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One thing that all
species have in common

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is that at some point,
offspring have to leave

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the protection of their parents
and venture out on their own.

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The process of gaining independence

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can go smoothly...

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or not smoothly at all.

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I was wondering,

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can I go to the mall with
some kids from my school?

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"Who's gonna be there?"

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"What are their parents' names?" "Why
do you want to go there anyway?"

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"We got popcorn at the house."
"Do you have mall money?"

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Unfortunately, my parents
were not the kind

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to just let their kids
hang out at the mall,

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even after it was desegregated.

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When I was a kid, the Nordale Mall

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was like Mecca, the Promised Land,
and the Forbidden City all in one.

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It had delicious food, sharp clothes,

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and a pet store full of puppies.

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But most of all, it had teenagers
having the time of their lives

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totally unsupervised.

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I couldn't wait to hang out at the mall

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without having my parents
dragging me around.

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But I wasn't the only one in the family

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struggling to gain independence.

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You need to slow down.

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I'm barely moving.

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Watch out for that car.

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Dad, we're stopped.

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- In the middle of the street?
- At a stop sign!

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I know what I'm doing.

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Then why aren't you moving? It's clear.

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Dad, can you please tell Dean
to stop breathing on my neck?

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That hot breath is
gonna mess up my hair.

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Dean, sit back.

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Kim, go around this car in front of you.

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Driving like a maniac.

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Be careful, now.

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Dad?

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Granddaddy Clisby?

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The only person I knew who
my dad had to answer to.

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Back then, I thought Granddaddy Clisby

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was mean just to be mean.

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I was wrong.

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That was him being nice.

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Yes, Mother Williams. I can take you.

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No problem at all.

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Okay. Okay. Good night.

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What's Mama talking about?

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She wants me to take her to
choir practice tomorrow.

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She doesn't trust your dad's driving.

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I told you how he was
swerving all over the road.

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It was like watching a drunk turtle.

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Well, it was worse than that.

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He had a fender-bender.

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Left the car and walked home.

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They called a tow truck, but he
couldn't remember where he left it.

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- I guess it's time.
- Yeah.

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Everybody's time comes sooner or later.

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I know it's hard,

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but you're doing the right thing,

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and you're doing it
because you love him.

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It's okay, Dad.

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He'll be in a better place, like Buster.

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I didn't exactly know what
they were talking about,

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but it sounded like when my dog Buster

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had to go to a big farm in the sky.

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What?

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Boy, we're talking about stopping
your granddad from driving,

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not putting him down.

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www.subtitulamos.tv

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It'll be hard at first, but
Lil and I will make sure

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you and Mama get every
place you need to go,

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on time and in style.

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That's why I was invited over here.

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To fill me up on pound
cake and meat loaf

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while you two conspire
to steal my freedom.

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No.

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We just want you to be safe.

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Mother Williams said you
drove into the shed

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- and crushed all of her gardening supplies.
- Well...

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I just need to get my
brakes checked, huh?

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Listen, why don't you wrap me up some
of this pound cake? I'm going home.

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Mills Brothers on TV tonight, huh?

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Give me your keys. I'll drive you.

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No, no. Nobody drives Old Betsy but me.

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- Come on, Dad. You know it's for the best.
- Best for who?

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Not for me.

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I mean, h-how am I gonna get to the
barbershop and see my friends?

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He has friends?

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Son, now you best get on out of my way.

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Sorry, Daddy, but this how it has to be.

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As I watched my dad
face off with his dad,

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I thought how great it
must feel to finally

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get to lay down the law
to your own father.

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But the look on my dad's face said

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it didn't feel great at all.

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I'mma need to get to the
hardware store on Saturday.

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For what? You have every nail that's...

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Fine. Kim can take you.

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As a matter of fact, you should leave
your car here for her to drive.

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Now, how are yougonna give away mycar?

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Really? I'm getting my own car?

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I'll buy it for you,

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on the condition you take your
granddaddy wherever he needs to go.

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Hold on. This child don't need
to be driving me all over town.

