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One of the great things about my mom

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was how much she invested
in us when we were little.

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She was like that for all of us.

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But she and Kim had things in common

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that she didn't have with
me and my brother Bruce.

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A few years later, Bruce and I destroyed

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that tea set wrestling
around in the family room.

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Kim adored Mama.

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She wanted to be just like her.

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And Mama loved the special
bond they shared.

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Then the teen years hit.

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You think I'm gonna wear this?

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Am I moving to a convent?

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It started out as fights about clothes.

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Then makeup, then curfew.

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Pretty soon it felt like they
were fighting about everything.

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My dad understood this
was a typical pattern

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for girls and their moms.

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Unfortunately, I didn't.

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This is so crazy.

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They argue so much 'cause
they're just alike.

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Like my dad, I eventually
learned to stay out of it.

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That's just the way things were.

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So what? I missed one meeting.
I was tired.

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Stop making a big deal about this.

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It is a big deal. You
can't just miss a meeting

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with a college recruiter
because you felt tired.

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When I was applying, I met
with every recruiter I could,

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whether I felt like it or not.

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I know. And your
applications were perfect,

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and your interviews were
perfect, and your GPA...

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Was not perfect.

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I made a "B."

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- Once.
- I've told you a million times,

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I'm not sure I even
want to go to college.

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Bill, you'd better get your daughter.

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Kim and I both knew that
if Mom referred to us

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as our father's children,

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we needed to be out of range
of anything she could throw.

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College is my decision, not yours.

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Go ahead.

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Slam another door.

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There you go.

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Dean! Come get a couple
cokes for me and Mr. Long.

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In the South, everything
was called a "coke,"

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but I knew what my dad actually
wanted was a ginger ale.

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And Cory knew his dad was
asking for a grape soda.

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Dad, you're closer to
the fridge than we are.

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Boy, go get us some cokes
and don't talk back.

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What? I didn't even say nothing.

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Can you believe that?

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When I was coming up, you'd
never question an adult.

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And if you did, you'd wake up
in the middle of next week.

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Well, he's not half as bad as Kim.

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Jesus, keep me near the cross.

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Ooh, yeah. I heard about your
little door-slamming fix.

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Yeah, we're, remodeling our sun porch,

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so if you want to come rip some
more doors off, come right on over.

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I'm serious.

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I don't know what to do with that girl.

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I mean, she's talking back and

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headed off at all hours of the
night to God knows where,

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and don't get me started about
that boy she's seeing again.

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- Kwame.
- Albert.

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Then she had the nerve to say
she may not go to college.

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I think she's getting it from that
crowd she's been hanging out with.

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- They're putting things in her head.
- I hear you.

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That's why we're thinking about putting
our Cory into Lads and Ladies.

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Yeah, we want to get him
around some children

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with some good families that share
the same values that we do.

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We talked about joining when they
were starting that local chapter

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a few years back. Remember, Bill?

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Yeah, but I'm not sure we're
Lads and Ladies-type people.

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We do all right, but we're
not fancy like they are.

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You mean like us?

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Now, we can get up and get into our
brand-new Cadillac out front and leave.

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Don't get your 'fro all bent
out of shape, Mr. Rockefeller.

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You're not going anywhere with us
sitting on ten books over here.

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Yeah, you right about that.

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Now, fancy or not, you
should think about it.

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Dean and Kim would be around
the right kind of kids.

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And you wouldn't have to worry so
much about the "Kwames" of the world.

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Maybe we should give them another look.
What do you say?

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I say anything that keeps that
girl on the straight and narrow

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and off my last nerve is a good thing.

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Well, while y'all think
about the Lads and Ladies,

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I'mma go ahead and cut
this with a lad of my own.

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www.subtitulamos.tv

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You know how important
first impressions are.

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I want everyone at Lads and Ladies

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to know how special you are.

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Roll those eyes again, and I'll
make sure they get stuck that way.

