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! 390 00:20:19,386 --> 00:20:21,721 Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! 391 00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:26,092 -Yes. Yes. Yes. -Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! 392 00:20:26,125 --> 00:20:29,195 Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! 393 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:32,565 Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! 394 00:20:32,599 --> 00:20:35,268 Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! 395 00:20:37,437 --> 00:20:39,238 (laughing) 396 00:20:39,272 --> 00:20:41,708 Damn, all these girls look the same. 397 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,810 -Nothing at all like me. -Girl, stop comparing yourself. 398 00:20:43,843 --> 00:20:45,978 You are an original, a star of ballroom. 399 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,316 I got to ask you something serious. 400 00:20:51,318 --> 00:20:53,453 You think I pass? 401 00:20:53,486 --> 00:20:55,455 Hmm. With the best of them. 402 00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:57,990 None of these girls can hold a candle to you. 403 00:20:58,024 --> 00:20:59,959 Angel, you're the prettiest thing I've ever seen. 404 00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:03,596 You Dominicans got a slick tongue. 405 00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:04,997 -Come on. -(laughs) 406 00:21:05,031 --> 00:21:07,600 We need to sign you in. 407 00:21:09,369 --> 00:21:11,438 (chuckles) This your first time? 408 00:21:11,471 --> 00:21:14,841 -Don't be nervous. -I'm not. 409 00:21:14,874 --> 00:21:16,509 Well, I was in your same spot three years ago, 410 00:21:16,543 --> 00:21:18,077 and I was scared as hell. 411 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:19,446 I thought my skin and frizzy hair 412 00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:21,314 wouldn't get me past the open call, 413 00:21:21,348 --> 00:21:23,783 but those things actually made me stand out. 414 00:21:23,816 --> 00:21:27,286 You're gonna be the face of 1990, girl. Watch. 415 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:28,988 Okay, now hurry up and fill this out. 416 00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:30,757 And don't forget to mention that you can Vogue 417 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:32,091 -in the special skills section. -Oh, that's right. 418 00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:33,726 Duh. 419 00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:47,707 (quietly): Come on, let's go. 420 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:50,109 Blanca, you can't leave me here like this. 421 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:52,845 Girl, if I walk into that room, you know the jig is up. 422 00:21:54,647 --> 00:21:57,650 -You must do this on your own, Angel. -(moans) 423 00:21:57,684 --> 00:21:59,519 You got this, you can do this. 424 00:21:59,552 --> 00:22:01,253 Just be yourself. 425 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:05,057 Just be yourself. 426 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:15,535 * 427 00:22:42,228 --> 00:22:44,230 (indistinct chatter) 428 00:22:46,232 --> 00:22:47,700 (shutter clicks) 429 00:22:56,709 --> 00:22:59,245 So, what have we here? 430 00:23:01,147 --> 00:23:04,216 Angel. 22. 431 00:23:04,250 --> 00:23:06,786 -Mm-hmm. -The Bronx. 432 00:23:08,955 --> 00:23:11,558 You used an instant camera. 433 00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:13,460 Yes. I did. 434 00:23:14,494 --> 00:23:17,029 Hmm. 435 00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:19,065 Impressive. 436 00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:23,135 But if you want to be a professional, 437 00:23:23,169 --> 00:23:26,573 you need a professional to capture you. 438 00:23:26,606 --> 00:23:28,541 That sounds like that costs money. 439 00:23:28,575 --> 00:23:30,209 I don't have a job right now, that's why I'm here 440 00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:31,243 talking to you. 441 00:23:31,277 --> 00:23:33,245 Every model must pay her dues 442 00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:35,414 before she gets paid herself. 443 00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:38,585 It's an investment in your future. 444 00:23:39,986 --> 00:23:42,889 -So, you can Vogue. -Mm-hmm. 445 00:23:42,922 --> 00:23:44,857 -Like the new song? -Mm-hmm. 446 00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:48,861 I like that. 447 00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:52,198 (chuckles) 448 00:23:59,872 --> 00:24:02,475 Here's a photographer I know. 449 00:24:02,509 --> 00:24:05,411 Tell him I sent you. 450 00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:06,779 He'll give you my discount. 451 00:24:09,982 --> 00:24:13,820 Bring the new photographs to me... 452 00:24:13,853 --> 00:24:16,355 for the semi-finals. 453 00:24:33,673 --> 00:24:36,208 I did it. I made it to the next round. 454 00:24:36,242 --> 00:24:37,877 -Ah! -I knew it. I knew it! 455 00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:40,212 (all laughing) 456 00:24:50,590 --> 00:24:53,459 * 457 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,562 Did you put oregano in my sauce? 458 00:24:55,595 --> 00:24:57,830 Your sauce? It's Ragú. 459 00:24:57,864 --> 00:25:00,066 This shit came out of a jar, bitch. Relax. 460 00:25:00,099 --> 00:25:01,300 -(laughing) -What's so funny, Cubby? 461 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,402 What's wrong with oregano? I thought it was healthy 462 00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:05,538 to eat more green vegetables. 463 00:25:05,572 --> 00:25:08,741 Oregano is a herb, not a vegetable, darling boy. 464 00:25:08,775 --> 00:25:12,011 Who is educating these children on their nutrition? 465 00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:13,345 And when is your man coming home? 466 00:25:13,379 --> 00:25:16,583 Well, darling sir, the Al B. Sure tour is almost over. 467 00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:18,718 He told me he would be home next week. 468 00:25:18,751 --> 00:25:21,353 I'm so excited, I can't even sleep. (chuckles) 469 00:25:21,387 --> 00:25:24,256 Oh, no. Please don't go planning no romantic reunion dinner 470 00:25:24,290 --> 00:25:25,758 at Roy Rogers or nothing. If he's back in town, 471 00:25:25,792 --> 00:25:27,560 then he's back under my roof, 472 00:25:27,594 --> 00:25:29,596 and Friday family dinner is mandatory. 