1 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:21,389 BLANCA: Why are we the only ones 2 00:00:21,422 --> 00:00:23,424 -out here? -PRAY TELL: Who wants to come 3 00:00:23,457 --> 00:00:25,359 to the most remote part of New York? 4 00:00:25,393 --> 00:00:27,328 You'd think people would come to pay their respects. 5 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:29,997 Out of sight, out of mind. 6 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:31,432 (exhales) I'm tired. 7 00:00:31,465 --> 00:00:33,434 I've been to three funerals this week. 8 00:00:33,467 --> 00:00:35,169 Three. Where's the cure? 9 00:00:35,203 --> 00:00:37,338 BLANCA: Look, we got to keep it together today, Pray. 10 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:39,273 We got a long day ahead of us. 11 00:00:39,307 --> 00:00:41,041 I know. 12 00:00:41,075 --> 00:00:42,843 I'm sorry, I just... 13 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,878 It upsets me. 14 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:50,050 (door opens, closes) 15 00:01:05,099 --> 00:01:08,035 His name is... was Keenan. 16 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:10,271 Keenan Howard. 17 00:01:10,304 --> 00:01:12,740 I'm here to see... his burial site. 18 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:14,575 He's a relation of yours? 19 00:01:14,608 --> 00:01:16,377 Not exactly. 20 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:19,813 We dated, we broke up. Listen. 21 00:01:19,847 --> 00:01:21,382 He died of pneumonia 22 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:24,485 -and I was told he was buried here. -Here's the thing. 23 00:01:24,518 --> 00:01:26,554 Names don't matter here. 24 00:01:26,587 --> 00:01:28,956 Just a bunch of pine boxes in a ditch. 25 00:01:28,989 --> 00:01:30,758 -So no headstones? -Welcome to Hart Island. 26 00:01:30,791 --> 00:01:32,560 Just a mass grave of people whose families 27 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:33,927 couldn't afford a burial 28 00:01:33,961 --> 00:01:36,264 or unclaimed bodies from the morgue. 29 00:01:36,297 --> 00:01:39,233 Infants are out back in Potter's Field. 30 00:01:39,267 --> 00:01:41,101 We quarantine the ones that died of AIDS, 31 00:01:41,135 --> 00:01:42,970 don't want them infecting anyone else, you know. 32 00:01:43,003 --> 00:01:44,972 But they're already dead. 33 00:01:45,005 --> 00:01:46,840 Sweetie, we don't know how this thing is spread. 34 00:01:49,677 --> 00:01:52,012 Come on, Pray. 35 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:56,116 (machinery clanking in distance) 36 00:02:10,164 --> 00:02:12,500 How did Keenan end up here? 37 00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:16,103 -I thought he had family. -No. 38 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:18,872 Orphaned just like the rest of us. 39 00:02:18,906 --> 00:02:21,175 After we broke up, I heard that he had gotten sick 40 00:02:21,209 --> 00:02:23,244 and I tried to reach out. 41 00:02:25,746 --> 00:02:28,316 But I think that he... 42 00:02:28,349 --> 00:02:30,618 he was embarrassed... 43 00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:32,386 about getting sick. 44 00:02:33,721 --> 00:02:36,156 He died alone. 45 00:02:37,191 --> 00:02:39,893 In that tiny studio apartment. 46 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:43,231 In the dead of summer. 47 00:02:43,264 --> 00:02:45,266 Three weeks before anybody found him. 48 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:49,470 Was lying in the heat for so long, 49 00:02:49,503 --> 00:02:52,306 -I heard that his body just melted into the mattress. -Mm-mmm, mm-mmm. 50 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:55,476 I'm not settling for this, Pray. 51 00:02:55,509 --> 00:02:58,646 We got to do something. 52 00:02:58,679 --> 00:02:59,913 -Right? -Yeah. 53 00:02:59,947 --> 00:03:01,515 (sniffles) 54 00:03:05,753 --> 00:03:07,755 PRAY TELL: Only way this isn't gonna be our reality 55 00:03:07,788 --> 00:03:09,890 is if we help each other. 56 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:13,361 'Cause they sure as hell aren't gonna do anything. Trust. 