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["Cherchez la Femme" playing]
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♪ ♪
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[women] Up to it, down to it.
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Fuck those who don't do it.
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We do it 'cause we used to it,
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so drink, my nigga, drink.
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[all cheer]
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[Whitney]
Mm, mm-mm.
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Yeah, I'm gonna need
to take that in stages.
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-Over here.
-Uh, another round?
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-No!
-Yes!
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I got this new shit
with jalapeño and mezcal.
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-Ooh!
-Yeah!
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[laughter]
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[Ella]
Hi!
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How come I never get asked
to dance by a Lester?
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I think it's your face.
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-[laughter]
-Shut up.
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Come on, girl,
I'll be your Lester.
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[laughter]
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♪ ♪
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[singer]
♪ For misery, my friends ♪
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♪ Cherchez la femme ♪
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♪ Hey, now ♪
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♪ Cherchez la femme ♪
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♪ Oh, yeah
Cherchez la femme ♪
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[cell phone buzzing]
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[sighs]
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[sighs]
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Your whole
"natural early bird" thing
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has been bothering me
for the entire 25 years
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of my life that I've known you.
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[Renee] Ella, it's 8:30.
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Shit!
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Yeah, it's probably not
the best for you
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to be late as fuck
to your first day of work.
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[frantic music plays]
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♪ ♪
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[man speaking Arabic]
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[Ella] Remind me why
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I spent my early 20s
trying to build
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a professional reputation
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instead of sitting
on a really rich dick.
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[Renee] Exactly.
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I mean, what were our mothers
thinking with this whole
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"pursuit of educational
excellence" bullshit?
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I mean, where was the
"There's nothing wrong
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"with sleeping your way
to the top, baby,
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"as long as you do it
discreetly
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and before you turn 26" speech?
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It's okay. It's okay.
I'll move.
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-What?
-[Renee] No, no, no, not you.
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I'm just being
invisible woman-ed.
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[Ella] At the bodega?
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Mm-hmm.
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This female colonizer in here
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was literally standing
on top of me.
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You know the whites
can't see us.
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Anyway, I was just calling
to wish you good luck.
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And don't go into that office
this morning
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trying to be yourself.
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Try being someone
much more likable,
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like one of those nice
colored girls from Georgia
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we went to school with
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who were raised to marry well.
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Ishmael, what up?
I'm finna be late.
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Almost, lady, almost.
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-[sighs]
-[Ella] I cannot believe
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you're still eating
out of the bodega.
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Right now it's a requirement.
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Are you not hungover?
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'Cause I feel like
stir-fried shit.
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Ah, pain threshold
hovering around three.
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Remember when we were 21,
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and we could get in
at five in the morning,
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drink a Red Bull,
and just shake it off?
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No, I have very few
lucid memories of my 20s.
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Bacon, egg, and cheese.
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-Uh!
-Oh!
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-That is mine.
-Oh, I thought it was mine.
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I am a woman phenomenally.
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Phenomenal woman, that is me.
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♪ ♪
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-Uh...
-Hmm.
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Did you just
"Phenomenal Woman" her?
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Yes, I did.
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Oh.
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Why she want to make me angry
before 9 a.m.?
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I hate when I'm mad
on a Monday.
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[upbeat music plays]
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♪ ♪
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[woman] Hips back, elbows down.
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♪ ♪
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So good, team.
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Y'all look so good.
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-[cell phone ringing]
-[breathing deeply]
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Morning, Mother.
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[breathing heavily]
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Aunt Zelda?
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I haven't heard her name
in over ten years.
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Mom, the guest list
has to end somewhere.
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-[line beeps]
-Okay, Mom, this is work.
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Mom, this is work!
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I won't call you back.
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Hello.
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No! I told Chad to do it.
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His nepotism
is really starting to show.
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Radha, you run the new numbers.
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I'll be in soon.
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[moaning and whimpering]
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Shh!
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-Quiet.
-[both laugh]
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[both breathing heavily]
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-[groans]
-Shh, shh, shh, shh.
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Okay.
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[both moaning]
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[thumping]
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-[moans]
-[grunts]
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[knock at door]
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[both gasp]
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Daddy, I'm awake.
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[both laugh]
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[Amari] Daddy?
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This is nothing like
when you call me Daddy.
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Oh, God.
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[mellow music plays]
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And how are we today,
mind, body, and soul?
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Um...
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purple unicorn,
blue heart, pink mermaid.
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What about you?
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Pink unicorn,
yellow heart, gold mermaid.
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You guys ever gonna let Daddy
crack this unicorn code?
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[both] Mm, no.
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Come on, it's not fair.
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Okay, Chicken, close your eyes.
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I have a surprise for you.
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And open them.
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Why are they brown?
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Because that is how
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all the Black
professional ballerinas do it.
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Seems like a bit much
for six weeks of lessons,
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though, don't you think?
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No, not at all.
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Ballet is all about the
aesthetic of the unbroken line.
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So pink shoes on a brown leg
is a broken line.
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Well, I appreciate
your diligence on the subject.
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And as always,
your beautiful brain
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continues to wow me.
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Oh, I got to go.
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Uh, I left her tuition check
by the door.
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So please don't forget it,
okay?
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-Okay.
-And you, I love you. Mwah.
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Uh, unicorn,
television set, red mermaid.
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-Mm-mm. No.
-No.
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But I'm getting it.
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-No.
-I'm getting it.
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-He's not even close, is he?
-Have a good day, guys.
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He is something else.
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Mm, who you tellin'?
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[funky electronic music plays]
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♪ ♪
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[indistinct chatter]
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I like what you've done
with the place.
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Oh, it's a miracle
I have an office at all.
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Whoever the fuck invented
open office floor plans
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should be forced to listen
to the Lean In audiobook
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on repeat
for the rest of their lives.
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You know the digital revolution
cannot be forged
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in an office with walls.
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You look good.
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-You better?
-Think so.
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The "book not selling" stuff,
yes.
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The being branded
a "regressive blow
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to fourth-wave feminism" part,
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-not so much.
-[Barb] That's bullshit.
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Your essay about cooking dinner
ass-naked in an apron and heels
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was quite exquisite.
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That was a personal story.
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I wasn't suggesting it
as a practice.
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Okay, kiddo,
for your first assignment,
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you won a trip to cover
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Soulja Boy's Legends party
tonight.
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♪ Superman that ho, what? ♪
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♪ Superman that ho,
What, what? ♪
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Come on, Barb.
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Ah, don't "Come on, Barb" me.
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Soulja Boy...
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"He is the first true
Internet rap star.
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"He launched a movement
that led to the current wave
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"of self-produced
and distributed artists
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that shifted the landscape."
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Says who?
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Says the fucking press release.
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When I woke up this morning
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and I thought about
how my first day here would go,
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I said to myself,
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"Why don't you go
and interview that young man
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"who basically
taught guys everywhere
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"how to stick sheets
onto women's backs
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"with their semen
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and do a dance
at the same time?"
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I'm sorry, but did I dream
that you called all,
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"Barb, Barb,
what am I gonna do?
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"The critics hate my book,"
begging me for a job?
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-No--
-[Barb] Sometimes, Ella,
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you look up,
and life is different.
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There's no more car service
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or white parties
in the Hamptons
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or offices with doors that lock
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and curtains--
curtains that close.
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Yeah.
I blame Matt Lauer.
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I blame that motherfucker, too.
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Shit.
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Look, I was the first
Black editor in chief
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of a mainstream
lifestyle publication at 35.
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Now I'm 45,
and I'm doing this shit.
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Adapt, Ella.
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Reinvention, that's the game.
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You don't see me walking around
all puh and pathetic.
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[whimpers]
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-I'm not pathetic.
-You a little pathetic.
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But you're a good writer,
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and you've always been good
with celebrities,
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which is why I hired you again.
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I just could do
without all this
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"victim of a failed media
state" shtick you got going on.
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Could you just be,
I don't know...
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grateful?
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Just be as committed
to grateful
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as you are to self-pity.
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I am grateful, Barb.
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Seriously, thank you
for everything.
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Great.
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Get out my office.
[laughs]
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Whoo!
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♪ Now watch me yuuuuuuu ♪
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[humming]
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[sighs]
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She didn't close
the fucking door.
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[soft piano music playing]
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♪ ♪
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[indistinct chatter]
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Oh, hi,
you must be Amari's mom.
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I'm Julie.
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-This is Goldie.
-Hi.
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I'm Sondi.
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I-I'm actually
Amari's dad's girlfriend.
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I mean, we live together,
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and I-I obviously
still keep an apartment
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because we're not married,
so, um...
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But I've been in Amari's life
since she was four.
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[Julie]
Well, it's nice to meet you.
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Our girls just love Amari.
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We're so glad
she's sticking with it.
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Which ones are yours?
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Mimi came out
looking like her father.
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She's in front.
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[Julie] And my Clara's
right next to her.
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You can see it in her eyes.
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Excuse me.
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Hi.
262
00:09:58,052 --> 00:10:00,388
Did you just get here,
or did you see me dance?
263
00:10:00,621 --> 00:10:01,990
I totes got here early,
264
00:10:02,023 --> 00:10:05,159
and you were totes the best one
in the whole entire class.
265
00:10:05,193 --> 00:10:07,028
No, I'm totes not.
266
00:10:07,061 --> 00:10:09,998
Ms. Janet says Clara
has the best technique.
267
00:10:10,031 --> 00:10:11,332
Clara, Shmara.
268
00:10:11,366 --> 00:10:14,235
Don't tell anybody,
but your teacher's a liar.
269
00:10:16,804 --> 00:10:19,340
Chicken, what happened
to the shoes I made for you?
270
00:10:19,374 --> 00:10:22,110
I left them at home. Sorry.
271
00:10:22,143 --> 00:10:23,411
No sorrys, dah-ling.
272
00:10:24,746 --> 00:10:26,047
-BRB.
-Okay.
273
00:10:27,749 --> 00:10:29,751
Hi, I'd like to pay
for the next session
274
00:10:29,784 --> 00:10:31,152
for Amari Powell.
275
00:10:31,185 --> 00:10:33,154
Finally.
276
00:10:33,187 --> 00:10:36,224
We usually don't accept
late tuition, but...
277
00:10:36,257 --> 00:10:38,326
we love Amari.
278
00:10:39,227 --> 00:10:40,828
We do offer scholarships
279
00:10:40,862 --> 00:10:42,697
for our underprivileged
students.
280
00:10:42,730 --> 00:10:43,898
I can give you a brochure.
281
00:10:43,931 --> 00:10:45,933
Um, no, that'll just
wind up in the trash.
282
00:10:45,967 --> 00:10:50,338
Yes, well, Amari's teacher
asked me to give you this.
283
00:10:52,140 --> 00:10:55,009
Nutritional suggestions
for a six-year-old?
284
00:10:55,043 --> 00:10:57,345
Amari has a great
natural facility for ballet.
285
00:10:57,378 --> 00:10:59,714
We just want to help her
avoid some of the pitfalls
286
00:10:59,747 --> 00:11:02,016
unique to the bodies
of dancers with her...
287
00:11:02,050 --> 00:11:03,251
ethnic background.
288
00:11:03,284 --> 00:11:05,753
I'll be needing that back.
Thanks.
289
00:11:05,787 --> 00:11:06,788
Amari, let's go.
290
00:11:06,821 --> 00:11:08,256
-Did you hear that?
-Ooh!
291
00:11:08,289 --> 00:11:09,957
Seriously, go look...
292
00:11:09,991 --> 00:11:11,993
[Zilo]
♪ It don't get any clearer ♪
293
00:11:12,026 --> 00:11:14,762
♪ I can see it
In the way you move ♪
294
00:11:14,796 --> 00:11:16,831
♪ Come get
A little nearer... ♪
295
00:11:16,864 --> 00:11:19,100
-[Whitney] Seriously?
-[Renee] Ugh!
296
00:11:19,133 --> 00:11:21,869
Why is everybody
trying it today?
297
00:11:21,903 --> 00:11:23,104
I would've smacked that bitch
in the face.
298
00:11:23,137 --> 00:11:24,272
-Mm-hmm.
-Mm-hmm.
299
00:11:24,305 --> 00:11:25,473
And now Matthew's over here
texting me
300
00:11:25,706 --> 00:11:26,808
like I'm in trouble.
301
00:11:26,841 --> 00:11:29,143
Ooh, teacher's pet
is fucking up.
302
00:11:29,177 --> 00:11:30,778
He's the one who has her
enrolled in a school
303
00:11:30,812 --> 00:11:33,081
where they're hypersexualizing
her prepubescent body
304
00:11:33,114 --> 00:11:34,916
and subverting her femininity.
305
00:11:34,949 --> 00:11:38,019
I'll take "Academic Buzzwords"
for $600, Alex.
306
00:11:38,052 --> 00:11:39,720
[laughter]
307
00:11:39,754 --> 00:11:41,422
Anyway, I'm enrolling her
in the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
308
00:11:41,456 --> 00:11:43,791
Maybe you should talk
to Matthew about that first.
309
00:11:43,825 --> 00:11:45,426
Right, 'cause those Negro
ballet slippers
310
00:11:45,460 --> 00:11:47,161
were clearly a miss.
311
00:11:47,195 --> 00:11:49,063
Shit!
312
00:11:49,097 --> 00:11:50,832
What in the whole universe?
313
00:11:50,865 --> 00:11:53,367
Cherise. Cherise.
314
00:11:53,401 --> 00:11:56,170
Hey, girl,
you got a first-aid kit?
315
00:11:56,204 --> 00:11:57,805
Legally we're required to,
316
00:11:57,839 --> 00:11:59,507
but we're also supposed to have
fire extinguishers,
317
00:11:59,740 --> 00:12:01,309
so I'ma say no.
318
00:12:01,342 --> 00:12:02,844
[sighs] It's okay.
319
00:12:02,877 --> 00:12:05,847
The whole universe is just
not fucking with me today.
320
00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,049
Y'all want a round
of Get Drunk or Die Trying?
321
00:12:08,082 --> 00:12:09,817
[all] Yes.
322
00:12:09,851 --> 00:12:13,488
Cherise, your titties look
particularly amazing today.
323
00:12:13,521 --> 00:12:15,790
Her tits always look amazing.
324
00:12:15,823 --> 00:12:16,891
[Cherise] They're good, right?
325
00:12:16,924 --> 00:12:18,292
-I think so.
-Yes.
326
00:12:18,326 --> 00:12:20,161
Oh, sweet child, sweet child.
I'll be back.
327
00:12:21,996 --> 00:12:23,030
Okay.
[sighs]
328
00:12:23,064 --> 00:12:25,533
-Uh-uh.
-Um...
329
00:12:25,766 --> 00:12:26,968
I thought that you said
330
00:12:27,001 --> 00:12:29,303
your wedding was a small,
intimate affair.
331
00:12:29,337 --> 00:12:32,406
Why are there, like,
300 invitations here?
332
00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,008
Because this is no longer
my wedding.
333
00:12:34,041 --> 00:12:36,144
This is a wedding
for Olabisi Adeyemo,
334
00:12:36,177 --> 00:12:39,147
his mother,
his 15 aunts from Nigeria,
335
00:12:39,180 --> 00:12:41,415
and my mother
and her ever-expanding list
336
00:12:41,449 --> 00:12:43,918
of society women
and church friends.
337
00:12:43,951 --> 00:12:45,419
Honestly, at this point,
I should just invite
338
00:12:45,453 --> 00:12:47,455
each of Cherise's tits.
339
00:12:47,488 --> 00:12:49,056
Weddings are so overrated.
340
00:12:49,090 --> 00:12:51,192
Huh, inspiring
prenuptial insights
341
00:12:51,225 --> 00:12:52,527
from our only married friend.
342
00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:55,129
What? For what Jason and I
spent on our wedding,
343
00:12:55,163 --> 00:12:57,899
I could be debt-free
and have bought a small boat.
344
00:12:57,932 --> 00:13:00,501
Okay, before Renee
makes this all about her,
345
00:13:00,535 --> 00:13:03,237
Whitney, have you bought
your wedding tribal dress yet?
346
00:13:03,271 --> 00:13:04,405
Ugh, no.
347
00:13:04,438 --> 00:13:06,007
The tribal colors
from his village
348
00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,408
are brown and blue.
349
00:13:07,441 --> 00:13:11,179
And they want me to wrap
my $350 bridal updo
350
00:13:11,212 --> 00:13:14,315
in a... durag thingy.
351
00:13:14,348 --> 00:13:17,118
I'm pretty sure it's not
a durag exactly.
352
00:13:17,151 --> 00:13:18,886
It's like a crown, bougie.
353
00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,421
Oh, and the worst of it,
354
00:13:20,454 --> 00:13:23,558
Ola's mother wants branzino
for the fish entrée.
355
00:13:23,591 --> 00:13:25,126
Mmm, I love branzino.
356
00:13:25,159 --> 00:13:26,427
Uh, no, you don't.
357
00:13:26,460 --> 00:13:27,862
You think you love branzino
358
00:13:27,895 --> 00:13:30,264
because the chefs
always serve it as a special
359
00:13:30,298 --> 00:13:32,099
and people who don't know
better let other people
360
00:13:32,133 --> 00:13:34,235
dictate to them what's
actually special in life.
361
00:13:34,268 --> 00:13:37,038
And because waiters
are always referring to it
362
00:13:37,071 --> 00:13:39,473
as a, um, "European sea bass,"
363
00:13:39,507 --> 00:13:41,209
people get distracted
by the fact
364
00:13:41,242 --> 00:13:43,144
that in terms
of taste and flavor,
365
00:13:43,177 --> 00:13:44,946
it's just glorified tilapia.
366
00:13:44,979 --> 00:13:48,015
So everybody's passing over
a beautiful piece of halibut
367
00:13:48,049 --> 00:13:49,483
or even a red snapper
368
00:13:49,517 --> 00:13:50,952
because all the chefs
of New York
369
00:13:50,985 --> 00:13:53,054
have decided to make branzino
a thing.
370
00:13:53,087 --> 00:13:54,388
But branzino's not a thing.
371
00:13:54,422 --> 00:13:56,557
It's just basic.
372
00:13:58,159 --> 00:14:00,027
I think she just called you
a basic bitch.
373
00:14:00,061 --> 00:14:01,529
-Mm-hmm.
-I did no such thing.
374
00:14:01,562 --> 00:14:02,930
-Yes, you did.
-Mm-hmm.
375
00:14:02,964 --> 00:14:04,599
You know what?
I'm gonna take my basic ass
376
00:14:04,632 --> 00:14:06,901
to Matthew's reading
of his essay for The Atlantic,
377
00:14:06,934 --> 00:14:09,437
so you can lick your own
damn wedding invitations.
378
00:14:09,470 --> 00:14:11,105
Hasn't he done several already?
379
00:14:11,138 --> 00:14:13,874
Right, like, how many times
can you present one essay?
380
00:14:13,908 --> 00:14:15,276
It's not like the nigga
wrote a book.
381
00:14:15,309 --> 00:14:16,911
[laughter]
382
00:14:16,944 --> 00:14:18,980
Okay, Matthew Powell will never
turn down an occasion
383
00:14:19,013 --> 00:14:22,049
to hear himself speak in front
of a captive audience, so...
384
00:14:22,083 --> 00:14:23,884
No, no, no, no, no,
don't go, please.
385
00:14:23,918 --> 00:14:26,621
I was just about to beg you all
to come downtown with me
386
00:14:26,654 --> 00:14:30,024
to this Soulja Boy party
tonight.
387
00:14:30,057 --> 00:14:31,292
What's that even mean?
388
00:14:31,325 --> 00:14:32,893
♪ Soulja Boy up in this ♪
389
00:14:32,927 --> 00:14:34,929
♪ Watch me crank it
Watch me roll ♪
390
00:14:34,962 --> 00:14:37,932
Welcome to my life
at Hot Tea Digest.
391
00:14:37,965 --> 00:14:39,967
I keep telling you guys
I did something really evil
392
00:14:40,001 --> 00:14:41,202
in a past life.
393
00:14:41,235 --> 00:14:43,471
Not, like, Hitler evil
but definitely, like,
394
00:14:43,504 --> 00:14:45,273
Clarence Thomas evil.
395
00:14:45,306 --> 00:14:47,108
Okay, Ella,
I love you, boo-boo,
396
00:14:47,141 --> 00:14:49,243
but it's a hard no for me.
397
00:14:49,277 --> 00:14:51,279
What about you two?
398
00:14:52,513 --> 00:14:54,048
You can't be serious.
399
00:14:54,081 --> 00:14:56,617
Soulja Boy is a fucking legend.
I'm in.
400
00:14:56,651 --> 00:14:58,519
[Remy Ma]
♪ Come, all, to the E-Z ♪
401
00:14:58,552 --> 00:15:00,421
["Conceited" plays]
402
00:15:00,454 --> 00:15:02,623
♪ Yes ♪
403
00:15:02,657 --> 00:15:05,259
♪ See, this ain't nothin'
That you used to ♪
404
00:15:05,293 --> 00:15:07,561
♪ Out of the ordinary
And usual ♪
405
00:15:07,595 --> 00:15:09,030
♪ You got to have
The mind state ♪
406
00:15:09,063 --> 00:15:10,298
♪ Like I'm so great ♪
407
00:15:10,331 --> 00:15:12,233
♪ And can't nobody do it
Like you do ♪
408
00:15:12,266 --> 00:15:14,669
♪ Miraculous, phenomenal ♪
409
00:15:14,702 --> 00:15:17,471
♪ See, I look too good
To be fuckin' you ♪
410
00:15:17,505 --> 00:15:19,373
♪ And I look too good
To be lovin' you ♪
411
00:15:19,407 --> 00:15:22,109
♪ You know I look way too good
To be stuck with you ♪
412
00:15:22,143 --> 00:15:24,178
♪ I'm conceited
I got a reason ♪
413
00:15:24,211 --> 00:15:26,347
♪ See, I look too good
To be getting' whipped... ♪
414
00:15:26,380 --> 00:15:29,016
[Renee] Oh, my God.
Is that Jim Jones?
415
00:15:29,050 --> 00:15:32,720
Holy 2006, we just entered
a time capsule.
416
00:15:32,953 --> 00:15:34,188
I'm going to get champs.
417
00:15:34,221 --> 00:15:35,656
I'm gonna go find Soulja Boy.
418
00:15:35,690 --> 00:15:38,159
-Meet you at the bar?
-All right.
419
00:15:38,192 --> 00:15:39,994
I'm coming with you.
420
00:15:40,027 --> 00:15:42,496
What? I want to meet him.
421
00:15:42,530 --> 00:15:46,233
Soulja Boy.
422
00:15:46,267 --> 00:15:48,069
♪ With his tight white tee ♪
423
00:15:48,102 --> 00:15:51,105
♪ ♪
424
00:15:52,106 --> 00:15:54,175
Hi. I'm with Hot Tea Digest.
425
00:15:54,208 --> 00:15:55,509
I have an interview
with Soulja Boy.
426
00:15:55,543 --> 00:15:56,711
Ma'am, please step away
from the rope.
427
00:15:56,744 --> 00:15:58,746
-No press today.
-[Renee] Oh, please.
428
00:15:58,979 --> 00:16:00,381
How do you even know
she's press?
429
00:16:00,414 --> 00:16:01,615
She could be lying.
430
00:16:01,649 --> 00:16:03,184
You know, maybe she's
just some groupie whore
431
00:16:03,217 --> 00:16:04,385
just trying to get in the VIP.
432
00:16:04,418 --> 00:16:06,220
What difference
does it make, sir?
433
00:16:06,253 --> 00:16:07,288
Brian!
434
00:16:08,589 --> 00:16:12,293
Well, who invited Ella McFair
to the party?
435
00:16:12,326 --> 00:16:13,427
Hoo!
436
00:16:13,461 --> 00:16:15,196
You look good, girl.
where you been?
437
00:16:15,229 --> 00:16:16,197
-In hiding.
-[Brian] Mm.
438
00:16:16,230 --> 00:16:17,264
Can you get me over there?
439
00:16:17,298 --> 00:16:18,766
I need a few bites
from Soulja Boy.
440
00:16:18,999 --> 00:16:20,301
Well, hold up. Hold up.
441
00:16:20,334 --> 00:16:22,403
Has-has Ella McFair
rejoined the peons
442
00:16:22,436 --> 00:16:24,038
of the entertainment biz?
443
00:16:24,071 --> 00:16:26,273
Brian, please.
444
00:16:26,307 --> 00:16:27,541
You lucky I been tryin'
to holla at you
445
00:16:27,575 --> 00:16:29,210
since we was interns.
446
00:16:29,243 --> 00:16:32,413
Hey, yo, let them in.
They good.
447
00:16:33,581 --> 00:16:34,615
Wait here.
448
00:16:34,648 --> 00:16:35,783
[Renee]
A'ight.
449
00:16:36,016 --> 00:16:37,451
Go get him.
450
00:16:37,485 --> 00:16:40,388
♪ ♪
451
00:16:40,421 --> 00:16:41,522
Hey, Soulja.
452
00:16:41,555 --> 00:16:43,190
Sorry, Miss, but Mr. Tell 'Em--
453
00:16:43,224 --> 00:16:45,159
-Mr. who?
-Mr. Tell 'Em, he--
454
00:16:45,192 --> 00:16:46,794
Mr. what?
455
00:16:48,295 --> 00:16:50,197
Mr. Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
is very specific
456
00:16:50,231 --> 00:16:52,266
about the female optics
in his section.
457
00:16:52,299 --> 00:16:54,368
You and your friend
are a bit too... mature
458
00:16:54,402 --> 00:16:55,469
for this part of the club.
459
00:16:55,503 --> 00:16:56,704
What?
460
00:16:56,737 --> 00:16:58,472
You don't look...
"groupie whore" enough.
461
00:16:58,506 --> 00:17:00,541
Oh, my God.
462
00:17:00,574 --> 00:17:02,209
That-that must've been
really hard
463
00:17:02,243 --> 00:17:03,677
for you to say out loud.
464
00:17:03,711 --> 00:17:04,812
Do you want a hug?
465
00:17:05,045 --> 00:17:06,380
Come on.
466
00:17:06,414 --> 00:17:07,615
'Cause I hopped up
out of the bed,
467
00:17:07,648 --> 00:17:10,418
and I turned my swag on
for you, Mr. Soulja Boy.
468
00:17:10,451 --> 00:17:12,753
God, I wore this dress
for a reason.
469
00:17:12,787 --> 00:17:15,055
Come on, I want to talk
to that guy.
470
00:17:15,089 --> 00:17:17,191
Soulja was close
to letting us in.
471
00:17:17,224 --> 00:17:19,693
[gasps] Oh, this my shit!
472
00:17:19,727 --> 00:17:21,662
Ah!
473
00:17:21,695 --> 00:17:24,665
["For Free" playing]
474
00:17:24,698 --> 00:17:27,168
♪ ♪
475
00:17:27,201 --> 00:17:28,669
[Drake] ♪ I go on and on ♪
476
00:17:28,702 --> 00:17:31,505
♪ Can't understand
How I last so long ♪
477
00:17:31,539 --> 00:17:33,340
♪ I must have superpowers ♪
478
00:17:33,374 --> 00:17:35,309
♪ Last 225,000 hours ♪
479
00:17:35,342 --> 00:17:37,077
[Chris] This is like this
every single Monday.
480
00:17:37,111 --> 00:17:38,446
Really?
[laughs]
481
00:17:38,479 --> 00:17:39,814
[Chris] Hopefully I'll see you
around here more often.
482
00:17:39,847 --> 00:17:41,749
Yeah, well, we'll see.
483
00:17:41,782 --> 00:17:43,484
-Hey.
-[Ella] Hey.
484
00:17:43,517 --> 00:17:44,718
Good to see you.
485
00:17:44,752 --> 00:17:47,188
[Chris]
Yeah, it's been a minute.
486
00:17:47,221 --> 00:17:48,389
You want another drink?
487
00:17:48,422 --> 00:17:50,458
Champagne, please.
488
00:17:52,326 --> 00:17:54,228
You know who that is, right?
489
00:17:54,261 --> 00:17:55,362
No.
490
00:17:55,396 --> 00:17:57,264
Dude, that's Chris Cabrera.
491
00:17:57,298 --> 00:17:58,532
He's the community peen.
492
00:17:58,566 --> 00:18:00,668
He's literally fucked
everybody we know.
493
00:18:00,701 --> 00:18:01,702
Who?
494
00:18:01,735 --> 00:18:02,870
I fucked him in 2012,
495
00:18:03,103 --> 00:18:04,205
Renee in 2014,
496
00:18:04,238 --> 00:18:06,407
and Lynda with a Y from Pilates
in 2015.
497
00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:07,541
His dick is amazing.
498
00:18:07,575 --> 00:18:10,478
Like, incredible, impeccable.
Mwah.
499
00:18:10,511 --> 00:18:13,814
I don't know if I'm grossed out
or intrigued.
500
00:18:13,848 --> 00:18:15,749
Dude, you're getting married.
501
00:18:15,783 --> 00:18:17,418
You missed the window
for intrigue.
502
00:18:17,451 --> 00:18:19,420
Well, apparently I missed
the window for everything
503
00:18:19,453 --> 00:18:21,388
because I spent my 20s
cooking, cleaning,
504
00:18:21,422 --> 00:18:23,324
and fucking
my college sweetheart
505
00:18:23,357 --> 00:18:24,892
instead of fucking that guy.
506
00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,596
Well, while you bemoan
your perfect life,
507
00:18:28,629 --> 00:18:31,632
I'm going to go pee...
and maybe cry.
508
00:18:31,665 --> 00:18:33,801
[Too $hort] ♪ Ain't nothin'
But pimpin' these days, G ♪
509
00:18:33,834 --> 00:18:35,603
♪ My nigga C got locked up ♪
510
00:18:35,636 --> 00:18:38,606
♪ But these real hos
Still know they gots to fuck ♪
511
00:18:38,639 --> 00:18:40,574
♪ Give a fuck, nigga
What you say... ♪
512
00:18:40,608 --> 00:18:42,209
Oh!
513
00:18:42,243 --> 00:18:43,677
-[laughs]
514
00:18:43,711 --> 00:18:45,312
-Cheers.
-Happy Monday.
515
00:18:45,346 --> 00:18:46,714
["Shake It Down" playing]
516
00:18:46,747 --> 00:18:48,182
[singer] ♪ They love
How we break it down ♪
517
00:18:48,215 --> 00:18:49,416
♪ Let me explain this now ♪
518
00:18:49,450 --> 00:18:51,752
♪ ♪
519
00:18:51,785 --> 00:18:53,787
♪ We're bringin' this home ♪
520
00:18:53,821 --> 00:18:55,656
♪ Yeah, bringin'
This home... ♪
521
00:18:55,689 --> 00:18:57,591
[mouths word]
522
00:18:57,625 --> 00:18:59,593
♪ Yeah, bringin' this home ♪
523
00:18:59,627 --> 00:19:01,662
♪ We're bringin' this home ♪
524
00:19:01,695 --> 00:19:03,731
♪ Yeah, bringin' this home ♪
525
00:19:03,764 --> 00:19:06,333
♪ We're bringin'
This home... ♪
526
00:19:06,367 --> 00:19:08,669
If Black people
continue to dissociate
527
00:19:08,702 --> 00:19:12,439
from ideals such as patriotism
and nationalism,
528
00:19:12,473 --> 00:19:14,909
it enables this false concept
529
00:19:14,942 --> 00:19:18,245
of a white nationalist identity
to thrive.
530
00:19:18,279 --> 00:19:21,815
Why wouldn't the people
that built this country
531
00:19:21,849 --> 00:19:23,317
on their backs
532
00:19:23,350 --> 00:19:25,252
with their blood,
with their tears
533
00:19:25,286 --> 00:19:29,590
be the most patriotic,
the most convicted
534
00:19:29,623 --> 00:19:32,226
about how this country's
identity is defined?
535
00:19:32,259 --> 00:19:34,361
Well, that's very romantic
536
00:19:34,395 --> 00:19:36,697
but not particularly pragmatic.
537
00:19:37,798 --> 00:19:39,333
I mean, most Black Americans
538
00:19:39,366 --> 00:19:41,435
are still living
a second-class experience.
539
00:19:41,468 --> 00:19:42,836
It's baked into this country's
540
00:19:42,870 --> 00:19:46,407
governing and founding
institutions.
541
00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:47,775
Don't you think?
542
00:19:47,808 --> 00:19:50,244
Ladies and gentlemen,
Ms. Sondi Hill,
543
00:19:50,277 --> 00:19:53,948
She is one of my PhD advisees
in African American Studies
544
00:19:53,981 --> 00:19:57,351
and, as you can see,
an expert contrarian.
545
00:19:57,384 --> 00:19:58,886
-[laughter]
-Hi.
546
00:19:58,919 --> 00:20:01,889
["Naked" playing]
547
00:20:01,922 --> 00:20:03,424
♪ ♪
548
00:20:03,457 --> 00:20:04,858
[Ashley Lilinoe]
♪ I surrender to the moment ♪
549
00:20:04,892 --> 00:20:07,461
♪ Now I know there's no reason
To be scared ♪
550
00:20:07,494 --> 00:20:10,664
♪ We are shiftin' shapes... ♪
551
00:20:10,698 --> 00:20:12,232
Anderson?
552
00:20:13,767 --> 00:20:16,303
[chuckles softly]
553
00:20:16,337 --> 00:20:18,005
Well, look at you.
554
00:20:18,238 --> 00:20:19,907
-What are you doing here?
-I took a position at--
555
00:20:19,940 --> 00:20:21,842
What are you doing
in the country?
556
00:20:22,776 --> 00:20:24,244
I'm back.
557
00:20:30,351 --> 00:20:31,785
You still got MCI?
[scoffs]
558
00:20:31,819 --> 00:20:33,687
All your calls dropping?
559
00:20:33,721 --> 00:20:35,022
'Cause my number
hasn't changed.
560
00:20:35,255 --> 00:20:36,323
I wanted to tell you
in person--
561
00:20:36,357 --> 00:20:38,425
Oh, my God, it's Satan.
562
00:20:38,459 --> 00:20:39,760
Are you okay?
563
00:20:39,793 --> 00:20:40,961
Excuse me?
564
00:20:40,995 --> 00:20:42,630
Oh, yeah, that's your new name,
mm-hmm.
565
00:20:42,663 --> 00:20:44,832
Oh, you call me Satan?
566
00:20:44,865 --> 00:20:46,800
Only when I talk about you.
567
00:20:46,834 --> 00:20:48,869
You know, my voodoo
must be getting real rusty,
568
00:20:48,902 --> 00:20:51,538
'cause I vanquished you
from our lives two years ago.
569
00:20:51,572 --> 00:20:53,307
-Renee.
-Don't you "Renee" me.
570
00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:54,642
He's top of the fucking worst.
571
00:20:54,675 --> 00:20:56,677
Wow. The top, huh?
572
00:20:56,710 --> 00:20:58,979
You lucky I got to pee
like a fucking racehorse,
573
00:20:59,013 --> 00:21:00,614
'cause...
574
00:21:00,648 --> 00:21:01,982
Protect your set, girl.
575
00:21:04,485 --> 00:21:06,320
She always was my favorite.
576
00:21:06,353 --> 00:21:09,356
♪ ♪
577
00:21:10,557 --> 00:21:12,626
I missed you, El.
578
00:21:15,062 --> 00:21:16,864
I didn't miss you at all.