473 00:25:29,629 --> 00:25:31,063 Yeah, unless you're glued to the MTV 474 00:25:31,097 --> 00:25:32,498 waiting for your favorite song to come on. 475 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:33,766 Uh-uh. That ain't recreation, girl. 476 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,003 They play that Madonna "Vogue" video once an hour. 477 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:40,339 I need to study it and I ain't got no VCR. 478 00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:41,608 Listen, y'all are just not getting it. 479 00:25:41,641 --> 00:25:45,011 We are on the cusp of a revolution. 480 00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:48,047 We've been doing those dance moves in that video for years. 481 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,850 That's our culture on MTV. We about to go mainstream. 482 00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:54,754 Yes. Just like when all those suburban kids 483 00:25:54,787 --> 00:25:57,624 started singing "Y.M.C.A." and the leather bars 484 00:25:57,657 --> 00:25:59,626 in The Castro went mainstream. 485 00:25:59,659 --> 00:26:00,860 -(all chuckling) -This is different. 486 00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:02,695 We're talking about Madonna. 487 00:26:02,729 --> 00:26:04,463 Something is happening, I can feel it. 488 00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:06,098 PRAY TELL: Yeah. That's the same shit they said 489 00:26:06,132 --> 00:26:07,734 about disco. 490 00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:09,969 Studio 54 stayed open for three years, 491 00:26:10,002 --> 00:26:11,638 and when the Man shut it down, 492 00:26:11,671 --> 00:26:14,707 all those angry black and homo-hating white boys-- 493 00:26:14,741 --> 00:26:18,645 they took their disco records to the baseball stadium 494 00:26:18,678 --> 00:26:20,546 and blew 'em up. 495 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:22,448 Every generation 496 00:26:22,481 --> 00:26:24,283 thinks that they're gonna be the ones 497 00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:26,452 that are finally invited to the party. 498 00:26:26,485 --> 00:26:28,955 -(both chuckle) -Put your glass slippers away, 499 00:26:28,988 --> 00:26:31,658 Trans-erella. It ain't never gonna happen. (laughs) 500 00:26:31,691 --> 00:26:34,426 Really? Angel, will you 501 00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:37,129 -tell them your news? -ANGEL: Mm-hmm. Blanca made me 502 00:26:37,163 --> 00:26:39,431 audition for the Fresh Faces modeling competition. 503 00:26:39,465 --> 00:26:41,600 And she made the semi-finals, too. What's good? 504 00:26:41,634 --> 00:26:42,802 -(cheering) -Why you got to steal my thunder? 505 00:26:42,835 --> 00:26:45,237 DAMON: Our girl's a star. 506 00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:46,939 Don't get all crazy yet. 507 00:26:46,973 --> 00:26:49,508 The modeling woman said I need professional headshots, 508 00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:51,844 -and those "costeses" money. -Mm-hmm. 509 00:26:51,878 --> 00:26:53,746 And you next, Damon. 510 00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:55,648 No more Saturdays sitting around the house, 511 00:26:55,682 --> 00:26:56,949 reading dirty magazines. 512 00:26:56,983 --> 00:26:58,785 From 3:00 until 5:00, you're gonna be teaching 513 00:26:58,818 --> 00:27:00,519 a Voguing class down at the YMCA. 514 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:02,588 -They don't have a Voguing class. -Well, they do now. 515 00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:04,623 I told them if they put up a sign-up sheet, 516 00:27:04,657 --> 00:27:06,092 more people would come. 517 00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:09,128 They got six people already and the numbers are going to grow. 518 00:27:09,161 --> 00:27:11,463 Y'all need to trust this mother's intuition. 519 00:27:11,497 --> 00:27:13,099 Y'all are whistling past the graveyard. 520 00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:14,100 BLANCA: Really? 521 00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:15,367 'Cause I heard the other emcees 522 00:27:15,401 --> 00:27:17,770 talking about how Sue Simmons from Live at Five 523 00:27:17,804 --> 00:27:19,205 wants to interview you about the scene. 524 00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:22,441 It's not a scene. It's our lives. 525 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:26,012 Why do you have to be such a downer? 526 00:27:26,045 --> 00:27:27,379 PRAY TELL: We should all be going 527 00:27:27,413 --> 00:27:29,381 to that church for the protest on Sunday. 528 00:27:29,415 --> 00:27:32,051 Together. As a house. 529 00:27:32,084 --> 00:27:34,220 I can't make it on Sunday. I have to meet the photographer. 530 00:27:34,253 --> 00:27:35,321 Reschedule. 531 00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:38,324 We're all being chased by the same monster. 532 00:27:38,357 --> 00:27:41,027 You saying it's wrong for me to get a little something 533 00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:42,661 for myself while I'm running away? 534 00:27:42,695 --> 00:27:45,865 I could die, so I should stop living? 535 00:27:45,898 --> 00:27:47,299 Come on. 536 00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:48,801 BLANCA: But we need to let them know 537 00:27:48,835 --> 00:27:50,803 -that we care about us. -(door opens) 538 00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:53,472 Y'all are going. What's the point of raising the profile 539 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:55,207 of our community if there's no community left 540 00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:57,009 within a couple of years? 541 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,512 You're late, Elektra. 542 00:28:00,546 --> 00:28:03,049 From the looks of things, not late enough. 543 00:28:03,082 --> 00:28:04,683 Mother Blanca, this house is suffering 544 00:28:04,717 --> 00:28:07,386 from a major deficiency in terms of closet space. 