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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:46,296 --> 00:00:48,297 [chattering] 2 00:00:54,846 --> 00:00:57,098 [high-pitched ringing] 3 00:01:00,477 --> 00:01:02,186 [chattering fades] 4 00:01:02,271 --> 00:01:04,355 [footsteps approaching] 5 00:01:04,439 --> 00:01:06,274 -Sorry. Excuse me. -[chattering resumes] 6 00:01:06,358 --> 00:01:08,901 [upbeat music playing on speakers] 7 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:13,781 Excuse me. Sorry about that. 8 00:01:15,284 --> 00:01:17,618 Oops. Sorry. [chuckles] 9 00:01:17,703 --> 00:01:19,078 It's-- No. Sorry. 10 00:01:19,162 --> 00:01:20,162 That's my bad. 11 00:01:20,706 --> 00:01:23,291 Hey, guys. I'm just gonna squeeze past you here. Sorry. 12 00:01:47,316 --> 00:01:48,316 Hi. 13 00:01:58,368 --> 00:01:59,368 Hmm. 14 00:02:08,337 --> 00:02:09,337 Hi. 15 00:02:12,257 --> 00:02:13,424 Is that yarn? 16 00:02:14,134 --> 00:02:15,301 Yes. Yeah. 17 00:02:15,385 --> 00:02:16,385 [collector] Huh. 18 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:23,392 -[collector 2] ls it. .. -It's.. . 19 00:02:23,477 --> 00:02:25,895 -[collector 2] Is it yarn? -It's ya-- Yeah, it's yarn. 20 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:49,418 Thank you so much for coming. 21 00:02:53,548 --> 00:02:54,548 Slow night. 22 00:02:54,633 --> 00:02:55,633 Yeah. 23 00:02:57,678 --> 00:03:00,096 You know, I don't really need anyone to buy my art. 24 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:02,890 It would just be nice if someone understood it. 25 00:03:02,974 --> 00:03:05,768 -May I offer you another perspective? -Sure. 26 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:07,603 I do need people to buy your art. 27 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:08,771 I'm sorry. 28 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:10,106 There's one collector left. 29 00:03:11,149 --> 00:03:12,149 Go talk to him. 30 00:03:14,611 --> 00:03:18,698 You know, maybe my work is stronger if I let it speak for itself. 31 00:03:18,782 --> 00:03:20,157 -Go! -Sure thing. 32 00:03:25,747 --> 00:03:27,248 Uh, excuse me. 33 00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:28,958 -Oh, thank you. -Hi. 34 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:32,586 Actually, no-- 35 00:03:33,088 --> 00:03:34,714 Sorry, I'm not the-- 36 00:03:43,098 --> 00:03:44,098 [curator] Aren. 37 00:03:45,267 --> 00:03:48,269 Does the last collector here think you're a waiter? 38 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:52,565 Okay. I'm canceling your solo show next month. 39 00:03:52,649 --> 00:03:55,192 No, no. I already bought the materials. 40 00:03:55,277 --> 00:03:56,277 I-- 41 00:03:57,696 --> 00:03:59,947 I spent $3,000 on yarn. 42 00:04:00,031 --> 00:04:02,450 [curator] That may be, but if you can't stick up for your work, 43 00:04:02,534 --> 00:04:04,285 I can't do it for you. 44 00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:07,408 [keypad beeping] 45 00:06:11,329 --> 00:06:12,329 [beeps] 46 00:06:14,249 --> 00:06:15,249 [sighs] 47 00:06:15,792 --> 00:06:16,792 [card ejects] 48 00:06:18,628 --> 00:06:19,628 [sighs] 49 00:06:26,761 --> 00:06:28,596 [beeping] 50 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,055 Can you-- Can you help me? 51 00:06:33,602 --> 00:06:36,687 The machine is being a dick. [chuckles] 52 00:06:37,856 --> 00:06:38,856 Um.. . 53 00:06:40,025 --> 00:06:41,775 Yeah, okay. Sure. 54 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:42,860 What do you need? 55 00:06:42,944 --> 00:06:44,737 Can you get cash for me? 56 00:06:44,821 --> 00:06:47,531 -My PIN is 310-- -No, you shouldn't tell me your PIN. 57 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:50,993 555-01 64. 58 00:06:52,621 --> 00:06:54,747 Actually, I think that might be a phone number. 59 00:06:56,499 --> 00:06:57,666 Hold on. 60 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:06,967 Where-- Where's my card? 61 00:07:07,052 --> 00:07:08,093 It's in the machine. 62 00:07:08,178 --> 00:07:09,178 Oh, my God. 63 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,055 Where's my card? 64 00:07:11,556 --> 00:07:13,182 Brad. 65 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:14,808 Someone stole my debit card. 66 00:07:15,977 --> 00:07:18,103 -It's still in the ATM. -Help! 67 00:07:18,188 --> 00:07:20,147 No, no, no. Dude! 68 00:07:20,231 --> 00:07:21,482 No! Dude! 69 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:23,943 You have headshots in the morning! 70 00:07:24,027 --> 00:07:25,653 He just stole her purse, man! 71 00:07:31,326 --> 00:07:33,410 [friend] Look. She's got her purse. 72 00:07:35,580 --> 00:07:37,456 [Brad] But it was right there. 73 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:42,878 I'm sorry to bother y'all, but. . . 74 00:07:44,381 --> 00:07:45,965 did one of y'all lose a earring? 75 00:07:46,967 --> 00:07:48,759 Oh, my God. Yes. 76 00:07:48,843 --> 00:07:51,553 I saw it on my way over to meet my friend here. 77 00:07:51,638 --> 00:07:53,597 And lemme just say I know it ain't his. 78 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:55,349 [drunk person] Oh, my God. Thank you. 79 00:07:55,934 --> 00:07:58,894 I would've been wearing one earring like a freaking pirate. 80 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:00,938 [laughs] 81 00:08:02,649 --> 00:08:05,317 By any chance, are you all going to get some food? 82 00:08:05,402 --> 00:08:06,485 Yeah. 83 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:09,405 There's a barbecue spot that just opened on La Brea. 84 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:10,489 My cousin runs it. 85 00:08:10,573 --> 00:08:12,908 They got a killer review in the LA Weekly. 86 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:14,493 But I don't know anything about that. 87 00:08:14,577 --> 00:08:18,747 All I know is they pull pork just like my grandma used to. 88 00:08:20,917 --> 00:08:21,917 I love pork. 89 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:25,212 You tell 'em Roger sent you, and they'll bring out the good stuff. 90 00:08:25,296 --> 00:08:26,463 [friend] Thanks, man. 91 00:08:27,257 --> 00:08:28,257 [Brad] Hey, uh. . . 92 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:31,301 No hard feelings, man. 93 00:08:32,387 --> 00:08:33,637 [Aren] Yeah, no. Yep. 94 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:46,817 -[exhales] -You good? 95 00:08:47,736 --> 00:08:50,779 Yeah, I-- I could've sworn that I had her bag. 96 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:53,198 Let's get off the street. 97 00:08:55,744 --> 00:08:58,120 You know, these white folks looking at you crazy. 98 00:08:58,204 --> 00:09:00,414 -That doesn't bother you? -[Aren] It's no big deal. 99 00:09:00,498 --> 00:09:03,500 -[Roger] It's a goddamn menace. -It's annoying. 100 00:09:03,585 --> 00:09:04,877 People looking at me like I'm.. . 101 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,504 whatever exactly they think that I am, 102 00:09:07,589 --> 00:09:10,090 but, you know, it's not like it happens every day. 103 00:09:10,175 --> 00:09:13,093 So you saying people don't look at you Like that every day? 104 00:09:13,178 --> 00:09:17,056 Well, that happens every day, you know, if I go outside or whatever. 105 00:09:17,140 --> 00:09:19,725 But it doesn't escalate every day is what I'm saying. 106 00:09:20,435 --> 00:09:21,935 Is that so? 107 00:09:22,020 --> 00:09:23,395 I'm not living in fear. 108 00:09:24,355 --> 00:09:26,732 I mean, is there fear? Yeah. 109 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:29,109 Am I living in it? 110 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:35,324 -No? -What? 111 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:37,993 You were just explaining how none of this affects you. 112 00:09:39,162 --> 00:09:42,998 I just, uh, try not to think about it, I guess. 113 00:09:49,380 --> 00:09:53,217 Look, I don't wanna waste your time, Aren, but I saw you at the gallery. 114 00:09:53,301 --> 00:09:55,177 Right! Yeah, you were at the bar. 115 00:09:55,887 --> 00:09:58,430 And I followed you because I think you're very talented. 116 00:09:59,015 --> 00:10:00,140 My work? 117 00:10:00,225 --> 00:10:02,768 You mean the yarn thing? No, that didn't make no kind of sense. 118 00:10:03,353 --> 00:10:06,021 But you? You I get. 119 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:08,065 And I wanna take you to a job interview. 120 00:10:08,149 --> 00:10:10,400 Oh, no. I don't know anything about bar tending. 121 00:10:10,485 --> 00:10:12,236 Second job. You need money, right? 122 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,947 I need a yarn store to change its return policy. [chuckles] 123 00:10:15,031 --> 00:10:16,698 -Can it do that? -Yeah. 124 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,992 -What? -I mean, it pays good. 125 00:10:20,411 --> 00:10:21,787 What is it exactly? 126 00:10:21,871 --> 00:10:24,123 Officially, it's a client services firm. 127 00:10:24,207 --> 00:10:27,876 But unofficially, we saving the damn world. 128 00:10:30,713 --> 00:10:32,005 I don't really understand. 129 00:10:32,090 --> 00:10:33,757 It's easier to show you. Here. 130 00:10:33,842 --> 00:10:35,425 -Now? -Yeah. 131 00:10:35,510 --> 00:10:37,886 -Okay. -You got any medical conditions? 132 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:41,390 -Heart disease? Eczema? -What? No. Why would that-- 133 00:10:45,937 --> 00:10:46,937 What? 134 00:10:47,605 --> 00:10:49,148 -This way. -Where are we? 135 00:10:50,608 --> 00:10:52,401 Did-- Did I just black out? 136 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:54,111 I moved us a little. 137 00:10:54,195 --> 00:10:55,195 You move-- What? 138 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,989 Hey, yo, wait, wait! 139 00:10:57,073 --> 00:10:58,282 Hey, Roger! 140 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:01,410 [sports commentating on radio] 141 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:05,747 How y'all doing? 142 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:30,939 The hell is going on? 143 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:33,901 Now, I'm probably supposed to start slower with all of this, 144 00:11:33,985 --> 00:11:36,987 but there's a recruiting class starting right now, 145 00:11:37,071 --> 00:11:38,405 and we gotta get you in it. 146 00:11:39,407 --> 00:11:40,741 Recruiting for what? 147 00:11:42,994 --> 00:11:48,832 Welcome to the American Society of Magical Negroes. 148 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:52,461 Over the next few days, we'll introduce you to our work 149 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:56,340 and determine if any of you are fit for membership. 150 00:11:56,925 --> 00:12:00,969 Now, since every education starts with the classics, 151 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:05,807 let's take a look at some of our most accomplished predecessors. 152 00:12:06,684 --> 00:12:10,520 James Crampton, Savannah, 1923. 153 00:12:12,774 --> 00:12:15,317 Watch his approach to the work. 154 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:17,569 [fingers snap] 155 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:19,071 [device whirring] 156 00:12:19,155 --> 00:12:20,739 [old jazz music playing on device] 157 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:30,123 [exhales] 158 00:12:32,001 --> 00:12:34,211 Well, that's a peculiar shot, suh. 159 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:37,756 Where'd you come from? 160 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,133 Oh, I was just passin' through, suh. 161 00:12:40,218 --> 00:12:43,220 Or should I say, "Mr. Avery"? 162 00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:47,266 Hey! How'd you know my name? 163 00:12:48,017 --> 00:12:52,229 Well, everybody in the state of Georgia who likes billiards 164 00:12:52,313 --> 00:12:54,314 knows Beauregard Avery. 165 00:12:55,358 --> 00:12:59,194 Is it true that you once snapped your cue on the break, 166 00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:01,989 then ran the table with one of the splinters? 167 00:13:02,073 --> 00:13:05,617 [Avery] I haven't played since, uh, the war. 168 00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:09,329 You done lost your stroke. 169 00:13:09,414 --> 00:13:12,082 -Excuse me? -Your billiard stroke, suh. 170 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:18,338 You know, they say a man's grip on his cue is like his grip on life. 171 00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:22,217 Lemme see how you holding it. 172 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:30,475 Now, see, you thinkin' about whether you're gonna miss. 173 00:13:32,270 --> 00:13:35,063 Maybe you missed a little bit in your life. 174 00:13:36,858 --> 00:13:38,567 But you can't think on that now. 175 00:13:39,902 --> 00:13:43,655 Now, you gots to just close your eyes... 176 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,700 and get your stroke back. 177 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:52,706 [chuckles] 178 00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:55,625 Not bad, Mr. Avery. 179 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:57,419 Not bad. 180 00:13:58,046 --> 00:14:01,631 Now, obviously, you'll be using a more contemporary dialect 181 00:14:01,716 --> 00:14:05,218 and a lot of other innovations we've made since Jim's time. 182 00:14:05,303 --> 00:14:09,097 But he was a master of the fundamentals. 183 00:14:09,932 --> 00:14:13,393 So, what did you notice about Jim's approach to the work? 184 00:14:13,978 --> 00:14:15,729 He doesn't make it about himself. 185 00:14:15,813 --> 00:14:18,023 It's always about the client. 186 00:14:22,278 --> 00:14:24,279 Client service first. 187 00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:25,364 What else? 188 00:14:25,448 --> 00:14:26,907 He's really friendly. 189 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:28,784 That's crucial. 190 00:14:32,789 --> 00:14:35,123 -[recruiter] Anything else? -He's wearing suspenders. 191 00:14:38,461 --> 00:14:39,961 Okay. 192 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:42,130 Let's take a look at another one. 193 00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:46,551 Marcus Dunham, 1955. 194 00:14:49,347 --> 00:14:51,056 [person in projection] Dead man walking! 195 00:14:51,808 --> 00:14:53,392 This isn't right, Marcus. 196 00:14:53,476 --> 00:14:56,770 Well, boss, it ain't about the life leaving this world. 197 00:14:56,854 --> 00:14:58,980 It's about the life coming into it. 198 00:14:59,065 --> 00:15:00,524 What do you mean? 199 00:15:00,608 --> 00:15:04,111 I know that you and the missus been having trouble making life. 200 00:15:04,612 --> 00:15:08,740 I'm just barely scraping by in this job. It's hard to go home and feel like a man. 201 00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:11,118 Now, you listen here, boss. 202 00:15:11,202 --> 00:15:14,413 Who snuck me that harmonica so I could speak my soul 'fore I go? 203 00:15:14,497 --> 00:15:16,289 -I did, but-- -That took courage. 204 00:15:16,374 --> 00:15:17,874 That was done by a man. 205 00:15:17,959 --> 00:15:20,252 So when Mrs. Bossman look at you tonight, 206 00:15:20,336 --> 00:15:23,964 know that she lookin' at the greatest man in Kennebec County. 