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This child need to be trying
to find herself a husband.

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- That's what she need...
- A husband? She's 17!

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Okay, you right.

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Ship's passed.

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And instead of you taking Mama
to church, Kim can take her.

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- But that's six times a week.
- Kim.

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This child just got her
license a hot minute ago.

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I mean, hell, I drive
better than she do.

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She's been trained by the best... me.

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So it's settled.

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This could work out good for everybody.

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Yeah, my dad never got any
better at reading a room.

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The mall was so fun.

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The girls from the Catholic
school were there, too.

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We all met up in the parking lot.

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- Then what'd you do?
- Just met up.

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I'd never seen them without
their uniforms before.

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- They were naked? - No, dummy.
They were wearing regular clothes.

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But maybe next time...

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Anything could happen at the mall.

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Man, I wish I could go to the
mall without my parents.

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How does Norman get to go by himself?

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Divorced dad.

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Norm says he lets him
do whatever he wants.

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Lucky. Why do my parents gotta
be so in love with each other?

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Why isn't there a mall
in your neighborhood?

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You just wait, Brad.

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One day that mall by your
house will be the black mall.

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It's not fair.

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The mall's lousy with Catholic girls,

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and we can't get there.

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Well, you guys should just move closer.

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Brad really needed to
watch the news sometimes.

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Wait, Norm might be on to something.

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If our dads take us,

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they'll probably just lose us anyway.

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That'll give us enough time to
hang out until they find us.

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Can your dad take us?

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I mean, if he's not working late

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or going to a fraternity meeting

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or drinking scotch and
listening to jazz.

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Maybe your dad could take us.

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Nah, my dad's just gonna
say, "Go with your mother.

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She's always shopping."

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Then she'll say it's her money,
she'll spend it how she wants.

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Then they'll send me to
my room so they can talk.

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Yeah.

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Wait.

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There might be one more option.

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Kim just got her license.

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Yeah!

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Shut up, Brad.

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She'll be paying even less
attention than our dads would.

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We can ditch her easy.

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Alright. Mall, here we come.

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I neglected to mention to Cory

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that riding with my sister
came with one condition.

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Boy, stop breathing down my neck.

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You're gonna set my collar on fire.

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And comb your hair!

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Both of you look like you got
weeds growing out of your head.

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Our people's hair looked
better during slavery.

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- I just combed it.
- Well, next time, do it right.

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That's how it was between
us and Granddaddy.

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I guess he loved his grandkids,
but he never showed it,

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just a nonstop stream of insults.

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Come on, Kim! Didn't you see the truck?

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Maybe if you'd take some of that eye
makeup off, you could see a little better.

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And criticisms.

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I saw him coming up fast,
so I let him pass.

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Maybe that's your problem.
You're too nice.

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Didn't even cuss at him or flash a gun.

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Okay, Granddaddy.

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Next stop is the hardware store.

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Well, you're going the wrong way.

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I'm going to Mercer's
down there on Dexter.

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Dean, that's the opposite
way of the mall.

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Yeah, Cory's right. We're
gonna miss all the fun.

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Why that one? Aren't
all wrenches the same?

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Oh, young lady, all you
need to know about tools is

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which one to pass your husband
when he's fixing the sink.

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The stores on this side
of town don't like us,

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so take me to a store where
there's Negro clerks

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that don't follow me around
and ask me for my money

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just so they can be sure I can pay.

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Okay, but we have to stop
at the grocery store

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and the dry cleaner before we get there.

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No! Everybody's waiting
for us at the mall.

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If we make all those stops, they'll
be gone by the time we get there.

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If Mercer's sell out of
those new soldering irons,

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I'm going to get mean,

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and you guys don't want to see that!

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Okay. Let's listen to some music.

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Come on. Come on. Come on. No.

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Yeah, that boy get too sweaty.

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Y'all need to listen to some gospel.

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You two need some Jesus.

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Now, son, I don't know you,

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but I can tell by looking at you
that you could use some, too.

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The radio station is
the driver's choice.