545 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:11,090 I do not understand how you expect me to just toss my finery 546 00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:13,159 on one of these flea-filled reclamation projects 547 00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:14,994 like a savage. 548 00:28:15,027 --> 00:28:18,164 What kind of tips is you making at, um, 549 00:28:18,197 --> 00:28:20,767 -Indochine to buy this mink? -(Lil Papi chuckles) 550 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,035 She mopped this shit from the coat room. 551 00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:24,937 Miss Elektra does not mop. 552 00:28:24,971 --> 00:28:26,238 LEMAR: Or dust 553 00:28:26,272 --> 00:28:28,040 -or cook. -CUBBY: Mm-hmm. 554 00:28:28,074 --> 00:28:30,676 LEMAR: Or wash a dish. 555 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:32,912 But she has been helping with the rent and expenses 556 00:28:32,945 --> 00:28:34,747 for the past two months, which I can say 557 00:28:34,781 --> 00:28:36,548 more than any of you freeloaders have done. 558 00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:38,217 Thank you, Mother Blanca. 559 00:28:38,250 --> 00:28:41,453 And I do apologize for missing last week's supper. 560 00:28:41,487 --> 00:28:43,355 While I don't always enjoy the company 561 00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:45,057 and the sauce could use some seasoning, 562 00:28:45,091 --> 00:28:47,626 I do think it's good for morale to do things as a family. 563 00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:49,028 BLANCA: Well, good, because 564 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:50,863 we're all going with Pray 565 00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:53,900 to that big Act Up protest at the church on Sunday. 566 00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:56,468 Count me out. 567 00:28:56,502 --> 00:28:58,771 I'm not posing for a mug shot. 568 00:28:58,805 --> 00:29:00,973 Oh, no, uh-uh. Ain't none of y'all ever given me lip 569 00:29:01,007 --> 00:29:03,609 when I say we're walking a category together at the ball. 570 00:29:03,642 --> 00:29:06,578 Well, this Sunday, the ball is at the church, 571 00:29:06,612 --> 00:29:10,582 and the categories are family and standing up for ourselves 572 00:29:10,616 --> 00:29:14,253 and our community, and all of y'all are going. 573 00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:16,088 -All right. -Okay. 574 00:29:21,961 --> 00:29:24,997 I just booked you an 11:10 and a 12:15. 575 00:29:25,031 --> 00:29:26,265 I'm sorry, Ms. Rose. 576 00:29:26,298 --> 00:29:28,000 You gonna have to give this to someone else. 577 00:29:28,034 --> 00:29:29,435 I'm the owner, I need you to work. 578 00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:31,470 You know I never turn down work, 579 00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:33,105 but my friends are counting on me. 580 00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:35,307 You're ungrateful. I let you work here 581 00:29:35,341 --> 00:29:37,176 because I am a good Christian and... 582 00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:39,778 Please. I have to leave. 583 00:29:39,812 --> 00:29:40,813 So quit. 584 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:44,616 You know what? 585 00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:51,190 You're right. I quit. 586 00:29:51,223 --> 00:29:53,926 I'm not wasting whatever time I have left on this Earth 587 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,628 to give any part of me to you. 588 00:29:56,662 --> 00:29:58,497 You should kiss my feet for hiring you. 589 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:01,200 No one else will. You will see. 590 00:30:01,233 --> 00:30:04,236 Ladies like getting their nails done by ladies. 591 00:30:10,709 --> 00:30:13,512 So... then I'll get my own salon, 592 00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:17,049 and make twice the business you make in here. 593 00:30:17,083 --> 00:30:21,453 Oh, and I'll call it Vogue Nails after the Madonna song. 594 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:25,791 Then when I get back, I'll come buy this dump from you. 595 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:27,826 (organ playing, choir singing) 596 00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:39,705 Mm... This look like a lot of money. 597 00:30:39,738 --> 00:30:42,008 Mm-hmm. And you know they ain't paying taxes 598 00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:44,010 on any of this shit. 599 00:30:44,043 --> 00:30:46,178 I bet you those vestments cost more than Chanel's 600 00:30:46,212 --> 00:30:49,248 -entire spring 1990 collection. -Hmm. 601 00:30:49,281 --> 00:30:51,250 O'CONNOR: ...and all the others, 602 00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:52,318 and I warn them now while absent, 603 00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:54,086 as I did when present 604 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,022 on my second visit, 605 00:30:56,055 --> 00:30:59,325 that if I come again, I will not be lenient, 606 00:30:59,358 --> 00:31:02,328 since you are looking for proof of Christ 607 00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:04,530 speaking in me. 608 00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:07,333 Finally, brothers, rejoice. 609 00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:10,336 Mend your ways, encourage one another. 610 00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:12,071 Agree with one another. 611 00:31:12,104 --> 00:31:15,274 Live in peace, and the God of love 612 00:31:15,307 --> 00:31:17,276 and peace will be with you. 613 00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:20,079 Greet one another with a holy kiss... 614 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:22,915 -All the holy ones greet you. -(whispers): Pass it down. 615 00:31:22,949 --> 00:31:26,919 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God 616 00:31:26,953 --> 00:31:31,123 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 617 00:31:31,157 --> 00:31:33,926 CONGREGATION: And also with you. 618 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,862 O'CONNOR: The gospel of the Lord. 619 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:39,298 CONGREGATION: Praise be to Jesus Christ. 