207 00:15:24,048 --> 00:15:25,215 [gasps] 208 00:15:32,890 --> 00:15:34,349 [breathes shakily] 209 00:15:39,564 --> 00:15:41,189 [harmonica playing] 210 00:15:47,738 --> 00:15:49,406 [recruiter] What about this one? 211 00:15:52,910 --> 00:15:53,910 Anybody else? 212 00:15:53,995 --> 00:15:56,037 The spiritual was a nice touch. 213 00:15:56,122 --> 00:15:57,539 [recruiter] Perceived authenticity. 214 00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:01,793 Your interests and hobbies have to be authentically Black, 215 00:16:01,878 --> 00:16:03,920 as understood by the culture. 216 00:16:04,505 --> 00:16:06,506 We're showing the client 217 00:16:06,591 --> 00:16:10,427 the parts of ourselves that make them feel good. 218 00:16:12,513 --> 00:16:14,014 And nothing more. 219 00:16:14,515 --> 00:16:16,016 -[water splashes] -[grunts] 220 00:16:17,894 --> 00:16:19,186 [object scratches] 221 00:16:22,356 --> 00:16:24,774 Nope. Nope. Mm-mmm. 222 00:16:25,401 --> 00:16:27,194 Uh. .. 223 00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:29,154 Mm-mmm. 224 00:16:45,922 --> 00:16:49,466 No, I'm sorry. You can't conjure yourself a steak dinner. 225 00:16:49,550 --> 00:16:52,052 Magic only works in the service of clients. 226 00:16:52,136 --> 00:16:54,387 So if he's dieting, you're dieting. 227 00:16:54,472 --> 00:16:57,766 [assistant] Right. If she knows that much, you'll have to do a memory spell. 228 00:16:57,850 --> 00:16:59,935 [assistant 2] Mind if I take control of your powers remotely? 229 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:02,479 Anything medical requires physical touch. 230 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:04,773 [chuckles] Even if he's sweaty, yes. 231 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:07,359 No, that's me controlling your powers. 232 00:17:08,569 --> 00:17:10,153 -[customer] This is nice. Yeah. -[tailor] I like it. 233 00:17:10,238 --> 00:17:11,738 -[scissors snipping] -[customer] Not too tight? 234 00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:12,989 [tailor] Not too tight, no. 235 00:17:13,074 --> 00:17:15,784 'Cause it's got to be nostalgic, but it can't be too sharecropper. 236 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:16,952 Oh, no. Of course not. 237 00:17:17,453 --> 00:17:18,745 We're not doing Roots. 238 00:17:28,464 --> 00:17:29,464 How goes? 239 00:17:30,424 --> 00:17:33,385 It's-- It's really interesting. 240 00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:37,222 It's, um-- You know, the name needs a little updating. 241 00:17:37,306 --> 00:17:40,475 Maybe, like, "Magical Black People" or-- 242 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,394 I guess that doesn't have the same ring, but, uh-- 243 00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:43,478 What are you trying to say? 244 00:17:44,981 --> 00:17:47,816 I'm not sure this is for me. 245 00:17:52,822 --> 00:17:54,906 It really has nothing to do with you, 246 00:17:54,991 --> 00:17:57,701 and-- and I'm sure the work makes a ton of sense for you guys. 247 00:17:57,785 --> 00:18:01,746 It just seems like, you know, for my personal taste, it's a little, um-- 248 00:18:03,124 --> 00:18:04,165 Please take me home. 249 00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:05,458 You ain't going home. 250 00:18:09,338 --> 00:18:11,464 -[insects buzzing] -[birds chirping] 251 00:18:11,549 --> 00:18:12,966 Holy shit. 252 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:18,096 It's bigger than you. 253 00:18:18,598 --> 00:18:20,849 We've been around since before this was-- 254 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:21,891 Is this. .. 255 00:18:23,686 --> 00:18:24,769 Monticello. 256 00:18:24,854 --> 00:18:25,895 What? 257 00:18:25,980 --> 00:18:27,647 Yeah. Secret wing. 258 00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:28,773 Okay. 259 00:18:28,858 --> 00:18:30,358 The truth is, Aren. . . 260 00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:31,610 I'm in Virginia? 261 00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:33,820 You've got talent. 262 00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:38,617 -Sorry, the building is gone. -Yeah. 263 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,411 And talent like yours can do more to help Black people 264 00:18:41,495 --> 00:18:42,621 than a hundred marches. 265 00:18:43,331 --> 00:18:44,414 How? 266 00:18:46,083 --> 00:18:47,500 It's easier if I show you. 267 00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:49,419 No, no, no. Last time you said that-- 268 00:18:51,172 --> 00:18:52,756 [groans] 269 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:57,052 Aren, what's the most dangerous animal on the planet? 270 00:18:58,262 --> 00:18:59,721 -Sharks. Oh. -White people. 271 00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:01,556 When are white people most dangerous? 272 00:19:01,641 --> 00:19:05,226 -When they're teamed up with sharks? -When they feel uncomfortable. 273 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:06,770 Okay. Were sharks a part of it or.. . 274 00:19:06,854 --> 00:19:09,981 White people feeling uncomfortable precedes a lot of bad stuff for us. 275 00:19:10,066 --> 00:19:14,486 White people move into a neighborhood, they feel uncomfortable, gentrification. 276 00:19:14,570 --> 00:19:16,863 -Okay. -White cop sees a Black man, 277 00:19:16,947 --> 00:19:18,740 feels uncomfortable, another shooting. 278 00:19:18,824 --> 00:19:21,451 Was a time when ail you had to do was look at a white man 279 00:19:21,535 --> 00:19:22,535 and make him uncomfortable. 280 00:19:22,620 --> 00:19:24,704 -That was pretty much it for you. -Yeah, I get that. 281 00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:29,459 For some of us, the last thing we see in this world 282 00:19:29,543 --> 00:19:31,503 is an uncomfortable white man, 283 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:33,338 but I don't blame white people for that. 284 00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:35,465 I blame their discomfort. 285 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:37,008 That's why we here 286 00:19:37,093 --> 00:19:41,221 at the American Society of Magical Negroes fight white discomfort 287 00:19:41,305 --> 00:19:43,848 every damn day. 288 00:19:43,933 --> 00:19:47,519 We are the vanguard of white relaxation. 289 00:19:47,603 --> 00:19:51,189 Black knights making sure that they don't take it out on a brother. 290 00:19:51,273 --> 00:19:54,484 Because the happier they are, the safer we are. 291 00:19:56,821 --> 00:19:57,821 Wow. 292 00:19:57,905 --> 00:19:59,280 [dissonant hum] 293 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,951 You see that cop over there? 294 00:20:03,452 --> 00:20:06,955 Far as we know, he may be the next one to shoot an unarmed Black man. 295 00:20:07,915 --> 00:20:10,834 -Him? -l didn't bring you here for sharks, Aren. 296 00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:13,169 I brought you here for this. 297 00:20:13,713 --> 00:20:16,548 [recruiter] We are constantly monitoring the happiness 298 00:20:16,632 --> 00:20:19,050 of every white person in America, 299 00:20:19,135 --> 00:20:21,594 and when one gets too unhappy.. . 300 00:20:23,472 --> 00:20:24,889 they become a client. 301 00:20:25,516 --> 00:20:26,725 [Roger] Excuse me, Officer? 302 00:20:26,809 --> 00:20:30,145 [recruiter] But they won't know they're a client. 303 00:20:31,188 --> 00:20:37,277 So you'll use a White Tears Meter to get a reading of their distress levels, 304 00:20:37,361 --> 00:20:39,821 and it will also let you know when their distress 305 00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:43,533 has returned to acceptable white person levels. 306 00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:45,034 [sighs] 307 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,036 I looked in the mirror this morning. 308 00:20:47,121 --> 00:20:51,416 I swear to God, I look more Like my father than I look like myself. 309 00:20:53,878 --> 00:20:56,421 Well, it's like my grandmama always used to tell me. 310 00:20:56,922 --> 00:21:01,593 "There's only two fighters you can't beat, Joe Louis and Father Time." 311 00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:04,304 I just want to know I still have it, you know? 312 00:21:07,183 --> 00:21:09,184 We're thinking about going to a club tonight. 313 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,189 Like from music videos? 314 00:21:15,149 --> 00:21:16,608 Really exclusive. 315 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:18,693 He and I can get in. 316 00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:23,865 I mean, if you can, maybe you're not as far gone as you think. 317 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:31,456 I want to do that. 318 00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:35,502 -[chattering] -[hip hop music playing, muffled] 319 00:21:37,713 --> 00:21:41,257 Look, Aren, this is a one-night job. 320 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:45,512 Nice, easy client like we use in trainings or on holiday. 321 00:21:45,596 --> 00:21:46,763 But don't let that fool you. 322 00:21:46,847 --> 00:21:48,473 Black lives are depending on this. 323 00:21:48,557 --> 00:21:49,557 Look, Roger. 324 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:52,310 For me, I don't think that keeping white people happy 325 00:21:52,394 --> 00:21:54,187 is as big a deal as you're saying it is. 326 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:56,815 Oh, yeah? Why are you so nice? 327 00:21:58,442 --> 00:21:59,818 Because I'm friendly. 328 00:21:59,902 --> 00:22:01,486 Because white people will kill you. 329 00:22:01,570 --> 00:22:02,904 Okay. [scoffs] 330 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,198 And I think you recognize this in some way, 331 00:22:05,282 --> 00:22:07,242 and now you're trying to get out in front of it. 332 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:10,703 Roger, if I were hyper aware of white people, I would know. 333 00:22:10,788 --> 00:22:11,955 -Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 334 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:13,832 You remember that white guy that just passed us? 335 00:22:13,916 --> 00:22:16,292 -Yeah. -You're blocking his way. 336 00:22:16,377 --> 00:22:17,627 I'm so sorry. I-- 337 00:22:22,925 --> 00:22:23,925 That's not nice. 338 00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:25,593 Let's try a little experiment. 339 00:22:25,678 --> 00:22:27,387 I want you to walk in that crowd. 340 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:29,347 Why? 341 00:22:29,431 --> 00:22:32,517 Well, it shouldn't be a big deal to you, since you so good with white people. 342 00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:34,811 My mom's white. I grew up with white people. 343 00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:36,980 And I'm sure that didn't mess you up at all. 344 00:22:37,064 --> 00:22:38,815 So I don't need to go. 345 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:40,441 You scared? 346 00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:42,110 -No. -Then go. 347 00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:45,488 -I-- I don't wanna go. -You scared. 348 00:22:45,573 --> 00:22:47,448 Okay, you know, fine. I'll go. 349 00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:49,951 -For you. -Thank you. 350 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:58,167 [high-pitched ringing] 351 00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:03,464 [chattering fades] 352 00:23:28,699 --> 00:23:31,701 I know you can feel their discomfort, Aren. 353 00:23:33,787 --> 00:23:37,457 It's the loudest thing in every room you walk into. 354 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:40,627 Probably has been your whole life. 355 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:44,923 What did you do to make them look at you that way? 356 00:23:45,841 --> 00:23:48,676 And what are they going to do to you next? 357 00:23:49,553 --> 00:23:52,347 White discomfort is your nemesis, Aren. 358 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:55,224 Stop running from it and start listening to it. 359 00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:58,311 Hey, hey. 360 00:23:59,188 --> 00:24:00,188 What's up, fellas? 361 00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:03,566 Oh, man. 362 00:24:03,651 --> 00:24:05,026 This place looks awesome. 363 00:24:06,195 --> 00:24:08,696 There's no way I'm getting in. Have you seen me? 364 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:10,990 [smacks lips] Just give it a shot. 365 00:24:11,075 --> 00:24:12,075 [officer] It's not happening. 366 00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:15,161 I was stupid to even come here. 367 00:24:15,245 --> 00:24:17,622 [shouts] Stupid. What was I thinking? 368 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:21,376 God, this is the outfit that I pick. I'm like, "I'm gonna go to the club. 369 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:23,336 Let's get my club outfit out of the closet." 370 00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:25,380 -I bought new shoes for this. . . -Don't look at me, Aren. 371 00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:26,464 Look at him. 372 00:24:27,508 --> 00:24:29,342 Only him. 373 00:24:29,843 --> 00:24:32,804 -[indistinct dialogue] -[Roger] Put everything out of your mind 374 00:24:32,888 --> 00:24:38,935 and focus on his pale-ass feelings. 375 00:24:40,020 --> 00:24:41,813 [recruiter] As a member of the Society, 376 00:24:41,897 --> 00:24:46,401 there's no more making sure your hands are visible just in case, 377 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,903 or wondering if they're gonna call the cops on you 378 00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:50,571 for doing totally normal things. 379 00:24:51,407 --> 00:24:52,573 Now you'll know. 380 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:56,744 You'll know exactly how distressed they are 381 00:24:57,246 --> 00:24:59,539 and how to soothe them, 382 00:24:59,623 --> 00:25:02,083 so you won't have to be afraid. 383 00:25:02,626 --> 00:25:04,377 -[magic dings] -[whooshing] 384 00:25:04,461 --> 00:25:07,046 [dissonant humming] 385 00:25:09,299 --> 00:25:10,299 I see him. 386 00:25:11,218 --> 00:25:12,677 [Roger] Then go and comfort him. 387 00:25:13,887 --> 00:25:15,179 [magic dings] 388 00:25:15,264 --> 00:25:17,473 They call me a pencil-pushing nerd. 389 00:25:17,558 --> 00:25:18,558 Hey. 390 00:25:19,643 --> 00:25:20,727 Rules are important. 391 00:25:20,811 --> 00:25:21,811 Listen. 392 00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:25,148 It doesn't matter how they look at you. 393 00:25:26,150 --> 00:25:27,817 It matters how you look at you. 394 00:25:32,322 --> 00:25:33,322 Yeah. 395 00:25:34,742 --> 00:25:35,950 You're right. 396 00:25:45,085 --> 00:25:47,086 Hey, can we get in? 397 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:53,176 [magic whooshes] 398 00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:58,848 Actually, yeah. 399 00:25:59,975 --> 00:26:01,392 [chuckles] Yes! 400 00:26:02,478 --> 00:26:04,687 Guys, thank you. 401 00:26:05,647 --> 00:26:07,190 Now, let's do this! 402 00:26:10,444 --> 00:26:11,986 What did I just do? 403 00:26:12,071 --> 00:26:13,988 You made your world a safer place. 404 00:26:15,199 --> 00:26:17,450 -I want to do that again. -It's your job. 405 00:26:22,706 --> 00:26:24,290 [murmuring] 406 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:36,260 Ladies and gentlemen, 407 00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:42,016 the president of the American Society of Magical Negroes, Dede Booker. 