1 00:00:01,094 --> 00:00:04,218 To all the subscribers of The Teenage Mystique, 2 00:00:04,482 --> 00:00:06,745 something happened to me. 3 00:00:06,968 --> 00:00:09,945 And I've read your stories and watched so many people be wronged, 4 00:00:09,971 --> 00:00:12,617 so I can't hold back any longer. 5 00:00:12,925 --> 00:00:14,742 All I wanted to do was understand 6 00:00:14,768 --> 00:00:18,685 my authentic self, my desires, my place in the world. 7 00:00:18,711 --> 00:00:21,238 Because of that, I was forced to be a cheerleader, 8 00:00:21,282 --> 00:00:22,539 I was put into therapy, 9 00:00:22,565 --> 00:00:25,524 my private diaries were read, I was demeaned. 10 00:00:25,550 --> 00:00:29,851 I am not your mother anymore. 11 00:00:30,094 --> 00:00:31,906 And then I was... 12 00:00:33,761 --> 00:00:34,991 slapped. 13 00:00:38,671 --> 00:00:41,473 Well, I'm finally going to tell the truth. 14 00:00:41,499 --> 00:00:44,039 This is my manifesto, my book, 15 00:00:44,065 --> 00:00:47,111 The Collected and Expanded Teenage Mystique. 16 00:00:47,137 --> 00:00:49,574 Every thought I've ever had, uncensored. 17 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,570 Only the truth will be allowed in these pages. 18 00:00:52,598 --> 00:00:55,036 The truth about being a teenager. 19 00:00:55,125 --> 00:00:56,679 Our stories. 20 00:00:56,705 --> 00:00:59,407 And if it burns this small-minded town to the ground, 21 00:00:59,450 --> 00:01:01,492 well, so be it. 22 00:01:02,517 --> 00:01:04,593 So, how do you wanna do this? 23 00:01:04,757 --> 00:01:08,125 Wanna go in first and I mosey on in 30 seconds later? 24 00:01:08,901 --> 00:01:10,207 Absolutely not. 25 00:01:10,233 --> 00:01:12,351 Veronica Lodge's signature color may be purple, 26 00:01:12,377 --> 00:01:14,390 but she is no shrinking violet. 27 00:01:14,657 --> 00:01:15,835 So, come on. 28 00:01:16,083 --> 00:01:18,820 Let's give these cubes something juicy to goss about. 29 00:01:51,279 --> 00:01:52,603 Wowza. 30 00:01:52,629 --> 00:01:54,619 I've never had so many peepers on me at one time. 31 00:01:54,645 --> 00:01:56,095 Well, if it's any consolation, 32 00:01:56,121 --> 00:01:57,650 I haven't gotten this much attention 33 00:01:57,676 --> 00:02:00,697 since I arrived to school wearing my sexy witch costume. 34 00:02:03,453 --> 00:02:05,020 Sexy witch costume? 35 00:02:05,046 --> 00:02:06,525 Jughead Jones. 36 00:02:06,558 --> 00:02:09,658 Do you have a thing for sexy teen witches? 37 00:02:09,717 --> 00:02:12,244 Well, yes. Yes, I do. 38 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:14,376 But I also know a boss idea when I hear one, 39 00:02:14,402 --> 00:02:16,822 and sexy teen witch is a very boss idea. 40 00:02:17,107 --> 00:02:20,775 Well, glad to have inspired something. 41 00:02:22,103 --> 00:02:23,712 Catch you later, alligator. 42 00:02:29,918 --> 00:02:32,283 So, what do you think, Mrs. Grundy? 43 00:02:32,543 --> 00:02:33,744 Archie... 44 00:02:34,823 --> 00:02:36,602 This latest poem is... 45 00:02:37,809 --> 00:02:41,869 Excellent. It's so much more mature than your earlier work. 46 00:02:41,895 --> 00:02:43,822 It's like you grew up overnight. 47 00:02:43,934 --> 00:02:46,009 - What happened? - I... 48 00:02:49,070 --> 00:02:52,228 I watched the sunrise like you suggested. 49 00:02:53,192 --> 00:02:54,889 Among other things. 50 00:02:55,020 --> 00:02:57,065 Keep doing whatever it is you're doing. 51 00:02:57,384 --> 00:03:00,259 I am definitely going back. 52 00:03:00,354 --> 00:03:03,540 I will definitely do that. 53 00:03:04,318 --> 00:03:05,884 Just keep at it, like you said. 54 00:03:26,593 --> 00:03:28,250 Good morning, class. 55 00:03:38,995 --> 00:03:41,370 Come on. You're yanking my chain, Mantle. 56 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:44,315 Cool it. Not so loud. 57 00:03:44,341 --> 00:03:46,169 You and Andrews? 58 00:03:46,195 --> 00:03:47,886 At the same time? 59 00:03:47,963 --> 00:03:49,095 Andrews. 60 00:03:50,355 --> 00:03:55,253 Is it true? You and Reg took a ride on the town bicycle, Twyla Twist, 61 00:03:56,259 --> 00:03:58,893 and you're going back for seconds? 62 00:04:03,097 --> 00:04:04,893 And another thing, dear readers, 63 00:04:04,919 --> 00:04:06,386 I am sick of the double standard 64 00:04:06,412 --> 00:04:08,800 that celebrates boys for their sexual conquests 65 00:04:08,826 --> 00:04:11,323 and punishes girls for wanting the same. 66 00:04:12,683 --> 00:04:14,772 Cheryl, I'm sorry. 67 00:04:20,612 --> 00:04:22,182 What are these? 68 00:04:26,823 --> 00:04:29,011 Hey, those pictures are amazing. 69 00:04:29,037 --> 00:04:31,808 Are they from a private collection of yours? 70 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,854 I could try and spin some story, Betty, 71 00:04:36,778 --> 00:04:38,511 but I'm tired of lying. 72 00:04:39,198 --> 00:04:42,472 The truth is, I am going steady with Toni Topaz. 73 00:04:44,798 --> 00:04:46,948 Yeah, well, that makes sense. 74 00:04:46,974 --> 00:04:49,324 And just try to use it against me, I double-dog dare you. 75 00:04:49,350 --> 00:04:51,136 Oh, Cheryl. Don't worry. I... 76 00:04:52,995 --> 00:04:54,526 I'm the Girl Next Door. 77 00:04:54,552 --> 00:04:56,722 - I write The Teenage Mystique. - What? 78 00:04:56,748 --> 00:04:59,097 I love The Teenage Mystique. 79 00:04:59,123 --> 00:05:01,301 The Girl Next Door's advice is tops. 80 00:05:02,136 --> 00:05:05,573 - It's an honor to meet you. - Likewise. 81 00:05:06,198 --> 00:05:09,315 What are you doing with those amazing pictures? 82 00:05:09,566 --> 00:05:12,206 Honestly, I was going to submit them to Femme-and-Inmagazine 83 00:05:12,232 --> 00:05:13,933 to come out in the most unabashed way, 84 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:16,268 and blow the lid off of my parent's world once and for all. 85 00:05:16,294 --> 00:05:18,417 That's exactly what I'm trying to do with the book version 86 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:20,706 - of The Teenage Mystique. - Now that's radioactive, Betty. 87 00:05:20,732 --> 00:05:24,511 It is. And, actually, a story like yours and Toni's, 88 00:05:24,537 --> 00:05:28,987 written by you in your words would be swell to include. 89 00:05:29,013 --> 00:05:32,878 Maybe accompanied by some of those pictures? 90 00:05:32,904 --> 00:05:35,620 I have to talk to Toni, but... 91 00:05:36,104 --> 00:05:38,464 yes, Betty. The pages of The Teenage Mystique 92 00:05:38,490 --> 00:05:40,354 might just be the perfect forum 93 00:05:40,380 --> 00:05:41,979 for our coming out to the world. 94 00:05:42,005 --> 00:05:43,565 Oh, excellent. 95 00:05:45,244 --> 00:05:46,550 And Cheryl, 96 00:05:46,576 --> 00:05:50,015 do you think you and Toni would be willing 97 00:05:50,041 --> 00:05:52,425 to take pictures like yours of... 98 00:05:53,070 --> 00:05:56,331 Of me, possibly, for my book cover? 99 00:05:56,357 --> 00:05:57,550 Absolutely. 100 00:05:57,576 --> 00:05:59,729 We can do a photo session. Then you can pick your favorite 101 00:05:59,755 --> 00:06:03,323 and I can turn it into a luxurious, supple oil painting 102 00:06:03,349 --> 00:06:04,854 for your book's cover. 103 00:06:07,331 --> 00:06:10,597 www.subtitulamos.tv 104 00:06:30,744 --> 00:06:33,658 _ 105 00:06:34,377 --> 00:06:35,873 I have to tell you, 106 00:06:35,917 --> 00:06:38,713 this is the bee's knees, Jughead. 107 00:06:38,744 --> 00:06:40,588 I didn't realize you could draw too. 108 00:06:40,614 --> 00:06:42,088 Well, I'm no Ethel Muggs, 109 00:06:42,114 --> 00:06:45,939 but I think this brain egg could be the thing to save Pep Comics. 110 00:06:45,965 --> 00:06:48,478 Mr. Fieldstone is looking for a fresh breakout character 111 00:06:48,504 --> 00:06:51,031 to get past the code and bring in new readership, 112 00:06:51,057 --> 00:06:54,603 and I think it's Veronica the Teenage Witch. 113 00:06:55,705 --> 00:06:58,479 Veronica, you're not gonna believe who's here. 114 00:07:00,339 --> 00:07:02,820 Miss Josie McCoy. 115 00:07:04,243 --> 00:07:06,854 The famous chanteuse? 116 00:07:06,976 --> 00:07:09,805 The founder of the Black American Theater Project? 117 00:07:09,831 --> 00:07:11,752 The newly minted Tony winner? 118 00:07:11,854 --> 00:07:13,385 In the flesh and fur. 119 00:07:13,411 --> 00:07:15,409 To what do we owe this honor? 120 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:17,729 I've heard about your theater, Miss Lodge. 121 00:07:17,755 --> 00:07:20,540 I've heard you're not afraid to shake things up. 122 00:07:20,665 --> 00:07:23,971 Well, I've built an entire career out of shaking things up. 123 00:07:24,681 --> 00:07:27,744 You may have heard I've been working on a major motion picture. 124 00:07:28,252 --> 00:07:30,479 Hush-hush, you understand? 125 00:07:36,659 --> 00:07:41,018 I have heard rumors that your Broadway smash, Going Uptown, 126 00:07:41,044 --> 00:07:43,744 is being turned into a movie musical. Yes. 127 00:07:43,770 --> 00:07:45,338 The rumors are true. 128 00:07:45,384 --> 00:07:49,846 A movie musical I wrote, directed, produced, and starred in. 129 00:07:50,271 --> 00:07:53,284 You've always been the definition of a Renaissance woman. 130 00:07:53,310 --> 00:07:56,612 Well, then, you know Josie McCoy is a perfectionist. 131 00:07:56,776 --> 00:08:00,026 This is my first motion picture, you understand? 132 00:08:00,052 --> 00:08:02,690 And I'm still in the middle of my process, still tinkering. 133 00:08:02,716 --> 00:08:04,955 Close friends have seen early cuts, 134 00:08:04,981 --> 00:08:07,799 but I need to know how it plays out in front of a real audience, 135 00:08:07,825 --> 00:08:11,643 far away from the prying eyes of my partners at Pasadena Pictures. 136 00:08:11,669 --> 00:08:15,307 I don't need a bunch of starched suits mucking things up 137 00:08:15,333 --> 00:08:18,268 and second-guessing my every creative choice. 138 00:08:18,977 --> 00:08:22,260 Not until I have proof, positive, say, 139 00:08:22,565 --> 00:08:25,362 filled-out questionnaires from a test screening, 140 00:08:25,388 --> 00:08:27,549 possibly at your theater, Miss Lodge. 141 00:08:27,609 --> 00:08:29,401 If it's up to my standards. 142 00:08:50,055 --> 00:08:51,671 Can I just say 143 00:08:51,961 --> 00:08:55,234 your movie is a surefire hit. 144 00:08:55,260 --> 00:08:57,088 And you, Miss McCoy, 145 00:08:57,186 --> 00:09:00,554 have made the leap to bona fide movie star. 146 00:09:00,718 --> 00:09:01,921 Cheers. 147 00:09:02,155 --> 00:09:03,234 But, 148 00:09:03,576 --> 00:09:06,554 why bother with the test screenings? 149 00:09:06,590 --> 00:09:10,093 Let's just have ourselves a good old-fashioned red carpet movie premiere 150 00:09:10,119 --> 00:09:11,578 and blow the roof off this joint. 151 00:09:11,604 --> 00:09:13,835 As I said, I'm still tinkering. 152 00:09:13,861 --> 00:09:15,913 But why tinker with perfection? 153 00:09:15,939 --> 00:09:18,835 You know how skittish studio executives can be. 154 00:09:18,949 --> 00:09:21,156 Unfortunately, all too well. 155 00:09:21,182 --> 00:09:23,148 I have dealt with my fair share. 156 00:09:23,214 --> 00:09:25,031 They're fear-driven creatures. 157 00:09:25,057 --> 00:09:27,109 - Exactly. - All right, then. 158 00:09:27,579 --> 00:09:29,445 Let's give them the proof they need. 159 00:09:29,471 --> 00:09:32,615 I know the drill. We'll hand out surveys at the end of our test screening. 160 00:09:32,641 --> 00:09:34,132 One moment. 161 00:09:34,158 --> 00:09:37,552 Miss Lodge, your theater might be up to snuff, 162 00:09:37,578 --> 00:09:39,928 if slightly smaller than I'd hoped. 163 00:09:39,968 --> 00:09:42,304 But I need to make certain that the seats at my screening 164 00:09:42,330 --> 00:09:45,406 won't be filled with rubes and blue hairs. 165 00:09:45,894 --> 00:09:47,742 I need to get a lay of the land, 166 00:09:47,768 --> 00:09:51,398 see if Riverdale's as hep a town as I've been led to believe. 167 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:52,796 Oh, we're hep. 168 00:09:52,968 --> 00:09:55,195 But don't take my word for it. 169 00:09:55,315 --> 00:09:57,835 Kevin, Clay and I can show you around. 170 00:09:58,259 --> 00:10:00,890 Why don't we meet up tomorrow morning at 8:00 for a tour? 171 00:10:00,916 --> 00:10:03,031 Eight in the morning? 172 00:10:03,788 --> 00:10:05,343 Oh, no, no, no. 173 00:10:05,369 --> 00:10:07,992 I, my dear, am a creature of the night. 174 00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:12,712 I roll out of bed leisurely and start drinking espresso at 3:00 in the afternoon. 175 00:10:12,738 --> 00:10:15,741 You will see me at dusk and not a moment sooner. 176 00:10:15,893 --> 00:10:19,218 Well, there are a few hotels in town, 177 00:10:19,742 --> 00:10:22,140 but why don't you stay with me at the Pembrooke? 178 00:10:22,166 --> 00:10:25,353 It's sort of like The Plaza. By way of the Dakota. 179 00:10:25,379 --> 00:10:27,913 Can I take you there and get you settled? 180 00:10:29,913 --> 00:10:31,726 I like you, Miss Lodge. 181 00:10:33,406 --> 00:10:36,835 I think we're going to get on just fine. 182 00:10:45,247 --> 00:10:47,004 Hi, Miss Twist. 183 00:10:48,852 --> 00:10:51,231 I was hoping that maybe we could... 184 00:10:51,740 --> 00:10:53,184 see each other again. 185 00:10:53,239 --> 00:10:56,161 Oh, yeah, I remember you now. 186 00:10:57,533 --> 00:10:59,638 Well, you got it wrong, Red. 187 00:10:59,766 --> 00:11:02,465 You see, Twyla is happy to help a fella out of a rut. 188 00:11:02,727 --> 00:11:04,419 She doesn't do long-term. 189 00:11:04,493 --> 00:11:06,184 Especially not with puppy dogs. 190 00:11:06,210 --> 00:11:07,546 Oh, but I... 191 00:11:07,981 --> 00:11:09,700 really need the experience. 192 00:11:09,726 --> 00:11:10,903 If, that's the case, 193 00:11:10,929 --> 00:11:13,263 Lord knows, there's got to be some hot older mama 194 00:11:13,289 --> 00:11:16,169 who would love to take a bite out of a Red Delicious like yourself. 195 00:11:16,795 --> 00:11:17,950 You dig? 196 00:11:32,461 --> 00:11:33,984 Okay. Are you ready? 197 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:35,249 Yes. 198 00:11:35,347 --> 00:11:37,880 One, two, three. 199 00:11:40,594 --> 00:11:42,684 So pretty. Okay, let's take two more. 200 00:12:00,173 --> 00:12:02,817 Hey, Veronica, can I talk to you for a second? 201 00:12:04,016 --> 00:12:06,192 Word from the bird is that Josie McCoy's in town, 202 00:12:06,218 --> 00:12:09,786 and you might be bringing her to the Dark Room's open mic tonight. 203 00:12:10,471 --> 00:12:14,067 My, gossip travels fast in this town, doesn't it? 204 00:12:14,093 --> 00:12:17,888 If that's the case, my boy, Fangs, here is going to perform. 205 00:12:17,992 --> 00:12:20,864 If he and Midge are going to make a go of it, he needs a big break, 206 00:12:20,890 --> 00:12:23,414 one that Josie might be able to provide. 207 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,835 Do you think Miss McCoy would be willing to pick up what I'm putting down? 208 00:12:26,861 --> 00:12:29,872 Now I can't speak for Miss McCoy, of course. 209 00:12:30,048 --> 00:12:33,138 But if there's one thing a star like her recognizes, 210 00:12:33,164 --> 00:12:34,450 it's talent. 211 00:12:37,710 --> 00:12:39,239 Good morning, Mrs. Grundy. 212 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:40,841 I brought you something. 213 00:12:41,351 --> 00:12:43,484 That is so sweet. Thank you. 214 00:12:43,510 --> 00:12:46,247 And Red Delicious is my favorite. 215 00:12:46,521 --> 00:12:48,583 I, actually, I wanted to let you know 216 00:12:49,065 --> 00:12:52,294 I'm performing a new poem I wrote at the Dark Room tonight. 217 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,497 Yeah, I'd really be jazzed if you could make it and hear it. 218 00:12:55,523 --> 00:12:59,216 Well, I'm touched that you would think of me. 219 00:12:59,242 --> 00:13:01,466 And yes, of course I will be there. 220 00:13:01,492 --> 00:13:03,489 Anything for my favorite student. 221 00:13:06,029 --> 00:13:08,513 She's bewitching. She casts spells. 222 00:13:08,539 --> 00:13:10,614 Nothing harmful or offensive, of course. 223 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,036 But mostly, she's a high school student. 224 00:13:12,062 --> 00:13:15,489 She goes to class, does her homework, gets into romantic trouble. 225 00:13:15,515 --> 00:13:19,138 You know, good old-fashioned, wholesome, vampy, campy fun. 226 00:13:19,164 --> 00:13:20,395 - What do you think? - Well, 227 00:13:20,421 --> 00:13:23,763 I think if she's going to stand a snowball's chance in hell 228 00:13:23,789 --> 00:13:25,293 of getting past the Tribunal, 229 00:13:25,319 --> 00:13:28,017 we're gonna have to sand the edges a little bit. 230 00:13:28,270 --> 00:13:29,809 They hear the word "witch", 231 00:13:29,835 --> 00:13:31,997 they're gonna be going for their pitchforks, you know. 232 00:13:32,230 --> 00:13:33,559 - Teenage witch. - No, no. 233 00:13:33,585 --> 00:13:36,794 I'm not saying we ditch the concept. I'm just saying... 234 00:13:37,837 --> 00:13:40,230 I don't know, make her a half-witch. 235 00:13:40,266 --> 00:13:42,200 And you'll have to get her out of this getup. 236 00:13:42,430 --> 00:13:43,997 Too much cleavage. 237 00:13:44,514 --> 00:13:46,821 - And make her a blonde. - Blonde? 238 00:13:46,847 --> 00:13:48,963 And you'll have to come up with a new name, of course. 239 00:13:48,989 --> 00:13:51,505 - New name? - Yeah, Veronica? 240 00:13:51,817 --> 00:13:53,864 Reminds me of Veronica Lake. 241 00:13:53,890 --> 00:13:57,371 Too sexy, too dangerous, too, curvy. 242 00:13:57,397 --> 00:13:58,981 Trust me, if you... 243 00:13:59,050 --> 00:14:01,966 It's gonna pass muster with those prudes over at the Tribunal, 244 00:14:01,992 --> 00:14:03,471 Nope, it has to be... 245 00:14:03,497 --> 00:14:04,895 Has to be something sweeter. 246 00:14:04,921 --> 00:14:06,895 Yeah, I don't know. Magical. 247 00:14:21,948 --> 00:14:26,018 Now, you pick the one you like the most, and I will paint it. 248 00:14:26,448 --> 00:14:30,588 That way, we'll get the exact look you want for your book's cover. 249 00:14:36,393 --> 00:14:37,615 What's the hiccup? 250 00:14:37,659 --> 00:14:39,432 Are you displeased? 251 00:14:39,458 --> 00:14:41,549 No, I'm so glad that I'm coming out 252 00:14:41,575 --> 00:14:44,362 as the voice behind The Teenage Mystique. 253 00:14:45,621 --> 00:14:49,893 I just can't help feeling a little bit like a fraud. 254 00:14:50,274 --> 00:14:53,166 Dressing in lingerie, writing about sex 255 00:14:53,347 --> 00:14:57,643 when I haven't experienced anything even remotely sexually satisfying myself. 256 00:14:57,669 --> 00:14:59,105 What do you mean? 257 00:14:59,194 --> 00:15:00,455 I mean... 258 00:15:00,961 --> 00:15:05,065 Everyone I know is having or has had sex. 259 00:15:05,198 --> 00:15:06,713 And I'm the only teenager in the world 260 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:09,330 who can't seem to find someone to go there with me. 261 00:15:09,734 --> 00:15:13,346 Betty, you do know a woman doesn't 262 00:15:13,372 --> 00:15:17,120 need anyone to be sexually satisfied? 263 00:15:18,136 --> 00:15:19,284 She can... 264 00:15:20,271 --> 00:15:21,588 do it on her own. 265 00:15:21,614 --> 00:15:24,604 I did read about self-pleasure in Kingsley's book, 266 00:15:24,630 --> 00:15:27,495 but it wasn't exactly a how-to manual. 267 00:15:27,661 --> 00:15:29,026 I see. 268 00:15:29,622 --> 00:15:30,971 However... 269 00:15:33,777 --> 00:15:38,833 This particularly illuminating issue of Femme-and-Inmagazine 270 00:15:38,859 --> 00:15:41,401 might be exactly what the doctor ordered. 271 00:15:41,427 --> 00:15:43,733 And I certainly don't mean Werthers. 272 00:15:43,759 --> 00:15:47,500 Turns out, all a woman needs to be sexually satisfied 273 00:15:47,526 --> 00:15:51,487 is a bathtub, a bathroom with a lock on it, 274 00:15:51,737 --> 00:15:52,937 and... 275 00:15:53,935 --> 00:15:55,867 Shall we say, 276 00:15:56,561 --> 00:15:58,055 a helping hand? 277 00:15:59,088 --> 00:16:02,320 Veronica The Teenage Witch is too sexy, you say? 278 00:16:02,346 --> 00:16:03,883 I mean, he's not wrong. 279 00:16:04,147 --> 00:16:06,672 I am cut from the same cloth as Veronica Lake 280 00:16:06,698 --> 00:16:10,984 and therefore, too provocative for those feeble-minded censors. 281 00:16:11,054 --> 00:16:12,266 It's their loss. 282 00:16:12,574 --> 00:16:15,391 On top of which, I have to figure out a new name, 283 00:16:15,562 --> 00:16:17,187 something more magical. 284 00:16:17,212 --> 00:16:18,244 Hey, 285 00:16:18,783 --> 00:16:22,002 did you happen to see that Audrey Hepburn picture that came out last year? 286 00:16:22,028 --> 00:16:24,791 Her character had a superb name in that. 287 00:16:25,592 --> 00:16:27,143 What was that movie called again? 288 00:16:27,213 --> 00:16:28,502 Sabrina. 289 00:16:28,695 --> 00:16:32,580 - Audrey played the title character. - Sabrina. Yeah. 290 00:16:33,599 --> 00:16:36,002 Yeah, that could be the ticket. 291 00:16:42,057 --> 00:16:44,471 "In the bloom of Eden's garden, 292 00:16:44,950 --> 00:16:46,541 the first transgression. 293 00:16:46,806 --> 00:16:50,291 A simple apple, Eve learned her lesson. 294 00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:55,236 Different garden, same temptation. 295 00:16:56,621 --> 00:17:00,494 A young man seeking an education. 296 00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:06,958 A teacher's pupil brings her apples, 297 00:17:07,224 --> 00:17:09,817 and sinful thoughts with which he grapples. 298 00:17:10,001 --> 00:17:13,264 While she teaches, he sits through classes 299 00:17:13,355 --> 00:17:15,372 wondering how she looks 300 00:17:16,263 --> 00:17:18,098 without those glasses." 301 00:17:28,428 --> 00:17:31,544 Jeepers, Archie, that was kind of off the cob. 302 00:17:32,461 --> 00:17:34,599 Better luck next time, champ. 303 00:17:38,212 --> 00:17:40,489 Honestly, if that's what passes for art in Riverdale, 304 00:17:40,515 --> 00:17:41,888 I don't think this is going to work. 305 00:17:41,914 --> 00:17:43,036 Just you wait, Josie. 306 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:46,200 There's another act coming up that will have you positively purring. 307 00:17:46,226 --> 00:17:47,567 Well, it's official. 308 00:17:47,593 --> 00:17:50,583 After that poem, this is the iciest room on the Eastern Seaboard. 309 00:17:50,609 --> 00:17:51,802 No worries, though. 310 00:17:51,828 --> 00:17:55,974 Give it up for my boy, Fangs Fogarty. 311 00:17:59,809 --> 00:18:02,575 ? You shake my nerves And you rattle my brain ? 312 00:18:02,896 --> 00:18:05,630 ? Too much of love Drive a man insane ? 313 00:18:05,767 --> 00:18:08,528 ? You broke my will But what a thrill ? 314 00:18:08,705 --> 00:18:11,763 ? Goodness gracious Great balls of fire ? 315 00:18:11,789 --> 00:18:14,749 ? I laughed at love 'Cause I thought it was funny ? 316 00:18:14,868 --> 00:18:17,802 ? You came along You moved me, honey ? 317 00:18:17,890 --> 00:18:20,794 ? I've changed my mind This love is fine ? 318 00:18:20,820 --> 00:18:23,521 ? Goodness gracious Great balls of fire ? 319 00:18:23,547 --> 00:18:26,325 The only person you need to know how to please... 320 00:18:26,585 --> 00:18:27,847 is yourself. 321 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:29,536 ? Feels good ? 322 00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:31,888 ? Hold me, baby ? 323 00:18:32,035 --> 00:18:35,544 ? Well, I want to love you Like a lover should ? 324 00:18:35,743 --> 00:18:38,294 ? You're fine, so kind ? 325 00:18:38,411 --> 00:18:41,849 ? Come to tell the world That you're mine, mine Mine, mine ? 326 00:18:41,875 --> 00:18:44,864 ? I chew my nails Then I twiddle my thumbs ? 327 00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:47,427 ? I'm real nervous But it sure is fun ? 328 00:18:47,739 --> 00:18:50,817 ? Come on, baby Drive me crazy ? 329 00:18:50,843 --> 00:18:53,950 ? Goodness gracious Great balls of fire ? 330 00:18:55,510 --> 00:18:58,165 ? Well ? 331 00:18:58,191 --> 00:19:00,280 ? Kiss me, baby ? 332 00:19:02,208 --> 00:19:04,067 ? Feels good ? 333 00:19:04,259 --> 00:19:06,239 ? Hold me, baby ? 334 00:19:06,292 --> 00:19:10,263 ? Well, I still love you Like a lover should ? 335 00:19:10,378 --> 00:19:13,208 ? You're fine, so kind ? 336 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,427 ? Come to tell this world That you're mine, mine Mine, mine ? 337 00:19:16,453 --> 00:19:19,369 ? I chew my nails Then I twiddle my thumbs ? 338 00:19:19,395 --> 00:19:22,180 ? Real nervous But it sure is fun ? 339 00:19:22,224 --> 00:19:25,314 ? Come on, baby You drive me crazy ? 340 00:19:25,340 --> 00:19:28,544 ? Goodness gracious Great balls of fire ? 341 00:19:43,193 --> 00:19:44,489 What did I tell you? 342 00:19:44,587 --> 00:19:45,896 Hep, no? 343 00:19:47,091 --> 00:19:50,880 Rock 'n' roll isn't my genre, of course, but... 344 00:19:51,773 --> 00:19:53,340 He has something. 345 00:19:53,366 --> 00:19:56,536 Touch of star quality. And that's more than most. 346 00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:58,470 Let me ask you. 347 00:19:58,514 --> 00:20:00,982 How is he on the bongos? Do you know? 348 00:20:01,473 --> 00:20:03,036 To my knowledge, 349 00:20:03,177 --> 00:20:06,419 there is no better bongo player in Riverdale. 350 00:20:07,005 --> 00:20:08,255 Why? 351 00:20:25,503 --> 00:20:27,734 ? Have you heard That us females ? 352 00:20:28,195 --> 00:20:30,399 ? Are a feline breed? ? 353 00:20:31,339 --> 00:20:32,957 ? That kittens purr ? 354 00:20:33,876 --> 00:20:36,117 ? According to its needs ? 355 00:20:36,695 --> 00:20:38,930 ? That some cats will fall ? 356 00:20:39,513 --> 00:20:41,555 ? For a Riviera ball ? 357 00:20:42,156 --> 00:20:44,364 ? Or for the Taj Mahal ? 358 00:20:44,868 --> 00:20:47,262 ? Or for anything at all ? 359 00:20:52,965 --> 00:20:55,490 ? Like diamonds ? 360 00:20:58,314 --> 00:21:01,340 ? Or a painted picket fence ? 361 00:21:01,439 --> 00:21:06,746 ? But me, I make A different kind of sense ? 362 00:21:10,262 --> 00:21:12,862 ? I'm a different kind of cat ? 363 00:21:15,665 --> 00:21:18,019 ? I like love ? 364 00:21:18,558 --> 00:21:20,332 ? And that is that ? 365 00:21:21,718 --> 00:21:24,910 ? I'm not Persian or Angora ? 366 00:21:26,255 --> 00:21:27,996 ? I'm in a... 367 00:21:29,886 --> 00:21:32,121 different category ? 368 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:35,158 ? I'm a... ? 369 00:21:38,370 --> 00:21:40,504 ? Different kind of cat ? 370 00:21:43,053 --> 00:21:45,824 ? I like love ? 371 00:21:49,261 --> 00:21:50,886 ? And that is that ? 372 00:22:16,166 --> 00:22:17,450 Well... 373 00:22:17,947 --> 00:22:21,914 It's almost done, Miss McCoy. and we're all still here. 374 00:22:21,940 --> 00:22:24,372 So what do you say? 375 00:22:24,398 --> 00:22:27,810 Is Riverdale hep enough for a test screening of Going Uptown? 376 00:22:29,768 --> 00:22:31,075 Let's do it. 377 00:22:32,434 --> 00:22:36,302 Miss McCoy, at the risk of overstepping, 378 00:22:37,828 --> 00:22:42,513 would you also possibly consider attending a meeting of Black Athena at Riverdale High? 379 00:22:42,539 --> 00:22:45,575 It would mean so much to our members to meet a Black icon like you. 380 00:22:45,601 --> 00:22:46,786 Well, I like the sound of that. 381 00:22:46,812 --> 00:22:49,294 But what exactly is Black Athena? 382 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,458 It's a literary society I started for the Black students at Riverdale High. 383 00:22:54,124 --> 00:22:57,693 Now that's something Josie McCoy can certainly get behind. 384 00:23:03,733 --> 00:23:04,908 Archie. 385 00:23:04,934 --> 00:23:06,250 Mrs. Grundy, 386 00:23:08,668 --> 00:23:12,086 We didn't get a chance to talk last night after my poem. 387 00:23:12,112 --> 00:23:14,305 No, I had to rush home. 388 00:23:14,815 --> 00:23:18,172 My husband was expecting me for a late dinner. 389 00:23:20,391 --> 00:23:21,391 Okay. 390 00:23:22,765 --> 00:23:24,367 Well, what do you think? 391 00:23:24,590 --> 00:23:26,000 I think... 392 00:23:28,109 --> 00:23:29,930 we need to switch gears. 393 00:23:30,973 --> 00:23:34,281 Love poems are all well and good, 394 00:23:34,931 --> 00:23:38,523 but I would like you to branch out. 395 00:23:40,347 --> 00:23:41,523 Okay... 396 00:23:42,610 --> 00:23:43,796 Sure. 397 00:23:45,479 --> 00:23:46,531 Okay. 398 00:23:46,557 --> 00:23:48,168 Anything you want, Mrs. Grundy. 399 00:23:48,194 --> 00:23:51,102 I want you to write about pain. 400 00:23:51,128 --> 00:23:55,172 Physical pain, emotional pain, psychological pain. 401 00:23:56,142 --> 00:23:58,523 "What is my most painful experience?" 402 00:23:59,308 --> 00:24:01,250 And write about that. 403 00:24:04,084 --> 00:24:08,070 And let's take young heartbreak off the table. 404 00:24:08,646 --> 00:24:12,023 As a topic, okay? 405 00:24:22,780 --> 00:24:25,172 I was so inspired. I stayed up all night. 406 00:24:25,286 --> 00:24:26,531 So did I. 407 00:24:27,060 --> 00:24:28,883 So was I. 408 00:24:31,493 --> 00:24:33,452 Do you hate it? I can adjust anything. 409 00:24:33,478 --> 00:24:35,523 - The background or... - No, no, don't. 410 00:24:36,386 --> 00:24:38,789 Don't... Don't change anything. 411 00:24:41,867 --> 00:24:43,219 It's beautiful. 412 00:24:44,256 --> 00:24:45,719 Silly goose. 413 00:24:47,740 --> 00:24:49,617 You're beautiful. 414 00:24:58,420 --> 00:25:01,281 Kid, I gotta say, I love this. 415 00:25:01,916 --> 00:25:03,651 I think you've struck gold here. 416 00:25:03,677 --> 00:25:06,695 Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Now that's a title. 417 00:25:06,737 --> 00:25:10,305 I'm going to send this off to the tribunal for review, stat. 418 00:25:10,797 --> 00:25:12,469 But congratulations, kid. 419 00:25:12,503 --> 00:25:15,203 I think this cutie patootie half witch of yours 420 00:25:15,237 --> 00:25:18,156 is gonna single-handedly save Pep Comics 421 00:25:18,182 --> 00:25:20,453 from the dustbin of obscurity. 422 00:25:23,878 --> 00:25:26,039 She's a woman who needs no introduction. 423 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:29,776 Josie McCoy's impact reaches beyond the stage 424 00:25:29,802 --> 00:25:32,156 and into the very fabric of our culture. 425 00:25:32,390 --> 00:25:36,250 I know you're all familiar with the breadth of her incredible work, 426 00:25:36,670 --> 00:25:39,008 but let's dive a little deeper, shall we? 427 00:25:40,061 --> 00:25:41,195 Tracy? 428 00:25:41,842 --> 00:25:45,703 You are unapologetically you, Miss McCoy. 429 00:25:46,597 --> 00:25:51,428 But as someone representing, well, all of us, 430 00:25:51,511 --> 00:25:53,945 did you have to compromise yourself along the way? 431 00:25:53,971 --> 00:25:57,602 - First thing, Tracy? - Yes. 432 00:25:58,432 --> 00:26:02,813 You are not me, and I am not you. And yet, we are all beautiful. 433 00:26:03,192 --> 00:26:04,614 My darlings, 434 00:26:05,318 --> 00:26:09,654 our experiences as Black people are multi-faceted 435 00:26:09,697 --> 00:26:11,756 and rich and varied. 436 00:26:11,782 --> 00:26:15,287 But none of us should have to compromise ourselves for anything. 437 00:26:15,385 --> 00:26:16,601 We cannot. 438 00:26:16,627 --> 00:26:21,400 Compromise is not a word in my vocabulary, nor should it be in yours. 439 00:26:21,873 --> 00:26:26,594 I cannot help but give my whole self to every performance 440 00:26:26,620 --> 00:26:30,963 because the world deserves every facet of my being. 441 00:26:31,938 --> 00:26:36,783 Miss McCoy, a while back on a trip to New York City, I was lucky enough 442 00:26:36,809 --> 00:26:40,900 to see you as Lady Macbeth, opposite Charles Clayton as Macbeth. 443 00:26:40,926 --> 00:26:44,275 That was at my theater in Harlem. I remember. 444 00:26:44,385 --> 00:26:47,502 And your performance has stayed with me ever since. 445 00:26:47,528 --> 00:26:50,353 You were so fierce and commanding, yet, 446 00:26:50,947 --> 00:26:52,360 also vulnerable. 447 00:26:52,657 --> 00:26:56,080 Oh, sweetie, that is the only way I know how to be. 448 00:26:57,127 --> 00:26:59,807 Ferocious and vulnerable. 449 00:27:00,103 --> 00:27:03,271 All things at once, and when I work, I bleed. 450 00:27:03,297 --> 00:27:04,734 It's as simple as that. 451 00:27:04,761 --> 00:27:06,307 That's what I try to do at my typewriter. 452 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:07,900 I try to bleed, too. 453 00:27:08,805 --> 00:27:10,981 Enough about Josie McCoy. 454 00:27:11,007 --> 00:27:15,534 Tell me. Where did the idea for the Black Athena club come from? 455 00:27:15,648 --> 00:27:19,391 When I was in high school, I would've crossed the Sahara for a group like this. 456 00:27:19,451 --> 00:27:22,697 Honestly, Josie, I started this club because I was tired. 457 00:27:22,992 --> 00:27:24,447 Plain and simple. 458 00:27:24,473 --> 00:27:29,111 I was tired of this bogus town telling me who I was. 459 00:27:29,476 --> 00:27:33,846 Tired of treading water in the Caucasian sea of opinions. 460 00:27:34,287 --> 00:27:36,392 We all needed a haven. 461 00:27:36,626 --> 00:27:40,752 And I know I wasn't the only one tired of being told no by the gatekeepers. 462 00:27:41,317 --> 00:27:44,845 - So we... - So you bet on yourselves. 463 00:27:47,995 --> 00:27:49,861 Yes, I can see that. 464 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:54,127 Yes, I certainly can. 465 00:27:55,660 --> 00:27:58,299 All right, let's blow this out. 466 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,603 I want a full red carpet premiere. 467 00:28:00,629 --> 00:28:01,924 All the bells and whistles. 468 00:28:01,950 --> 00:28:04,017 Spotlights, velvet ropes. 469 00:28:04,042 --> 00:28:05,446 The creme de la creme. 470 00:28:05,557 --> 00:28:07,853 My movie is in your hands, Veronica. But... 471 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,595 if Going Uptown isn't a hit... 472 00:28:10,752 --> 00:28:13,658 If we invite the press and they don't right 5-star raves, 473 00:28:13,684 --> 00:28:16,111 it won't just be my movie that disappears. 474 00:28:16,617 --> 00:28:17,971 I disappear too. 475 00:28:18,701 --> 00:28:20,355 I won't get a second chance. 476 00:28:20,381 --> 00:28:22,416 And this film cost me everything. 477 00:28:22,671 --> 00:28:23,885 What do you mean... 478 00:28:25,175 --> 00:28:26,908 "cost you everything"? 479 00:28:27,866 --> 00:28:29,783 I financed it myself. 480 00:28:31,368 --> 00:28:33,979 When Going Uptownbecame a Broadway hit... 481 00:28:34,005 --> 00:28:36,658 When I, Josie McCoy made it a hit, 482 00:28:37,407 --> 00:28:39,767 they wanted to turn it into a movie. 483 00:28:40,276 --> 00:28:42,182 Of course, I was thrilled. 484 00:28:43,290 --> 00:28:48,314 Until I found out that my part, the part that I won a Tony Award for, 485 00:28:49,261 --> 00:28:53,580 was being reconceived for Lana Turner. 486 00:28:55,073 --> 00:28:56,135 No. 487 00:28:56,468 --> 00:28:57,687 Yes. 488 00:28:59,864 --> 00:29:01,846 It was a slap in the face. 489 00:29:04,674 --> 00:29:08,557 Apparently, the powers that be thought the silver screen 490 00:29:08,583 --> 00:29:13,189 wasn't ready for Josie McCoy and her Black, beautiful self. 491 00:29:13,215 --> 00:29:15,463 So I scrounged up every penny I had. 492 00:29:15,489 --> 00:29:19,041 I even mortgaged my brownstone and I bought the rights 493 00:29:19,067 --> 00:29:22,400 to Going Uptown out from under them, and I made the damn thing myself. 494 00:29:23,202 --> 00:29:27,557 I put everything I had into this picture. 495 00:29:27,772 --> 00:29:33,947 So the test screenings, the surveys, 496 00:29:34,039 --> 00:29:37,127 weren't part of your process. 497 00:29:37,649 --> 00:29:40,432 - They're going to be for... - Studios. 498 00:29:40,508 --> 00:29:44,618 If we tested well enough with Black and white audiences in the sticks, 499 00:29:44,653 --> 00:29:48,822 I thought that maybe... Maybe I could convince one of the majors to... 500 00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:51,635 To distribute Going Uptown. 501 00:29:51,661 --> 00:29:55,642 Then why the change of heart to hold the premier now? 502 00:29:57,146 --> 00:30:01,391 Making Going Uptown, and risking everything for it, 503 00:30:01,417 --> 00:30:05,650 it's the most terrifying thing I have ever done. 504 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,463 The studios. They don't think I'm a movie star, but I know I am. 505 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:17,510 But Going Uptown will have to explode like an atomic bomb. 506 00:30:20,219 --> 00:30:22,874 Are you tuned in and hearing my signal straight? 507 00:30:22,974 --> 00:30:24,051 Josie, 508 00:30:25,747 --> 00:30:28,880 after the premiere I'm going to throw you, 509 00:30:29,078 --> 00:30:33,098 you are going to have a bidding war on your hands, 510 00:30:33,183 --> 00:30:37,801 which is exactly what a star of your caliber deserves. 511 00:30:38,669 --> 00:30:40,942 I hate not being able to see you. 512 00:30:41,243 --> 00:30:42,449 Or hold you. 513 00:30:42,501 --> 00:30:44,480 But we're cooking with gas now, baby. 514 00:30:44,506 --> 00:30:48,028 I performed for the Josie McCoy. 515 00:30:48,054 --> 00:30:51,106 She's gonna hook me up with her music producer in New York. 516 00:30:51,132 --> 00:30:53,482 A real hotshot, Alexander Cabot. 517 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,184 Killer Diller! 518 00:30:56,067 --> 00:30:58,989 Oh, Fangs. That's peachy to the max. 519 00:30:59,178 --> 00:31:01,497 I'm gonna get you out of that crazy place. 520 00:31:01,954 --> 00:31:03,913 We'll be together before you know it. 521 00:31:03,949 --> 00:31:06,512 - They rejected Sabrina? - Yep. 522 00:31:07,176 --> 00:31:09,403 They kicked it back and in record time. 523 00:31:09,429 --> 00:31:12,345 Sabrina the Teenage Witch just ain't gonna fly, kid. 524 00:31:12,381 --> 00:31:13,840 Why? Did they say? 525 00:31:13,866 --> 00:31:16,669 Yeah, they... They gave my ears quite the bashing. 526 00:31:16,695 --> 00:31:20,380 Objected to pretty much everything, like, for starters, that she's a witch. 527 00:31:20,406 --> 00:31:21,885 This is nuts. 528 00:31:21,993 --> 00:31:24,935 Preaching to the choir, kid, preaching to the choir. 529 00:31:24,961 --> 00:31:27,340 You came up with something fun and whimsical, 530 00:31:27,366 --> 00:31:29,739 and all they saw was witches, Satanism, 531 00:31:29,765 --> 00:31:32,397 hocus pocus, and human sacrifices. 532 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:35,419 I know it's crushing, but shame on us. 533 00:31:35,450 --> 00:31:38,231 We probably never should have tried to launch a comic book 534 00:31:38,257 --> 00:31:40,481 about witch in the middle of a witch hunt. 535 00:31:41,601 --> 00:31:43,536 I'm so sorry, Jughead. 536 00:31:43,562 --> 00:31:46,481 Sabrina The Teenage Witch is a brilliant idea, 537 00:31:46,507 --> 00:31:48,778 and I'm not just saying that because I inspired her. 538 00:31:48,804 --> 00:31:50,528 She's just ahead of her time. 539 00:31:52,317 --> 00:31:53,965 Give it a few years. 540 00:31:54,053 --> 00:31:57,752 Let the hysteria die down and there will be no stopping her. 541 00:31:57,778 --> 00:32:02,481 I just feel like Pep Comics is sinking in quicksand. 542 00:32:02,507 --> 00:32:04,657 Listen, if you're down in the mouth 543 00:32:04,683 --> 00:32:06,424 and not in the mood for a premier, 544 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,171 I'd completely understand. 545 00:32:08,212 --> 00:32:10,090 Are you kidding? This is probably the only chance 546 00:32:10,116 --> 00:32:13,137 I'll ever be invited to a Hollywood premiere. I'm not going to miss it. 547 00:32:13,163 --> 00:32:15,106 - The only thing is... - You don't have a suit. 548 00:32:16,007 --> 00:32:18,271 I barely have any clothes without an S on them. 549 00:32:18,297 --> 00:32:21,645 I thought we might run into this predicament. 550 00:32:21,672 --> 00:32:26,551 So I may or may not have taken some precautionary measures. 551 00:32:27,638 --> 00:32:31,286 Tailored exactly to your measurements. 552 00:32:31,312 --> 00:32:35,559 I think you'll find nothing but the best for my flutter bum. 553 00:32:35,585 --> 00:32:36,872 Yowza. 554 00:32:39,418 --> 00:32:42,044 Are you absolutely sure you're not a teenage witch? 555 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,296 _ 556 00:34:07,326 --> 00:34:09,172 Who's that sourpuss? 557 00:34:09,198 --> 00:34:13,260 He's a notoriously surly but also highly influential movie critic 558 00:34:13,286 --> 00:34:14,765 from the WABE Journal. 559 00:34:14,791 --> 00:34:16,117 Don't worry. 560 00:34:16,227 --> 00:34:19,344 You and your movie are undeniable. 561 00:34:21,172 --> 00:34:22,750 Here we go. 562 00:34:23,524 --> 00:34:27,594 _ 563 00:34:50,573 --> 00:34:53,471 What the hell is going on, you bozos? 564 00:34:53,497 --> 00:34:56,581 Film got hot and split. We need to splice it back together and rethread it. 565 00:34:56,607 --> 00:34:58,995 Have you snapped your caps? We're gonna lose them. 566 00:34:59,021 --> 00:35:00,550 - Who? - The audience, Kevin. 567 00:35:00,576 --> 00:35:02,573 The audience and the critics. 568 00:35:02,599 --> 00:35:04,089 The spell has been broken. 569 00:35:04,115 --> 00:35:06,721 You two are the worst projectionists in the world. 570 00:35:06,747 --> 00:35:08,612 You're fired, we're no longer friends. 571 00:35:08,638 --> 00:35:10,883 And from now on you'll be paying full price for movie tickets. 572 00:35:10,909 --> 00:35:12,792 Everyone, calm down. 573 00:35:12,818 --> 00:35:15,932 Once. I was mid performance in Greenwich Village when the club got raided by the fuzz. 574 00:35:15,958 --> 00:35:17,987 But I still managed to finish my performance. 575 00:35:18,013 --> 00:35:21,206 We will get through this if we don't fall apart. 576 00:35:21,232 --> 00:35:23,839 You two, how long will it take to splice my film back together? 577 00:35:23,865 --> 00:35:25,432 I don't know. Five minutes? 578 00:35:25,458 --> 00:35:26,831 Five minutes. 579 00:35:26,857 --> 00:35:30,096 There are half a dozen critics out there looking at their pocket watches, 580 00:35:30,122 --> 00:35:32,800 wondering if they can catch the next train out of Riverdale. 581 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:36,089 Hold your horses, folks. Where do you think you're going? 582 00:35:36,115 --> 00:35:38,839 All right. Now, why don't we sit down and enjoy the excitement? 583 00:35:38,865 --> 00:35:40,268 Well, they're fixing my film. 584 00:35:40,294 --> 00:35:41,979 How long would it take you to get a band together? 585 00:35:42,005 --> 00:35:45,198 Fangs is here. So I'd say about 60 seconds? 586 00:35:45,624 --> 00:35:46,753 Perfect. 587 00:35:46,893 --> 00:35:48,675 Then I'll buy these two the time they need 588 00:35:48,701 --> 00:35:50,683 to get my movie fixed and running again. 589 00:35:51,956 --> 00:35:55,482 Who says motion pictures are a frozen art form? 590 00:35:55,525 --> 00:35:58,136 While my associates are making Going Uptown 591 00:35:58,161 --> 00:36:00,643 even more fabulous than before, 592 00:36:00,669 --> 00:36:03,025 here in the flesh, 593 00:36:03,051 --> 00:36:05,619 performing the film's title number, 594 00:36:05,748 --> 00:36:08,901 is Miss Josie McCoy. 595 00:36:09,722 --> 00:36:11,729 Gentlemen. 596 00:36:13,064 --> 00:36:16,677 ? You're looking at a female who has driven men ? 597 00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:20,964 ? To homicide ? 598 00:36:20,990 --> 00:36:23,886 ? "How?" must you ask? ? 599 00:36:24,331 --> 00:36:27,601 ? Look at these Beautiful legs ? 600 00:36:27,644 --> 00:36:33,292 ? These legs were built To drive men mad ? 601 00:36:33,607 --> 00:36:37,487 ? Would you like to dance? ? 602 00:36:41,274 --> 00:36:44,737 When you look around the room, look. Tell me, what do you see? 603 00:36:44,835 --> 00:36:47,703 Imitations of imitations. 604 00:36:47,729 --> 00:36:51,307 I invented myself. 605 00:36:51,785 --> 00:36:59,053 ? I'm a creature who Sacrificed love for her art ? 606 00:36:59,331 --> 00:37:02,448 ? Why, you may ask ? 607 00:37:03,175 --> 00:37:06,143 ? With these smoldering lips ? 608 00:37:06,169 --> 00:37:12,854 ? Do you know what it's like to Taste such smoldering lips? ? 609 00:37:12,950 --> 00:37:16,964 ? Would you like to find out? ? 610 00:37:18,315 --> 00:37:20,915 ? But first Are you going uptown? ? 611 00:37:20,958 --> 00:37:22,699 ? Let's go You lead ? 612 00:37:22,743 --> 00:37:24,614 ? I'm ready for the big time ? 613 00:37:24,658 --> 00:37:28,183 ? But what I need, I need I need ? 614 00:37:28,226 --> 00:37:34,972 ? To return to the place Where I used to belong ? 615 00:37:38,229 --> 00:37:43,034 ? I hear you're going uptown ? 616 00:37:44,503 --> 00:37:46,313 ? I hear you're taking me ? 617 00:37:46,339 --> 00:37:47,942 ? You're taking me ? 618 00:37:47,985 --> 00:37:54,731 ? You're taking me along ? 619 00:38:21,144 --> 00:38:23,438 I just saw Mr. Abrams off. 620 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:25,897 He's on the train back to New York. 621 00:38:25,923 --> 00:38:29,331 And? Is it going to be a rave or not? 622 00:38:29,571 --> 00:38:32,412 Now, Josie, you know these critics. 623 00:38:32,438 --> 00:38:34,945 But I may have greased his wheels a bit, 624 00:38:35,055 --> 00:38:37,952 and gotten a taste of what he's going to publish in the journal. 625 00:38:37,978 --> 00:38:39,430 Let's hear it. 626 00:38:41,334 --> 00:38:43,380 First, the headline. 627 00:38:43,898 --> 00:38:45,962 "A star is born." 628 00:38:47,385 --> 00:38:49,257 Would you like to hear the opening paragraph? 629 00:38:49,418 --> 00:38:50,446 Why not? 630 00:38:52,282 --> 00:38:54,240 "Stop the presses. 631 00:38:54,266 --> 00:38:57,359 An atomic bomb exploded in Riverdale. 632 00:38:57,626 --> 00:39:01,444 People will be talking about it for the rest of their days. 633 00:39:01,470 --> 00:39:04,764 Call the Oscars and tell them that all of the major awards 634 00:39:04,790 --> 00:39:07,365 will be going to Josie McCoy this year. 635 00:39:07,391 --> 00:39:10,023 Miss McCoy, the genius creative force 636 00:39:10,049 --> 00:39:13,154 and I do mean force, behind Going Uptown, 637 00:39:13,180 --> 00:39:17,988 has not only earned herself a seat at the glorious table that is Tinseltown. 638 00:39:18,321 --> 00:39:23,134 She has commandeered the whole damn restaurant." 639 00:39:29,924 --> 00:39:31,578 This is really happening. 640 00:39:31,604 --> 00:39:34,826 - I'm not dreaming. - Josie, it's not happening. 641 00:39:35,694 --> 00:39:39,121 It happened. You made it happen. 642 00:39:39,147 --> 00:39:41,941 And as far as I'm concerned, you put Riverdale and the Babylonium 643 00:39:41,967 --> 00:39:44,678 on the map tonight, so thank you for that. 644 00:39:44,786 --> 00:39:48,170 And by the way, there's one thing this reviewer got wrong. 645 00:39:48,866 --> 00:39:51,260 A star wasn't born tonight. 646 00:39:51,286 --> 00:39:53,405 You've always been a star, Josie. 647 00:39:54,917 --> 00:39:57,311 From the first second you drew breath. 648 00:39:57,821 --> 00:39:59,850 You weren't even at the hospital. 649 00:40:01,254 --> 00:40:02,850 You're not wrong though. 650 00:40:03,582 --> 00:40:05,715 We make a good team, you and I. 651 00:40:05,741 --> 00:40:08,125 Perhaps we should do this again. 652 00:40:08,169 --> 00:40:12,271 I wonder, Veronica, if you're not just treading water here, 653 00:40:12,297 --> 00:40:15,912 managing a theater when what you should be doing is making movies. 654 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,022 I see I've intrigued you. 655 00:40:22,599 --> 00:40:25,084 That's what Josie McCoy does best. 656 00:40:30,934 --> 00:40:34,108 Uncle Frank, what's going on? 657 00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:36,881 Reggie, will you give us a minute? 658 00:40:41,020 --> 00:40:42,537 What the hell is this? 659 00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:46,342 Mrs. Grundy asked us to write about our most... 660 00:40:48,272 --> 00:40:50,850 personal and private pain. 661 00:40:53,264 --> 00:40:57,262 "Overseas or in mountain marsh, that's where you really are. 662 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,803 You have a plot of land here at home, 663 00:41:01,388 --> 00:41:03,868 but you will always be lost to me over there." 664 00:41:03,894 --> 00:41:07,076 Writing poetry to get with the girl is fine. I said that. 665 00:41:08,561 --> 00:41:10,355 But writing about your father? 666 00:41:10,381 --> 00:41:14,569 Exploiting his sacrifice for our country, for our family? 667 00:41:15,375 --> 00:41:16,482 No. 668 00:41:16,904 --> 00:41:17,949 No! 669 00:41:17,975 --> 00:41:20,855 You will not sully his memory like this. 670 00:41:20,881 --> 00:41:23,199 What's wrong with me writing about my dad? 671 00:41:23,233 --> 00:41:26,209 I wish I could still talk to him, but I can't. At least this way... 672 00:41:26,686 --> 00:41:28,678 Uncle Frank, stop! 673 00:41:29,043 --> 00:41:34,366 Don't you ever write about your father like that again. 674 00:41:36,554 --> 00:41:38,303 Am I understood? 675 00:41:47,056 --> 00:41:50,329 www.subtitulamos.tv