620 00:31:39,331 --> 00:31:42,734 O'CONNOR: Today's reading really reminded me of my father. 621 00:31:42,768 --> 00:31:45,071 Paul's letter to the Corinthians. 622 00:31:45,104 --> 00:31:48,907 It's written with love. But it's... (coughs) 623 00:31:48,941 --> 00:31:50,409 (congregation muttering) 624 00:32:09,295 --> 00:32:13,499 Could everyone here please stand and pray? 625 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:17,436 Prayer won't cure AIDS. 626 00:32:17,469 --> 00:32:19,938 Prayer won't stop the spread of HIV. 627 00:32:19,972 --> 00:32:21,473 Only condoms will. 628 00:32:21,507 --> 00:32:23,475 Abstinence is not a human solution, 629 00:32:23,509 --> 00:32:26,112 abstinence is the erasure of our sexuality. 630 00:32:26,145 --> 00:32:30,682 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name... 631 00:32:30,716 --> 00:32:33,085 Stop killing us! Stop killing us! 632 00:32:33,119 --> 00:32:34,453 Stop killing us! 633 00:32:34,486 --> 00:32:35,654 (chanting): Stop killing us! 634 00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:37,356 Stop killing us! 635 00:32:37,389 --> 00:32:40,692 Stop killing us! Stop killing us! 636 00:32:40,726 --> 00:32:43,962 Stop killing us! Stop killing us! 637 00:32:43,996 --> 00:32:47,133 Stop killing us! Stop killing us! 638 00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:48,500 Stop killing us! 639 00:32:48,534 --> 00:32:49,668 -(chanting continues) -(door opens) 640 00:32:49,701 --> 00:32:51,770 (whistle blowing) 641 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:55,441 (indistinct shouting) 642 00:32:55,474 --> 00:32:57,476 -(applause) -(cheering) 643 00:32:59,411 --> 00:33:01,347 -Get 'em out of here! -Get out of here! 644 00:33:01,380 --> 00:33:03,015 Stop killing us! Stop killing us! 645 00:33:03,049 --> 00:33:05,884 Arrest the cardinal! He's the criminal! 646 00:33:05,917 --> 00:33:08,687 Stop killing us! Stop killing us! 647 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:13,992 Stop killing us! Stop killing us! Stop killing us! 648 00:33:14,026 --> 00:33:15,761 Shame on you. 649 00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:20,399 Stop killing us! Stop killing us! 650 00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:22,301 (shouting) 651 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:24,636 Stop killing us! 652 00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:27,339 (cheering, applause) 653 00:33:27,373 --> 00:33:29,741 (chanting continues) 654 00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:34,380 Stop killing us! 655 00:33:36,248 --> 00:33:39,485 -I love this hairstyle so much. -ANDRE: Give me the room. 656 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:44,256 How many looks are we shooting? 657 00:33:44,290 --> 00:33:47,093 I was thinking just one. 658 00:33:47,126 --> 00:33:49,995 -I can't afford a full-on shoot. -That's not how it works. 659 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:51,997 We have a whole team booked for today. 660 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:54,833 Well, maybe we could work something out. 661 00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:57,836 Like, layaway? 662 00:33:57,869 --> 00:34:01,006 -Don't you have a job? -Not at this moment. 663 00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:04,076 You know, I've seen you at the piers. 664 00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:09,881 You must have mistaken me for someone else. 665 00:34:09,915 --> 00:34:14,253 -I have one of those faces. -No, you don't. 666 00:34:14,286 --> 00:34:16,488 A face like yours I'd never forget. 667 00:34:19,491 --> 00:34:21,460 Well, I don't do that anymore. 668 00:34:21,493 --> 00:34:25,197 -You still gonna shoot me? -I'm the only person who can. 669 00:34:25,231 --> 00:34:27,766 You're a very special beauty. 670 00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:29,801 Very specific. 671 00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:39,010 Mm. Ain't nothing free. 672 00:34:41,847 --> 00:34:43,815 What you want me to do in return? 673 00:34:43,849 --> 00:34:45,651 A private sitting. 674 00:34:45,684 --> 00:34:48,254 Some shots for my personal collection. 675 00:34:48,287 --> 00:34:50,256 I'll do it as a trade. 676 00:34:50,289 --> 00:34:52,291 Won't cost you a dime. 677 00:34:54,526 --> 00:34:56,795 Three, two, one. 678 00:34:56,828 --> 00:34:58,730 Beautiful. 679 00:34:58,764 --> 00:35:00,499 * 680 00:35:04,503 --> 00:35:06,138 Good, good, good, good. 681 00:35:06,172 --> 00:35:08,807 Keep going. Hands up, hands up. 682 00:35:11,677 --> 00:35:12,978 You are beautiful. 683 00:35:13,011 --> 00:35:15,347 * Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer * 684 00:35:15,381 --> 00:35:18,250 * She's a juvenile scam, never was a quitter * 685 00:35:18,284 --> 00:35:21,787 * Tasty like a raindrop, she's got the look * 686 00:35:23,855 --> 00:35:26,258 -* Heavenly bound, 'cause heaven's got a number * -Chin down. 687 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:28,527 * When she's spinning me around, kissing is a color * 688 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:32,598 * Her loving is a wild dog, she's got the look * 689 00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:34,666 * She's got the look, she's got the look * 690 00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:37,869 * She's got the look, she's got the look * 691 00:35:37,903 --> 00:35:40,506 * What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue? * 692 00:35:40,539 --> 00:35:42,541 Yes. 693 00:35:42,574 --> 00:35:44,876 * When everything I'll ever do * 694 00:35:44,910 --> 00:35:47,613 -* I'll do for you * -Beautiful. 695 00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:50,616 * And I go la, la, la, la, la * 696 00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:52,884 * She's got the look... * 697 00:35:52,918 --> 00:35:54,019 Yes, towards me. 698 00:35:54,052 --> 00:35:56,121 Towards me, move them. Yes. Three, two, one. 699 00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:57,656 Yes, beautiful, beautiful. 700 00:35:57,689 --> 00:35:59,658 One more, just like that. Just like that. 701 00:35:59,691 --> 00:36:01,660 Three, two, one. Yes, yes. 702 00:36:01,693 --> 00:36:04,095 Perfect, perfect... 