408 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:43,935 [applause] 409 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:55,822 [applause stops] 410 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:00,952 [magic whooshes] 411 00:27:10,754 --> 00:27:14,215 Do we seem like gods to you, Aren? 412 00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:16,801 Uh. .. 413 00:27:16,885 --> 00:27:19,762 Flattering, but untruthful. 414 00:27:19,847 --> 00:27:23,141 In reality, we are only as mighty as we are united. 415 00:27:23,225 --> 00:27:27,520 You see, Aren, our powers are collective. 416 00:27:27,604 --> 00:27:32,483 If any member uses magic selfishly, fails to put their client first, 417 00:27:32,568 --> 00:27:34,110 all our powers fail. 418 00:27:34,194 --> 00:27:35,945 And we cannot fail. 419 00:27:37,364 --> 00:27:39,866 Every year of our existence, 420 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:43,578 the life expectancy of Black Americans has risen, 421 00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:47,999 and members of our society live five years past that, 422 00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:49,667 which brings us on par with. .. 423 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:53,671 white non-smokers. 424 00:27:54,548 --> 00:27:57,258 And the privilege and responsibility was upheld 425 00:27:57,342 --> 00:28:00,386 by Rosie the Riveter's nanny 426 00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:02,680 and Crispus Attucks. 427 00:28:02,764 --> 00:28:05,183 He really took one for the team. 428 00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:09,061 And we can't forget Nancy Green and her trademark syrup 429 00:28:09,146 --> 00:28:11,480 that funds our work today. 430 00:28:12,733 --> 00:28:15,193 So, understanding this noble burden, 431 00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:17,904 will you join? 432 00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:22,366 Yes. 433 00:28:22,451 --> 00:28:25,203 Well, I officially welcome you 434 00:28:25,287 --> 00:28:29,123 to the American Society of Magical Negroes. 435 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:50,645 [groans, chuckles] 436 00:28:51,647 --> 00:28:53,481 [timepiece ringing] 437 00:29:04,201 --> 00:29:05,993 -You ready? -Oh, wow. 438 00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:08,996 Um.. . 439 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:11,749 Yeah. 440 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,834 ["I Diddle" playing] 441 00:29:18,382 --> 00:29:22,635 ♪ Ah didi uke ake uke ake ♪ 442 00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:27,098 ♪ It means think what you want ♪ 443 00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:29,433 ♪ But you better not say it ♪ 444 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,144 -Thanks. -Thank you. 445 00:29:32,229 --> 00:29:36,274 ♪ Um didi hoop didi hoop didi hoop Didi hoo hoo... ♪ 446 00:29:40,904 --> 00:29:42,446 [ringing] 447 00:29:44,825 --> 00:29:46,284 [ringing continues] 448 00:29:54,376 --> 00:29:55,960 -Hello? -Why aren't you here yet? 449 00:29:56,044 --> 00:29:58,462 Uh, yeah. I just, uh-- I needed a second. 450 00:29:58,547 --> 00:30:02,174 I have to brief you on your first client. Also, why am I looking at a table? 451 00:30:02,259 --> 00:30:04,135 Okay, I'll be right in and we can talk. 452 00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:06,053 I'm sorry. Oh, I'm so sorry. 453 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:07,596 -I wasn't looking and-- -It's fine. 454 00:30:07,681 --> 00:30:08,973 -Sorry. -Don't worry about it. 455 00:30:09,057 --> 00:30:10,433 Can I buy you a new one? 456 00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:13,644 Uh, yeah. Okay, sure. 457 00:30:13,729 --> 00:30:15,104 -That's-- That's nice of you. -Okay. 458 00:30:25,115 --> 00:30:26,574 Oh, my God. I was looking for coffee. 459 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:29,493 I was looking to make sure that I didn't spill coffee on you. 460 00:30:29,578 --> 00:30:31,704 And I realize that looked like I was checking you out. 461 00:30:31,788 --> 00:30:34,123 I was not checking you out. I wouldn't do that. 462 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:35,666 Yeah, okay. 463 00:30:35,751 --> 00:30:38,294 -I was not doing that. I promise. -Okay. . . 464 00:30:38,378 --> 00:30:39,462 That's-- 465 00:30:40,922 --> 00:30:45,551 I would. I would do that if it was, Like-- 466 00:30:45,635 --> 00:30:47,803 You're beautiful, and I would-- 467 00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:51,891 In a checkout-appropriate situation, I would do that. 468 00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:56,479 Well, what would be a situation where it's appropriate to check me out? 469 00:30:56,563 --> 00:30:59,357 No. Like a-- Like a date or a.. . 470 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:02,735 betrothal or-- I don't know what I'm saying. 471 00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:04,612 I was really just looking for coffee. 472 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:06,113 -It's okay. -Thank you. 473 00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:07,198 -Yeah. -Sorry. 474 00:31:14,164 --> 00:31:15,706 I don't-- I don't believe you. 475 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,126 -You don't believe me? Why? -No. You just-- 476 00:31:19,211 --> 00:31:21,087 You just said that you weren't checking me out, 477 00:31:21,171 --> 00:31:22,797 and then you said I was pretty. 478 00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:24,757 -How would you decide I was pretty-- -Yeah, no. 479 00:31:24,841 --> 00:31:27,051 There's a difference between noticing how someone looks 480 00:31:27,135 --> 00:31:30,304 and, like, skeevily looking them up and down. 481 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:32,098 -You know? -Okay, thanks for letting me know. 482 00:31:32,182 --> 00:31:34,016 And I didn't say that you were pretty. I didn't say that. 483 00:31:34,101 --> 00:31:35,351 You did. 484 00:31:35,435 --> 00:31:38,646 -I just heard what you said. You just-- -No, I said that you were beautiful. 485 00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:51,367 Okay. 486 00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:55,329 -Okay? -Yeah. No, I-- 487 00:31:56,206 --> 00:31:57,206 Okay, I believe you. 488 00:31:57,290 --> 00:31:58,290 -Yeah? -Yeah. 489 00:31:58,375 --> 00:31:59,625 It's a very nice thing to do. 490 00:31:59,709 --> 00:32:00,751 Not check you out? 491 00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:03,295 No, check me for coffee stains. That's-- 492 00:32:04,339 --> 00:32:05,881 That's a very sweet thing to do. 493 00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:09,093 Well, I'm very nice. It's, like, a flaw. 494 00:32:09,177 --> 00:32:10,219 Yeah? 495 00:32:10,303 --> 00:32:11,595 Yeah, says who? 496 00:32:18,979 --> 00:32:21,397 Thanks. I didn't even check myself yet. Am I good? 497 00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:24,442 -Hmm? -Am I coffee-free? 498 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,653 Oh, I don't know. I was just looking at that ass. 499 00:32:29,865 --> 00:32:31,073 Wow. 500 00:32:31,158 --> 00:32:33,117 -Terrible. [laughing] -Yeah, you like that? 501 00:32:33,702 --> 00:32:34,910 I'm sorry. 502 00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:39,748 -Uh-- -[timepiece ringing] 503 00:32:41,084 --> 00:32:42,084 Uh.. . 504 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:46,088 I'm so-- I have to go. I'm so sorry. 505 00:32:47,424 --> 00:32:49,300 -I'm-- I'm-- -Oh. 506 00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:50,384 Sorry. 507 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,639 [Roger] Your first client is a Jason Mundt. 508 00:32:55,724 --> 00:32:57,600 You'll be working with him in graphic design, 509 00:32:57,684 --> 00:33:00,811 where we felt your background in yarn and shit will come in handy. 510 00:33:00,896 --> 00:33:02,146 Jason works at MeetBox, 511 00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:04,940 the most influential social media platform in the world. 512 00:33:05,609 --> 00:33:07,818 Millions of white people see his designs every day 513 00:33:07,903 --> 00:33:10,946 as they post and like and do whatever else they do on there. 514 00:33:11,031 --> 00:33:13,699 You will be a deckhand. That's one level below a boatswain. 515 00:33:13,783 --> 00:33:15,034 Come again? 516 00:33:15,118 --> 00:33:17,203 Spelled "boat swain." 517 00:33:17,287 --> 00:33:19,121 Yeah, but are we at sea? 518 00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:22,166 Well, they felt normal job titles were a bit too corporate. 519 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:23,250 Okay. 520 00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:26,504 His meter jumped dangerously high Tuesday, 4pm. 521 00:33:26,588 --> 00:33:30,090 He was so upset we considered sending in a team of Rapid Response Negroes, 522 00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:31,634 but they were all my age 523 00:33:31,718 --> 00:33:33,928 and really didn't understand what MeetBox did. 524 00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:36,805 So his morale is still far too low. 525 00:33:36,890 --> 00:33:41,352 Your job is to figure out what caused the jump and identify what he wants. 526 00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:46,524 [manager] There's a lot of research that if you spend less time working, 527 00:33:46,608 --> 00:33:48,234 you're actually more productive. 528 00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:50,861 And that is why we've got snacks, we've got games, 529 00:33:50,946 --> 00:33:53,364 -we've got cots if you want to take a nap. -That's great. 530 00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:57,159 Yeah, we also have a laundry service, we've got a car wash. 531 00:33:57,244 --> 00:33:59,328 You know, basically you could just sleep here. 532 00:33:59,412 --> 00:34:00,621 Do a lot of people sleep here? 533 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:02,706 -You keep saying that-- -Oh, no, no, no. 534 00:34:02,791 --> 00:34:04,208 -Okay, cool. -No. 535 00:34:04,292 --> 00:34:05,751 Although, I could use a nap. 536 00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:08,879 [Laughing] I'm fine. 537 00:34:08,964 --> 00:34:10,130 -[chuckles] -This is Jason. 538 00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:11,799 You're gonna work together a lot. 539 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:13,759 -Hey. -Hey. 540 00:34:13,843 --> 00:34:14,885 Oh, darn it. 541 00:34:14,970 --> 00:34:18,722 Um, I was hoping there was a station right next to him, but there's not. 542 00:34:18,807 --> 00:34:20,432 So why don't you come downstairs with me? 543 00:34:20,517 --> 00:34:21,517 [magic whooshes] 544 00:34:22,143 --> 00:34:23,936 -Oh, is this one spoken for? -[manager] Hmm? 545 00:34:27,983 --> 00:34:28,983 No. 546 00:34:30,151 --> 00:34:31,735 Uh, why don't you just settle in? 547 00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:33,779 Great. 548 00:34:37,993 --> 00:34:39,076 Looks like we're neighbors. 549 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,453 Yeah, I-- I guess so. 550 00:34:43,123 --> 00:34:44,373 [clears throat] 551 00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:47,042 You like games? 552 00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:48,836 -[Jason] Guard it. Guard your goal. -[Aren] Okay. 553 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,296 -You better guard it. -I'm trying. 554 00:34:50,380 --> 00:34:51,672 I'm close. I'm close! 555 00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:53,757 -[magic whooshes] -[Jason] Oh! 556 00:34:53,842 --> 00:34:55,134 Okay. 557 00:34:55,218 --> 00:34:56,594 -Damn. -Yes! 558 00:34:56,678 --> 00:34:57,720 This streak is real! 559 00:34:57,804 --> 00:34:59,346 -Got me again. -Three in a row. 560 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:01,265 -Whoo. -You practice this, don't you? 561 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:03,058 Yeah, I got one of these at home. 562 00:35:04,561 --> 00:35:05,561 -Lizzie. -Hi-- 563 00:35:05,645 --> 00:35:08,772 Hey. 564 00:35:08,857 --> 00:35:10,899 I-- I, uh-- 565 00:35:10,984 --> 00:35:12,818 I just started working here. 566 00:35:12,902 --> 00:35:14,486 That's cool. Oh, my God. 567 00:35:14,571 --> 00:35:16,238 I-- I've worked here for a while. 568 00:35:16,323 --> 00:35:17,656 -That makes sense. .. -Yeah. 569 00:35:17,741 --> 00:35:19,283 . ..why you're here, and I'm-- 570 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:20,743 You guys know each other? 571 00:35:20,827 --> 00:35:22,369 -No, we just met. -No, like, we-- 572 00:35:22,454 --> 00:35:24,038 -Sorry. No. Please. -I'm sorry. You go ahead. 573 00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:27,458 -Uh, I'm Aren, by the way. -I'm Lizzie. 574 00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:29,126 -Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you. 575 00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:31,670 Um, did you get my notes? 576 00:35:31,755 --> 00:35:36,508 No, no. I had to go to this, like, HR training and-- 577 00:35:36,593 --> 00:35:38,302 That's fine, but we should get it done tonight 578 00:35:38,386 --> 00:35:40,095 'cause then Masterson might actually go home. 579 00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:42,014 Which, at this point, is kind of a human rights thing. 580 00:35:42,098 --> 00:35:43,265 [Jason] Right. Yeah, no. 581 00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:44,391 No, yeah. I'll get it. 582 00:35:44,476 --> 00:35:45,476 Thank you. 583 00:35:46,853 --> 00:35:48,937 -Nice to meet you officially. -Yeah, nice to meet you. 584 00:35:49,022 --> 00:35:50,773 -I'll see you around. -See you. 585 00:35:55,904 --> 00:35:57,112 So, uh, what's her story? 586 00:35:57,197 --> 00:35:59,657 Lizzie? She's kind of my work wife. 587 00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:05,412 -[sighs] -[dissonant humming] 588 00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:08,999 -You okay? -l don't know, man. 589 00:36:09,084 --> 00:36:10,376 [sighs] 590 00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:12,086 I can't get this layout to work. 591 00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:15,381 [Aren] Hmm. 592 00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:16,965 What? 593 00:36:17,050 --> 00:36:18,550 Your stroke is a little hesitant. 594 00:36:18,635 --> 00:36:19,677 I'm sorry? 595 00:36:20,804 --> 00:36:23,430 -Your keystroke, I mean. -Oh. 596 00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:26,183 Yeah, I don't know what's going on. I just-- 597 00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:28,602 Something's off. Like, I-- 598 00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:31,980 You know, it's like the saying goes, 599 00:36:32,065 --> 00:36:36,985 "A man's grip on his keyboard is like his grip on life." 600 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:40,989 Who said that? 601 00:36:41,074 --> 00:36:42,116 Rosa Parks. 