1 00:00:02,930 --> 00:00:06,200 Dip, spin, work, turn! 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:10,040 Yes, children, feast your eyes on these fierce 3 00:00:10,070 --> 00:00:13,710 and flexible queens, baby. 4 00:00:13,740 --> 00:00:16,250 Yeah! 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,080 This display of talent is the reason why 6 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,390 the world is trying to be us. 7 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:26,060 Ah, work it out! 8 00:00:26,090 --> 00:00:30,230 Da-da-da-da-da, ah! Sha-wham, sha-wham, sha-wham! 9 00:00:30,260 --> 00:00:33,560 Ah! Y'all drinking for free tonight. 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,730 Bartender, put they tab on Daddy. 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:37,570 All right, look. Clear the floor. 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,400 Clear the floor. All right, all right. 13 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,070 Now, we all know this Madonna song 14 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:43,910 has been bumpin' hard. 15 00:00:43,940 --> 00:00:47,410 Madonna has accomplished quite the feat, 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,750 topping the charts for two consecutive weeks, right? 17 00:00:50,780 --> 00:00:52,620 Right. 18 00:00:52,650 --> 00:00:55,250 We done changed the culture, y'all! 19 00:00:58,290 --> 00:01:01,790 Now that everybody in the world 20 00:01:01,820 --> 00:01:04,130 is trying to learn how to Vogue... 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,430 Mm-hmm. 22 00:01:06,460 --> 00:01:08,100 It's time for us to switch it up. 23 00:01:08,130 --> 00:01:09,470 Keep 'em guessing. 24 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:11,270 Put a little twist on Vogue! 25 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:13,300 All right! 26 00:01:13,340 --> 00:01:17,770 The category is... Lofting. 27 00:01:17,810 --> 00:01:22,780 Yes, divas, I want to see all my banjee boys 28 00:01:22,810 --> 00:01:27,980 and all my tops serving trade to hit the floor 29 00:01:28,020 --> 00:01:30,290 and Vogue! 30 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:36,460 Come on, Shadow, giving us that signature line 31 00:01:36,490 --> 00:01:39,800 that the world knows as Vogue, 32 00:01:39,830 --> 00:01:42,800 but then he drops right into the banjee boy. 33 00:01:42,830 --> 00:01:44,146 Yeah, you don't know nothin' about that. 34 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:45,300 Uh-huh, uh-huh. 35 00:01:45,330 --> 00:01:46,800 Who's next? Who's next? 36 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,810 Ah... come on, Lemar Evangelis... 37 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,640 no, is it... yeah, uh, Wintour! 38 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,980 Lemar Wintour. You know, she a house hopper. 39 00:01:58,010 --> 00:01:59,650 She a house hopper, baby. 40 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,980 It's all good, though. You looking real banjee today. 41 00:02:02,020 --> 00:02:04,490 I got one thing to say, though. 42 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,660 That little shimmering earring will get you clocked. 43 00:02:07,690 --> 00:02:10,330 Darling, you've been warned. 44 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,160 You know I love you, girl. 45 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,000 Oh... Yes! 46 00:02:16,030 --> 00:02:21,840 Gravity Ebony certainly has his own laws 47 00:02:21,870 --> 00:02:23,340 of motion. 48 00:02:23,370 --> 00:02:27,580 And it's larger than the ocean. 49 00:02:29,380 --> 00:02:30,380 Ah, what?! 50 00:02:32,380 --> 00:02:36,850 Oh, that's for the young, hung, and full of what? 51 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:40,360 Ow! 52 00:02:42,390 --> 00:02:45,360 Oh, oh, the head, bitch. 53 00:02:45,390 --> 00:02:46,876 - He don't even have the cardboard! - I need him in my house. 54 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:48,200 No, are you done? 55 00:02:48,230 --> 00:02:52,240 He don't even need the cardboard, bitches! 56 00:02:52,270 --> 00:02:54,700 Tens across the board. 57 00:02:54,740 --> 00:02:58,410 Whew! Lord Jesus, y'all done wore me out on this evening. 58 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,740 Y'all done wore me out. If there's anybody else 59 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:02,750 who thinks they can top what we just seen... 60 00:03:02,780 --> 00:03:05,580 I don't think there is, but if you're bold enough to try, 61 00:03:05,610 --> 00:03:07,220 come on, the floor is all yours. 62 00:03:07,250 --> 00:03:10,390 Going once, going twice. 63 00:03:10,420 --> 00:03:13,720 Uh-huh, just as I suspected. 64 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,430 There ain't nobody, so the category is... ugh. 65 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,230 Oh, here we go. This bitch again. 66 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:27,240 What's happening? 67 00:03:27,270 --> 00:03:28,940 I can't with her. 68 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:51,090 Okay. 69 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:52,930 Okay, cut the music. 70 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,960 Please cut the music. 71 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:58,100 I have to say, bitch, 72 00:03:58,130 --> 00:03:59,440 you do have nerve. 73 00:03:59,470 --> 00:04:02,100 You really do have nerve, but what are you doing? 74 00:04:02,140 --> 00:04:03,770 I'm paying tribute to Madonna. 75 00:04:03,810 --> 00:04:05,610 The woman that put Vogue on the map. 76 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,780 Now put that music back on, bitch. 77 00:04:07,810 --> 00:04:09,950 The category is called Lofting. 78 00:04:09,980 --> 00:04:13,780 It is a dance category for actual dancers. 79 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:15,780 We've been down this road before. 80 00:04:15,820 --> 00:04:17,290 You are not a dancer, 81 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,460 you are not a Voguer, and quite frankly, 82 00:04:19,490 --> 00:04:21,790 I'm concerned about your health. 83 00:04:21,820 --> 00:04:24,160 Break dancing might burst that silicone. 84 00:04:24,190 --> 00:04:26,300 And you don't want to go back to that flat ass 85 00:04:26,330 --> 00:04:27,476 you used to have, now, do you? 86 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:28,660 Pray, that's fucked up. 87 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:31,300 Why you always reading me the riot act, Pray Tell? 88 00:04:31,330 --> 00:04:33,470 You go out of your way to put me down. 89 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:34,970 I don't have to put you down 90 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,470 when you're always in the bottom. 91 00:04:40,180 --> 00:04:44,150 You stood up there on your perch talking about "It's our time. 92 00:04:44,180 --> 00:04:46,150 "Our time to be seen. 93 00:04:46,180 --> 00:04:48,480 To show the world what we got." 94 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:49,990 - That's right. - Yes. 95 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:51,150 That's right. 96 00:04:51,190 --> 00:04:52,990 But in this room, you the only one 97 00:04:53,020 --> 00:04:55,690 that refuse to see that I got something to contribute. 98 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,990 I got heart. I got talent. 99 00:05:00,230 --> 00:05:02,830 I'm a star, just like Madonna. 100 00:05:08,870 --> 00:05:11,170 Okay. 101 00:05:11,210 --> 00:05:14,340 Judges, your scores. 102 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:18,010 Five. Five. 103 00:05:18,050 --> 00:05:19,380 Zero. 104 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:21,720 - Nobody gets a zero. - Six. 105 00:05:21,750 --> 00:05:24,850 Five. I don't know what to tell you, girl. 106 00:05:24,890 --> 00:05:26,360 The cards don't lie. 107 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:30,690 You gonna regret your words. 108 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:33,700 I'm a star. I know who I am. 109 00:05:33,730 --> 00:05:34,860 Yes, you are. 110 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:37,030 I am somebody. 111 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:40,040 Yes, you are. 112 00:05:40,070 --> 00:05:45,040 Okay, you go on ahead and be somebody, Miss Jesse Jackson. 113 00:05:45,070 --> 00:05:47,280 Just not on my floor. 114 00:05:49,410 --> 00:05:50,710 Music, please. 115 00:05:51,910 --> 00:05:54,220 ? I got the power ? 116 00:05:54,250 --> 00:05:56,550 Take a hike and don't ever come back. 117 00:05:56,590 --> 00:05:59,920 ? I got the power, power, power. ? 