703 00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:07,299 What do you want? 704 00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:09,535 Take that off. 705 00:36:18,744 --> 00:36:20,746 (exhales) 706 00:36:40,566 --> 00:36:42,568 (camera shutter clicks) 707 00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:47,473 And that. 708 00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:51,610 N-No. 709 00:36:51,643 --> 00:36:53,645 Yeah. 710 00:37:07,459 --> 00:37:09,461 Touch it. 711 00:37:14,433 --> 00:37:17,403 (cheering, applause) 712 00:37:17,436 --> 00:37:21,106 The category is Runway. 713 00:37:21,139 --> 00:37:25,311 Bring it like a French Revolution. 714 00:37:25,344 --> 00:37:29,481 Poverty and abundance personified, 715 00:37:29,515 --> 00:37:31,817 and a goddamn category I like. 716 00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:35,120 We have much to fight back against, children. 717 00:37:37,656 --> 00:37:40,459 And what have we here? 718 00:37:40,492 --> 00:37:43,462 Miss Candy and Miss Lulu 719 00:37:43,495 --> 00:37:45,397 serving up Les Misérables 720 00:37:45,431 --> 00:37:49,401 peasant slut realness. 721 00:37:49,435 --> 00:37:51,803 You got some ghetto proppage. 722 00:37:51,837 --> 00:37:55,674 Piece of French baguette and a pitchfork? 723 00:37:55,707 --> 00:37:57,643 What is this, Hee Haw? 724 00:37:57,676 --> 00:38:01,347 You got enough to feed the multitudes, baby, 725 00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:04,916 with your five fish and three loaves of bread. (laughs) 726 00:38:04,950 --> 00:38:07,519 We got a horse mouth up there, though. Here. 727 00:38:07,553 --> 00:38:09,287 (laughter, booing) 728 00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:12,491 Judges, your scores. 729 00:38:12,524 --> 00:38:14,326 Seven, seven, 730 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,695 -six, eight, seven. -(gasps, laughs) 731 00:38:16,728 --> 00:38:17,996 House of Ferocity... 732 00:38:18,029 --> 00:38:19,998 * Ain't so ferocious * 733 00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:22,300 * Ain't so ferocious. * 734 00:38:22,334 --> 00:38:24,536 See you later, my darlings. 735 00:38:24,570 --> 00:38:26,438 Always. 736 00:38:26,472 --> 00:38:28,474 I mean, you think she would learn by now, right? 737 00:38:28,507 --> 00:38:30,509 Who's next? 738 00:38:30,542 --> 00:38:32,310 Who's gonna be next up in here? 739 00:38:32,344 --> 00:38:35,280 (cheering, screaming) 740 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,315 (fanfare playing) 741 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:41,620 Yes, okay. Uh-huh. 742 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:43,722 Here comes Miss Elektra... 743 00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:47,859 ...serving us Marie Antoinette. 744 00:38:47,893 --> 00:38:50,028 How apropos, 745 00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:52,498 a queen who cares nothing for her kingdom. 746 00:38:52,531 --> 00:38:55,133 Oh... 747 00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:58,637 Yes, and the children are serving us narrative. 748 00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:01,573 It's early morning in Versailles, 749 00:39:01,607 --> 00:39:04,510 and Queen Marie is being serviced 750 00:39:04,543 --> 00:39:07,245 by her dutiful young men. 751 00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:10,315 Let them eat cake. 752 00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:12,851 Ah, the carousel twirls, 753 00:39:12,884 --> 00:39:15,387 the carousel twirls. 754 00:39:15,421 --> 00:39:18,890 Remember when things were simpler, Elektra? 755 00:39:18,924 --> 00:39:21,326 Before our young men were dropping dead 756 00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:24,630 before our very eyes. 757 00:39:26,565 --> 00:39:30,101 And they're still going. There's even more story. 758 00:39:31,937 --> 00:39:35,874 Y'all created a guillotine for this mess? 759 00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:37,242 (crowd screaming) 760 00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:38,744 For real? 761 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:50,055 Mm. 762 00:39:50,088 --> 00:39:52,090 (cheering, applause) 763 00:39:54,426 --> 00:39:56,662 Bravo, bravo. 764 00:39:59,498 --> 00:40:03,034 I must admit, that was very well done. 765 00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:05,804 So tell me something. 766 00:40:05,837 --> 00:40:07,439 How long did you rehearse that? 767 00:40:07,473 --> 00:40:09,475 Is that where you were 768 00:40:09,508 --> 00:40:12,143 instead of showing up for your dying community? 769 00:40:12,177 --> 00:40:13,445 (gasping, shouting) 770 00:40:13,479 --> 00:40:16,715 Way to set an example for the kids, Elektra. 771 00:40:16,748 --> 00:40:19,317 What's your problem, Pray Tell? 772 00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:22,287 Get off your soapbox and ask the judges for their scores. 773 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,123 Oh, I don't need to ask the judges for scores. 774 00:40:25,156 --> 00:40:26,792 I know what they are, and everybody in this room 775 00:40:26,825 --> 00:40:28,827 knows what they are. 776 00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:32,564 Miss Elektra Abundance Evangelista, 777 00:40:32,598 --> 00:40:34,165 grand prize, 778 00:40:34,199 --> 00:40:37,469 this week and last week 779 00:40:37,503 --> 00:40:38,904 and the week before that 780 00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:41,239 and the week before that and the week 781 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:43,274 before that, granny! 782 00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:46,344 Here, here. 783 00:40:50,816 --> 00:40:54,252 -Take your trophy. -(gasping) 784 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,655 Bitch, you better get me a new trophy 785 00:40:56,688 --> 00:41:00,025 and then come down here so I can shove it up your ass. 786 00:41:00,058 --> 00:41:03,495 (oohing) 787 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:08,166 I'm gonna lay it out for you. 788 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:10,168 One time 789 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:13,705 your community needed you 790 00:41:13,739 --> 00:41:15,607 at that protest, 791 00:41:15,641 --> 00:41:17,442 and you didn't show up. 792 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:20,311 -(indistinct chatter) -ATTENDEE: That's right. 