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[chattering]
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[high-pitched ringing]
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[chattering fades]
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[footsteps approaching]
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-Sorry. Excuse me.
-[chattering resumes]
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[upbeat music playing on speakers]
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Excuse me. Sorry about that.
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Oops. Sorry. [chuckles]
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It's-- No. Sorry.
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That's my bad.
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Hey, guys. I'm just gonna
squeeze past you here. Sorry.
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Hi.
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Hmm.
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Hi.
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Is that yarn?
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Yes. Yeah.
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[collector] Huh.
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-[collector 2] ls it. ..
-It's.. .
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-[collector 2] Is it yarn?
-It's ya-- Yeah, it's yarn.
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Thank you so much
for coming.
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Slow night.
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Yeah.
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You know,
I don't really need anyone to buy my art.
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It would just be nice
if someone understood it.
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-May I offer you another perspective?
-Sure.
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I do need people to buy your art.
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I'm sorry.
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There's one collector left.
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Go talk to him.
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You know, maybe my work is stronger
if I let it speak for itself.
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-Go!
-Sure thing.
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Uh, excuse me.
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-Oh, thank you.
-Hi.
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Actually, no--
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Sorry, I'm not the--
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[curator] Aren.
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Does the last collector here
think you're a waiter?
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Okay.
I'm canceling your solo show next month.
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No, no. I already bought the materials.
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I--
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I spent $3,000 on yarn.
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[curator] That may be,
but if you can't stick up for your work,
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I can't do it for you.
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[keypad beeping]
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[beeps]
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[sighs]
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[card ejects]
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[sighs]
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[beeping]
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Can you-- Can you help me?
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The machine is being a dick. [chuckles]
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Um.. .
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Yeah, okay. Sure.
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What do you need?
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Can you get cash for me?
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-My PIN is 310--
-No, you shouldn't tell me your PIN.
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555-01 64.
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Actually,
I think that might be a phone number.
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Hold on.
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Where-- Where's my card?
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It's in the machine.
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Oh, my God.
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Where's my card?
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Brad.
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Someone stole my debit card.
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-It's still in the ATM.
-Help!
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No, no, no. Dude!
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No! Dude!
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You have headshots in the morning!
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He just stole her purse, man!
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[friend] Look. She's got her purse.
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[Brad] But it was right there.
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I'm sorry to bother y'all, but. . .
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did one of y'all lose a earring?
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Oh, my God. Yes.
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I saw it on my way over
to meet my friend here.
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And lemme just say I know it ain't his.
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[drunk person] Oh, my God. Thank you.
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I would've been wearing one earring
like a freaking pirate.
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[laughs]
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By any chance,
are you all going to get some food?
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Yeah.
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There's a barbecue spot
that just opened on La Brea.
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My cousin runs it.
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They got a killer review
in the LA Weekly.
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But I don't know anything about that.
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All I know is they pull pork
just like my grandma used to.
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I love pork.
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You tell 'em Roger sent you,
and they'll bring out the good stuff.
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[friend] Thanks, man.
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[Brad] Hey, uh. . .
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No hard feelings, man.
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[Aren] Yeah, no. Yep.
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-[exhales]
-You good?
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Yeah, I-- I could've sworn
that I had her bag.
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Let's get off the street.
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You know,
these white folks looking at you crazy.
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-That doesn't bother you?
-[Aren] It's no big deal.
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-[Roger] It's a goddamn menace.
-It's annoying.
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People looking at me like I'm.. .
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whatever exactly they think that I am,
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but, you know,
it's not like it happens every day.
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So you saying people don't look at you
Like that every day?
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Well, that happens every day,
you know, if I go outside or whatever.
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But it doesn't escalate every day
is what I'm saying.
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Is that so?
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I'm not living in fear.
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I mean, is there fear? Yeah.
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Am I living in it?
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-No?
-What?
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You were just explaining
how none of this affects you.