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As Kim dragged us along on her errands,

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I discovered Granddaddy Clisby
and I had something in common.

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He hated being in the Kiddie Car

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as much as I hated being
in the Senile Shuttle.

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I have Jesus, sir.

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Shut up, boy. You don't.

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Is it me,

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or does it even smell
like girls in here?

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It definitely does.

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That's because we're in front of
the perfume department, idiot.

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Stop talking!

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I don't want my friends
to see you here with me.

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They think we're here alone.

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Don't disrespect your sister,

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Do you own a hat?

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I was finally able to embark
on my first solo visit to the mall.

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I felt grown, mature, tall...

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bored.

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None of us knew how
to talk to the girls.

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No, that's not how you
walk the dog, Brad.

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Here, give me the yo-yo.

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Hey, D.

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Ain't that your girl?

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Charlene. Hi.

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What are you doing here?

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Montgomery Ward got a new
shipment of church hats.

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My mom likes to shop before the
other first ladies see them.

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Where's your mom?

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At home.

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Just hanging out at the
mall with my friends.

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Really? You're so mature.

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- Want some of this?
- Sure.

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One of the best things
about having a girlfriend

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was that you got to eat their food.

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There he is. Right there.

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The only thing more
embarrassing to a teenager

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than being seen with parents in the mall

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is being seen with your grandparents,

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especially one as crotchety
as Granddaddy Clisby.

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I thought you were by yourself.

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I did. I... I was.

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Right. I'm gonna go find my mom.

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See you in church.

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I thought we weren't leaving
for two more hours.

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We're not, but Granddaddy didn't
want to wait while I shop for my...

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delicates.

252
00:10:40,931 --> 00:10:42,388
Well, now, ladies
underwear ain't no place

253
00:10:42,413 --> 00:10:44,415
for a grown man to be waiting.

254
00:10:44,689 --> 00:10:46,751
Shouldn't even have to be looking at it.

255
00:10:46,777 --> 00:10:50,087
Kim, I mean, if you need some help, I...

256
00:10:52,551 --> 00:10:54,563
He can stay with you
while I finish shopping.

257
00:10:54,589 --> 00:10:55,565
But...

258
00:10:55,656 --> 00:10:56,977
w-we're busy.

259
00:10:57,003 --> 00:10:59,213
Standing around? He can stand with you.

260
00:10:59,239 --> 00:11:01,235
- Bye.
- Wait...

261
00:11:01,261 --> 00:11:03,768
Now, these are the boys you
came to the mall to see?

262
00:11:03,948 --> 00:11:05,117
Yes, sir.

263
00:11:05,143 --> 00:11:07,078
Well, I know they make you
go to school with them,

264
00:11:07,103 --> 00:11:09,319
but, you don't have to
pretend to like them,

265
00:11:09,344 --> 00:11:10,423
you understand?

266
00:11:10,448 --> 00:11:11,871
But I dolike them.

267
00:11:11,896 --> 00:11:13,102
Oh, well.

268
00:11:13,128 --> 00:11:15,078
I guess we have overcome, then?

269
00:11:15,157 --> 00:11:18,281
Hey, everyone. Come
over here for a minute.

270
00:11:18,798 --> 00:11:21,365
So, this is my granddad, Mr. Williams.

271
00:11:21,391 --> 00:11:23,087
He's gonna be hanging out
with us for a while.

272
00:11:23,113 --> 00:11:25,024
Yeah, now, I got a question.

273
00:11:25,180 --> 00:11:27,940
Why would young and healthy children

274
00:11:27,965 --> 00:11:29,906
want to hang out in this cold mall

275
00:11:29,931 --> 00:11:32,404
rather than play in
the sunshine outside?

276
00:11:32,430 --> 00:11:34,630
I mean, what's so special
about this place?

277
00:11:34,655 --> 00:11:36,524
Well, there's a food court.

278
00:11:36,641 --> 00:11:38,078
Boy, you can eat at home.

279
00:11:38,103 --> 00:11:39,657
And the movies.

280
00:11:39,683 --> 00:11:43,279
Well, I never was one for
going to the movies.

281
00:11:43,305 --> 00:11:45,537
They used to make us
sit up in the balcony

282
00:11:45,563 --> 00:11:48,342
and see the same shows that
other people got to see

283
00:11:48,368 --> 00:11:49,733
from the good seats.

284
00:11:49,758 --> 00:11:53,045
But your dad used to beg me
and beg me to let him go

285
00:11:53,071 --> 00:11:54,772
so he could be free with his friends,

286
00:11:54,798 --> 00:11:58,071
but it wasn't safe, him to
be going around and about

287
00:11:58,110 --> 00:12:00,023
where anything could happen to him.

288
00:12:00,275 --> 00:12:03,216
I began to see why my dad
was so overprotective,

289
00:12:03,241 --> 00:12:05,181
and maybe it wasn't overprotective.

290
00:12:05,206 --> 00:12:06,630
Maybe it was wise.

291
00:12:06,655 --> 00:12:10,457
Well, we don't have to sit in the
balcony seats anymore, Granddad.

292
00:12:10,735 --> 00:12:12,193
Even if we did,

293
00:12:12,219 --> 00:12:13,975
we still don't have
money for the movies.

294
00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,680
"Rosemary's Baby" is playing.

295
00:12:15,836 --> 00:12:18,477
- I'd love to see that.
- Yeah, me too.

296
00:12:18,548 --> 00:12:21,285
But my dad doesn't let
me see R-rated movies.

297
00:12:21,310 --> 00:12:22,733
Your dad said that?

298
00:12:22,758 --> 00:12:25,701
Well, I'm in charge, and, I got money.

299
00:12:25,727 --> 00:12:26,768
I can get you in.

300
00:12:26,793 --> 00:12:28,457
Really? All of us?

301
00:12:28,930 --> 00:12:30,226
Yeah.

302
00:12:32,374 --> 00:12:34,904
- You think this is enough?
- Yeah!

303
00:12:35,131 --> 00:12:37,285
Whenever I looked at the
roll of cash he carried,

304
00:12:37,310 --> 00:12:39,388
I thought Granddaddy Clisby was rich.

305
00:12:39,413 --> 00:12:40,983
I didn't realize back then,

306
00:12:41,009 --> 00:12:43,087
it was hard for him to
get a bank account.

307
00:12:43,113 --> 00:12:46,319
One good gust of wind, and
he'd be off to the poorhouse.

308
00:12:46,412 --> 00:12:48,630
Well, I guess we can get going, then.

309
00:12:48,655 --> 00:12:49,802
Thanks, Mr. Williams.

310
00:12:49,827 --> 00:12:51,043
- Yeah!
- So cool.

311
00:12:51,068 --> 00:12:52,388
This is gonna be so good.

312
00:12:52,413 --> 00:12:54,748
- Think we could get some popcorn, too?
- Yes.

313
00:12:54,774 --> 00:12:56,326
Thank you, sir.

314
00:12:58,509 --> 00:13:00,374
So, that's who you're courting now?

315
00:13:00,498 --> 00:13:03,526
What? Oh, no. I have a girlfriend.
She just left.

316
00:13:03,551 --> 00:13:04,764
The one with the cotton candy.

317
00:13:04,790 --> 00:13:08,038
Boy, if The Blind Boys of
Alabama were standing here,

318
00:13:08,064 --> 00:13:10,904
they'd be singing songs about how
you're looking at that girl.

319
00:13:11,137 --> 00:13:12,774
Keisa's just my friend.

320
00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,672
Well, whatever you say.

321
00:13:14,845 --> 00:13:17,940
But it was a smart thing for
you to pick a scary movie.

322
00:13:18,103 --> 00:13:19,978
Yeah, she might get frightened

323
00:13:20,004 --> 00:13:21,623
and let you put your arm around her.

324
00:13:21,649 --> 00:13:22,994
I like that.

325
00:13:23,699 --> 00:13:24,860
Smart?