793 00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:26,217 -I was working. -PRAY TELL: Yeah. 794 00:41:26,251 --> 00:41:28,453 -You work the night shift. -(crowd oohing) 795 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:31,723 The protest was in the morning. Don't give me that bullshit. 796 00:41:31,757 --> 00:41:33,358 So, what did I miss? 797 00:41:33,391 --> 00:41:36,027 A bunch of fags holding hands, screaming into the wind? 798 00:41:36,061 --> 00:41:37,696 ATTENDEE 2: Shame! 799 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:45,470 I went to jail. 800 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:48,707 111 people 801 00:41:48,740 --> 00:41:50,709 went to jail. 802 00:41:50,742 --> 00:41:53,979 You are more concerned about winning a trophy 803 00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:55,981 than you are about our government 804 00:41:56,014 --> 00:42:00,251 spreading lies about us in an effort to kill us! 805 00:42:00,285 --> 00:42:02,420 And you want to know why they want us dead? 806 00:42:02,453 --> 00:42:05,924 Because we're black and we're brown and we're queer. 807 00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:07,859 They don't give a shit about us, 808 00:42:07,893 --> 00:42:11,229 so we better start caring about ourselves. 809 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:15,266 Show up for your lives! Wake up! 810 00:42:25,243 --> 00:42:28,714 Jack, where are you? Come on up here 811 00:42:28,747 --> 00:42:30,048 and call out the rest of these categories 812 00:42:30,081 --> 00:42:31,783 before the back of my head blows off. 813 00:42:31,817 --> 00:42:33,752 -(crowd oohing) -I got to go home. 814 00:42:33,785 --> 00:42:37,088 (cheering, applause) 815 00:42:37,122 --> 00:42:39,357 Wake the fuck up. 816 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:40,792 ATTENDEE 3: That's right. 817 00:42:48,834 --> 00:42:51,436 * Back to life, back to reality... * 818 00:42:51,469 --> 00:42:53,304 MIZRAHI: The category is... 819 00:42:53,338 --> 00:42:56,374 (rolling R): Runway. 820 00:42:56,407 --> 00:43:00,045 Bring it like the booked black beauties in Vogue. 821 00:43:00,078 --> 00:43:04,582 You ain't never gonna hit no real runway, we all know that. 822 00:43:04,616 --> 00:43:08,887 But you can serve a look so flawless 823 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:12,490 that you fool us like little Miss Grace Jones-ish 824 00:43:12,523 --> 00:43:15,727 is doing right here, baby. 825 00:43:15,761 --> 00:43:19,264 She's over here serving you trash bag realness, darlings. 826 00:43:19,297 --> 00:43:20,799 Sponsored by Glad. 827 00:43:20,832 --> 00:43:23,001 Hefty, hefty, hefty. 828 00:43:23,034 --> 00:43:24,970 Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy. 829 00:43:25,003 --> 00:43:28,606 She came to take all the garbage out tonight. 830 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:31,076 Now who do we have here? 831 00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:32,644 (cheering, applause) 832 00:43:32,678 --> 00:43:36,514 Yes, Miss Pat Cleveland, I see. 833 00:43:38,549 --> 00:43:39,851 Oh, she's twirling and a-trotting 834 00:43:39,885 --> 00:43:41,252 like no other for you. 835 00:43:41,286 --> 00:43:43,689 Goddess! Athena! 836 00:43:43,722 --> 00:43:46,624 Aphrodite! Minerva! 837 00:43:46,658 --> 00:43:48,459 Okay, anybody else walking? 838 00:43:48,493 --> 00:43:49,928 I see commotion back there. 839 00:43:49,961 --> 00:43:52,097 Okay, I see it. 840 00:43:52,130 --> 00:43:54,199 (cheering) 841 00:43:54,232 --> 00:43:56,601 Remember when I said ethereal? 842 00:43:56,634 --> 00:43:58,003 Otherworldly? 843 00:43:58,036 --> 00:44:02,808 Miss Angel, you are giving just that, baby. 844 00:44:05,911 --> 00:44:08,046 Her homage to It girl Veronica Webb. 845 00:44:08,079 --> 00:44:11,116 Oh, please, she is truly unmatched. 846 00:44:11,149 --> 00:44:13,952 This is how you do it. 847 00:44:13,985 --> 00:44:17,655 That is a model. That is a cover girl. 848 00:44:17,689 --> 00:44:19,524 Now, judges, 849 00:44:19,557 --> 00:44:22,627 our girls are serving a fantasy, 850 00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:25,797 one that requires you to suspend disbelief 851 00:44:25,831 --> 00:44:28,499 and imagine them on the real runway, 852 00:44:28,533 --> 00:44:30,035 in actual print. 853 00:44:30,068 --> 00:44:32,971 Would they stack up on the newsstands? 854 00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:35,473 Scores for Miss Grace Jones 855 00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:37,909 and her glistening cocoa skin? 856 00:44:37,943 --> 00:44:41,479 Ten, ten, nine, nine, ten. 857 00:44:41,512 --> 00:44:44,315 Well done. And Miss Pat Cleveland 858 00:44:44,349 --> 00:44:46,852 and her flight of fancy? Ten, 859 00:44:46,885 --> 00:44:49,354 nine, nine, ten, 860 00:44:49,387 --> 00:44:52,090 ten. And what about 861 00:44:52,123 --> 00:44:55,060 Miss Angel Evangelista? 862 00:44:55,093 --> 00:44:56,361 (cheering) 863 00:44:56,394 --> 00:44:59,530 * Tens across the board. * 864 00:44:59,564 --> 00:45:01,066 Come and collect, girl! 865 00:45:01,099 --> 00:45:03,201 This is what I am talking about. 866 00:45:03,234 --> 00:45:06,504 On the way to legendary, a feared name in ballroom. 867 00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:10,842 Structure, beautiful, poised, attitude. 868 00:45:10,876 --> 00:45:13,544 She has the makings of a star girl, 869 00:45:13,578 --> 00:45:15,013 a cover girl! 870 00:45:15,046 --> 00:45:16,915 (cheering) 871 00:45:28,393 --> 00:45:30,161 (crying) 872 00:45:42,941 --> 00:45:44,309 What's going on, mama? 873 00:45:44,342 --> 00:45:47,712 You're supposed to be celebrating. 874 00:45:47,745 --> 00:45:49,214 You the queen of that model category. 875 00:45:49,247 --> 00:45:51,249 Yeah, in there. 876 00:45:53,184 --> 00:45:56,621 I want a victory outside of the ballroom, Papi. 877 00:45:58,689 --> 00:46:01,659 (crying): I'm never gonna be a real model. 878 00:46:01,692 --> 00:46:03,795 That may be true for them girls in there, 879 00:46:03,829 --> 00:46:06,865 but that is not your destiny, Angel. 880 00:46:09,334 --> 00:46:11,636 I got to tell y'all something. 881 00:46:11,669 --> 00:46:13,671 What's up? 882 00:46:18,276 --> 00:46:19,978 Please, y-you have to promise 883 00:46:20,011 --> 00:46:22,113 you're not gonna be disappointed. 