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"I saw
the best minds of my generation
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destroyed by madness,
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starving, hysterical, naked.
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Angelheaded hipsters
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burning for the ancient
heavenly connection
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to the starry dynamo
in the machinery of night,
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floating across the tops
of cities contemplating jazz."
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Is that from Howl,
by Allen Ginsberg?
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Yeah. He... he performed it
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in San Francisco
earlier this year.
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Ginsberg,
he's a Beat poet, isn't he?
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That's right, Betty.
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Yeah, he was there
at the beginning, at Columbia,
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with Jack Kerouac
and William Burroughs.
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Sorry, but...
who are the Beats?
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The Beats are...
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Vagabond rebel writers
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who reject institutionalized
American values
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like materialism, conformity
and heteronormativity.
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Heteronormativity?
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The Beats have
a lot of sex, Archie.
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And a lot of it
with each other.
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Even the men's men,
like Kerouac and Cassidy,
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they have girlfriends.
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But they also have each other.
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Bully for them. Sounds like
my kind of literary movement.
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The Beats
are a whole counterculture
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dedicated to living
their lives a certain way.
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Always exploring,
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experimenting, hustling,
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pushing the boundaries
of human experience.
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You know, really living.
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Uh...
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Uh, Ms. Grundy,
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are we allowed
to continue reading Howl?
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Yes, I already made copies.
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Read it, and we will discuss it
at our next meeting.
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Bettie Page
sure is a dolly and a half.
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Oh, she's an icon in fishnets.
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Even you
will have to agree, Lizzo.
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Yeah, she's not bad,
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but I wanna let you two kittens
in on a little secret.
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That mag's nowheresville
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compared to what
I just got in the mail.
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What are my eyes beholding?
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The latest issue
of Femme-and-In magazine,
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an underground
lesbian pin-up mag.
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Lizzo, can we borrow this?
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Oh, you can keep it, Topaz.
I always buy two copies.
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Just, uh, don't get caught
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with your hand
in the cookie jar.
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Whatever you wet rags
are doing tonight, drop it.
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I got my hands on a stag film.
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Wait, what's a stag film?
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Jeez, Andrews, maybe it's time
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to get your nose
out of those poems.
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It's a skin flick,
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complete with naked women.
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Sometimes more than one.
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Where'd you get
something like that?
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A buddy of mine
from Stonewall Prep,
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lent it to me.
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So who's game?
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Oh, come on, Fogarty,
you've got to be horny
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with your honey under
lock and key at the Sisters'.
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Where would we watch it?
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We can hang a blanket up
in my parents' barn.
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Only glitch is,
we need a projector.
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You two work
at the movie theater, right?
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Can you help a brother out?
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The Babylonium does
have a smaller projector, but--
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We wanna come, too.
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Fine.
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Just don't expect it to be like
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one of those wrestling movies
you like to watch.
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So, Robert Frost.
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You in?
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-Yeah, we're in.
-Right-o.
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From all accounts
you won't be disappointed.
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My pal told me that there's
nothing they don't show.
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Jeepers, Mr. Fieldstone,
it's like a funeral in here.
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Did something happen?
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Yes. I got a letter
from that crackpot Werthers.
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Apparently wants
to follow up his bonfire
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with some cockamamie
comic book code
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he wants to ram down
our throats.
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A code to do what?
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To censor our content,
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like the Hays Code
censors movies.
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Now, I didn't spend two years
fighting Nazis in France
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to kowtow to fascists at home.
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He and his "board of experts"
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want to have
a sit-down meeting with you?
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Yeah, and look
who that geezer's
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got on his side of the table.
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Mayor Blossom,
that chrome-dome principal,
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some fuddy-duddy nun
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from The Sisters
of Quiet Mercy.
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Well, golly, Mr. Fieldstone,
you have to do it.
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It might be the best way
to defend Pep Comics
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before this code
becomes official.
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Okay, fine, fine.
I'll, I'll try and get my hands
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on a draft of Werthers'
"recommendations"
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before we go
into the lion's den.
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"We"?
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You have tangled
with Werthers before
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and lived to tell the tale.
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So far.
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What do you say?
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Will you step up?
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You betcha.
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Let's beat 'em
at their own game.
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You know, babe,
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what if we did
a pin-up shoot of our own.
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Color me curious.
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I've got a camera.
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And it has a timer,
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so we could both
be in the pictures.
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In that case, afterwards,
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we could pick
our favorite photo,
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and then I could turn it into
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the most fantabulous
oil painting
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in the tradition
of our favorite
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pulp novel covers.
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I know exactly
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where our clandestine
photoshoot can be.
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Tell me. Where?
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Thornhill's chapel.
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No one in my unholy family
ever uses it.
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Well,
if it isn't the Bobbsey Twins,
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up to their old tricks again.
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How many times
do I have to tell you boys
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that you're free to watch
your wrestling movies
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in our auditorium.
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After hours, of course,
and provided you clean up.
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Oh, uh, it's,
it's not that, Veronica. Um...
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Julian...
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got his hands on a stag film,
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and he needs a projector
to screen it.
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You don't say.
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I've heard about
these "smokers" before.
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So-called because they're
typically screened by men
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in the back rooms
of their private clubs
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while smoking cigars
and enjoying hot toddies.
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But I've never
actually seen one.
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Though
I've always been curious.
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Exactly. Same as us.
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Yeah, that's why
we're helping the creep.
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Why don't I make you a deal?
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You tell Julian
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that he can do
a proper screening
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here at the Babylonium tonight,
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and invite
all his horndog friends.
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But I get to come, too.
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And invite a gal-pal.
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I thought
you'd given me the brush-off.
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I know. I'm sorry.
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I had to wait for my mom
to take her sleeping pills.
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I'm just glad you made it.
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I didn't want
to be the only girl here,
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and I knew
you'd wanna take a gander.
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Oh, yes.
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Ever since reading
about stag films
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in Dr. Kingsley's book.
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Well, the boys
are already in the theater,
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panting like
a pack of rabid wolves.
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It's showtime, fellas.
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So settle down,
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and welcome
to the Riverdale premiere of...
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The Wedding Night.
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- Yeah!
- Yes.
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In which a young,
blushing bride
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is initiated into
the mysteries of matrimony.
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Okay!
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Now, behave yourselves, fellas.
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Keep the roughhousing
and catcalling to a minimum.
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And with that, enjoy the show.
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- Take it off!
- Yeah.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Betty, what's wrong?
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Stop! Stop the movie! Stop!
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That woman is my sister.
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-Your sister?
-Polly?
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Cut the reel
and, uh, hit the lights, Clay.
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Well, safe to say that was
a twist no one saw coming.
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When was the last time
you saw your sister?
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A couple of years, but, Vee,
this doesn't make any sense.
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Polly is a dancer on Broadway.
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Maybe you should call Polly.
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See if you can
get some answers.