602 00:36:43,993 --> 00:36:45,536 Really? When was that-- 603 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:48,831 My point is, if something's going off somewhere else in your life, 604 00:36:48,915 --> 00:36:50,416 it can show up in your work. 605 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:52,960 Hmm. 606 00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:55,379 But then again, you're the boatswain. What do I know? 607 00:36:55,463 --> 00:36:58,465 No, you're right, man. Something's definitely off. I just feel. .. 608 00:36:58,967 --> 00:37:00,217 -Feel Like what? -.. .shaky. 609 00:37:00,301 --> 00:37:01,802 -Mmm. -Like I'm just not-- 610 00:37:02,512 --> 00:37:04,847 You know like when you're trying to do something, but you lost your keys, 611 00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:07,307 and you're like, "I'm trying to focus, but where are my keys? 612 00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:08,809 -Where are my keys?" -I feel that. 613 00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:10,561 So that is not me. 614 00:37:10,645 --> 00:37:13,063 I always know where my keys are. They're in a bowl by the door. 615 00:37:14,107 --> 00:37:15,107 Okay. 616 00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:19,236 He's a perfectly fine designer, but convinced he's on the fast track. 617 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:20,320 Great. What else? 618 00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:23,031 [Aren] He responds more to '90s hip-hop slang than Uncle Remus. 619 00:37:23,116 --> 00:37:24,700 What about his Want? 620 00:37:24,784 --> 00:37:28,662 I mean, those are all great observations, but we need to find out what he's missing. 621 00:37:29,956 --> 00:37:31,206 Honestly, I'm not sure. 622 00:37:31,291 --> 00:37:34,668 You know, best I could tell is that, for some reason, 623 00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:37,337 his meter jumped when his last project launched. 624 00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:38,922 Is he close to anyone at work? 625 00:37:40,216 --> 00:37:41,633 He has a work wife. 626 00:37:41,718 --> 00:37:43,844 So spend some time with her. 627 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:45,429 Get some intel. 628 00:37:45,513 --> 00:37:46,889 With her? 629 00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:48,682 Yeah-- Yeah, I can do that. 630 00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,485 It's Lizzie, right? 631 00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:01,612 Yeah. 632 00:38:03,031 --> 00:38:05,032 [no audible dialogue] 633 00:38:29,057 --> 00:38:30,682 [Aren] It's really good. 634 00:38:30,767 --> 00:38:32,434 [Lizzie] It's a shambles. It's terrible. 635 00:38:32,519 --> 00:38:35,103 I feel like if I squint, I can totally see the Chrysler Building. 636 00:38:35,188 --> 00:38:36,313 Oh. 637 00:38:36,397 --> 00:38:38,440 It's supposed to be the Empire State Building. 638 00:38:38,525 --> 00:38:40,359 That's what I said, the Empire State Building. 639 00:38:40,443 --> 00:38:42,486 -That's not what you said. -Yes, it is. 640 00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:44,071 -No. -You didn't hear me. 641 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:45,614 -[Lizzie] Wow. -What? 642 00:38:45,698 --> 00:38:47,991 -There. -You added jumpers? 643 00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:49,827 [laughs] No, no. They're like-- 644 00:38:50,954 --> 00:38:52,579 They're Like a couple. 645 00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:54,289 -You know, like in the movies? -Oh. 646 00:38:54,374 --> 00:38:55,707 That's really sweet. 647 00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:57,042 -[Jason] Hey. -[Aren] Hey. 648 00:38:57,126 --> 00:38:58,335 Nice, Chrysler Building. 649 00:38:58,419 --> 00:38:59,753 Hell yeah. 650 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:01,630 [clears throat] Masterson wants you. 651 00:39:01,714 --> 00:39:03,423 Okay. Um, just-- 652 00:39:04,801 --> 00:39:06,301 I'll see you, gents. 653 00:39:06,386 --> 00:39:08,512 -[Aren] All right. -Watch them for me. 654 00:39:08,596 --> 00:39:09,972 You got it. 655 00:39:10,056 --> 00:39:11,598 -Good Luck. -[Lizzie] See you, guys. 656 00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:13,600 Yo, who took my tugboat? 657 00:39:16,145 --> 00:39:17,813 Okay. 658 00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:19,940 Wow. 659 00:39:21,109 --> 00:39:22,276 She's great. 660 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:23,485 Yeah, she's cool. 661 00:39:23,570 --> 00:39:24,820 You kidding? Come on, man. 662 00:39:24,904 --> 00:39:28,824 She's-- She's smart and funny, and she's-- 663 00:39:28,908 --> 00:39:31,159 Have you seen her work? She's a ridiculous designer. 664 00:39:31,244 --> 00:39:32,619 She's like the best designer here. 665 00:39:33,329 --> 00:39:35,330 Yeah, she's definitely the golden child. 666 00:39:35,415 --> 00:39:37,040 [dissonant humming] 667 00:39:38,626 --> 00:39:41,420 You know, they're actually saying that about you too around the office. 668 00:39:41,504 --> 00:39:44,381 I hear that all the time about how amazing of a designer you are. 669 00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:48,093 -Thanks, man. -You guys are completely different. 670 00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:50,637 You actually-- You work really well together. 671 00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:52,139 -You think? -Yeah. 672 00:39:52,223 --> 00:39:54,683 It's like you have such talent, she has such talent. 673 00:39:54,767 --> 00:39:56,518 It's Like a power couple. 674 00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:58,770 Work-wise, you know? 675 00:40:02,275 --> 00:40:05,485 MeetBox is under fire as new complaints emerge 676 00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:09,615 its facial recognition technology fails to identify Black people. 677 00:40:09,699 --> 00:40:12,951 Critics say a lack of diversity on the engineering team 678 00:40:13,036 --> 00:40:14,786 may have contributed to the issue. 679 00:40:14,871 --> 00:40:17,956 And with public pressure growing, MeetBox founder Mick Morton 680 00:40:18,041 --> 00:40:21,084 has promised sweeping internal changes. 681 00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:25,672 -[chattering] -[corporate hip-hop music music playing] 682 00:40:28,384 --> 00:40:30,302 ♪ Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho ♪ 683 00:40:30,929 --> 00:40:33,180 Ahoy. Ahoy. Ahoy. 684 00:40:34,140 --> 00:40:37,559 When I dropped out of Harvard to build MeetBox in my parents' garage, 685 00:40:37,644 --> 00:40:40,896 I remember thinking, "I hope they don't pull the car in." 686 00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:42,522 [laughing] 687 00:40:45,652 --> 00:40:49,780 I also remember thinking Meetbox had to be a platform for everybody. 688 00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:52,240 Now, in the next few days, 689 00:40:52,325 --> 00:40:55,619 you're gonna hear the media claim that we have failed at that. 690 00:40:55,703 --> 00:40:58,080 You're gonna hear outlandish accusations. 691 00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:01,833 "Mick's biased. Mick's a racist. 692 00:41:01,918 --> 00:41:04,294 Mick hates the entire nation of Ghana." 693 00:41:04,379 --> 00:41:08,131 But that's not me. It's not who we are. 694 00:41:08,216 --> 00:41:10,842 We are the same company that, last quarter alone, 695 00:41:10,927 --> 00:41:13,845 partnered with 22 Black-owned vendors. 696 00:41:13,930 --> 00:41:18,100 We are the same company that, during the George Floyd protests, 697 00:41:18,184 --> 00:41:20,352 suspended operations for 12 hours. 698 00:41:21,020 --> 00:41:23,438 We are the same company whose flagship office 699 00:41:23,523 --> 00:41:28,068 has a world cuisine station dedicated to the food of the Caribbean 700 00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:29,653 and occasionally Africa. 701 00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:32,489 It's diverse. It's different. It's yummy. 702 00:41:32,573 --> 00:41:33,949 We like it. 703 00:41:34,033 --> 00:41:35,033 That's who we are. 704 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:42,040 But to make it crystal clear who we are, 705 00:41:42,125 --> 00:41:44,710 I am thrilled to announce that in the next 30 days, 706 00:41:44,794 --> 00:41:47,295 we are relaunching the MeetBox brand. 707 00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:49,047 At a company-wide presentation, 708 00:41:49,132 --> 00:41:52,718 our top design team will pitch a MeetBox makeover. 709 00:41:52,802 --> 00:41:55,887 We're gonna have a new logo, a new slogan 710 00:41:55,972 --> 00:41:59,975 and a new commitment to the exact same values that got us here. 711 00:42:01,227 --> 00:42:02,310 He's incredible. 712 00:42:02,395 --> 00:42:03,770 [cheering] 713 00:42:10,403 --> 00:42:13,113 [Aren] So that's Jason's Want, to be like Mick. 714 00:42:13,197 --> 00:42:14,364 [Roger] Mick's a CEO. 715 00:42:14,449 --> 00:42:17,743 That makes Jason a five-, ten-year client, and those are different. 716 00:42:17,827 --> 00:42:19,619 Less magic, more listening. 717 00:42:19,704 --> 00:42:22,247 Yeah, it's actually fun and weirdly relaxing. 718 00:42:22,331 --> 00:42:24,332 It's Like being a secret agent with none of the danger. 719 00:42:41,851 --> 00:42:45,812 So, uh, I actually had a question for you about Jason's work wife. 720 00:42:45,897 --> 00:42:48,065 Aren, just ask the girl out. 721 00:42:48,149 --> 00:42:50,108 -Can I? -We're not monks, Aren. 722 00:42:50,193 --> 00:42:51,902 You're just scared to ask her. 723 00:42:51,986 --> 00:42:53,403 I'm getting to it, all right? 724 00:42:53,488 --> 00:42:54,488 When? 725 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:58,283 Tomorrow. 726 00:42:58,367 --> 00:43:02,204 [laughs] Okay. 727 00:43:09,837 --> 00:43:11,296 Dude. 728 00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:13,131 -Thank you. -You're welcome. 729 00:43:13,216 --> 00:43:15,008 Seriously, man, it was like an epiphany. 730 00:43:15,093 --> 00:43:16,843 I can't believe I didn't see it before. 731 00:43:16,928 --> 00:43:18,637 I'm sorry. What are we talking about? 732 00:43:18,721 --> 00:43:20,097 Lizzie. 733 00:43:21,057 --> 00:43:22,224 -What? -Don't play dumb, man. 734 00:43:22,308 --> 00:43:24,601 I know what you were doing, going on about her. 735 00:43:25,186 --> 00:43:27,020 You were trying to set us up. 736 00:43:27,105 --> 00:43:29,064 No, no, no. That's not what I was doing. 737 00:43:29,148 --> 00:43:30,649 -l was-- -It's okay. It's cool. 738 00:43:30,733 --> 00:43:34,861 I'm grateful because you got me thinking, "Why haven't we gotten together?" 739 00:43:34,946 --> 00:43:36,279 And then it hit me. 740 00:43:36,364 --> 00:43:37,572 I'm into Lizzie. 741 00:43:40,326 --> 00:43:42,035 Hey, man, you were, um-- 742 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,329 you were pretty focused on being like Mick. 743 00:43:44,914 --> 00:43:46,039 I am. 744 00:43:47,416 --> 00:43:48,625 You want both things? 745 00:43:48,709 --> 00:43:51,086 I do. isn't that cool? 746 00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:52,170 Yeah. 747 00:43:52,255 --> 00:43:55,215 Oh, clarity is dope, man. 748 00:43:55,299 --> 00:43:56,299 Yeah, right. 749 00:43:56,384 --> 00:43:57,384 He wants both things? 750 00:43:57,468 --> 00:43:58,802 Yeah. Can he even do that? 751 00:43:58,886 --> 00:44:02,472 Yes, but a Double Want is not ideal for your first client. 752 00:44:03,099 --> 00:44:05,600 Okay, great. Well, then I'm just gonna focus on work 753 00:44:05,685 --> 00:44:08,395 and let him deal with his love life. 754 00:44:08,479 --> 00:44:11,189 The company's about to do this big rebrand, and so I feel Like-- 755 00:44:11,274 --> 00:44:14,943 No. You're going to concentrate on both things at once. 756 00:44:15,027 --> 00:44:17,237 And, Aren, I hope I don't have to tell you this, 757 00:44:17,321 --> 00:44:21,575 but you cannot have a romantic relationship with Lizzie now. 758 00:44:21,659 --> 00:44:23,410 Is that going to be a problem? 759 00:44:24,328 --> 00:44:28,165 Because if you don't put Jason first, everyone's magic will fail. 760 00:44:28,749 --> 00:44:31,501 I was hoping that was Like a team building thing. 761 00:44:31,586 --> 00:44:33,211 We're all in this together now. 762 00:44:33,296 --> 00:44:35,338 So you have to set up Lizzie and Jason, 763 00:44:35,423 --> 00:44:38,258 and I have to drive around this crotchety old white lady. 764 00:44:47,894 --> 00:44:49,686 Oh. Lizzie texted me. 765 00:44:50,396 --> 00:44:51,396 What should I say? 766 00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:55,150 Let's start with what she said. 767 00:44:55,234 --> 00:44:58,862 Okay. She said, "Can I get that timeline, please?" 768 00:44:58,946 --> 00:45:00,197 What do you think it means? 769 00:45:01,199 --> 00:45:03,491 Hey. You two talking about me? 770 00:45:04,076 --> 00:45:05,535 -Hey. -What's up? Hey. 771 00:45:07,914 --> 00:45:09,664 Oh, my-- Wait, are you? 772 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:12,000 Yeah, actually. 773 00:45:12,084 --> 00:45:15,003 We were wondering if you wanted to get a drink with us after work. 774 00:45:15,087 --> 00:45:16,630 -Yeah. Yeah. -Right? 775 00:45:17,548 --> 00:45:18,882 Oh. 776 00:45:18,966 --> 00:45:20,675 Okay, yeah, that sounds great. 777 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,637 Um, as long as Jason gets me that timeline. 778 00:45:24,889 --> 00:45:26,348 Yeah, it's chill. 779 00:45:26,432 --> 00:45:28,308 Okay, great. Let me know about drinks. 780 00:45:28,392 --> 00:45:29,392 [Aren] All right. 781 00:45:30,353 --> 00:45:31,561 [gasps] 782 00:45:32,521 --> 00:45:34,356 -Thank you. -Yeah. You're welcome. 783 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:35,857 -Geez. -I'll just, uh-- 784 00:45:35,942 --> 00:45:38,777 I'll make up an excuse last minute, and then you guys are ail set. 785 00:45:38,861 --> 00:45:40,862 What? No, no, no. 786 00:45:40,947 --> 00:45:42,530 You-- You're coming. 787 00:45:43,616 --> 00:45:45,116 -Why? -Did you just see me? 788 00:45:45,201 --> 00:45:46,451 "It's chill"? 789 00:45:47,536 --> 00:45:49,371 -Okay. All right. -I've never said "chill." 790 00:45:49,455 --> 00:45:51,706 Okay, fine. I'll come for one drink. All right? 791 00:45:54,210 --> 00:45:55,919 Should I send the timeline? 792 00:45:56,003 --> 00:45:57,003 -Yeah. Send it now. -Send it? 793 00:45:57,088 --> 00:45:58,088 You should probably send it now. 794 00:45:59,632 --> 00:46:01,800 [Aren] So Jason and I worked on it for a week-- 795 00:46:01,884 --> 00:46:04,803 And then Masterson, uh, fell asleep right in front of me. 796 00:46:04,887 --> 00:46:06,471 -Oh, my God. -[Jason chuckles] 797 00:46:07,056 --> 00:46:09,516 That's pretty funny. Your stories are getting better. 798 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,017 -It was good, right? -[Lizzie] Yeah, it's good. 799 00:46:11,102 --> 00:46:13,228 -I'm getting funnier. -[Lizzie] You're making my job easier. 800 00:46:13,312 --> 00:46:14,813 -Maybe. [laughs] -Yeah. 801 00:46:20,403 --> 00:46:22,487 -Should we do another round? One more? -[Aren] Yeah. 802 00:46:22,571 --> 00:46:24,531 -Yeah, let's do it. -Yeah? Okay. 803 00:46:25,116 --> 00:46:26,408 -No. I got it. -You got it? 804 00:46:26,492 --> 00:46:27,993 -Yeah, no worries. -Thank you. 805 00:46:28,703 --> 00:46:30,161 [Jason] Oh, did I tell you.. . 806 00:46:30,246 --> 00:46:31,621 [anchor] In other news, 807 00:46:31,706 --> 00:46:33,873 the fallout from MeetBox's facial recognition scandal continues. 808 00:46:33,958 --> 00:46:35,375 Can I get another one? 809 00:46:35,459 --> 00:46:38,003 The technology required to access the platform 810 00:46:38,087 --> 00:46:42,757 has prevented the entire nation of Ghana from logging on for several days. 811 00:46:42,842 --> 00:46:46,720 Well, on the one hand, it's been great for my productivity at work, 812 00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:49,014 but on the other hand, it was quite racist. 813 00:46:49,098 --> 00:46:51,266 [anchor] The growing outcry made its way to social media 814 00:46:51,350 --> 00:46:53,768 where the hashtag "GhanaGate" has been trending on... 815 00:46:53,853 --> 00:46:56,938 I'm so sick of this, this whole facial recognition thing. 816 00:46:57,023 --> 00:46:59,941 God, I know. It was a mistake. 817 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:03,236 Oh, no. I meant, like, I'm just so sick of thinking about 818 00:47:03,321 --> 00:47:07,365 how we all work for these people who are responsible. 819 00:47:07,950 --> 00:47:11,411 So, what? So everybody who was on that team is a bad person? 820 00:47:11,495 --> 00:47:13,246 -I didn't say that. -[dissonant humming] 821 00:47:13,331 --> 00:47:15,415 Wait, did you-- Was that your last project? 822 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:17,500 Uh, yeah. Yeah. 823 00:47:20,379 --> 00:47:21,963 And we were doing our best, you know? 824 00:47:22,048 --> 00:47:24,966 I-- I'm sorry. I forgot that you were on that. 825 00:47:25,051 --> 00:47:26,301 No, it's-- 826 00:47:26,385 --> 00:47:28,511 -I don't care. -I was just blowing off steam about-- 827 00:47:28,596 --> 00:47:32,307 People are really sensitive right now, you know, it's a hot-button issue. 828 00:47:32,391 --> 00:47:33,892 That's what I was commenting on. 829 00:47:33,976 --> 00:47:35,518 -Right. -You're not a bad person. 830 00:47:35,603 --> 00:47:38,063 -Not at all. -Right. Right. Yeah, no. 831 00:47:38,147 --> 00:47:40,148 -Sorry. -[Jason] No, it's fine. It's fine. 832 00:47:40,900 --> 00:47:42,233 But, yeah, thank you. 833 00:47:42,318 --> 00:47:43,610 You're good. 834 00:47:43,694 --> 00:47:49,449 And look, I mean, would it have helped to have people of color on the team? 835 00:47:49,533 --> 00:47:50,950 Maybe. Yeah. 836 00:47:52,745 --> 00:47:55,872 But it was a really competitive project, and no people like you made it, 837 00:47:55,956 --> 00:47:58,249 so I don't know what they want me to do. 838 00:48:03,464 --> 00:48:05,548 I think, uh, you shouldn't beat yourself up over it. 839 00:48:05,633 --> 00:48:07,509 -Yeah. Exactly. -That's the main thing. 840 00:48:08,469 --> 00:48:09,469 Yeah. 841 00:48:10,388 --> 00:48:12,597 Right. And I'm not. 842 00:48:12,681 --> 00:48:15,266 Like, I thought about it for a few minutes. 843 00:48:15,351 --> 00:48:16,726 I'm moving on. 844 00:48:16,811 --> 00:48:20,230 'Cause you cannot slow down and listen to the haters and-- 845 00:48:21,107 --> 00:48:25,110 [sighs] 846 00:48:25,194 --> 00:48:26,194 Shit. 847 00:48:28,447 --> 00:48:29,447 What? 848 00:48:29,532 --> 00:48:31,032 No, I should've said something. 849 00:48:31,117 --> 00:48:32,117 You did. 850 00:48:32,201 --> 00:48:35,078 You said exactly what I was thinking about the whole scandal. 851 00:48:35,162 --> 00:48:39,958 Yeah, and then Jason got ail guilty, and I just, like, completely bailed. 852 00:48:40,835 --> 00:48:42,001 I'm so stupid. 853 00:48:42,086 --> 00:48:43,920 No, don't. It's-- It's-- 854 00:48:44,004 --> 00:48:46,214 You were trying to make him feel better, you know? 855 00:48:46,298 --> 00:48:47,715 We both were. 856 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:51,136 Yeah, well, now I feel worse. I mean, don't you? 857 00:48:51,804 --> 00:48:54,347 It's okay to pick your battles. 858 00:48:54,890 --> 00:48:57,016 That's the thing. I feel like I'm not really picking. 859 00:48:57,101 --> 00:49:00,228 Kind of just-- It feels like this reflex. 860 00:49:01,772 --> 00:49:03,398 Okay, that doesn't make sense. 861 00:49:03,482 --> 00:49:05,900 No, actually, that makes perfect sense. It's like when-- 862 00:49:06,902 --> 00:49:10,572 when someone sneezes, how you say "bless you" without even thinking. 863 00:49:10,656 --> 00:49:12,991 Only then you look up afterwards, and you're like, 864 00:49:13,075 --> 00:49:15,201 "What did I-- What did I just bless?" 865 00:49:15,286 --> 00:49:16,286 Yeah. 866 00:49:16,370 --> 00:49:17,662 -Right? -Yeah. 867 00:49:19,582 --> 00:49:22,917 I don't know. It's one thing to not stand up for myself, 868 00:49:23,002 --> 00:49:28,047 but then when I look over and I see that you're uncomfortable too, 869 00:49:28,132 --> 00:49:29,466 it's just-- 870 00:49:30,509 --> 00:49:31,926 [smacks lips] 871 00:49:32,011 --> 00:49:33,636 I should have said something. 872 00:49:37,433 --> 00:49:41,394 Thank you for saying that. That's-- That's really-- 873 00:49:43,147 --> 00:49:44,314 That's really nice. 874 00:49:44,398 --> 00:49:46,816 I don't have a lot of people that stick up for me, so. . . 875 00:49:50,154 --> 00:49:52,906 Well, I didn't stick up for you. I just thought about it. 876 00:49:54,408 --> 00:49:55,408 [chuckles] 877 00:50:00,831 --> 00:50:02,040 Lizzie pulled me aside this morning, 878 00:50:02,124 --> 00:50:05,126 and was rehashing our conversation at the bar, 879 00:50:05,211 --> 00:50:07,086 and apparently, I upset her? 880 00:50:07,171 --> 00:50:08,838 -Wait, what? -I know. 881 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,633 But you weren't upset, right? 882 00:50:12,218 --> 00:50:14,177 -No, no. -Good. 883 00:50:16,096 --> 00:50:17,639 -Wow. -Right? 884 00:50:17,723 --> 00:50:20,350 'Cause I obviously care very deeply about this stuff, 885 00:50:20,434 --> 00:50:23,186 and I take it really seriously, 886 00:50:23,270 --> 00:50:26,481 but, honestly, I didn't even know she was, like, ethnic at first. 887 00:50:26,565 --> 00:50:29,484 So, like, don't come at me when you're-- 888 00:50:30,152 --> 00:50:31,319 you're me. 889 00:50:32,238 --> 00:50:33,238 You know? 890 00:50:35,991 --> 00:50:36,991 You gonna serve? 891 00:50:37,701 --> 00:50:39,035 Uh, yeah. Sorry. 892 00:50:39,119 --> 00:50:40,119 [clears throat] 893 00:50:40,955 --> 00:50:42,330 Um, 894 00:50:42,414 --> 00:50:44,290 -are you and Lizzie good though? -Oh, yeah. 895 00:50:44,375 --> 00:50:46,334 She was basically flirting with me by the end of it. 896 00:50:47,253 --> 00:50:48,545 -Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 897 00:50:48,629 --> 00:50:51,047 She does this thing where she, Like, touches my arm and-- 898 00:50:53,384 --> 00:50:54,384 -Easy. -Sorry. 899 00:50:55,052 --> 00:50:57,387 It's, uh-- You got any more balls for-- 900 00:50:57,471 --> 00:50:58,596 -Yeah, I got one. -Okay. 901 00:50:58,681 --> 00:51:01,599 [recruiter] Our society began as an informal commitment 902 00:51:01,684 --> 00:51:07,647 amongst Monticello slaves to help each other avoid harsh punishment. 903 00:51:07,731 --> 00:51:10,942 Now that I can see white discomfort everywhere, 904 00:51:11,026 --> 00:51:15,280 I'm starting to realize all of this stuff that it does to me. 905 00:51:15,864 --> 00:51:18,157 Like, I apologize all the time. 906 00:51:18,242 --> 00:51:19,450 You really should hear this. 907 00:51:19,535 --> 00:51:20,535 Oh, sorry. 908 00:51:21,078 --> 00:51:22,078 See? 909 00:51:23,289 --> 00:51:28,710 And you were so right about how I've been aware of this my whole life. 910 00:51:28,794 --> 00:51:32,463 Like, I was never really able to explain my sculpture before, 911 00:51:32,548 --> 00:51:36,259 but I think it's about-- Roger? 912 00:51:36,343 --> 00:51:37,427 [exhales] 913 00:51:37,511 --> 00:51:38,511 [Aren] R-Roger? 914 00:51:40,389 --> 00:51:41,681 Am I making sense? 915 00:51:41,765 --> 00:51:44,434 You haven't been making sense for quite some time. 916 00:51:46,270 --> 00:51:47,270 Sorry. 917 00:51:51,317 --> 00:51:58,031 Lizzie, your-- your work on the logo has been just-- just great. 918 00:51:58,115 --> 00:52:00,450 Aw. I mean, it was a team effort. I-- 919 00:52:00,534 --> 00:52:03,703 Well, I know that you did ail the heavy lifting, so.. . 920 00:52:05,122 --> 00:52:06,289 -I do. -Thank you. 921 00:52:06,373 --> 00:52:07,582 Yeah. 922 00:52:07,666 --> 00:52:08,708 Aw. 923 00:52:08,792 --> 00:52:10,793 I just want you to know how great you are. 924 00:52:12,463 --> 00:52:14,714 -Thank you. Thank you. -Yeah. It's just, um-- 925 00:52:15,924 --> 00:52:19,761 Our team is gonna be pitching the logo to Mick himself, 926 00:52:19,845 --> 00:52:21,596 and I'm gonna ask-- 927 00:52:22,765 --> 00:52:24,307 I'm gonna ask Jason to do it. 928 00:52:25,684 --> 00:52:29,437 But it's-- I'm sorry. That's my design though. 929 00:52:29,521 --> 00:52:30,521 No-- I know. 930 00:52:30,606 --> 00:52:33,983 Jason's just better in a room, and-- He's great in a room. 931 00:52:34,068 --> 00:52:36,110 -Is he? -He's so charismatic and-- 932 00:52:36,195 --> 00:52:39,947 -He's loud and he's-- -Well, it's a loud company, Lizzie. 933 00:52:41,450 --> 00:52:42,825 Sorry. I just feel like I've been-- 934 00:52:42,910 --> 00:52:45,787 I've been asking you for something like this for a long time, 935 00:52:45,871 --> 00:52:49,207 and we-- we talked about this in my review. 936 00:52:49,291 --> 00:52:51,376 This particular design means a lot to me-- 937 00:52:51,460 --> 00:52:53,920 Okay, well, I'm up for Rear Admiral this year. 938 00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:56,547 No, Lizzie, Rear Admiral. 939 00:52:56,632 --> 00:52:57,632 Okay, yeah. 940 00:52:57,716 --> 00:53:00,051 We should just really support each other right now. 941 00:53:01,220 --> 00:53:02,679 -Yeah. -l heard about that. 942 00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:04,180 That's great. 943 00:53:04,973 --> 00:53:06,557 It's a big presentation, 944 00:53:06,642 --> 00:53:09,227 and Jason's just a better fit for this audience. 945 00:53:14,108 --> 00:53:16,401 -You'll be fine. -No, that's okay. Um-- 946 00:53:22,533 --> 00:53:23,741 [phone chiming] 947 00:53:25,494 --> 00:53:28,913 Oh, uh, Masterson's calling me in. I'll meet you and Lizzie at the bar. 948 00:53:28,997 --> 00:53:29,997 All right. 949 00:53:40,968 --> 00:53:41,968 Hey. 950 00:53:42,052 --> 00:53:44,470 I'm sorry, I-- I have to head home. 951 00:53:45,556 --> 00:53:47,432 -What's wrong? -Nothing's wrong. It's just-- 952 00:53:47,516 --> 00:53:49,016 -Are you okay? -Yeah. 953 00:53:49,101 --> 00:53:50,309 -[Aren] Oh. -Shit. Um-- 954 00:53:57,025 --> 00:53:58,025 Thank you. 955 00:54:01,071 --> 00:54:04,031 Look, um, we don't have to go to the bar. 956 00:54:04,116 --> 00:54:06,743 We can just walk in that direction and talk. 957 00:54:09,121 --> 00:54:12,957 Sorry, I'm just-- I'm not super fun right now. 958 00:54:13,041 --> 00:54:14,375 It's okay. 959 00:54:14,460 --> 00:54:15,793 No, I'm really, uh-- 960 00:54:15,878 --> 00:54:17,170 I'm no fun. 961 00:54:18,714 --> 00:54:22,675 I think, uh, this is fun enough for the both of us. 962 00:54:23,969 --> 00:54:26,971 -Oh, my God. -Is this a ring that says "so swag"? 963 00:54:27,055 --> 00:54:28,181 You love that-- 964 00:54:28,265 --> 00:54:30,641 -It's very fun. -That was a gag gift. So. . . 965 00:54:30,726 --> 00:54:31,726 It's almost too fun. 966 00:54:33,395 --> 00:54:34,771 -"So swag." -Okay. 967 00:54:35,314 --> 00:54:36,314 Um.. . 968 00:54:37,107 --> 00:54:39,984 A short, unfun walk. 969 00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:42,320 All right. 970 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:44,405 Completely joyless. 971 00:54:45,491 --> 00:54:48,951 It's my job to support Jason, in more ways than you can imagine, 972 00:54:49,036 --> 00:54:52,079 but, I mean, I don't know, I think I'm a good designer also. 973 00:54:52,164 --> 00:54:54,290 -You're the best of us. -I mean, I don't-- 974 00:54:54,374 --> 00:54:56,417 -I don't know if I'm the best, but-- -No, you are. 975 00:54:56,502 --> 00:54:58,836 I went to RISD with some great designers. You're killing it. 976 00:54:58,921 --> 00:54:59,921 -Thank you. -I mean that. 977 00:55:00,005 --> 00:55:02,715 That means a lot. Thank you. I-- 978 00:55:03,342 --> 00:55:08,137 Like, if I'm being honest, like, I kind of-- I kind of think that too. 979 00:55:08,722 --> 00:55:10,890 And that's, like, this whole thing for me. 980 00:55:10,974 --> 00:55:14,685 Like, it's taken me years to just be able to say, like, 981 00:55:14,770 --> 00:55:19,607 you know, I think-- like, I, as a person, do not suck fundamentally. 982 00:55:19,691 --> 00:55:20,691 And it's-- 983 00:55:22,277 --> 00:55:24,445 This place is supposed to be a meritocracy. 984 00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:27,740 So, Mick? Like, Mick is a free market psychopath. 985 00:55:27,825 --> 00:55:30,409 If there was a way to promote with blood sport, 986 00:55:30,494 --> 00:55:33,204 oh, my God, he'd be throwing us in the pit, Like, left and right. 987 00:55:33,288 --> 00:55:35,414 -[laughs] -And I'm just saying, put me in the pit. 988 00:55:35,499 --> 00:55:37,834 -Like, I'm there. I'm committed. -Yeah. Okay-- 989 00:55:37,918 --> 00:55:38,918 I'm-- I'm good. 990 00:55:39,002 --> 00:55:42,964 Can I just say, you're kind of a badass right now. 991 00:55:43,590 --> 00:55:47,343 I mean, at all times, but specifically right now because I feel like-- 992 00:55:47,427 --> 00:55:50,513 I keep thinking this, because, with me, when I lose an opportunity, I'm like, 993 00:55:50,597 --> 00:55:53,516 "Yeah, that's right. That makes sense and goodbye, and thank you so much." 994 00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:56,185 -You're-- Right now, you're like this-- -Wait. 995 00:55:57,688 --> 00:55:58,855 I don't have the word for it. 996 00:55:58,939 --> 00:56:01,107 -That's how much I don't have it. -But you went to RISD. 997 00:56:01,191 --> 00:56:03,401 -That's different though. -No, it's not at all. 998 00:56:03,485 --> 00:56:05,278 That's Like the Harvard of finger painting. 999 00:56:05,362 --> 00:56:07,113 That's how they sell it. It's on all the pamphlets. 1000 00:56:07,197 --> 00:56:08,614 Exactly. I mean, it's-- 1001 00:56:09,283 --> 00:56:11,367 You know, it's amazing to even get in there. 1002 00:56:12,411 --> 00:56:13,536 What did you study? 1003 00:56:13,620 --> 00:56:14,620 Sculpture. 1004 00:56:15,372 --> 00:56:16,622 -You did? -Mm-hmm. 1005 00:56:17,499 --> 00:56:18,666 You still do it? 1006 00:56:19,418 --> 00:56:22,253 No. Not really, um, anymore. 1007 00:56:22,337 --> 00:56:25,423 I, uh-- I used to love it, 1008 00:56:25,507 --> 00:56:27,466 but it's sort of similar to what you were saying. 1009 00:56:27,551 --> 00:56:28,551 What? 1010 00:56:28,635 --> 00:56:32,597 I couldn't decide if I was, like, really good and other people didn't get me, 1011 00:56:32,681 --> 00:56:37,435 or if I was a lunatic making yarn sculptures. 1012 00:56:38,395 --> 00:56:39,520 Yarn sculptures? 1013 00:56:40,147 --> 00:56:42,148 -I know, I know-- -Sculptures with yarn? 1014 00:56:43,191 --> 00:56:44,317 Yeah. 1015 00:56:44,401 --> 00:56:45,610 Do you have pictures? 1016 00:56:46,737 --> 00:56:48,154 -I do. -Yeah? 1017 00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:50,281 Um.. . 1018 00:56:53,368 --> 00:56:55,536 -They don't really work in 2D. .. -Oh, my God. 1019 00:56:55,621 --> 00:56:58,331 -. . .and they're too small on this screen. -Are you sure? 1020 00:56:58,415 --> 00:57:00,499 -Let me see. [Laughs] -So-- Come on! 1021 00:57:01,919 --> 00:57:03,377 [groans] 1022 00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:16,098 -This looks so cool. -Yeah, 1023 00:57:16,183 --> 00:57:18,935 you don't really get the feeling that you get in person. 1024 00:57:20,812 --> 00:57:24,899 Okay, so if it was, like, right in front of me, what would I be feeling? 1025 00:57:28,695 --> 00:57:29,695 Calm. 1026 00:57:31,448 --> 00:57:32,448 Quiet. 