884 00:46:22,147 --> 00:46:23,314 Never. 885 00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:31,322 That photographer clocked me. 886 00:46:34,025 --> 00:46:37,128 He recognized me from the piers. 887 00:46:38,496 --> 00:46:40,932 And, look, I didn't have enough money 888 00:46:40,966 --> 00:46:43,168 to pay for the photo shoot. 889 00:46:45,370 --> 00:46:47,805 So he... 890 00:46:47,839 --> 00:46:51,376 -so he took dirty pictures of me. -What? 891 00:46:51,409 --> 00:46:54,712 He took pictures of everything, Papi. 892 00:46:54,745 --> 00:46:56,647 He saw everything. 893 00:46:57,849 --> 00:47:00,886 What if he sells them to some-some porno magazine? 894 00:47:00,919 --> 00:47:03,188 And then I'm branded as a dirty 895 00:47:03,221 --> 00:47:06,291 transsexual hooker for the rest of my life. 896 00:47:06,324 --> 00:47:09,727 -Mama, the whole world will know. -Nah. Nah. 897 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:11,296 -The whole world. -Nah, this is not happening 898 00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:13,965 on my watch. Do you hear me? 899 00:47:13,999 --> 00:47:16,701 With what I got planned? With what you deserve in this world? 900 00:47:16,734 --> 00:47:19,971 Hell no. Hell no. 901 00:47:20,005 --> 00:47:22,707 We getting what's yours. What's his address? 902 00:47:22,740 --> 00:47:25,810 Where the fucking pictures at, huh?! 903 00:47:25,843 --> 00:47:29,247 Give Angel her fucking pictures. 904 00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:31,983 I want my photos! Where are they? 905 00:47:32,017 --> 00:47:34,852 -They're over there. -Be more specific. Point! 906 00:47:34,886 --> 00:47:36,354 On the corner of the desk. 907 00:47:42,727 --> 00:47:45,430 Angel, baby, you are stunning. 908 00:47:45,463 --> 00:47:49,267 -Really? -Yeah. Where the negatives? 909 00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:51,970 They're locked in the bottom cabinet. The key is on the desk. 910 00:47:57,808 --> 00:48:00,478 -ANGEL: Come on, come on... -Y'all good over there? 911 00:48:03,748 --> 00:48:05,750 These all of them? 912 00:48:14,325 --> 00:48:18,063 If you ever try exploiting my daughter again, 913 00:48:18,096 --> 00:48:20,398 I'm not coming with my son's fists the next time. 914 00:48:20,431 --> 00:48:23,734 Yeah, you hear that, you punk-ass bitch? 915 00:48:38,616 --> 00:48:41,452 You don't know what it took for me to get here, Ms. Ford. 916 00:48:47,692 --> 00:48:49,694 I want a shot. 917 00:48:54,032 --> 00:48:57,835 A real... shot. 918 00:49:10,448 --> 00:49:12,050 Hmm. 919 00:49:18,156 --> 00:49:21,559 Absolutely beautiful. 920 00:49:43,148 --> 00:49:45,150 (scrubbing continuing) 921 00:50:00,731 --> 00:50:04,202 -Ain't no dirt on that floor. -(laughs) 922 00:50:06,271 --> 00:50:07,538 You need a new job, Mother. 923 00:50:07,572 --> 00:50:09,574 You don't do well with too much time on your hands. 924 00:50:09,607 --> 00:50:10,841 In a few days, you'll have scrubbed 925 00:50:10,875 --> 00:50:12,077 the paint off all the walls 926 00:50:12,110 --> 00:50:14,879 and forced Lil Papi to run for mayor or some shit. 927 00:50:14,912 --> 00:50:17,315 (sighs) 928 00:50:17,348 --> 00:50:19,684 Maybe I'm going a little crazy. 929 00:50:19,717 --> 00:50:21,386 Quitting a good job and thinking I could create 930 00:50:21,419 --> 00:50:24,189 some kind of immortality to... 931 00:50:24,222 --> 00:50:28,426 (sighs) see through my house and my... my children. 932 00:50:31,596 --> 00:50:33,264 Maybe it's better to dream small 933 00:50:33,298 --> 00:50:36,101 or not dream at all. 934 00:50:36,134 --> 00:50:37,768 At least then 935 00:50:37,802 --> 00:50:40,438 you can die with some dignity still intact. 936 00:50:40,471 --> 00:50:42,473 (chuckles) 937 00:50:44,909 --> 00:50:46,911 I'm sorry, I'm... 938 00:50:46,944 --> 00:50:50,881 (sighs) 939 00:50:50,915 --> 00:50:54,119 My T cell count is low, and I'm feeling morbid. 940 00:50:54,152 --> 00:50:56,921 How low? 941 00:50:59,924 --> 00:51:02,927 Well, not low enough to stop scrubbing these damn floors. 942 00:51:22,113 --> 00:51:24,115 Mama. 943 00:51:37,595 --> 00:51:40,465 (sighs) 944 00:51:50,208 --> 00:51:52,810 -I made top ten. -What? 945 00:51:52,843 --> 00:51:54,812 Angel... 946 00:51:54,845 --> 00:51:56,614 Angel, are you serious? 947 00:51:57,948 --> 00:51:59,083 Yes. 948 00:51:59,116 --> 00:52:01,952 (laughing): What? 949 00:52:01,986 --> 00:52:03,488 Oh, my... 950 00:52:05,223 --> 00:52:09,927 Well, Miss Angel, you better get ready for the ride of your life. 951 00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:11,762 (chuckles) 952 00:52:11,796 --> 00:52:13,431 I'm ready. 953 00:52:13,464 --> 00:52:17,202 Hear, hear! To Miss Angel Evangelista 954 00:52:17,235 --> 00:52:20,205 purring down every catwalk. 955 00:52:20,238 --> 00:52:21,272 (mouths) 956 00:52:21,306 --> 00:52:23,007 From New York to Paris 957 00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:26,043 to Milan. 958 00:52:26,076 --> 00:52:27,212 -Meow. -To Angel. 959 00:52:27,245 --> 00:52:28,579 ALL: To Angel! 960 00:52:31,148 --> 00:52:32,683 And, and.... 961 00:52:32,717 --> 00:52:36,187 -to Miss Blanca Evangelista... -Me? 962 00:52:36,221 --> 00:52:39,056 ...the mother who made it all happen. 963 00:52:39,089 --> 00:52:42,993 She seems to see the future 964 00:52:43,027 --> 00:52:45,996 better than any fortune teller that I've ever been to. 965 00:52:46,030 --> 00:52:47,798 -Come on, Mother. -(chuckles) 966 00:52:47,832 --> 00:52:48,966 ANGEL: You know it. 967 00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:50,401 How-some-ever... 968 00:52:50,435 --> 00:52:52,503 (overlapping chatter) 969 00:52:52,537 --> 00:52:55,139 ...I still ain't gonna let Sue Simmons up into my balls 970 00:52:55,172 --> 00:52:58,175 to ruin all of our lives with her tabloid news stories. 971 00:52:58,209 --> 00:52:59,877 -Oh, boy. -Okay? 972 00:52:59,910 --> 00:53:02,713 -LIL PAPI: He said that's it. -To Mother Blanca Evangelista! 973 00:53:02,747 --> 00:53:05,082 -ALL: To Blanca! -Mother Blanca! 974 00:53:06,451 --> 00:53:10,221 All right, well, listen, I love you, too, Pray, 975 00:53:10,255 --> 00:53:12,990 but I'm not giving up on letting them reporters in 976 00:53:13,023 --> 00:53:16,594 to seeing how amazing and magical our community is. 977 00:53:16,627 --> 00:53:19,264 And you know that I am as stubborn as an old drag queen 978 00:53:19,297 --> 00:53:22,500 with a 5:00 shadow at 3:00 in the "morn-ting." 979 00:53:22,533 --> 00:53:23,601 (laughter) 980 00:53:23,634 --> 00:53:25,236 -Okay? -Okay, fine. 981 00:53:25,270 --> 00:53:28,205 So good luck with that, bitch. 982 00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:30,841 Look at what the cat dragged in. 983 00:53:30,875 --> 00:53:34,412 Somebody please hospitalize me so I can have a decent meal. 984 00:53:34,445 --> 00:53:37,214 What? Excuse me? You know that Friday night dinner 985 00:53:37,248 --> 00:53:38,849 starts at 8:00 p.m. sharp, 986 00:53:38,883 --> 00:53:40,851 and you didn't even set the table this week. 987 00:53:40,885 --> 00:53:44,522 How much effort does it take to throw down some paper plates? 988 00:53:44,555 --> 00:53:46,557 Why is it so hard for you to be nice? 989 00:53:46,591 --> 00:53:49,260 Like, why can't you say, "I'm sorry" or "I was late" 990 00:53:49,294 --> 00:53:50,428 or "I made a mistake"? 991 00:53:50,461 --> 00:53:51,762 You want to talk about being nice? 992 00:53:51,796 --> 00:53:55,132 I recall that it was just last weekend when Pray Tell 993 00:53:55,165 --> 00:53:57,968 disrespected me in front of all my peers at the ball. 994 00:53:58,002 --> 00:53:59,970 Ain't nobody disrespect you. 995 00:54:00,004 --> 00:54:03,874 I called your black selfish ass out for being a bad example, 996 00:54:03,908 --> 00:54:06,277 and it's about time somebody did. 997 00:54:06,311 --> 00:54:08,479 And this is not about your stank-ass attitude, Elektra, 998 00:54:08,513 --> 00:54:11,148 this is about you showing up to be a part of the house. 999 00:54:11,181 --> 00:54:13,551 And you didn't pay your share of the rent this month. 1000 00:54:13,584 --> 00:54:15,453 Neither did any of these little bottom feeders! 1001 00:54:15,486 --> 00:54:17,154 Elektra, they ain't got no money. 1002 00:54:17,187 --> 00:54:19,223 But you, with all these new furs and jewelry, 1003 00:54:19,256 --> 00:54:21,392 strutting around, but you must be getting plenty of money 1004 00:54:21,426 --> 00:54:22,627 from somewhere. Where is you getting 1005 00:54:22,660 --> 00:54:24,295 all this money from, Queen of the Nile? 1006 00:54:24,329 --> 00:54:27,164 Where is you getting all this finery? 1007 00:54:29,266 --> 00:54:32,303 I don't owe you an explanation for anything. 1008 00:54:32,337 --> 00:54:33,738 I've had enough of this abuse. 1009 00:54:33,771 --> 00:54:35,840 Just because I was down on my luck for a moment 1010 00:54:35,873 --> 00:54:37,975 does not mean I'll spend the rest of my life 1011 00:54:38,008 --> 00:54:39,444 living like some indentured servant. 1012 00:54:39,477 --> 00:54:43,648 I am not a slum rat like the rest of you whores! 1013 00:54:43,681 --> 00:54:45,950 I don't owe you any answers, 1014 00:54:45,983 --> 00:54:47,685 I don't owe you any manners, 1015 00:54:47,718 --> 00:54:49,787 and I most certainly don't owe you a goddamn apology 1016 00:54:49,820 --> 00:54:51,456 for being late to a 99-cent meal 1017 00:54:51,489 --> 00:54:53,558 made from canned meat and prison-grade toilet wine! 1018 00:54:58,463 --> 00:54:59,797 -Guess what. -You don't have to 1019 00:54:59,830 --> 00:55:02,367 tell me I'm out of the house. I quit, bitch! 1020 00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:05,470 And you best not ever show your face in the ballrooms again. 1021 00:55:05,503 --> 00:55:07,338 I'm going to eat you alive on that runway. 1022 00:55:07,372 --> 00:55:10,741 Of that you can be sure! 1023 00:55:14,745 --> 00:55:16,213 ("Vogue" by Madonna playing) 1024 00:55:16,246 --> 00:55:17,982 (door slams) 1025 00:55:20,551 --> 00:55:22,753 -Can I have her bed? -(sighs) 1026 00:55:37,201 --> 00:55:38,436 (doorbell rings) 1027 00:55:42,172 --> 00:55:45,376 I'm joining your house. You're welcome, bitches. 1028 00:55:46,611 --> 00:55:48,513 How's everybody feeling tonight? 1029 00:55:48,546 --> 00:55:50,047 (cheering) 1030 00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:51,248 PRAY TELL: All right, all right. 1031 00:55:51,281 --> 00:55:53,083 So, listen, I just want to take a moment 1032 00:55:53,117 --> 00:55:56,454 to acknowledge one of the pioneers of the ballroom. 1033 00:55:59,624 --> 00:56:05,062 In 1970, Pop, Spin, Dip 1034 00:56:05,095 --> 00:56:06,497 was introduced 1035 00:56:06,531 --> 00:56:09,400 right here on the ballroom floor. 1036 00:56:09,434 --> 00:56:11,001 Now, as legend would have it, 1037 00:56:11,035 --> 00:56:14,772 Paris Dupree was flipping through a Vogue magazine 1038 00:56:14,805 --> 00:56:18,576 and saw the poses that the models were doing. 1039 00:56:18,609 --> 00:56:20,578 She brought it right back here to the ballroom floor, 1040 00:56:20,611 --> 00:56:24,014 imitating the models to the beat. 1041 00:56:24,048 --> 00:56:28,886 This is the category as we know it today. 1042 00:56:28,919 --> 00:56:30,921 Know your history, children. 1043 00:56:30,955 --> 00:56:34,725 Now, let's Vogue like Paris! 1044 00:56:36,260 --> 00:56:38,429 * Come on, Vogue * 1045 00:56:39,930 --> 00:56:43,267 * Let your body move to the music * 1046 00:56:43,300 --> 00:56:45,436 -* Move to the music * -* Hey, hey, hey * 1047 00:56:45,470 --> 00:56:46,637 * Come on, Vogue * 1048 00:56:48,773 --> 00:56:51,308 * Let your body go with the flow * 1049 00:56:51,341 --> 00:56:54,545 -* Go with the flow * -* You know you can do it * 1050 00:56:54,579 --> 00:56:57,147 * Beauty's where you find it * 1051 00:56:57,181 --> 00:57:01,418 * Not just where you bump and grind it * 1052 00:57:01,452 --> 00:57:05,122 * Soul is in the music, oh * 1053 00:57:05,155 --> 00:57:09,627 * That's where I feel so beautiful * 1054 00:57:09,660 --> 00:57:13,097 -* Magical, life's a ball * -(shouts) 1055 00:57:13,130 --> 00:57:15,833 * So get up on the dance floor * 1056 00:57:15,866 --> 00:57:18,402 * Come on, Vogue... * 1057 00:57:18,435 --> 00:57:19,804 (laughing) 1058 00:57:19,837 --> 00:57:22,239 * Let your body move to the music * 1059 00:57:22,272 --> 00:57:24,241 -* Move to the music * -* Hey, hey, hey... * 1060 00:57:24,274 --> 00:57:26,777 I told you, everything is changing. 1061 00:57:26,811 --> 00:57:29,079 This is just the beginning. 1062 00:57:29,113 --> 00:57:31,081 (cheering) 1063 00:57:31,115 --> 00:57:35,019 * You know you can do it * 1064 00:57:35,052 --> 00:57:37,054 * Vogue, Vogue, Vogue, Vogue. * 1065 00:58:54,732 --> 00:58:56,701 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH 1066 00:58:59,236 --> 00:59:02,907 (instrumental dance music)