12,914 --> 00:13:14,461
Yes.
266
00:13:15,457 --> 00:13:18,992
Congratulations, Rosemary.
You've just been drafted.
267
00:13:19,017 --> 00:13:21,319
[CHUCKLES] Well...
268
00:13:21,344 --> 00:13:25,101
since STOP ERA and Eagle
Forum are so closely tied
269
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to your name and image,
I think it might be a good idea
270
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for me to create an ad hoc organization
271
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with myself as president,
272
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just to be sure the libbers
don't see us coming
273
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until it's too late...
274
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like you said.
275
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♪♪
276
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The South Carolina
office was burglarized?
277
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In broad daylight. The staff was there.
The door was open.
278
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By who?
279
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Some group calling themselves
Citizen's Review Committee.
280
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Find out what they took.
281
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I'm not your assistant.
282
00:13:58,057 --> 00:14:00,132
Judy, what'd they take?!
283
00:14:01,504 --> 00:14:03,139
It was like "The Pink Panther."
284
00:14:03,164 --> 00:14:05,953
- First, I created a diversion.
- I don't wanna know.
285
00:14:05,978 --> 00:14:08,953
The Eagle Forum is a
law-abiding organization.
286
00:14:08,978 --> 00:14:11,320
Well, Eagle Forum is,
287
00:14:11,345 --> 00:14:13,482
but the Citizen's Review Committee...
288
00:14:13,507 --> 00:14:14,625
Don't look at me.
289
00:14:14,650 --> 00:14:16,961
I was setting up our hospitality suite.
290
00:14:16,986 --> 00:14:19,556
We should have a
training manual like this.
291
00:14:20,242 --> 00:14:21,557
We could write our own.
292
00:14:21,582 --> 00:14:23,425
Maybe even steal
their typeface to make it
293
00:14:23,450 --> 00:14:25,928
look like we're an official
part of their commission.
294
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"The Citizen's Review
Committee hospitality suite
295
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"will be under 24-hour
security supervision
296
00:14:31,689 --> 00:14:34,014
and can only be accessed..." Get this.
297
00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:36,178
"... using the secret hand signal."
298
00:14:36,203 --> 00:14:38,428
What kind of secret hand signals?
299
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[LAUGHTER]
300
00:14:39,867 --> 00:14:41,754
According to this,
the head of this new group
301
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is housewife Rosemary Thomson.
302
00:14:44,326 --> 00:14:46,849
Who also happens to be head
of the Illinois chapter
303
00:14:46,874 --> 00:14:49,929
of STOP ERA and on the
board of the Eagle Forum.
304
00:14:49,954 --> 00:14:51,912
They're trying to kill
this national convention
305
00:14:51,937 --> 00:14:53,842
just like they've been trying
to kill ERA.
306
00:14:54,475 --> 00:14:55,475
I'm worried...
307
00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:58,498
Don't be. We have 1,400 delegate spots.
308
00:14:58,523 --> 00:15:01,545
What's three ultra conservatives
getting elected from Georgia?
309
00:15:01,570 --> 00:15:03,833
At what number should we start worrying?
310
00:15:03,858 --> 00:15:06,527
If they get 20%,
they'll have real power.
311
00:15:06,552 --> 00:15:08,154
[BLOWING WHISTLE]
312
00:15:08,179 --> 00:15:10,068
So every time the
libbers would try to read
313
00:15:10,093 --> 00:15:11,459
the ERA resolution...
314
00:15:11,484 --> 00:15:13,895
[BLOWS WHISTLE] You can
hear it on the recording.
315
00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,569
Well, I'll send copies to Senator Helms
316
00:15:15,594 --> 00:15:18,597
to include their propaganda
in the Congressional Record.
317
00:15:18,622 --> 00:15:20,624
♪♪
318
00:15:20,649 --> 00:15:22,985
Where's the recording
of the Texas meeting?
319
00:15:23,010 --> 00:15:25,084
- Oh, I...
- I'll need every single one
320
00:15:25,109 --> 00:15:26,553
of those recordings, Pamela.
321
00:15:26,578 --> 00:15:29,558
- I need to know what's going on.
- [SLAMS CABINET SHUT]
322
00:15:29,583 --> 00:15:31,493
They swept the Missouri meeting.
323
00:15:31,518 --> 00:15:34,959
The entire delegation was
taken over by the Antis.
324
00:15:35,256 --> 00:15:37,666
They did well in Hawaii, too.
325
00:15:37,691 --> 00:15:39,561
How is that even possible?
326
00:15:39,586 --> 00:15:42,404
Well, there's an LDS
cultural center out there.
327
00:15:42,429 --> 00:15:44,907
All these Mormons came over on boats.
328
00:15:44,932 --> 00:15:46,864
Why didn't Mildred warn us in advance?
329
00:15:46,889 --> 00:15:48,334
Isn't that her job?
330
00:15:48,359 --> 00:15:50,811
Was. She quit when you
threw your lunch at her.
331
00:15:50,836 --> 00:15:55,507
I didn't throw it at her.
It was just a little cole slaw.
332
00:15:55,904 --> 00:15:58,988
The slaw that broke the camel's back.
333
00:15:59,013 --> 00:16:01,085
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE]
334
00:16:01,109 --> 00:16:04,615
[LAUGHING]
335
00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:06,522
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
336
00:16:06,553 --> 00:16:09,045
[TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING,
TELEPHONE RINGING]
337
00:16:09,070 --> 00:16:10,842
This is not a good time.
338
00:16:10,867 --> 00:16:13,443
I could have predicted
what happened in Missouri.
339
00:16:13,642 --> 00:16:15,340
And let me tell you something.
340
00:16:15,365 --> 00:16:18,099
Whoever is organizing this
Citizen's Review Committee
341
00:16:18,124 --> 00:16:20,959
is even more cunning
than Phyllis Schlafly.
342
00:16:20,984 --> 00:16:22,678
It is Phyllis Schlafly.
343
00:16:22,703 --> 00:16:25,607
The Citizen's Review
Committee is the Eagle Forum,
344
00:16:25,632 --> 00:16:28,335
is STOP ERA. It's all the same people.
345
00:16:29,541 --> 00:16:32,595
Well, if I was fooled,
everyone's fooled.
346
00:16:32,620 --> 00:16:35,033
But you want to get advice
from Jean Stapleton.
347
00:16:35,058 --> 00:16:37,189
[AS "EDITH BUNKER"]
Oh, ain't that smart?
348
00:16:37,214 --> 00:16:38,716
She's Edith Bunker.
349
00:16:38,741 --> 00:16:41,119
She's on the commission
because she's a celebrity.
350
00:16:41,144 --> 00:16:42,306
Well, I'm a celebrity,
351
00:16:42,331 --> 00:16:43,783
and my fans are not gonna show up...
352
00:16:43,808 --> 00:16:46,142
I have a lot of fans...
Unless I'm there.
353
00:16:46,167 --> 00:16:47,463
Then get your ass to Albany
354
00:16:47,488 --> 00:16:49,298
and run to represent New York state.
355
00:16:49,978 --> 00:16:52,797
Well... maybe I will!
356
00:16:52,822 --> 00:16:54,335
[UNDER BREATH] Gosh.
357
00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:55,728
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
358
00:16:55,753 --> 00:16:57,554
[TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING,
TELEPHONE RINGING]
359
00:16:57,579 --> 00:16:59,627
We have a big problem in Albany.
360
00:17:01,316 --> 00:17:04,158
Is Jesse Helms going to
be at the state dinner?
361
00:17:04,229 --> 00:17:06,658
Make sure you corner him
and find out where Phyllis
362
00:17:06,683 --> 00:17:08,673
is getting her funding and reassure...
363
00:17:08,698 --> 00:17:11,228
The First Lady that we've
got things under control
364
00:17:11,253 --> 00:17:14,705
while finding private
time for the president
365
00:17:14,730 --> 00:17:17,205
with Anwar Sadat. Yes, I know.
366
00:17:17,596 --> 00:17:19,442
- Doesn't she clean up well?
- Oh.
367
00:17:19,467 --> 00:17:21,033
You're so beautiful.
368
00:17:21,058 --> 00:17:22,845
- I feel like a chandelier.
- [CHUCKLES]
369
00:17:22,870 --> 00:17:24,005
What's our plan?
370
00:17:24,030 --> 00:17:26,680
Chinese, followed by a
drag show in Dupont Circle.
371
00:17:26,746 --> 00:17:28,509
Mm! My perfect man.
372
00:17:28,534 --> 00:17:30,546
Words I never thought I'd hear you say.
373
00:17:30,869 --> 00:17:32,494
Be good.
374
00:17:33,151 --> 00:17:34,452
[DOOR OPENS]
375
00:17:37,745 --> 00:17:39,588
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
376
00:17:39,613 --> 00:17:43,050
[BELLA SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
377
00:17:43,075 --> 00:17:46,377
You were supposed to monitor
any activity on the ground!
378
00:17:46,997 --> 00:17:48,264
Who are you?
379
00:17:48,289 --> 00:17:50,570
I put a report on your desk.
Did you even look at it?
380
00:17:50,595 --> 00:17:51,595
What happened?
381
00:17:51,620 --> 00:17:54,320
Citizen's Review Committee
is busing people to Albany...
382
00:17:54,345 --> 00:17:56,033
Mormons, thousands of 'em.
383
00:17:56,190 --> 00:17:57,236
You're fired.
384
00:17:57,261 --> 00:17:58,572
She didn't mean that.
385
00:17:58,597 --> 00:18:00,509
We're just frustrated
with the situation. I...
386
00:18:00,534 --> 00:18:03,512
Yes, everyone's frustrated.
One person is fired. Go.
387
00:18:04,938 --> 00:18:06,582
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
388
00:18:06,752 --> 00:18:08,908
Morale is already low.
389
00:18:08,933 --> 00:18:11,335
We are in a crisis.
390
00:18:16,838 --> 00:18:19,161
Nothing gets our side mobilized
more than Phyllis Schlafly.
391
00:18:19,186 --> 00:18:21,158
She's in hiding. I need to draw her out.
392
00:18:21,183 --> 00:18:24,286
Judy, could you get me
a flight to Normal, Illinois?
393
00:18:29,437 --> 00:18:31,173
I don't think you should go.
394
00:18:31,198 --> 00:18:32,830
You don't trust I know what I'm doing?
395
00:18:32,855 --> 00:18:35,392
- You've been having outbursts.
- I'm under a lot of stress.
396
00:18:35,417 --> 00:18:37,414
If you have an outburst with Phyllis,
397
00:18:37,439 --> 00:18:40,455
in front of thousands of people,
that's how she got to Betty.
398
00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,595
Oh, so you think I'm Betty now.
399
00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:45,494
If you're so concerned, come with me.
400
00:18:45,519 --> 00:18:47,656
I'm scheduled to speak at
the California meeting.
401
00:18:47,838 --> 00:18:50,559
You know, that's the difference
between you and me.
402
00:18:50,814 --> 00:18:52,987
You wanna preach to the choir.
403
00:18:58,779 --> 00:19:00,336
[DOOR OPENS]
404
00:19:00,361 --> 00:19:04,698
[TELEPHONE RINGS,
INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
405
00:19:06,369 --> 00:19:07,978
[BABY FUSSING]
406
00:19:08,003 --> 00:19:10,306
Of course I'm gonna
run in my home state.
407
00:19:10,733 --> 00:19:12,861
Aren't these meetings open to all women?
408
00:19:12,886 --> 00:19:15,822
- He's got Tommy's eyes.
- And Buck's hairline.
409
00:19:15,847 --> 00:19:18,281
Ah. Anytime.
410
00:19:19,063 --> 00:19:20,234
Well...
411
00:19:20,259 --> 00:19:22,955
the press is crowing about a showdown.
412
00:19:22,980 --> 00:19:26,951
And where Bella Abzug is,
Gloria Steinem's not far behind.
413
00:19:26,976 --> 00:19:28,439
So does this mean you
can come out and run
414
00:19:28,463 --> 00:19:29,541
in the elections with us?
415
00:19:29,566 --> 00:19:31,080
Well, the cat's out of the bag.
416
00:19:31,105 --> 00:19:33,384
They know that the, uh,
Citizen's Review Committee
417
00:19:33,409 --> 00:19:37,153
is my work, and...
can't let my ladies down.
418
00:19:37,178 --> 00:19:39,075
Oh. I'm so relieved.
419
00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:41,043
I've never run for anything in my life.
420
00:19:41,068 --> 00:19:42,803
You know, I think I should, uh,
421
00:19:42,828 --> 00:19:45,247
make a speech from the floor,
422
00:19:45,575 --> 00:19:48,340
something to make Bella really squirm.
423
00:19:48,365 --> 00:19:49,599
- It's gonna be fun.
- [CHUCKLES]
424
00:19:49,623 --> 00:19:51,176
I'm expecting a package.
425
00:19:51,201 --> 00:19:52,466
Did you see anything in the mail?
426
00:19:52,490 --> 00:19:53,990
Well, who's sending you a package, Phyl?
427
00:19:54,014 --> 00:19:55,520
A boy?
428
00:19:56,824 --> 00:19:58,234
Photographer's here.
429
00:19:58,259 --> 00:19:59,793
- Oh.
- [FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
430
00:20:00,004 --> 00:20:02,481
Well, this is a bit early, even for you.
431
00:20:02,506 --> 00:20:04,473
Well... [SIGHS]
432
00:20:04,498 --> 00:20:07,348
It's the only time all
of the children are home.
433
00:20:09,775 --> 00:20:12,235
It's warm in here.
I'd take the blanket off him.
434
00:20:12,589 --> 00:20:14,624
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
435
00:20:15,182 --> 00:20:17,676
- Hmmhmm-hmm!
- Smile!
436
00:20:17,701 --> 00:20:19,520
[THE ASSOCIATION'S "CHERISH" PLAYING]
437
00:20:19,545 --> 00:20:22,176
[CLICKING CONTINUES]
438
00:20:23,489 --> 00:20:26,379
- Bruce, tuck in your shirt.
- Oh. Sorry.
439
00:20:27,075 --> 00:20:28,215
Get in, Aunt Eleanor.
440
00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,301
Oh, honey, I don't have
my Christmas sweater on me.
441
00:20:31,326 --> 00:20:33,840
You can have mine.
I don't even wanna be in this photo.
442
00:20:33,865 --> 00:20:36,253
Let's get a few more
on the count of three.
443
00:20:36,278 --> 00:20:38,903
One... two... three!
444
00:20:38,972 --> 00:20:40,832
John, you're slouching.
445
00:20:40,990 --> 00:20:42,759
Liza...
446
00:20:42,904 --> 00:20:44,238
Phyl.
447
00:20:46,222 --> 00:20:49,045
- Who's Liza?
- It's a nickname.
448
00:20:49,866 --> 00:20:52,676
- "Phyl" is already a nickname. Why...
- It's not important.
449
00:20:52,701 --> 00:20:54,365
It's important enough for
you to keep it from me.
450
00:20:54,389 --> 00:20:56,442
'Cause I knew you'd react like this.
Doesn't matter.
451
00:20:56,467 --> 00:20:57,902
No, it matters to me.
452
00:20:57,927 --> 00:21:00,056
I happen to like your given name.
453
00:21:01,757 --> 00:21:03,007
Do you know how hard it is
454
00:21:03,032 --> 00:21:04,927
to be Phyllis Schlafly, Jr. On campus?
455
00:21:04,952 --> 00:21:06,437
Oh, there are a lot of, uh, students
456
00:21:06,462 --> 00:21:07,796
with famous parents at Princeton.
457
00:21:07,821 --> 00:21:09,539
Not famous for being
public enemy number one
458
00:21:09,563 --> 00:21:10,788
of women's liberation.
459
00:21:10,813 --> 00:21:13,035
- I've changed my name.
- To what?
460
00:21:13,060 --> 00:21:14,437
JOHN, BRUCE, ROGER: Liza.
461
00:21:14,462 --> 00:21:16,505
That's not a very pretty name.
462
00:21:18,315 --> 00:21:20,163
I... I think we're taking a break.
463
00:21:20,188 --> 00:21:22,357
- Oh, thank you.
- Thank you.
464
00:21:24,024 --> 00:21:25,547
You knew?
465
00:21:25,858 --> 00:21:28,150
It wasn't my news to share.
466
00:21:31,919 --> 00:21:35,118
I'm sorry. I didn't realize
my name was such a burden.
467
00:21:35,143 --> 00:21:38,108
I feel like Hester Prynne
whenever I introduce myself.
468
00:21:38,133 --> 00:21:41,039
People laugh at me.
You're famous. Good for you,
469
00:21:41,064 --> 00:21:43,023
- but it's embarrassing for me.
- That's enough, Phyl.
470
00:21:43,047 --> 00:21:44,359
Busloads of my friends are headed
471
00:21:44,383 --> 00:21:46,446
to the state meeting tomorrow.
They're feminists.
472
00:21:46,471 --> 00:21:49,000
They're interested in hearing
what Bella Abzug has to say.
473
00:21:49,025 --> 00:21:50,861
You know, they all wanna be
Gloria Steinem, not...
474
00:21:50,885 --> 00:21:52,118
I said that's enough, Phyl.
475
00:21:52,143 --> 00:21:55,179
Now apologize to your mother right now.
476
00:21:55,369 --> 00:21:59,321
You know, my mother
worked at the library
477
00:21:59,346 --> 00:22:03,313
for 25 years, 5 days a week,
and on Sunday afternoons.
478
00:22:03,338 --> 00:22:06,118
And on Saturdays,
she worked at my high school
479
00:22:06,143 --> 00:22:09,000
so that I could have a proper
Catholic school education.
480
00:22:09,025 --> 00:22:13,195
Now, uh, my classmates laughed
and joked about my mother
481
00:22:13,220 --> 00:22:17,291
working at the school,
but I held my head high,
482
00:22:17,316 --> 00:22:20,102
knowing that, uh,
she was doing what was necessary
483
00:22:20,127 --> 00:22:24,765
so that my life could be better,
and I never, ever thought,
484
00:22:24,790 --> 00:22:29,812
let alone said, that I was
ashamed or embarrassed of her.
485
00:22:39,441 --> 00:22:41,547
I've decided to go to Berkeley.
486
00:22:41,882 --> 00:22:45,734
♪ ... cherish you ♪
487
00:22:45,759 --> 00:22:49,945
♪ And I do ♪
488
00:22:49,970 --> 00:22:54,240
♪ Cherish you ♪
489
00:22:54,265 --> 00:22:58,453
♪ And I do ♪
490
00:22:58,478 --> 00:23:02,682
♪ Cherish you ♪
491
00:23:02,707 --> 00:23:08,929
♪ Cherish is the word ♪
492
00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:34,298
Did you talk to her this morning?
493
00:23:34,322 --> 00:23:36,072
How many times are you gonna ask me?
494
00:23:36,097 --> 00:23:37,331
I just hope she's okay.
495
00:23:37,356 --> 00:23:38,839
Well, if she wasn't planning on coming,
496
00:23:38,863 --> 00:23:41,103
- she should've given me the bullhorn.
- She's coming.
497
00:23:41,843 --> 00:23:47,248
[CROWD CHATTERING]
498
00:23:49,988 --> 00:23:51,924
[CHUCKLES]
499
00:23:51,949 --> 00:23:53,494
[DOOR OPENS]
500
00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:55,731
- Yeah, Bella!
- Bella!
501
00:23:55,756 --> 00:23:57,603
[WOMEN CHEERING LOUDLY]
502
00:23:57,628 --> 00:23:59,393
How are you?
503
00:23:59,418 --> 00:24:01,955
[CHEERING CONTINUES]
504
00:24:01,980 --> 00:24:04,283
- Go home, Bella!
- Go back to New York!
505
00:24:04,308 --> 00:24:06,142
We don't want you here!
506
00:24:06,167 --> 00:24:07,931
Has Schlafly arrived?
507
00:24:07,956 --> 00:24:10,588
We'll know when she gets here.
All the trees will wilt.
508
00:24:10,934 --> 00:24:14,416
- Boo! Boo!
- Go home! Go back to New York!
509
00:24:14,441 --> 00:24:16,642
- [LAUGHS]
- [CHEERING CONTINUES]
510
00:24:16,667 --> 00:24:19,494
Go back to New York, Bella! Go home!
511
00:24:21,477 --> 00:24:23,541
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
512
00:24:23,566 --> 00:24:27,503
Phyllis? I was just gonna
pick up Anne from school.
513
00:24:30,447 --> 00:24:32,681
Are you feeling all right?
514
00:24:33,313 --> 00:24:34,982
Are you unwell?
515
00:24:44,734 --> 00:24:48,430
Dr. Albert says that erratic sleeping,
516
00:24:48,455 --> 00:24:51,166
- sweating is often...
- It's not that.
517
00:24:51,442 --> 00:24:52,916
I'm fine.
518
00:24:52,941 --> 00:24:55,400
I do know for me that I didn't
know what was happening.
519
00:24:55,425 --> 00:24:57,795
I did not get into this fight to lose.
520
00:24:59,457 --> 00:25:04,361
Not to that hideous
battle-axe. I can't...
521
00:25:04,775 --> 00:25:06,822
I just...
522
00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:12,299
Why does she get to be
inside the White House?
523
00:25:13,791 --> 00:25:17,279
You don't want to go to that
women's convention anyway.
524
00:25:17,304 --> 00:25:20,391
Going to Houston a
week before Thanksgiving?
525
00:25:20,416 --> 00:25:23,228
We always have so much to do.
526
00:25:24,467 --> 00:25:27,205
Oh, were you planning to
spend Thanksgiving with us?
527
00:25:30,057 --> 00:25:32,860
Well... what do you mean?
528
00:25:32,885 --> 00:25:34,463
Well, I know it's been our tradition,
529
00:25:34,488 --> 00:25:37,250
but Fred and I have been
so selfish with your time,
530
00:25:37,275 --> 00:25:39,301
and I know Robert's
kids and Daniel's kids
531
00:25:39,326 --> 00:25:41,916
love their Aunt Eleanor
as much as mine do.
532
00:25:42,744 --> 00:25:46,242
Oh. I'll... I'll check with them.
533
00:25:46,267 --> 00:25:49,588
Good. It's only fair.
534
00:26:18,950 --> 00:26:22,094
[SIGHS] You can wait in here.
535
00:26:22,803 --> 00:26:25,672
[CROWD CHATTERING]
536
00:26:27,965 --> 00:26:29,299
Shh!
537
00:26:31,728 --> 00:26:33,727
Hello. I'm Bella.
538
00:26:34,315 --> 00:26:36,133
We know who you are.
539
00:26:36,462 --> 00:26:38,641
Let's see your sign.
540
00:26:45,150 --> 00:26:46,883
So you're not going for wit.
541
00:26:47,235 --> 00:26:49,939
Okay. But you spelled
my name right. That's good.
542
00:26:49,964 --> 00:26:51,404
You wouldn't believe how many people
543
00:26:51,432 --> 00:26:54,235
spell "Abzug" incorrectly.
It's phonetic.
544
00:26:55,907 --> 00:26:57,719
Where's your queen?
545
00:26:58,780 --> 00:27:00,758
She's been held up in traffic.
546
00:27:00,783 --> 00:27:03,063
In Normal, Illinois?
547
00:27:07,789 --> 00:27:09,550
She's not coming, is she?
548
00:27:11,913 --> 00:27:13,281
Oh.
549
00:27:13,606 --> 00:27:15,993
You don't know it yet.
550
00:27:17,985 --> 00:27:20,992
Let me tell you the truth
about Phyllis Schlafly.
551
00:27:21,222 --> 00:27:24,571
She's a liar, a fearmonger,
and a con artist,
552
00:27:24,596 --> 00:27:27,297
but worst of all,
she's a goddamn feminist.
553
00:27:27,322 --> 00:27:29,797
She might be one of the most
liberated women in America.
554
00:27:29,822 --> 00:27:32,915
Excuse me, but you don't
know anything about Phyllis.
555
00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:34,383
Before she took up our cause,
556
00:27:34,408 --> 00:27:37,945
we were the punchline of jokes
on late night talk shows,
557
00:27:38,115 --> 00:27:40,522
made to feel guilty for
being proud homemakers,
558
00:27:40,547 --> 00:27:42,358
wanting to stay home with our children
559
00:27:42,383 --> 00:27:44,743
instead of going to work in an office.
560
00:27:44,768 --> 00:27:47,188
We don't want to be working girls.
561
00:27:47,213 --> 00:27:49,735
She's been our savior, our Joan of Arc.
562
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,362
Everything we know, we learned from her.
563
00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:55,680
What have you learned from her?
564
00:27:55,705 --> 00:27:57,907
So many things she's taught us.
565
00:27:59,329 --> 00:28:02,100
Has she taught you
how to lobby legislators?
566
00:28:02,125 --> 00:28:03,508
[SCOFFS] Of course.
567
00:28:03,533 --> 00:28:05,736
Has she taught you how to draft
a press release? A speech?
568
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,407
- Yes.
- How to answer reporters' questions,
569
00:28:09,432 --> 00:28:11,446
- get the television interview?
- Yes.
570
00:28:11,471 --> 00:28:14,375
- How to create a budget and balance it?
- Yes.
571
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,032
Congratulations. You're working girls.
572
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,119
[AMPLIFIED VOICE] Before
we begin the voting,
573
00:28:21,143 --> 00:28:24,499
it is my distinct honor to
present our keynote speaker,
574
00:28:24,524 --> 00:28:26,821
former U. S. Representative...
575
00:28:26,846 --> 00:28:30,583
Be sure to give Phyllis my best regards.
576
00:28:31,012 --> 00:28:32,708
... Bella Abzug!
577
00:28:32,733 --> 00:28:37,733
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
578
00:28:38,966 --> 00:28:43,966
[LOUD CHEERS AND APPLAUSE CONTINUE]
579
00:28:44,304 --> 00:28:46,588
[AMPLIFIED VOICE] Thank you. Thank you.
580
00:28:46,613 --> 00:28:50,751
[LOUD CHEERS AND APPLAUSE CONTINUE]
581
00:28:50,776 --> 00:28:52,579
Ah.
582
00:28:52,604 --> 00:28:54,852
Wow, it's great to be here.
583
00:28:55,562 --> 00:28:58,367
When our country's forefathers
wrote the Constitution,
584
00:28:58,392 --> 00:29:01,063
- they overlooked our foremothers...
- [LAUGHTER]
585
00:29:01,088 --> 00:29:02,884
... which is why I've come here today
586
00:29:02,909 --> 00:29:05,011
to the great state of Illinois.
587
00:29:05,036 --> 00:29:10,036
[LOUD CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
588
00:29:10,061 --> 00:29:14,102
[APPLAUSE]
589
00:29:17,543 --> 00:29:19,330
Thank you. Thank you.
590
00:29:19,355 --> 00:29:22,591
[APPLAUSE CONTINUES]
591
00:29:22,616 --> 00:29:23,985
[BELLA SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
592
00:29:24,010 --> 00:29:26,779
... it's because of
all of your hard work.
593
00:29:26,804 --> 00:29:29,173
[CHEERING CONTINUES]
594
00:29:29,198 --> 00:29:32,618
[CHUCKLES] Good, good, good.
595
00:29:33,429 --> 00:29:36,259
I heard you got four standing ovations.
596
00:29:36,284 --> 00:29:39,062
Actually, five...
Six, if you count this one.
597
00:29:39,087 --> 00:29:40,790
[LAUGHS]
598
00:29:41,264 --> 00:29:43,980
She never even showed when
she heard I was coming.
599
00:29:44,005 --> 00:29:47,341
[TELEPHONE RINGING,
TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING]
600
00:29:47,366 --> 00:29:49,290
How was California?
601
00:29:49,676 --> 00:29:51,688
We finally passed the resolution
602
00:29:51,713 --> 00:29:53,774
to decriminalize prostitution.
603
00:29:53,799 --> 00:29:55,668
Flo and I are happy about that.
604
00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:57,345
Ah, that's sweet, you still think
605
00:29:57,370 --> 00:29:59,796
that's ever gonna make it on the agenda.
606
00:29:59,821 --> 00:30:02,798
But good news.
26 states have voted to approve
607
00:30:02,823 --> 00:30:04,204
a gay rights resolution.
608
00:30:04,229 --> 00:30:05,936
It's no longer the
stepchild of the movement.
609
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:08,024
I can't wait to hear
the anti-change women
610
00:30:08,049 --> 00:30:09,838
get up and preach about
the dangers of perverts
611
00:30:09,862 --> 00:30:12,008
teaching in our schools
right before the vote.
612
00:30:12,291 --> 00:30:13,492
That's politics.
613
00:30:13,517 --> 00:30:16,642
They're winning seats fair and square.
614
00:30:16,667 --> 00:30:19,234
They're busing Mormons to
New York from out of state.
615
00:30:19,259 --> 00:30:20,260
They're rigging the system,
616
00:30:20,284 --> 00:30:21,923
and you're doing nothing to stop them.
617
00:30:21,948 --> 00:30:24,821
- What would you have me do?
- Kick them out.
618
00:30:25,267 --> 00:30:27,946
They'll rake us over the
coals for being partisan.
619
00:30:27,971 --> 00:30:29,595
We'll become the assholes.
620
00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:31,790
They're gonna bring bloody fetus banners
621
00:30:31,815 --> 00:30:33,563
and tell us what we can and
cannot do with our bodies,
622
00:30:33,587 --> 00:30:35,149
and we're the assholes.
623
00:30:35,174 --> 00:30:38,277
- We have to compromise.
- Like we did with McGovern?
624
00:30:39,829 --> 00:30:41,767
We finally have a place that's ours,
625
00:30:41,792 --> 00:30:43,326
and they're going to ruin it.
626
00:30:43,464 --> 00:30:45,299
I've spent almost 10 years in this town.
627
00:30:45,324 --> 00:30:47,309
I know what I can get
done and what I can't...
628
00:30:47,334 --> 00:30:48,821
Something you've never had to learn.
629
00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:50,158
I've learned that I'm not willing to sit
630
00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:51,985
on another convention
floor getting called
631
00:30:52,010 --> 00:30:53,349
a murderer of babies.
632
00:30:53,374 --> 00:30:55,187
I'm not willing to let women speak
633
00:30:55,212 --> 00:30:57,644
who are getting funded by the Birchers.
634
00:30:57,669 --> 00:31:01,573
I'm sick of shrinking our
dreams to appeal to the middle.
635
00:31:01,790 --> 00:31:03,584
This was supposed to be our Eden,
636
00:31:03,609 --> 00:31:05,657
and you've let the snakes in.
637
00:31:11,342 --> 00:31:13,811
You were a bigger radical
than me when we met.
638
00:31:14,118 --> 00:31:19,157
And you were a dilettante
who wanted to play politics.
639
00:31:22,137 --> 00:31:25,440
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
640
00:31:26,968 --> 00:31:30,071
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
641
00:31:35,939 --> 00:31:38,688
[EXHALING DEEPLY]
642
00:31:52,915 --> 00:31:56,540
[FAN WHIRRING, CLOCK TICKING]
643
00:32:27,202 --> 00:32:29,157
[CLOSES DRAWER]
644
00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:35,712
[CLICK]
645
00:32:35,737 --> 00:32:38,573
[THE RUNAWAYS' "CHERRY BOMB" PLAYING]
646
00:32:38,598 --> 00:32:41,598
♪♪
647
00:32:42,312 --> 00:32:45,828
♪ Can't stay at home,
can't stay at school ♪
648
00:32:45,853 --> 00:32:49,235
♪ Old folks say,
"You poor little fool" ♪
649
00:32:49,260 --> 00:32:52,704
♪ Down the streets
I'm the girl next door ♪
650
00:32:52,729 --> 00:32:55,874
♪ I'm the fox you've been waiting for ♪
651
00:32:55,899 --> 00:32:59,075
♪ Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom ♪
652
00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:02,912
♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-
ch-ch-cherry bomb ♪
653
00:33:02,937 --> 00:33:06,348
♪ Hello, world, I'm your wild girl ♪
654
00:33:06,373 --> 00:33:09,919
♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-
ch-ch-cherry bomb ♪
655
00:33:09,944 --> 00:33:13,290
♪ Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom ♪
656
00:33:13,315 --> 00:33:17,226
♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-
ch-ch-cherry bomb ♪
657
00:33:17,548 --> 00:33:19,048
Phyllis?
658
00:33:20,152 --> 00:33:22,369
Phyllis? Is anybody here?
659
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,634
Oh, there you are.
660
00:33:24,659 --> 00:33:27,863
[CASSETTES CLACKING,
TAPE PLAYER BUTTON CLICKS]
661
00:33:27,888 --> 00:33:31,228
GLORIA: We must come
together as sisters,
662
00:33:31,253 --> 00:33:36,345
white, black, brown,
heterosexual, and lesbian.
663
00:33:36,532 --> 00:33:39,469
- Lesbian rights are human r...
- [CLICK]
664
00:33:39,494 --> 00:33:41,651
What are you doing? I'm in the
middle of something important.
665
00:33:41,675 --> 00:33:43,462
Why didn't you show up yesterday?
666
00:33:43,487 --> 00:33:45,619
It was a strategic decision.
667
00:33:45,644 --> 00:33:49,697
For your information,
I have had an inspired idea.
668
00:33:49,722 --> 00:33:51,314
I know you don't like to lose.
669
00:33:51,339 --> 00:33:52,994
Oh, I'm not losing. I'm winning.
670
00:33:53,019 --> 00:33:56,623
We got trounced.
You left us to be humiliated
671
00:33:56,648 --> 00:34:00,119
in front of Bella Abzug
and 2,000 libbers.
672
00:34:00,783 --> 00:34:03,900
Lesbian rights are human rights.
673
00:34:03,925 --> 00:34:07,187
MAN: Glory be to the Father
and to the Son
674
00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:08,243
and to the Holy Ghost...
675
00:34:08,268 --> 00:34:12,640
I'm putting these libber quotes
all together on one tape,
676
00:34:12,947 --> 00:34:16,957
including, uh, some sermons
that Lottie Beth sent me.
677
00:34:17,337 --> 00:34:20,689
BELLA: Don't people realize
that most women are working...
678
00:34:20,714 --> 00:34:22,770
[TAPE STUTTERS] to destroy the home,
679
00:34:22,795 --> 00:34:24,379
family, and religion.
680
00:34:24,404 --> 00:34:27,653
But that's not exactly what
she said in her speech.
681
00:34:27,678 --> 00:34:28,958
Yes, but she said those words.
682
00:34:28,983 --> 00:34:31,340
Yes, but... but in a...
In a different way.
683
00:34:31,365 --> 00:34:33,113
You're just taking them out of context.
684
00:34:33,138 --> 00:34:34,673
She said them.
685
00:34:36,699 --> 00:34:40,332
Now the kids... they call these,
uh, music compilations.
686
00:34:40,357 --> 00:34:41,926
They're like movie soundtracks,
687
00:34:41,951 --> 00:34:43,559
and they make them
for their sweethearts,
688
00:34:43,584 --> 00:34:45,098
but you can also make them for people
689
00:34:45,123 --> 00:34:46,983
who are not your sweethearts.
690
00:34:47,008 --> 00:34:48,699
If we're gonna mobilize more people,
691
00:34:48,724 --> 00:34:52,801
we need them to know how truly
horrible those libbers are.
692
00:34:53,005 --> 00:34:55,634
Yeah, in their own words.
693
00:34:55,986 --> 00:34:57,743
That's devious.
694
00:34:59,389 --> 00:35:02,492
[CASSETTES CLACKING]
695
00:35:05,140 --> 00:35:07,309
Are you angry with me?
696
00:35:10,729 --> 00:35:13,298
I'll tell the girls you
had food poisoning.
697
00:35:18,246 --> 00:35:19,748
[TAPE PLAYER BUTTON CLICKS]
698
00:35:19,773 --> 00:35:21,572
GLORIA: Lesbian rights affect all of us.
699
00:35:21,597 --> 00:35:23,219
MAN: "You shall not lie with a male
700
00:35:23,244 --> 00:35:25,572
as with a woman. It's an abomination."
701
00:35:25,597 --> 00:35:28,789
BELLA: We fight for
reproductive freedom!
702
00:35:28,814 --> 00:35:31,892
MAN: "Before I formed you
in the womb, I knew you."
703
00:35:31,917 --> 00:35:34,439
GLORIA: Women at home
work harder than anyone,
704
00:35:34,464 --> 00:35:38,236
and they work 99.6 hours
a week without pay.
705
00:35:38,261 --> 00:35:41,838
A man would have to pay a
housekeeper $14,000 a year,
706
00:35:41,863 --> 00:35:44,340
not including part-time prostitution.
707
00:35:44,365 --> 00:35:48,469
- So that's the Horribles tape.
- I miss Gloria.
708
00:35:48,494 --> 00:35:49,912
We're the Horribles?
709
00:35:49,937 --> 00:35:51,626
These tapes are everywhere.
710
00:35:51,651 --> 00:35:54,329
They're spreading like
wildfire across the churches.
711
00:35:54,354 --> 00:35:57,298
This must be how the swept Oklahoma,
Alabama, Mississippi
712
00:35:57,323 --> 00:35:58,751
last weekend... this tape.
713
00:35:58,776 --> 00:36:01,099
It's not just that they've
mobilized more people.
714
00:36:01,124 --> 00:36:04,165
They've emboldened the Klan to
crawl out from under a rock.
715
00:36:04,190 --> 00:36:05,642
The Klan is showing up?
716
00:36:05,667 --> 00:36:07,126
Mississippi will be represented
717
00:36:07,151 --> 00:36:09,345
by an all-white delegation in Houston.
718
00:36:09,370 --> 00:36:11,773
That includes the wife
of the Grand Dragon
719
00:36:11,798 --> 00:36:14,595
- of the Mississippi Klan.
- They're not even hiding.
720
00:36:14,896 --> 00:36:17,900
Can you ask the president
for more money for security?
721
00:36:18,165 --> 00:36:20,467
Delicately, I will.
722
00:36:21,095 --> 00:36:23,892
Use this to bury Phyllis Schlafly.
723
00:36:24,861 --> 00:36:28,759
I've waited years for proof
that she's in bed with the Klan.
724
00:36:32,254 --> 00:36:33,743
Uh...
725
00:36:34,856 --> 00:36:38,759
Uh, given all that's happening,
I-I think, um...
726
00:36:39,590 --> 00:36:42,712
I think it's... unwise
727
00:36:42,737 --> 00:36:45,940
to keep a gay rights
resolution on the agenda.
728
00:36:47,374 --> 00:36:51,079
You can't do that.
It was approved in 30 states.
729
00:36:51,104 --> 00:36:54,241
Believe me, this is
the hardest part of my job.
730
00:37:02,581 --> 00:37:04,350
I got you this job.
731
00:37:04,375 --> 00:37:05,814
Carter appointed me.
732
00:37:05,839 --> 00:37:07,389
Because I begged him.
733
00:37:07,673 --> 00:37:10,329
Mrs. Carter thought
you were pushy and loud.
734
00:37:10,354 --> 00:37:11,424
You know that's code for Jewish...
735
00:37:11,448 --> 00:37:12,916
- And I fought for you.
- ... and Italian.
736
00:37:12,940 --> 00:37:14,361
I thought you would fight for me.
737
00:37:14,386 --> 00:37:16,333
You want me to release
hundreds of lavender balloons
738
00:37:16,357 --> 00:37:19,032
on the convention floor that say,
"We are everywhere"?
739
00:37:19,235 --> 00:37:20,767
You're not even out of the closet!
740
00:37:20,792 --> 00:37:22,661
Well, maybe if I could hold Jean's...
741
00:37:29,759 --> 00:37:32,362
I can't even hold her hand
while we walk down the street
742
00:37:32,387 --> 00:37:35,511
without being afraid that I'm gonna
get the shit kicked out of me.
743
00:37:37,343 --> 00:37:39,191
You're fearless.
744
00:37:39,503 --> 00:37:42,037
That's why I got you this appointment.
745
00:37:44,067 --> 00:37:46,386
That's why I got into politics at all.
746
00:37:46,773 --> 00:37:49,709
Because you went down to
Mississippi at 28 years old
747
00:37:49,734 --> 00:37:51,191
to defend Willie McGee.
748
00:37:51,216 --> 00:37:54,042
- You risked your life...
- Sorry I let you down.
749
00:37:55,901 --> 00:37:59,775
I tried to stop the Antis,
but they're coming to Houston,
750
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,310
they're bringing the Klan,
751
00:38:01,335 --> 00:38:04,105
and my job is to keep our women safe.
752
00:38:04,130 --> 00:38:06,666
Your job is to make sure the president
753
00:38:06,691 --> 00:38:08,745
is standing on that stage.
754
00:38:09,274 --> 00:38:11,343
The president isn't coming.
755
00:38:14,140 --> 00:38:15,742
[DOOR OPENS]
756
00:38:15,767 --> 00:38:18,870
[DOOR SLAMS, FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
757
00:38:24,903 --> 00:38:27,069
[HORN HONKING IN DISTANCE]
758
00:38:27,260 --> 00:38:28,668
Picked up the things from your office.
759
00:38:28,692 --> 00:38:30,739
Aw. What's this?
760
00:38:30,764 --> 00:38:32,533
Uh, it's from the South Dakota meeting.
761
00:38:32,558 --> 00:38:34,699
Someone sent you a miniature
Mount Rushmore statue,
762
00:38:34,724 --> 00:38:36,370
remade with the Suffragettes.
763
00:38:36,395 --> 00:38:38,197
[LAUGHS]
764
00:38:38,222 --> 00:38:40,175
- Oh, Wisconsin?
- Yes.
765
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,824
You know what goes
nicely with this cheese?
766
00:38:43,077 --> 00:38:44,799
From the Kentucky meeting.
767
00:38:45,167 --> 00:38:46,380
- Kentucky?
- Mm-hmm.
768
00:38:46,405 --> 00:38:49,292
- This could be poisoned.
- Well, I'll be your taster.
769
00:38:52,204 --> 00:38:54,034
Did you run into Bella?
770
00:38:54,620 --> 00:38:56,425
Uh... no.
771
00:38:57,358 --> 00:38:59,393
No, she was in a meeting.
772
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:03,019
I haven't gone this long
without speaking to her and...
773
00:39:06,379 --> 00:39:07,503
What's this?
774
00:39:07,528 --> 00:39:08,870
Uh...
775
00:39:09,392 --> 00:39:10,941
Huh.
776
00:39:14,415 --> 00:39:15,716
[CHUCKLES]
777
00:39:15,741 --> 00:39:18,378
[LAUGHS]
778
00:39:20,532 --> 00:39:22,753
They thought I would wear this?
779
00:39:26,830 --> 00:39:31,464
How could you let a Klansman
guard our hospitality suite?
780
00:39:31,489 --> 00:39:34,605
[SIGHS] Well,
we didn't know he was a Klansman.
781
00:39:34,630 --> 00:39:37,564
They don't walk around in hoods.
Talk to Lotte.
782
00:39:37,589 --> 00:39:38,839
Well, you should've vetted him.
783
00:39:38,864 --> 00:39:41,316
You're right, and I-I got a bad feeling
784
00:39:41,341 --> 00:39:43,012
from a lot of the men driving buses
785
00:39:43,037 --> 00:39:44,338
into Mississippi and Alabama.
786
00:39:44,363 --> 00:39:46,800
I should have said something.
I'm so stupid.
787
00:39:46,825 --> 00:39:48,417
It's all right. It's all right.
788
00:39:48,442 --> 00:39:51,324
I've... I've fixed it.
I've, uh, denied any association.
789
00:39:51,349 --> 00:39:53,185
Well, I think we need to go further.
790
00:39:53,210 --> 00:39:55,913
The... The Grand Dragon
of the Klan in Mississippi
791
00:39:55,938 --> 00:39:58,874
has already gone on record
saying he collaborated with us.
792
00:40:00,044 --> 00:40:02,146
The only way to make it absolutely clear
793
00:40:02,171 --> 00:40:04,901
that we don't tolerate
hate groups is to put out
794
00:40:04,926 --> 00:40:07,728
a press release denouncing
them once and for all.
795
00:40:07,753 --> 00:40:10,058
Now that is a very smart idea.
796
00:40:10,083 --> 00:40:12,972
- With Lotte.
- All right.
797
00:40:14,683 --> 00:40:18,384
Now look, this, uh,
certainly is a setback,
798
00:40:18,409 --> 00:40:19,715
but, uh, given what we're up against,
799
00:40:19,739 --> 00:40:22,455
I think it is remarkable
how well we've done,
800
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,353
and, uh, Jacquie Davison called me,
801
00:40:24,378 --> 00:40:28,253
and she's been elected,
and Ann Patterson is... is going,
802
00:40:28,278 --> 00:40:30,226
but I think we should
count ourselves lucky
803
00:40:30,251 --> 00:40:32,941
that we don't have to go to
this crooked extravaganza
804
00:40:32,966 --> 00:40:35,035
right before Thanksgiving.
805
00:40:35,808 --> 00:40:39,593
Well... uh... I have to go.
806
00:40:40,394 --> 00:40:41,595
What?
807
00:40:42,277 --> 00:40:43,464
I won.
808
00:40:43,489 --> 00:40:45,542
- Oh.
- I didn't know you won.
809
00:40:45,567 --> 00:40:49,445
Well, it took them a
while to count the ballots.
810
00:40:49,470 --> 00:40:51,902
I just got the call a few days ago.
811
00:40:51,927 --> 00:40:54,089
They didn't call me till this morning.
812
00:40:54,114 --> 00:40:57,119
- Me, too.
- We all won.
813
00:40:57,144 --> 00:40:59,513
- I can't believe it.
- [LAUGHS] We all won?
814
00:40:59,538 --> 00:41:02,775
[LAUGHTER]
815
00:41:05,987 --> 00:41:07,746
Oh. Um...
816
00:41:08,061 --> 00:41:11,597
it was too bad you got food
poisoning and couldn't run, too.
817
00:41:14,278 --> 00:41:18,918
Oh, yes. Yes. It's, uh... Ooh.
818
00:41:19,507 --> 00:41:22,544
Well, anyway, I'm... I'm too busy to go.
819
00:41:22,996 --> 00:41:24,972
I-I think we should go.
820
00:41:25,621 --> 00:41:26,965
They need to see us.
821
00:41:26,990 --> 00:41:29,793
They need to see good people
who are against the ERA,
822
00:41:29,818 --> 00:41:31,793
that our cause is just,
823
00:41:31,818 --> 00:41:34,053
and it has nothing to do
with hate or prejudice.
824
00:41:34,078 --> 00:41:35,613
That's right.
825
00:41:35,638 --> 00:41:38,441
Plus the government is paying us.
826
00:41:38,793 --> 00:41:40,961
It's kind of like a job.
827
00:41:50,121 --> 00:41:51,972
Delegate-at-large?
828
00:41:51,997 --> 00:41:54,201
Oh, it's a very prestigious honor.
829
00:41:54,226 --> 00:41:55,732
What the hell does it even mean?
830
00:41:55,757 --> 00:41:58,414
Whatever we want it to.
I made it up. [CHUCKLES]
831
00:41:58,439 --> 00:42:00,982
I'm busy. I'm writing articles
832
00:42:01,007 --> 00:42:03,005
for a new magazine
called "Working Women."
833
00:42:03,030 --> 00:42:05,432
It's like "Ms." but not dull.
834
00:42:05,457 --> 00:42:06,779
Come to Houston. You...
835
00:42:06,804 --> 00:42:08,639
You don't get the credit you deserve
836
00:42:08,664 --> 00:42:10,068
'cause you're difficult.
837
00:42:10,093 --> 00:42:12,262
And you're ruthless,
and you don't listen.
838
00:42:12,287 --> 00:42:14,490
To you. I don't like a know-it-all.
839
00:42:14,515 --> 00:42:17,099
Well, I admit I do have
very strong instincts.
840
00:42:17,124 --> 00:42:18,927
- [CHUCKLES]
- And I'll be honest with you.
841
00:42:18,952 --> 00:42:21,370
My instincts tell me
there's only one issue
842
00:42:21,395 --> 00:42:24,966
that you should make a
priority at your convention...
843
00:42:25,271 --> 00:42:27,458
Equal pay for equal work.
844
00:42:27,483 --> 00:42:29,521
That's what Phyllis understands.
845
00:42:29,546 --> 00:42:32,185
She has one message,
and she sticks to it.
846
00:42:32,210 --> 00:42:34,373
Make it about everything,
it winds up being about nothing.
847
00:42:34,397 --> 00:42:35,665
As my father used to say,
848
00:42:35,690 --> 00:42:37,536
you only pluck one chicken at a time.
849
00:42:37,561 --> 00:42:39,802
[LAUGHS] Yeah,
was your father a butcher?
850
00:42:39,827 --> 00:42:42,429
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh.
851
00:42:42,454 --> 00:42:45,758
Oh, and don't let them
make it about lesbianism.
852
00:42:45,783 --> 00:42:47,341
It's not our fight.
853
00:42:47,366 --> 00:42:49,091
Gloria doesn't understand that.
854
00:42:49,116 --> 00:42:50,600
She has a vision of Houston
855
00:42:50,625 --> 00:42:53,013
as being some magical
feminist Woodstock.
856
00:42:53,038 --> 00:42:54,872
Well, sure, why not?
857
00:42:54,897 --> 00:42:57,021
She's not going to get
blamed if it's a failure.
858
00:42:57,046 --> 00:42:58,902
It'll be you, and they won't say
859
00:42:58,927 --> 00:43:00,615
that Bella Abzug couldn't pull it off.
860
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,068
They'll say that women just can't
861
00:43:02,093 --> 00:43:03,677
pull off this sort of thing.
862
00:43:03,702 --> 00:43:06,615
And it'll be another 150 years
863
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:09,411
until they let women
gather like this again.
864
00:43:10,756 --> 00:43:14,159
Do you wanna stay for dinner?
I'm making soup from scratch.
865
00:43:14,184 --> 00:43:17,453
I can't remember the last
time I had people over.
866
00:43:17,555 --> 00:43:19,529
Uh, Marty's expecting me.
867
00:43:19,554 --> 00:43:21,029
Mm.
868
00:43:24,927 --> 00:43:26,833
Does it bother you that...
869
00:43:27,361 --> 00:43:29,911
no one calls you a radical anymore?
870
00:43:31,132 --> 00:43:34,476
The movement is getting
down to Middle America.
871
00:43:34,501 --> 00:43:37,071
We're mainstream. That's a good thing.
872
00:43:41,322 --> 00:43:44,358
[HORNS HONKING IN DISTANCE]
873
00:44:04,856 --> 00:44:06,690
[BOAT HORN BLOWS]
874
00:44:06,715 --> 00:44:08,814
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
875
00:44:10,623 --> 00:44:12,626
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
876
00:44:14,475 --> 00:44:16,577
You never pick up your phone.
877
00:44:16,728 --> 00:44:18,767
Why are you holding a flashlight?
878
00:44:18,792 --> 00:44:21,194
It's not a flashlight. It's a torch.
879
00:44:21,777 --> 00:44:23,993
Don't you have any imagination?
880
00:44:24,993 --> 00:44:26,762
[DOOR CLOSES]
881
00:44:26,787 --> 00:44:29,681
[HORN HONKS IN DISTANCE]
882
00:44:29,723 --> 00:44:31,826
After months of sitting
silently in our meetings,
883
00:44:31,851 --> 00:44:33,610
eating all our food,
884
00:44:33,635 --> 00:44:36,274
Sey Chassler finally had a good idea...
885
00:44:36,299 --> 00:44:38,454
A relay from Seneca Falls to Houston
886
00:44:38,479 --> 00:44:40,563
in the weeks leading
up to the convention,
887
00:44:40,588 --> 00:44:42,767
women athletes of all ages,
and I thought,
888
00:44:42,792 --> 00:44:46,461
instead of a baton,
why not a torch like Lady Liberty?
889
00:44:47,682 --> 00:44:49,417
Women on the move.
890
00:44:49,442 --> 00:44:51,774
That's good. That's good.
Write that down.
891
00:44:51,799 --> 00:44:54,067
I'm not writing that down.
892
00:45:00,958 --> 00:45:03,032
Have you spoken to Midge?
893
00:45:03,057 --> 00:45:04,425
[SIPS]
894
00:45:04,450 --> 00:45:06,860
Yeah. I've spoken to Midge.
895
00:45:11,078 --> 00:45:15,182
Midge remembers my defense
of Willie McGee as heroic.
896
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:24,504
I was eight months pregnant
when I went down to Jackson.
897
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:27,305
With Egee?
898
00:45:27,330 --> 00:45:30,400
It was the first Supreme Court
petition I'd ever written.
899
00:45:30,425 --> 00:45:32,294
It was my first trip to the South.
900
00:45:32,319 --> 00:45:34,438
It was the first time
I got a death threat.
901
00:45:34,463 --> 00:45:37,110
They said, "Willie McGee's
white woman lawyer should be
902
00:45:37,135 --> 00:45:39,470
executed along with him
in the electric chair."
903
00:45:41,792 --> 00:45:44,962
I slept, disguised, above a brothel...
904
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,805
because vigilantes stalked the hotels.
905
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,723
The whole time, I was scared shitless.
906
00:45:58,203 --> 00:46:00,133
I lost the baby.
907
00:46:01,977 --> 00:46:04,290
Stress, the doctor said.
908
00:46:05,516 --> 00:46:07,540
They got to me.
909
00:46:10,574 --> 00:46:13,852
I left Mississippi before
the case was over.
910
00:46:17,572 --> 00:46:20,094
I had so much still to do.
911
00:46:21,233 --> 00:46:23,969
There is so much still to do.
912
00:46:23,994 --> 00:46:25,362
[SLAPS LAP]
913
00:46:27,300 --> 00:46:30,003
Fear never moved mountains.
914
00:46:36,325 --> 00:46:38,266
What's right is right.
915
00:46:40,883 --> 00:46:43,500
I have to do right by Midge.
916
00:46:44,861 --> 00:46:48,130
But if I put lesbian
rights back on the agenda,
917
00:46:48,784 --> 00:46:50,263
it's true.
918
00:46:51,123 --> 00:46:53,927
We have to keep the Antis out.
919
00:46:55,937 --> 00:46:58,153
I'll do my best.
920
00:47:02,794 --> 00:47:05,107
What if we let them in?
921
00:47:05,888 --> 00:47:08,177
What if we let everyone in?
922
00:47:08,778 --> 00:47:11,127
Let the chips fall where they may.
923
00:47:11,152 --> 00:47:14,403
What do you mean, everyone?
Not Schlafly's people.
924
00:47:14,428 --> 00:47:16,062
Everyone, everyone.
925
00:47:17,942 --> 00:47:20,536
What's really revolutionary
about a group of people
926
00:47:20,561 --> 00:47:22,661
in a room agreeing with each other?
927
00:47:24,034 --> 00:47:27,536
The whole thing could
blow up in our faces.
928
00:47:35,368 --> 00:47:40,205
I invited Betty to be
a delegate-at-large.
929
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:49,835
[LAUGHTER]
930
00:47:52,685 --> 00:47:56,421
[ARGENT'S "HOLD YOUR HEAD UP" PLAYING]
931
00:48:12,593 --> 00:48:15,457
♪ And if it's bad ♪
932
00:48:15,482 --> 00:48:18,052
♪ Don't let it get you down ♪
933
00:48:18,077 --> 00:48:20,880
♪ You can take it ♪
934
00:48:20,905 --> 00:48:23,399
♪♪
935
00:48:23,424 --> 00:48:26,250
♪ And if it hurts ♪
936
00:48:26,275 --> 00:48:29,055
♪ Don't let them see you cry ♪
937
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:32,217
♪ You can make it ♪
938
00:48:32,619 --> 00:48:35,437
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
939
00:48:35,462 --> 00:48:38,199
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
940
00:48:38,224 --> 00:48:40,609
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
941
00:48:40,634 --> 00:48:43,641
♪ Hold your head high ♪
942
00:48:43,666 --> 00:48:46,401
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
943
00:48:46,426 --> 00:48:48,961
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
944
00:48:48,986 --> 00:48:51,328
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
945
00:48:51,353 --> 00:48:54,234
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
946
00:48:54,259 --> 00:48:56,851
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
947
00:48:56,876 --> 00:48:59,430
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
948
00:48:59,455 --> 00:49:02,291
♪ Hold your head up, woman ♪
949
00:49:02,316 --> 00:49:06,487
♪♪
950
00:49:06,512 --> 00:49:08,514
I put the leftovers in the freezer.
951
00:49:08,539 --> 00:49:10,172
Do you need anything
else before I leave?
952
00:49:10,197 --> 00:49:12,126
Oh, no, thank you, Willie.
I'll... I'll see you tomorrow.
953
00:49:12,150 --> 00:49:13,953
Okay. See you tomorrow.
954
00:49:14,575 --> 00:49:18,345
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
955
00:49:19,884 --> 00:49:21,557
[DIAL TONE]
956
00:49:21,582 --> 00:49:24,852
[TOUCH TONES SOUNDING]
957
00:49:24,877 --> 00:49:26,345
[LINE CONNECTS]
958
00:49:26,370 --> 00:49:30,008
[LINE RINGS]
959
00:49:30,033 --> 00:49:31,750
[RING]
960
00:49:31,775 --> 00:49:34,470
- Lottie Beth Hobbs.
- It's Phyllis.
961
00:49:34,805 --> 00:49:36,130
You're working late.
962
00:49:36,155 --> 00:49:39,101
Hmm. I've been reading your book.
963
00:49:39,126 --> 00:49:40,586
You, uh...
964
00:49:40,611 --> 00:49:43,313
say some pretty
powerful things about hate.
965
00:49:44,648 --> 00:49:47,687
Now I don't hate anybody,
and if we're gonna
966
00:49:47,712 --> 00:49:49,143
continue to work together...
967
00:49:49,168 --> 00:49:51,898
You need to understand
that to love completely
968
00:49:51,923 --> 00:49:54,687
requires learning to hate properly.
969
00:49:55,305 --> 00:49:59,109
It is to love what God loves
and to hate what God hates.
970
00:50:00,961 --> 00:50:03,781
I want to be clear about something.
971
00:50:04,765 --> 00:50:07,935
We can't have anything
to do with the Klan.
972
00:50:08,088 --> 00:50:09,655
Goes without saying.
973
00:50:11,365 --> 00:50:13,167
But, uh, you know, I am tolerant,
974
00:50:13,192 --> 00:50:16,937
and I let be against women's lib
for the reasons of their choice.
975
00:50:19,391 --> 00:50:23,820
Now about this idea you
had for a counter-rally
976
00:50:23,845 --> 00:50:26,133
at the end of their convention
at Houston...
977
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:27,824
it's a good one.
978
00:50:27,849 --> 00:50:29,984
You needn't sell me on my own idea.
979
00:50:30,009 --> 00:50:34,742
But I would call it a pro-family rally.
980
00:50:35,484 --> 00:50:38,039
And I think if we pooled our resources,
981
00:50:38,064 --> 00:50:40,079
we'd have a pretty good shot
at matching their crowds,
982
00:50:40,103 --> 00:50:42,414
- don't you think?
- Yes.
983
00:50:43,373 --> 00:50:48,141
But if outside groups want to...
lend support,
984
00:50:48,750 --> 00:50:50,704
we can't control it.
985
00:51:01,143 --> 00:51:02,945
So we make a rule.
986
00:51:03,317 --> 00:51:08,226
There's no official group name
on any of the signs or buses.
987
00:51:09,642 --> 00:51:11,333
Understood.
988
00:51:11,358 --> 00:51:15,078
Now if we pull this off,
Houston will be the death knell
989
00:51:15,103 --> 00:51:17,505
of the women's liberation movement.
990
00:51:19,265 --> 00:51:21,133
Let's blow it up.
991
00:51:22,868 --> 00:51:24,703
[RECEIVER CLATTERS]
992
00:51:24,728 --> 00:51:27,000
♪ Well... ♪
993
00:51:27,103 --> 00:51:30,503
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