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As a fledgling vampire,
I did not take to killing.

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You really have earned your 15%.

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You truly are an exceptional Negro.

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I had powers now,
and decades of rage to process.

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I wanna buy the Fair Play Saloon.

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That's a mighty tall ladder
you're climbing, Mr. du Lac.

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Never gon' have a family
of my own, am I?

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I no longer kill.

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You don't have to humiliate him.

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Embrace what you are!
You are a killer, Louis!

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No, sir.

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There's a column in here

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about the history of this lovely square.

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It says that the man who designed it

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did so after the
Place de Vosges in Paris.

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I can see that.

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Used to be called the Place d'Armes.

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I prefer that. Don't you?

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Mm-hmm.

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The Louisiana Purchase was signed here.

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Penny wise, franc foolish.

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Say anything about how they used
to take runaway slaves,

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cut their heads off,

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and pike 'em on the iron gates
as a warning?

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I'm only half way through. Let's see.

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Do you ever think that we...
that's to say, our kind...

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were put on Earth for a larger purpose?

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I put you on this earth.

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Your purpose is to enjoy yourself.

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That can't be all there is.

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I know you don't believe that.

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Well, tell me what I believe, Louis.

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Excavate the hoarded thoughts buried

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beneath my damned soul.

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We can eat animals and be okay.

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Rats, cats, cattle.

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Is "okay" what you desire, Louis?

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Shall we walk the night

40
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as the gods of easily attainable dreams?

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I desire blood as much as you do.

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But I wonder, should we be
more selective?

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What, only eat red-heads? The humanists?

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- Define your terms.
- The worst of 'em.

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And how would we go
about determining that?

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We use our powers, read their minds.

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Hunting is pure instinct.

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Reason is a set of leg irons.

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The ones you admire...
the poets, composers,

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the thoughtful man
who designed this park

51
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you love so much...

52
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shouldn't we spare them
the randomness of our killing?

53
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Every one of them
is capable of abomination,

54
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even the ones worthy of admiration.

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Shakespeare, Brahms, this
naturalist that fogs your mind.

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Got it off your bookshelf.

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Thrust them into circumstance,

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whisper to them their
Lord, God and Savior

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is not listening, and you will see

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all kinds of depravity.

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They came from apes. We came from them.

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We should be better than they are.

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You refer to them as "they"
to get on my better side.

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Try something for me, mon cher.

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Say we come upon a murderer

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planting a flowerbed,
thinking only of flowers.

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How long do we wait
before his bloody deeds

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- reveal themselves?
- As long as it takes.

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You haven't thought this through, Louis.

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You said you would try.

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Just gotta hold it in.
Only another mile.

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So inebriated, he's worried
he'll urinate all over himself.

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He's just a drunk.

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$18 in the dresser.

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She ain't never gon' miss it.

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Stealing from his mother for a new suit.

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- Petty larceny.
- Starts with a suit.

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Soon, he'll be knocking over banks.

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You gon' take the serious or not?

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Wait.

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What's that I hear? Ah, yes.

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It's the angel of salvation
passing over us.

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All these stupid people.
Everybody's so stupid.

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Him.

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He steals from unfortunates,

86
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breaks into tenements

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and robs them
of their meager possessions.

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And does that meet your satisfaction?

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Don't mind the shaking.
I've snapped his spine.

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It's merely his nerves spasming.

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Well, go on.
Here's your criminal biscuit.

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See how it tastes.

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Eat before your reason
or his heart fails us.

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? I've got some good news, honey ?

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? An invitation to the Darktown Ball ?

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? It's a very swell affair ?

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? All the "high-browns" will be there ?

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New singer.

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She says she heard about the
Azalea all the way in Atlanta.

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They talkin' about
this place in Atlanta.

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You're angry.

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I'm pondering.

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Pondering what?

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Your night had nothing to do

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with ridding the world of criminals

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or finding some morality
to buoy your existence.

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You're ashamed of what we are.

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Maybe I'm just pondering what I am.

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For the infinitesimal time,
you're a vampire.

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Could you not use the word
in my place of business?

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Place of business.

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A cover, an illusion to throw
off the scent of the dogs.

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This illusion is frontin'
a dozen businesses

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- up and down Claiborne.
- Yes, yes.

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For every 20 people he kills,

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he makes one small
businessman's dreams come true.

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Louis de Pointe du Lac,
the Dark Prince of Iberville.

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Antoinette Brown, and I will
be here all night long.

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I don't wanna kill people anymore.

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There it is.

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A fish that doesn't swim.

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A bird refusing to fly.

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You're going to struggle.

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I fear for the feline
population of New Orleans.

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Mm.

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Your pianist has lost his passion.

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- What?
- Mr. Morton, you have played

128
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the same melody, the very same way,

129
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for two weeks now.

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Your talent is immense,
but your mind is elsewhere.

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Think you could do better, Jack?

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Well, I'm not being paid a small fortune

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on top of that tip jar to perform.

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My skills are irrelevant.

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People didn't come here to hear you
jabber, Mr. Lioncourt.

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Well, they didn't come here
to hear you play either.

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Otherwise, you'd be in a concert hall

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and there'd be fewer prostitutes.

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Shut the hell up and let him play.

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This ain't your kinda music.

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You can pretend you're a vegetarian.

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I can pretend the fool.

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There he goes.

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- Be my guest.
- Thank you.

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For our boys being shipped off
to Europe, know your enemy.

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What's wrong with that man?

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Oh, hell no!

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Oh, didn't that get
your dick wet, gents?

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Rate your limits, Mr. Morton.

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What you hear is genius.

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All I hear is a man who's
never gotten his dick wet.

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Actually, the man had
20 children in his lifetime,

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and you're sort of stuck on
that wet-dick zinger, Ferdinand.

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It's like your left hand on the piano,

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little walking patterns, isn't it?

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He admitted later
there was nothing wrong

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with Jelly Roll's playing,
only something he overheard

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in an alleyway... a steady gig
for the band in Chicago.

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Jelly was going to leave me
high and dry in a few days,

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and Lestat took umbrage.

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If I'm not mistaken,
he improved the melody

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for what would later become
the "Wolverine Blues".

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Wai... wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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Hold on there.

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You're saying Lestat wrote
the "Wolverine Blues"?

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I can't be definitive.

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So much of that year was a blur.

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And you can imagine
what time's inevitable hammer

169
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does to the minute details.

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This?

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Yes, that's it.

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Uh-huh.

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Yeah, you know, I-I gotta say,

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it's not so much
the minute details, Louis,

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rather the total rewrite
that's giving me pause here.

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I mean, 1973.

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He was a sow's ear,

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out of which nothing fine could be made.

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I was his complete superior,

180
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and I had been sadly cheated
in having him for a teacher.

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2022.

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It was a cold winter that year,
and Lestat was my coal fire.

183
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And I found myself,
for the very first time,

184
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to anyone other than Paul,

185
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confiding my struggles to another man.

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San Francisco.

187
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He appeared frail and stupid to me,

188
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a man made of dried twigs
with a thin, carping voice.

189
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Dubai.

190
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I never allowed myself to feel
emotionally close to anyone,

191
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much less a man.

192
00:10:01,870 --> 00:10:05,475
Lestat had surrounded me.

193
00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,605
The version we speak of now is
the more nuanced portrait.

194
00:10:08,610 --> 00:10:11,395
Hmm. Or the more rehearsed.

195
00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,525
Perhaps I was mistaken
about the "Wolverine Blues".

196
00:10:14,530 --> 00:10:16,615
Fuck the "Wolverine Blues".

197
00:10:16,620 --> 00:10:18,275
Ken Burns can choke on the footnotes.

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00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,255
It's the abused-abuser

199
00:10:20,260 --> 00:10:23,175
psychological relationship
I'm talking about.

200
00:10:23,180 --> 00:10:25,425
I do not consider myself abused.

201
00:10:25,430 --> 00:10:27,885
I mean, usually when you're
a little too close to it,

202
00:10:27,890 --> 00:10:31,285
the abused still loves the abuser,

203
00:10:31,290 --> 00:10:33,675
but you flipped it
completely on its head.

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I'm not a victim.

205
00:10:34,750 --> 00:10:36,465
50 years later, you talk like

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he was your soul mate, li... like...

207
00:10:38,730 --> 00:10:42,735
like you were locked in some
fucked up gothic romance.

208
00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:45,145
Why?

209
00:10:45,150 --> 00:10:47,705
"I am in my Buick, staring
in the rearview mirror

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at my daughter in the car seat,
an hour after I gave Derek,

211
00:10:51,050 --> 00:10:54,135
a guy I don't know,
the last 30 bucks I had.

212
00:10:54,140 --> 00:10:55,895
My editor reminds me,

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00:10:55,900 --> 00:10:58,875
it's seven years before
car seats are mandatory.

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My ex-wife reminds me,
I never owned a Buick.

215
00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:08,410
This is the odyssey of recollection".

216
00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:16,640
The tapes are an admitted performance.

217
00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,685
This is the premise of our interview.

218
00:11:21,690 --> 00:11:26,995
Half a century later,
allow me my odyssey.

219
00:11:37,270 --> 00:11:39,330
Now who's performing?

220
00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,905
You were the prince of your district.

221
00:12:05,910 --> 00:12:07,965
Lestat chased an American icon

222
00:12:07,970 --> 00:12:10,685
outta town because he loved you.

223
00:12:10,690 --> 00:12:14,345
1917 doesn't sound like
it was such a bad year.

224
00:12:14,350 --> 00:12:17,215
Rigged to burn, Daniel.

225
00:12:17,220 --> 00:12:20,135
A silent bridge for
your voice to float along.

226
00:12:20,140 --> 00:12:22,595
You talk like you play, Mr. Lioncourt.

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00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,785
Lestat filled in
for Jelly the next night.

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He and Miss Brown
dazzled the waiting johns

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and invited their admirers
back to the Rue Royale.

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So, the last one to leave never left?

231
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No.

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He would do his killing
away from me now,

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out of respect, he said,
for the choice I had made.

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'Round the back.

235
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The frolicking repeated itself

236
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every night for two weeks.

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They would add another song to their set

238
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and work on another at night,

239
00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,865
while I tried to adapt to my new diet.

240
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I barely had the energy
to hold up a book.

241
00:13:02,660 --> 00:13:04,155
My libido was not what it had been.

242
00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:05,435
Hey!

243
00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,925
I understood the indulgence.

244
00:13:06,930 --> 00:13:08,205
I let it happen.

245
00:13:08,210 --> 00:13:10,995
Mr. Louis, you have to convince Lestat

246
00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,445
to keep playin'.

247
00:13:12,450 --> 00:13:15,735
Got a better chance makin'
the Mississippi run north.

248
00:13:15,740 --> 00:13:17,545
We had a good run,
but I did it for Louis.

249
00:13:17,550 --> 00:13:19,235
I do everything for Louis.

250
00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,015
Yeah, I heard that about you two.

251
00:13:21,020 --> 00:13:23,195
Oh? Well, what have you heard?

252
00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,545
I'm not a gossip.

253
00:13:24,550 --> 00:13:26,065
But I am.

254
00:13:26,070 --> 00:13:29,945
Well, people at the Azalea, they say...

255
00:13:29,950 --> 00:13:33,165
You're confusing me.

256
00:13:33,170 --> 00:13:36,065
Oh, come now.

257
00:13:36,070 --> 00:13:37,640
I don't bite.

258
00:13:40,700 --> 00:13:42,635
What do the employees of the Azalea say

259
00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,285
about Louis and Lestat?

260
00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:45,695
I'll answer with a question.

261
00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:46,775
Mm-hmm.

262
00:13:46,780 --> 00:13:50,335
Are there two beds upstairs or one?

263
00:13:50,340 --> 00:13:51,605
Do you want to find out?

264
00:13:51,610 --> 00:13:53,795
No one goes upstairs, Miss Brown.

265
00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,795
Well, there's my answer.

266
00:13:55,800 --> 00:14:00,005
Still, what do you imagine
confines us to a single note?

267
00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,605
Why not a chord? Why not a cluster?

268
00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:06,455
Oh, see, I'm the same.

269
00:14:06,460 --> 00:14:08,505
I like all sorts.

270
00:14:08,510 --> 00:14:10,325
I like soft hands.

271
00:14:10,330 --> 00:14:14,335
I like burnished complexions.

272
00:14:15,670 --> 00:14:17,800
I like men called Daddy.

273
00:14:20,430 --> 00:14:24,435
Oh, your blouse is soaked in champagne.

274
00:14:25,220 --> 00:14:27,515
Bad Daddy.

275
00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,115
I was beginning to wonder
about your manners.

276
00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,215
I'm hungry.

277
00:14:31,220 --> 00:14:33,435
Think I'm gon' get something to eat.

278
00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,785
Is the animal market still open?

279
00:14:35,790 --> 00:14:38,620
Enjoy yourselves.
It's the purpose of livin'.

280
00:14:41,510 --> 00:14:43,820
He gets that way when he's hungry.

281
00:14:54,510 --> 00:14:56,335
She burn quick?

282
00:14:56,340 --> 00:14:58,030
See for yourself.

283
00:15:01,820 --> 00:15:05,125
A dentist from Tallahassee.

284
00:15:05,130 --> 00:15:08,165
There's a dentistry convention in town.

285
00:15:08,170 --> 00:15:12,375
Sinister talk of molars and
bicuspids around every corner.

286
00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,485
So, you didn't kill her.

287
00:15:15,490 --> 00:15:16,915
No.

288
00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:18,710
She has talents.

289
00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:23,760
Aren't I enough?

290
00:15:27,180 --> 00:15:28,315
D-Don't...

291
00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:29,755
Don't laugh.

292
00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,935
Louis.

293
00:15:32,940 --> 00:15:34,935
- Don't laugh.
- Louis.

294
00:15:34,940 --> 00:15:37,585
Louis.

295
00:15:37,590 --> 00:15:39,135
You have some squirrel on your...

296
00:15:39,140 --> 00:15:40,375
No, don't.

297
00:15:40,380 --> 00:15:44,155
We'll be together 10,000,
nights, 100,000.

298
00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,815
What we're doing is hard.

299
00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:48,605
Anything that wards off the dungs

300
00:15:48,610 --> 00:15:50,425
of the everlasting road we walk,

301
00:15:50,430 --> 00:15:53,385
the pleasures of the flesh,

302
00:15:53,390 --> 00:15:56,955
the pleasures of the kill, for me.

303
00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,695
Pleasures of the Good Book
by the fire for you.

304
00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:02,400
I can smell her on you.

305
00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:09,845
From time to time,
I like a little variety.

306
00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,025
There. I said it.

307
00:16:17,030 --> 00:16:19,290
We're communicating
so much better now, no?

308
00:16:24,820 --> 00:16:27,320
So, I can fuck whoever I want?

309
00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,775
Of course.

310
00:16:31,780 --> 00:16:34,125
Of course.

311
00:16:34,130 --> 00:16:35,995
Of course.

312
00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,525
As long as you come home to me.

313
00:16:38,530 --> 00:16:40,780
Of course.

314
00:16:42,620 --> 00:16:45,175
While the domestic front
simmered on diet

315
00:16:45,180 --> 00:16:47,225
and sanctioned infidelity,

316
00:16:47,230 --> 00:16:51,225
the Western Front started
receiving American troops.

317
00:16:52,890 --> 00:16:55,095
New Orleans was the last
stop before France

318
00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:57,535
for many young men.

319
00:16:57,540 --> 00:17:00,255
And City Ordinance 4118

320
00:17:00,260 --> 00:17:03,895
tried to ensure Uncle Sam's
money went into the right hands.

321
00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:07,205
Ordinance 4118.

322
00:17:07,210 --> 00:17:09,405
I could Google it, or you could...

323
00:17:09,410 --> 00:17:11,975
A hastily composed attempt by the city

324
00:17:11,980 --> 00:17:14,255
to segregate Storyville.

325
00:17:14,260 --> 00:17:16,255
It required that all prostitutes

326
00:17:16,260 --> 00:17:18,295
of colored or Black race

327
00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:21,385
move their business across Canal Street.

328
00:17:21,390 --> 00:17:24,085
This was the heart of my business,

329
00:17:24,090 --> 00:17:26,395
what the Azalea was known for.

330
00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,915
The very men who signed
the ordinance into law

331
00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,315
were some of my best clients.

332
00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:36,055
It was an absurdity,
an affront to a Creole man

333
00:17:36,060 --> 00:17:38,535
who had outpaced
his fair-skinned competitors.

334
00:17:38,540 --> 00:17:39,735
How'd you manage it?

335
00:17:39,740 --> 00:17:41,756
I gave five percent
of the business to my girls,

336
00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,065
made 'em all owners.

337
00:17:43,070 --> 00:17:44,225
How's that help you?

338
00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:46,745
Lawyer said if they were owners,
we can file a writ,

339
00:17:46,750 --> 00:17:49,415
saying 4118 was a...

340
00:17:49,420 --> 00:17:50,565
How you put it, Bricks?

341
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,335
Deprives us the use of our property

342
00:17:52,340 --> 00:17:55,495
without due process of law,
denying us equal protection

343
00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:58,075
under the Constitution
of these United States.

344
00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,125
Sounds like some kind of
Russian Bolshevik scheme.

345
00:18:01,130 --> 00:18:02,975
You diddled the man's money,

346
00:18:02,980 --> 00:18:04,915
and he bought himself an end-around.

347
00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,525
It's pure capitalism, Mr. Fenwick.

348
00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:08,755
Thank you, Tom.

349
00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,545
Unorthodox business mind
under that hat, Louis.

350
00:18:11,550 --> 00:18:15,545
No security guard on the door,
lets a woman count his coin.

351
00:18:15,550 --> 00:18:17,055
No offense, Miss Williams.

352
00:18:17,060 --> 00:18:18,485
Been called a cunny, a cow,

353
00:18:18,490 --> 00:18:20,145
and a bitch that ate a thousand dicks.

354
00:18:20,150 --> 00:18:22,255
You wanna apologize
for callin' me a woman?

355
00:18:22,260 --> 00:18:23,515
Whoo, leave your wife.

356
00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,145
I'll make you a happy man, Mr. Anderson.

357
00:18:25,150 --> 00:18:27,325
Bricks don't take wooden nickels,

358
00:18:27,330 --> 00:18:30,765
and I'm the only security
this place needs.

359
00:18:30,770 --> 00:18:32,765
Christ on a cracker.

360
00:18:32,770 --> 00:18:34,115
We're writing another ordinance.

361
00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:35,375
You know that, don't you?

362
00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:36,985
The council is not your problem, Louis.

363
00:18:36,990 --> 00:18:40,595
It's Woodrow Wilson, this war
he's backed us all into.

364
00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,515
You think you're printin' money here?

365
00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:43,795
Them hay pennies compared

366
00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,346
to what the build up's
brought the city here.

367
00:18:45,350 --> 00:18:46,775
Just ask Mr. Anderson here.

368
00:18:46,780 --> 00:18:48,475
Not as colorful as club ownership,

369
00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,005
but you'd be amazed at the high pile

370
00:18:51,010 --> 00:18:52,785
made supplying the military camps

371
00:18:52,790 --> 00:18:55,575
with cigarettes, chocolates,
and prophylactics.

372
00:18:55,580 --> 00:18:58,745
Well, I'm doing my part
to see them jimmy hats get used.

373
00:18:58,750 --> 00:19:01,675
Son, I can tell you, the Navy
doesn't see it that way.

374
00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,755
You got 400 men over in charity

375
00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,105
gettin' treatment for the clap.

376
00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:07,425
I got pristine pussies walkin' my floor.

377
00:19:07,430 --> 00:19:09,815
Now I'm offended.

378
00:19:09,820 --> 00:19:11,715
Washington's making us choose, Louis.

379
00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,375
It's either win the war
or fuck the whore.

380
00:19:14,380 --> 00:19:18,075
Well, just, Council's just
stallin' for time, chasin' race.

381
00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,945
Don't feel like a stall.

382
00:19:19,950 --> 00:19:21,730
Feel a little beside the point.

383
00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,515
Feel like a boot on my neck.

384
00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,995
He's one man on a council of 17, Louis.

385
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,935
Well, maybe he's still sideways

386
00:19:31,940 --> 00:19:34,050
'cause I turned down his 15%.

387
00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:39,615
Yeah, I'll admit, I prefer the days

388
00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:41,975
you let us win on occasion,
days of deference.

389
00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:44,535
What is it?

390
00:19:44,540 --> 00:19:46,665
There's a gentleman
asking for you, Mr. du Lac.

391
00:19:46,670 --> 00:19:48,405
A man in uniform.

392
00:19:48,410 --> 00:19:50,105
What I say, Mr. Anderson?

393
00:19:50,110 --> 00:19:52,325
The war's come a-knockin'.

394
00:19:54,070 --> 00:19:55,585
Cash me out.

395
00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:01,335
Good Lord.

396
00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:02,855
Jonah?

397
00:20:02,860 --> 00:20:04,375
Louis de Pointe du Lac.

398
00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:06,815
Jonah Macon.

399
00:20:06,820 --> 00:20:08,355
How long's it been?

400
00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:09,865
A day and forever.

401
00:20:09,870 --> 00:20:11,625
Told Grace you wouldn't remember me.

402
00:20:11,630 --> 00:20:14,995
'Course I remem... You're enlisted?

403
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,135
Ain't you good at noticing what's plain?

404
00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:23,265
You seen Grace?

405
00:20:23,270 --> 00:20:25,295
Saw her this mornin',
getting the yard ready

406
00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:26,875
for a birthday party.

407
00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,065
Oh, yeah, right. Twins.

408
00:20:29,070 --> 00:20:30,495
She got twin girls.

409
00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:32,055
Could barely keep her head straight,

410
00:20:32,060 --> 00:20:34,885
all those kids runnin' round,
tuggin' at her dress.

411
00:20:34,890 --> 00:20:36,980
So, you a big-shot businessman now.

412
00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,375
Heard about Paul.

413
00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:43,375
Yeah.

414
00:20:43,380 --> 00:20:45,030
Paul.

415
00:20:47,030 --> 00:20:48,545
Where you been, Jonah?

416
00:20:48,550 --> 00:20:50,905
Philadelphia for a spell, hotel work.

417
00:20:50,910 --> 00:20:53,125
Then, a gunpowder mill in Delaware.

418
00:20:53,130 --> 00:20:55,205
Fella working next to me
blew off three fingers.

419
00:20:55,210 --> 00:20:57,385
- I saw enough.
- Hell.

420
00:20:57,390 --> 00:20:59,525
Thought this might be a way
to rise through the ranks,

421
00:20:59,530 --> 00:21:01,655
and... and all that.

422
00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:06,065
Look like you already rose up,
and by a fair amount.

423
00:21:06,815 --> 00:21:08,070
I done all right.

424
00:21:08,075 --> 00:21:09,665
Done all right? You own all this.

425
00:21:09,670 --> 00:21:11,490
Sign me up for "done all right".

426
00:21:15,890 --> 00:21:17,715
You ever think about those old days

427
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,980
when we were kids?

428
00:21:23,070 --> 00:21:25,505
How long you here for?

429
00:21:25,510 --> 00:21:29,515
Couple of nights.
In the boat over the ocean.

430
00:21:30,250 --> 00:21:31,966
Me and a couple thousand
other fellas wearin'

431
00:21:31,970 --> 00:21:33,590
this same costume.

432
00:21:35,690 --> 00:21:37,945
You think this is nice?

433
00:21:37,950 --> 00:21:40,775
Wait till you see my pretty automobile.

434
00:21:40,780 --> 00:21:43,870
Louis de Pointe du Lac.

435
00:21:50,710 --> 00:21:52,445
Nothin' much changed here, I see.

436
00:21:52,450 --> 00:21:54,150
Crickets and katydids.

437
00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:59,145
You gon' ruin those
sharp shoes in this mud.

438
00:21:59,150 --> 00:22:02,145
I got another pair back at home.

439
00:22:02,150 --> 00:22:04,015
I'll bet you do.

440
00:22:04,020 --> 00:22:06,195
Easy livin' Louis.

441
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,545
There's nothing easy about
my life, I'll tell you that.

442
00:22:09,550 --> 00:22:12,155
Well, you've been blessed.

443
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,115
Ain't aged a day since I seen you last.

444
00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:18,725
That's the moonlight lyin' is all.

445
00:22:21,260 --> 00:22:25,345
You worried about goin' over there?

446
00:22:25,350 --> 00:22:27,175
Some nights.

447
00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:28,605
I mean, my squad's all colored,

448
00:22:28,610 --> 00:22:30,355
so we mostly gon' be in the rear,

449
00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:32,135
supply lines and shit.

450
00:22:32,140 --> 00:22:33,745
Better than gettin' shot at
for a country

451
00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:36,395
makes you use the side entrance.

452
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,605
And most of why I signed up
is I kept hearing

453
00:22:38,610 --> 00:22:40,795
something about something they call

454
00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,795
"European sensibilities".

455
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,205
They care less what you look
like or who you're lookin' at.

456
00:22:52,590 --> 00:22:54,985
Yeah, I got someone.

457
00:22:54,990 --> 00:22:57,635
I figured as much.
No ring on your finger?

458
00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,120
Not a woman.

459
00:23:02,260 --> 00:23:03,905
Well, what's he like?

460
00:23:03,910 --> 00:23:07,215
He's... a lot.

461
00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:08,435
It's not perfect.

462
00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,345
Mm-hmm.

463
00:23:10,350 --> 00:23:14,555
But we kind of have this agreement.

464
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,125
One of those "you can drive
out to the bayou"

465
00:23:17,130 --> 00:23:18,870
kind of agreements?

466
00:23:22,090 --> 00:23:25,960
Good fit, this, uh, uniform.

467
00:23:27,750 --> 00:23:29,180
Well, it's the moonlight.

468
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,010
Hello. Hello.

469
00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:47,135
How was your night?

470
00:24:47,140 --> 00:24:50,145
Fine. Yours?

471
00:24:51,670 --> 00:24:52,940
Fine.

472
00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:59,285
He found me, you know.

473
00:24:59,290 --> 00:25:01,935
Went to my old house on Esplanade.

474
00:25:01,940 --> 00:25:03,935
Grace told him where to find me.

475
00:25:03,940 --> 00:25:05,600
An old love.

476
00:25:07,770 --> 00:25:11,335
We had a few early fumbles.

477
00:25:11,340 --> 00:25:15,300
He was 16. I was... older.

478
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,175
We both knew, even then,
we were a little different.

479
00:25:20,180 --> 00:25:21,735
Hmm.

480
00:25:21,740 --> 00:25:23,745
How's Antoinette?

481
00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:25,435
Tedious.

482
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,655
No, I don't see that happening again.

483
00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:30,535
These affairs always flame out.

484
00:25:30,540 --> 00:25:32,405
Shall we have a night out tomorrow?

485
00:25:32,410 --> 00:25:36,615
I was gonna go see Grace and
the kids, keep up appearances.

486
00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:38,405
How 'bout after?

487
00:25:38,410 --> 00:25:40,665
Fine.

488
00:25:40,670 --> 00:25:42,110
Lock us in, would you?

489
00:25:50,990 --> 00:25:52,375
Many streets in New Orleans

490
00:25:52,380 --> 00:25:54,390
weren't paved at the time.

491
00:25:56,390 --> 00:25:59,035
The mud on his boots could
have come from anywhere.

492
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:00,910
Was it raining that night?

493
00:26:02,710 --> 00:26:04,695
Yeah, I got someone.

494
00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:07,795
I figured as much.
No ring on your finger?

495
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,360
Not a woman.

496
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,355
Did it rain?

497
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,445
Yeah, I got someone.

498
00:26:18,450 --> 00:26:21,315
I figured as much.
No ring on your finger?

499
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,010
Not a woman.

500
00:26:24,150 --> 00:26:26,155
I don't remember now.

501
00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:30,185
It could have been dry on the
bayou and wet in the Quarter.

502
00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:32,415
It's Louisiana.

503
00:26:32,420 --> 00:26:35,425
The odyssey of recollection.

504
00:26:35,430 --> 00:26:37,040
Hmm.

505
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,570
I would meet Jonah decades later.

506
00:26:44,130 --> 00:26:46,435
You're lingering, Rashid.

507
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,475
Apologies, Mr. du Lac.

508
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,525
What did he say when he met you again,

509
00:26:51,530 --> 00:26:55,135
when you were young and he wasn't?

510
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,405
What they all eventually say
in one articulation or another.

511
00:26:59,410 --> 00:27:01,575
Here comes the ghost!

512
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,235
Hurry! He's gonna get us!

513
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,065
The party was this afternoon.

514
00:27:09,070 --> 00:27:11,465
Seem my invitation got lost in the mail.

515
00:27:11,470 --> 00:27:12,765
You wanna come around,

516
00:27:12,770 --> 00:27:14,445
you come around when people are awake.

517
00:27:14,450 --> 00:27:17,415
It's barely dinnertime, Ma.
I don't wanna make a fuss.

518
00:27:17,420 --> 00:27:19,595
Six months and you just show up!

519
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,075
You're not welcome in this home!

520
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,075
I own this home.

521
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,865
I'm the executor in charge,
so welcome don't matter.

522
00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:29,085
The Devil walks at night.

523
00:27:29,090 --> 00:27:32,215
What? What did you say?

524
00:27:32,220 --> 00:27:33,575
What's goin' on out here?

525
00:27:33,580 --> 00:27:35,015
I got your girls some paper dolls.

526
00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:36,135
Go back inside, son.

527
00:27:36,140 --> 00:27:37,635
Son? I'm your son.

528
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,835
Let me handle this, Mamaw du Lac.

529
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,445
Don't.

530
00:27:41,450 --> 00:27:42,935
Comin' off a little hot, now.

531
00:27:42,940 --> 00:27:44,495
I ain't come here to see you.

532
00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:45,835
I didn't come here to see you.

533
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:47,925
- Louis.
- Came here to see Grace

534
00:27:47,930 --> 00:27:50,615
and give the girls some paper dolls!

535
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,410
Children, go to your room, now.

536
00:28:00,290 --> 00:28:02,300
What did I tell y'all?

537
00:28:04,430 --> 00:28:06,470
There he is.

538
00:28:07,740 --> 00:28:10,820
There he is.

539
00:28:14,830 --> 00:28:16,830
Grace.

540
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,095
- Grace.
- Get out!

541
00:28:43,950 --> 00:28:48,155
? First of all, at the call,
when the war began ?

542
00:28:48,910 --> 00:28:53,115
? Pat enlisted in the army
as a fighting man ?

543
00:28:53,650 --> 00:28:58,125
? When the drills began,
they'd walk 100 miles a day ?

544
00:28:58,130 --> 00:29:02,655
? Though the rest got tired,
Paddy always used to say ?

545
00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:04,655
? Where do we go from here, boys? ?

546
00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:06,335
? Where do we go from here? ?

547
00:29:06,340 --> 00:29:07,615
? Slip a pill to Kaiser Bill ?

548
00:29:07,620 --> 00:29:10,845
- What is this?
- ? And make him shed a tear ?

549
00:29:10,850 --> 00:29:12,915
? And when we see the enemy ?

550
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,695
? We'll shoot them in the rear ?

551
00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:15,995
What are you thinking?

552
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,326
Well, I thought we could have an orgy.

553
00:29:17,330 --> 00:29:18,531
You can fuck them, and I can eat them.

554
00:29:18,535 --> 00:29:19,940
What about the coffin room?

555
00:29:19,945 --> 00:29:21,901
Well, that would require
curiosity and intelligence.

556
00:29:21,905 --> 00:29:23,705
All these murderous slobs
want is more wine

557
00:29:23,710 --> 00:29:25,745
and a German on their bayonets!

558
00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:27,475
- Kill the Hans!
- Kill the Hans!

559
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,575
I brought them back after
they cut the electricity

560
00:29:29,580 --> 00:29:30,695
- at the Azalea.
- What?

561
00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:32,425
Miss Bricktop wanted you to have this.

562
00:29:32,430 --> 00:29:34,240
I think she's on to us.

563
00:29:35,541 --> 00:29:38,051
_

564
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,045
Get 'em out of here.

565
00:29:41,050 --> 00:29:42,635
Well, now that I know you have a type,

566
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:43,785
I thought you'd be pleased.

567
00:29:43,790 --> 00:29:45,320
Lestat!

568
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,965
? Oh, joy, oh, boy,
where do we go from here? ?

569
00:30:30,570 --> 00:30:32,045
Not funny.

570
00:30:32,050 --> 00:30:34,055
What can I say?

571
00:30:34,060 --> 00:30:36,055
I'm a lot.

572
00:30:36,060 --> 00:30:37,385
I'm not perfect.

573
00:30:37,390 --> 00:30:40,955
I knew it. I knew you were there.

574
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,055
- Yes.
- You're jealous?

575
00:30:43,060 --> 00:30:45,015
Yes. I don't like sharing.

576
00:30:45,020 --> 00:30:46,626
- What about Antoinette?
- It's different.

577
00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:47,845
I don't have feelings for her.

578
00:30:47,850 --> 00:30:50,895
He did me some face,
and I drove him home.

579
00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:53,415
I heard your hearts dancing!

580
00:30:53,420 --> 00:30:55,955
You watched the whole thing
like some creeper!

581
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,855
And then, I watched you pull
over and drain a dog

582
00:30:58,860 --> 00:31:01,335
and run down an alleyway
for two more rats!

583
00:31:01,340 --> 00:31:02,735
This is not a life!

584
00:31:02,740 --> 00:31:04,865
That's 'cause you took my life!

585
00:31:04,870 --> 00:31:08,555
I got nothing! I lost everything!

586
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,050
I lost my brother. I lost my family.

587
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,320
'Bout to lose the last
fucking thing I care about.

588
00:31:17,530 --> 00:31:19,705
How am I supposed to get
bodies in the door

589
00:31:19,710 --> 00:31:21,375
without hookers, hooch, or cards?

590
00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:23,925
Hey, you were given a courtesy,
and you ignored it.

591
00:31:23,930 --> 00:31:27,665
Finn O'Shea, a man who
used to work for me,

592
00:31:27,670 --> 00:31:29,305
got a dirty house across the street.

593
00:31:29,310 --> 00:31:30,755
City ain't shut off his lights.

594
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,585
Finn O'Shea serves
sandwiches at his bar.

595
00:31:32,590 --> 00:31:34,115
That makes him a supper club.

596
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,505
In time, Mr. O'Shea
will move his business

597
00:31:36,510 --> 00:31:38,635
Riverside Basin Street,
along with everyone else.

598
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:39,895
Oh, so you just startin' with

599
00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:41,175
the colored businesses, then?

600
00:31:41,180 --> 00:31:44,126
It does appear businesses run
by white gentlemen are thriving.

601
00:31:44,130 --> 00:31:48,635
Look, I-I tried
to persuade the city council.

602
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,345
They said it was short-sighted at best.

603
00:31:50,350 --> 00:31:52,345
Mm, this tedious Negro,

604
00:31:52,350 --> 00:31:55,195
still clinging to his Creole
heritage like a life raft.

605
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:56,255
We're all hurtin'.

606
00:31:56,260 --> 00:31:58,180
It's these damn teetotalin' types, too.

607
00:31:58,185 --> 00:32:01,555
As if we're supposed to turn
New Orleans into Topeka,

608
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,835
or God help us, Salt Lake City.

609
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,095
Might I suggest, Mr. du Lac,
that you move your

610
00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:07,365
operation to the Quarter?

611
00:32:07,370 --> 00:32:09,085
Just keep your girls out the windows.

612
00:32:09,090 --> 00:32:11,705
Who do you suggest gon' sell me
a property in the Quarter?

613
00:32:11,710 --> 00:32:14,385
Make Mr. Lioncourt here the public face

614
00:32:14,390 --> 00:32:15,495
of your operations.

615
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,895
This is Louis' hobby, not mine.

616
00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:21,815
Well, there's, shall we say,
a clannish majority

617
00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:23,765
amongst the property
holders in the court.

618
00:32:23,770 --> 00:32:25,855
Well, maybe old Tom here had it right.

619
00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:28,005
Maybe in the end, Louis,
you're a dumb pimp

620
00:32:28,010 --> 00:32:29,945
who got robbed blind years ago.

621
00:32:29,950 --> 00:32:31,870
It's bend or break, I'm afraid.

622
00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:39,155
Did you sell me the Azalea
'cause you knew

623
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,815
this day was comin', Tom?

624
00:32:40,820 --> 00:32:42,645
You put a "sir" on the end of that.

625
00:32:42,650 --> 00:32:45,515
And he sold you the Fairplay
for a price you set.

626
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,435
You ain't answer my question, Tom.

627
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:53,055
Now, we're all in this
together, Mr. du Lac.

628
00:32:53,060 --> 00:32:55,365
I'll be happy to buy the
property back from you.

629
00:32:55,370 --> 00:32:57,805
Say...

630
00:32:57,810 --> 00:32:59,715
15 cents on the dollar.

631
00:33:03,030 --> 00:33:07,235
When your mother sees
the Devil in your eyes,

632
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,335
it's a hard assessment to abandon.

633
00:33:11,340 --> 00:33:13,865
Am I from the Devil?

634
00:33:13,870 --> 00:33:17,700
Is my very nature that of the Devil?

635
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,135
I had hedged against the question,

636
00:33:23,140 --> 00:33:26,395
but now, it completely overwhelmed me.

637
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:27,955
We don't need the money.

638
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:29,265
It's not about that.

639
00:33:29,270 --> 00:33:32,795
You think I'm gon' let that
snake bite me and my people?

640
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,445
You have your investments
on the Claiborne Avenue.

641
00:33:35,450 --> 00:33:37,715
What, hats, little grocery stores?

642
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,575
Nickels, dimes, quarters.

643
00:33:40,580 --> 00:33:42,195
So, it is about the money.

644
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:43,890
What is it?

645
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,680
I'm gon' speak for the girls
and say, as minority owners,

646
00:33:48,685 --> 00:33:51,985
that's a stupid fucking business plan.

647
00:33:51,990 --> 00:33:56,170
The state I was in,
I was what... I was manic.

648
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,965
You put up a sign like that,
you're inviting chaos.

649
00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:06,675
And the hubris on display caused me to

650
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,435
neglect my thirst.

651
00:34:10,010 --> 00:34:11,851
This cease and desist order is granted

652
00:34:11,855 --> 00:34:13,515
by the New Orleans Council of Aldermen

653
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:14,855
for the final infractions...

654
00:34:14,860 --> 00:34:17,385
And in neglect, my thirst grew harder,

655
00:34:17,390 --> 00:34:19,625
my temples throbbed, and finally,

656
00:34:19,630 --> 00:34:21,745
I could not stand it any longer.

657
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:23,590
Broken? What broken windows?

658
00:34:25,140 --> 00:34:27,405
And I was through struggling.

659
00:34:27,410 --> 00:34:29,835
Illicit activity and thuggish behavior

660
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,485
will not be tolerated.

661
00:34:31,490 --> 00:34:33,975
We have families and
service members nearby,

662
00:34:33,980 --> 00:34:35,531
and it's for their concern, we remind...

663
00:34:35,535 --> 00:34:39,685
Rats, cats, dogs
would no longer suffice.

664
00:34:39,690 --> 00:34:41,555
... and Baton Rouge supports the actions

665
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,165
of the City Council, as well.

666
00:34:43,170 --> 00:34:48,075
Take a Black man in America,
make him a vampire,

667
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:52,010
fuck with that vampire,
and see what comes of it.

668
00:35:16,030 --> 00:35:19,115
Breakin' into my home is one thing.

669
00:35:20,220 --> 00:35:24,425
Making me drop my Atherton,
now that's a new low.

670
00:35:27,610 --> 00:35:30,675
You're here to threaten me, I suppose.

671
00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:34,965
You think I have a vendetta against you,

672
00:35:34,970 --> 00:35:37,915
against your race.

673
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:41,745
Well, think that if you must.

674
00:35:41,750 --> 00:35:45,185
Storyville is a sinking ship,

675
00:35:45,190 --> 00:35:49,195
and naturally, you are
the first to drown.

676
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,545
But that's your problem,
Louis, always has been.

677
00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:55,025
You're arrogant.

678
00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:59,205
You haven't accepted
your place in this world.

679
00:35:59,210 --> 00:36:01,025
And your pale lover,

680
00:36:01,030 --> 00:36:04,645
with his seemingly
endless supply of capital,

681
00:36:04,650 --> 00:36:08,785
and the weird goings-on
in your Sodomite townhouse

682
00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:12,085
won't change the fact
that you're a tiny man

683
00:36:12,090 --> 00:36:14,565
flying too close to the sun.

684
00:36:14,570 --> 00:36:18,775
And that's what I am, Louis... the sun.

685
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,410
Walk away.

686
00:36:27,100 --> 00:36:30,625
Why is your heart beatin' so fast?

687
00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:33,065
Everything that's been done is legal

688
00:36:33,070 --> 00:36:34,885
under the City of New Orleans charter.

689
00:36:34,890 --> 00:36:37,550
And again, I'm merely one
alderman on that council.

690
00:36:42,860 --> 00:36:45,075
There's a harder way of doing this.

691
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,945
You're thinking about your wife
and your two daughters

692
00:36:48,950 --> 00:36:50,775
and how fortunate it is

693
00:36:50,780 --> 00:36:54,060
that they're away in your winter home.

694
00:36:57,050 --> 00:36:58,660
It is fortunate.

695
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:05,350
I'll let you reload.

696
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,365
You said I'm arrogant?

697
00:37:19,630 --> 00:37:21,940
Maybe I am arrogant!

698
00:37:25,990 --> 00:37:29,280
What... What are you?

699
00:37:30,820 --> 00:37:33,385
I'm a vampire.

700
00:37:37,540 --> 00:37:40,500
_

701
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,155
I must confess,
I'm very proud of you, Louis.

702
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:04,745
It goes against much of my teaching,

703
00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:07,285
but you managed to
execute it with such aplomb.

704
00:38:07,290 --> 00:38:08,895
I didn't do it for me.

705
00:38:08,900 --> 00:38:10,415
I did it for my city, my people.

706
00:38:10,420 --> 00:38:13,275
Destroy our businesses
and buy the land for cheaper.

707
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:14,365
I know what they doing!

708
00:38:14,370 --> 00:38:15,946
So, that torturous death
was for your people?

709
00:38:15,950 --> 00:38:17,885
That garish display of his body,

710
00:38:17,890 --> 00:38:20,955
like some public art piece,
was for your people?

711
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:22,915
I didn't see this coming.

712
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,265
Save that lie for yourself.

713
00:38:25,270 --> 00:38:27,785
Did you not smile when he begged?

714
00:38:27,790 --> 00:38:30,965
Did you not feel pleasure
as you carved him up?

715
00:38:30,970 --> 00:38:33,875
Maybe you saw it comin'
and didn't stop me.

716
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:37,885
Maybe you went quiet on purpose.

717
00:38:37,890 --> 00:38:41,895
You did what you did
because it gave you pleasure.

718
00:38:42,460 --> 00:38:45,960
Companion of the dark gift, finally.

719
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:50,855
We should make this our anniversary.

720
00:38:50,860 --> 00:38:54,155
Anniversary?

721
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,395
That out there, that's on me.

722
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,535
Well, yes. Yes, you merely
provided them the excuse.

723
00:39:00,540 --> 00:39:02,995
It's as I say... toss them
into circumstance,

724
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,385
they go for the throat.

725
00:39:04,390 --> 00:39:06,590
And that's why you and me
ain't never gon' work.

726
00:39:08,740 --> 00:39:10,790
That's why you're always gonna be alone.

727
00:39:14,580 --> 00:39:17,965
I ran from the Quarter that night,

728
00:39:17,970 --> 00:39:21,275
ran to where the violence
spread most wild.

729
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:25,145
I stumbled through the streets
like an irrational child

730
00:39:25,150 --> 00:39:27,885
who had tested his strength
on the small bird

731
00:39:27,890 --> 00:39:30,715
and now asked, "Can I
make it whole again?"

732
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,255
Can I help you? Please let me help.

733
00:39:32,260 --> 00:39:34,170
Don't help, just run.

734
00:39:36,420 --> 00:39:40,625
Their faces raced past me
like snow in a terrible wind,

735
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:46,245
unaware it was I who had
brought this retribution.

736
00:39:46,740 --> 00:39:49,520
It was I who should pay for this sin.

737
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,825
And then...

738
00:39:55,830 --> 00:39:56,865
Help me!

739
00:39:56,870 --> 00:39:59,615
... one of those inconceivable moments

740
00:39:59,620 --> 00:40:01,485
where who you were before

741
00:40:01,490 --> 00:40:05,695
and who you would be forever
after is marked in time.

742
00:40:08,020 --> 00:40:09,235
Help!

743
00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:12,110
A rooming house, now a fire trap.

744
00:40:15,420 --> 00:40:18,665
I could not save the Azalea.

745
00:40:18,670 --> 00:40:21,720
I could not save Storyville.

746
00:40:22,850 --> 00:40:26,765
I could not save the aunt
on the wrong side of the wall,

747
00:40:26,770 --> 00:40:29,330
but I could save her.

748
00:40:33,190 --> 00:40:35,065
My light.

749
00:40:35,070 --> 00:40:36,940
My Claudia.

750
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,615
My redemption.

751
00:40:42,550 --> 00:40:50,550
CREDITS

752
00:42:00,380 --> 00:42:03,135
The Black angel took me to a fine house

753
00:42:03,140 --> 00:42:05,955
The white angel, he bit me,

754
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:09,005
And I realized what I
thought were angels

755
00:42:09,010 --> 00:42:10,705
were really hell demons.

756
00:42:12,970 --> 00:42:14,965
We're a family?

757
00:42:14,970 --> 00:42:16,535
You're a vampire now.

758
00:42:16,540 --> 00:42:19,405
So is this what you always do
for a first date?

759
00:42:19,410 --> 00:42:22,195
Do you think you are
the right people to adopt?

760
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,375
For a killing machine,
I kind of like her.

761
00:42:37,210 --> 00:42:40,515
Do you ever think that we...
that's to say our kind...

762
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:42,795
were put on Earth for a larger purpose?

763
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:47,005
Episode 3, "Is My Very Nature
that of the Devil"...

764
00:42:47,010 --> 00:42:49,395
this is all about vampire identity.

765
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,615
That's what Louis is
dealing with in this episode.

766
00:42:51,620 --> 00:42:53,755
Who am I? How am I going to be

767
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,345
a different kind of vampire than Lestat?

768
00:42:56,350 --> 00:42:57,625
Is it possible?

769
00:42:57,630 --> 00:43:01,665
I desire blood as much as you do.

770
00:43:01,670 --> 00:43:05,115
But I wonder, should
we be more selective?

771
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,985
What if we just ate
the worst people in the world?

772
00:43:07,990 --> 00:43:10,375
What if we have some sort
of moral architecture

773
00:43:10,380 --> 00:43:11,985
around our killing?

774
00:43:11,990 --> 00:43:14,285
Him.

775
00:43:14,290 --> 00:43:15,775
He steals from unfortunates,

776
00:43:15,780 --> 00:43:17,995
breaks into tenements, and robs them

777
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,735
of their meager possessions.

778
00:43:20,740 --> 00:43:22,955
And does that meet your satisfaction?

779
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,005
It's a pretty chippy thing
he does at the beginning,

780
00:43:25,010 --> 00:43:27,005
which is say, "Let's go kill
the worst people",

781
00:43:27,010 --> 00:43:28,745
then we find one of the worst people,

782
00:43:28,750 --> 00:43:31,185
and even then, he doesn't want to do it.

783
00:43:31,190 --> 00:43:33,545
Well, go on.
Here's your criminal biscuit.

784
00:43:33,550 --> 00:43:34,795
See how he tastes.

785
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,755
So he eats a cat.

786
00:43:39,370 --> 00:43:41,585
That's sort of a horseshitty
thing to pull off.

787
00:43:41,590 --> 00:43:43,015
What are you really after here?

788
00:43:43,020 --> 00:43:44,675
Oh, you're ashamed. Okay, fine.

789
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:47,025
Maybe I'm just pondering what I am.

790
00:43:47,030 --> 00:43:48,075
You're a vampire.

791
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:51,185
In New Orleans, he's never even
said he's a vampire yet.

792
00:43:51,190 --> 00:43:52,635
Won't even say the word.

793
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:56,035
I don't want to kill people anymore.

794
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:57,595
There it is.

795
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,195
A fish that doesn't swim.

796
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,375
The fraught complexities of
what happens when you are with

797
00:44:02,380 --> 00:44:04,255
the right/wrong person?

798
00:44:04,260 --> 00:44:06,695
The Azalea is his last
little bit of humanity,

799
00:44:06,700 --> 00:44:08,475
but these blue laws are coming in.

800
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,695
There was a call from
Washington to kinda say,

801
00:44:10,700 --> 00:44:13,785
"Eh, we need to move this
back underground".

802
00:44:13,790 --> 00:44:16,055
The cutting away of everything
you thought was your life.

803
00:44:16,060 --> 00:44:17,905
I am being removed from my family.

804
00:44:17,910 --> 00:44:19,705
Storyville's beginning to crumble.

805
00:44:19,710 --> 00:44:21,495
Maybe I am a vampire.

806
00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:23,495
And here is a person who has decided

807
00:44:23,500 --> 00:44:24,745
to fuck with me directly.

808
00:44:24,750 --> 00:44:27,715
And I'm gonna take it all out on him.

809
00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:30,065
A little bit like Lestat in the church,

810
00:44:30,070 --> 00:44:32,145
he lets these predatory instincts

811
00:44:32,150 --> 00:44:33,725
get the way better of him.

812
00:44:33,730 --> 00:44:36,725
He is in a mania when that is happening.

813
00:44:36,730 --> 00:44:39,805
Why is your heart beating so fast?

814
00:44:40,210 --> 00:44:42,865
And if the club is
the last thing that he had,

815
00:44:42,870 --> 00:44:44,295
the last bit of humanity,

816
00:44:44,300 --> 00:44:46,035
and that's about to be
taken away from him,

817
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,085
who is he?

818
00:44:49,190 --> 00:44:51,655
He unleashes all that rage
that's inside him.

819
00:44:51,660 --> 00:44:53,935
You said I'm arrogant?

820
00:44:53,940 --> 00:44:57,115
He does finally come
to a very tortured conclusion.

821
00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:00,025
What are you?

822
00:45:00,030 --> 00:45:02,945
I'm a vampire.

823
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:06,105
When he finally lets it loose,

824
00:45:06,110 --> 00:45:08,715
great reverberations
come back from it...

825
00:45:11,330 --> 00:45:14,585
... that lead to a lot of pain
and anguish for his city.

826
00:45:14,590 --> 00:45:18,375
And it rolls back on people
that he formerly would have said

827
00:45:18,380 --> 00:45:20,595
were his people in this world.

828
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,375
And he's wandering around
in a very, very dark,

829
00:45:23,380 --> 00:45:25,125
near-suicidal place.

830
00:45:25,130 --> 00:45:27,775
And then there's this
meeting that happens,

831
00:45:27,780 --> 00:45:30,295
and there is a chance for some new thing

832
00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:33,155
to pour the best parts of yourself into.

833
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:40,925
My light. My Claudia.

834
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:43,995
My redemption.

835
00:45:53,530 --> 00:45:56,630
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