579
00:21:19,867 --> 00:21:21,402
[Ashley Lilinoe]
♪ Peace of mind ♪
580
00:21:21,435 --> 00:21:23,837
♪ The last of humankind
Yeah ♪
581
00:21:23,871 --> 00:21:28,409
♪ I know you deserve
This beauty undefined ♪
582
00:21:28,442 --> 00:21:29,877
♪ Now I'm finger-paintin' ♪
583
00:21:29,910 --> 00:21:31,345
♪ With the rhythm
Of the colors ♪
584
00:21:31,378 --> 00:21:34,081
♪ That I never knew
Were there ♪
585
00:21:34,314 --> 00:21:35,683
♪ I surrender to the moment ♪
586
00:21:35,716 --> 00:21:37,017
♪ Now I know
There's no reason... ♪
587
00:21:37,051 --> 00:21:38,652
No.
588
00:21:38,686 --> 00:21:40,587
[Ashley Lilinoe]
♪ We are shiftin' shapes ♪
589
00:21:40,621 --> 00:21:42,756
Amari was inconsolable.
590
00:21:42,790 --> 00:21:45,325
She said you embarrassed her
in front of all her friends,
591
00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,428
said she's got to go dance
somewhere else?
592
00:21:47,461 --> 00:21:49,797
I apologize
for upsetting Amari,
593
00:21:49,830 --> 00:21:52,933
but I really hate
that place for her.
594
00:21:52,966 --> 00:21:55,035
I just want her to feel
confident in her own skin--
595
00:21:55,069 --> 00:21:56,470
Okay, but did it ever
occur to you
596
00:21:56,503 --> 00:21:59,073
that just maybe
she wants to wear pink shoes
597
00:21:59,106 --> 00:22:00,641
'cause she's a six-year-old
598
00:22:00,674 --> 00:22:02,109
and her favorite color is pink?
599
00:22:02,342 --> 00:22:04,712
She wants to be like
those other little girls,
600
00:22:04,745 --> 00:22:06,947
but she's not like them.
601
00:22:06,980 --> 00:22:08,916
And sooner or later,
they are going to remind her
602
00:22:08,949 --> 00:22:10,117
that she's different and--
603
00:22:10,350 --> 00:22:11,785
-You do this every time.
-Do what?
604
00:22:11,819 --> 00:22:13,654
You make every moment
a protest song.
605
00:22:13,687 --> 00:22:15,756
For Christ's sake, Sondi,
she's a kid.
606
00:22:15,789 --> 00:22:17,491
She's my little girl.
607
00:22:17,524 --> 00:22:19,993
I was just trying
to teach her--
608
00:22:20,027 --> 00:22:21,495
Okay, stop!
609
00:22:22,362 --> 00:22:25,132
I love that you have
a great relationship with her,
610
00:22:25,365 --> 00:22:27,901
but once again,
you've overstepped.
611
00:22:27,935 --> 00:22:29,903
Jeez, sometimes I really wish
you would grow up already.
612
00:22:29,937 --> 00:22:31,438
Excuse me?
613
00:22:31,472 --> 00:22:33,607
I spend my days
taking care of your ass
614
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:35,142
and some other chick's child.
615
00:22:35,375 --> 00:22:38,746
That is as grown-up
as it gets for me.
616
00:22:38,779 --> 00:22:40,814
[Matthew] Sondi.
617
00:22:43,784 --> 00:22:45,419
[LightSkinKeisha]
♪ Big titties, whoa ♪
618
00:22:45,452 --> 00:22:46,820
♪ Tight dress, no panties
Just to go to the store ♪
619
00:22:46,854 --> 00:22:47,955
♪ Headed outta lil' daddy's
Coming to... ♪
620
00:22:47,988 --> 00:22:49,757
Hey, do you still live
in the Heights?
621
00:22:49,790 --> 00:22:50,858
Yeah.
622
00:22:50,891 --> 00:22:52,693
You want to share a cab uptown?
623
00:22:52,726 --> 00:22:54,661
[LightSkinKeisha] ♪ Might just
Do this shit forever ♪
624
00:22:54,695 --> 00:22:56,396
♪ I just do it
For the cheddar ♪
625
00:22:56,430 --> 00:22:58,031
♪ I ain't even use no effort ♪
626
00:22:58,065 --> 00:22:59,566
♪ I just made
Some investments ♪
627
00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,401
♪ Scratch that
Off your checklist ♪
628
00:23:01,435 --> 00:23:03,003
♪ Weather got me
Acting reckless ♪
629
00:23:03,036 --> 00:23:04,671
♪ Fuck a snack
A ho breakfast ♪
630
00:23:04,705 --> 00:23:05,973
♪ Have him coming back
For seconds... ♪
631
00:23:06,006 --> 00:23:07,775
Hey. Hey!
632
00:23:07,808 --> 00:23:09,610
Not in my cab.
633
00:23:09,643 --> 00:23:11,411
[LightSkinKeisha] ♪ Trying
To preach, I'm a blessing ♪
634
00:23:11,445 --> 00:23:12,746
[jazzy piano music plays]
635
00:23:12,780 --> 00:23:14,581
[both moaning]
636
00:23:14,615 --> 00:23:15,883
[Ella] Yeah.
637
00:23:15,916 --> 00:23:18,719
[both breathing heavily]
638
00:23:18,752 --> 00:23:20,454
[Ella] Come on, come on.
639
00:23:20,487 --> 00:23:22,589
-Yeah.
-[moans]
640
00:23:22,623 --> 00:23:24,091
What?
641
00:23:24,124 --> 00:23:26,760
-What's wrong?
-It's, um--
642
00:23:26,794 --> 00:23:28,729
I'm-I'm sorry. I just--
643
00:23:29,596 --> 00:23:33,066
Oh, this is mad embarrassing.
I...
644
00:23:34,201 --> 00:23:35,969
I got whiskey dick.
645
00:23:37,204 --> 00:23:38,972
[Ella sighs]
646
00:23:41,775 --> 00:23:42,843
[both sigh]
647
00:23:47,181 --> 00:23:49,550
My bad. It was an open bar. I--
648
00:23:56,690 --> 00:23:58,659
[sighs]
649
00:24:00,627 --> 00:24:04,164
Dude, get a bed frame.
