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9. Jesus.
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My hair.
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- I'm being serious.
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good for me.
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and they're all gonna be there.
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I'd be here?
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You look amazing.
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for having us.
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23. And hello.
I'm Monique.
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26. Yeah. Me.
Mr. Hubby.
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come inside.
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♪ Ain't that good news
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after the party, or—
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30. Uh-uh-uh.
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we have the bar.
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we have the bathroom.
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upstairs, downstairs—
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36. Happy Freedom Day!
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37. Mm, mm, mm.
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38. Welcome.
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39. Craig, Monique's husband.
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40. You're familiar.
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42. Uh, no.
Just black.
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43. No, Cherokee Town
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45. Uh, no, no, no.
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- Yes.
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with some other black guy.
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apart?
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to meet both of you.
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to get me a drink?
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Like a vodka cranberry?
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57. - Hey, could I get a, uh—
- Sir.
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58. I'll be right with you
soon as you take your place
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the line?
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63. Yeah, I'd like, uh,
a vodka cranberry.
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64. I'm sorry, sir, we aren't
equipped to make that drink.
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65. - A screwdriver, then.
- Sir.
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for the evening.
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68. "Juneteenth Juice.
Frozen Freedom Margarita.
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69. Emancipation Eggnog."
It's June.
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alliteration? Hmm?
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71. I'll have the Plantation
Master Poison.
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72. - So sorry about Earnest.
- Princeton—
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Mm!
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Not an orphanage.
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Mm-hmm.
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each other for a long time,
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you get everything you want.
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is here.
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an event planner,
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- Girl, quit playing—
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that you want.
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like me.
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husband is here,
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or justice, or anything.
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that inspired that painting.
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I didn't mean to—
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You're fine.
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105. - Sure.
- All right.
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interpretation of that quote.
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of the contemporary black man.
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114. - Yes.
- Yes?
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115. No, it's just—it's nice.
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116. A brother on the business side
of music.
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117. - What do you mean?
- Mm.
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119. Well, music is
such an integral part
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121. It's expression.
And it's been stripped from you.
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122. Black music artists are products
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and appropriation.
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Is this Hennessy?
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in African studies?
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in Africa over there.
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well, you know, right?
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I really don't.
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been to Africa?
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What are you thinking?
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What?
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Ivory Coast?
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called "slavery" happened,
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was erased, so...
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that I am happy here,
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for an opportunity?
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that I need you here
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that you're good at pretending.
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in my new play.
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- You do.
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- You really do.
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- Ooh.
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in stitches every day,
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to keep from crying.
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- You should slow down.
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next month.
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"With Tail Between Legs."
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- I wrote and directed it.
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at a strip club.
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a drug dealer,
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Hurricane Katrina.
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- Mm! Sad.
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that story's being told.
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into a movie.
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- Love.
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saying this the other day.
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- Of theater is just not there.
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- Anymore.
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fighting for good art.
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- We have to.
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Yep.
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- Is Vin Diesel black?
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Lottie's cello recitals
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Filipino youth—
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there you go again.
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- Yeah, you kind of say that—
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- Often.
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a man with a bangin' body
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Van does everything.
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she raises our child,
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better than me.
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that's why I married her.
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the credit she deserves.
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- I'm so sorry, um...
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Listen, I—
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"Martin" reruns?
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my 95-year-old grandmother
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her collard greens wrong.
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and he gets
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"For Colored Girls."
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- Sorry.
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- Sorry about that, man.
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- Is that Red Bull and vodka?
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don't tell my wife.
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too much caffeine.
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- Bar.
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- Bar.
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- Excuse me.
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dude, ain't you?
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- Uh... of—of me?
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He here?
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right now's not a good time.
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my sister likes him?
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- All right.
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- Whoa.
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- Why? No.
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- Why are you—no.
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No, no. Go.
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- Okay, good-bye.
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What'd you think?
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- Is everything okay?
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- Paper Boi.
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- Someone else.
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I knew you from somewhere.
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about you, Earn.
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I manage rap.
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with earning money
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it's fine.
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he—he's my cousin.
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- Yeah.
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say "hello" to—
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I'm sorry.
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This is—this is whack.
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- No, no.
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real life, okay?
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She's dumb.
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You know that, Van.
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- Okay. I'm sorry.
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- We're gonna head out, right?
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about my culture.
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go back to Africa
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because you know what?
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- I'm fucking broke, dude.
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- It's my bad.
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- Hey.
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And stop being so likable.
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like, I get—don't—
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"I understand"--
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- Because you don't understand.
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- Like, I'm—
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- For your hospitality.
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- Good night.
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- Happy Juneteenth.
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- Great party. Let's go, babe.
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This is a weird place.
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