118 00:06:04,260 --> 00:06:07,230 The category is... 119 00:06:07,260 --> 00:06:09,930 Live... 120 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:12,070 Work... 121 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:15,100 Pose! 122 00:06:15,125 --> 00:06:21,462 CREDITS 123 00:06:39,130 --> 00:06:40,936 - You two are looking fierce. - All right, Nurse Debbie, 124 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,260 work it out. 125 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:44,100 Now, you may want to visit a mirror, 126 00:06:44,130 --> 00:06:46,770 perfect some of them moves, girl. 127 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,770 Sometimes I feel like God is playing a joke on us. 128 00:06:49,810 --> 00:06:51,616 We've been trying to break out into the mainstream for years, 129 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,780 and now she lets it happen in the middle of a plague. 130 00:06:53,810 --> 00:06:56,140 Yeah, and white folks just want a smile and a show. 131 00:06:56,180 --> 00:06:57,980 Not all but most. 132 00:06:58,010 --> 00:07:00,620 Well, that's why we got to do this AIDS Cabaret again. 133 00:07:00,650 --> 00:07:04,950 Give 'em a show but also spread awareness. 134 00:07:04,990 --> 00:07:06,490 Girl, that bitch was Voguing at us. 135 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,120 Been watching too much MTV. 136 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:10,290 I can't blame her, though. 137 00:07:10,330 --> 00:07:12,460 - I love that damn song. - Yes. 138 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:14,306 Which is why you have to come up and see what we're doing 139 00:07:14,330 --> 00:07:15,460 at the balls. 140 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:18,330 The crowds have been crazy, crazy packed. 141 00:07:18,370 --> 00:07:20,640 Which means everybody is on their "A" game. 142 00:07:20,670 --> 00:07:21,800 You and Wanda would love it. 143 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,810 I want to, but, you know, we're asleep 144 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,970 before you kids start putting on your makeup. 145 00:07:27,010 --> 00:07:28,686 Listen, I only have a 20-minute lunch break. 146 00:07:28,710 --> 00:07:30,980 - We got to get down to business. - Oh. 147 00:07:31,010 --> 00:07:32,310 So we're meeting in this hellhole 148 00:07:32,350 --> 00:07:33,980 because of your schedule, huh? 149 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:35,320 That's right, honey. 150 00:07:35,350 --> 00:07:36,820 All right. 151 00:07:36,850 --> 00:07:39,860 Well, I've been putting a lot of thought into it, 152 00:07:39,890 --> 00:07:41,990 and, after Lorna Luft's surprise appearance 153 00:07:42,020 --> 00:07:43,030 at last year's cabaret, 154 00:07:43,060 --> 00:07:46,030 we can expect much larger crowds, right? 155 00:07:46,060 --> 00:07:48,500 So I'm thinking maybe we start with a big group number. 156 00:07:48,530 --> 00:07:50,170 Get the energy going, and the crowd... 157 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,740 Pray, we're not here to talk about the AIDS Cabaret. 158 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,340 What? 159 00:07:57,370 --> 00:07:59,540 This isn't another intervention, is it? 160 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:01,510 I've been doing real good with my drinking. 161 00:08:01,540 --> 00:08:04,180 Blanca, may I? 162 00:08:04,210 --> 00:08:06,180 Yeah. 163 00:08:06,210 --> 00:08:08,020 This is Blanca's blood work. 164 00:08:08,050 --> 00:08:10,690 She's been on AZT, as you know, for a few weeks now, 165 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,360 and already we're starting to see her T cells climb. 166 00:08:14,390 --> 00:08:16,690 I told you a million times I'm not taking that toxic shit. 167 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:18,530 I don't trust it, I don't like it. 168 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:19,860 I ain't doing it. 169 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:22,530 Well, that was then, this is now. 170 00:08:22,570 --> 00:08:23,876 Blanca told me about that voodoo shit 171 00:08:23,900 --> 00:08:25,870 you were doing over the weekend. 172 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:28,540 Oh, did she, now? 173 00:08:28,570 --> 00:08:30,046 You skinny queens are gonna experience 174 00:08:30,070 --> 00:08:33,210 some fat bitch food tonight. 175 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,040 This is disgusting. 176 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,056 The guy at the yoga center said eating a pound of butter 177 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,880 every day with some mineral oil 178 00:08:38,910 --> 00:08:40,880 can help lower an HIV viral load 179 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,050 by flushing the virus from the gut. 180 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:44,890 This guy said a pound. 181 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,060 Bitch, don't act like you didn't use a pound last night. 182 00:08:48,090 --> 00:08:49,090 Don't act new. 183 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,600 All right. 184 00:08:53,630 --> 00:08:59,070 Bon... apé... tit. 185 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:01,240 My pilot light was broken, 186 00:09:01,270 --> 00:09:03,570 I needed Blanca's stove, 187 00:09:03,610 --> 00:09:05,410 and it wasn't none of her business 188 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,910 to be telling you nothing. 189 00:09:07,940 --> 00:09:09,950 If you're willing to eat a pound of butter a day, 190 00:09:09,980 --> 00:09:12,080 it's obvious that you're investing 191 00:09:12,110 --> 00:09:13,580 in improving your numbers. 192 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:16,080 Why won't you go on AZT? 193 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,450 Because I prefer a more holistic approach. 194 00:09:19,490 --> 00:09:22,260 That shit ain't gonna work. Your numbers are dropping. 195 00:09:22,290 --> 00:09:24,630 Mine ain't that low. 196 00:09:24,660 --> 00:09:28,100 I really, really don't appreciate y'all 197 00:09:28,130 --> 00:09:29,600 talking down to me like this. 198 00:09:29,630 --> 00:09:33,770 Can I not just enjoy my life for one minute? 199 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:34,800 Just one! 200 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:39,440 Pray, we want more moments with you, that's all. 201 00:09:39,470 --> 00:09:41,440 We're doing it because we love you. 202 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,450 Find another way to love me! 203 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,310 Please find another way. 204 00:09:50,650 --> 00:09:55,790 Now, if you'll excuse me... I need to go 205 00:09:55,820 --> 00:09:58,790 and resuscitate what's left of my good mood 206 00:09:58,830 --> 00:10:00,460 that y'all just killed. 207 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:02,830 I have a life to live. 208 00:10:22,380 --> 00:10:24,320 Hear ye, hear ye. 209 00:10:24,350 --> 00:10:26,496 Now that we have all ordered our grand slam breakfasts, 210 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,820 it's time for the first bi-monthly. 211 00:10:28,860 --> 00:10:33,000 Masters of Ceremony Council to officially begin. 212 00:10:33,030 --> 00:10:36,500 Manhattan, as our secretary, you will read us the agenda. 213 00:10:36,530 --> 00:10:39,670 So please tell us what we all dragged ourselves out of bed 214 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:41,340 to talk about this morning. 215 00:10:41,370 --> 00:10:42,846 We need to find a way to get these bitches 216 00:10:42,870 --> 00:10:44,340 to pay up their dues and donations. 217 00:10:44,370 --> 00:10:45,716 Those trophies don't buy themselves. 218 00:10:45,740 --> 00:10:47,180 I know that's right. 219 00:10:47,210 --> 00:10:49,356 And the moments of silence for individual brothers and sisters 220 00:10:49,380 --> 00:10:50,510 is getting out of hand. 221 00:10:50,550 --> 00:10:53,020 We need to vote on just one moment 222 00:10:53,050 --> 00:10:54,856 for the ones we've lost at the beginning of each ball 223 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,050 to save time. 224 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,350 It's come to that? Jesus. 225 00:10:58,390 --> 00:11:01,720 And on a lighter note, we need to discuss Madonna. 226 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:02,730 - Ah... - The queen. 227 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,730 She's putting so many new eyes on our scene. 228 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,030 We need to be prepared. 229 00:11:07,060 --> 00:11:08,360 Which is why I've been saying 230 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,200 we need to vote on a new modern category. 231 00:11:10,230 --> 00:11:11,370 Agreed. 232 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,700 Some of these categories are from 1973. 233 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:16,200 Yeah, but we got to be careful, protective. 234 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:17,370 Remember who this is for. 235 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:19,240 - Yeah. - Us. 236 00:11:19,270 --> 00:11:20,380 Our community. 237 00:11:20,410 --> 00:11:21,416 We are not a tourist attraction. 238 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:22,880 No, we're not. 239 00:11:22,910 --> 00:11:26,380 Our greatest asset is our authenticity. 240 00:11:26,410 --> 00:11:29,050 One of the children suggested we add a lip-synch category. 241 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,390 Ah, ah, ah. I'm shutting that shit down right now. 242 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:35,220 If they want to go do that, they can go on down to the Village 243 00:11:35,260 --> 00:11:37,890 to one of them gay bars and pretend to be Patti LaBelle 244 00:11:37,930 --> 00:11:39,900 for all them white boys in their blue jeans. 245 00:11:39,930 --> 00:11:42,260 Yes. Okay, downtown. 246 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:44,570 - All the way downtown. - What is real 247 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,600 about flapping your jaw to a cassette tape? 248 00:11:46,630 --> 00:11:48,770 - Okay? - That is not how you do a ball. 249 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,240 - Mm-hmm. - It's how you do ventriloquism. 250 00:11:52,610 --> 00:11:55,110 Bullshit. 251 00:11:56,950 --> 00:12:00,080 Well, well, well, if it ain't the dummy herself. 252 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,620 Did you follow me here, Carmen Sandiego? 253 00:12:02,650 --> 00:12:04,620 No. A little birdie told me 254 00:12:04,650 --> 00:12:06,760 that the council was meeting this morning. 255 00:12:06,790 --> 00:12:09,260 And everybody knows that this is where you bottoms brunch. 256 00:12:09,290 --> 00:12:12,290 Listen. I heard y'all was gonna be talking about new categories, 257 00:12:12,330 --> 00:12:14,800 and I just wanted to be here in the flesh to state my case 258 00:12:14,830 --> 00:12:16,930 before you girls end my dreams. 259 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:18,476 Candy, please don't do this to me today. 260 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:20,970 My patience is as thin as your wallet. 261 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,276 Candy, what is your problem, girl? 262 00:12:22,300 --> 00:12:23,270 You snag trophies every time 263 00:12:23,310 --> 00:12:25,140 you walk the face category. 264 00:12:28,310 --> 00:12:30,110 It's not just about winning. 265 00:12:30,150 --> 00:12:32,650 It's about getting seen. 266 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:35,120 And I clocked Junior Vasquez at the ball the other night. 267 00:12:35,150 --> 00:12:36,450 Who that? 268 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,620 Girl, is you asleep at the wheel? 269 00:12:38,650 --> 00:12:40,820 It's only the biggest DJ in New York. 270 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:43,290 And you said it yourself, Pray Tell. 271 00:12:43,330 --> 00:12:44,990 The eyes of the world are on us. 272 00:12:45,030 --> 00:12:47,000 And I need to catch that gaze. You hear me? 273 00:12:47,030 --> 00:12:48,460 I'm a performer. 274 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:50,000 A star. So why don't we just come up 275 00:12:50,030 --> 00:12:52,970 with some categories so we can show that off? 276 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,640 So, would you like us to put a pole in the middle of the room 277 00:12:56,670 --> 00:12:59,980 - so you can show us all your hidden talents? - Ooh! 278 00:13:00,010 --> 00:13:02,810 Lip-synching is the future. 279 00:13:02,850 --> 00:13:05,810 Girls are making serious coin in those downtown bars. 280 00:13:05,850 --> 00:13:07,680 Okay, this is not The Gong Show. 281 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,820 This is not Puttin' on the Hits. 282 00:13:09,850 --> 00:13:12,990 You are relentless, Candy, I'll give you that. 283 00:13:13,020 --> 00:13:14,820 And I admire it, but I suggest 284 00:13:14,860 --> 00:13:17,160 that you take this energy somewhere else, 285 00:13:17,190 --> 00:13:20,000 because I will never bring this category up for a vote. 286 00:13:20,030 --> 00:13:21,660 Motion denied. 287 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:23,500 - Oh... - Done. -Yeah. 288 00:13:23,530 --> 00:13:25,370 How about that? 289 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:26,500 Oh! 290 00:13:26,530 --> 00:13:28,340 Why can't you take me seriously, Pray Tell? 291 00:13:28,370 --> 00:13:31,540 What are you gonna do? Stab me in broad daylight?! 292 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:35,040 Do it, bitch. 293 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,350 You ain't seen the last of me. 294 00:13:43,220 --> 00:13:45,220 Enjoy your meeting. 295 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:53,700 She's... 296 00:13:53,730 --> 00:13:55,530 Motherfucker. 297 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:57,230 Yeah, I'm done. 298 00:13:58,900 --> 00:14:01,040 I assume she's a Scorpio. 299 00:14:04,070 --> 00:14:09,580 Ah, the category is Higher than Heaven. 300 00:14:09,610 --> 00:14:14,220 This is an avant-garde fashion category. 301 00:14:14,250 --> 00:14:17,720 You bitches best not waste my time now. 302 00:14:17,750 --> 00:14:22,760 Because I'm looking for innovative experimentation. 303 00:14:22,790 --> 00:14:25,730 Oh, come on, girl. 304 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,730 Oh, give me that little shimmy. 305 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,570 Look at you there, like you just fell 306 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,570 into a vat of powdered doughnuts face-first! 307 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,400 I ain't mad at you, bitch! 308 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:36,740 Judges, your score! 309 00:14:36,770 --> 00:14:39,110 Wow, work it out! 310 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,580 And what have we here? 311 00:14:42,610 --> 00:14:48,080 Swirling around in intergalactic splendor, bitch. 312 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,950 Like you going to a party at the Jetsons' house, baby. 313 00:14:50,990 --> 00:14:52,590 Mm-hmm. 314 00:14:52,620 --> 00:14:54,460 Yes. Give me the... ooh. Ba-boo, boo, boo. 315 00:14:54,490 --> 00:14:56,090 Give me the scores, y'all. 316 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:57,930 Uh-huh. 317 00:15:00,130 --> 00:15:01,930 Oh, shit. 318 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,330 All right, Kiki, I see you. 319 00:15:05,630 --> 00:15:08,440 Oh, shit! 320 00:15:08,470 --> 00:15:10,770 I see your new piece of trade works at the pet store, 321 00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:11,810 don't he? 322 00:15:14,980 --> 00:15:17,650 It's for birds, real fucking birds, bitch! 323 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,620 Yes. Judges, your score? 324 00:15:20,650 --> 00:15:22,280 Ten, ten, ten, ten, ten. 325 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,150 Come on and get... Well, I don't know 326 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:25,790 that you can pick up your trophy, 327 00:15:25,820 --> 00:15:27,790 'cause you ain't got no arms, bitch. 328 00:15:27,820 --> 00:15:29,990 What you gonna do? 329 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:32,506 - Yo, can we have some birds at the house? - No, we not doing all that. 330 00:15:32,530 --> 00:15:34,306 - I want some birds at the house. - Come with me. 331 00:15:34,330 --> 00:15:35,500 - What? - It's important. 332 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:39,630 - ? Hold on. ? - It's Candy. 333 00:15:39,670 --> 00:15:42,670 She missed her last two shifts at the club. 334 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:45,040 And she hasn't come home yet. 335 00:15:47,340 --> 00:15:50,680 That's not like her, not to check in with me after. 336 00:15:50,710 --> 00:15:52,310 After what? 337 00:15:52,350 --> 00:15:55,650 Being a mother's expensive, Blanca. 338 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,150 W-We've been tight on cash, and... 339 00:15:59,190 --> 00:16:00,820 to make ends meet, 340 00:16:00,860 --> 00:16:02,860 she been taking tricks down at the motel on Grant. 341 00:16:02,890 --> 00:16:05,830 - You know that's not safe. - I told her not to, Blanca. 342 00:16:05,860 --> 00:16:09,030 But y'all know Candy. 343 00:16:09,060 --> 00:16:11,170 She gonna do what she want to do. 344 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,000 Well, did you go to the motel and see if she was there? 345 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,700 No. 346 00:16:19,540 --> 00:16:22,340 Blanca... 347 00:16:22,380 --> 00:16:24,880 Blanca, I don't want to go alone. 348 00:16:26,710 --> 00:16:28,720 Come on, let's go. 349 00:16:52,740 --> 00:16:56,240 Hi. We're looking for a girl named Candy. 350 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,380 We get a lot of girls in here. 351 00:16:58,410 --> 00:17:00,250 Here. 352 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,280 This is her picture. Please. 