326
00:13:25,353 --> 00:13:28,561
That was the nicest thing Granddaddy
Clisby had ever said to me.

327
00:13:28,586 --> 00:13:30,689
Maybe he was softening up.

328
00:13:33,206 --> 00:13:35,354
That sure was rated R for a reason.

329
00:13:35,379 --> 00:13:37,485
Please. You couldn't even see the baby.

330
00:13:37,511 --> 00:13:39,561
Then why is it still in my head?

331
00:13:39,586 --> 00:13:40,906
I just want my mama.

332
00:13:40,931 --> 00:13:42,871
Don't tell me this
movie scared you kids.

333
00:13:42,896 --> 00:13:44,485
You got to toughen up!

334
00:13:44,511 --> 00:13:46,634
Listen, when I was 12 years old,

335
00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:49,642
I had already killed a platoon
full of German soldiers

336
00:13:49,668 --> 00:13:51,079
during the Great War.

337
00:13:51,251 --> 00:13:54,501
I shot some of them, put the
bayonet to the rest of them.

338
00:13:54,527 --> 00:13:57,571
How'd the let you in the army
if you were still in junior high?

339
00:13:57,597 --> 00:14:00,509
Because I had a full beard
and a mustache at 11.

340
00:14:02,394 --> 00:14:05,415
You're funny, Granddad.
Thanks for the movie.

341
00:14:05,509 --> 00:14:07,975
Granddad did me such a
huge favor that day.

342
00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,768
My friends thought he was cool,
and that made me cool, too.

343
00:14:10,793 --> 00:14:14,298
Let's just keep this R-rated movie
between the two of us, alright?

344
00:14:14,324 --> 00:14:15,728
Sorry I'm late.

345
00:14:15,754 --> 00:14:18,545
I ran into a boy from school
who worked at the shoe store.

346
00:14:18,571 --> 00:14:19,853
He invited me to a party,

347
00:14:19,879 --> 00:14:22,099
so I'm gonna have to take you
to the barbershop tomorrow.

348
00:14:22,125 --> 00:14:23,314
Sorry.

349
00:14:26,310 --> 00:14:28,962
Listen, if the Devil is
looking to pick a bride,

350
00:14:29,089 --> 00:14:30,744
I got a suggestion.

351
00:14:45,254 --> 00:14:46,259
Bill.

352
00:14:46,517 --> 00:14:47,907
Bill!

353
00:14:48,551 --> 00:14:51,078
Listen, Kim has left me,

354
00:14:51,103 --> 00:14:52,630
and I needed to get to the barbershop.

355
00:14:52,655 --> 00:14:55,108
I'm working on an arrangement
with Washboard right now.

356
00:14:55,134 --> 00:14:56,392
We are really smoking!

357
00:14:56,418 --> 00:14:58,306
Give me an hour or so,
and I'll run you home.

358
00:14:58,533 --> 00:14:59,734
Bill?

359
00:15:02,743 --> 00:15:04,664
Nobody tells me...

360
00:15:10,353 --> 00:15:13,595
No son of mine is gonna tell
me when I can get my hair cut.

361
00:15:15,393 --> 00:15:17,196
Well, are you staying or coming?

362
00:15:17,486 --> 00:15:19,836
- You want me to go with you?
- Yeah.

363
00:15:20,045 --> 00:15:21,985
Now, now, listen. Listen, listen.

364
00:15:22,011 --> 00:15:24,860
Now, if you gonna go with me,
no snitching to your dad.

365
00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,603
So it began...

366
00:15:26,629 --> 00:15:28,802
my first joyride in a stolen vehicle.

367
00:15:28,827 --> 00:15:30,228
Thelma had Louise,

368
00:15:30,254 --> 00:15:32,884
and I had my 73-year-old grandfather.

369
00:15:33,034 --> 00:15:35,204
We were locked and loaded for trouble...

370
00:15:35,230 --> 00:15:37,337
as soon as we adjusted the front seat.

371
00:15:41,024 --> 00:15:43,321
She didn't know I had these. Yeah.

372
00:15:44,884 --> 00:15:46,189
You know,

373
00:15:46,759 --> 00:15:49,664
your father, grandmother, and
that redneck police officer

374
00:15:49,689 --> 00:15:51,134
don't know what they talking about.

375
00:15:51,274 --> 00:15:53,354
I been driving for 60 years.

376
00:15:53,379 --> 00:15:55,319
Yeah, I know what I'm doing.

377
00:15:55,439 --> 00:15:58,008
Watching the expression
on my granddad's face,

378
00:15:58,034 --> 00:16:00,217
I related to him in a new way.

379
00:16:00,243 --> 00:16:03,860
We were both tired of unfair
limitations other people put on us.

380
00:16:03,886 --> 00:16:06,112
We had both gotten a
taste of independence,

381
00:16:06,137 --> 00:16:07,860
and it was good.

382
00:16:07,965 --> 00:16:09,415
This was actually fun.

383
00:16:09,441 --> 00:16:12,353
The two of us breaking rules, together.

384
00:16:17,551 --> 00:16:19,485
Hey! How you doing?

385
00:16:19,689 --> 00:16:21,165
Hey there, brother.

386
00:16:21,438 --> 00:16:22,943
Give me that coat.

387
00:16:23,172 --> 00:16:25,457
Muhammad Ali should have
just gone on into the army.

388
00:16:25,482 --> 00:16:26,829
He'd be back in the ring by now.

389
00:16:26,855 --> 00:16:28,670
Well, you know what? I'm
glad he took a stand.

390
00:16:28,696 --> 00:16:31,043
And I wish more pro athletes would, too.

391
00:16:31,068 --> 00:16:33,462
Well, see, I ain't studding
them rich Negroes.

392
00:16:33,540 --> 00:16:37,078
Bring on the 1968 Summer Olympics.

393
00:16:37,103 --> 00:16:40,149
Real athletes, no politics.

394
00:16:40,175 --> 00:16:42,399
Okay. So you don't disagree

395
00:16:42,425 --> 00:16:43,954
with any of this country's politics?

396
00:16:43,980 --> 00:16:46,768
Son, everybody disagrees with
this country's politics.

397
00:16:46,793 --> 00:16:48,699
You just got to be ready to serve, see?

398
00:16:48,724 --> 00:16:50,306
I served.

399
00:16:50,413 --> 00:16:52,118
My son served.

400
00:16:52,144 --> 00:16:55,533
My other grandson is
in Vietnam right now.

401
00:16:55,655 --> 00:16:58,235
You got to be ready to
fight and die for America.

402
00:16:58,261 --> 00:16:59,655
Ain't that right, Dean?

403
00:17:01,382 --> 00:17:03,028
Yes. Yes, sir.

404
00:17:03,054 --> 00:17:04,063
Die?

405
00:17:04,579 --> 00:17:06,416
I hadn't really thought about all that.

406
00:17:06,442 --> 00:17:08,456
But that's what the
barbershop was good for...

407
00:17:08,482 --> 00:17:10,388
making you think, challenging
your assumptions,

408
00:17:10,413 --> 00:17:11,899
and giving you a good laugh.

409
00:17:11,925 --> 00:17:15,017
Dean won't take a fastball
for his little league team.

410
00:17:15,126 --> 00:17:17,790
How the hell he ready
to die for his country?

411
00:17:20,224 --> 00:17:23,109
Well, he certainly can't serve
in the army with that hair.

412
00:17:23,345 --> 00:17:25,285
So, Bray, were you able
to do anything with it?

413
00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:26,699
Well, I trimmed it up.

414
00:17:26,724 --> 00:17:29,678
Now your grandson looks nice and neat,

415
00:17:29,704 --> 00:17:31,931
like Wicked Wilson Pickett.

416
00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,298
See, you just don't like the
afro style, Mr. Williams.

417
00:17:36,324 --> 00:17:37,470
Okay.

418
00:17:37,993 --> 00:17:39,741
Come on, Mr. Williams.

419
00:17:39,767 --> 00:17:43,001
You know they say that,
Jesus had hair like wool.

420
00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:45,842
You see, he's just saying that

421
00:17:45,868 --> 00:17:49,388
because his hair look like the
back end of a fat sheep's dookey.

422
00:17:50,302 --> 00:17:51,828
That's wrong.

423
00:17:54,529 --> 00:17:56,798
You laughing hard, ain't you?

424
00:17:58,105 --> 00:17:59,313
Game.

425
00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:05,595
Now, now, now, when Bray
first started cutting hair,

426
00:18:05,620 --> 00:18:07,241
he was just so nervous,

427
00:18:07,267 --> 00:18:09,804
his hands were shaking like a leaf.

428
00:18:09,882 --> 00:18:11,640
I had to say to him...

429
00:18:11,666 --> 00:18:15,687
I said, "Now, don't you dare cut
no zig-zags in my hair," see?

430
00:18:15,713 --> 00:18:16,954
Granddad!

431
00:18:26,508 --> 00:18:28,075
Are you okay?

432
00:18:29,401 --> 00:18:30,807
Yeah...

433
00:18:30,893 --> 00:18:32,282
I'm fine.

434
00:18:33,135 --> 00:18:34,596
Are you okay?

435
00:18:35,082 --> 00:18:37,182
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just...

436
00:18:37,988 --> 00:18:40,940
need a minute to kind of collect myself.

437
00:18:49,455 --> 00:18:51,487
Are you sure you're okay?

438
00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:54,729
Because I don't know what I'd do if...

439
00:19:01,163 --> 00:19:03,048
But you're okay, right?

440
00:19:09,013 --> 00:19:10,565
Damn it!

441
00:19:14,391 --> 00:19:15,415
It's...

442
00:19:15,679 --> 00:19:17,424
just a little accident.

443
00:19:18,111 --> 00:19:22,471
My dad almost ran over
a squirrel last week,

444
00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,656
and my mom was so scared

445
00:19:24,682 --> 00:19:27,479
that she even almost
said a bad word, too.

446
00:19:30,899 --> 00:19:31,924
Yeah.

447
00:19:40,532 --> 00:19:43,157
I learned a lot about
my granddad that day

448
00:19:43,563 --> 00:19:45,985
and why black men like him
go to the barbershop,

449
00:19:46,011 --> 00:19:48,503
even when their hair hasn't
changed in 20 years.

450
00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:51,127
- Where you been? We were so worried!
- Look at the car.

451
00:19:51,153 --> 00:19:53,563
Look at the car, Dad. How many
times do I have to tell you?

452
00:19:53,589 --> 00:19:56,618
I don't know what to tell... Dean,
are you okay? Are you okay, Dean?

453
00:19:56,644 --> 00:19:57,962
Dad, I don't...

454
00:20:09,113 --> 00:20:12,043
Watching my granddad deal
with his new situation

455
00:20:12,068 --> 00:20:15,147
made me realize that what he
was being forced to accept

456
00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:18,717
was much harder than the limitations
I had as a 12-year-old.

457
00:20:19,818 --> 00:20:23,522
I also appreciated how
difficult this was for my dad

458
00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,030
and how difficult it
may be for me one day

459
00:20:26,056 --> 00:20:28,085
when I have to do the same thing.

460
00:20:29,918 --> 00:20:32,889
Nah! I'm gonna love
telling him what to do.

461
00:20:39,092 --> 00:20:41,788
Younger and older generations
always have more in common

462
00:20:41,814 --> 00:20:43,842
than it appears on the surface.

463
00:20:49,116 --> 00:20:50,975
We both want independence,

464
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,827
self-determination...

465
00:20:55,008 --> 00:20:56,546
and freedom.

466
00:21:00,163 --> 00:21:02,842
Even if that freedom doesn't start
until you're down the street,

467
00:21:02,868 --> 00:21:05,014
where your friends can't see
you getting dropped off.

468
00:21:16,719 --> 00:21:18,408
Hey! What's up, Dean?

469
00:21:18,913 --> 00:21:27,778
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