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Now, act smart,

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well-spoken, well-mannered
in front of the adults.

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Be respectful and remember to show

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that you're up on current events.

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Current events? I was 12.

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I thought a Dixiecrat was a new
kind of sundae at Dairy Queen.

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What's the point of this
Lads and Ladies thing?

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I mean, I already have friends,

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and I don't have to dress
up to go see them.

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It's an organization made
up of prominent families

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who do really good
work in our community.

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These are the type of successful
people I want you to be around,

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so I need you two to be
on your best behavior.

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Mama was always giving us speeches

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about being on our best
behavior in public

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and representing our family well.

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What was she afraid we were gonna do?

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Black! Blackness! Vietnam!

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Lil, there's nothing left to
fix on the boy. Let's go.

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Dad, it's a Saturday.

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It's the only day I get
to watch cartoons.

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Why can't I stay home while you guys go?

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- You know this is a family event.
Now get in the car. - But why?

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The only reason we're going
is because you're afraid

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that Kim's gonna fall into the
wrong crowd and not go to college.

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Is that why we've gotten so
bourgeois all of a sudden?

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- 'Cause you're trying to run my life?
- Young lady,

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as long as you're in this house,
you'll do as your mother and I say.

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And I say Lads and Ladies
is a classist organization

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that only exists to
reinforce the patriarchy.

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Those are some mighty good SAT words for
someone who don't want to go to college.

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The point is it's my decision.

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Didn't your father just tell you who
makes the decisions in this house?

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- And you better come on...
- Yeah, this was a fight.

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But just like other families,

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we knew how to turn it
on when it counted.

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I'll be back for that recipe.

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Hi!

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You all look wonderful!

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Now, I've almost met everybody
here, so I can introduce you.

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Now, right over there,
that's Dorothy Payton.

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This is her home, and she is the
head of the selection committee,

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so you'll want to be nice to her.

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I'm nice to everybody.

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Don't you start.

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So you ready to go over to meet Dorothy?

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I didn't understand why at the
time, but Mama looked nervous.

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Dad noticed too, but him
being a man in the 1960s,

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he didn't know exactly
what to say either,

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so he went with his old standby.

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You look very pretty, sweetie.

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Thank you, Bill.

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Oh, my.

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This is like sorority
rush all over again.

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Okay, let's go.

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Dorothy!

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I would like to introduce you to
my dear friend Lillian Williams.

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Hello.

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And these are her
children, Dean and Kim.

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Such a pleasure to
meet you, Mrs. Payton.

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Kim was gonna be on her best
behavior like Mama asked,

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but she was still gonna do it
in a way that embarrassed her.

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Thank you, Kim. Please get up.

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I am so surprised that our paths
haven't crossed before now.

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You know, Vivian and I know
a lot of the same people.

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Would I have seen you at one of the
fundraising luncheons for the NAACP?

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No, I don't think so.

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Well, do you do anything with
the women's auxiliary group

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at the Boys & Girls Club?

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Wait, I know.

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Bridge Club.

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I'm afraid not. I-I work during the day,

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so I don't get to attend many
luncheons and club meetings.

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I'm an accountant at the state's
department of treasury.

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Interesting!

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Lillian here went to
grad school for her M.S.

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Now, I just stopped at my M-R-S.

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Didn't we all?

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Now, tell me about that recipe.

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Thankfully, I saw Cory.

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I'd just do whatever he did,

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like I do in school
when I didn't fit in.

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And on the baseball team.

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And in church...

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Man, pretty soon, I'm gonna
have to pay Cory a retainer.

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I am so happy to see you, man.

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I don't know what to say to these cats.

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They're... They're different.

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No.

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They're gonna have to scrap the Apollo 7

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with all the problems with the Apollo 6.

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That's not what "Time"
magazine said, Nelson.

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A bunch of Black kids talking
about space missions?

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This felt unfamiliar yet familiar.

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Could I be... in my element?

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You know, my man Dean knows
everything about science.

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Tell them about your new chemistry set.

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Yeah, well, I did get the new Skilcraft
Chem-master set for my birthday.

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What? I thought that was
for kids 16 and over.

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The government makes
them put it on the box.

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Yeah, it does have some
serious chemicals, but...

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I can make a stink bomb.

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Stink bombs are so cool.
How do you make one?

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I found my tribe!

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I had a feeling I'd never had before...

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confidence!

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And so I said, "Then,
do you pee outside?"

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You were right, Dean.

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It was a thinker.

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Hey, Dean, are you coming to the
planetarium with us next week?

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I hope so. I mean, I
love the planetarium.

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Dean can name all eight planets.

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Cory was wrong then, but
he turned out to be right

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thanks to an absolutely fascinating
string of discoveries.

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Yeah, still a nerd.

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Now that I was all in with
these Lads and Ladies kids,

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I didn't want Kim's funky attitude
to mess it all up for me.

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- What?
- Okay, I need a favor.

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I'll do all your chores for a week

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if you tell Mom you want to come
to every Lads and Ladies event.

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Okay.

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Man, that was easy!

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Too easy.

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It is so cool that Howard has a major

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in Afro-American studies.

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It's not just a major anymore.

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They started a whole new department.

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There was a bit of a student
takeover, if you will.

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If I do decide to go to college,

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I got to go someplace with a
progressive curriculum, you dig?

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Right on, sister!

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You should really come to our
college information meeting.

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You'd definitely dig that.

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What? Kim was having a good time?

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Man, I played myself.

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I was gonna have to do a week
of Kim's chores for nothing.

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Dammit.

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Wait, you're talking
about Nat King Cole?

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- The Nat King Cole?
- The one and only.

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Now, I'm not saying Nat's band was
into wild stuff, but let's just say

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- this cocktail waitress and her friends...
- Hey, Bill. Bill.

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- Hey, Dean.
- I can't tell you how many times

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I heard my dad almost finish that story.

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Mom says it's time to go.

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Hey, it was really good
meeting you, Bill.

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And I'll be listening for
your song on the radio.

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Hey, give me a call about
the club in Birmingham.

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The owner, he's always
looking for a good band.

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I definitely will. I
really appreciate it.

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Yeah. Hey, us Lads and Ladies folk,

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we take care of each other.

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Dean, tell your mama I'll
be there in a minute.

245
00:11:07,898 --> 00:11:10,395
It was so nice meeting you, Lillian.

246
00:11:10,421 --> 00:11:12,794
We really look forward to
seeing you and your children

247
00:11:12,820 --> 00:11:15,247
at the rest of our events
for prospective families.

248
00:11:15,273 --> 00:11:17,177
Well, we really look
forward to being involved.

249
00:11:17,203 --> 00:11:18,484
- See you next time.
- All right.

250
00:11:18,510 --> 00:11:20,343
- Bye, Vivian.
- Bye.

251
00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:25,430
Did you hear what she
said about "good hair"?

252
00:11:25,570 --> 00:11:27,192
Like anybody's hair could stay good

253
00:11:27,218 --> 00:11:29,255
out in this type of humidity for hours.

254
00:11:29,281 --> 00:11:31,864
I did. It was right after she said,

255
00:11:31,890 --> 00:11:35,332
"We only take a certain type of
family into Lads and Ladies."

256
00:11:35,717 --> 00:11:37,614
I see a whole lot of
milk chocolate out here

257
00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,686
and not a lot of dark chocolate.

258
00:11:41,015 --> 00:11:43,461
Well, there go my boys.

259
00:11:44,278 --> 00:11:45,711
See you later, girl.

260
00:11:47,937 --> 00:11:49,652
This wasn't as bad as I thought.

261
00:11:49,740 --> 00:11:52,359
I actually met some guys who
had excellent taste in music.

262
00:11:52,492 --> 00:11:54,119
Meaning they heard your record?

263
00:11:54,188 --> 00:11:56,093
Yep. Real good taste.

264
00:11:56,296 --> 00:11:58,119
Yeah, well, we'll see how it goes.

265
00:11:58,539 --> 00:11:59,925
You don't sound happy.

266
00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:03,050
I'm afraid they might be
living up to their reputation,

267
00:12:03,119 --> 00:12:04,546
if you know what I mean.

268
00:12:04,632 --> 00:12:06,202
Somebody say something?

269
00:12:06,228 --> 00:12:09,429
Well, it's not like they pulled out
a brown paper bag or anything,

270
00:12:10,003 --> 00:12:11,669
but it was just a lot of comments

271
00:12:11,695 --> 00:12:14,292
about looking for Lads and
Ladies type of people.

272
00:12:14,361 --> 00:12:17,223
Well, you let me know
what you want to do.

273
00:12:17,875 --> 00:12:20,067
As long as it's good for Dean and Kim,

274
00:12:20,093 --> 00:12:21,645
we'll stick with the process.

275
00:12:21,671 --> 00:12:24,780
That was great news because
I'd promised a stink bomb,

276
00:12:24,806 --> 00:12:28,000
- and I'm a man of my word.
- Dean! Kim! Let's go!

277
00:12:32,812 --> 00:12:34,671
Hey, Dean, come on.

278
00:12:36,398 --> 00:12:40,367
Well, looks like we were wrong
about the whole... thing.

279
00:12:41,211 --> 00:12:43,130
Looks like we're still
in the running, girl.

280
00:12:43,156 --> 00:12:45,273
So what you gonna wear to
Dorothy's luncheon tomorrow?

281
00:12:45,992 --> 00:12:47,318
What luncheon?

282
00:12:47,344 --> 00:12:49,648
You know, the one for all the moms.

283
00:12:53,281 --> 00:12:56,133
- Lil, I'm so sorry. I...
- Don't worry about it.

284
00:12:56,159 --> 00:12:57,497
I'm glad they invited you.

285
00:12:57,523 --> 00:12:59,906
At least now we know it's
not about complexion.

286
00:12:59,932 --> 00:13:01,927
Well, it probably was just an oversight.

287
00:13:01,953 --> 00:13:04,382
- I'll talk to Dorothy.
- No, don't worry about it.

288
00:13:05,039 --> 00:13:07,494
And feel free to go without me.

289
00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,210
Girl, now, you... you
know I was still going.

290
00:13:10,984 --> 00:13:13,703
I'm not gonna have no fun, though.
30 minutes. Come on.

291
00:13:21,671 --> 00:13:23,614
Hey, I'm not gonna lie.

292
00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:25,145
I felt a little left out last time,

293
00:13:25,171 --> 00:13:27,257
so I spent all night
studying up on the planets.

294
00:13:27,326 --> 00:13:29,513
Did you know that Pluto is so
far out there that from there,

295
00:13:29,539 --> 00:13:31,726
the sun just looks like a regular star?

296
00:13:31,843 --> 00:13:34,825
Also, did you know that we have
a library by where we live?

297
00:13:34,851 --> 00:13:37,625
Wait a minute, Cory's an
astronomer all of a sudden?

298
00:13:37,726 --> 00:13:39,961
Hey, you know how sports is your thing?

299
00:13:40,431 --> 00:13:41,968
Maybe leave the planets to me.

300
00:13:42,054 --> 00:13:44,395
Okay. Unless there's a
cute girl out there.

301
00:13:44,421 --> 00:13:46,356
Then the Pluto thing's coming back out.

302
00:13:46,382 --> 00:13:48,292
Cory was probably the
only kid in the world

303
00:13:48,361 --> 00:13:51,117
who could make a pick-up
line about Pluto work.

304
00:13:51,992 --> 00:13:54,961
Let's begin this trip by
looking at the solar system

305
00:13:55,062 --> 00:13:59,750
with the largest object in
our solar system, our sun.

306
00:13:59,921 --> 00:14:02,179
The sun is a star...

307
00:14:02,361 --> 00:14:04,050
When we get back outside,

308
00:14:04,234 --> 00:14:05,961
I'll set it off in the parking lot.

309
00:14:06,484 --> 00:14:07,945
This is gonna be great.

310
00:14:08,101 --> 00:14:10,086
- Let me see it.
- No.

311
00:14:13,906 --> 00:14:16,382
Did you know that Pluto was so far...

312
00:14:35,445 --> 00:14:36,669
What happened?

313
00:14:36,695 --> 00:14:39,060
A stink bomb went off but Dean
had nothing to do with it.

314
00:14:39,086 --> 00:14:42,154
Yeah, we, had to miss the
rest of the exhibition.

315
00:14:42,223 --> 00:14:44,695
Do you think we could
come back next weekend?

316
00:14:45,304 --> 00:14:46,396
We'll see.

317
00:14:46,617 --> 00:14:48,188
Something about that
look on my mom's face

318
00:14:48,257 --> 00:14:50,326
made me worried that
she wasn't buying it.

319
00:14:50,684 --> 00:14:52,029
But soon I would realize

320
00:14:52,055 --> 00:14:54,415
what she had on her
mind wasn't about me.

321
00:14:54,587 --> 00:14:55,899
Dorothy.

322
00:14:57,195 --> 00:14:58,921
Do you mind if I ask you a question?

323
00:14:59,257 --> 00:15:01,897
Vivian was telling me about a luncheon,

324
00:15:01,923 --> 00:15:03,670
and I hadn't heard anything about it.

325
00:15:03,696 --> 00:15:06,678
Is it an official event? Because
if so, I'd hate to miss it.

326
00:15:06,704 --> 00:15:10,141
It's on a weekday and I didn't
think you'd be able to attend.

327
00:15:10,345 --> 00:15:13,212
I imagine you have so much on your plate

328
00:15:13,415 --> 00:15:15,858
with all your numbers and
meetings and things.

329
00:15:15,884 --> 00:15:17,712
Thank you for your concern,

330
00:15:18,282 --> 00:15:19,748
but I would find the time.

331
00:15:19,774 --> 00:15:22,141
I would never ask you to do that!

332
00:15:22,243 --> 00:15:25,529
But a lot of our meetings
and get-togethers

333
00:15:25,555 --> 00:15:27,719
do happen during the afternoon,

334
00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,522
and I'd imagine that participating

335
00:15:29,548 --> 00:15:32,470
would be difficult for
someone with a career.

336
00:15:32,688 --> 00:15:34,969
Well, I would find a way to contribute.

337
00:15:35,165 --> 00:15:37,865
Just like the other working
mothers of Lads and Ladies.

338
00:15:37,891 --> 00:15:39,017
We don't...

339
00:15:39,173 --> 00:15:42,766
haven't had many like
you in our chapter.

340
00:15:43,809 --> 00:15:47,727
Well, I hope this won't affect
your decision on membership.

341
00:15:48,196 --> 00:15:50,796
When it comes to doing
what's good for my family,

342
00:15:50,822 --> 00:15:53,790
I always find a way to work things out.

343
00:15:54,946 --> 00:15:56,842
I'm sure you do your best.

344
00:15:56,868 --> 00:16:00,577
We won't decide about membership
until after the spring gala.

345
00:16:00,891 --> 00:16:04,055
It's at night, so I'm sure
you'll be able to make it.

346
00:16:05,636 --> 00:16:08,936
It would be a few decades before
I learned the name for it,

347
00:16:08,962 --> 00:16:11,912
but outside that planetarium
was the first time I witnessed

348
00:16:11,981 --> 00:16:15,154
the phenomenon known as "shade."

349
00:16:16,503 --> 00:16:18,779
Something about my mom's silence

350
00:16:18,805 --> 00:16:21,147
on that ride home made
me feel that my reign

351
00:16:21,173 --> 00:16:24,399
as the king of the Lads and
Ladies kids was in peril.

352
00:16:24,671 --> 00:16:26,996
Since this whole thing was about Kim,

353
00:16:27,022 --> 00:16:29,678
I decided it was up to her to fix it.

354
00:16:30,970 --> 00:16:33,508
No, the other kids are
actually pretty cool,

355
00:16:33,534 --> 00:16:36,298
and my dress for their party is boss.

356
00:16:38,243 --> 00:16:39,657
Look, I got to go.

357
00:16:39,683 --> 00:16:41,510
There's a pest in my room.

358
00:16:42,858 --> 00:16:44,444
- What?
- So you know how Mom

359
00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:46,498
was worried that we would do
something to blow our chances

360
00:16:46,524 --> 00:16:48,328
into getting into Lads and Ladies?

361
00:16:48,414 --> 00:16:50,537
Well, I think the real
problem might be her.

362
00:16:50,563 --> 00:16:51,586
What are you talking about?

363
00:16:51,612 --> 00:16:53,880
She didn't get invited to the
lunches with the other moms,

364
00:16:53,906 --> 00:16:55,653
and when she asked
Miss Dorothy about it,

365
00:16:55,679 --> 00:16:57,230
they got into this big fight,

366
00:16:57,256 --> 00:17:00,102
which wasn't really a
fight, but it kinda was.

367
00:17:03,211 --> 00:17:06,341
If they have issue with you being a working
mom, maybe they're not the right group for us.

368
00:17:06,367 --> 00:17:08,466
Tell them to kick rocks. You
have plenty of friends.

369
00:17:08,492 --> 00:17:10,365
This is not about me.

370
00:17:10,391 --> 00:17:13,505
It's like we said, it's about this
being a good thing for the kids.

371
00:17:13,531 --> 00:17:16,070
So it is true? We're not getting in?

372
00:17:16,797 --> 00:17:20,076
Great. I found this dress and got
excited about this gala for nothing.

373
00:17:20,102 --> 00:17:22,444
Well, I'm honestly not
sure about our chances.

374
00:17:22,470 --> 00:17:23,888
It'll be their loss, Lil.

375
00:17:23,914 --> 00:17:25,497
Those women ain't got nothing on you.

376
00:17:25,523 --> 00:17:27,216
A bunch of jealous hens, you ask me.

377
00:17:27,242 --> 00:17:30,099
Can't you just do what you always tell
me to do when people don't like me?

378
00:17:30,125 --> 00:17:31,633
Show them why you're special.

379
00:17:31,693 --> 00:17:33,245
Ask them about themselves.

380
00:17:33,291 --> 00:17:34,498
Tell a joke.

381
00:17:34,524 --> 00:17:36,414
I got some good ones you can use.

382
00:17:36,554 --> 00:17:39,632
I just hate the idea of
you guys missing out

383
00:17:39,658 --> 00:17:41,296
because of my choices.

384
00:17:41,322 --> 00:17:42,240
What?

385
00:17:42,266 --> 00:17:45,578
The only thing they missed out on is
a smaller house and only one car.

386
00:17:46,274 --> 00:17:49,967
Dean, I'm sure there are times
that you wish I was doing things

387
00:17:49,993 --> 00:17:52,037
like volunteering more at your school.

388
00:17:52,063 --> 00:17:54,326
Yeah, but that was only because
when Miss Vivian did it,

389
00:17:54,352 --> 00:17:57,203
she would give Cory extra cookies
and he'd get to go home early.

390
00:17:57,625 --> 00:17:58,914
Kim,

391
00:17:59,046 --> 00:18:02,379
Lord knows I miss the times
when I wasn't working as much

392
00:18:02,622 --> 00:18:04,178
and we did everything together.

393
00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,015
Well, that wasn't your fault.

394
00:18:08,854 --> 00:18:11,026
We don't want you to
quit your job, Mama.

395
00:18:11,052 --> 00:18:12,500
I'm not quitting.

396
00:18:12,546 --> 00:18:14,474
We are going to that spring gala,

397
00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:16,356
and we're gonna do what we always do.

398
00:18:16,382 --> 00:18:18,914
Be who we are and hope for the best.

399
00:18:18,940 --> 00:18:20,390
That's right.

400
00:18:22,609 --> 00:18:25,466
Nobody else is gonna talk about
how Kim's dress is cut too low?

401
00:18:25,492 --> 00:18:27,921
- I can see the girl's heart beating.
- Daddy!

402
00:18:27,947 --> 00:18:30,570
You better be walking off
to get another dress.

403
00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:33,226
_

404
00:18:45,531 --> 00:18:47,540
Welcome to the Montgomery chapter

405
00:18:47,566 --> 00:18:51,609
of Lads and Ladies'
bi-annual Spring Gala.

406
00:18:56,742 --> 00:18:59,559
Now it's time to meet
the fine young people

407
00:18:59,585 --> 00:19:01,224
eligible to be presented

408
00:19:01,250 --> 00:19:03,671
at next year's debutante cotillion.

409
00:19:03,803 --> 00:19:07,129
These groups are both
current and prospective

410
00:19:07,164 --> 00:19:09,328
Lads and Ladies members.

411
00:19:09,661 --> 00:19:12,937
First, Miss Sandra Diane Henderson...

412
00:19:17,353 --> 00:19:19,421
Bill, do you see Kim?

413
00:19:19,734 --> 00:19:21,690
She's probably in the
bathroom hogging the mirror.

414
00:19:21,716 --> 00:19:23,289
She can do that for hours.

415
00:19:25,088 --> 00:19:28,601
Thank you, Catherine.
Isn't she so lovely?

416
00:19:32,164 --> 00:19:36,944
And next we have Miss
Kimberly Lanette Williams.

417
00:19:36,970 --> 00:19:38,695
Kim is a junior at...

418
00:19:41,568 --> 00:19:43,989
While everyone else wore
their formal gowns,

419
00:19:44,015 --> 00:19:46,083
Kim busted out one of
Mama's business suits

420
00:19:46,109 --> 00:19:49,460
and strutted her stuff like when they
played dress-up back in the day.

421
00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:52,575
She made a real statement that night.

422
00:19:52,601 --> 00:19:55,005
At first, we didn't know how to react,

423
00:19:55,031 --> 00:19:57,082
but the look on Mom's face

424
00:19:57,108 --> 00:19:59,875
made everything we'd
gone through worthwhile.

425
00:20:12,861 --> 00:20:16,296
Unfortunately, Nelson also
wanted to make a statement.

426
00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:19,039
He copied my stink bomb formula.

427
00:20:23,515 --> 00:20:25,028
But I felt heartened

428
00:20:25,054 --> 00:20:27,537
knowing that my influence would live on.

429
00:20:27,563 --> 00:20:30,695
Everyone, everyone, please, remain...

430
00:20:35,062 --> 00:20:38,067
Why you wearing a Tuskegee sweater
when we're going to visit Howard?

431
00:20:38,093 --> 00:20:40,255
Howard is not the only school around.

432
00:20:40,281 --> 00:20:42,417
Besides, Tuskegee's on the way.

433
00:20:42,443 --> 00:20:44,062
Fine. But I'm driving.

434
00:20:44,132 --> 00:20:45,281
No!

435
00:20:45,451 --> 00:20:47,312
But you can pick the music, though.

436
00:20:57,367 --> 00:20:58,849
They're gonna have a good time?

437
00:20:58,875 --> 00:21:00,359
Yes, they will.

438
00:21:00,554 --> 00:21:02,593
With just a little bit of bloodshed.

439
00:21:02,619 --> 00:21:08,210
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