57 00:03:16,264 --> 00:03:17,898 There it is. 58 00:03:23,304 --> 00:03:27,107 Judy told me about this place and I didn't believe her. 59 00:03:27,140 --> 00:03:29,877 She... she said this island 60 00:03:29,910 --> 00:03:32,045 used to be a tuberculosis ward. 61 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:36,216 Now it's a burial site. (sniffles) 62 00:03:36,250 --> 00:03:38,419 Each one of these heart-shaped rocks 63 00:03:38,452 --> 00:03:40,688 represents someone buried here, 64 00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:43,724 left by someone left behind. 65 00:03:56,404 --> 00:03:57,805 (kisses) 66 00:04:11,652 --> 00:04:13,654 So, what now? 67 00:04:15,423 --> 00:04:16,724 We pray. 68 00:04:16,757 --> 00:04:18,759 (Pray Tell sniffles) 69 00:04:20,661 --> 00:04:22,796 We pray for strength... 70 00:04:24,465 --> 00:04:27,735 ...to keep fighting. 71 00:04:27,768 --> 00:04:29,770 Yeah. 72 00:04:34,642 --> 00:04:36,644 (sniffles) 73 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,689 (door opens) 74 00:04:48,722 --> 00:04:50,691 (footfalls approach) 75 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:53,461 PRAY TELL: The category is... 76 00:04:53,494 --> 00:04:56,029 Live... 77 00:04:56,063 --> 00:04:58,532 Work... 78 00:04:58,566 --> 00:05:02,302 Pose! 79 00:05:05,373 --> 00:05:07,375 * 80 00:05:27,495 --> 00:05:30,163 (indistinct announcement over P.A.) 81 00:05:33,601 --> 00:05:35,569 -Hi, Blanca. You want to come in? -Hi. Yeah. 82 00:05:35,603 --> 00:05:36,904 Yeah. 83 00:05:36,937 --> 00:05:39,473 (exhales) 84 00:05:39,507 --> 00:05:42,910 This place is like the Taj Mahal compared to St. Vincent's. 85 00:05:42,943 --> 00:05:44,344 You know they had me on a six-week 86 00:05:44,378 --> 00:05:47,347 waiting list just to get a doctor to read my labs. 87 00:05:47,381 --> 00:05:50,684 By the way, thank you for squeezing me in like this. 88 00:05:50,718 --> 00:05:52,920 Anything for family, kid. 89 00:05:52,953 --> 00:05:55,389 So, what does it say? 90 00:05:55,423 --> 00:05:56,924 I tried reading my labs when I picked it up, 91 00:05:56,957 --> 00:06:00,160 but... it all looked like Klingon to me. 92 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:01,762 Well, your red blood cells are good. 93 00:06:01,795 --> 00:06:03,831 -I'm just checking out your CD4s. -See? 94 00:06:03,864 --> 00:06:05,833 There you go again speaking that Klingon. 95 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:07,200 English, please? 96 00:06:07,234 --> 00:06:10,938 CD4s, or T-cells, are what we want a lot of. 97 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:14,374 So... how many I gots? 98 00:06:14,408 --> 00:06:15,676 'Cause I know I got a lot. 99 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:16,944 I stopped drinking, 100 00:06:16,977 --> 00:06:18,446 I take my Flintstone vitamins every day. 101 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:21,114 Well, sometimes being healthy isn't enough for this virus. 102 00:06:21,148 --> 00:06:23,784 Your T-cells have fallen bellow 200. 103 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:25,719 What's... So? What's that mean? 104 00:06:25,753 --> 00:06:28,021 It means we have to start monitoring you once a month 105 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:29,690 instead of every three months. 106 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:32,259 And we have to move your diagnosis of being HIV-positive 107 00:06:32,292 --> 00:06:33,894 to having AIDS. 108 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:37,397 What? 109 00:06:52,112 --> 00:06:54,648 S... 110 00:06:54,682 --> 00:06:56,784 So I have AIDS now? 111 00:06:58,151 --> 00:07:00,320 Well, it's-it's just a number. 112 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:03,457 It's a way of flagging how much care a patient needs. 113 00:07:03,491 --> 00:07:05,058 Nah, I've been feeling fine. 114 00:07:05,092 --> 00:07:06,760 I've been feeling amazing, actually. 115 00:07:06,794 --> 00:07:09,162 Last winter, when my kids got sick, 116 00:07:09,196 --> 00:07:11,098 I didn't have a sniffle at all. 117 00:07:11,131 --> 00:07:13,133 I mean, sometimes you can't tell what HIV is doing 118 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:15,969 -to your immune system. -So I'm dying. 119 00:07:16,003 --> 00:07:17,571 No. You're not dying. 120 00:07:17,605 --> 00:07:19,907 You still have plenty of T-cells to fight with, 121 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:22,409 but we can't let those numbers drop any lower. 122 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:23,777 So what do I do? 123 00:07:23,811 --> 00:07:26,079 It ain't no cure for this thing. 124 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:27,481 Not yet. 125 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:31,685 But there is this. 126 00:07:31,719 --> 00:07:35,355 AZT. It helps slow the progression of the virus 127 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:38,358 -and it's all we've got. -Ain't that stuff for rich folk? 128 00:07:38,391 --> 00:07:40,528 Well, pharmaceutical companies are in the business 129 00:07:40,561 --> 00:07:42,830 of making a profit, but there are folks 130 00:07:42,863 --> 00:07:45,298 in our community who care about the less fortunate. 131 00:07:45,332 --> 00:07:48,368 And they're the ones who can get us this shit for free. 132 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,806 When the wealthy white queens and their friends know 133 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,343 that the end is coming close, they call us. 134 00:07:58,378 --> 00:08:00,914 It's the same thing every time. 135 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:07,220 We pay our respects. 136 00:08:08,421 --> 00:08:10,390 We say our goodbyes. 137 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:13,661 And then we collect the leftover meds. 138 00:08:13,694 --> 00:08:16,697 Their dying wishes are to make sure that the grief 139 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:19,199 isn't the only thing they're leaving behind. 140 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:22,369 Some of them just have antibiotics. 141 00:08:23,871 --> 00:08:27,007 But the rich ones always have AZT. 142 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,508 BLANCA: Pray Tell told me about 143 00:08:28,542 --> 00:08:31,011 a friend of his who was on these meds. 144 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,850 He said it was as toxic as chemo. 145 00:08:36,884 --> 00:08:40,988 And once he got on 'em, his body completely gave out. 146 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:42,890 Blanca, I'm gonna be straight with you 147 00:08:42,923 --> 00:08:44,524 because you need to hear this. 148 00:08:44,558 --> 00:08:48,228 You're in denial of what HIV is doing to your body. 149 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:49,830 If you don't do something about it soon, you're 150 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:51,865 -gonna be dead in six months. -No. 151 00:08:51,899 --> 00:08:54,401 Listen, they're working on new drugs every day. 152 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:56,169 You just got to stay alive long enough 153 00:08:56,203 --> 00:08:57,871 for something better to come along. 154 00:09:02,109 --> 00:09:04,044 You know... 155 00:09:04,077 --> 00:09:05,713 it's moments like these that make your life 156 00:09:05,746 --> 00:09:08,248 flash right before you. 157 00:09:08,281 --> 00:09:11,018 Crazy thing is, it's... not my life 158 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:14,054 I'm seeing right now, it's my kids. 159 00:09:14,087 --> 00:09:16,056 It's my kids. 160 00:09:18,892 --> 00:09:20,861 (takes deep breath) 161 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:24,031 Everything in this life is set up to work against them. 162 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:25,933 There is still 163 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:28,702 so much in their lives that I have to fix. 164 00:09:28,736 --> 00:09:31,038 We have a saying around here: 165 00:09:31,071 --> 00:09:33,073 either get busy living, 166 00:09:33,106 --> 00:09:35,976 or you get busy dying. 167 00:09:37,277 --> 00:09:39,747 And you've got a lot to live for. 168 00:09:44,752 --> 00:09:46,119 (Angel chuckles) 169 00:09:46,153 --> 00:09:47,621 -(camera whirring) -LIL PAPI: Darling. 170 00:09:47,655 --> 00:09:49,122 That one's gonna be good. 171 00:09:49,156 --> 00:09:51,124 -(Angel chuckles) -(camera whirring) 172 00:09:51,158 --> 00:09:52,592 LIL PAPI: Yeah. 173 00:09:52,626 --> 00:09:54,995 -Hey, can you do me a favor? -ANGEL: Stop. 174 00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:56,964 LIL PAPI: Just look this way. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 175 00:09:56,997 --> 00:09:58,666 Right there, right there. Give me that smile. 176 00:10:01,534 --> 00:10:03,671 That one's great, actually. 177 00:10:03,704 --> 00:10:05,939 Um... yeah. 178 00:10:05,973 --> 00:10:07,440 * What are you looking at? * 179 00:10:07,474 --> 00:10:08,842 (chuckles) 180 00:10:08,876 --> 00:10:10,577 ("Vogue" by Madonna playing) 181 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:12,612 (camera whirring) 182 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:16,483 * 183 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:27,294 * Strike a pose... * 184 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:29,329 (warmer beeps) 185 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:34,167 * Vogue, Vogue... * 186 00:10:34,201 --> 00:10:35,669 Oh, shit. (laughs) 187 00:10:35,703 --> 00:10:37,270 Y'all hear that? 188 00:10:37,304 --> 00:10:39,707 (chuckles) 189 00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:41,374 CHANEL: That's the new Madonna single. 190 00:10:41,408 --> 00:10:43,977 It's been on constant repeat on Z100. 191 00:10:44,011 --> 00:10:46,613 -(Blanca whoops) -It's gonna be the song of the summer. 192 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:49,983 The most famous woman in the world signing about us. 193 00:10:50,017 --> 00:10:52,119 -Mm! (chuckles) -Strike a pose. 194 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:55,188 The category is... 195 00:10:55,222 --> 00:10:57,290 Runway... 196 00:10:57,324 --> 00:10:58,558 Mo-del... 197 00:10:58,591 --> 00:11:00,728 -Effect. -(crowd cheering) 198 00:11:00,761 --> 00:11:02,395 BLANCA: Everything is about to change. 199 00:11:02,429 --> 00:11:04,297 I can see it as clear as day. 200 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:06,499 Well, your vision must be cloudy 201 00:11:06,533 --> 00:11:09,669 'cause ain't shit about to change for our black asses. 202 00:11:09,703 --> 00:11:12,539 Madonna is shining a bright spotlight on us, girl. 203 00:11:12,572 --> 00:11:14,641 -(scoffs) -We've been underground for how long? 204 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:16,977 About 20 years. Since Crystal LaBeija lost 205 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:20,347 one too many titles to white girls. 206 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:23,416 PRAY TELL: Ha-ha! Yes, baby! 207 00:11:23,450 --> 00:11:25,152 Let us have it. 208 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,154 These walks are turning me on, kids. 209 00:11:27,187 --> 00:11:29,356 Who's next? 210 00:11:29,389 --> 00:11:32,059 Oh... sookie, sookie, now. 211 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:34,061 * Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers... * 212 00:11:34,094 --> 00:11:36,830 PRAY TELL: Are you gonna show us your face, baby? 213 00:11:36,864 --> 00:11:38,899 * Rita Hayworth gave good face... * 214 00:11:38,932 --> 00:11:41,601 (crowd cheering) 215 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:43,203 That's my baby! 216 00:11:43,236 --> 00:11:45,238 * Ladies with an attitude * 217 00:11:45,272 --> 00:11:47,674 * Fellows that were in the mood... * 218 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:49,176 BLANCA: Mark my words. 219 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:50,610 "Vogue" will make us stars. 220 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:53,013 Madonna lives on the edge for what's next. 221 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:56,950 And what's newer than an entire world, undiscovered, 222 00:11:56,984 --> 00:11:59,920 brimming to the rim with guts, 223 00:11:59,953 --> 00:12:02,622 gorgeousness... 224 00:12:02,655 --> 00:12:04,157 and raw talent? 225 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:06,794 I mean, look. 226 00:12:08,796 --> 00:12:11,298 CROWD (chanting): Angel! Angel! Angel... 227 00:12:11,331 --> 00:12:13,934 (crowd cheering) 228 00:12:13,967 --> 00:12:15,368 PRAY TELL: Get up, get up. 229 00:12:15,402 --> 00:12:19,206 Oh! Booty! Booty! Booty! Booty! 