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- Hello.
- Polly.
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It's Betty, I...
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I found your number
in Mom's address book.
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I'm sorry to be
calling you so late, but...
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we need to talk.
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He didn't pass it to you, he--
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So last night was a bust.
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Tell you what, though,
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I got Keller and Walker
to lend me a projector,
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and I watched
another movie I got
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from my buddy at Stonewall Prep
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after Cooper shut us down.
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And, guys,
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it's like the tenth Wonder
of the World. Mm.
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And guess what?
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For two bucks,
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I'll rent you the projector
and the movie,
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which you can watch
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in the privacy
of your own home,
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this time,
with no interruptions.
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What do you say, boys?
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Okay, so you
and Polly actually spoke?
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Yes, but it was quick.
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She's on her way
to Riverdale, now.
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We're gonna meet at Pop's
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so she can explain
everything to me in person.
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But she says she doesn't
do those films anymore.
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Right. She's on Broadway.
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No, actually,
that's her cover story.
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What she told me
last night is she does...
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burlesque.
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Really?
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Do your parents know that?
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Apparently.
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I didn't ask them this morning.
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They don't even know
that I reached out to Polly.
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Well, for what it's worth,
burlesque is a legit art form.
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In fact, some
burlesque performers
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are huge stars.
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Gypsy Rose Lee, to name one.
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Josephine Baker,
to name another.
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Well, she says her stage name
is Polly Amorous.
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Cut the gas.
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Polly Amorous?
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Betty, she's the berries.
I'm gonna flip.
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What?
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Have you seen her perform?
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No, I wish.
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But I recognize that name
from the trades.
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I always thought she sounded
so glamorous and flossy.
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I mean, I'd flat-out die
and go to heaven
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to have her perform
at the Babylonium.
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Uh, she kind of already did.
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Her burlesque show,
you tickler.
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Say, come to think of it,
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maybe this is why your mom
is so terrified of S-E-X.
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Maybe she's
threatened by Polly.
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Her independence,
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her sexuality,
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her devil-may-care ways.
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Well, hi-de-ho,
I must say it's official.
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You're a genius.
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Well, photography
is no big whoop
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when you have subjects
as stunning as, well, us.
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By the way,
I was reading the back pages
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of Femme-and-In magazine,
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and they publish
amateur photos,
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if that's something
that you're interested in.
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Perhaps after
we graduate high school.
260
00:11:46,641 --> 00:11:47,775
In the meantime,
261
00:11:47,808 --> 00:11:49,009
how do you feel about me
262
00:11:49,043 --> 00:11:50,344
painting a version of this
for us?
263
00:11:50,377 --> 00:11:53,180
That's my favorite one, too.
264
00:11:53,214 --> 00:11:55,617
I can't wait to see
how you pulpify us.
265
00:11:55,650 --> 00:11:58,052
I know how you feel
about comic books, Veronica,
266
00:11:58,085 --> 00:12:00,788
but I also know that you're
the top negotiator in town.
267
00:12:00,821 --> 00:12:04,626
And though I'm not necessarily
a fanatic of comic books,
268
00:12:04,659 --> 00:12:08,062
I don't think they should be
burned or banned.
269
00:12:08,829 --> 00:12:09,863
But this code...
270
00:12:09,897 --> 00:12:11,533
Yeah, my boss, Mr. Fieldstone
271
00:12:11,566 --> 00:12:13,167
got us a copy
ahead of the meeting.
272
00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,971
What that crackpot Werthers
is proposing is insane.
273
00:12:17,004 --> 00:12:20,575
I mean,
it is straight out of 1984.
274
00:12:20,609 --> 00:12:21,942
Big Brother is watching,
275
00:12:21,976 --> 00:12:23,410
and he's trying
to take your comic books.
276
00:12:23,444 --> 00:12:26,847
These rules are more outrageous
than the Hays Code.
277
00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,215
How can you possibly
spin any yarn
278
00:12:28,249 --> 00:12:30,818
with all these kinds of
blanket restrictions?
279
00:12:30,851 --> 00:12:32,086
Heck, he's even trying
to ban the words
280
00:12:32,119 --> 00:12:34,221
"horror" and "terror"
from our covers.
281
00:12:34,255 --> 00:12:36,924
And some of these rules
are incredibly vague.
282
00:12:36,957 --> 00:12:39,059
Werthers wants to outlaw
stories with
283
00:12:39,093 --> 00:12:41,996
"horror, bloodshed,
depravity, lust,"
284
00:12:42,029 --> 00:12:44,298
but he doesn't define
what those terms mean.
285
00:12:44,331 --> 00:12:45,499
I think he's trying
286
00:12:45,533 --> 00:12:47,636
to specifically target
Pep Comics.
287
00:12:47,669 --> 00:12:49,837
And if he gets his way,
the good doctor
288
00:12:49,870 --> 00:12:51,673
is going to run us
out of business.
289
00:12:51,706 --> 00:12:53,073
So you came to me.
290
00:12:53,774 --> 00:12:54,875
Smart.
291
00:12:55,543 --> 00:12:56,477
Well, first,
292
00:12:57,778 --> 00:12:59,146
don't get the gringles.
293
00:12:59,748 --> 00:13:00,948
If they smell fear,
294
00:13:00,981 --> 00:13:02,349
they will pounce on you.
295
00:13:03,217 --> 00:13:07,154
Technically, this isn't a code.
296
00:13:07,187 --> 00:13:08,188
It's a proposal.
297
00:13:08,222 --> 00:13:09,591
Their first offer.
298
00:13:09,624 --> 00:13:13,961
So you and Mr. Fieldstone
should make a counterproposal.
299
00:13:13,994 --> 00:13:16,830
Go through this draft
point by point.
300
00:13:16,864 --> 00:13:19,366
Be crystal clear
about what you want.
301
00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:20,200
Yeah.
302
00:13:20,234 --> 00:13:21,335
Yeah, that's good.
303
00:13:21,368 --> 00:13:23,904
You're in the right
on this one, Jughead.
304
00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:25,573
Don't doubt yourself.
305
00:13:29,611 --> 00:13:31,780
It's really nice
to see you again, Polly.
306
00:13:31,812 --> 00:13:32,846
I missed you.
307
00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,148
Aw. I missed you, too, Betty.
308
00:13:34,181 --> 00:13:36,383
I'm sorry
that we're reconnecting
309
00:13:36,417 --> 00:13:38,118
under these circumstances.
310
00:13:38,152 --> 00:13:42,624
Oh, I figured
you'd want this back.
311
00:13:42,657 --> 00:13:44,559
Yes, hmm, thank you.
312
00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:46,393
Can I ask,
313
00:13:47,061 --> 00:13:49,363
why did you do it, Polly?
314
00:13:50,497 --> 00:13:53,200
I got hoodwinked
into filming The Wedding Night
315
00:13:53,233 --> 00:13:55,336
when I first got to New York.