1027 00:57:34,242 --> 00:57:36,827 Kind of like how I imagine meditating is supposed to feel, 1028 00:57:36,912 --> 00:57:38,329 but you can never actually pull off. 1029 00:57:38,413 --> 00:57:41,123 Okay. So it's-- it's, like, relaxing? 1030 00:57:41,208 --> 00:57:42,917 I'm doing a terrible job of this. 1031 00:57:43,001 --> 00:57:45,002 -Why are you making me do this? -No, you're not. 1032 00:57:45,087 --> 00:57:46,295 -You're not. -[chuckles] 1033 00:57:48,674 --> 00:57:49,882 Yeah, um-- 1034 00:57:51,301 --> 00:57:54,929 I think my pieces are about.. . comfort. 1035 00:57:56,515 --> 00:57:57,515 Mm-hmm. 1036 00:57:57,599 --> 00:58:02,144 Not like, "My shoes are comfortable," but deep social ease. 1037 00:58:04,314 --> 00:58:06,732 Like, I saw this Wall Street bro get mugged one time. 1038 00:58:07,734 --> 00:58:08,901 Uh, okay. 1039 00:58:08,986 --> 00:58:12,405 -It's an example-- Deep social ease. Uh-- -Okay. Okay. 1040 00:58:13,198 --> 00:58:18,202 But when this guy got mugged, he was so surprised. 1041 00:58:19,746 --> 00:58:22,456 Yeah. I mean, isn't that kind of essential to a mugging? 1042 00:58:22,541 --> 00:58:24,333 But, no, it was the way he was surprised. 1043 00:58:24,418 --> 00:58:27,294 It was-- Like, right before the mugging, 1044 00:58:27,379 --> 00:58:29,880 he was so sure that the world wasn't gonna come for him 1045 00:58:30,841 --> 00:58:34,427 that it took him a super long time to realize that he was getting mugged. 1046 00:58:34,511 --> 00:58:36,971 I swear to God that for a split second, 1047 00:58:37,055 --> 00:58:38,973 he thought the knife was a present for him. 1048 00:58:39,057 --> 00:58:40,433 [chuckles] 1049 00:58:40,517 --> 00:58:41,600 Like, in his mind, 1050 00:58:41,685 --> 00:58:46,355 it was more likely that a stranger would give him a random gift.. . 1051 00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:47,606 Mm-hmm. 1052 00:58:47,691 --> 00:58:50,735 .. .than that they would try to hurt him. 1053 00:58:50,819 --> 00:58:52,111 Totally. Yeah. 1054 00:58:53,780 --> 00:58:57,116 And I-- I wanna know what that would feel like, 1055 00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:59,827 to have that expectation of the world.. . 1056 00:59:01,830 --> 00:59:02,913 just for a second. 1057 00:59:05,459 --> 00:59:10,004 Like I'm floating in saltwater, 1058 00:59:10,881 --> 00:59:13,299 and I can just relax. 1059 00:59:19,014 --> 00:59:20,806 Well, what makes you feel like that? 1060 00:59:25,896 --> 00:59:27,396 Peruvian wool. 1061 00:59:27,898 --> 00:59:28,939 [snorts] 1062 00:59:31,234 --> 00:59:35,237 And. .. when people are talking to me. 1063 00:59:36,573 --> 00:59:39,700 Like, me specifically. 1064 00:59:39,785 --> 00:59:44,205 Not an idea of me, but the person that I actually am. 1065 00:59:47,667 --> 00:59:49,293 And when does that happen? 1066 00:59:52,881 --> 00:59:54,298 Is it weird to say now? 1067 01:00:01,598 --> 01:00:03,224 [phone ringing] 1068 01:00:09,147 --> 01:00:10,147 Sorry. 1069 01:00:11,650 --> 01:00:13,150 -Hey. -[Jason] You sitting down? 1070 01:00:13,235 --> 01:00:14,235 I was. 1071 01:00:14,319 --> 01:00:18,489 Dude, I get to pitch Mick in front of the entire company, everyone. 1072 01:00:18,573 --> 01:00:19,990 That's awesome, man. 1073 01:00:20,075 --> 01:00:22,576 Like, I knew it was coming, and this is it. It's here, 1074 01:00:22,661 --> 01:00:25,538 and I'm bringing you along with me, and I just emailed you a temp. 1075 01:00:25,622 --> 01:00:28,415 So, you think you can, like, work your magic like you did last time? 1076 01:00:29,209 --> 01:00:31,544 -Yeah. You got it. No problem. -Thanks, man. 1077 01:00:33,004 --> 01:00:34,338 [exhales] 1078 01:00:36,842 --> 01:00:39,051 Sorry. I gotta go back to work. 1079 01:00:41,304 --> 01:00:45,141 That's okay. I should actually-- I should go. 1080 01:00:48,270 --> 01:00:49,478 Thanks for the walk. 1081 01:00:51,106 --> 01:00:52,106 Yeah, anytime. 1082 01:00:52,190 --> 01:00:53,607 -I'll see you. -See you. 1083 01:01:00,198 --> 01:01:02,700 [bell tolling in distance] 1084 01:01:04,786 --> 01:01:06,871 [tolling continues] 1085 01:01:06,955 --> 01:01:10,416 A farm subsidy's not welfare because farmers aren't lazy. 1086 01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:12,126 You know? 1087 01:01:12,210 --> 01:01:14,461 And he looks at me like.. . [scoffs] And I'm like, "Yeah?" 1088 01:01:14,546 --> 01:01:15,629 And we were both like.. . [scoffs] 1089 01:01:15,714 --> 01:01:18,090 And then we just got up, and I don't know what happened after that. 1090 01:01:18,175 --> 01:01:20,092 -[bell tolling] -[clocks chiming] 1091 01:01:21,970 --> 01:01:25,598 And that's why you have nothing to be embarrassed about. 1092 01:01:26,766 --> 01:01:34,899 [magic powers down] 1093 01:01:37,485 --> 01:01:39,945 [bell tolling] 1094 01:02:09,392 --> 01:02:10,226 [exhales] 1095 01:02:11,269 --> 01:02:15,022 Normally, I would be floating above you, godlike, 1096 01:02:15,106 --> 01:02:19,735 with magic powered by a hundred Negroes working as one. 1097 01:02:19,819 --> 01:02:24,365 But today, Kyle here had to get an actual chair for me. 1098 01:02:24,449 --> 01:02:27,910 Why? Because someone here defied the Society. 1099 01:02:27,994 --> 01:02:33,207 Our powers shut down because someone here made it about himself. 1100 01:02:33,291 --> 01:02:34,291 Who was it? 1101 01:02:34,376 --> 01:02:35,876 [murmuring] 1102 01:02:35,961 --> 01:02:42,883 Brutus and Kyle have had to carry this thing around like common laborers. 1103 01:02:43,468 --> 01:02:46,387 Brutus went to Dartmouth. 1104 01:02:46,471 --> 01:02:48,472 He doesn't need this shit. 1105 01:02:48,556 --> 01:02:50,140 And Kyle went to-- 1106 01:02:51,601 --> 01:02:53,769 Kyle, baby, where'd you go again? 1107 01:02:54,562 --> 01:02:55,562 Cornell, ma'am. 1108 01:02:56,439 --> 01:03:00,150 Still technically Ivy. 1109 01:03:00,235 --> 01:03:02,444 Who did it? 1110 01:03:04,781 --> 01:03:05,781 Tonya. 1111 01:03:06,866 --> 01:03:08,158 Tell us of your crimes. 1112 01:03:08,827 --> 01:03:09,910 [exhales] 1113 01:03:09,995 --> 01:03:12,538 I told my client about himself. 1114 01:03:14,249 --> 01:03:15,291 Not much. 1115 01:03:15,375 --> 01:03:16,375 I was just like, 1116 01:03:16,459 --> 01:03:21,463 "Hey, you may want to revisit that foundational paper in our field." 1117 01:03:22,048 --> 01:03:23,048 Is that all? 1118 01:03:24,050 --> 01:03:25,509 And I may have sworn at him a little. 1119 01:03:26,928 --> 01:03:30,306 He's never read it. He cites it, but he's never read it. 1120 01:03:30,390 --> 01:03:31,390 [Dede] I've heard enough! 1121 01:03:32,100 --> 01:03:36,979 I hereby ban you from the American Society of Magical Negroes. 1122 01:03:37,063 --> 01:03:39,398 You will receive a mind-erasing spell 1123 01:03:39,482 --> 01:03:42,443 that will take away any and ail recollection of your time here. 1124 01:03:43,528 --> 01:03:48,490 And then, Tonya, you will receive the most severe sentence. 1125 01:03:49,117 --> 01:03:52,286 You will be forced to live in America.. . 1126 01:03:52,370 --> 01:03:53,537 -No. -. ..as a. .. 1127 01:03:54,956 --> 01:03:57,291 regular Black person. 1128 01:03:57,375 --> 01:03:59,293 [crowd gasps, murmurs] 1129 01:04:01,171 --> 01:04:03,672 We're working to get our powers up as soon as possible. 1130 01:04:03,757 --> 01:04:05,257 Normally, Tonya would have helped with that. 1131 01:04:05,842 --> 01:04:06,842 What a waste. 1132 01:04:07,969 --> 01:04:09,136 To Tonya. 1133 01:04:09,971 --> 01:04:11,305 She is-- 1134 01:04:12,349 --> 01:04:15,351 was the smartest of us. 1135 01:04:16,811 --> 01:04:18,187 She's not dead though, right? 1136 01:04:18,271 --> 01:04:19,271 Probably not. 1137 01:04:19,356 --> 01:04:21,940 But without our standard-issue charm against hate crimes, 1138 01:04:22,025 --> 01:04:23,275 the worst could have happened. 1139 01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:27,154 Like she stepped out of our door and walked straight into a Nazi. 1140 01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:36,538 I didn't mean to put you off like that. 1141 01:04:36,623 --> 01:04:38,082 No. No, it's-- it's okay. 1142 01:04:38,166 --> 01:04:40,084 I don't recruit. 1143 01:04:40,168 --> 01:04:43,003 Usually, I don't work with the new members like that. 1144 01:04:44,255 --> 01:04:45,339 Really? 1145 01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:47,716 Dede says I'm too stern. 1146 01:04:48,593 --> 01:04:49,760 What? 1147 01:04:49,844 --> 01:04:52,554 [chuckles] That's what I said. I'm likable. 1148 01:04:54,265 --> 01:04:55,682 So, uh, why me? 1149 01:04:56,768 --> 01:04:58,310 I'll give you a compliment. 1150 01:04:59,020 --> 01:05:01,063 Watching you walk through a room full of white people 1151 01:05:01,147 --> 01:05:02,940 is the most painful thing I've ever seen. 1152 01:05:03,024 --> 01:05:04,900 Mmm. Thank you. 1153 01:05:05,568 --> 01:05:07,569 I called Dede right away and said, 1154 01:05:07,654 --> 01:05:10,364 "I'm going to work with this young man myself." 1155 01:05:12,367 --> 01:05:13,492 You know, I-- 1156 01:05:14,244 --> 01:05:18,455 I just realized that I never actually, uh, thanked you for helping me out that night. 1157 01:05:18,540 --> 01:05:19,873 You don't have to thank me. 1158 01:05:22,335 --> 01:05:23,335 Still. 1159 01:05:24,963 --> 01:05:27,172 You can thank me by doing a good job. 1160 01:05:32,762 --> 01:05:33,762 Okay. 1161 01:05:38,393 --> 01:05:40,018 -[Lizzie] Hey. -Hi. 1162 01:05:41,813 --> 01:05:43,272 ls everything okay? 1163 01:05:43,940 --> 01:05:44,773 Yeah. 1164 01:05:44,858 --> 01:05:47,985 I mean, I was not okay last night, and you were really sweet about it. 1165 01:05:48,736 --> 01:05:50,237 So it's your turn. 1166 01:05:51,364 --> 01:05:52,781 -Yeah, I'm good. -Okay. 1167 01:06:02,083 --> 01:06:03,083 [sighs] 1168 01:06:04,794 --> 01:06:06,503 [Jason] I can't believe you haven't played this before. 1169 01:06:06,588 --> 01:06:08,338 -Yeah, I know. It's fun. -[game zapping] 1170 01:06:08,423 --> 01:06:10,340 -[game zaps, sizzling] -Oh, my God. Wow. 1171 01:06:10,425 --> 01:06:13,177 I know, right? Look. He's, like, all burned up. 1172 01:06:14,095 --> 01:06:16,346 -You can, like, pick up his lung. -Okay, yeah. Let's-- 1173 01:06:16,431 --> 01:06:20,767 Hey, I actually, um-- I actually had a suggestion on the Lizzie front. 1174 01:06:20,852 --> 01:06:22,186 Yeah, shoot. 1175 01:06:22,270 --> 01:06:25,689 I was thinking that you could ask Lizzie to present with you. 1176 01:06:27,108 --> 01:06:30,652 Why? I mean, I do the talking, you run the deck. What else do we need? 1177 01:06:30,737 --> 01:06:33,614 Well, Lizzie's a great designer, and, you know, it's a nice gesture, 1178 01:06:33,698 --> 01:06:35,449 especially for someone that you're into. 1179 01:06:35,533 --> 01:06:36,992 [Jason] Yeah, but it's not fair. 1180 01:06:37,076 --> 01:06:40,871 No. You'd still have plenty of face time with Mick. 1181 01:06:40,955 --> 01:06:42,998 No, I mean, it's not fair to Lizzie. 1182 01:06:43,082 --> 01:06:44,917 What? I-- I don't follow. 1183 01:06:45,001 --> 01:06:48,045 Well, I mean, if you give somebody a break, and they haven't earned it, 1184 01:06:48,129 --> 01:06:50,297 you're just setting them up to fail down the line. 1185 01:06:50,381 --> 01:06:51,632 So it's not fair to them. 1186 01:06:52,258 --> 01:06:54,343 So, you don't think Lizzie's earned it? 1187 01:06:55,678 --> 01:06:58,805 Well, I mean, Masterson did come to me, so. .. 1188 01:06:58,890 --> 01:07:01,350 Well, yeah, true, but it could have been either of you. 1189 01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:03,685 -Could it? -Yeah. 1190 01:07:04,395 --> 01:07:06,104 Well, I can only speak for me, and I got it. 1191 01:07:06,189 --> 01:07:07,856 So I must have put in the right amount of work. 1192 01:07:07,941 --> 01:07:10,901 But what if Lizzie put in the exact same amount of work? 1193 01:07:11,402 --> 01:07:12,486 But she didn't get it. 1194 01:07:12,570 --> 01:07:15,072 So, the fact that you have it is proof that you deserve it? 1195 01:07:15,156 --> 01:07:18,825 Kinda. Pick up that rapier there and just stab them in the nose. 1196 01:07:19,661 --> 01:07:23,080 I mean, sure, there's Luck and talent and stuff, 1197 01:07:23,164 --> 01:07:25,874 but I feel like mostly, people get what they work for, 1198 01:07:26,459 --> 01:07:27,584 and I got it. Lizzie didn't. 1199 01:07:27,669 --> 01:07:31,296 But don't other things contribute to your success? 1200 01:07:31,881 --> 01:07:32,923 Like what? 1201 01:07:33,007 --> 01:07:34,633 Like, if people treat you 1202 01:07:34,717 --> 01:07:36,969 like you're gonna be successful your whole life, 1203 01:07:37,053 --> 01:07:39,763 don't you think that makes it easier to succeed? 1204 01:07:39,847 --> 01:07:42,015 -Like me specifically? -Sure. 1205 01:07:42,100 --> 01:07:45,185 Well, I was gonna succeed, so they would have been right. 1206 01:07:45,853 --> 01:07:48,438 But what if they treated you like you weren't gonna succeed? 1207 01:07:48,523 --> 01:07:50,023 Well, why would they? I was. 1208 01:07:50,108 --> 01:07:51,858 It's a hypothetical, Jason. 1209 01:07:51,943 --> 01:07:53,986 I would have been like, "Back off, haters." 1210 01:07:54,070 --> 01:07:55,696 Okay, but that's a really confident attitude, 1211 01:07:55,780 --> 01:07:57,614 and if you're being undermined your whole life-- 1212 01:07:57,699 --> 01:08:00,993 Well, I'm confident, so I wouldn't let them undermine me. 1213 01:08:01,077 --> 01:08:04,037 But I'm saying, like, what if your confidence isn't actually yours, 1214 01:08:04,122 --> 01:08:05,998 it's just something that you learned how to do 1215 01:08:06,082 --> 01:08:08,792 in response to how people have treated you? 1216 01:08:08,876 --> 01:08:12,045 Like, for me, and I'm not actually sure how this happened, 1217 01:08:12,130 --> 01:08:13,297 but I feel like at some point, 1218 01:08:13,381 --> 01:08:16,842 -I got taught that other people have-- -Dude, pump the brakes, man. 1219 01:08:16,926 --> 01:08:19,011 -My bad. I'm not-- -No, pump the brakes on the Humvee. 1220 01:08:19,095 --> 01:08:21,179 -Sorry. -Slow, slow, slow. Nice. Nice! 1221 01:08:21,681 --> 01:08:23,849 Whoo, I thought we were gonna overshoot it. Nice. 1222 01:08:24,434 --> 01:08:26,143 [exhales] What were you saying? 1223 01:08:27,854 --> 01:08:28,937 Uh. .. 1224 01:08:29,022 --> 01:08:30,022 Um.. . 1225 01:08:32,400 --> 01:08:33,400 Nothing. 1226 01:08:33,484 --> 01:08:35,027 -Holy shit. You almost died. -Yeah. 1227 01:08:35,111 --> 01:08:37,696 [downtempo music playing on speakers] 1228 01:08:37,780 --> 01:08:39,197 [chattering] 1229 01:08:50,418 --> 01:08:52,085 [no audible dialogue] 1230 01:08:58,343 --> 01:09:01,094 Were you looking for anything specific? 1231 01:09:01,179 --> 01:09:04,264 Just inspiration. [chuckles] 1232 01:09:04,974 --> 01:09:06,350 -Yeah? -Tough client. 1233 01:09:06,434 --> 01:09:10,479 Well, anytime Oscar here senses a really extreme reaction 1234 01:09:10,563 --> 01:09:12,648 from one of the clients, good or bad, 1235 01:09:12,732 --> 01:09:14,232 he starts recording to a disk. 1236 01:09:14,734 --> 01:09:19,488 And the full disks are archived here so we can look back at these moments. 1237 01:09:19,572 --> 01:09:22,699 Usually, these are our finest work. 1238 01:09:22,784 --> 01:09:26,536 Like, the most recent one we caught was. . . 1239 01:09:28,164 --> 01:09:32,376 Huh. Sorry, um, no one seems to have labeled the last one. 1240 01:09:32,919 --> 01:09:36,630 And that's why you have nothing to be embarrassed about. 1241 01:09:43,221 --> 01:09:44,805 [clears throat, coughs] 1242 01:09:53,815 --> 01:09:55,023 -Excuse me. -Sure. 1243 01:10:22,635 --> 01:10:25,303 [Roger in projection] I can't wait to see this picture. 