230 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:21,074 (crowd cheering, chanting) 231 00:12:21,108 --> 00:12:22,810 PRAY TELL: Don't, don't, don't hurt us. 232 00:12:22,843 --> 00:12:25,278 Don't hurt us, baby. 233 00:12:25,312 --> 00:12:26,980 Madonna's gonna want our faces and when she comes 234 00:12:27,014 --> 00:12:30,083 with her spotlight, the Evangelistas are gonna be ready. 235 00:12:30,117 --> 00:12:31,952 -Girl... -PRAY TELL: Judges have spoken. 236 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:34,154 The cards never lie. 237 00:12:34,187 --> 00:12:36,289 The cards never lie, my darlings. 238 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:39,092 Grand prize goes to... 239 00:12:39,126 --> 00:12:41,294 the most luminous girl in the room... 240 00:12:41,328 --> 00:12:44,264 Miss Angel Evangelista. 241 00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:46,333 CROWD (chanting): Evangelista! 242 00:12:47,801 --> 00:12:50,137 (chanting continues) 243 00:12:50,170 --> 00:12:51,939 -Evange... -Evange... 244 00:12:51,972 --> 00:12:54,341 -...lista! -...lista! 245 00:12:54,374 --> 00:12:56,309 -Evange... -Evange... 246 00:12:56,343 --> 00:12:59,346 -...lista! -...lista! 247 00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:01,781 * Vogue, Vogue, Vogue, Vogue. * 248 00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:32,712 Hey, baby. 249 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:34,281 Girl, what are you doing out here? 250 00:13:34,314 --> 00:13:36,649 We talked about this. 251 00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:39,052 You said you wasn't gonna walk the piers no more. 252 00:13:39,086 --> 00:13:40,988 -There are more options out there. -Like what? 253 00:13:41,021 --> 00:13:43,623 Mopping floors and waiting tables? No. 254 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:46,059 No, thanks. I like being my own boss. 255 00:13:46,093 --> 00:13:48,161 BLANCA: Well, I got a plan. 256 00:13:48,195 --> 00:13:50,230 Get in. 257 00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:55,869 Just tell me where we're going. 258 00:13:55,903 --> 00:13:58,071 I was at work and I was flipping through 259 00:13:58,105 --> 00:14:01,909 Elle magazine while I was on my lunch break and... 260 00:14:01,942 --> 00:14:05,712 I saw this advertisement for a modeling contest. 261 00:14:05,745 --> 00:14:08,048 (Angel scoffs) 262 00:14:09,749 --> 00:14:12,185 Do you see her? 263 00:14:12,219 --> 00:14:13,586 Yes. 264 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:15,055 I'm not the face they're looking for. 265 00:14:15,088 --> 00:14:17,124 -I ain't no model. -Yes, you are. 266 00:14:20,227 --> 00:14:21,428 Look at these. 267 00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:23,096 That's just me and Lil Papi playing around. 268 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:24,497 BLANCA: Do you see what I see? 269 00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:27,167 These photos prove you got the look. 270 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,870 You've got a light that shines so bright 271 00:14:30,904 --> 00:14:32,505 right inside of you, 272 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:35,542 and I just wish you could see it. Plus, 273 00:14:35,575 --> 00:14:37,610 we about to go mainstream with this Madonna song. 274 00:14:37,644 --> 00:14:39,412 Mainstream? 275 00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:42,282 -Yeah, until they find out who I really am. -Oh, girl. 276 00:14:42,315 --> 00:14:43,917 All we need to get is our foot into the door. 277 00:14:43,951 --> 00:14:46,353 This song is our ticket to acceptance. 278 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:47,887 Once they see that you're in the ball, 279 00:14:47,921 --> 00:14:49,756 they won't even turn you away. 280 00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:54,461 (Blanca chuckles) 281 00:15:05,605 --> 00:15:07,607 * My Lord * 282 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:08,775 (humming) 283 00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:11,044 Sing, sister Lulu. 284 00:15:11,078 --> 00:15:15,782 Girl, who the hell chose those tacky-ass flowers? 285 00:15:15,815 --> 00:15:17,650 All these candles and flaming homos, 286 00:15:17,684 --> 00:15:20,053 surprised God don't burn this bitch to the ground. 287 00:15:20,087 --> 00:15:22,822 (both laugh) 288 00:15:22,855 --> 00:15:25,458 Funerals are bullshit. 289 00:15:25,492 --> 00:15:27,494 (hums): Mm-hmm. 290 00:15:27,527 --> 00:15:30,563 (laughs) I want a head count 291 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:34,167 of exactly how many people love me before I die. 292 00:15:34,201 --> 00:15:35,602 -Mm. -And I want a chance 293 00:15:35,635 --> 00:15:37,437 to defend myself, in case anyone even try 294 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:39,172 to tarnish my good name. 295 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:43,243 What's the point of spending all that money on a corpse? 296 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,745 Give me my damn flowers when I can smell them. 297 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:47,814 And give me a chance to read all these bitches 298 00:15:47,847 --> 00:15:49,349 before I'm put in the motherfucking ground. 299 00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:50,483 (laughs) 300 00:15:50,517 --> 00:15:52,752 Y'all are some hard-hearted hos. 301 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:55,222 Show some damn respect. 302 00:15:57,624 --> 00:15:59,626 (organ music playing quietly) 303 00:16:03,563 --> 00:16:06,099 Well, she's on CP time tonight. 304 00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:08,601 He's not going anywhere. 305 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:10,037 -(scoffs) -(sighs) 306 00:16:10,070 --> 00:16:14,041 What's your head count? This is my 452nd memorial. 307 00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:15,375 Two hundred and ten. 308 00:16:15,408 --> 00:16:18,878 First one to get to a thousand gets a free toaster. 309 00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:20,713 -(chuckles) Uh... -(giggling nearby) 310 00:16:20,747 --> 00:16:23,516 Look at these unquenchable hos thirsting for dick. 311 00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:26,486 Since when did funerals become the new cruising spot? 312 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:28,721 Oh, she's found morality. 313 00:16:28,755 --> 00:16:30,690 (laughs) 314 00:16:30,723 --> 00:16:32,825 Come on. 315 00:16:32,859 --> 00:16:34,927 Let's pay our respects. 316 00:16:38,031 --> 00:16:40,800 Interesting choice. 317 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:43,836 Why is he dressed like a flamenco dancer? 318 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:46,906 I can get over the outfit, but that makeup is terrible. 319 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:51,378 Joe always preferred a nude matte lip. 320 00:16:51,411 --> 00:16:53,413 Well, red is a tough color. 321 00:16:53,446 --> 00:16:57,150 Only tramps can pull it off. Shocking you never could. 322 00:16:57,184 --> 00:17:00,953 (chuckles, cries) 323 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:06,593 (sniffles) 324 00:17:06,626 --> 00:17:08,395 Oh... 325 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:11,764 He was so young. 326 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:15,202 Just barely started living. 327 00:17:15,235 --> 00:17:18,571 I don't know how much more of this I can take. 328 00:17:18,605 --> 00:17:22,242 -790, until you get your toaster. -(exhales) 329 00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:26,179 (laughs) 330 00:17:26,213 --> 00:17:30,083 (groans) I need a drink. You coming with me to the diner? 331 00:17:30,117 --> 00:17:33,420 Not tonight. I've got someplace to be and you're coming with me. 332 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:35,955 PRAY TELL: Where are you taking me? 333 00:17:35,988 --> 00:17:38,291 -I'm hungry. -(crowd chanting) 334 00:17:38,325 --> 00:17:40,127 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. 335 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,529 My black ass does not need to join your group 336 00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:46,065 of preppy white queens and ill-fitted Gap chinos 337 00:17:46,099 --> 00:17:48,801 who have never had to fight for a goddamn thing in their lives. 338 00:17:48,835 --> 00:17:51,471 -CROWD: Act up! Fight back! -Listen, there are dikes, too, 339 00:17:51,504 --> 00:17:55,242 running these meetings, of all shades. 