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I just, uh, try
not to think about it, I guess.
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Look, I don't wanna waste your time, Aren,
but I saw you at the gallery.
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Right! Yeah, you were at the bar.
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And I followed you
because I think you're very talented.
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My work?
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You mean the yarn thing?
No, that didn't make no kind of sense.
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But you? You I get.
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And I wanna take you to a job interview.
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00:10:08,149 --> 00:10:10,400
Oh, no.
I don't know anything about bar tending.
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Second job. You need money, right?
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I need a yarn store
to change its return policy. [chuckles]
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-Can it do that?
-Yeah.
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-What?
-I mean, it pays good.
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What is it exactly?
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Officially, it's a client services firm.
127
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But unofficially,
we saving the damn world.
128
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I don't really understand.
129
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It's easier to show you. Here.
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-Now?
-Yeah.
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-Okay.
-You got any medical conditions?
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-Heart disease? Eczema?
-What? No. Why would that--
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What?
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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?
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I moved us a little.
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You move-- What?
138
00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,989
Hey, yo, wait, wait!
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Hey, Roger!
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[sports commentating on radio]
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How y'all doing?
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00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:30,939
The hell is going on?
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00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:33,901
Now, I'm probably supposed to
start slower with all of this,
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00:11:33,985 --> 00:11:36,987
but there's a recruiting class
starting right now,
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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?
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00:11:42,994 --> 00:11:48,832
Welcome to
the American Society of Magical Negroes.
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Over the next few days,
we'll introduce you to our work
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and determine if
any of you are fit for membership.
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Now, since every education starts
with the classics,
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let's take a look at some of
our most accomplished predecessors.
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James Crampton, Savannah, 1923.
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Watch his approach to the work.
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[fingers snap]
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[device whirring]
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[old jazz music playing on device]
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[exhales]
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Well, that's a peculiar shot, suh.
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00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:37,756
Where'd you come from?
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00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,133
Oh, I was just passin' through, suh.
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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?
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00:12:48,017 --> 00:12:52,229
Well, everybody in the state of Georgia
who likes billiards
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knows Beauregard Avery.
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Is it true that you once
snapped your cue on the break,
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then ran the table
with one of the splinters?
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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.
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00:13:09,414 --> 00:13:12,082
-Excuse me?
-Your billiard stroke, suh.
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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.
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00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:22,217
Lemme see how you holding it.
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Now, see, you thinkin' about
whether you're gonna miss.
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Maybe you missed a little bit
in your life.
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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...
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and get your stroke back.
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[chuckles]
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Not bad, Mr. Avery.
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Not bad.
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Now, obviously, you'll be using
a more contemporary dialect
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and a lot of other innovations we've made
since Jim's time.
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But he was a master of the fundamentals.
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00:14:09,932 --> 00:14:13,393
So, what did you notice
about Jim's approach to the work?
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00:14:13,978 --> 00:14:15,729
He doesn't make it about himself.
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00:14:15,813 --> 00:14:18,023
It's always about the client.
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Client service first.
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What else?
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He's really friendly.
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That's crucial.
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00:14:32,789 --> 00:14:35,123
-[recruiter] Anything else?
-He's wearing suspenders.
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Okay.
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Let's take a look at another one.
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Marcus Dunham, 1955.
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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.
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It's about the life coming into it.
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00:14:59,065 --> 00:15:00,524
What do you mean?
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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.
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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.
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00:15:24,048 --> 00:15:25,215
[gasps]
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00:15:32,890 --> 00:15:34,349
[breathes shakily]
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00:15:39,564 --> 00:15:41,189
[harmonica playing]
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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.
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00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:01,793
Your interests and hobbies
have to be authentically Black,
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00:16:01,878 --> 00:16:03,920
as understood by the culture.
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00:16:04,505 --> 00:16:06,506
We're showing the client
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the parts of ourselves
that make them feel good.
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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?
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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--
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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.
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