353 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:05,890 Girl, tell him about the vanity. 354 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,060 She told me on numerous occasions she always asked 355 00:17:08,090 --> 00:17:10,060 for room 44 'cause it has a vanity in it. 356 00:17:10,090 --> 00:17:12,230 Do you see the sign out front? 357 00:17:12,260 --> 00:17:14,400 We rent rooms by the hour. 358 00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:16,930 People are coming in and out of here like Grand Central. 359 00:17:25,940 --> 00:17:27,580 Wait, someone's still in room 44. 360 00:17:27,610 --> 00:17:29,580 Can we knock and just see if it's her? 361 00:17:29,610 --> 00:17:31,250 - Fuck that, and fuck you. - Look, 362 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,580 - just do your fucking job, please. - Lulu, stop. 363 00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:36,250 - Okay. - Listen... 364 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,750 Here's my home phone number. 365 00:17:38,790 --> 00:17:40,266 We'll leave it here with a picture of Candy. 366 00:17:40,290 --> 00:17:43,630 If you hear anything, please just... 367 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:47,160 just please call me. 368 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:54,300 Come on, Lulu. 369 00:17:57,340 --> 00:18:00,110 This is all we gonna have for Friday night dinner? 370 00:18:00,140 --> 00:18:01,486 Friday night dinner is canceled this week. 371 00:18:01,510 --> 00:18:04,450 All hands on deck to look for Candy. 372 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,110 Okay, so I'll search the west side pier. 373 00:18:06,150 --> 00:18:07,980 - And Pray and I will go to Harlem. - Yeah. 374 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:09,480 Angel, you stake out the club. 375 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:10,796 Oh, yo, I'll do that with her, too. 376 00:18:10,820 --> 00:18:12,796 I'm sure you would love to do that, but you're on phone duty. 377 00:18:12,820 --> 00:18:14,660 Call in every hour so we can coordinate. 378 00:18:14,690 --> 00:18:17,630 No one sleeps tonight until we find her. 379 00:18:17,660 --> 00:18:21,130 She might not have been in our house, but she's our sister. 380 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,000 Please. 381 00:18:23,030 --> 00:18:25,030 Allow me. 382 00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:30,310 Hello? 383 00:18:30,340 --> 00:18:33,510 Ma, it's for you. 384 00:18:45,020 --> 00:18:47,050 Hello? 385 00:18:52,690 --> 00:18:55,200 This is Blanca. 386 00:19:04,870 --> 00:19:07,880 That's her. 387 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,860 - Hey. - Hey, girl. Come in. Let's... 388 00:19:25,890 --> 00:19:27,400 - We got to talk. - What is it? 389 00:19:27,430 --> 00:19:29,230 - Did you find Candy? - Let's just wait 390 00:19:29,260 --> 00:19:31,870 - until Elektra gets... - Tell me now, please. 391 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:34,570 Candy's not coming home. 392 00:19:36,070 --> 00:19:38,040 What do you mean? 393 00:19:38,070 --> 00:19:41,610 Listen, I don't know how to say this. I just got the call. 394 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,080 Candy's dead. 395 00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:49,880 What? 396 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,290 That's not possible. 397 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,290 I just talked to her two days ago. 398 00:19:59,090 --> 00:20:01,100 No... 399 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:07,900 She was just making plans for the future. 400 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:09,940 I know. 401 00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:19,650 Blanca. 402 00:20:22,620 --> 00:20:24,120 No. 403 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,600 Thank you, Mother. 404 00:20:43,340 --> 00:20:47,010 I need you to tell me what happened, please. 405 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:55,120 I got a call from the motel manager. 406 00:20:55,150 --> 00:20:57,120 He said after we left, he was curious 407 00:20:57,150 --> 00:20:58,950 about what was happening in those rooms. 408 00:20:58,990 --> 00:21:02,120 So the maid went into the room to clean it. 409 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:03,690 Housekeeping. 410 00:21:40,860 --> 00:21:44,500 They found Candy's body dead in the closet. 411 00:21:47,370 --> 00:21:49,040 Oh, God. 412 00:21:53,740 --> 00:21:56,540 - Do they know who did it, Blanca? - No. 413 00:21:57,550 --> 00:21:59,510 But they are looking. 414 00:21:59,550 --> 00:22:03,020 The NYPD doesn't care about a murdered transsexual. 415 00:22:03,050 --> 00:22:06,190 We've never been treated with respect or dignity. 416 00:22:06,220 --> 00:22:09,020 Candy's death isn't any different. 417 00:22:09,060 --> 00:22:10,560 Well, it should be. 418 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,530 Especially to us. 419 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,870 No matter what, she was our sister. 420 00:22:18,900 --> 00:22:21,040 What is it, May? 421 00:22:21,070 --> 00:22:24,240 And 11 girls have been killed this year. 422 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:34,220 We just keep sitting around here, looking all sad. 423 00:22:34,250 --> 00:22:36,550 We're letting it happen. 424 00:22:36,580 --> 00:22:38,720 Candy would've wanted us to fight. 425 00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:41,560 Okay? She would've wanted us to stand up 426 00:22:41,590 --> 00:22:43,560 and say this is fucked up. 427 00:22:43,590 --> 00:22:46,230 She would have wanted us to honor her memory. 428 00:22:46,260 --> 00:22:48,060 So, then what do we do, Elektra? 429 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:51,100 We plan a celebration of her life. 430 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:54,270 But we got to get her body from the morgue. 431 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,770 And I just don't know how to do that. 432 00:22:57,810 --> 00:23:00,070 None of us are her blood relatives. 433 00:23:00,110 --> 00:23:01,780 You and I will handle that. 434 00:23:01,810 --> 00:23:04,910 Angel, you get a hold of Candy's parents. 435 00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:07,780 Let them know what happened. 436 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:10,950 We're going to make it through this. 437 00:23:10,990 --> 00:23:13,090 I promise you. 438 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:15,120 I work on the eighth floor. 439 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,920 You used to date my coworker Jeff. 440 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,630 You broke his heart, actually. 441 00:23:18,660 --> 00:23:20,430 He wouldn't stop talking about you. 442 00:23:20,460 --> 00:23:22,960 Is that what he said? 443 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,470 Yes, but that's really not what this is about. 444 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,800 Listen, I'm gay, you're gay. 445 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,310 We're all dancing under the same fucking rainbow. 446 00:23:33,340 --> 00:23:35,310 - We need your help. - I'm sorry for your loss, 447 00:23:35,340 --> 00:23:38,310 but you're asking me to break the law. 448 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,620 Okay, l-let me put it to you in a different way. 449 00:23:43,650 --> 00:23:46,620 Let's say things had worked out between you and Jeff, 450 00:23:46,650 --> 00:23:47,960 and you'd gotten married. 451 00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:50,830 And after 30 years of bliss, he dies on you. 452 00:23:50,860 --> 00:23:54,460 According to the law, you'd have no right to claim his body. 453 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:56,136 Or his crazy family could have blocked you 454 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,970 from entering his hospital room in his final days. 455 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,340 That would be fucked up, wouldn't it? 456 00:24:01,370 --> 00:24:03,470 Yes, it would. 457 00:24:03,510 --> 00:24:05,810 Well, we have the same situation here. 458 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,810 Blanca and Elektra are Candy's family, 459 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,680 and I need you to release her body to them 460 00:24:11,710 --> 00:24:14,020 so we can give this girl a proper funeral. 461 00:24:14,050 --> 00:24:16,680 I'll take the fall for whatever happens. 462 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,850 Just, please give us a break. 463 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:30,160 Write down the address 464 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,170 of the funeral parlor you'd like to use. 465 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,200 I'll send her there. 466 00:24:43,210 --> 00:24:45,180 Where's Lulu? 467 00:24:45,210 --> 00:24:47,380 She can't take it. She can't see her this way. 468 00:24:47,410 --> 00:24:49,680 You think she blames herself for getting Candy that job? 469 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,020 I don't know. 470 00:24:51,050 --> 00:24:52,550 I never understood that one. 471 00:24:52,590 --> 00:24:55,220 She always walked in Candy's shadow. 472 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,376 I embalmed her myself. No charge. She had been here 473 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,540 almost every week these past few months 474 00:25:07,570 --> 00:25:10,570 paying respects to so many friends. 475 00:25:10,610 --> 00:25:14,380 She would always take the time to greet me by my name. 476 00:25:14,410 --> 00:25:16,410 I appreciated that. 477 00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:27,590 I'll give you some time. 478 00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:33,730 Oh, no, no, no, no, no. 479 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,230 That makeup is tore up from the floor up. 480 00:25:36,260 --> 00:25:38,070 What the hell is with that church lady wig? 481 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:39,230 Even I wouldn't wear that. 482 00:25:39,270 --> 00:25:40,446 We can't let her go in the ground 483 00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:42,740 looking like my Aunt Carol. 484 00:25:42,770 --> 00:25:44,416 She will come back and haunt us to the end of our days. 485 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,440 We have to do something about this. 486 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,080 Ladies, empty your purses. 487 00:25:52,110 --> 00:25:54,450 We have two hours. 488 00:26:05,790 --> 00:26:07,930 They couldn't even acknowledge her 489 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:09,100 as their daughter. 490 00:26:09,130 --> 00:26:11,270 - I feel like I failed her. - No. 491 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:13,940 Don't you go blaming yourself for their faults. 492 00:26:13,970 --> 00:26:16,970 I had one final obligation for Candy, 493 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,610 and I couldn't even do that. 494 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,270 Shit. 495 00:26:20,310 --> 00:26:22,280 Lulu ain't even show up. 496 00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:24,450 Grieving is tricky, baby. 497 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,450 We all deal with loss differently. 498 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,150 She'll find her way. 499 00:26:31,150 --> 00:26:34,120 You must be kind to yourself today. 500 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,620 Besides, look how many people 501 00:26:36,660 --> 00:26:38,460 - showed up for Candy. - Right. 502 00:26:38,490 --> 00:26:40,630 This is her family. We were real to her. 503 00:26:40,660 --> 00:26:42,030 Trust. 504 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,170 Now I'm-a go get this thing started. 505 00:26:48,170 --> 00:26:49,300 Hey, y'all. 506 00:26:49,340 --> 00:26:50,500 Hey. 507 00:26:51,670 --> 00:26:53,140 How's she doing? 508 00:26:53,170 --> 00:26:55,310 As best she can. 509 00:26:55,340 --> 00:26:57,140 How you holding up, hon? 510 00:26:57,180 --> 00:26:58,350 I'm all right. 511 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,180 Okay. 512 00:27:03,220 --> 00:27:05,490 I think it's time. 513 00:27:47,230 --> 00:27:51,230 So, I'm not gonna stand up here and lie to y'all today. 514 00:27:52,730 --> 00:27:54,740 Miss Candy... 515 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,370 She was a pain in my goddamn black ass. 516 00:28:02,610 --> 00:28:04,580 Y'all know what I'm talking about. 517 00:28:05,780 --> 00:28:07,380 We didn't always see eye to eye, 518 00:28:07,410 --> 00:28:09,920 but she was still my sister. 519 00:28:09,950 --> 00:28:13,590 Like you all are my sisters 520 00:28:13,620 --> 00:28:16,890 and my siblings and my children. 521 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,760 My cousins. 522 00:28:20,090 --> 00:28:22,600 Y'all know family don't always get along. 523 00:28:26,470 --> 00:28:28,470 It's all right. 524 00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:34,410 You know, I was... 525 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,410 I was sitting in this very room, what? 526 00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:40,410 Maybe a couple months ago... 527 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,750 at another memorial 528 00:28:45,790 --> 00:28:50,260 saying farewell to yet another friend. 529 00:28:50,290 --> 00:28:52,260 And I overheard Miss Candy say 530 00:28:52,290 --> 00:28:55,460 that funerals were a waste. 531 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:57,630 She said they were a waste because... 532 00:28:57,660 --> 00:29:00,100 "only the living get to partake." 533 00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:05,440 The departed are just propped up for viewing. 534 00:29:05,470 --> 00:29:06,786 - Mm-hmm. - You know that's right. 535 00:29:06,810 --> 00:29:10,780 Unable to see who showed up. 536 00:29:10,810 --> 00:29:12,980 Unable to hear who cried out. 537 00:29:13,010 --> 00:29:15,620 Unable to respond, 538 00:29:15,650 --> 00:29:19,650 to speak their final truths. 539 00:29:25,030 --> 00:29:29,660 We all have so much... 540 00:29:31,030 --> 00:29:32,630 that we want to say to her 541 00:29:32,670 --> 00:29:36,670 that will have to remain unspoken. 542 00:29:38,340 --> 00:29:42,680 We will never again get the opportunity to... 543 00:29:42,710 --> 00:29:45,810 tell her what she meant to us, 544 00:29:45,850 --> 00:29:49,480 to thank her for what she gave us, 545 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,820 and to give her the grandest, 546 00:29:51,850 --> 00:29:53,820 shiniest motherfucking trophy 547 00:29:53,860 --> 00:29:57,320 for her contribution to our community! 548 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,860 Yes, sir. 549 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:11,510 But unfinished business is the burden of the living. 550 00:30:11,540 --> 00:30:14,210 We are charged 551 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:15,680 to continue on, 552 00:30:15,710 --> 00:30:17,380 living through this tragedy 553 00:30:17,410 --> 00:30:20,010 so that we can fight our hardest 554 00:30:20,050 --> 00:30:22,680 to protect our sisters from the hands 555 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,190 of men who are weak! 556 00:30:25,220 --> 00:30:27,860 Who are afraid 557 00:30:27,890 --> 00:30:30,560 to deal with their desires. 558 00:30:32,590 --> 00:30:35,530 Today we mourn. 559 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,870 But tomorrow we stand firmly together, 560 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:40,730 never losing sight 561 00:30:40,770 --> 00:30:42,400 of who we truly are. 562 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,370 Yes, sir. 563 00:30:44,410 --> 00:30:46,410 Goddamn right. 564 00:30:49,410 --> 00:30:52,380 Now... 565 00:30:52,410 --> 00:30:56,380 let us take a moment of silence 566 00:30:56,420 --> 00:31:00,050 for our dearly departed, 567 00:31:00,090 --> 00:31:04,430 taken too soon sister... 568 00:31:06,430 --> 00:31:09,100 Miss Candy Ferocity. 569 00:31:45,130 --> 00:31:47,130 I forgive you. 570 00:31:49,970 --> 00:31:51,470 That's right, bitch. 571 00:31:53,140 --> 00:31:55,310 I said I forgive you. 572 00:32:01,150 --> 00:32:03,120 You need to know 573 00:32:03,150 --> 00:32:06,620 I was a forgiving woman. 574 00:32:06,650 --> 00:32:08,290 How the fuck else you think I dealt 575 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,460 with all the backstabbers in this world? 576 00:32:10,490 --> 00:32:12,160 A woman's got to forgive. 577 00:32:12,190 --> 00:32:16,000 Otherwise, her complexion gets all hazy. 578 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,330 Least I died beautiful. 579 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:22,640 Not that you ever noticed. 580 00:32:22,670 --> 00:32:24,810 I collected the finest trade 581 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:29,010 that Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx had to offer. 582 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,010 But you? 583 00:32:31,050 --> 00:32:33,650 I never once impressed you. 584 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,320 Why? 585 00:32:35,350 --> 00:32:37,820 Why were you such an asshole to me? 586 00:32:37,850 --> 00:32:39,990 You gave plenty of other people breaks 587 00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:42,020 when they didn't deserve it. 588 00:32:45,030 --> 00:32:47,490 Maybe... 589 00:32:47,530 --> 00:32:50,030 Maybe I didn't want to look at you. 590 00:32:50,060 --> 00:32:53,700 You are unapologetic, 591 00:32:53,730 --> 00:32:57,040 loud, black, femme. 592 00:32:57,070 --> 00:32:59,710 All the things I try to hide about myself 593 00:32:59,740 --> 00:33:02,180 when I go out into the real world. 594 00:33:02,210 --> 00:33:04,850 You are all of them. 595 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,710 I guess... 596 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,350 in a way, I was just trying to protect you. 597 00:33:11,390 --> 00:33:14,890 What good is everyone's opinions when you're gone? 598 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,190 I'm a free bird now. 599 00:33:19,230 --> 00:33:21,200 No regrets. 600 00:33:21,230 --> 00:33:23,230 That. 601 00:33:23,260 --> 00:33:25,700 I was jealous of that bravery. 602 00:33:25,730 --> 00:33:28,540 I never had a choice to hide who I was. 603 00:33:28,570 --> 00:33:31,710 My loudness walked into the room before I did. 604 00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:35,110 - Not a damn thing I could do about that. 605 00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:41,550 Maybe you're just doing what you got to do to stay alive. 606 00:33:41,580 --> 00:33:44,050 Maybe. 607 00:33:44,090 --> 00:33:46,550 I'll tell you what. 608 00:33:46,590 --> 00:33:49,560 It's gonna be a sad, lonely life 609 00:33:49,590 --> 00:33:52,560 at those balls without me. 610 00:33:52,590 --> 00:33:55,230 You know I would have killed that lip-synch category, 611 00:33:55,260 --> 00:33:57,260 - you bitch. - Yeah. 612 00:33:57,300 --> 00:34:00,130 Yes, you would, girl. 613 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,570 Pray. 614 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,270 Pray. 615 00:34:05,310 --> 00:34:06,770 Get on with it. 616 00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:18,750 Okay. 617 00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:20,590 Thank you. 618 00:34:20,620 --> 00:34:23,260 Thank you. So, y'all know 619 00:34:23,290 --> 00:34:25,106 that Candy wouldn't want us to drag this shit out, 620 00:34:25,130 --> 00:34:27,590 so let's keep it moving. 621 00:34:27,630 --> 00:34:29,760 I understand 622 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,970 that people have different ways of mourning and grieving, 623 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,140 so if you have something 624 00:34:35,170 --> 00:34:37,940 that you want to share or say, 625 00:34:37,970 --> 00:34:42,140 please come up here and express yourselves. 626 00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:45,650 We are all here to love and support each other. 627 00:34:57,820 --> 00:35:00,660 I don't even know what to say. 628 00:35:05,170 --> 00:35:07,970 This could've been me in there. 629 00:35:11,340 --> 00:35:13,840 Why you? 630 00:35:16,340 --> 00:35:19,010 Wh-Why not me? 631 00:35:25,020 --> 00:35:28,490 This needs to be a reminder to you 632 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,060 to reach for something more than a quick coin. 633 00:35:32,190 --> 00:35:34,030 But I'm not doing that no more. 634 00:35:34,060 --> 00:35:36,660 But I can see you holding those piers in your back pocket 635 00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:39,200 in case this modeling thing falls through. 636 00:35:39,230 --> 00:35:43,170 - But we not allowed in that world. - Stop doubting yourself. 637 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,840 You right. You the first, 638 00:35:45,870 --> 00:35:47,510 the best of us. 639 00:35:47,540 --> 00:35:50,340 Who better than you, bitch? 640 00:35:50,380 --> 00:35:53,710 You gon' crack that door wide open for girls like us. 641 00:35:53,750 --> 00:35:56,880 That is your duty. 642 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,690 I better not see you back at those tollbooths, neither. 643 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:01,520 - No. - Unless you want me 644 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,560 - haunting you from the depths of hell. - No. 645 00:36:03,590 --> 00:36:07,390 I'm gonna miss you, Candy. 646 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,400 Don't waste your time missing me. 647 00:36:13,430 --> 00:36:16,370 Spend that energy on a Candy girl out there. 648 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,410 Beautify her in my stunning image. 649 00:36:20,740 --> 00:36:24,550 Oh, and thanks for trying with my parents. 650 00:36:24,580 --> 00:36:26,580 You did right by me, sis. 651 00:36:39,090 --> 00:36:41,260 Angel? 652 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,600 Lulu? 653 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,600 I didn't think you were coming. 654 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,410 I'm not staying. 655 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,580 I can't see her like that. 656 00:36:55,610 --> 00:36:57,610 Laid in some box with a bad beat. 657 00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:59,780 It's not how I want to remember her. 658 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,120 Lulu. 659 00:37:10,290 --> 00:37:12,630 You choose how you want to remember her. 660 00:37:12,660 --> 00:37:15,100 This is just the moment. 661 00:37:15,130 --> 00:37:18,630 Y'all have had thousands of memories together. 662 00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:20,600 Yeah. 663 00:37:20,630 --> 00:37:24,310 And it's the bad ones that always play in my head. 664 00:37:35,150 --> 00:37:37,680 But... but don't you want to say goodbye? 665 00:37:39,150 --> 00:37:41,320 I'm so scared. 666 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,460 Me, too. 667 00:37:44,490 --> 00:37:46,790 But, Lulu, the regret 668 00:37:46,830 --> 00:37:50,300 that's gonna come over you tomorrow is gonna be unbearable. 669 00:37:50,330 --> 00:37:52,330 Trust me. 670 00:38:01,010 --> 00:38:02,980 Seat taken? 671 00:38:03,010 --> 00:38:05,810 Go ahead. 672 00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:09,150 Any more luck getting through that thick skull of Pray Tell's? 673 00:38:09,180 --> 00:38:11,990 He won't budge, and I'm getting worried. 674 00:38:12,020 --> 00:38:13,320 He'll never admit to this, 675 00:38:13,350 --> 00:38:14,990 but I can tell he's lost a little weight, 676 00:38:15,020 --> 00:38:16,496 and he's been drinking coffee day and night 677 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:17,990 just to get his energy up. 678 00:38:18,020 --> 00:38:20,160 I don't know what to do. 679 00:38:20,190 --> 00:38:22,330 Well, you can't do anything. 680 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,160 It's up to him. 681 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,670 Excuse me. Will you two magpies 682 00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:27,330 take your chitchat somewhere else? 683 00:38:27,370 --> 00:38:29,670 Some of us are trying to be respectful. 684 00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:32,040 Oh. Excuse me. 685 00:38:32,070 --> 00:38:33,510 Don't even worry about her. 686 00:38:33,540 --> 00:38:35,080 That's how she is. 687 00:39:06,070 --> 00:39:09,710 Girl, I can't believe you're gone. 688 00:39:09,740 --> 00:39:12,380 Now I have to run this house by myself. 689 00:39:12,410 --> 00:39:15,750 You know I can't rely on these girls for nothing. 690 00:39:15,780 --> 00:39:18,050 I'm gonna miss your crazy ass. 691 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,590 You were a... 692 00:39:19,620 --> 00:39:22,920 You were a thieving bitch! 693 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,560 That's my brooch! 694 00:39:24,590 --> 00:39:26,560 You convinced me Florida probably stole it. 695 00:39:26,590 --> 00:39:30,430 You stole my style, my ideas, and my gloves! 696 00:39:30,460 --> 00:39:32,400 Is she taking her gloves?! 697 00:39:33,430 --> 00:39:35,440 That's my motherfucking hat! 698 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,070 Lulu, stop, stop, stop, stop... 699 00:39:40,970 --> 00:39:43,740 Get the fuck off of me! 700 00:39:45,450 --> 00:39:46,910 Get the fuck out of my way. 701 00:39:46,950 --> 00:39:48,950 - Oh. - Uh-uh. 702 00:39:52,490 --> 00:39:56,120 I'm not coming to no family reunions. 703 00:40:19,810 --> 00:40:21,280 They gonna be talking 704 00:40:21,310 --> 00:40:24,620 about this funeral for years now. 705 00:40:24,650 --> 00:40:28,620 You know half the shit you took off me wasn't even yours. 706 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:31,120 It seemed like a waste to bury it with you. 707 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,290 True. 708 00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:37,300 I was dying of boredom from all those crocodile tears over me. 709 00:40:37,330 --> 00:40:39,170 None of those people could stand 710 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,470 to give me one kind word when I was alive. 711 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,510 At least you was honest. 712 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,510 I know why it was hard for you in there. 713 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,650 You never liked me neither. 