340 00:17:55,275 --> 00:17:58,911 Pray, you've got to put your pain to good use, 341 00:17:58,945 --> 00:18:02,615 or I swear to God, it will eat you alive. 342 00:18:02,649 --> 00:18:04,917 CROWD (chanting): Fight back! Fight AIDS! 343 00:18:04,951 --> 00:18:08,588 Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! 344 00:18:08,621 --> 00:18:11,791 Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! 345 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:14,894 Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! 346 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:17,664 Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! 347 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:20,600 Welcome to your first Act Up meeting. 348 00:18:20,633 --> 00:18:22,602 CROWD (chanting): Fight AIDS! Act up! 349 00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:27,740 Ah, well, I was beginning to think Miss Wanda didn't exist. 350 00:18:27,774 --> 00:18:29,342 I'm not the going out type. 351 00:18:29,376 --> 00:18:31,911 I've got other things on my mind. 352 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:35,615 -I told you she was hot. -(chuckles) 353 00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:38,185 -Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! -SYD: All right. 354 00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:40,320 -All right. -(applause, cheering) 355 00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:42,455 Listen up, folks. 356 00:18:42,489 --> 00:18:44,857 Last week's fund-raiser brought in 357 00:18:44,891 --> 00:18:48,261 $650,000. 358 00:18:48,295 --> 00:18:50,863 (cheering) 359 00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:55,101 And... and now that we finally have the cash 360 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:57,637 to meet our momentum, this Sunday's protest 361 00:18:57,670 --> 00:18:59,272 up at St. Patrick's Cathedral 362 00:18:59,306 --> 00:19:01,608 is an even more crucial step 363 00:19:01,641 --> 00:19:04,277 in starting a global conversation around HIV 364 00:19:04,311 --> 00:19:05,478 and AIDS. 365 00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:08,215 (cheering) 366 00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:11,384 The Catholic Church has spent 367 00:19:11,418 --> 00:19:14,721 millions of dollars putting the false message into the world 368 00:19:14,754 --> 00:19:18,558 that condoms don't work and that abstinence is the only way 369 00:19:18,591 --> 00:19:20,993 -to fight HIV. That is a lie. -(booing) 370 00:19:21,027 --> 00:19:24,331 And that is morally wrong. 371 00:19:24,364 --> 00:19:26,666 So, we're staging a die-in 372 00:19:26,699 --> 00:19:28,835 in the middle of that congregation 373 00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:31,904 as a peaceful protest against the annihilation 374 00:19:31,938 --> 00:19:35,074 -of our community! -Yes! 375 00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:37,510 (cheering) 376 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:41,981 Cardinal John O'Connor has said, 377 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:44,484 "Good morality is good medicine." 378 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:46,353 He might as well say, "Let them get AIDS." 379 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:48,321 And it's not just the board of education 380 00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:50,056 or the city council 381 00:19:50,089 --> 00:19:52,259 that Cardinal O'Connor is influencing, no. 382 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:57,096 He has a direct line to the Pope himself. 383 00:19:57,129 --> 00:20:00,032 We will not allow his racist, 384 00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:04,537 sexist, homophobic ideologies to affect the health 385 00:20:04,571 --> 00:20:07,840 of every single person on this planet! 386 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:09,242 (cheering) 387 00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:13,780 Act up! Fight back! 388 00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:15,348 ALL: Fight AIDS! 389 00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:19,352 Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS!