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♪ ♪
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- hi, hi.
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Norman mailer lived,
uh, two doors down.
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I saw him bite
rip torn's ear off one night.
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Seems like
a different lifetime.
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If you're looking
for more action, I can, uh,
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show you something
on commercial street.
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But you should know that
by November, even downtown
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is so empty and quiet that
you could hear a gnat fart.
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- I like the quiet.
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Need my privacy.
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How's the ventilation?
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These old houses
can get pretty stuffy.
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- You a writer?
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Painter?
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Hermit?
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I know you're not here
for the social scene,
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whatever's left of it.
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I've been here for 50 years.
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[chuckles]
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you know, back in the day,
you'd walk downtown,
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and you'd see boys getting
butt-fucked on front porches
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like some kind of perverted
norman rockwell painting.
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It was true
homosexual americana.
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Now it's mom and dad
or dad and dad or mom and mom
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and baby stroller gridlock
all fucking summer long.
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- I just left my job
at a lab in providence.
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- What are you, a chemist?
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- It was an ugly divorce.
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I just need some time alone.
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- Let's cut the bullshit.
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A big-city chemist
looking for a quiet place
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with great ventilation
in a town where the things
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that are most plentiful
for eight months a year
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are methheads, choppy seas,
and depression?
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That sounds like a woman
looking to set up
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her own little meth lab.
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- I have a phd from harvard.
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Meth is well below
my pay grade.
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- Good.
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'cause the sheriff has a nose
like a truffle pig
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for that junk.
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- Just lookin' for some quiet.
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I'll take it.
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♪ ♪
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[liquid trickling]
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♪ ♪
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[chilling music]
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♪ ♪
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[piano music playing]
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- do you know that guy,
uh, tex?
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He cruises the docks?
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- Wait, don't tell me.
He's from texas.
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- Yeah.
How'd you know?
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[laughs]
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anyway, he taught me this trick
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you do right before
a guy comes.
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- Mm.
- You press down on his taint,
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you time it just right,
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you can get him to come again
right away.
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- Mm, but you'll charge me
for just the one, right?
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- Exactly.
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- You're playing
out of your league.
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Scram.
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- Look,
can I just borrow ten bucks?
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- I said scram, methhead.
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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- I'm new in town,
got a few extra bucks.
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You do girls too?
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- Yep.
Here.
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Look at that.
I'm a gentleman.
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- [chuckles]
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[eerie music]
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♪ ♪
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don't touch anything.
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- So, uh, what do you want?
[chuckles]
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kind of do things
as a standard
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sliding scale kind of deal.
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It's, uh, $50 for oral.
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Straight-up sex, that's $100,
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but I'm currently running
a Halloween special.
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I'll do anything for 20 bucks.
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- But Halloween
isn't for a week.
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- Mm.
It's a, um, seasonal thing.
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[both laugh]
- I just wanna talk.
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I'll pay you for your time.
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- All right.
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- Tell me about your dreams.
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- Like, at night?
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- No.
Like, in life.
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You ever wanna be a model
or play for the yankees?
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- You really think
I could be a model?
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- No.
But you must have something.
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Everyone does.
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- Well, I write a little.
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- You any good?
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- I don't know.
[laughs]
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I don't think
I've ever shown anyone
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anything I've written
before, but, uh...
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Um, yeah, you know,
I think I'm pretty good.
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Why, you, like, a big-time
movie producer or something?
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- I'm a biochemical engineer.
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Spent the past nine years
working with the u.S. Military
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trying to understand and unlock
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the creative parts
of the brain.
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- They wanna make
more creative soldiers?
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- Less.
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They don't want them
to think for themselves.
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But to lock up
the creative mind,
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we also have to understand
how to unlock it.
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We have tons of research
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from studying
highly creative people.
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Every one of 'em
says the same thing.
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They don't know
where it comes from.
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[whispering]
but I do.
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[normally]
the occipital lobe.
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Talented people have denser,
more numerous clusters
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of neurons in that area.
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I don't care if you are
bill fucking shakespeare.
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If I whack you hard enough
in that part of your head,
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you'll never write again.
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So I started developing a drug
to target that area.
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Made the neurons in that part
of the brain fire at 10,
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50, 1,000 times faster
and more frequently
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than they usually do.
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- Uh, wow, um...
[laughs]
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did it work?
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- We started testing it
on primates.
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And yeah, it worked...
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On some of the apes.
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The ones who tested higher
on cognitive tests
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before we gave them
the medicine.
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Suddenly, they could play
complex notes on a keyboard.
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- So, um, what happened to the
ones it, like, didn't work on?
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- They became
highly aggressive.
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Bloodthirsty.
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Tore the other apes
limb from limb.
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I think the medicine
has different effects
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on creative
and noncreative people.
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It's almost like
the noncreative ones
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can tolerate
their lack of talent
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until they're confronted
with it.
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Then their mediocrity
drives 'em mad.
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So...
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Wanna try one?
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- Fuck no!
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- Maybe you're one
of the talented ones.
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- Um...
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Thanks
but no, thanks.
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Uh, look,
can I just get my money?
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- It's a long winter.
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♪ ♪
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I'll give you $50
for anyone you convince
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to come take one
of these lil' black beauties.
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♪ ♪
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[scattered applause]
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- maybe I should sing tonight.
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Do you think they have
any joan baez?
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- Ooh, wow, joan baez.
[both laugh]
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wait, doesn't, uh, singin'
make your cough worse anyway?
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- Yeah, but...
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Good news is, it's October
and I've only had bronchitis
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five times this year.
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- Oh, that's a--
a real victory, karen.
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[both laugh]
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- [coughs]
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- I always get depressed
this time of year.
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- Oh, no, no.
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I love it.
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All the assholes leave town,
and the galleries close, and...
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None of the paintings inside
them mock me when I walk by.
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- Do you think you're talented?
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Like, uh--like, uh--
like, if you just had,
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like, a little bit of help,
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you could paint things good
enough for those galleries?
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- Oh.
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No.
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No, I'm shit
inside and out.
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Can I have a hit, please,
before I bore myself to tears?
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[billy joel's "just the way
you are" playing]
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♪ ♪
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[sniffs, coughs]
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- ♪ don't go changing ♪
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♪ to try and please me ♪
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♪ you never let me down
before ♪
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[suspenseful music]
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[banging on door]
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♪ ♪
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hey.
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I'm a singer.
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Mickey sent me.
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[door creaks]
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[door creaking]
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[soft dramatic music]
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[bell rings]
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- welcome, welcome to our last
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autumn reading
octoberfest event.
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Some people come out
to the cape to see the foliage,
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others for a fresh bag
of cranberries
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or a walk in the dunes.
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But the authors
we've been lucky enough
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to bring here
to read their new works
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are just as satisfying a draw,
if you ask me.
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Today I'd like to welcome
belle noir,
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a romance novelist,
self-published,
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who will be reading
from her new book,
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"martha's cherry tree,"
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a rather racy retelling
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of the george
and martha washington story.