316
00:13:55,369 --> 00:13:56,571
I was young and naive,
317
00:13:56,604 --> 00:14:00,841
and I fell in love with a fink
who steered me wrong.
318
00:14:00,874 --> 00:14:02,142
I spent a year
319
00:14:02,176 --> 00:14:04,011
trying to track down
every copy I could find.
320
00:14:04,044 --> 00:14:05,145
Thought I got 'em all.
321
00:14:05,179 --> 00:14:06,413
Hmm.
322
00:14:06,447 --> 00:14:08,650
Well, how did you...
how did you get into burlesque?
323
00:14:08,683 --> 00:14:09,651
It's funny.
324
00:14:09,684 --> 00:14:11,118
Um, I auditioned
for the Rockettes.
325
00:14:11,151 --> 00:14:13,053
But I wasn't tall enough.
326
00:14:13,087 --> 00:14:17,124
And then I saw
Gypsy Rose Lee perform
327
00:14:17,157 --> 00:14:19,761
at the Ziegfeld Follies,
and I thought,
328
00:14:19,794 --> 00:14:21,261
that is what I wanna do.
329
00:14:21,295 --> 00:14:24,398
And whatever you might
think about burlesque,
330
00:14:24,431 --> 00:14:26,100
I'm proud of my career.
331
00:14:26,133 --> 00:14:28,268
It's on my terms.
I make good money.
332
00:14:28,302 --> 00:14:29,403
People respect me,
333
00:14:29,436 --> 00:14:31,472
and I respect myself.
334
00:14:31,506 --> 00:14:32,741
So you don't have to worry.
335
00:14:32,774 --> 00:14:34,341
I wanted to tell you
that face to face.
336
00:14:34,375 --> 00:14:37,878
I'm so happy
for you, Polly, really.
337
00:14:38,847 --> 00:14:41,982
And... to be perfectly honest,
338
00:14:42,015 --> 00:14:47,020
I did a little
burlesque show of my own
339
00:14:47,054 --> 00:14:49,691
just for one person, Archie.
340
00:14:49,724 --> 00:14:51,593
Archie from next door?
341
00:14:51,626 --> 00:14:52,993
In our windows.
342
00:14:53,026 --> 00:14:55,195
Well, you always
were sweet on him.
343
00:14:56,831 --> 00:15:01,168
How much did you say
Mom and Dad know about...
344
00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:02,336
My life?
345
00:15:02,369 --> 00:15:05,740
Well, they don't know
about The Wedding Night.
346
00:15:05,774 --> 00:15:06,940
Thank God.
347
00:15:06,974 --> 00:15:09,376
But they do know
about Polly Amorous.
348
00:15:09,410 --> 00:15:11,513
I invited them to my show
a couple years ago.
349
00:15:11,546 --> 00:15:13,447
They walked out
in the first five minutes
350
00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:14,816
without saying a word.
351
00:15:14,849 --> 00:15:16,283
Not a peep.
352
00:15:16,316 --> 00:15:17,852
And then I started hearing
that Mom was telling people
353
00:15:17,886 --> 00:15:20,220
I was doing Guys and Dolls,
and I thought,
354
00:15:20,855 --> 00:15:22,824
"Well, that is it for me."
355
00:15:22,857 --> 00:15:23,991
In their eyes, at least.
356
00:15:24,024 --> 00:15:25,392
But it's fine.
357
00:15:25,426 --> 00:15:26,994
I'm past that. Truly.
358
00:15:27,027 --> 00:15:28,863
I came here for you, Betty,
359
00:15:28,897 --> 00:15:31,398
and I booked a room
at the Cozy Time Motel
360
00:15:31,432 --> 00:15:34,268
because I figured Mom and Dad
have no interest in seeing me.
361
00:15:34,301 --> 00:15:36,704
And anyways, I don't wanna
step foot in that house...
362
00:15:36,738 --> 00:15:38,272
ever again.
363
00:15:38,305 --> 00:15:39,707
I understand.
364
00:15:41,008 --> 00:15:42,309
Believe me.
365
00:15:42,342 --> 00:15:45,245
But I thought we could
do something fun tonight.
366
00:15:45,279 --> 00:15:48,148
Go shopping, to the movies.
My treat, of course.
367
00:15:48,182 --> 00:15:50,885
Actually, if you're not
rushing back to the city,
368
00:15:50,919 --> 00:15:53,755
I was wondering
if you might be willing
369
00:15:53,788 --> 00:15:54,955
to meet a friend of mine.
370
00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:57,057
She's a big fan of yours,
371
00:15:57,090 --> 00:16:00,127
of... of Polly Amorous.
372
00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,863
A fan in Riverdale?
373
00:16:01,896 --> 00:16:03,698
Absolutely.
374
00:16:03,731 --> 00:16:04,965
I never say no to a fan.
375
00:16:15,242 --> 00:16:17,344
Be still my beating heart.
376
00:16:17,377 --> 00:16:22,015
The Polly Amorous sitting
in my humble living room.
377
00:16:22,049 --> 00:16:23,317
Now that we're gal pals,
378
00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:26,521
you must tell me
everything about everything.
379
00:16:26,554 --> 00:16:30,491
How's Gay Paree and Old Madrid
and every city in between.
380
00:16:30,525 --> 00:16:32,493
I will let you know
just after I get back
381
00:16:32,527 --> 00:16:36,396
from my all-expenses-paid
first-class European tour.
382
00:16:36,430 --> 00:16:38,332
-Polly, you're going to Europe?
-Mm-hmm.
383
00:16:38,365 --> 00:16:40,502
Your sister
is living the dream.
384
00:16:40,535 --> 00:16:44,238
A new city and a different
paramour every night I bet.
385
00:16:44,271 --> 00:16:47,609
Well, not exactly.
386
00:16:48,308 --> 00:16:49,611
Oh?
387
00:16:49,644 --> 00:16:50,578
I...
388
00:16:51,779 --> 00:16:53,046
I'm engaged.
389
00:16:54,516 --> 00:16:55,482
You're engaged?
390
00:16:55,517 --> 00:16:56,885
To... to who?
391
00:16:56,918 --> 00:16:58,953
His name
is Langley Huggles.
392
00:16:58,987 --> 00:17:01,823
He's a stockbroker,
completely devoted to me.
393
00:17:01,856 --> 00:17:03,223
Keeps me grounded.
394
00:17:03,257 --> 00:17:05,359
And housed in a penthouse
on the Upper West Side.
395
00:17:05,392 --> 00:17:06,694
Ooh, la, la.
396
00:17:07,762 --> 00:17:12,000
Polly, you were going to
invite me to the wedding,
397
00:17:12,032 --> 00:17:13,267
I hope,
398
00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:17,437
whatever tension
there is with Mom and Dad.
399
00:17:17,471 --> 00:17:18,740
Sure, I was.