714 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,180 And why should I? 715 00:41:00,690 --> 00:41:02,660 Yeah, we could do some damage 716 00:41:02,690 --> 00:41:04,990 when we set our eyes on someone. 717 00:41:05,030 --> 00:41:07,030 We could talk some shit. 718 00:41:07,060 --> 00:41:08,860 But you and me... 719 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:11,830 We wasn't no Laverne and motherfucking Shirley. 720 00:41:11,870 --> 00:41:14,000 When did you ever show me kindness? 721 00:41:14,030 --> 00:41:16,670 I was your accessory, and you resented me 722 00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:19,170 because I was light-skinned and thick. 723 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:21,240 And I played my strengths at the balls. 724 00:41:25,050 --> 00:41:27,010 It wasn't that bad. 725 00:41:27,050 --> 00:41:29,020 Yes, it was. 726 00:41:29,050 --> 00:41:30,380 Come on. 727 00:41:30,420 --> 00:41:32,020 Remember that time 728 00:41:32,050 --> 00:41:36,020 we stole that giant down coat from Bloomingdale's? 729 00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:38,020 And went to the A&P and walked out 730 00:41:38,060 --> 00:41:40,390 with an entire Thanksgiving dinner underneath? 731 00:41:42,230 --> 00:41:45,370 Or that time we snagged, like, six trophies in one night. 732 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,530 That has got to be a record or something. 733 00:41:47,570 --> 00:41:48,740 Yeah. 734 00:41:48,770 --> 00:41:51,040 Or when it was 20 below, 735 00:41:51,070 --> 00:41:54,410 and we didn't have no heat, and we had to snuggle together 736 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:57,580 under that giant Bloomingdale's coat all night. 737 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,750 Okay, fine. Maybe we had some good times. 738 00:42:02,780 --> 00:42:05,390 We weren't all bad. 739 00:42:05,420 --> 00:42:07,420 We weren't all good, either. 740 00:42:10,620 --> 00:42:12,590 But some years gone, 741 00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:15,430 something crazy or terrible 742 00:42:15,460 --> 00:42:17,730 or hilarious is gonna happen, 743 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,900 and you're gonna look at that space next to you 744 00:42:20,930 --> 00:42:23,070 where I should be, 745 00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:26,940 and I'm not gonna be there to talk about it. 746 00:42:26,970 --> 00:42:29,110 And you're gonna miss me, girl. 747 00:42:32,980 --> 00:42:35,120 Time's gonna heal us 748 00:42:35,150 --> 00:42:38,120 in a way it never could if I was still alive. 749 00:42:41,660 --> 00:42:44,630 You making me cry and messing my makeup. 750 00:43:58,230 --> 00:44:01,030 There's an old couple out there looking like George and Weezy, 751 00:44:01,070 --> 00:44:02,700 partaking in our refreshments. 752 00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:04,170 What do you want me to do about it? 753 00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:07,240 Get out there and shoo them away. 754 00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:24,520 Hello. 755 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:25,860 Hello, I'm Blanca. 756 00:44:25,890 --> 00:44:28,700 I'm Darnell Johnson. 757 00:44:28,730 --> 00:44:30,030 This is my wife Vivica. 758 00:44:30,060 --> 00:44:31,700 How did you know Candy? 759 00:44:31,730 --> 00:44:33,070 Candy? 760 00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:35,740 What kind of damn name is Candy? 761 00:44:37,570 --> 00:44:39,370 It's the one she chose. 762 00:44:39,410 --> 00:44:43,910 Candy was... our child. 763 00:44:45,780 --> 00:44:49,420 He... was our son. 764 00:44:51,620 --> 00:44:53,220 I'm so sorry. 765 00:44:53,250 --> 00:44:55,890 She was a good person. 766 00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,090 And Candy was loved. 767 00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:01,900 You know, if it's any consolation, 768 00:45:01,930 --> 00:45:03,600 everyone showed up for her. 769 00:45:05,930 --> 00:45:08,600 She was one of a kind. 770 00:45:11,270 --> 00:45:14,270 Why don't y'all come on in back and say goodbye. 771 00:45:27,990 --> 00:45:29,420 I'll be right over there. 772 00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:31,830 Just let me know if you need anything. 773 00:45:36,130 --> 00:45:38,970 Darnell, I don't know if I can do this. 774 00:45:41,130 --> 00:45:43,640 It's already okay. 775 00:45:57,820 --> 00:46:00,790 Oh, my God. 776 00:46:00,820 --> 00:46:03,320 Candy's parents came. 777 00:46:14,670 --> 00:46:16,870 I can't believe you showed up. 778 00:46:24,180 --> 00:46:25,680 Baby. 779 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:33,820 Why did it take me so long to see you? 780 00:46:33,850 --> 00:46:35,320 You refused to. 781 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:39,190 Ma, how many times you catch me wearing your Revlon Charlie? 782 00:46:39,230 --> 00:46:40,830 Or trying on your wigs? 783 00:46:40,860 --> 00:46:43,330 Why didn't you ever scold me, 784 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,870 smack my behind, shoo me away, something? 785 00:46:48,030 --> 00:46:50,170 I thought you welcomed it. 786 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:52,570 Like me and you had some sort of pact. 787 00:46:57,210 --> 00:47:00,050 You were my gateway to the feminine. 788 00:47:01,750 --> 00:47:05,190 But when you rejected me, I tried to tell you... 789 00:47:05,220 --> 00:47:07,720 I didn't know. 790 00:47:07,750 --> 00:47:11,690 I just thought maybe you was creative. 791 00:47:11,720 --> 00:47:13,860 At worst, gay. 792 00:47:13,890 --> 00:47:16,860 But becoming a woman, 793 00:47:16,900 --> 00:47:19,530 how was I supposed to respond? 794 00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:22,700 Wasn't no guidebook instructing me 795 00:47:22,740 --> 00:47:25,410 on how to raise a child like you. 796 00:47:30,110 --> 00:47:32,380 This is me, Ma. 797 00:47:32,410 --> 00:47:36,250 This is who I truly am. 798 00:47:46,090 --> 00:47:48,130 I see that. 799 00:47:54,430 --> 00:47:56,770 You know... 800 00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:00,910 the outside is different, 801 00:48:00,940 --> 00:48:03,610 but beneath it, 802 00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:07,450 all I see is my baby. 803 00:48:11,780 --> 00:48:15,090 I've missed you. 804 00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:18,590 I missed you, too, Ma. 805 00:48:24,460 --> 00:48:26,300 Daddy? 806 00:48:32,670 --> 00:48:36,310 You always did have a sweet spot for me, 807 00:48:36,340 --> 00:48:38,780 in spite of my frilly ways. 808 00:48:38,810 --> 00:48:42,150 You never knew how to throw a spiral, but... 809 00:48:42,180 --> 00:48:45,320 your tough behind sure could tackle. 810 00:48:45,350 --> 00:48:46,990 My little fighter. 811 00:48:49,990 --> 00:48:51,990 All them... 812 00:48:52,030 --> 00:48:55,800 boy things just wasn't your way. 813 00:48:55,830 --> 00:48:58,130 But you had guts. 814 00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:00,130 I got that from you. 815 00:49:01,370 --> 00:49:03,340 Remember that dollhouse? 816 00:49:05,010 --> 00:49:07,470 How could anyone ever forget? 817 00:49:07,510 --> 00:49:10,010 You asked for it for two birthdays, 818 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:12,310 a Christmas, and a Kwanzaa. 819 00:49:12,350 --> 00:49:14,350 I knew you were the one who got it for me. 820 00:49:15,850 --> 00:49:18,820 I saw you, 821 00:49:18,850 --> 00:49:21,350 sneaking in at bedtime. 822 00:49:21,390 --> 00:49:24,660 I pretended to be asleep, but I watched you 823 00:49:24,690 --> 00:49:27,330 setting it up. 824 00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,330 It was the best Christmas. 825 00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:31,400 Ever. 826 00:49:32,700 --> 00:49:35,370 I wanted my baby to have what he... 827 00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:41,170 I guess... 828 00:49:41,210 --> 00:49:44,040 what she wanted. 829 00:49:45,550 --> 00:49:48,180 I know you didn't fully understand who I was 830 00:49:48,210 --> 00:49:49,350 or what I went through. 831 00:49:49,380 --> 00:49:51,380 But, that night, 832 00:49:51,420 --> 00:49:53,390 I felt seen by you. 833 00:49:55,060 --> 00:49:58,020 And having my daddy... 834 00:49:58,060 --> 00:50:00,690 see me... 835 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:07,600 it gave me all the courage I needed to become who I am. 836 00:50:08,730 --> 00:50:11,370 I can't let you go. 837 00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,710 We're just getting started. 838 00:50:13,740 --> 00:50:16,380 You have to. 839 00:50:16,410 --> 00:50:19,080 It's okay. 840 00:50:21,610 --> 00:50:24,580 I love you, Daddy. 841 00:50:47,610 --> 00:50:50,740 We want to thank Mr. and Mrs. Johnson for coming out today. 842 00:50:50,780 --> 00:50:52,410 Thank you so much. 843 00:50:52,450 --> 00:50:55,580 So, if the MCs could come and join me for a minute. 