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[light applause]
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- thank you.
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I'm going to read you
a section of chapter 17.
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Martha suspects
george is sleeping
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with one of their maids.
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And upon searching
the maid's bed,
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she finds one
of george's wooden teeth.
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Rather than confront george,
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she decides
to seduce the maid herself.
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"'I cannot tell a lie.
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"I cannot tell a lie.'
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"had he whispered
those false words
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"to innocent little penelope
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"when he drove himself
into her?
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"had he lied about loving her?
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"lied about her
being the only one?
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"lied about never lying?
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"the only thing that distracted
her from these thoughts
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"was the soft skin
of penelope's breasts and belly
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"as martha slowly kissed her
way down to the hairy warmth
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between the young maid's legs."
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[doleful music]
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♪ ♪
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[bell rings]
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♪ ♪
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who should I make it out to?
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- The chemist.
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You're a good writer.
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- That's very kind of you.
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- Got some real potential.
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- Tell the publishing houses
for me, would you?
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♪ ♪
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[seagulls squawking]
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♪ ♪
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you said you were going
to come in for the reading.
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- Your books gross me out.
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- It grosses you out to hear
your wife talk about sex?
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- Yes, especially this book.
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I can't look at a $1 bill
or mount rushmore anymore
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without wantin' to puke.
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How many books did you sell?
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- One.
- [scoffs] for fuck's sake.
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I would've just bought
a book from you at home,
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and we could've skipped
this bullshit.
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- It's not bullshit.
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It's my dream.
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- What do you want from me,
belle?
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I'm here, aren't I?
I agreed to puttin' up
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a big chunk of our retirement
for this dumb book tour,
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00:13:56,019 --> 00:13:57,769
during which
we've sold six books.
263
00:13:57,854 --> 00:13:59,854
You want me
to support your dream?
264
00:13:59,973 --> 00:14:01,606
Here I am,
supporting the fuck out of it.
265
00:14:01,691 --> 00:14:04,192
- [chuckling] and I'm grateful.
266
00:14:04,311 --> 00:14:07,478
But can't you see
I'm doing it for both of us?
267
00:14:07,564 --> 00:14:10,148
I could be
the next danielle steel.
268
00:14:10,233 --> 00:14:12,367
She's worth a billion dollars.
269
00:14:12,485 --> 00:14:13,318
- How many times
has she been married?
270
00:14:13,403 --> 00:14:16,037
- Four, maybe five.
271
00:14:16,156 --> 00:14:18,456
- Well, I guess then there's
one way you could be like her.
272
00:14:21,661 --> 00:14:23,995
- [huffs]
273
00:14:24,998 --> 00:14:29,167
♪ ♪
274
00:14:29,252 --> 00:14:30,885
let's go back to the hotel
and freshen up
275
00:14:31,004 --> 00:14:32,720
and then watch the sunset
from muse.
276
00:14:32,839 --> 00:14:35,807
I hear it's beautiful.
277
00:14:35,892 --> 00:14:37,725
- Do you want me to suck
some cock while I'm in there?
278
00:14:37,844 --> 00:14:39,227
- What?
No.
279
00:14:39,346 --> 00:14:41,479
- Then why are you asking me
to go to a homo bar
280
00:14:41,565 --> 00:14:44,482
and do something totally gay
like watch the fucking sunset?
281
00:14:44,568 --> 00:14:46,317
I wanna do something
actually fun,
282
00:14:46,403 --> 00:14:47,551
like the haunted dune tour.
283
00:14:47,654 --> 00:14:50,738
- Sounds scary,
I don't wanna have nightmares.
284
00:14:50,857 --> 00:14:53,658
I need my sleep before the next
tour stop in the vineyard.
285
00:14:53,743 --> 00:14:56,394
- You know why
I'm really so angry at you?
286
00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:58,663
It's not the stupid book tour
287
00:14:58,748 --> 00:14:59,998
or the fact that
you write about sex all day
288
00:15:00,083 --> 00:15:01,732
but haven't touched my dick
in two years.
289
00:15:01,835 --> 00:15:02,733
It's that you're weak
290
00:15:02,836 --> 00:15:04,735
and scared
291
00:15:04,838 --> 00:15:07,005
and boring.
292
00:15:07,090 --> 00:15:09,591
- I'm the same as I was when
you married me 40 years ago.
293
00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:10,792
- Well, I was at work
for those 40 years.
294
00:15:10,877 --> 00:15:12,093
Now that I have
to be with you all the time,
295
00:15:12,212 --> 00:15:14,262
it's intolerable.
296
00:15:14,381 --> 00:15:17,048
- I hear they have
great calamari!
297
00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:23,438
[soft piano music playing]
298
00:15:23,556 --> 00:15:27,692
♪ ♪
299
00:15:27,777 --> 00:15:30,278
- hey.
300
00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:33,781
Pretty cool color
on your nails.
301
00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:34,866
You mind if I join you?
302
00:15:34,951 --> 00:15:37,702
- What are you, a hustler?
303
00:15:37,787 --> 00:15:38,820
I wrote a book about a hustler
304
00:15:38,905 --> 00:15:42,040
who ends up sleeping
with the head of the kgb
305
00:15:42,125 --> 00:15:44,208
and then becomes
head of the cia.
306
00:15:44,294 --> 00:15:47,445
- That sounds awesome.
[chuckles]
307
00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:48,162
I'd like to read that.
308
00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:50,948
- I'll send you a copy.
309
00:15:51,051 --> 00:15:54,335
You're wasting your time
with me; I'm married.
310
00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:55,619
- Wait.
311
00:15:55,722 --> 00:15:58,122
I know you.
312
00:15:58,224 --> 00:15:59,007
You're the author
that was doing the reading
313
00:15:59,092 --> 00:16:01,459
at the bookstore, right?
314
00:16:01,561 --> 00:16:03,678
- Were you there?
- Uh, well, no.
315
00:16:03,763 --> 00:16:05,680
They, uh--they don't
let me in there anymore
316
00:16:05,765 --> 00:16:07,348
after I stole the, uh,
"screenplay for dummies" book
317
00:16:07,434 --> 00:16:09,133
a while back, but, uh,
318
00:16:09,235 --> 00:16:10,634
I saw you through the window.
319
00:16:10,737 --> 00:16:12,470
- You write too?
320
00:16:12,572 --> 00:16:15,473
- Ah, sometimes,
but not like you.
321
00:16:15,575 --> 00:16:17,808
You're, like,
a real published author.
322
00:16:17,911 --> 00:16:20,311
- Self-published.
323
00:16:20,413 --> 00:16:21,812
- Hey, I mean,
324
00:16:21,915 --> 00:16:23,147
just finishing a book's
a big deal, right?
325
00:16:23,249 --> 00:16:24,532
[chuckles]
326
00:16:27,337 --> 00:16:29,320
- let me buy you a drink.
327
00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:30,821
- Yeah.
328
00:16:30,924 --> 00:16:33,324
- I know they say
that anyone can be a writer,
329
00:16:33,426 --> 00:16:34,992
because all you have to do
is sit down and write,
330
00:16:35,095 --> 00:16:36,761
but that doesn't make you
a writer any more
331
00:16:36,846 --> 00:16:39,330
than a kid playing catch
is a ballplayer
332
00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:41,716
or a sperm donor is a dad.
333
00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:44,001
I know I'm not the greatest
writer in the world.
334
00:16:44,104 --> 00:16:46,670
I mean, a lot of my stuff
is schlock, but...
335
00:16:46,773 --> 00:16:48,005
I'm a writer; I know I am.
336
00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:50,341
I can't stop.
337
00:16:50,443 --> 00:16:51,726
Even if it wrecks my marriage,
338
00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:53,478
even if I go broke doing it,
339
00:16:53,563 --> 00:16:54,812
even if I never sell a book,
340
00:16:54,898 --> 00:16:56,614
it's who I am.
341
00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:01,319
Can I ask you a question?
342
00:17:01,404 --> 00:17:03,988
Do you have any cocaine?
343
00:17:04,074 --> 00:17:06,824
I always wanted to try it, and
you look like a drug addict.
344
00:17:06,910 --> 00:17:08,493
No offense.
345
00:17:08,578 --> 00:17:10,161
- Oh, none taken.
346
00:17:10,246 --> 00:17:12,530
'cause I am.
- Mm.
347
00:17:12,632 --> 00:17:16,033
- But, um, no, no coke.
But...
348
00:17:16,136 --> 00:17:17,085
I've got something better.
349
00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:20,088
[ominous music]
350
00:17:20,173 --> 00:17:25,376
♪ ♪
351
00:17:25,478 --> 00:17:27,428
- [sniffs]
352
00:17:27,514 --> 00:17:28,712
[gasps]
353
00:17:28,815 --> 00:17:31,715
[chaotic percussive music]
354
00:17:31,818 --> 00:17:38,523
♪ ♪
355
00:17:44,364 --> 00:17:47,615
[dreamy pop music playing]
356
00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:51,702
♪ ♪
357
00:17:51,788 --> 00:17:54,705
[ominous music]
358
00:17:54,791 --> 00:17:55,923
♪ ♪
359
00:17:56,042 --> 00:17:59,544
- give me a bloody mary.
360
00:17:59,629 --> 00:18:01,596
- Hey, dude,
you don't look good.
361
00:18:01,714 --> 00:18:03,047
- I feel sick.
362
00:18:03,133 --> 00:18:06,217
I think that bitch karen gave
me bronchitis or something.
363
00:18:06,302 --> 00:18:08,052
- You sure?
'cause she says
364
00:18:08,138 --> 00:18:09,270
she hasn't been sick
in a while.
365
00:18:09,389 --> 00:18:15,860
♪ ♪
366
00:18:22,485 --> 00:18:23,451
- I'm gonna puke.
367
00:18:26,656 --> 00:18:28,039
[door slams]
368
00:18:31,244 --> 00:18:33,294
[retching]
369
00:18:36,416 --> 00:18:39,584
[panting]
370
00:18:39,669 --> 00:18:42,587
[unsettling music]
371
00:18:42,672 --> 00:18:48,726
♪ ♪
372
00:19:02,108 --> 00:19:03,741
- I'm so happy.
373
00:19:03,827 --> 00:19:05,660
- Uh, yeah, that's the drugs.
374
00:19:05,778 --> 00:19:07,829
- Then I want more.
375
00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:09,580
- [laughs]
yeah, you see,
376
00:19:09,666 --> 00:19:10,648
it doesn't really
work that way.
377
00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:12,333
First time's the best,
and then, uh,
378
00:19:12,452 --> 00:19:13,918
you end up
chasing that high forever,
379
00:19:14,003 --> 00:19:16,003
and you never catch it.
380
00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:18,506
- That's some bullshit.
381
00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:19,423
- Mm-hmm.
- [laughs]
382
00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:23,294
- uh,
you know, I, uh--
383
00:19:23,379 --> 00:19:24,962
I know someone that can
give you something else.
384
00:19:25,048 --> 00:19:27,465
Something that can
make you happy forever.
385
00:19:27,550 --> 00:19:28,633
- How come
you're not taking it?
386
00:19:30,637 --> 00:19:32,854
- 'cause it's, uh--
it's not for me.
387
00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:36,140
It only works
for people like you.
388
00:19:36,226 --> 00:19:37,191
Artists.
389
00:19:37,310 --> 00:19:43,814
♪ ♪
390
00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:46,150
we've been waitin'
half an hour.
391
00:19:46,236 --> 00:19:48,369
- I wanted to read this first.
392
00:19:48,488 --> 00:19:50,204
You have talent.
393
00:19:50,323 --> 00:19:52,373
- Thank you.
- Took everything in me
394
00:19:52,492 --> 00:19:53,624
not to rub one out
during that threesome
395
00:19:53,726 --> 00:19:57,044
with george and martha
and ben franklin.
396
00:19:57,163 --> 00:19:58,629
- I've always found
heavier-set men
397
00:19:58,715 --> 00:20:00,414
to be extremely attractive.
398
00:20:02,502 --> 00:20:04,886
- Mickey tell you
what I'm offering?
399
00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:06,971
- Making all my dreams
come true.
400
00:20:07,056 --> 00:20:07,972
I'm in.
- You wanna know about
401
00:20:08,057 --> 00:20:09,223
the side effects?
402
00:20:09,342 --> 00:20:11,008
- I know I'm talented.
403
00:20:12,228 --> 00:20:15,479
- The pills
create certain cravings.
404
00:20:15,565 --> 00:20:16,981
And they cause aggression
405
00:20:17,066 --> 00:20:19,684
even in the subjects
with positive results.
406
00:20:19,769 --> 00:20:21,185
- I could use
a little of that too.
407
00:20:21,271 --> 00:20:24,689
According to my husband.
408
00:20:24,774 --> 00:20:26,691
Please, I need this.
409
00:20:26,776 --> 00:20:30,912
♪ ♪
410
00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:32,530
- the effects are temporary.
411
00:20:34,617 --> 00:20:36,867
You're gonna have to keep
taking them as it wears off.
412
00:20:36,953 --> 00:20:37,702
And you're gonna have
to stick around
413
00:20:37,787 --> 00:20:40,705
and agree to let me study you.
414
00:20:40,790 --> 00:20:42,924
- Whatever it takes...
415
00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:45,876
♪ ♪
416
00:20:45,962 --> 00:20:48,379
to finding my destiny.
417
00:20:48,464 --> 00:20:54,885
♪ ♪
418
00:20:59,025 --> 00:21:01,091
[breathes shakily]
419
00:21:01,194 --> 00:21:07,865
♪ ♪
420
00:21:07,951 --> 00:21:08,699
[keys jangling]
421
00:21:08,785 --> 00:21:10,151
[lock clicks]
422
00:21:19,879 --> 00:21:21,796
[line rings]
423
00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:23,130
- you've reached ray.
Leave a message.
424
00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:26,300
- Asshole.
[beep]
425
00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:27,551
[sudden intense music]
426
00:21:27,637 --> 00:21:30,471
[gagging and spitting]
427
00:21:30,590 --> 00:21:33,474
[sinister music]
428
00:21:33,593 --> 00:21:39,597
♪ ♪
429
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,028
[music intensifies]
430
00:21:54,113 --> 00:22:01,168
♪ ♪
431
00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,153
[laughing hysterically]
432
00:22:44,380 --> 00:22:45,913
- good morning.
433
00:22:48,718 --> 00:22:51,368
What's wrong with you?
434
00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:52,753
- I wrote a book last night.
435
00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:55,089
A whole book, and it's--
436
00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:57,842
it's beautiful.
437
00:22:57,927 --> 00:22:58,843
- Bullshit.
438
00:22:58,928 --> 00:23:01,145
Let me see.
439
00:23:03,933 --> 00:23:06,517
You didn't write this.
440
00:23:06,602 --> 00:23:07,518
- What?
441
00:23:07,603 --> 00:23:08,686
Yes, I did.
- You couldn't have.
442
00:23:08,771 --> 00:23:10,237
It's good.
443
00:23:11,190 --> 00:23:14,191
- I did write it!
444
00:23:14,277 --> 00:23:16,193
I went out and danced
445
00:23:16,279 --> 00:23:18,612
and took methamphetamine
446
00:23:18,698 --> 00:23:20,197
and met a chemist
and had the time of my life!
447
00:23:20,283 --> 00:23:22,199
And then I came home,
and I wrote this!
448
00:23:22,285 --> 00:23:24,368
Where the fuck were you?
449
00:23:24,454 --> 00:23:25,786
- I went to the dunes tour,
450
00:23:25,872 --> 00:23:27,788
and I got drunk,
451
00:23:27,874 --> 00:23:30,741
and I met a woman who doesn't
dress like a schoolteacher,
452
00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:32,293
and I fucked her
right there in the sand
453
00:23:32,378 --> 00:23:34,128
until we passed out.
454
00:23:34,213 --> 00:23:37,080
Then we woke up
and fucked again.
455
00:23:37,183 --> 00:23:39,917
- [gasps]
- now I'm gonna take a shower.
456
00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:41,084
I'm gonna pack my things.
457
00:23:41,187 --> 00:23:42,303
I'm gonna go over
to the red inn.
458
00:23:42,388 --> 00:23:44,138
I'm gonna fuck her
for a third time.
459
00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:44,972
Because this marriage...
460
00:23:45,057 --> 00:23:46,757
Is over.
461
00:23:46,859 --> 00:23:49,310
- [sobs]
462
00:23:49,395 --> 00:23:52,229
[heartbeat thumping]
463
00:23:52,315 --> 00:23:53,481
- what?
464
00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:54,565
You got something
you wanna say?
465
00:23:54,650 --> 00:23:56,117
- [groans]
466
00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:58,285
[screams]
467
00:23:58,404 --> 00:23:59,737
- ah!
468
00:23:59,822 --> 00:24:03,124
[gagging]
469
00:24:03,242 --> 00:24:06,127
[tense music]
470
00:24:06,245 --> 00:24:09,630
♪ ♪
471
00:24:09,749 --> 00:24:13,083
[muffled screaming]
472
00:24:13,169 --> 00:24:16,086
- [slurping and grunting]
473
00:24:16,172 --> 00:24:18,422
[panting]
474
00:24:18,508 --> 00:24:22,092
♪ ♪
475
00:24:22,178 --> 00:24:25,095
- what was the feeling exactly?
476
00:24:25,181 --> 00:24:29,099
- I don't know.
Rage?
477
00:24:29,185 --> 00:24:32,937
Like braveheart
or a beast of the wild.
478
00:24:33,022 --> 00:24:35,272
But that's not
what made me attack him.
479
00:24:35,358 --> 00:24:37,107
- What was it?
480
00:24:37,193 --> 00:24:39,860
- Thirst.
481
00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:43,113
I could smell his blood
through his skin.
482
00:24:43,199 --> 00:24:45,282
I was gonna die
if I didn't drink it.
483
00:24:45,368 --> 00:24:47,701
- Fascinating.
484
00:24:47,787 --> 00:24:49,954
Not surprising,
but fascinating.
485
00:24:50,039 --> 00:24:51,338
- You knew this
was going to happen?
486
00:24:51,457 --> 00:24:52,957
- [exhales sharply]
487
00:24:53,042 --> 00:24:55,125
after the rages,
488
00:24:55,211 --> 00:24:56,627
the apes would drink the blood
of their kills.
489
00:24:56,712 --> 00:24:59,930
When we autopsied
the ones before they drank,
490
00:25:00,016 --> 00:25:01,515
we noticed a depletion
of sodium, potassium,
491
00:25:01,634 --> 00:25:04,768
calcium, and magnesium
in their blood.
492
00:25:04,854 --> 00:25:07,605
I wasn't sure it'd have the
same effect on humans, but...
493
00:25:07,690 --> 00:25:10,357
Makes sense that it would.
494
00:25:10,476 --> 00:25:11,859
- Am I going to have
to keep drinking blood
495
00:25:11,978 --> 00:25:13,060
to keep writing like that?
496
00:25:15,531 --> 00:25:17,281
- Would that stop you from
continuing to take the pills?
497
00:25:17,366 --> 00:25:23,704
♪ ♪
498
00:25:23,823 --> 00:25:26,707
what happened after
you drank from your husband?
499
00:25:26,826 --> 00:25:31,729
- I, uh, sat down and...
500
00:25:31,831 --> 00:25:34,715
Wrote the first 50 pages
of part two of my book.
501
00:25:34,834 --> 00:25:37,718
I didn't even care about ray.
502
00:25:37,837 --> 00:25:39,887
I just had to write.
503
00:25:40,006 --> 00:25:41,722
- First things first,
504
00:25:41,841 --> 00:25:43,390
you got to get rid
of your husband's body.
505
00:25:43,509 --> 00:25:48,229
♪ ♪
506
00:25:48,347 --> 00:25:50,231
- come on.
507
00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:51,815
Mm.
508
00:25:51,901 --> 00:25:56,403
♪ ♪
509
00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:58,572
ah!
510
00:25:58,691 --> 00:26:00,574
♪ ♪
511
00:26:00,693 --> 00:26:03,327
no, no, no, no, no!
Back, back, back.
512
00:26:03,412 --> 00:26:04,995
Jesus.
513
00:26:05,081 --> 00:26:06,113
Ew.
514
00:26:12,471 --> 00:26:14,037
- Did your hair all fall out
on its own?
515
00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:15,639
- Most of it.
516
00:26:15,725 --> 00:26:17,007
I shaved the rest.
517
00:26:17,093 --> 00:26:19,876
Otherwise I'd look like
riff raff from "rocky horror."
518
00:26:19,979 --> 00:26:21,312
- your skin
is looking rather creamy.
519
00:26:21,397 --> 00:26:23,147
Probably a form of anemia.
520
00:26:23,232 --> 00:26:24,648
How's your temper?
521
00:26:24,734 --> 00:26:26,483
Have you shown
any aggression towards anyone?
522
00:26:26,569 --> 00:26:28,485
- No.
523
00:26:28,588 --> 00:26:29,987
I'm a fucking buddhist.
524
00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:33,157
I wanna be like bono and use
my music to help people.
525
00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:35,326
I need more pills.
526
00:26:35,411 --> 00:26:36,577
The dose you gave me
must have been too low.
527
00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:40,831
I have never felt a jones
like this before.
528
00:26:40,916 --> 00:26:43,667
- I told you,
I set the protocol.
529
00:26:43,753 --> 00:26:45,753
And you don't get another pill
until day five.
530
00:26:45,871 --> 00:26:47,004
It's day three.
531
00:26:47,089 --> 00:26:48,172
- What did you do to me?
532
00:26:48,257 --> 00:26:50,341
Why is this happening to me?
533
00:26:50,426 --> 00:26:51,342
Please, give me a fix.
534
00:26:51,427 --> 00:26:52,743
Just one more pill.
535
00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:55,179
- You're part
of a very important study.
536
00:26:55,264 --> 00:26:57,514
And you volunteered for it.
537
00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:58,415
Honestly, I don't know
what's happening to you
538
00:26:58,517 --> 00:26:59,916
or what comes next.
539
00:27:00,019 --> 00:27:02,085
All I know is,
no more pills for two days.
540
00:27:02,188 --> 00:27:04,254
- And if I die before then?
541
00:27:04,357 --> 00:27:06,807
I'm freezing cold.
I can't stop shivering.
542
00:27:06,892 --> 00:27:08,258
Is that supposed to happen?
543
00:27:08,361 --> 00:27:10,093
- It's October.
544
00:27:10,196 --> 00:27:13,096
You're wearing a light jacket.
545
00:27:13,199 --> 00:27:14,931
Go get yourself
a proper fucking coat.
546
00:27:15,034 --> 00:27:21,071
♪ ♪
547
00:27:23,409 --> 00:27:23,957
[bell rings]
548
00:27:31,384 --> 00:27:33,283
- I'm diggin' the look.
549
00:27:33,386 --> 00:27:35,552
Vampire michael stipe.
550
00:27:35,638 --> 00:27:37,671
Or anorexic uncle fester?
551
00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:42,059
You want a tattoo?
552
00:27:42,144 --> 00:27:43,794
I do them in the back.
553
00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:45,462
I could give you bat wings
554
00:27:45,564 --> 00:27:47,848
or, like, a grim reaper
dancing on your arm.
555
00:27:47,933 --> 00:27:48,849
- I need a coat.
556
00:27:48,934 --> 00:27:49,800
And I don't have
a lot of money.
557
00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:51,352
- I got just the thing.
558
00:27:51,437 --> 00:27:53,303
♪ ♪
559
00:27:53,406 --> 00:27:54,805
- these look expensive.
560
00:27:54,907 --> 00:27:56,807
- They were, in the '80s.
561
00:27:56,909 --> 00:27:58,859
All the fashion gays
from new york and boston
562
00:27:58,944 --> 00:28:02,863
came out here to let their
dicks and rainbow flags fly.
563
00:28:02,948 --> 00:28:04,365
Then they all died
and left behind closets
564
00:28:04,450 --> 00:28:05,616
full of this
high-fashion stuff.
565
00:28:05,701 --> 00:28:08,035
When the straight yuppies
moved into town,
566
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:11,038
they cleaned out the closets
and donated all of it to us.
567
00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:15,459
I was hoping to sell a few
for Halloween, but no takers.
568
00:28:15,544 --> 00:28:17,010
I'll basically give one to you
if you take it off my hands.
569
00:28:20,466 --> 00:28:23,384
[ominous music]
570
00:28:23,469 --> 00:28:30,524
♪ ♪
571
00:28:37,283 --> 00:28:40,234
- [whispering indistinctly]
572
00:28:40,319 --> 00:28:47,458
♪ ♪
573
00:28:52,832 --> 00:28:54,832
you don't look well.
574
00:28:54,917 --> 00:28:57,668
Would you pray with me?
575
00:28:57,753 --> 00:28:59,253
- Yeah.
576
00:28:59,338 --> 00:29:04,174
- [praying in portuguese]
577
00:29:04,260 --> 00:29:08,395
♪ ♪
578
00:29:08,514 --> 00:29:12,349
- [breathing shallowly]
579
00:29:12,435 --> 00:29:15,853
♪ ♪
580
00:29:15,938 --> 00:29:18,856
[chaotic music]
581
00:29:18,941 --> 00:29:24,995
♪ ♪
582
00:29:26,615 --> 00:29:29,533
[slurping]
583
00:29:33,873 --> 00:29:34,705
- [roars]
584
00:29:34,790 --> 00:29:36,957
[children screaming]
585
00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:39,543
[dark music]
586
00:29:39,628 --> 00:29:42,796
♪ ♪
587
00:29:42,882 --> 00:29:45,215
- [distorted]
awesome costume, dude.
588
00:29:45,301 --> 00:29:49,052
[laughter]
589
00:29:49,138 --> 00:29:56,193
♪ ♪
590
00:29:57,813 --> 00:29:58,695
[knocking]
591
00:30:01,734 --> 00:30:04,401
- the candy's in the--
592
00:30:04,487 --> 00:30:05,786
[whispering]
come in.
593
00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:09,573
[normally]
what happened?
594
00:30:11,911 --> 00:30:13,460
It states in section four
of the contract you signed
595
00:30:13,579 --> 00:30:14,795
to be a part of the study
596
00:30:14,914 --> 00:30:16,914
that you have complete
confidentiality
597
00:30:16,999 --> 00:30:19,299
for anything you say in here.
598
00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:21,635
- I was in the cemetery,
and I--
599
00:30:21,754 --> 00:30:22,636
I don't know what happened.
600
00:30:22,755 --> 00:30:24,822
I'm a vegan.
601
00:30:24,924 --> 00:30:26,990
I don't even eat
those impossible burgers,
602
00:30:27,092 --> 00:30:28,976
but the thirst for her
was too much.
603
00:30:29,094 --> 00:30:29,810
- How much blood did you drink?
604
00:30:29,929 --> 00:30:31,762
- I don't fucking know!
605
00:30:31,864 --> 00:30:33,263
I killed her!
606
00:30:33,349 --> 00:30:36,149
She asked me to pray with her,
and I killed her!
607
00:30:36,268 --> 00:30:37,434
- Did you feel anger, rage?
608
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,520
- Yes.
Why?
609
00:30:39,605 --> 00:30:40,604
- [sighs]
you drank the blood
610
00:30:40,689 --> 00:30:43,023
'cause the pills
create a deficiency.
611
00:30:43,108 --> 00:30:45,776
You felt the rage
because you now hate everyone.
612
00:30:45,878 --> 00:30:48,445
- Why?
613
00:30:48,547 --> 00:30:51,281
I told you, I'm a pacifist.
614
00:30:51,367 --> 00:30:51,982
- You hate everyone
because you now know
615
00:30:52,084 --> 00:30:53,784
the truth about yourself.
616
00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:56,019
You're not talented.
617
00:30:56,121 --> 00:30:57,955
You don't have what it takes.
618
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,674
[somber music]
619
00:31:00,793 --> 00:31:03,343
- [crying]
620
00:31:03,462 --> 00:31:05,512
- the talented ones
need the blood,
621
00:31:05,631 --> 00:31:06,797
but their rage comes
from their arrogance
622
00:31:06,882 --> 00:31:08,799
and certainty that they're
better than everyone.
623
00:31:08,884 --> 00:31:12,519
The rage of the untalented
is much darker, more intense.
624
00:31:12,638 --> 00:31:15,305
You hate the world for giving
you dreams that were too big.
625
00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:18,275
Back up, motherfucker.
626
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,277
- [growls]
627
00:31:20,362 --> 00:31:23,614
- never come back here again.
628
00:31:23,699 --> 00:31:27,034
Don't worry, I'm sure you'll
have plenty of company soon.
629
00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:29,286
Soon as word gets out
about what I'm sellin' here,
630
00:31:29,371 --> 00:31:30,704
every asshole whose mother
told him he could be
631
00:31:30,823 --> 00:31:34,207
the next elvis or tyler perry
632
00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:36,043
gonna take a chance
on that little black pill.
633
00:31:36,161 --> 00:31:38,295
Nine out of ten of 'em
are gonna end up just like you.
634
00:31:38,380 --> 00:31:39,997
Now, get the fuck out my house.
635
00:31:40,082 --> 00:31:45,552
♪ ♪
636
00:31:45,671 --> 00:31:48,639
[intense music]
637
00:31:48,724 --> 00:31:52,142
♪ ♪
638
00:31:52,227 --> 00:31:55,062
- [retching]
ugh.
639
00:31:55,180 --> 00:31:57,981
[groans]
640
00:31:58,067 --> 00:31:59,232
hey, dude.
641
00:31:59,351 --> 00:32:02,052
Never mix tequila and merlot.
642
00:32:03,522 --> 00:32:05,072
- [snarling]
643
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:06,857
- [screams]
644
00:32:09,395 --> 00:32:11,878
[doleful music]
645
00:32:11,981 --> 00:32:16,883
♪ ♪
646
00:32:16,986 --> 00:32:19,219
- you wanna try that on?
647
00:32:19,321 --> 00:32:20,887
- I don't know, perhaps.
648
00:32:20,990 --> 00:32:23,890
I'm looking to create
an entirely new closet,
649
00:32:23,993 --> 00:32:24,992
a whole new look.
650
00:32:25,077 --> 00:32:27,160
- New guy in your life?
651
00:32:27,262 --> 00:32:29,162
- Mm, no,
I like to play the field,
652
00:32:29,248 --> 00:32:30,330
preferably
with multiple players.
653
00:32:30,416 --> 00:32:31,665
- [chuckles]
654
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:33,834
- I left my husband
a few winters ago.
655
00:32:33,919 --> 00:32:35,452
Left him in pieces
on the beach.
656
00:32:37,256 --> 00:32:39,089
Just kidding.
657
00:32:39,208 --> 00:32:41,675
- I killed my last boyfriend.
658
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,177
He could bang me pretty good,
but he was boring as fuck.
659
00:32:44,263 --> 00:32:45,345
So I drank him dry
and burned the body.
660
00:32:45,431 --> 00:32:47,681
- [laughs softly]
661
00:32:47,766 --> 00:32:49,582
- how long
you been on the pill?
662
00:32:49,685 --> 00:32:51,418
- Two years.
You?
663
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:52,686
- Couple of months.
664
00:32:52,771 --> 00:32:53,971
What's motivating the new look?
665
00:32:54,056 --> 00:32:55,689
- I always thought
that a woman should pick a look
666
00:32:55,774 --> 00:32:58,191
before she turns 40
and stick with it.
667
00:32:58,277 --> 00:33:01,261
For men, it's 50.
And I did that.
668
00:33:01,363 --> 00:33:03,430
But lately I've been thinking
that that's a rule
669
00:33:03,532 --> 00:33:05,866
for people with no second act.
670
00:33:05,951 --> 00:33:07,701
I've published six
"new york times" best sellers
671
00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:09,436
in the past two years,
672
00:33:09,538 --> 00:33:10,988
one that was turned
into a film franchise.
673
00:33:11,073 --> 00:33:12,439
- [gasps]
674
00:33:12,541 --> 00:33:13,940
"the heart
is the bitterest root,"
675
00:33:14,043 --> 00:33:15,826
I love those movies.
676
00:33:15,911 --> 00:33:17,110
- What about you, dear?
677
00:33:17,212 --> 00:33:19,162
How does your little black
pill-driven greatness
678
00:33:19,248 --> 00:33:21,114
express itself?
679
00:33:21,216 --> 00:33:22,115
- Tattoos.
680
00:33:22,217 --> 00:33:24,617
And these.
681
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,120
- [laughing] oh, my!
How convenient.
682
00:33:27,222 --> 00:33:28,672
I must have a set!
683
00:33:28,757 --> 00:33:30,340
- I can arrange that.
684
00:33:30,426 --> 00:33:31,808
Step into my office.
685
00:33:33,395 --> 00:33:35,178
After, we can give you
a wardrobe makeover.
686
00:33:35,264 --> 00:33:36,296
- Mm, I'm belle of the ball.
687
00:33:36,398 --> 00:33:38,982
[both chuckle]
688
00:33:39,601 --> 00:33:42,185
[dark music]
689
00:33:42,271 --> 00:33:48,191
♪ ♪
690
00:33:48,277 --> 00:33:51,644
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
691
00:33:51,747 --> 00:33:57,150
♪ ♪
692
00:33:57,252 --> 00:33:58,535
- $5 cover.
693
00:33:58,620 --> 00:34:00,820
It's drag night.
We gotta pay the performers.
694
00:34:00,923 --> 00:34:05,709
♪ ♪
695
00:34:05,794 --> 00:34:06,993
- wanna check my id?
696
00:34:07,096 --> 00:34:09,996
- Nah.
You're good.
697
00:34:10,099 --> 00:34:13,550
[crowd cheering]
698
00:34:13,635 --> 00:34:15,302
- thank you!
We're gonna take a short break
699
00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:17,471
before our next performer!
700
00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:20,223
[applause]
701
00:34:20,309 --> 00:34:23,226
[thumping dance music playing]
702
00:34:23,312 --> 00:34:29,316
♪ ♪
703
00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:31,151
- drag is an art form.
704
00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:33,236
I am a professional.
705
00:34:33,322 --> 00:34:34,488
You three...
706
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:36,573
Straight boys in bad wigs.
707
00:34:36,658 --> 00:34:38,408
[laughs]
- pfft!
708
00:34:38,494 --> 00:34:40,160
- You know, men have been
performing in women's clothing
709
00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:42,162
since the time of the greeks.
710
00:34:42,247 --> 00:34:44,081
You all just appropriated it
for gay culture.
711
00:34:44,166 --> 00:34:46,750
- Speak for yourself, dude.
712
00:34:46,835 --> 00:34:48,919
I don't give two shits who's
appropriate or not appropriate.
713
00:34:49,004 --> 00:34:51,421
All I know is, I can make more
doin' this than painting houses
714
00:34:51,507 --> 00:34:53,590
or stealing
from my grandmother.
715
00:34:53,675 --> 00:34:55,592
My problem with you is,
716
00:34:55,677 --> 00:34:57,094
you're the ugliest
fuckin' woman I ever seen.
717
00:34:57,179 --> 00:35:01,598
- [coughs]
and your drag name is awful.
718
00:35:01,683 --> 00:35:02,349
- Patty o'furniture.
719
00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:04,184
That's an awesome name.
720
00:35:04,269 --> 00:35:05,852
- And why in the hell
do you think people
721
00:35:05,938 --> 00:35:07,771
want to be thinkin'
of some suburban deck chair
722
00:35:07,856 --> 00:35:09,439
while you perform for them?
723
00:35:09,525 --> 00:35:11,108
Look at me!
724
00:35:11,193 --> 00:35:13,577
I'm crystal decanter.
725
00:35:13,695 --> 00:35:16,696
I ooze elegance and shine.
726
00:35:16,782 --> 00:35:17,697
I don't know why y'all
are tryin' to read him
727
00:35:17,783 --> 00:35:19,199
when y'all are just
as bad as he is,
728
00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:20,584
probably worse.
729
00:35:20,702 --> 00:35:23,086
- Next up, patty o'furniture.
730
00:35:23,205 --> 00:35:24,371
- Oh, fuck my life.
731
00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:26,706
- Don't even try
to upstage me, asswipe.
732
00:35:29,211 --> 00:35:30,377
- [coughs]
- what a loser.
733
00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:32,095
- Boo!
734
00:35:32,214 --> 00:35:34,097
- Break a nail, whore.
- Yeah.
735
00:35:34,216 --> 00:35:35,549
- The only thing
he's gonna break is his heels.
736
00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:39,553
- Loser.
- Ugh, girrrl.
737
00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:41,721
♪ ♪
738
00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:44,524
[heart's "magic man" playing]
739
00:35:44,610 --> 00:35:47,777
[cheers and applause]
740
00:35:47,896 --> 00:35:51,448
♪ ♪
741
00:35:51,567 --> 00:35:52,616
- ♪ cold late night ♪
742
00:35:52,734 --> 00:35:54,451
♪ so long ago ♪
743
00:35:54,570 --> 00:35:55,952
♪ when I was not so strong,
you know ♪
744
00:35:56,071 --> 00:35:57,904
♪ a pretty man came to me ♪
745
00:35:57,990 --> 00:35:59,122
- boo, boo!
- Awful!
746
00:35:59,241 --> 00:36:01,124
- ♪ never seen eyes so blue ♪
747
00:36:01,243 --> 00:36:03,627
♪ you know I could not
run away, it seemed ♪
748
00:36:03,745 --> 00:36:05,962
♪ we'd seen each other
in a dream ♪
749
00:36:06,081 --> 00:36:07,631
♪ seemed like he knew me ♪
750
00:36:07,749 --> 00:36:12,252
♪ he looked right through me,
yeah ♪
751
00:36:12,337 --> 00:36:13,753
- go, girlfriend!
752
00:36:15,424 --> 00:36:20,060
- ♪ "come on home, girl,"
he said with a smile ♪
753
00:36:20,145 --> 00:36:22,145
♪ "you don't have
to love me yet ♪
754
00:36:22,264 --> 00:36:23,480
♪ let's get high awhile" ♪
755
00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:24,898
- you suck!
756
00:36:24,983 --> 00:36:26,149
- ♪ but try to understand ♪
757
00:36:26,268 --> 00:36:29,736
♪ try to understand ♪
758
00:36:29,821 --> 00:36:33,240
♪ oh, oh-oh ♪
759
00:36:33,325 --> 00:36:35,825
♪ try ♪
760
00:36:35,944 --> 00:36:39,162
♪ try to understand ♪
761
00:36:39,281 --> 00:36:41,748
♪ try, try, try
to understand ♪
762
00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:44,317
- [laughs]
- loser!
763
00:36:44,419 --> 00:36:46,336
- ♪ he's a magic man ♪
764
00:36:46,455 --> 00:36:48,004
♪ oh, yeah ♪
765
00:36:48,123 --> 00:36:51,007
♪ ooh ♪
766
00:36:51,126 --> 00:36:55,679
♪ he got the magic hands ♪
767
00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:58,682
♪ he's a magic man ♪
768
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,101
♪ yeah ♪
769
00:37:01,186 --> 00:37:05,138
♪ oh, oh ♪
770
00:37:06,475 --> 00:37:09,359
[mournful piano music playing]
771
00:37:09,478 --> 00:37:15,482
♪ ♪
772
00:37:22,958 --> 00:37:23,957
- what is it?
773
00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:26,359
- Does it matter?
774
00:37:26,461 --> 00:37:28,662
Goes down easy
and gets you high.
775
00:37:31,717 --> 00:37:33,967
- Uh-huh.
776
00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:36,970
[somber music]
777
00:37:37,055 --> 00:37:38,972
♪ ♪
778
00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:40,540
- you don't belong in here...
779
00:37:40,642 --> 00:37:43,376
Doing this...
780
00:37:43,478 --> 00:37:45,095
Dressed like that.
781
00:37:45,180 --> 00:37:47,213
I've got a nose for talent.
782
00:37:47,316 --> 00:37:49,716
Why is a young man
of your gifts
783
00:37:49,818 --> 00:37:50,883
lip-synching in drag
784
00:37:50,986 --> 00:37:54,387
on the cock tip of cape cod
in the winter?
785
00:37:54,489 --> 00:37:56,323
- I'm a playwright.
786
00:37:56,408 --> 00:37:58,658
I sweet-talked the owner
of the playhouse in town
787
00:37:58,744 --> 00:38:00,727
into putting on
one of my plays.
788
00:38:00,829 --> 00:38:02,562
I rented a place,
I moved out here,
789
00:38:02,664 --> 00:38:06,065
I started casting,
and then the guy just...
790
00:38:06,168 --> 00:38:07,734
Disappeared.
791
00:38:07,836 --> 00:38:08,901
Not a trace of him.
792
00:38:09,004 --> 00:38:10,737
- Oh.
793
00:38:10,839 --> 00:38:11,571
What'd he look like?
794
00:38:11,673 --> 00:38:14,174
- Like, six feet tall, chubby,
795
00:38:14,259 --> 00:38:17,410
kind of red face all the time.
796
00:38:17,512 --> 00:38:19,679
Why, have you seen him?
797
00:38:19,765 --> 00:38:21,581
[intense music]
798
00:38:21,683 --> 00:38:22,248
- [gagging]
799
00:38:22,351 --> 00:38:23,633
[muffled screaming]
800
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,919
♪ ♪
801
00:38:27,022 --> 00:38:28,605
- no.
802
00:38:30,025 --> 00:38:32,475
- [sighs]
803
00:38:32,561 --> 00:38:35,762
I'm doin' this drag thing
just to pay for food,
804
00:38:35,864 --> 00:38:37,063
pack of smokes.
805
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:39,599
I'm bad at it.
806
00:38:39,701 --> 00:38:41,601
I know I'm bad at it.
807
00:38:41,703 --> 00:38:45,071
I just feel like an engine
that won't turn over.
808
00:38:45,157 --> 00:38:47,741
I just--I turn the key,
and I click, click, click,
809
00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:51,077
and I can't catch.
810
00:38:51,163 --> 00:38:54,113
[ominous music]
811
00:38:54,216 --> 00:38:56,783
♪ ♪
812
00:38:56,885 --> 00:38:58,284
what's that?
813
00:38:58,387 --> 00:39:02,672
- It's your new starter switch.
814
00:39:02,758 --> 00:39:04,957
It's the highway
to your true self.
815
00:39:05,060 --> 00:39:08,294
♪ ♪
816
00:39:08,397 --> 00:39:09,813
- fuck it.
817
00:39:14,236 --> 00:39:16,319
[exhales]
818
00:39:18,774 --> 00:39:20,690
[chaotic music]
819
00:39:20,776 --> 00:39:22,025
[piano notes play]
820
00:39:22,110 --> 00:39:23,276
[coughing]
821
00:39:23,362 --> 00:39:25,362
[gurgling]
822
00:39:25,447 --> 00:39:27,697
[music fades]
823
00:39:27,783 --> 00:39:30,083
[groans]
824
00:39:31,536 --> 00:39:34,454
[spits, groans]
825
00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:37,791
[unsettling music]
826
00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,542
what did you give me?
827
00:39:39,628 --> 00:39:42,962
- What do you feel?
828
00:39:43,048 --> 00:39:45,548
- Unstoppable.
Unafraid.
829
00:39:45,634 --> 00:39:48,551
Furious.
[inhales sharply]
830
00:39:48,637 --> 00:39:51,471
[gags]
831
00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:53,390
and starving.
832
00:39:53,475 --> 00:39:55,341
- Let's go get you fed
833
00:39:55,444 --> 00:39:57,677
and get a little revenge
at the same time.
834
00:39:57,779 --> 00:40:00,063
♪ ♪
835
00:40:00,148 --> 00:40:00,897
- yeah.
836
00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:03,900
♪ ♪
837
00:40:03,985 --> 00:40:06,185
- all of these ladies
have found themselves
838
00:40:06,288 --> 00:40:08,688
in a dead heat for first.
839
00:40:08,790 --> 00:40:10,240
- I would do so much better
840
00:40:10,325 --> 00:40:11,908
than all these bitches
on this show.
841
00:40:11,993 --> 00:40:14,026
- Can we please
watch something else?
842
00:40:14,129 --> 00:40:15,412
- I told you straight boys,
843
00:40:15,497 --> 00:40:18,415
if you want makeup tips
from ms. Crystal,
844
00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:22,702
you pay for the pizza, and we
watch what I wanna watch.
845
00:40:22,804 --> 00:40:23,536
- I kind of like this show.
846
00:40:23,638 --> 00:40:26,172
High fuckin' drama, you know?
847
00:40:26,258 --> 00:40:27,674
- Please put on a hockey game
before I start singin'
848
00:40:27,759 --> 00:40:28,758
"the wizard of oz"
and thinkin' about dick.
849
00:40:28,844 --> 00:40:33,179
[laughter]
850
00:40:33,265 --> 00:40:35,265
- can we help you?
851
00:40:35,350 --> 00:40:37,600
- If you're gonna make it
in this business,
852
00:40:37,686 --> 00:40:39,602
you might want to camp it up
a little bit more, sweetheart.
853
00:40:39,688 --> 00:40:41,354
Though I do like her wig.
854
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,574
- Oh, I'm not one of you.
855
00:40:44,693 --> 00:40:45,742
- [chuckles]
- ugh.
856
00:40:45,861 --> 00:40:49,245
- Ugh, well, no wonder
you have no sparkle.
857
00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:50,530
Gettin' advice
from that sultan of snore.
858
00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:52,198
- Lock the door.
859
00:40:53,702 --> 00:40:54,868
[gunshot]
- ah!
860
00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:56,286
- [shrieks]
861
00:40:56,371 --> 00:40:57,954
- [groans]
862
00:40:58,039 --> 00:40:59,789
[screaming]
863
00:40:59,875 --> 00:41:02,342
[gunshots]
[all screaming]
864
00:41:06,548 --> 00:41:06,930
- [whimpering]
865
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:10,550
retreat!
866
00:41:10,635 --> 00:41:15,305
♪ ♪
867
00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:15,472
- hiyah!
868
00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:18,808
Ugh.
869
00:41:18,894 --> 00:41:22,812
[panting]
870
00:41:22,898 --> 00:41:23,813
- you can't win 'em all.
871
00:41:23,899 --> 00:41:26,649
I'm full anyway.
872
00:41:26,735 --> 00:41:28,117
- What do we do now?
873
00:41:28,236 --> 00:41:29,953
- Now...
874
00:41:30,071 --> 00:41:31,237
We go write.
875
00:41:31,323 --> 00:41:36,075
♪ ♪
876
00:41:36,161 --> 00:41:38,795
- [panting, whimpering]
877
00:41:38,914 --> 00:41:45,502
♪ ♪
878
00:41:50,475 --> 00:41:53,393
[crying]
879
00:41:53,478 --> 00:41:55,345
okay, it's okay.
[sniffles]
880
00:41:58,483 --> 00:41:59,983
okay.
881
00:42:00,101 --> 00:42:02,235
[screams]