1244 01:10:26,222 --> 01:10:29,766 No, that, uh-- that didn't come out. Let me take it again, okay? 1245 01:10:29,851 --> 01:10:32,436 You guys ready? 'Cause this is the one. 1246 01:10:50,913 --> 01:10:54,124 He was my second client. 1247 01:10:55,251 --> 01:10:56,668 And she was-- 1248 01:10:56,753 --> 01:10:58,503 Well, I mean, she was Annie. 1249 01:11:00,840 --> 01:11:02,257 First he fell for her. 1250 01:11:02,341 --> 01:11:04,009 Then I fell for her. 1251 01:11:04,093 --> 01:11:05,761 And then I did my job. 1252 01:11:07,847 --> 01:11:09,222 You ever regret it? 1253 01:11:10,433 --> 01:11:11,933 Regret is for white people. 1254 01:11:12,977 --> 01:11:14,770 I don't think that's how it works. 1255 01:11:14,854 --> 01:11:16,438 Well, not according to my grandma. 1256 01:11:16,522 --> 01:11:18,398 You gonna quote your wise Black grandma to me? 1257 01:11:18,483 --> 01:11:20,108 -[chuckling] -To me? 1258 01:11:20,818 --> 01:11:23,278 -Yeah, but this is my real one. -Okay. 1259 01:11:23,988 --> 01:11:27,449 You see, my daddy, he used to shine shoes. 1260 01:11:28,534 --> 01:11:29,993 And this one day, 1261 01:11:30,077 --> 01:11:33,330 I must have been. . . five, six years old, 1262 01:11:33,414 --> 01:11:35,499 I went to town to see him. 1263 01:11:35,583 --> 01:11:39,669 And I was running toward him, ail excited. 1264 01:11:39,754 --> 01:11:44,591 But before I got to him, this white man looked down from the chair above him. .. 1265 01:11:45,843 --> 01:11:48,094 and he just spit on his head. 1266 01:11:50,223 --> 01:11:52,307 He spit on him. 1267 01:11:53,392 --> 01:11:55,185 He said something about. .. 1268 01:11:56,229 --> 01:11:59,356 my daddy needed more spit in his shine. 1269 01:12:01,067 --> 01:12:03,443 And I just froze. 1270 01:12:05,279 --> 01:12:08,240 I mean, my daddy had a temper. 1271 01:12:08,324 --> 01:12:10,158 So I'm saying to myself. .. 1272 01:12:11,035 --> 01:12:12,452 [exclaims] 1273 01:12:14,497 --> 01:12:18,041 "He's about to whoop the shit out of this white man." 1274 01:12:18,125 --> 01:12:19,501 Mmm. [chuckles] 1275 01:12:22,880 --> 01:12:27,384 But instead, he wiped the spit off of his head, 1276 01:12:28,386 --> 01:12:31,263 and he looked up at him and he smiled. 1277 01:12:33,558 --> 01:12:38,186 And I ran home crying, thinking about that smile. 1278 01:12:39,480 --> 01:12:41,439 When I finally ran into my grandmother, 1279 01:12:41,524 --> 01:12:44,818 I told her how ashamed I was of my daddy, 1280 01:12:44,902 --> 01:12:46,695 and she got real still. 1281 01:12:48,614 --> 01:12:50,198 And you know what she said? 1282 01:12:50,992 --> 01:12:52,367 What? 1283 01:12:53,369 --> 01:12:56,913 "If your daddy come home alive today, 1284 01:12:58,583 --> 01:13:00,625 he ain't got nothing to regret." 1285 01:13:02,461 --> 01:13:05,672 So have I lost some things to this work? 1286 01:13:06,674 --> 01:13:08,091 Some pride? 1287 01:13:08,926 --> 01:13:10,176 Her? 1288 01:13:10,761 --> 01:13:11,761 Yeah. 1289 01:13:13,890 --> 01:13:16,850 But I never regretted one smile, 1290 01:13:18,436 --> 01:13:20,437 because I'm still here.. . 1291 01:13:22,607 --> 01:13:24,566 and so many of us ain't. 1292 01:13:29,780 --> 01:13:32,616 But what do you do about the little part of you that dies 1293 01:13:32,700 --> 01:13:34,910 every time you smile like that? 1294 01:13:34,994 --> 01:13:38,038 -What, you'd rather go all at once? -No. I just-- 1295 01:13:38,122 --> 01:13:39,664 It's just pride, Aren. 1296 01:13:39,749 --> 01:13:40,790 It feels like more. 1297 01:13:40,875 --> 01:13:43,627 Well, that's because you didn't let her go like I told you to do. 1298 01:13:45,630 --> 01:13:46,755 How did you know that? 1299 01:13:46,839 --> 01:13:50,091 [chuckles] Well, of course I know all about that. 1300 01:13:51,052 --> 01:13:52,427 I'm pretty much a wizard. 1301 01:13:53,304 --> 01:13:54,304 Fair enough. 1302 01:13:56,933 --> 01:13:58,391 You'll get another client, 1303 01:13:59,310 --> 01:14:01,311 and she will fade. 1304 01:14:01,395 --> 01:14:03,188 [Aren] Then why do you keep a picture? 1305 01:14:03,940 --> 01:14:05,315 [Roger] So she doesn't 1306 01:14:09,445 --> 01:14:11,196 That sounds awful. 1307 01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:13,448 Well, it's better than the alternative. 1308 01:14:14,241 --> 01:14:18,536 If you do anything to interfere with her or your client, 1309 01:14:18,621 --> 01:14:20,664 you could have your memory erased. 1310 01:14:21,415 --> 01:14:23,667 You won't even remember she existed. 1311 01:14:25,753 --> 01:14:29,381 I'm sorry, son, but this is the job. 1312 01:14:33,761 --> 01:14:35,679 ["September in the Rain" playing] 1313 01:14:35,763 --> 01:14:40,767 ♪ The leaves of brown Came tumblin' down ♪ 1314 01:14:40,851 --> 01:14:42,727 ♪ Remember ♪ 1315 01:14:44,438 --> 01:14:47,941 ♪ In September♪ 1316 01:14:49,735 --> 01:14:55,949 ♪ In the rain ♪ 1317 01:15:01,497 --> 01:15:02,831 Hey, Lizzie? 1318 01:15:03,666 --> 01:15:05,000 -Hey. -Hey. 1319 01:15:07,586 --> 01:15:11,423 I-- I just wanted to apologize 1320 01:15:12,466 --> 01:15:14,801 for being weird the other day. 1321 01:15:15,511 --> 01:15:16,720 No worries. 1322 01:15:17,513 --> 01:15:19,180 -Thank you. -Yeah. 1323 01:15:22,018 --> 01:15:24,477 But, um, I really-- 1324 01:15:24,562 --> 01:15:27,147 I really do wanna be friends. 1325 01:15:28,691 --> 01:15:32,318 And I wanna say that out loud to you because I-- 1326 01:15:32,403 --> 01:15:34,112 I feel like we had a. . . 1327 01:15:35,156 --> 01:15:39,826 "we're actually gonna be friends" night, 1328 01:15:39,910 --> 01:15:43,163 and then I was weird about it. 1329 01:15:45,499 --> 01:15:48,418 Um-- Yes. Totally. 1330 01:15:49,462 --> 01:15:50,712 So. . . 1331 01:15:51,630 --> 01:15:52,922 friends? 1332 01:15:55,509 --> 01:15:56,342 Yes. 1333 01:15:56,927 --> 01:15:59,262 -Are we friends? -Of course we're friends. 1334 01:15:59,346 --> 01:16:02,474 -Friends. This is-- It's formal. -Yeah. I don't-- Yeah. 1335 01:16:02,558 --> 01:16:04,309 Seal the deal. All right. 1336 01:16:04,393 --> 01:16:07,062 -Um, I'm gonna get back to work, okay? -Okay. 1337 01:16:07,146 --> 01:16:08,646 -I'll see you around. -Okay. 1338 01:16:14,779 --> 01:16:15,987 Hey, Aren? 1339 01:16:20,951 --> 01:16:22,118 Hey, what's up? 1340 01:16:22,203 --> 01:16:24,120 I'm sorry, I just-- 1341 01:16:24,205 --> 01:16:26,039 I know you just said that we had a.. . 1342 01:16:26,999 --> 01:16:31,002 uh, "we're actually gonna be friends" kind of night, but that's-- 1343 01:16:33,297 --> 01:16:35,173 that's not what I would call it. 1344 01:16:35,758 --> 01:16:37,842 What-- What would you call it? 1345 01:16:41,764 --> 01:16:43,306 Um, we had a moment. 1346 01:16:45,392 --> 01:16:46,559 Didn't we? 1347 01:16:48,979 --> 01:16:52,065 And I guess I just figured that you were acting weird 1348 01:16:52,149 --> 01:16:57,278 because it was-- it was too soon, um, or it was too much. 1349 01:16:57,363 --> 01:17:00,406 Um, or because I outrank you. 1350 01:17:00,491 --> 01:17:01,491 [chuckles] Oh, yeah? 1351 01:17:01,575 --> 01:17:04,494 Yeah. Yeah, I could order you to do stuff. 1352 01:17:04,578 --> 01:17:07,288 [chuckles] 1353 01:17:10,584 --> 01:17:12,001 So am I crazy? 1354 01:17:13,796 --> 01:17:14,796 No. 1355 01:17:17,758 --> 01:17:19,259 Thank you. [chuckles] 1356 01:17:22,763 --> 01:17:26,141 We had a really lovely moment. 1357 01:17:27,476 --> 01:17:28,476 But? 1358 01:17:29,395 --> 01:17:32,063 But I.. . 1359 01:17:34,692 --> 01:17:39,112 just started this job, and-- 1360 01:17:40,322 --> 01:17:41,823 I'm sorry, I-- 1361 01:17:43,325 --> 01:17:44,576 Don't be sorry. 1362 01:17:45,995 --> 01:17:47,370 Um, no, I'm sorry. 1363 01:17:47,454 --> 01:17:50,081 I shouldn't have brought it up at work. That's-- 1364 01:17:53,502 --> 01:17:55,587 We're friends. We're friends. 1365 01:17:55,671 --> 01:17:57,172 -Friends? [chuckles] -Yeah. [chuckles] 1366 01:17:57,965 --> 01:17:59,090 -Friends. -Okay. 1367 01:18:01,594 --> 01:18:03,136 Okay. I'm gonna go home. 1368 01:18:03,220 --> 01:18:05,305 But I'll-- I'll see you. 1369 01:18:05,389 --> 01:18:06,514 -Okay. -See you around. 1370 01:18:06,599 --> 01:18:07,599 All right. See you. 1371 01:18:18,986 --> 01:18:21,070 [recruiter] There's a tension here. 1372 01:18:22,823 --> 01:18:26,534 Black, but palatable, 1373 01:18:27,703 --> 01:18:32,040 because they don't wanna know how much it costs you to navigate them. 1374 01:18:32,124 --> 01:18:36,336 The sadness behind your eyes every time you smile. 1375 01:18:36,420 --> 01:18:40,882 The lump in your throat from everything you didn't say. 1376 01:18:40,966 --> 01:18:46,846 We're showing the client the parts of ourselves that make them feel good. 1377 01:18:48,724 --> 01:18:50,600 And nothing more. 1378 01:19:36,438 --> 01:19:38,147 [phone ringing] 1379 01:19:38,232 --> 01:19:39,440 [grunts] 1380 01:19:45,406 --> 01:19:48,283 -Hi, uh-- -[Jason] Yo, presentation day! 1381 01:19:48,367 --> 01:19:49,534 Hey, let's meet 30 before. 1382 01:19:49,618 --> 01:19:52,620 Also, big news on the Lizzie front. 1383 01:19:52,705 --> 01:19:55,039 -Yeah? -Yeah, yeah. I, uh-- 1384 01:19:55,124 --> 01:19:58,209 As soon as the presentation's over, I'm asking her out. 1385 01:19:59,628 --> 01:20:01,170 -You there? -Mm-hmm. 1386 01:20:01,255 --> 01:20:03,381 Did you hear the part about how after the presentation, 1387 01:20:03,465 --> 01:20:04,549 I'm asking her out? 1388 01:20:07,928 --> 01:20:09,929 [phone ringing] 1389 01:20:14,101 --> 01:20:15,351 I'm so sorry. I, um-- 1390 01:20:15,436 --> 01:20:17,478 All good. Anyway, I got a great plan to ask her out, 1391 01:20:17,563 --> 01:20:18,813 but I'm gonna need your help. 1392 01:20:18,897 --> 01:20:21,190 What was that thing you said last week that made her laugh? 1393 01:20:21,275 --> 01:20:22,692 -I think it was about-- -[line cuts] 1394 01:20:27,281 --> 01:20:28,281 [grunts] 1395 01:20:34,496 --> 01:20:36,706 [Lizzie on voicemail] Hi, this is Lizzie. Leave a message. 1396 01:20:36,790 --> 01:20:39,500 Hey, Lizzie! Are you at work? I need to talk to you. 1397 01:20:42,254 --> 01:20:45,882 [Jason] You close? Don't wanna be that boatswain, but, uh, you're late. 1398 01:20:48,719 --> 01:20:49,719 [phone chimes] 1399 01:20:49,803 --> 01:20:53,973 Hey, man, you got an ETA? Uh, where-- where are you at? 1400 01:21:02,733 --> 01:21:04,233 [phone ringing] 1401 01:21:11,742 --> 01:21:13,868 What? La Croix? 1402 01:21:13,952 --> 01:21:16,120 No. He's not a dockworker, Tyler. 1403 01:21:16,205 --> 01:21:19,332 Go get the one with the fresh fruit squeezed in it. Run! 1404 01:21:19,416 --> 01:21:20,750 [door opens] 1405 01:21:21,377 --> 01:21:23,294 [chuckles] 1406 01:21:23,379 --> 01:21:26,381 Mick, hi. Jason. What an honor. 1407 01:21:26,465 --> 01:21:29,509 All we are really is just bags of meat, you know? 1408 01:21:29,593 --> 01:21:31,469 In a box. [laughing] 1409 01:21:31,553 --> 01:21:33,596 [laughs] 1410 01:21:33,680 --> 01:21:36,307 Okay, Linda. Linda, Linda, Linda. 1411 01:21:36,392 --> 01:21:38,810 -Is your team all set? -Yes, Mick. It's, uh-- Of course. 1412 01:21:38,894 --> 01:21:42,480 That's great. You have a very bright future here. 1413 01:21:46,318 --> 01:21:48,027 Wow, I think I just left my body. 1414 01:21:48,112 --> 01:21:49,112 -Are we set? -Yes. 1415 01:21:49,196 --> 01:21:50,196 -Okay. -Yeah. 1416 01:21:52,324 --> 01:21:54,283 [corporate hip-hop music playing on speakers] 1417 01:21:54,368 --> 01:21:56,244 [cheering, applause] 1418 01:21:56,328 --> 01:22:02,250 ♪ Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho ♪ 1419 01:22:02,334 --> 01:22:03,668 [song ends] 1420 01:22:03,752 --> 01:22:05,336 Ahoy! 1421 01:22:05,421 --> 01:22:07,755 Thank you ail so much for coming. 1422 01:22:07,840 --> 01:22:13,302 Or rather, not coming, because we are live streaming this to your desks. 1423 01:22:13,387 --> 01:22:17,723 We read a study in the Harvard Business Review 1424 01:22:17,808 --> 01:22:21,602 that said gathering in large groups leads to too much fun. 1425 01:22:21,687 --> 01:22:22,770 And unions. 1426 01:22:22,855 --> 01:22:25,815 So we're gonna have fun from wherever we are. 1427 01:22:25,899 --> 01:22:28,901 And I would Like to hear you one at a time. 1428 01:22:28,986 --> 01:22:31,112 First up, Los Angeles? 1429 01:22:31,196 --> 01:22:32,572 [cheering] 1430 01:22:32,656 --> 01:22:33,906 Seoul? 1431 01:22:33,991 --> 01:22:35,074 [cheering] 1432 01:22:38,579 --> 01:22:40,746 Dude! Where have you been? The presentation is starting! 1433 01:22:40,831 --> 01:22:42,999 -I can't talk right now, man. -We're about to go on. 1434 01:22:43,083 --> 01:22:46,461 -Have you seen Lizzie? -She'll be at the presentation. Come on. 1435 01:22:47,421 --> 01:22:51,382 The other day, I was bidding on a first edition of The Fountainhead, 1436 01:22:51,467 --> 01:22:53,009 and I lost. 1437 01:22:53,093 --> 01:22:59,557 Now, those of you who know me, know that I hate losing, okay? [chuckles] 1438 01:22:59,641 --> 01:23:01,350 But in the end, it was kind of exhilarating, 1439 01:23:01,435 --> 01:23:05,646 because it reminded me of my drive to win. 1440 01:23:05,731 --> 01:23:07,315 [bubbling, whistling] 1441 01:23:07,399 --> 01:23:08,774 Now, Ghanagate. . . 1442 01:23:10,402 --> 01:23:13,738 reminded us that we have to double down on connecting with everybody. 1443 01:23:13,822 --> 01:23:17,074 Design will help them find their bliss. 1444 01:23:17,159 --> 01:23:18,701 -I don't see Lizzie. -Just find her after. 1445 01:23:18,785 --> 01:23:20,620 No, it's urgent. I'm having a moment of clarity. 1446 01:23:20,704 --> 01:23:22,413 There's nothing more urgent than this presentation. 1447 01:23:22,498 --> 01:23:24,582 I'm just clicking the slides. You can do it on your own. 1448 01:23:24,666 --> 01:23:25,917 -No. You have to be there. -Why? 1449 01:23:26,001 --> 01:23:27,710 -Because you do. -I'm just pressing a button. 1450 01:23:27,794 --> 01:23:29,795 -Do I have to spell this out for you? -Apparently. 1451 01:23:29,880 --> 01:23:32,256 So this whole rebrand is about diversity. 1452 01:23:32,341 --> 01:23:36,719 [Mick] Now, without further ado, please join me in welcoming to the stage 1453 01:23:36,803 --> 01:23:39,472 the LA design team head, Linda Masterson. 1454 01:23:39,556 --> 01:23:41,265 [cheering] 1455 01:23:42,851 --> 01:23:44,519 [Masterson] Thanks so much, Mick. 1456 01:23:44,603 --> 01:23:46,938 Well, I think it's safe to say 1457 01:23:47,022 --> 01:23:50,566 that every crew is only as good as their captain. 1458 01:23:50,651 --> 01:23:51,651 Whoo! 1459 01:23:51,735 --> 01:23:53,444 [Masterson] And with Mick at the helm, 1460 01:23:53,529 --> 01:23:58,115 it's pretty clear we're not gonna be hitting any icebergs anytime soon. 1461 01:23:58,200 --> 01:24:00,535 [Masterson continues indistinctly] 1462 01:24:05,207 --> 01:24:08,000 [mouthing] 1463 01:24:41,076 --> 01:24:42,493 -Hey. -Hey. 1464 01:24:42,578 --> 01:24:43,703 I, uh-- 1465 01:24:44,621 --> 01:24:45,621 [sniffs] 1466 01:24:46,540 --> 01:24:47,623 I didn't like that. 1467 01:24:48,834 --> 01:24:51,294 -What? -That thing you said. I didn't like it. 1468 01:24:51,378 --> 01:24:52,753 Okay. 1469 01:24:52,838 --> 01:24:55,423 I felt like you were saying that I'm only here because of my race. 1470 01:24:55,507 --> 01:24:56,549 -I didn't like that. -What? 1471 01:24:56,633 --> 01:24:59,510 -And I needed to say that out loud. -Whoa. 1472 01:25:00,429 --> 01:25:04,056 I feel crazy just blurting that out. That's-- 1473 01:25:04,141 --> 01:25:05,850 -Wow. [chuckles] -Whoa. 1474 01:25:05,934 --> 01:25:08,644 Just once, I wanted to say what I thought no matter the consequences. 1475 01:25:08,729 --> 01:25:09,812 I'm not racist. 1476 01:25:10,564 --> 01:25:12,106 -What? -I'm not racist. 1477 01:25:12,691 --> 01:25:15,359 No. That's not what I'm saying. I was trying to tell you how I felt, 1478 01:25:15,444 --> 01:25:16,944 which is actually pretty big for me 1479 01:25:17,029 --> 01:25:19,488 'cause I usually only worry about how you feel. 1480 01:25:19,573 --> 01:25:22,033 'Cause I-- I would never say anything racist. 1481 01:25:22,117 --> 01:25:23,326 No. I'm just talking about me. 1482 01:25:23,410 --> 01:25:25,244 I don't have a racist bone in my body. 1483 01:25:25,829 --> 01:25:29,123 Sorry. I'm actually having a moment of real personal growth, 1484 01:25:29,207 --> 01:25:31,792 and-- and so, no offense, 1485 01:25:31,877 --> 01:25:35,588 I don't really care if you're racist on a skeletal level. 1486 01:25:35,672 --> 01:25:38,382 We can't just throw that shit around. It's like a death sentence. 1487 01:25:38,467 --> 01:25:41,135 -No. Getting shot is a death sentence. -You know what I mean. 1488 01:25:41,219 --> 01:25:43,679 No, I don't totally. You did say a thing. 1489 01:25:43,764 --> 01:25:47,058 You said you only needed me onstage because I'm diverse. 1490 01:25:47,142 --> 01:25:49,560 -No. No, I didn't. -Yes, you did. 1491 01:25:49,645 --> 01:25:52,647 No. I said the presentation is about diversity. 1492 01:25:53,231 --> 01:25:56,108 I mean, that-- that's semantics. 1493 01:25:56,193 --> 01:25:58,152 That's not what happened. 1494 01:25:58,236 --> 01:26:00,780 -[Jason] I'm sorry you heard it wrong. -[Aren] I was just there. That's-- 1495 01:26:00,864 --> 01:26:02,615 If what you're saying happened, then I'm racist. 1496 01:26:02,699 --> 01:26:05,326 I'm not racist, so it couldn't have happened how you said it happened. 1497 01:26:05,410 --> 01:26:06,827 So, because you don't wanna feel bad, 1498 01:26:06,912 --> 01:26:08,579 the thing that just happened didn't happen? 1499 01:26:08,664 --> 01:26:11,290 -That makes it sound crazy. -That's because it's crazy. 1500 01:26:11,375 --> 01:26:13,334 Can we just please focus up here? 1501 01:26:14,544 --> 01:26:16,796 And now, Jason Mundt. 1502 01:26:18,006 --> 01:26:19,507 -I don't care if you're racist. -Dude-- 1503 01:26:19,591 --> 01:26:20,633 -Everyone's racist. -Aren-- 1504 01:26:20,717 --> 01:26:23,386 I care that you won't acknowledge what just happened. 1505 01:26:23,470 --> 01:26:25,638 -[Jason] I'm sorry you're offended. -How can we move forward 1506 01:26:25,722 --> 01:26:29,308 until we acknowledge the basic facts of the situation. .. 1507 01:26:29,393 --> 01:26:32,687 -Are they lovers? -I don't think so. 1508 01:26:32,771 --> 01:26:35,189 -I'm not asking for reparations. -I did all of it. I did racism. 1509 01:26:35,273 --> 01:26:38,109 -I'm just asking for you to hear me out. -I did slavery. If I can do this.. . 1510 01:26:38,193 --> 01:26:40,319 I'm sorry, did you say you did slavery? 1511 01:26:40,404 --> 01:26:41,904 Like, as an institution? 1512 01:26:41,988 --> 01:26:43,364 -How did we get there? -I'm just-- 1513 01:26:43,448 --> 01:26:45,908 Ail you had to do was listen to me 1514 01:26:45,992 --> 01:26:47,493 and the thing that I was saying about myself! 1515 01:26:47,577 --> 01:26:49,245 -What's happening? -I don't know. He's freaking out. 1516 01:26:49,329 --> 01:26:51,497 There's a section of your presentation called "Diverse Experiences." 1517 01:26:51,581 --> 01:26:53,666 -It's a dumb title, but it's in there. -It's okay, I've got this. 1518 01:26:53,750 --> 01:26:55,292 You couldn't be less interested in that or me. 1519 01:26:55,377 --> 01:26:56,377 Excuse me, fellas. 1520 01:26:56,461 --> 01:26:59,088 -You wanna get in on this, Mick? -I might be able to help out with this. 1521 01:26:59,172 --> 01:27:01,340 -Just go. -Ahoy, MeetBox. 1522 01:27:01,425 --> 01:27:03,592 -You think you understand me? -Yeah. 1523 01:27:03,677 --> 01:27:04,677 My name is Jason. 1524 01:27:04,761 --> 01:27:06,804 Mick, you don't understand other people. You own an island. 1525 01:27:06,888 --> 01:27:08,139 -Right. -[Jason] I'd like to get started-- 1526 01:27:08,223 --> 01:27:09,974 No one with an island has empathy. 1527 01:27:10,058 --> 01:27:12,685 -It's not possible to possess both things. -Keep going. 1528 01:27:12,769 --> 01:27:14,437 -Right. -[Jason] Dude. Stop. 1529 01:27:14,521 --> 01:27:15,479 I'm so sorry. 1530 01:27:15,564 --> 01:27:16,897 Why are you doing this? We're friends. 1531 01:27:16,982 --> 01:27:18,816 You're not my friend. 1532 01:27:18,900 --> 01:27:21,569 And you don't wanna be friends, because if we were actual friends, 1533 01:27:21,653 --> 01:27:24,739 you would have to talk to me and Listen to me, 1534 01:27:24,823 --> 01:27:27,074 and make space for the reality 1535 01:27:27,159 --> 01:27:32,371 that I live in a country that makes me feel like it wants me dead. 1536 01:27:32,998 --> 01:27:33,998 -What? -What? 1537 01:27:34,082 --> 01:27:35,708 [Aren] Where, if I get shot today, 1538 01:27:35,792 --> 01:27:40,588 there is an army of people ready to explain how it was probably my fault. 1539 01:27:40,672 --> 01:27:43,340 -"Probably." Aren. -And I feel that every day. 1540 01:27:43,425 --> 01:27:46,677 -The diversity section is coming later.. . -In every glance, in every movie. .. 1541 01:27:46,762 --> 01:27:49,054 -. . .and maybe less about death. -. . .that's supposed to be uplifting. 1542 01:27:49,139 --> 01:27:50,681 -Death and diversity.. . -That changes everything. 1543 01:27:50,766 --> 01:27:53,517 -.. .don't have to do with each other. -That changes how I walk and how I talk 1544 01:27:53,602 --> 01:27:56,854 and how I take up space or don't. 1545 01:27:56,938 --> 01:27:58,105 I got this. Okay. 1546 01:27:58,190 --> 01:28:02,651 It changes what risks feel reasonable and which ones are insane. 1547 01:28:02,736 --> 01:28:04,195 And it's taken me my whole life 1548 01:28:04,279 --> 01:28:08,199 to realize that this is a weight that I walk around with ail the time. 1549 01:28:08,283 --> 01:28:10,451 -"My name is Jason. .." -And after this lifelong journey 1550 01:28:10,535 --> 01:28:13,412 of figuring out that maybe this shit impacts everything I do. .. 1551 01:28:13,497 --> 01:28:14,497 Linda, you're not Jason. 1552 01:28:14,581 --> 01:28:16,791 . ..you wanna turn around and act like I'm crazy for acknowledging it? 1553 01:28:16,875 --> 01:28:19,084 No, no, no. You don't get to put me in danger 1554 01:28:19,169 --> 01:28:21,128 just because you don't wanna feel like an asshole. 1555 01:28:21,213 --> 01:28:22,046 Young man.. . 1556 01:28:22,130 --> 01:28:23,464 -Be the asshole. -. ..we have forums in which. . . 1557 01:28:23,548 --> 01:28:24,882 Mick, hold on a second. 1558 01:28:24,966 --> 01:28:26,008 -Jason! -I beg your pardon? 1559 01:28:26,092 --> 01:28:30,137 The shame that you feel, like you did something wrong just by being yourself, 1560 01:28:30,222 --> 01:28:31,972 that is my whole life. 1561 01:28:32,057 --> 01:28:34,183 -And this place. .. -You know what, everybody? 1562 01:28:34,267 --> 01:28:36,143 -[Aren] .. .this country. . . -This is MeetBox. 1563 01:28:36,228 --> 01:28:40,439 . ..has been so deeply indifferent to whether or not I exist, 1564 01:28:40,524 --> 01:28:43,776 that on some level, I don't think I have the right to. 1565 01:28:44,736 --> 01:28:47,905 And what I am saying to you, that you so steadfastly refuse to hear. . . 1566 01:28:47,989 --> 01:28:49,573 It's the Mick way. It's the MeetBox way. 1567 01:28:49,658 --> 01:28:51,242 .. .is fuck that! 1568 01:28:51,910 --> 01:28:53,160 I do! 1569 01:28:55,080 --> 01:28:56,831 I deserve to be here. 1570 01:28:58,416 --> 01:29:01,335 Not just on this stage, but in this world! 1571 01:29:04,965 --> 01:29:08,425 And that, believe it or not, is a revelation to me. 1572 01:29:10,387 --> 01:29:14,932 So you wanna know about my-- my diverse experience? 1573 01:29:16,560 --> 01:29:19,436 I have been on this planet for 27 years, 1574 01:29:19,521 --> 01:29:23,440 and I just figured out this week that I deserve to be alive. 1575 01:29:24,484 --> 01:29:26,068 [laughs] 1576 01:29:44,421 --> 01:29:45,588 I didn't know that. 1577 01:29:48,258 --> 01:29:49,508 Me neither. 1578 01:29:55,390 --> 01:29:56,599 -Hi. -Hi. That was-- 1579 01:29:58,018 --> 01:29:59,226 I'm gonna move us a little. 1580 01:29:59,311 --> 01:30:00,728 What? 1581 01:30:02,981 --> 01:30:05,274 -I'm gonna go soon, and I can't explain. -Oh, my God. 1582 01:30:05,358 --> 01:30:07,776 But even though we might never see each other again, 1583 01:30:07,861 --> 01:30:09,570 I need you to know that you're not crazy. 1584 01:30:09,654 --> 01:30:11,322 What we had was real. 1585 01:30:11,406 --> 01:30:13,073 And as long as I've known you, 1586 01:30:13,158 --> 01:30:15,492 -I've wanted to do this. . . -[bell tolling in distance] 1587 01:30:20,123 --> 01:30:21,332 [Lizzie] Aren? 1588 01:30:23,460 --> 01:30:25,419 [bell tolling] 1589 01:30:27,380 --> 01:30:29,465 [Dede] Aren Mbondo. .. 1590 01:30:33,803 --> 01:30:36,347 we have seen your crimes on the MeetBox stage. 1591 01:30:36,431 --> 01:30:38,974 Crimes that have endangered everyone 1592 01:30:39,059 --> 01:30:43,354 and kept me at this miserable height. 1593 01:30:43,438 --> 01:30:45,606 What happened after you left the auditorium? 1594 01:30:45,690 --> 01:30:48,901 I teleported my client's love interest to a romantic location 1595 01:30:48,985 --> 01:30:50,069 where I tried to kiss her. 1596 01:30:50,153 --> 01:30:51,862 [crowd exclaims] 1597 01:30:51,947 --> 01:30:54,990 In my defense, I had feelings for her first, 1598 01:30:55,075 --> 01:30:57,785 and he kinda colonized my crush. 1599 01:30:57,869 --> 01:30:59,787 [murmuring] 1600 01:30:59,871 --> 01:31:03,791 How can you possibly justify your behavior? 1601 01:31:05,585 --> 01:31:11,548 I guess I've always felt like it's my job to make white people feel comfortable. 1602 01:31:11,633 --> 01:31:14,551 And obviously, here, it literally is. 1603 01:31:15,303 --> 01:31:18,639 But.. . it shouldn't be. 1604 01:31:22,435 --> 01:31:23,936 [person whispers] I get it though. 1605 01:31:27,524 --> 01:31:30,901 Aren, you are hereby banished 1606 01:31:30,986 --> 01:31:34,071 from the American Society of Magical Negroes. 1607 01:31:36,199 --> 01:31:37,366 Makes sense. 1608 01:31:52,882 --> 01:31:54,717 You got a history of concussions? 1609 01:31:56,553 --> 01:31:59,179 Because technically, this spell is brain damage. 1610 01:32:00,348 --> 01:32:01,348 I'm okay. 1611 01:32:08,940 --> 01:32:10,190 [clears throat] 1612 01:32:25,999 --> 01:32:28,125 -Are you gonna-- -Just give me a second. 1613 01:32:28,209 --> 01:32:29,251 Yeah. Okay. 1614 01:32:30,295 --> 01:32:33,380 You know you're not gonna be able to take care of yourself out there? 1615 01:32:36,051 --> 01:32:38,719 Um, I'll be fine. 1616 01:32:44,893 --> 01:32:45,976 Okay. 1617 01:32:54,986 --> 01:33:05,370 [magic powers down] 1618 01:33:07,916 --> 01:33:09,124 Shit. 1619 01:33:09,751 --> 01:33:10,918 What? What's-- 1620 01:33:11,002 --> 01:33:13,629 I think you must have gave somebody notions. 1621 01:33:14,798 --> 01:33:16,340 I could really use a hand here. 1622 01:33:16,424 --> 01:33:19,426 I don't think you really understand the welfare state. 1623 01:33:20,512 --> 01:33:21,512 What? 1624 01:33:21,596 --> 01:33:23,263 But it's gotta be a two-way street. 1625 01:33:23,348 --> 01:33:25,974 I can't be the only one grabbing crotches around here. 1626 01:33:26,059 --> 01:33:28,477 You've gotta check in on my penis as well. 1627 01:33:28,561 --> 01:33:30,104 [chattering] 1628 01:33:31,689 --> 01:33:34,650 But this shutdown feels different. Big. 1629 01:33:34,734 --> 01:33:36,693 -Did I just put you out of a job? -Oh, no. 1630 01:33:36,778 --> 01:33:39,279 Being a Magical Negro isn't just about magic. 1631 01:33:39,364 --> 01:33:43,200 As long as there are fretful whites, we will be here. 1632 01:33:47,330 --> 01:33:48,330 All right. 1633 01:33:49,332 --> 01:33:50,332 Uh. .. 1634 01:33:51,042 --> 01:33:53,418 -I'm gonna go. -But what you gonna do for work? 1635 01:33:54,963 --> 01:33:57,840 Uh-- I actually have an idea for a new piece. 1636 01:33:57,924 --> 01:34:01,760 The yarn? You do remember nobody liked it? 1637 01:34:02,345 --> 01:34:03,679 Yeah, but I do. 1638 01:34:05,598 --> 01:34:09,017 Well, if I'm letting you out of here with your memory intact, 1639 01:34:10,019 --> 01:34:11,854 you'd better text me tonight. 1640 01:34:11,938 --> 01:34:13,897 [chuckling] Okay. Sure. 1641 01:34:13,982 --> 01:34:17,109 And none of that emoji shit. I need words. 1642 01:34:18,862 --> 01:34:21,488 I'm curious to see how you gonna make it out of all this. 1643 01:34:21,573 --> 01:34:22,739 Make it out of what? 1644 01:34:24,367 --> 01:34:26,493 You didn't leave her in LA. 1645 01:34:27,328 --> 01:34:28,328 Oh. 1646 01:34:28,913 --> 01:34:30,038 No. 1647 01:34:30,832 --> 01:34:32,082 No, no, no. 1648 01:34:32,167 --> 01:34:34,251 No, no, no, no, no, no. 1649 01:34:34,335 --> 01:34:36,795 [Lizzie on voicemail] Aren what is going on? You just left me here. 1650 01:34:36,880 --> 01:34:38,922 -You just disappeared. I'm on the... -Excuse me! 1651 01:34:39,007 --> 01:34:41,800 [Lizzie] ...on the Empire State Building. What is going on? 1652 01:34:43,094 --> 01:34:46,889 Um, okay, great. So, I'm, like, on the Brooklyn Bridge now, 1653 01:34:46,973 --> 01:34:48,307 on the way to the airport. 1654 01:34:48,391 --> 01:34:50,642 Uh, and I guess I'm in New York. 1655 01:34:52,270 --> 01:34:56,648 I, uh, landed in LA. I'm in a car home right now. 1656 01:34:57,483 --> 01:35:00,903 Um, can you just give me a call and let me know that you're okay? 1657 01:35:05,867 --> 01:35:06,867 Lizzie. 1658 01:35:07,577 --> 01:35:11,413 Hey. I'm so sorry. I didn't realize that when I left-- 1659 01:35:26,930 --> 01:35:27,930 [both chuckle] 1660 01:35:35,855 --> 01:35:36,855 [Aren] I, uh.. . 1661 01:35:38,316 --> 01:35:39,316 [Lizzie] Uh-huh? 1662 01:35:40,193 --> 01:35:41,276 [Aren chuckles] 1663 01:35:41,361 --> 01:35:44,404 [Lizzie] Hi, uh, Aren. 1664 01:35:45,573 --> 01:35:49,618 [Aren] Um, I feel terrible about leaving you in New York. 1665 01:35:49,702 --> 01:35:51,578 -That was not what I was planning on. -Mm-hmm. 1666 01:35:51,663 --> 01:35:54,998 -So do you have powers, or.. . -[Aren] No. Right, okay. 1667 01:35:55,083 --> 01:35:56,625 That's a-- That's a fair question. 1668 01:35:57,543 --> 01:36:01,421 I'm part of this magic society, 1669 01:36:01,506 --> 01:36:03,674 or-- or I was. I just quit. 1670 01:36:03,758 --> 01:36:05,759 You know, good on me. 1671 01:36:06,261 --> 01:36:07,469 [Lizzie] You're kidding? 1672 01:36:08,554 --> 01:36:09,763 [Aren] Nope. 1673 01:36:09,847 --> 01:36:11,348 [Lizzie] Just such a crazy coincidence, 1674 01:36:11,432 --> 01:36:14,977 because I am-- I'm also a part of a magic society, 1675 01:36:15,061 --> 01:36:16,728 and I was about to quit. 1676 01:36:16,813 --> 01:36:19,064 [Aren] Yeah, okay, that's funny. I deserve that. 1677 01:36:19,148 --> 01:36:20,148 [Lizzie] No, really. 1678 01:36:20,233 --> 01:36:23,485 But first I thought I would kidnap you and leave you on the Space Needle. 1679 01:36:23,569 --> 01:36:26,780 [Aren] No, I was-- [Laughs] I was trying to be romantic. 1680 01:36:27,365 --> 01:36:28,573 [groans] 1681 01:36:28,658 --> 01:36:31,118 [Lizzie] All right. Just walk with me then. 1682 01:36:31,202 --> 01:36:32,828 -That sounds much nicer. -[Aren] Okay. 1683 01:36:32,912 --> 01:36:34,913 [Lizzie] Maybe no more magic. 1684 01:36:35,748 --> 01:36:38,166 [Aren] Yeah. No more magic. 1685 01:36:39,544 --> 01:36:41,503 [Lizzie] Oh, and you still owe me a coffee. 1686 01:36:52,890 --> 01:36:54,891 [lounge music playing on speakers] 1687 01:36:58,229 --> 01:36:59,521 Can I help you? 1688 01:37:03,276 --> 01:37:05,277 Oh. Okay. 126219

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