650
00:24:04,198 --> 00:24:07,134
[mellow music plays]
651
00:24:07,167 --> 00:24:10,170
♪ ♪
652
00:24:16,476 --> 00:24:17,678
Sondi?
653
00:24:20,914 --> 00:24:23,851
Girl, if you do not
start phoning first,
654
00:24:23,884 --> 00:24:25,819
I'ma need to take
my spare key back.
655
00:24:25,853 --> 00:24:26,920
[Ella] Sorry.
656
00:24:26,954 --> 00:24:28,255
I have to finish posting
this story,
657
00:24:28,488 --> 00:24:30,090
and I didn't want to be alone.
658
00:24:30,123 --> 00:24:31,725
You do realize
the walk of shame
659
00:24:31,758 --> 00:24:33,193
usually ends
with the person arriving
660
00:24:33,227 --> 00:24:35,863
at their own home, right?
661
00:24:35,896 --> 00:24:37,564
[Ella] How'd it go with Matt?
662
00:24:37,598 --> 00:24:39,499
Well, I'm fucking
my thesis adviser
663
00:24:39,533 --> 00:24:40,868
and kind of, sort of
raising his kid
664
00:24:40,901 --> 00:24:42,269
in an undefined relationship
665
00:24:42,502 --> 00:24:44,705
which could get him fired
and me thrown out of school,
666
00:24:44,738 --> 00:24:45,939
which makes our communication
667
00:24:45,973 --> 00:24:48,542
about me fake stepparenting
his daughter
668
00:24:48,575 --> 00:24:50,143
easy and effortless.
669
00:24:50,177 --> 00:24:52,112
Got it.
670
00:24:52,145 --> 00:24:55,148
♪ ♪
671
00:24:57,851 --> 00:24:59,686
What's your story?
672
00:25:01,722 --> 00:25:03,624
Anderson was at the party.
673
00:25:03,657 --> 00:25:05,893
-He's back?
-Apparently.
674
00:25:07,294 --> 00:25:08,762
I kissed him.
675
00:25:08,795 --> 00:25:11,098
Ella, seriously?
676
00:25:11,131 --> 00:25:13,567
I'ma need to fuck this dude,
because I don't get it.
677
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,936
It's not the sex.
678
00:25:15,969 --> 00:25:17,004
He's my Big.
679
00:25:17,037 --> 00:25:18,739
No, he's not.
680
00:25:18,772 --> 00:25:22,042
Big was tall, rich,
and had a driver.
681
00:25:22,075 --> 00:25:25,145
If you're going to perpetually
humiliate yourself for a man,
682
00:25:25,178 --> 00:25:28,181
he better be tall, rich,
and have a driver.
683
00:25:28,215 --> 00:25:30,050
There's a very clear,
well-established
684
00:25:30,083 --> 00:25:32,286
pop-culture road map for this.
685
00:25:33,954 --> 00:25:36,256
We talked about dating guys
under 35.
686
00:25:36,290 --> 00:25:38,091
Now, you know I detest
the characterization
687
00:25:38,125 --> 00:25:42,329
of the Black male as shiftless
and no good, but...
688
00:25:42,562 --> 00:25:45,165
until they're 35, they ain't
got nothing to offer but dick--
689
00:25:45,198 --> 00:25:48,835
poor, conflicted dick.
690
00:25:50,971 --> 00:25:52,973
Is this the beginning
of the rest of my life?
691
00:25:53,006 --> 00:25:54,841
No.
692
00:25:54,875 --> 00:25:58,578
You do not get to let yourself
into my home
693
00:25:58,612 --> 00:26:01,081
so you can sit here
and complain
694
00:26:01,114 --> 00:26:04,651
about your little
champagne problems, okay?
695
00:26:04,685 --> 00:26:06,954
You are a Black girl
in America.
696
00:26:06,987 --> 00:26:09,723
We do not get to do that, okay?
697
00:26:09,756 --> 00:26:11,725
Head up.
698
00:26:11,758 --> 00:26:13,927
Eyes on the prize...
699
00:26:13,961 --> 00:26:15,929
world domination.
700
00:26:15,963 --> 00:26:18,966
♪ ♪
701
00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:22,035
[Sondi]
That's right.
702
00:26:22,069 --> 00:26:24,037
[chuckles]
703
00:26:24,071 --> 00:26:25,706
[cell phone chimes]
704
00:26:29,076 --> 00:26:30,110
[Sunni Colón]
♪ Follow me, follow me ♪
705
00:26:30,143 --> 00:26:32,946
♪ Follow me, my supernova... ♪
706
00:26:32,980 --> 00:26:36,149
['Supernova" plays]
707
00:26:36,183 --> 00:26:38,819
World domination.
708
00:26:38,852 --> 00:26:43,190
[toilet flushes]
709
00:26:43,223 --> 00:26:45,792
[Sunni Colón] ♪ I think
I want to be around you ♪
710
00:26:45,826 --> 00:26:48,061
♪ For the rest of my life ♪
711
00:26:48,095 --> 00:26:50,964
♪ I'm just livin'
In the moment ♪
712
00:26:50,998 --> 00:26:52,332
♪ Having good times... ♪
713
00:26:52,366 --> 00:26:53,700
Hey.
714
00:26:54,301 --> 00:26:55,669
Hey.
715
00:26:55,702 --> 00:26:58,839
[Sunni Colón]
♪ For once in my life ♪
716
00:26:58,872 --> 00:27:03,310
♪ Follow me, follow me
Follow me, my supernova ♪
717
00:27:03,343 --> 00:27:08,015
♪ Going up, going up, going up
Till you burst to flames ♪
718
00:27:08,048 --> 00:27:10,350
♪ Turn around, turn around
Turn around, turn around ♪
719
00:27:10,384 --> 00:27:12,652
♪ For no one ♪
720
00:27:12,686 --> 00:27:15,989
♪ Follow me, follow me
Follow me, my supernova ♪
721
00:28:06,907 --> 00:28:08,909
[woman] Whoo-hoo! [giggles]