400
00:17:19,674 --> 00:17:20,775
Actually,
401
00:17:20,808 --> 00:17:25,045
I was gonna ask you if
you would be my maid of honor.
402
00:17:27,615 --> 00:17:28,716
Aw.
403
00:17:28,750 --> 00:17:32,085
Well, I wouldn't be
Veronica Lodge if I didn't ask.
404
00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,289
What do you think about doing
a one-night-only show
405
00:17:35,322 --> 00:17:37,659
at my theater, The Babylonium?
406
00:17:37,692 --> 00:17:40,360
I know Betty would love
to see you perform, as would I.
407
00:17:40,394 --> 00:17:42,229
It's true, and maybe
Mom would even come,
408
00:17:42,262 --> 00:17:43,665
since it's right here in town.
409
00:17:43,698 --> 00:17:46,034
I wouldn't hold
your breath on that, Betty.
410
00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,969
But as a matter of fact,
411
00:17:48,002 --> 00:17:50,638
I am working on a new routine.
412
00:17:51,238 --> 00:17:53,041
Well, then it's kismet.
413
00:17:53,073 --> 00:17:55,843
And we'll keep it
on the hush-hush. Girls only.
414
00:18:03,918 --> 00:18:06,821
This is gonna be the best
two dollars we've ever spent.
415
00:18:06,854 --> 00:18:07,689
I'll say.
416
00:18:07,722 --> 00:18:10,592
Tonight we become men.
417
00:18:16,496 --> 00:18:17,599
You ready?
418
00:18:17,632 --> 00:18:19,634
Yeah.
419
00:18:36,951 --> 00:18:38,519
What, uh...
420
00:18:39,554 --> 00:18:40,855
What is this?
421
00:18:40,888 --> 00:18:43,925
Don't know. Maybe they're gonna
fight over a girl or something.
422
00:18:43,958 --> 00:18:45,727
-Right. Yeah.
-Yeah.
423
00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:46,661
Yeah.
424
00:18:54,035 --> 00:18:55,536
Dang nabbit!
425
00:18:56,704 --> 00:18:58,205
That joker Julian
426
00:18:58,238 --> 00:19:00,508
must have switched
films on us as a gag.
427
00:19:00,541 --> 00:19:03,544
Yeah, didn't Julian
say something about
428
00:19:03,578 --> 00:19:06,346
Kevin and Clay
watching wrestling videos?
429
00:19:06,380 --> 00:19:08,016
I don't know.
But we should probably
430
00:19:08,049 --> 00:19:09,216
turn this off, right?
I mean...
431
00:19:09,249 --> 00:19:12,620
Yeah. Yeah, we probably should.
432
00:19:27,001 --> 00:19:28,335
Maybe we just give it a minute
433
00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:30,138
just to see if a girl comes in
or something.
434
00:19:30,170 --> 00:19:31,739
Yeah, that's a good idea.
435
00:19:32,774 --> 00:19:34,241
Let's do that.
436
00:19:54,428 --> 00:19:57,532
Hey, that was... wacko, right?
437
00:20:00,568 --> 00:20:05,272
Do you think the guys
in that movie were...
438
00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:07,274
you know...
439
00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:11,344
Well... some guys are that way.
440
00:20:12,780 --> 00:20:14,314
Yeah, so...
441
00:20:15,183 --> 00:20:16,718
Are Kevin and Clay?
442
00:20:16,751 --> 00:20:17,719
I think...
443
00:20:19,921 --> 00:20:20,822
yeah.
444
00:20:21,756 --> 00:20:22,590
Maybe.
445
00:20:22,623 --> 00:20:24,659
And, you know,
there's an in-between.
446
00:20:27,427 --> 00:20:29,296
What do you mean,
an in-between?
447
00:20:29,329 --> 00:20:32,734
Like a little wiggle room
to... explore.
448
00:20:34,902 --> 00:20:37,772
We've been talking about it
in Mrs. Grundy's workshop.
449
00:20:38,806 --> 00:20:41,408
These Beat poets would...
450
00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:45,146
experiment with each other.
451
00:20:45,179 --> 00:20:46,480
Even though
they were men's men,
452
00:20:46,514 --> 00:20:49,416
with girlfriends,
wives, families.
453
00:20:50,084 --> 00:20:51,351
They would...
454
00:20:52,019 --> 00:20:55,322
with... other guys?
455
00:20:56,824 --> 00:20:57,725
Do stuff.
456
00:20:59,794 --> 00:21:01,195
Yeah, with their buddies.
457
00:21:01,229 --> 00:21:02,764
Just to see, just to...
458
00:21:03,865 --> 00:21:05,533
try it on for size.
459
00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:10,872
I gotta take a cold shower.
460
00:21:10,905 --> 00:21:13,074
Yeah, me too. Well,
I'll go after you.
461
00:21:13,107 --> 00:21:14,609
And tomorrow
you can bet your ass
462
00:21:14,642 --> 00:21:17,344
that Julian Blossom is gonna
give us our two dollars back.
463
00:21:17,779 --> 00:21:18,713
Yeah.
464
00:21:21,783 --> 00:21:23,551
Hey, Blossom!
465
00:21:23,584 --> 00:21:25,787
What's the big idea
giving us a wrestling movie?
466
00:21:25,820 --> 00:21:27,555
Aw, aren't you two
in love with each other?
467
00:21:27,588 --> 00:21:29,157
I thought that flick
might break the ice, you know,
468
00:21:29,190 --> 00:21:30,525
get the ball,
or balls, rolling.
469
00:21:30,558 --> 00:21:32,894
Give us our damn money back
or I'll pound you.
470
00:21:32,927 --> 00:21:33,761
All right!
471
00:21:33,795 --> 00:21:35,963
Get your filthy meat hooks
off of me.
472
00:21:35,997 --> 00:21:37,165
There you go, ladies.
473
00:21:37,198 --> 00:21:38,533
There's your two clams.
474
00:21:38,566 --> 00:21:40,400
If anything
I should be paying you.
475
00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:41,903
Your faces are priceless.
476
00:21:42,637 --> 00:21:44,205
What about the damn stag film?
477
00:21:44,238 --> 00:21:45,338
The one with Cooper's sister.
478
00:21:45,372 --> 00:21:48,042
Betty took it, numbskull.
479
00:21:48,075 --> 00:21:49,476
But I do have another smoky.
480
00:21:49,510 --> 00:21:52,379
This one about a guy
with two girls.
481
00:21:52,412 --> 00:21:53,948
If you're interested.
482
00:21:55,216 --> 00:21:58,418
This time
I'll lend it to you gratis.
483
00:21:58,451 --> 00:21:59,486
What does that mean?
484
00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,289
It's free.
485
00:22:01,321 --> 00:22:02,790
'Cause I'm that kind of guy.
486
00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:13,201
Hey, all you hep kittens!
487
00:22:13,234 --> 00:22:15,603
May we have
your attention, please?
488
00:22:15,636 --> 00:22:17,805
Clear your dance cards, ladies,
489
00:22:17,839 --> 00:22:20,473
because the Babylonium
is proud to present
490
00:22:20,508 --> 00:22:23,778
a very special,
one-night-only performance
491
00:22:23,811 --> 00:22:28,082
by international burlesque star
and chanteuse,
492
00:22:28,115 --> 00:22:31,052
the sensational Polly Amorous.
493
00:22:31,085 --> 00:22:32,352
Who?
494
00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:33,921
My sister Polly.
495
00:22:33,955 --> 00:22:34,655
Wait.
496
00:22:34,689 --> 00:22:36,557
Your sister's a burlesque star.
497
00:22:36,591 --> 00:22:38,491
Things are starting to make
a hellish sense now.
498
00:22:38,526 --> 00:22:39,794
In any case,
499
00:22:39,827 --> 00:22:42,830
this is going to be
a ladies night only.
500
00:22:42,864 --> 00:22:44,397
No boys allowed.
501
00:22:44,431 --> 00:22:47,034
Well, sounds like
my kinda night.
502
00:22:47,068 --> 00:22:49,503
So, who's in?
503
00:22:57,745 --> 00:22:59,446
"Scenes dealing with
504
00:22:59,479 --> 00:23:01,682
or instruments associated with
walking dead,
505
00:23:01,716 --> 00:23:04,252
torture, vampires
and vampirism,
506
00:23:04,285 --> 00:23:05,485
ghouls, cannibalism,
507
00:23:05,519 --> 00:23:07,454
and werewolfism
are prohibited."
508
00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:09,724
Wooden stakes
are used to kill vampires.
509
00:23:09,757 --> 00:23:13,661
But if Super Duck used
wooden stakes to pitch a tent,
510
00:23:13,694 --> 00:23:15,963
would that be okay
or is that banned, too?
511
00:23:15,997 --> 00:23:17,164
Mr. Jones, please.
512
00:23:17,198 --> 00:23:18,666
Clearly, context matters.
513
00:23:18,699 --> 00:23:21,202
And shouldn't you be in class?
514
00:23:21,235 --> 00:23:22,469
It's my lunch period, sir.
515
00:23:22,503 --> 00:23:25,773
"Suggestive
and salacious illustration
516
00:23:25,806 --> 00:23:28,709
or suggestive posture
is unacceptable"?
517
00:23:28,743 --> 00:23:30,544
Could you be
a little more specific
518
00:23:30,578 --> 00:23:33,147
about which postures you mean?
519
00:23:33,180 --> 00:23:34,749
Um, Sister,
520
00:23:34,782 --> 00:23:36,851
uh, perhaps you and the doctor
521
00:23:36,884 --> 00:23:40,922
could, uh, demonstrate
for us numbskulls.
522
00:23:40,955 --> 00:23:42,089
Buffoons.
523
00:23:42,123 --> 00:23:43,057
What about this item?
524
00:23:43,090 --> 00:23:45,793
"All scenes of horror,
excessive bloodshed,
525
00:23:45,826 --> 00:23:48,930
gory or gruesome crimes,
depravity, lust, sadism
526
00:23:48,963 --> 00:23:51,098
and masochism
shall not be permitted"?
527
00:23:51,132 --> 00:23:54,669
This code in its current state
violates the First Amendment.
528
00:23:54,702 --> 00:23:56,704
Oh, surely
you're not suggesting
529
00:23:56,737 --> 00:23:59,640
that tripe like this
is protected by free speech.
530
00:23:59,674 --> 00:24:01,776
Freedom of speech
is protection of speech
531
00:24:01,809 --> 00:24:03,711
that you don't agree with,
Dr. Werthers.
532
00:24:03,744 --> 00:24:06,580
What you are advocating for
is censorship.
533
00:24:06,614 --> 00:24:08,749
You even wanna
ban the word "mystery"
534
00:24:08,783 --> 00:24:10,518
from appearing on our covers.
535
00:24:10,551 --> 00:24:11,919
Mr. Fieldstone, as an educator,
536
00:24:11,953 --> 00:24:14,422
I believe this code
to be quite even-handed.
537
00:24:14,454 --> 00:24:15,656
Well, I believe it to be
538
00:24:15,690 --> 00:24:17,591
intentionally vague
and confusing
539
00:24:17,625 --> 00:24:19,994
so that you can apply it
to anything you want to censor.
540
00:24:20,027 --> 00:24:23,264
And who exactly
defines what "lurid",
541
00:24:23,297 --> 00:24:25,433
"unsavory" or "perverted" is?
542
00:24:25,465 --> 00:24:26,600
Is that you, Dr. Werthers?
543
00:24:26,634 --> 00:24:27,835
Are we done here?
544
00:24:27,868 --> 00:24:29,403
No,
we are not done here.
545
00:24:29,437 --> 00:24:31,539
We have a counterproposal.
546
00:24:31,572 --> 00:24:34,141
In the form of a rating system.
547
00:24:34,175 --> 00:24:35,409
A rating system?
548
00:24:35,443 --> 00:24:37,477
Yes, printed clearly
on our covers.
549
00:24:37,511 --> 00:24:39,814
A comic might be
rated "K" for "Kid"
550
00:24:39,847 --> 00:24:43,250
or "T" for "Teen"
or "A" for "Adult."
551
00:24:43,284 --> 00:24:44,652
Don't be so naive.
552
00:24:44,685 --> 00:24:47,355
Stamping an "A" for "Adult"
on a comic book
553
00:24:47,388 --> 00:24:49,423
would only
make it more desirable
554
00:24:49,457 --> 00:24:50,758
for young readers.
555
00:24:50,791 --> 00:24:52,159
Riverdale's
children and teenagers
556
00:24:52,193 --> 00:24:53,394
must be protected.
557
00:24:53,427 --> 00:24:54,562
At all costs.
558
00:24:54,595 --> 00:24:55,796
Yeah, you,
you keep saying this,
559
00:24:55,830 --> 00:24:57,497
but "protected" from what?
560
00:24:57,531 --> 00:24:58,866
From the corrupting filth
561
00:24:58,899 --> 00:25:01,102
that you and your colleagues
peddle, Mr. Jones.
562
00:25:01,135 --> 00:25:03,838
Tales of... of murder,
lust, sex and violence
563
00:25:03,871 --> 00:25:06,841
that would in turn prompt
the same in their behavior.
564
00:25:06,874 --> 00:25:09,577
Do you want to know what else
has all of those themes?
565
00:25:09,610 --> 00:25:11,779
The Bible,
the plays of Shakespeare,
566
00:25:11,812 --> 00:25:13,381
Bullfinch's Mythology--
567
00:25:13,414 --> 00:25:14,815
Apples and oranges.
568
00:25:14,849 --> 00:25:16,617
Wrongdoers
are punished in the Bible.
569
00:25:16,650 --> 00:25:19,186
Show me one Pep Comic book
570
00:25:19,220 --> 00:25:20,688
that glamorizes violence.
571
00:25:20,721 --> 00:25:22,356
I don't read such depravity.
572
00:25:22,390 --> 00:25:24,291
No, you just burn it.
573
00:25:24,325 --> 00:25:26,427
Gentlemen, Sister,
574
00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:28,329
I think it's time
we wrapped this up.
575
00:25:28,362 --> 00:25:29,797
Don't you concur?
576
00:25:29,830 --> 00:25:31,599
Wrap it up? We haven't even
begun to reach compromise.
577
00:25:31,632 --> 00:25:34,035
This meeting
was never a negotiation.
578
00:25:34,068 --> 00:25:36,003
It was offered to you
as a courtesy.
579
00:25:36,037 --> 00:25:38,472
All of your competitors
have already agreed
580
00:25:38,507 --> 00:25:40,908
to comply with
our Comic Book Code.
581
00:25:40,941 --> 00:25:43,778
You are, at the moment,
the only holdouts.
582
00:25:43,811 --> 00:25:47,415
I mean, if you do not
abide by our strictures,
583
00:25:47,448 --> 00:25:49,183
then you will not
be able to print
584
00:25:49,216 --> 00:25:52,553
the Comic Book Code
Seal of Approval on your books.
585
00:25:52,586 --> 00:25:54,255
No! No.
586
00:25:54,288 --> 00:25:55,489
Not even Super Duck,
587
00:25:55,524 --> 00:25:58,626
which means that
no newsstand in America
588
00:25:58,659 --> 00:26:02,096
will sell or even carry
your comic books.
589
00:26:02,129 --> 00:26:05,032
They will be relegated
to the trash heap,
590
00:26:07,001 --> 00:26:08,135
where they belong.
591
00:26:13,774 --> 00:26:15,142
I know it's been a busy week,
592
00:26:15,176 --> 00:26:17,778
but did you all
have a chance to read Howl?
593
00:26:17,812 --> 00:26:20,781
Good. Let's open it up
for discussion.
594
00:26:20,815 --> 00:26:22,383
What did you all think?
595
00:26:22,416 --> 00:26:24,553
Dynamic and hallucinogenic.
596
00:26:24,585 --> 00:26:27,121
A subterranean toppling
of idolatry
597
00:26:27,154 --> 00:26:28,856
and an awakening.
598
00:26:28,889 --> 00:26:30,224
Very good, Clay.
599
00:26:30,257 --> 00:26:34,261
Archie, what did you think
of Ginsberg's poem?
600
00:26:34,295 --> 00:26:35,196
I...
601
00:26:36,964 --> 00:26:39,333
couldn't sleep
after reading it.
602
00:26:41,102 --> 00:26:43,572
Where does a humdinger
like Howl even come from?
603
00:26:43,604 --> 00:26:46,040
Well, Allen's lived
a lot of life.
604
00:26:46,474 --> 00:26:47,842
My husband says,
605
00:26:47,875 --> 00:26:51,580
"You can't be a real poet
without really... living."
606
00:26:51,612 --> 00:26:53,347
Well, in that case,
607
00:26:53,380 --> 00:26:56,585
I'm never gonna be able
to write anything like Howl.
608
00:26:56,617 --> 00:26:58,686
Why would you say that, Archie?
609
00:26:58,719 --> 00:27:01,556
Because look at me,
Ms. Grundy. I'm a square.
610
00:27:01,590 --> 00:27:03,057
What am I gonna write about?
611
00:27:03,090 --> 00:27:05,659
Jack Kerouac played football
in small-town Massachusetts
612
00:27:05,693 --> 00:27:07,928
before going to Columbia
to study writing.
613
00:27:07,962 --> 00:27:09,564
Maybe it's more about
614
00:27:09,598 --> 00:27:11,600
keeping an open mind
about things.
615
00:27:11,632 --> 00:27:14,368
Being open
to trying new things,
616
00:27:14,401 --> 00:27:17,572
with different people.
617
00:27:17,606 --> 00:27:21,942
Or more than one person,
maybe two.
618
00:27:22,577 --> 00:27:24,245
Let me ask you this, Archie.
619
00:27:25,446 --> 00:27:27,314
Have you ever seen the sunrise?
620
00:27:28,149 --> 00:27:29,250
Sure.
621
00:27:29,283 --> 00:27:30,985
You mean like waking up early
for basketball practice?
622
00:27:31,018 --> 00:27:34,188
No, no, I mean
staying up all night.
623
00:27:34,221 --> 00:27:36,123
With your friends,
drinking coffee and,
624
00:27:36,157 --> 00:27:39,894
and getting into deep
philosophical conversations
625
00:27:39,927 --> 00:27:43,864
that last until the sky
streaks pink and yellow
626
00:27:43,898 --> 00:27:45,132
with the dawn's early light.
627
00:27:45,166 --> 00:27:47,902
My husband and I do that,
once a month.
628
00:27:49,538 --> 00:27:51,105
Let me tell you, it is...
629
00:27:52,574 --> 00:27:53,841
transcendent.
630
00:27:54,609 --> 00:27:57,244
It's like... being reborn.
631
00:27:58,946 --> 00:27:59,947
Betty,
632
00:27:59,980 --> 00:28:01,448
what's your take on Howl?
633
00:28:01,482 --> 00:28:05,386
To be honest, Mrs. Grundy,
I'm halfway through it, and...
634
00:28:08,455 --> 00:28:12,126
so far, I appreciate how...
635
00:28:12,159 --> 00:28:16,030
How it isn't afraid
to ask the hard questions?
636
00:28:16,063 --> 00:28:18,699
To have the difficult
conversations
637
00:28:18,732 --> 00:28:20,134
that many of us are...
638
00:28:21,368 --> 00:28:22,970
too afraid to even begin?
639
00:28:34,583 --> 00:28:36,016
Lady's Leisure?
640
00:28:36,951 --> 00:28:38,687
Any interesting article--
641
00:28:38,719 --> 00:28:41,656
What can I do for you,
Elizabeth?
642
00:28:41,690 --> 00:28:44,091
I came here to see
if you wanted to join me
643
00:28:44,124 --> 00:28:46,528
and my gal pals tonight
at the Babylonium.
644
00:28:48,963 --> 00:28:50,898
Polly's performing.
645
00:28:52,634 --> 00:28:54,468
What?
646
00:28:54,501 --> 00:28:56,737
Polly's here? In Riverdale?
647
00:28:56,770 --> 00:28:58,405
And she's performing?
648
00:28:58,439 --> 00:29:00,274
She is. I called her.
649
00:29:01,408 --> 00:29:03,811
When were you planning
on telling me that my sister
650
00:29:03,844 --> 00:29:05,846
is a world famous
burlesque dancer?
651
00:29:05,879 --> 00:29:08,449
Never, if I had my druthers.
652
00:29:10,150 --> 00:29:14,355
So is that why you've been
so down on me all this time?
653
00:29:14,388 --> 00:29:15,590
Are you punishing me
654
00:29:15,624 --> 00:29:16,924
for Polly's choices,
655
00:29:16,957 --> 00:29:18,125
or trying to make sure
656
00:29:18,158 --> 00:29:20,261
that I don't follow
in her footsteps?
657
00:29:20,294 --> 00:29:22,697
I can't believe
your sister's here, performing.
658
00:29:22,731 --> 00:29:23,998
Well, she is.
659
00:29:24,031 --> 00:29:25,899
She's living her life, Mom,
660
00:29:25,933 --> 00:29:29,504
without us because
you decided to cut her off.
661
00:29:30,739 --> 00:29:33,007
Oh, did you know
that she's engaged?
662
00:29:33,742 --> 00:29:35,175
To a stockbroker.
663
00:29:36,944 --> 00:29:39,146
Don't you want
to go to her wedding?
664
00:29:39,179 --> 00:29:41,382
Please, just come
to the show tonight, Mom.
665
00:29:41,415 --> 00:29:45,386
Imagine what a great surprise
that it would be for her,
666
00:29:45,419 --> 00:29:49,189
not to mention
the best chance we have to...
667
00:29:49,758 --> 00:29:51,825
just be a family again.
668
00:29:51,859 --> 00:29:53,060
In what world
669
00:29:53,093 --> 00:29:55,664
would I wanna go
and watch my daughter
670
00:29:55,697 --> 00:29:57,732
debase herself
for dirty old men?
671
00:29:57,766 --> 00:29:59,567
It is not for dirty old men.
672
00:29:59,601 --> 00:30:01,001
It is just for girls.
673
00:30:01,035 --> 00:30:03,103
Well, I don't care
if it's for the Virgin Mary.
674
00:30:04,038 --> 00:30:05,973
Well, I'm going.
675
00:30:06,907 --> 00:30:09,577
And don't even
try to forbid me.
676
00:30:09,611 --> 00:30:12,112
Because I'm proud of Polly
677
00:30:12,146 --> 00:30:14,081
and I want to support her,
678
00:30:14,114 --> 00:30:17,384
and show her that I love
and accept her no matter what.
679
00:30:18,919 --> 00:30:20,321
Unlike her mother.
680
00:30:27,127 --> 00:30:28,362
You ready?
681
00:30:28,395 --> 00:30:29,296
Ready.
682
00:30:53,621 --> 00:30:55,356
What--
683
00:30:55,389 --> 00:30:58,693
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no! No!
684
00:30:58,727 --> 00:31:00,595
What are we supposed to do now?
685
00:31:00,628 --> 00:31:02,530
I'm horny as heck!
686
00:31:04,733 --> 00:31:06,133
Me, too, Reg.
687
00:31:06,801 --> 00:31:08,102
Me, too.
688
00:31:09,704 --> 00:31:10,605
Wait...
689
00:31:12,841 --> 00:31:14,174
I got an idea.
690
00:31:16,544 --> 00:31:18,078
Now it's little raunchy,
691
00:31:18,112 --> 00:31:19,480
but, I mean,
if you're up for it...
692
00:31:34,729 --> 00:31:36,296
Well, well, well.
693
00:31:37,131 --> 00:31:39,500
Looks like Twyla
hit the jackpot tonight.
694
00:31:40,835 --> 00:31:42,169
Now, which one of you hunks
695
00:31:42,202 --> 00:31:44,606
of Wisconsin man-cheese
is coming in first?
696
00:31:46,006 --> 00:31:49,076
Or maybe you both
wanna come in...
697
00:31:49,778 --> 00:31:51,111
at the same time?
698
00:32:15,169 --> 00:32:17,304
Ladies and...
699
00:32:17,337 --> 00:32:18,405
Ladies.
700
00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:22,610
The Babylonium
takes great pleasure
701
00:32:22,644 --> 00:32:29,049
in presenting the one,
the only, Miss Polly Amorous!
702
00:34:57,966 --> 00:35:01,569
Polly, that was spectacular.
703
00:35:01,603 --> 00:35:02,971
Oh, it was okay.
704
00:35:03,004 --> 00:35:04,939
Still working out the kinks.
705
00:35:04,973 --> 00:35:06,206
Well, some of them.
706
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:07,542
I'm just glad
I finally got to see
707
00:35:07,575 --> 00:35:11,079
a bona fide
burlesque star in the flesh.
708
00:35:11,111 --> 00:35:13,982
But interestingly,
not too much flesh.
709
00:35:14,015 --> 00:35:15,482
Well, that is correct.
710
00:35:15,516 --> 00:35:17,685
If you're good enough,
you can suggest more than show.
711
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:22,489
Well, you, my dear Miss Amorous
are better than good.
712
00:35:22,523 --> 00:35:24,458
I'm just sorry
that Mom didn't come.
713
00:35:24,491 --> 00:35:26,426
I really thought
that she might rally.
714
00:35:26,460 --> 00:35:29,530
It's okay. She doesn't
believe in what I do.
715
00:35:29,564 --> 00:35:32,867
But that's on her.
Not me or you.
716
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:34,401
Look, Betty,
717
00:35:34,434 --> 00:35:37,337
if you take anything
from my visit, let it be this.
718
00:35:37,371 --> 00:35:40,307
When you find
the thing that you love,
719
00:35:40,340 --> 00:35:42,409
just promise me
that you'll do it.
720
00:35:42,442 --> 00:35:45,513
No matter what Mom
or anybody says.
721
00:35:45,980 --> 00:35:47,815
I promise.
722
00:35:47,849 --> 00:35:52,654
And I want nothing more
than to be your maid of honor.
723
00:35:53,855 --> 00:35:55,255
Oh, Betty.
724
00:35:56,256 --> 00:35:58,358
Oh, consider yourself booked.
725
00:36:08,736 --> 00:36:09,737
Wow.
726
00:36:11,204 --> 00:36:12,707
Mrs. Grundy was right.
727
00:36:14,509 --> 00:36:17,578
Staying up all night really
does make the dawn look...
728
00:36:17,612 --> 00:36:18,680
Different.
729
00:36:18,713 --> 00:36:19,747
Somehow.
730
00:36:20,782 --> 00:36:21,783
Yeah.
731
00:36:24,852 --> 00:36:25,853
And now that we've...
732
00:36:29,957 --> 00:36:33,995
expanded our horizons...
733
00:36:34,028 --> 00:36:35,495
It seems like...
734
00:36:35,530 --> 00:36:37,899
anything's possible
at this point.
735
00:36:45,205 --> 00:36:47,575
I love you, Reggie.
736
00:36:49,209 --> 00:36:50,745
I love you, too, bud.
737
00:37:13,868 --> 00:37:14,802
Sweetheart.
738
00:37:14,836 --> 00:37:16,369
Something wrong?
739
00:37:16,403 --> 00:37:20,108
Perhaps you should
pray on it in the chapel.
740
00:37:20,141 --> 00:37:21,642
I don't get to go
as often as I'd like,
741
00:37:21,676 --> 00:37:26,614
but when I do
I find such comfort there.
742
00:37:29,550 --> 00:37:31,886
Toni, I have
a question for you.
743
00:37:31,919 --> 00:37:34,354
Do you still have the negatives
from our photoshoot?
744
00:37:34,387 --> 00:37:36,991
Of course. Why?
745
00:37:37,024 --> 00:37:39,326
My hideous mother
746
00:37:39,359 --> 00:37:41,361
and by extension, my father.
747
00:37:42,329 --> 00:37:44,397
I can't keep living
at their mercy.
748
00:37:44,431 --> 00:37:46,934
I wanna shut them up
and shut them down,
749
00:37:47,802 --> 00:37:49,771
once and for all.
750
00:37:55,176 --> 00:37:56,744
Didn't hear you
come in last night.
751
00:37:58,813 --> 00:38:02,150
I presume Polly's on her way
back to New York City?
752
00:38:02,183 --> 00:38:03,651
Yes.
753
00:38:04,919 --> 00:38:06,020
And I'm so jealous.
754
00:38:06,053 --> 00:38:09,489
She has... freedom,
755
00:38:10,024 --> 00:38:11,291
a career she loves,
756
00:38:11,324 --> 00:38:12,727
someone in her life
who worships her.
757
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,263
That's more than
any one of us here can say.
758
00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:17,265
Don't pick a fight
with me, Elizabeth.
759
00:38:17,297 --> 00:38:18,398
I'm not in the mood.
760
00:38:18,431 --> 00:38:20,535
So when are you going to stop?
761
00:38:22,270 --> 00:38:24,605
Stop sabotaging our family?
762
00:38:24,639 --> 00:38:26,707
-Oh, is that what
you think I'm doing?
-Well, isn't it?
763
00:38:26,741 --> 00:38:30,645
Did you forget when you
disowned me as your daughter?
764
00:38:30,678 --> 00:38:33,648
-Oh...
-You drove Polly away.
765
00:38:33,681 --> 00:38:36,617
We couldn't even have
one night together,
766
00:38:36,651 --> 00:38:39,020
the three of us,
because of your hang-ups.
767
00:38:39,053 --> 00:38:40,121
-Oh--
-You know what?
768
00:38:40,154 --> 00:38:44,125
You are a sad, lonely woman.
769
00:38:44,158 --> 00:38:46,160
And it is all your own doing.
770
00:38:46,194 --> 00:38:47,562
But I'll tell you this, Mom,
771
00:38:47,595 --> 00:38:50,164
I am not giving you
any more power over my life
772
00:38:50,198 --> 00:38:51,732
because you will ruin it.
773
00:38:51,766 --> 00:38:53,734
I'm going to do
exactly what Polly did.
774
00:38:53,768 --> 00:38:56,871
And the second I can
leave this town, I'm gone.
775
00:38:56,904 --> 00:38:57,805
Fine.
776
00:38:58,239 --> 00:38:59,439
Go!
777
00:38:59,472 --> 00:39:02,409
Oh, you should know,
after last night,
778
00:39:02,442 --> 00:39:04,344
I'm thinking of following
in Polly's footsteps
779
00:39:04,377 --> 00:39:05,813
and becoming
a burlesque dancer, too.
780
00:39:05,847 --> 00:39:08,883
Except maybe
I'll take off all my clothes.
781
00:39:08,916 --> 00:39:10,751
And then what will you
tell your friends?
782
00:39:10,785 --> 00:39:13,486
Or will you just pretend
that I don't exist
783
00:39:13,521 --> 00:39:15,388
or that I died tragically?
784
00:39:15,422 --> 00:39:16,691
-Elizabeth--
-It doesn't matter
785
00:39:16,724 --> 00:39:18,491
because I won't
be in this house.
786
00:39:18,526 --> 00:39:19,861
I will be far away from you
787
00:39:19,894 --> 00:39:23,865
doing whatever I want,
and you can't stop me.
788
00:39:44,685 --> 00:39:47,088
I'm surprised it took you
this long to do that.
789
00:39:54,629 --> 00:39:56,097
So what happens now?
790
00:39:57,430 --> 00:40:00,601
Well, if we
don't follow their code,
791
00:40:00,635 --> 00:40:04,171
we can't publish our comics
with their "Seal of Approval."
792
00:40:04,205 --> 00:40:05,472
And if we can't get that,
793
00:40:05,506 --> 00:40:07,508
then publishers
won't print our comics.
794
00:40:07,541 --> 00:40:09,310
Distributors
will not ship them,
795
00:40:09,343 --> 00:40:10,945
and newsstands
will not sell them.
796
00:40:10,978 --> 00:40:15,415
So, we either follow
their cock-eyed rules,
797
00:40:15,448 --> 00:40:17,518
or we go the way of the dodos.
798
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:21,555
How could I have been so naive?
799
00:40:22,890 --> 00:40:27,494
I, I really thought that
there was a way through this.
800
00:40:27,528 --> 00:40:29,964
You weren't naive, Jughead.
801
00:40:31,198 --> 00:40:33,668
You were fighting
for what's right.
802
00:40:33,701 --> 00:40:35,870
For what
this country stands for...
803
00:40:36,871 --> 00:40:39,307
or what it's
supposed to stand for.
804
00:40:39,340 --> 00:40:41,776
Well, shucks,
805
00:40:41,809 --> 00:40:43,443
who even needs
the Russian invasion
806
00:40:43,476 --> 00:40:45,079
when we're happily
destroying ourselves?
807
00:40:45,112 --> 00:40:48,349
Don't you worry, Nick Charles,
we'll figure something out.
808
00:40:48,382 --> 00:40:49,784
Oh, "we" will?
809
00:40:51,953 --> 00:40:52,853
I mean,
810
00:40:54,388 --> 00:40:55,923
I just sort of said that
811
00:40:55,957 --> 00:40:57,091
to say something.
812
00:41:00,428 --> 00:41:03,664
But here we find ourselves...
813
00:41:04,966 --> 00:41:05,933
once again,
814
00:41:07,168 --> 00:41:08,936
just the two of us.
815
00:41:11,072 --> 00:41:11,973
We...
816
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,142
kind of blew it last time,
didn't we?
817
00:41:17,912 --> 00:41:18,946
We did.
818
00:41:22,016 --> 00:41:23,017
But as I said...
819
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,121
here we are again.
820
00:41:29,056 --> 00:41:30,992
Here we are again.