844 00:50:55,620 --> 00:50:59,450 We have a very special announcement to make. 845 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:05,590 So, we were gonna wait until this weekend's ball to do this, 846 00:51:05,630 --> 00:51:09,430 but I think now is a, a more appropriate time. 847 00:51:09,460 --> 00:51:15,100 In honor of Candy, the MC Council has decided 848 00:51:15,140 --> 00:51:18,440 that from here on, we will be offering 849 00:51:18,470 --> 00:51:22,310 a lip-synching category at each and every ball. 850 00:51:22,340 --> 00:51:24,480 We're gonna call the category... 851 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:30,280 Candy's Sweet Refrain. 852 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,820 I think she'd like that. 853 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,030 To Candy. 854 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,010 - To Candy. - To Candy. -To Candy. 855 00:51:56,010 --> 00:51:57,040 To Candy. 856 00:52:06,850 --> 00:52:09,320 So, if the pallbearers could come, 857 00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:12,020 it's time. 858 00:53:02,610 --> 00:53:07,880 ? I never knew love like this before ? 859 00:53:07,910 --> 00:53:12,390 ? Now I'm lonely nevermore ? 860 00:53:12,420 --> 00:53:16,760 ? Since you came into my life ? 861 00:53:20,930 --> 00:53:24,900 ? You are my love-light, this I know ? 862 00:53:24,930 --> 00:53:29,400 ? And I'll never let you go ? 863 00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:33,610 ? You're my all, you're part of me ? 864 00:53:37,780 --> 00:53:41,780 ? Once I was lost and now I'm found ? 865 00:53:41,810 --> 00:53:46,590 ? Then you turned my world around ? 866 00:53:46,620 --> 00:53:51,090 ? When I need you, I call your name ? 867 00:53:52,630 --> 00:53:55,260 ? 'Cause I never ? 868 00:53:55,300 --> 00:53:58,800 ? Knew love like this before ? 869 00:54:00,330 --> 00:54:01,600 ? Opened my eyes ? 870 00:54:01,630 --> 00:54:03,770 ? 'Cause I never ? 871 00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:08,270 ? Knew love like this before ? 872 00:54:08,310 --> 00:54:10,110 ? What a surprise ? 873 00:54:10,140 --> 00:54:12,280 ? 'Cause I never ? 874 00:54:12,310 --> 00:54:17,150 ? Knew love like this before ? 875 00:54:20,020 --> 00:54:24,290 ? This feeling's so deep inside of me ? 876 00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:28,960 ? Such a tender fantasy ? 877 00:54:28,990 --> 00:54:33,000 ? You're the one I'm living for ? 878 00:54:37,340 --> 00:54:42,480 ? You are my sunlight and my rain ? 879 00:54:42,510 --> 00:54:44,680 ? And time could never change ? 880 00:54:44,710 --> 00:54:46,180 Judges, your score. 881 00:54:46,210 --> 00:54:51,480 ? What we share for evermore ? 882 00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:54,150 ? Ooh ? 883 00:54:54,190 --> 00:54:58,490 ? I never knew love like this before ? 884 00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:02,500 ? Now I'm lonely nevermore ? 885 00:55:02,530 --> 00:55:04,830 ? Since you came ? 886 00:55:04,860 --> 00:55:07,700 ? Into my life ? 887 00:55:09,540 --> 00:55:11,670 ? 'Cause I never ? 888 00:55:11,700 --> 00:55:16,380 ? Knew love like this before ? 889 00:55:16,410 --> 00:55:18,210 ? Opened my eyes ? 890 00:55:18,240 --> 00:55:19,710 ? 'Cause I never ? 891 00:55:19,750 --> 00:55:25,020 ? Knew love like this before ? 892 00:55:25,050 --> 00:55:27,020 ? What a surprise ? 893 00:55:27,050 --> 00:55:29,020 ? 'Cause I never ? 894 00:55:29,050 --> 00:55:33,530 ? Knew love like this before ? 895 00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:37,060 - ? Inside of me ? - ? I never ? 896 00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:42,030 ? Knew love like this before ? 897 00:55:42,070 --> 00:55:44,240 ? Opened my eyes ? 898 00:55:44,270 --> 00:55:46,910 - ? Never ? - ? Never ? 899 00:55:46,940 --> 00:55:49,540 - ? Never ? - ? Never... ? 900 00:55:49,580 --> 00:55:51,580 ? Never knew love like this ? 901 00:55:51,610 --> 00:55:54,380 - ? I never knew ? - ? Never ? 902 00:55:54,410 --> 00:55:56,550 - ? Never knew ? - ? Never ? 903 00:55:56,580 --> 00:55:58,220 ? Never ? 904 00:55:58,250 --> 00:56:00,050 ? Never knew love like this ? 905 00:56:00,090 --> 00:56:02,420 - ? I never knew ? - ? Never ? 906 00:56:02,460 --> 00:56:05,060 - ? Never knew ? - ? Never ? 907 00:56:05,090 --> 00:56:06,730 ? Never ? 908 00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:09,230 ? Never knew love like this ? 909 00:56:09,260 --> 00:56:12,430 - ? I never knew, I never knew, I never knew ? -? Never. ? 910 00:56:27,780 --> 00:56:28,950 Hey. 911 00:56:28,980 --> 00:56:32,750 I bet you Candy's smiling in heaven right now. 912 00:56:32,790 --> 00:56:36,090 She finally got what she always wanted. 913 00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:38,920 For you Chatty Cathys to shut the fuck up. 914 00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:46,930 Pray, give us a toast to Candy. 915 00:56:46,970 --> 00:56:49,640 Yeah. 916 00:56:50,970 --> 00:56:54,110 To Candy. 917 00:56:54,140 --> 00:56:56,610 She was a funny bitch, 918 00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:59,610 and we will all miss her. 919 00:56:59,650 --> 00:57:02,820 - To Candy. - To Candy. 920 00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:14,130 On a lighter note, 921 00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:16,300 what the hell is going on with Lemar's wig? 922 00:57:18,530 --> 00:57:20,146 I was waiting for somebody to say something. 923 00:57:20,170 --> 00:57:21,800 Yo, he drowning in them waves. 924 00:57:21,830 --> 00:57:24,300 - Nobody's drowning. - This is not a wig. 925 00:57:24,340 --> 00:57:27,340 This is an inspired Josephine Baker look. 926 00:57:27,370 --> 00:57:28,970 Let them know, let them know. 927 00:57:29,010 --> 00:57:30,640 Okay. 928 00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:33,810 Next time, you need to make them kids stick around 929 00:57:33,850 --> 00:57:36,180 and help you clean up before they go out to the club. 930 00:57:36,220 --> 00:57:37,820 Nah, they need to go out and be young. 931 00:57:37,850 --> 00:57:39,990 - It's been a very rough week. - Who you telling? 932 00:57:40,020 --> 00:57:43,190 I need to go out and shake my ass, too. 933 00:57:43,220 --> 00:57:46,160 Oh. Are you sure them old-ass knees gonna let you? 934 00:57:46,190 --> 00:57:47,160 I'm being serious. 935 00:57:47,190 --> 00:57:48,190 I know. 936 00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:53,530 I've been holding on to a lot of stress for way too long. 937 00:57:53,570 --> 00:57:56,340 Listen, I like an empty house, nice and peaceful. 938 00:57:56,370 --> 00:57:58,000 Just me and my thoughts. 939 00:57:58,040 --> 00:57:59,340 They don't scare you? 940 00:57:59,370 --> 00:58:01,340 Sometimes. 941 00:58:01,370 --> 00:58:04,340 But I got my friends to lift me up. 942 00:58:04,380 --> 00:58:07,050 And I will be here to do the same. 943 00:58:12,890 --> 00:58:15,220 That cup is clean. 944 00:58:15,250 --> 00:58:17,220 Just fill it up. 945 00:58:17,260 --> 00:58:19,390 I'm thirsty. 946 00:58:26,900 --> 00:58:29,900 Now, where in the hell did you get those? 947 00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:35,880 After the funeral I went to see Judy. 948 00:58:35,910 --> 00:58:38,910 I figured it's time I started taking these. 949 00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:47,390 What made you change your mind? 950 00:58:47,420 --> 00:58:50,920 I was looking at the children. 951 00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:52,730 Full of dreams, 952 00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:54,730 thinking they have all the time in the world. 953 00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:59,260 And I'm standing over here trying to stay alive. 954 00:59:00,930 --> 00:59:03,440 I don't want to go to my casket... 955 00:59:03,470 --> 00:59:04,900 with any regrets. 956 00:59:04,940 --> 00:59:08,110 Nothing left undone... 957 00:59:08,140 --> 00:59:10,310 or unsaid. 958 00:59:12,310 --> 00:59:14,780 Candy's... 959 00:59:14,810 --> 00:59:18,420 Candy's death reminded me 960 00:59:18,450 --> 00:59:20,950 that life is so precious. 961 00:59:22,620 --> 00:59:25,790 And I don't want to waste mine. I don't want to waste it. 962 00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:31,630 And... 963 00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:36,300 I have an obligation to fight for my life 964 00:59:36,340 --> 00:59:38,440 just as much as I've been fighting for Act Up. 965 00:59:43,980 --> 00:59:45,980 Pray, I'm so proud of you. 966 00:59:58,990 --> 01:00:00,460 Oh, it's a party now? 967 01:00:00,490 --> 01:00:02,630 No, more like a toast. 968 01:00:14,170 --> 01:00:16,180 To life. 969 01:00:18,180 --> 01:00:19,850 To life. 970 01:00:36,095 --> 01:00:38,795 _ 971 01:00:38,820 --> 01:00:41,520 _ 972 01:00:41,545 --> 01:00:44,245 _ 973 01:00:44,270 --> 01:00:47,934 _ 974 01:00:50,334 --> 01:00:53,334 _ 975 01:00:53,359 --> 01:00:56,359 _ 976 01:01:02,826 --> 01:01:07,836 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH