1. And how are you doing, baby?Copy !req
2. Like a bee stung my tongue.Copy !req
3. Oh, let me check.Copy !req
4. All right, come on. Open wide.Copy !req
5. It's just thrush.Copy !req
6. Probably feels worse than it is.Copy !req
7. We're gonna be sending you homeCopy !req
8. with some steroids
and antifungals.Copy !req
9. It's important
that you don't smokeCopy !req
10. while you're taking these meds.Copy !req
11. I've been reading about some
other drugs that are out there.Copy !req
12. - Mm-hmm.
- Um, the protease inhibitors?Copy !req
13. Do you think
I qualify to get on them?Copy !req
14. Unless you got a connection
with the black market,Copy !req
15. those meds are still
being held up by the FDA.Copy !req
16. How many times
have I watched you come in here?Copy !req
17. About a year.Copy !req
18. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
19. You're still a baby
on this journey.Copy !req
20. I've been positive
for seven years and look at me.Copy !req
21. - You're gonna be okay.
- But I readCopy !req
22. it moves really fast
in some people,Copy !req
23. and they still
don't understand why.Copy !req
24. Well, I mean...Copy !req
25. It says here that your T cells
and red blood cells are low,Copy !req
26. but everything else
seems to be stable.Copy !req
27. Other than that tongue of yours,
how you been feeling?Copy !req
28. - Not horrible.
- Okay.Copy !req
29. Mostly just scared.Copy !req
30. Well, hold on to that.Copy !req
31. "Not horrible" is...Copy !req
32. a lot better than most people
who come in here.Copy !req
33. Thanks, Blanca.Copy !req
34. I told them,
when they checked me in,Copy !req
35. that I only wanted Nurse Blanca
to take care of me.Copy !req
36. Oh, I'm not a nurse yet,
honey. I...Copy !req
37. I'm getting there,
one day at a time.Copy !req
38. - Mm.Copy !req
39. - Blanca, do you have a minute?
- Uh, yeah.Copy !req
40. I'll be back, Troy.Copy !req
41. Keep reading up on that virus.Copy !req
42. The more you know.Copy !req
43. It's not like him not to call.Copy !req
44. Who?Copy !req
45. Wait, what's going on?
Where we going?Copy !req
46. Pray. He checked himself in
without letting anybody knowCopy !req
47. - he was here.
- What?Copy !req
48. Are you okay?Copy !req
49. Why didn't you call?Copy !req
50. You know how many times
I rushed to the hospitalCopy !req
51. to be with Costas?Copy !req
52. And for what?Copy !req
53. We all die alone.Copy !req
54. Don't say things like that.Copy !req
55. Oh, hush up.Copy !req
56. I knew you bitches
would sniff me outCopy !req
57. and find me sooner or later.Copy !req
58. What is it now?Copy !req
59. Pneumonia, again.Copy !req
60. But this time,
the doctor says I don't...Copy !req
61. have enough of an
immune system to fight it, so...Copy !req
62. This is it.Copy !req
63. This is the end.Copy !req
64. No, no, no, no, no.Copy !req
65. We haven't exhausted
all of our options.Copy !req
66. I'm gonna get a second opinion.Copy !req
67. I'm gonna ask Dr. Williams
who he'd recommend.Copy !req
68. In the meantime,
let's get some deoxy uridineCopy !req
69. running into that IV.Copy !req
70. Okay? I'll be right back.Copy !req
71. No.Copy !req
72. Don't be giving me one
of your "Blanca pep talks."Copy !req
73. We've been on this journey
too longCopy !req
74. to be getting all sentimental.Copy !req
75. - Have you prepared a will?
- Yeah.Copy !req
76. My aunt has it.
She knows to call you.Copy !req
77. Well, is there anything
I can help you withCopy !req
78. to make you more comfortable?Copy !req
79. Just...Copy !req
80. Just lay with me, please.Copy !req
81. I don't understand
why I've been so sick,Copy !req
82. with my low platelets
and the pneumoniaCopy !req
83. and my eye and stuff.Copy !req
84. But yet, you haven't been...Copy !req
85. sick in over a year.Copy !req
86. Just nothing.Copy !req
87. Your guess is as good as mine.Copy !req
88. This disease
don't make no sense.Copy !req
89. I don't want nobody to pity me.Copy !req
90. I want everybody to know
that I...Copy !req
91. died happy.Copy !req
92. Satisfied.Copy !req
93. But I do have one thing
I need to finish.Copy !req
94. What's that?Copy !req
95. My panel for the AIDS Quilt.Copy !req
96. And I want to finish it
with you.Copy !req
97. My sewing kit
and all the trimmings and stuffCopy !req
98. are in my bag over there
on the chair.Copy !req
99. Got Liberace's cape in here?Copy !req
100. No. I decided thatCopy !req
101. I wanted my panel to be gaudier
and gayer than Sylvester's.Copy !req
102. That way, when they unfold it
on the national lawn...Copy !req
103. all those government people
who did nothingCopy !req
104. will be blinded
by its fabulosity.Copy !req
105. Well, let's see
what we got here.Copy !req
106. We got the sequins.Copy !req
107. - Where's the tulle?Copy !req
108. Right. I was waiting
for the tulle.Copy !req
109. You know I had to have it.Copy !req
110. Wow.Copy !req
111. I'm not ready to lose you, Pray.Copy !req
112. I'm not ready to let go.Copy !req
113. I know.Copy !req
114. The category is...Copy !req
115. Live...Copy !req
116. Work...Copy !req
117. Pose!Copy !req
118. Hey. I'm Blanca.Copy !req
119. I'm your nurse's aide.Copy !req
120. Blanca, it's me, Troy.Copy !req
121. - Oh, my God, Troy.Copy !req
122. Look at you,
all healthy and glow-y.Copy !req
123. - Mm.
- Let me see.Copy !req
124. Yeah, I see those
antifungals worked.Copy !req
125. That, and I got into the trial.Copy !req
126. The one where they give us
multiple drugs at once.Copy !req
127. - Oh, the cocktail.
- Yes.Copy !req
128. And it's working.Copy !req
129. Within two weeks,
my thrush was completely gone.Copy !req
130. No more swollen glands.Copy !req
131. I have an appetite again.
I've gained weight.Copy !req
132. I feel great.Copy !req
133. Who in the hospital
got you into the trial?Copy !req
134. It's bullshit.Copy !req
135. I have never had an AIDS
patient, Black or Latin,Copy !req
136. offered a spot
in one of these trials.Copy !req
137. Or any trials, sweetheart.Copy !req
138. Who do you think's running
the pharmaceutical companies?Copy !req
139. It's the same old,
impotent white menCopy !req
140. who are running the government.Copy !req
141. I'm getting Pray on those drugs.Copy !req
142. Well, baby,
how we gonna do that?Copy !req
143. The only way you ever
get white peopleCopy !req
144. to do anything.Copy !req
145. Scare 'em.Copy !req
146. You coming?Copy !req
147. The protocols for who
gets in the studyCopy !req
148. are determined by
the drug companies and the CDC.Copy !req
149. I know the optics are bad.Copy !req
150. Optics?Copy !req
151. A pile of dead people
is bad optics?Copy !req
152. A pile of dead Black people
is bad optics.Copy !req
153. A pile of dead white people
is a national tragedy.Copy !req
154. Race is not the only factorCopy !req
155. that determines
who is getting these drugs.Copy !req
156. How many people
are in this study?Copy !req
157. - I can't tell you that.
Oh, I can.Copy !req
158. I asked the doctors
who are administering it.Copy !req
159. Eighty.Copy !req
160. Out of the 80,
how many are Black or Latin?Copy !req
161. I can't tell you that either.Copy !req
162. Two.Copy !req
163. Two!Copy !req
164. Doctor, calm down.Copy !req
165. You're asking a doctor
to calm down becauseCopy !req
166. he wants to prevent people
from dying?Copy !req
167. I like all of you.Copy !req
168. You're excellent employees,Copy !req
169. but my advice to you is to take
a breath and not cause trouble.Copy !req
170. Not just because
you could be terminated,Copy !req
171. but because these drugs
appear to be working.Copy !req
172. Why would you want
to interrupt the scientistsCopy !req
173. and possibly delay the results
of their study?Copy !req
174. Because the study is flawedCopy !req
175. if it's only including
white people!Copy !req
176. It's not only biased,
it's not scientifically sound.Copy !req
177. Listen, Vanessa.Copy !req
178. I know that ACT UP was slow
in building a rainbow coalitionCopy !req
179. to fight this disease,
but they're caught up now.Copy !req
180. And they're gonna be
all kinds of angryCopy !req
181. when they find out
that two out of the 80 peopleCopy !req
182. in this specific study
are people of color.Copy !req
183. And it won't take three hours
to get a crowdCopy !req
184. of angry folk
down here to protest,Copy !req
185. to call up their TV people
and chronicle this whole thing.Copy !req
186. Now, I may be only
a nurse's aide,Copy !req
187. but I know for sure that,
for this hospital,Copy !req
188. that's bad optics.Copy !req
189. I like the look of terror
in your eyes.Copy !req
190. It tells me you're actually
gonna do something.Copy !req
191. I don't like to be threatened.Copy !req
192. But I also don't disagree
with you.Copy !req
193. I'll make some callsCopy !req
194. and get your friend
into the trial.Copy !req
195. It's not enough.Copy !req
196. We need two slots.Copy !req
197. One for Pray Tell
and one for Blanca.Copy !req
198. We did it.Copy !req
199. You and Pray are in.Copy !req
200. What?Copy !req
201. Look, I'm happy
for Pray and all,Copy !req
202. and he's much worse off than me,
but I don't think I need this.Copy !req
203. Shouldn't we give it
to someone who is sicker?Copy !req
204. This new idea
of combination therapyCopy !req
205. stops HIV from multiplying
in different stages,Copy !req
206. which, in turn, prevents it from
attacking your immune system.Copy !req
207. Waiting until you're sickCopy !req
208. means the damage
is already done.Copy !req
209. Who said I was waiting
to get sick?Copy !req
210. Ain't you ever heard
of the Tuskegee study?Copy !req
211. Of course I have.Copy !req
212. So you know that they let
600 Black men dieCopy !req
213. from syphilis
in the name of science.Copy !req
214. In Puerto Rico, they used
local women as guinea pigsCopy !req
215. to test birth control pills.Copy !req
216. And a bunch of them died, too.Copy !req
217. This isn't either
of those situations.Copy !req
218. This is a genuine, robust,
scientific trial of a drugCopy !req
219. by a publicly traded
pharmaceutical companyCopy !req
220. in conjunction with the CDC,
and it's working.Copy !req
221. Sweetheart...Copy !req
222. I love you.Copy !req
223. And I don't want to lose you.Copy !req
224. You don't have to trust the drug
company or the government.Copy !req
225. You just have to trust me.Copy !req
226. Do you trust me?Copy !req
227. Yeah, I do.Copy !req
228. Those are
confidentiality agreements.Copy !req
229. You are now known
as patients 00643Copy !req
230. and 00644.Copy !req
231. These are log books.Copy !req
232. This particular trial
is to test the efficacyCopy !req
233. of combining protease inhibitorsCopy !req
234. with non-nucleoside reverse
transcriptase inhibitors.Copy !req
235. You need to take the pills
on a very specific schedule.Copy !req
236. Are there any side effects?Copy !req
237. Besides living?Copy !req
238. I don't care.Copy !req
239. Just give me the pills.Copy !req
240. We are still unsure
of the toxicityCopy !req
241. of this particular dosing.Copy !req
242. Along with your weekly blood
tests, we need you to come in,Copy !req
243. once a month,
for a thorough examination.Copy !req
244. If you develop a fever
or feel any body aches,Copy !req
245. it's important that you call
this number immediately.Copy !req
246. Well...Copy !req
247. here's to getting so old,Copy !req
248. folks will start
calling me grandmother.Copy !req
249. Come here.Copy !req
250. How long has it been?Copy !req
251. Since Angel and Papi's wedding.Copy !req
252. Yeah. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
253. You know, I really thought
it was over for me.Copy !req
254. But then I got into
this trial at the hospital.Copy !req
255. What's this trial?Copy !req
256. It's a cocktail of meds.Copy !req
257. Man, you know these meds
are lethal.Copy !req
258. You remember
what happened to Blanca.Copy !req
259. No, it's not AZT.
It's some new stuff.Copy !req
260. And it's working.Copy !req
261. Look at me.Copy !req
262. My T cell count is rising.Copy !req
263. I feel like I have
a new lease on life.Copy !req
264. I feel like
a 20-something again.Copy !req
265. And now that I know
that I'm gonna live, I...Copy !req
266. I don't want to have
a single regret.Copy !req
267. Life has just been
passing me by,Copy !req
268. and there's so much living
I've missed.Copy !req
269. I feel you.Copy !req
270. Oh, really?Copy !req
271. And what have you missed?Copy !req
272. You.Copy !req
273. I missed you too, baby.Copy !req
274. But don't let it
go to your head.Copy !req
275. I've also missed performing.Copy !req
276. I gotta get back on the stage,Copy !req
277. but my ass is too old
for ballroom.Copy !req
278. Oh, I feel the same way.Copy !req
279. You are too young
to be feeling too old.Copy !req
280. But I think I know
what might help.Copy !req
281. What's that?Copy !req
282. So, after rehab,
I was in search of community.Copy !req
283. And a space where I could
raise my voice in protestCopy !req
284. of all the injustice
I've witnessed.Copy !req
285. - What about ACT UP?
- I'm still involved with them,Copy !req
286. but I just felt like
I would be a liability.Copy !req
287. You know, I couldn't see.Copy !req
288. I could barely walk.Copy !req
289. So, I had to find another
outlet, a new way to protest.Copy !req
290. And that is when
I stumbled acrossCopy !req
291. the Gay Men's Choir.Copy !req
292. Beautiful.Copy !req
293. - Thank you...
- Join us.Copy !req
294. You need something to release
all that pent-up energy you got.Copy !req
295. We both do.Copy !req
296. Hey.
- Hey, buddy.Copy !req
297. - What's happening?
- Pray, are you joining us?Copy !req
298. Yes, and I brought a new voice.Copy !req
299. This is Ricky.Copy !req
300. Nice to meet you, Ricky.Copy !req
301. Oh, we're rehearsing
"Love Lives On."Copy !req
302. - Do you know it?
- I do.Copy !req
303. Oh, great.
Here, I have a copy for you.Copy !req
304. There you go.Copy !req
305. Okay, gentlemen.Copy !req
306. Our spring gala
is a week from today.Copy !req
307. Uh, let's get in formation,Copy !req
308. and, uh, we're gonna do it
one more time.Copy !req
309. Why are we turning
our backs to the audience?Copy !req
310. The men in white,
facing forward,Copy !req
311. represent the original
founding members of the groupCopy !req
312. who have survived the plague.Copy !req
313. The ones in black represent
those we've lost way too soon.Copy !req
314. Uh, all right,
one more time from the top.Copy !req
315. Whenever you're ready.Copy !req
316. Shouldn't it say,
"Live, Werk, Pray"?Copy !req
317. No.Copy !req
318. You know, people call me
by my nameCopy !req
319. when they want
to get my attention,Copy !req
320. but the balls are my identity.Copy !req
321. I want this quilt
to tell people who I am.Copy !req
322. And who I am
is a celebration of that world.Copy !req
323. Hmm.Copy !req
324. I want to be remembered
as a representationCopy !req
325. of all that the balls could be.Copy !req
326. Hope and joy and family...Copy !req
327. Sometimes, viciousness.Copy !req
328. Well, there ain't gonna
be a lot to be remembered,Copy !req
329. according to
our last blood tests.Copy !req
330. I honestly can't believe
this is real.Copy !req
331. The drugs are working.Copy !req
332. Pray, we gonna live.Copy !req
333. Not just live.Copy !req
334. Be fully alive.Copy !req
335. You know, I feel like...Copy !req
336. I feel like Ms. Pac-Man when
she eats those power pellets.Copy !req
337. - Mm-hmm.
- The world is ours to devour.Copy !req
338. We can go to Paris for ChristmasCopy !req
339. and sit in the parkCopy !req
340. and watch the birds return
for spring.Copy !req
341. Or I can die tomorrow,Copy !req
342. and there's joy in all of it.Copy !req
343. Today could be a sweaty ballroom
or sittingCopy !req
344. in front of the couch watching
The Young and the RestlessCopy !req
345. or having a drink with a friend.Copy !req
346. - Mm-hmm.
- Don't matter.Copy !req
347. 'Cause today...Copy !req
348. today feels like enough.Copy !req
349. You know what I want to do
more than anything?Copy !req
350. Make plans.Copy !req
351. - Mm.
- Any plans. Don't matter what.Copy !req
352. I just want to know
that I can make them.Copy !req
353. That the future
is still something that...Copy !req
354. we're allowed to have.Copy !req
355. The first plan we need to makeCopy !req
356. is to not work on
this damn quilt again.Copy !req
357. Okay, deal.Copy !req
358. Thank you for coming.Copy !req
359. Thank you. Good to see you.Copy !req
360. Ah. Mwah, mwah, mwah.Copy !req
361. See you at the next rehearsal.Copy !req
362. It was so much fun.Copy !req
363. Thank you
for your amazing hospitality.Copy !req
364. Thank you so much...Copy !req
365. - for everything.
- Mm.Copy !req
366. - Good night. All right.
- Good night.Copy !req
367. - Yeah.
- Oh. Thanks for inviting me.Copy !req
368. We have to do this again soon.Copy !req
369. You ain't going nowhere till
you help me clean up this mess.Copy !req
370. Wha...?Copy !req
371. You always trying
to put somebody to work.Copy !req
372. Oh, just...Copy !req
373. - Stay and hang out.Copy !req
374. You know, I'm really shockedCopy !req
375. how much I'm enjoying being
a part of this Gay Men's Choir.Copy !req
376. I honestly...Copy !req
377. thought it was gonna be
a bunch of soulless white boysCopy !req
378. singing show tunes.Copy !req
379. - But we pretty good.
- I told you.Copy !req
380. - Mm-hmm.
- Singing with the choirCopy !req
381. has been really healing for me.Copy !req
382. You know, I've started thinking
about my fashion line again.Copy !req
383. You know, which means
I can fly around the worldCopy !req
384. looking for inspiration.Copy !req
385. You know,
I might want to learn French.Copy !req
386. Oh.Copy !req
387. Run the New York Marathon or...Copy !req
388. - scuba dive, maybe.
- Mm.Copy !req
389. Fall in love again. You know?Copy !req
390. Just endless possibilities.Copy !req
391. This all sounds great.Copy !req
392. What about you? Do you have any
tours or anything coming up?Copy !req
393. Nah. You know, I'm not so sure
that life is for me anymore.Copy !req
394. I'm tired, Pray.Copy !req
395. I'm tired of hustling,
tired of auditioning,Copy !req
396. tired of hopping
between houses...Copy !req
397. and beds.Copy !req
398. I'm almost 30 years old,Copy !req
399. and I ain't done shit
with my life.Copy !req
400. Oh, stop selling yourself short.Copy !req
401. You ain't giving up
on your dreams, are you?Copy !req
402. Listen. Listen.Copy !req
403. We've been through
a lot together.Copy !req
404. - Mm-hmm.
- I know you.Copy !req
405. And I know that you
need to be up on a stage.Copy !req
406. That's where
you're at your best.Copy !req
407. That's when you're the happiest.Copy !req
408. That's why I asked you
to join the choir.Copy !req
409. I know.Copy !req
410. Don't give up on your dreams.Copy !req
411. What's wrong?Copy !req
412. This is it.Copy !req
413. No more plans.Copy !req
414. I'm gonna die, Pray.Copy !req
415. Don't. Don't say that.Copy !req
416. - I am.
- Don't say that.Copy !req
417. I got you.Copy !req
418. I...Copy !req
419. got you.Copy !req
420. Don't it make sense
that the food in a hospitalCopy !req
421. should be some of the finest
gourmet shit in the world?Copy !req
422. - Oh...
- I'm serious.Copy !req
423. For many people,
it's their last meal.Copy !req
424. Maybe put a little effort
into it?Copy !req
425. What's wrong?Copy !req
426. Pray, I'm so happy
you're doing well.Copy !req
427. This place has been like hell.Copy !req
428. Seeing all those young men
dying all these years.Copy !req
429. You know? With no hope.Copy !req
430. I trained to-to make people
feel better, to save them,Copy !req
431. but I haven't been doing that.Copy !req
432. And now,
with the cocktail you're on,Copy !req
433. I see some light.Copy !req
434. I-I feel the hope.Copy !req
435. Pray, they not letting no more
people of color into the trials.Copy !req
436. Yeah, we just
met with Vanessa again.Copy !req
437. - She spoke to the drug company.
- Yeah, they gave herCopy !req
438. some bullshit about the study
being too far down the lineCopy !req
439. and the cost
of adding new patients.Copy !req
440. The cost?Copy !req
441. Hundreds of thousands of people
are gonna dieCopy !req
442. if they don't
get on those drugs.Copy !req
443. Fuck the costs.Copy !req
444. It can't just be us
who are the lucky ones.Copy !req
445. We are no better...Copy !req
446. than anyone else.Copy !req
447. Our lives have no more meaning
than our friends we've lostCopy !req
448. and are losing!Copy !req
449. So...Copy !req
450. they're asking us
to do nothing and liveCopy !req
451. while we watch them die?Copy !req
452. To find proof
that we're deservingCopy !req
453. and they're not?Copy !req
454. They give us life...Copy !req
455. and then charge us the price
of survivor's guilt.Copy !req
456. Pray's right.Copy !req
457. How could I live with myself
if I let this go on this wayCopy !req
458. without a fight?Copy !req
459. What are we gonna do about it?Copy !req
460. Health care is a right!
Health care is a right!Copy !req
461. Health care is a right!
Health care is a right!Copy !req
462. Health care is a right!Copy !req
463. Health care
is a right!Copy !req
464. Health care is a right!Copy !req
465. Health care is a right!Copy !req
466. Health care is a right!Copy !req
467. Health care
is a right!Copy !req
468. Health care is a right!
Health care is a right...Copy !req
469. All right. All right.
All right. Listen up!Copy !req
470. - Listen up, people!Copy !req
471. You pharmaceutical, commercial,Copy !req
472. capitalist pigs!Copy !req
473. Europe takes nine monthsCopy !req
474. to test a drug,Copy !req
475. but here, in the U.S. of A...Copy !req
476. it takes years!Copy !req
477. What the fuck is going on?Copy !req
478. Why? The people are dying!Copy !req
479. The people are dying
in the streets!Copy !req
480. - We're not asking you...
- Health care is a right!Copy !req
481. to release
unsafe products to us.Copy !req
482. We're simply asking
to speed up the process!Copy !req
483. AZT isn't enough!Copy !req
484. - Give us the other stuff!
- Health care is a right!Copy !req
485. Seize control! Seize control!Copy !req
486. - Get your fucking hands off
of her, man.
- Go home, faggot.Copy !req
487. - What's wrong with you?
- This is our home.Copy !req
488. How dare you treat us this way!Copy !req
489. Silence equals death!Copy !req
490. Victory now!Copy !req
491. - Health care is a right!Copy !req
492. Health care is a right!
Health care is a right!Copy !req
493. - Get your fucking hands off me!Copy !req
494. Health care is a right!Copy !req
495. You ain't gotta do it like that.
You ain't gotta do it like that!Copy !req
496. Health care is a right!Copy !req
497. Health care is a right!Copy !req
498. Health care is a right!Copy !req
499. Health care
is a right!Copy !req
500. Health care is a right!Copy !req
501. Health care is a right!
Health care is a right!Copy !req
502. Health care is a right!Copy !req
503. Health care
is a right!Copy !req
504. The category is...
I knewCopy !req
505. what needed to be done was goingCopy !req
506. right to the source
and scaring their assesCopy !req
507. into doing the right thing.Copy !req
508. How is their refusal to add
more people—Copy !req
509. people of color,
poor people, our people—Copy !req
510. to the trial
doing the right thing?Copy !req
511. Pray, they lowering the costs
because we took action.Copy !req
512. - The next step...
- That's not enough!Copy !req
513. It's outrageous how these
people are fucking playing God!Copy !req
514. Pray. Pray, I know.Copy !req
515. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.Copy !req
516. I don't want to see
any more of our people die.Copy !req
517. I don't either.Copy !req
518. You sure you wanna do this?Copy !req
519. Uh-uh.
You don't get to use my rageCopy !req
520. and my gift for tantrum-ing
to chicken out.Copy !req
521. - We are doing this.Copy !req
522. There was still leaves
in Central ParkCopy !req
523. the last time we walked a ball.Copy !req
524. It's been what?Copy !req
525. At least five, six months.Copy !req
526. Uh-huh, and I was a drunk
hot-ass mess the last time.Copy !req
527. That's why I'm here:
to reclaim my glory,Copy !req
528. and to get my name
back in the good gracesCopy !req
529. - of the ball community.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
530. Because I can't let
these children be dragging meCopy !req
531. - into all eternity.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
532. Gotta let them know
what a real legend looks like.Copy !req
533. Ah. You mean legends.Copy !req
534. Mm. I'm down for that.Copy !req
535. Uh, you know Candy
would be gaggedCopy !req
536. to see us performing together
in her sweet honor.Copy !req
537. Oh, see, I know that medication
has gotten to your head.Copy !req
538. 'Cause Candy ain't never
been sweet to your ass.Copy !req
539. - True. So true.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
540. So, word on the street is...Copy !req
541. Dr. Christopher
is in the house tonight.Copy !req
542. His first ball.Copy !req
543. I never been this nervous
at a ball.Copy !req
544. Thank God
I'm not doing this alone.Copy !req
545. It's so cute to see you
like this,Copy !req
546. all in love,Copy !req
547. wanting to impress your man...Copy !req
548. Look, I do love that man.Copy !req
549. Oh, he just... he pushes me.Copy !req
550. He tells me every day that
I'm beautiful, that I'm smart,Copy !req
551. that I deserve...Copy !req
552. That I deserve to be here.Copy !req
553. I'm glad you found him.Copy !req
554. Now, he's a little
too clean-cut for my taste.Copy !req
555. - But, you know, he's cute.
- Okay.Copy !req
556. - For you.
- Yeah, stop hatin'.Copy !req
557. 'Cause you know my man is fine.Copy !req
558. He most certainly is.Copy !req
559. Pray, he is moving in
when his lease is upCopy !req
560. at the end of the month.Copy !req
561. I am so happy.Copy !req
562. - I'm a lucky girl.
- No.Copy !req
563. He's the lucky one,Copy !req
564. 'cause he got a real one.Copy !req
565. The best one.Copy !req
566. And don't you ever forget that.Copy !req
567. I won't.Copy !req
568. So, what's on
your bucket list, huh?Copy !req
569. I have done almost everything
I set out to doCopy !req
570. when I left my mama's house.Copy !req
571. I've gotten to live my truth,
unapologetically.Copy !req
572. - Mm-hmm.
- I've gotten to werkCopy !req
573. the most treacherous of runways
out on that ballroom floor.Copy !req
574. And I've gotten to pose
with the best of them.Copy !req
575. Including you,Copy !req
576. my most precious,
precious sister.Copy !req
577. So, no, I may not
have my name on labelsCopy !req
578. across the Atlantic, but...Copy !req
579. my impact has been felt here.Copy !req
580. I've left a lasting mark.Copy !req
581. And I understand that now.Copy !req
582. Oof.Copy !req
583. - Is everybody ready?
- Yeah.Copy !req
584. Papi and Ricky waiting for us.Copy !req
585. It's almost 2:00 a.m.Copy !req
586. Well, we the grand finale.Copy !req
587. And you know they all
stunt queens at heart,Copy !req
588. so they ain't worried
about waiting.Copy !req
589. All right, then.Copy !req
590. Let's pin this girl on
real nice and tight,Copy !req
591. and give these children
a show they will never forget.Copy !req
592. Now, just to remind
y'all do-gooders,Copy !req
593. this evening's admissions fee,
as well as all cash prizes,Copy !req
594. will be donated
to the Ballroom FundCopy !req
595. to benefit our brothers
and sistersCopy !req
596. - struggling with HIV/
- AIDS.Copy !req
597. - Yo, Stepdad. Let's go!
- Come on. Hurry up.Copy !req
598. Now it's the moment you've all
been waiting for,Copy !req
599. the final category of the night,Copy !req
600. Candy's Sweet Refrain.Copy !req
601. Tonight, paying tributeCopy !req
602. to the grandest diva herself,Copy !req
603. Miss Diana Ross, who proved...Copy !req
604. in her iconic 1983 "Live
from Central Park" performanceCopy !req
605. that...Copy !req
606. can ever stop her.Copy !req
607. We have two of our own divas
making a special appearanceCopy !req
608. to cap off tonight's
Winter Fundraiser Ball:Copy !req
609. Mother Blanca Evangelista,Copy !req
610. and the godfather of them all,
Pray Tell!Copy !req
611. Ain't nothing
like a double dose of diva.Copy !req
612. (lip-
If you need me, call me.Copy !req
613. No matter where you are,Copy !req
614. no matter how far.Copy !req
615. Just call my name,Copy !req
616. I'll be there in a hurry.Copy !req
617. On that, you can depend
and never worry.Copy !req
618. Oh! Yes, don't stop!Copy !req
619. Oh!Copy !req
620. (lip-I know,
I know you must follow the sun.Copy !req
621. Wherever it leads.Copy !req
622. But remember,Copy !req
623. if you should fall short
of your desires,Copy !req
624. remember life holds
for you one guarantee.Copy !req
625. You'll always have me.Copy !req
626. And if you should miss my lovin'Copy !req
627. one of these old days,Copy !req
628. if you should ever miss the arms
that used to hold you so close,Copy !req
629. or the lips that used to
touch yours so tenderly,Copy !req
630. just remember what I told you
the day I set you free.Copy !req
631. Oh, reveal!Copy !req
632. Yes!Copy !req
633. Tens!Copy !req
634. Mm, mm, mm.Copy !req
635. I don't think I've ever
seen anything sexier in my life.Copy !req
636. - Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
637. You know how wet you make me.Copy !req
638. - Ooh, I can't stand you.Copy !req
639. You did great tonight.Copy !req
640. Thank you.Copy !req
641. Now, you know damn well
you not supposed to be smoking.Copy !req
642. Yeah, I concur.Copy !req
643. Oh, leave me alone.Copy !req
644. I don't drink. I don't drug.Copy !req
645. One cigarette after I have
given my all in the ballroomCopy !req
646. ain't gonna kill me.Copy !req
647. So, Dr. Christopher,Copy !req
648. what do you think
of our humble abode?Copy !req
649. Uh, I loved it.Copy !req
650. I was a little nervous at first.Copy !req
651. I didn't know what to expect,Copy !req
652. but it kind of
reminded me of church.Copy !req
653. The costumes, theatrics,Copy !req
654. - worshipping...Copy !req
655. I'm into it.Copy !req
656. - So, when you walking, my man?
- Walking?Copy !req
657. Oh, nah. Nah,
that's not my ministry.Copy !req
658. - No, that's— y'all got that.Copy !req
659. How about I cook dinner
for the four of usCopy !req
660. next Friday at Blanca's?Copy !req
661. At ours.Copy !req
662. - Oh.
- Yeah.Copy !req
663. - At ours.
- Well, all right.Copy !req
664. Sounds like a plan to me.Copy !req
665. Good to see you, brother.Copy !req
666. - Love you, Mom.
- Love you, too.Copy !req
667. - I'll see you tomorrow? Mm.
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
668. - So good to see you again.
- You, too.Copy !req
669. - You were beautiful tonight.
- Thank you.Copy !req
670. - Absolutely beautiful.
- Thank you.Copy !req
671. So happy for you.Copy !req
672. Ain't no mountain high enough.Copy !req
673. Yo, Doc.Copy !req
674. Keep her safe.Copy !req
675. I will.Copy !req
676. Pray? You here?Copy !req
677. Pray.Copy !req
678. I told you I was coming.Copy !req
679. Why are you still in the bed?Copy !req
680. Pray.Copy !req
681. Pray?Copy !req
682. Pray.Copy !req
683. Get up, Pray. Get up, Pray.Copy !req
684. No, no, no, no, no.
Pray, get up.Copy !req
685. Get up, Pray!Copy !req
686. Get up, Pray. Don't do this.Copy !req
687. Pray, I need you to breathe.Copy !req
688. I need you to breathe, Pray.Copy !req
689. Pray...Copy !req
690. Pray!Copy !req
691. Get up! Get up!Copy !req
692. Oh, shit.Copy !req
693. My friend is not breathing.Copy !req
694. Please send an ambulance now.Copy !req
695. I need somebody at 1355
Common Avenue, Apartment 2B.Copy !req
696. Come on, Pray.Copy !req
697. Come on.Copy !req
698. Pray. Come on, just...Copy !req
699. Come on. You can't...Copy !req
700. You— come on.Copy !req
701. I need you, Pray.Copy !req
702. No, Pray!Copy !req
703. Pray...Copy !req
704. Get up, Pray.Copy !req
705. Ricky. Ricky.Copy !req
706. How's Pray?Copy !req
707. They tried everything...Copy !req
708. No.Copy !req
709. No! No!Copy !req
710. - I know. I know.Copy !req
711. - I know. I know.
- No!Copy !req
712. Um...Copy !req
713. Well, come on, y'all.Copy !req
714. Pray wouldn't want y'all
going hungry.Copy !req
715. I just don't understand.Copy !req
716. It just happened so quickly.Copy !req
717. I thought those meds
that he was on was working.Copy !req
718. That's the thing
with clinical trials,Copy !req
719. they may give you a placebo,
and you would never know.Copy !req
720. That's fucked up.
So you're saying he wasCopy !req
721. only getting better
'cause it was in his head?Copy !req
722. Maybe.
Or it's possibleCopy !req
723. that his organs
just suffered too much.Copy !req
724. Even though his immune system
was getting better.Copy !req
725. The coroner said
the inflammation to the heartCopy !req
726. is what brought on the attack.Copy !req
727. Something like that
doesn't just happen overnight.Copy !req
728. Yeah.Copy !req
729. Who knows how long his poor body
was there struggling for.Copy !req
730. I don't want this
to happen to you, Blanca.Copy !req
731. I don't want it to happen to me.Copy !req
732. I know.
We're gonna be okay, baby.Copy !req
733. They've been taking my levels
on the trial,Copy !req
734. and they said that
the meds are working.Copy !req
735. And look at you.Copy !req
736. You look stronger
than you've ever been,Copy !req
737. and you ain't even on pills.Copy !req
738. What is it?Copy !req
739. I'm on the same meds
Pray been taking.Copy !req
740. But...Copy !req
741. How is that possible?Copy !req
742. I found a lesion.Copy !req
743. Pray told me not to worry,Copy !req
744. that he had some new medication
for me.Copy !req
745. He said he had the hookup
with the doctors in the trial.Copy !req
746. So, I've been going
to his place every weekCopy !req
747. for the past two months.Copy !req
748. And he always got more for me.Copy !req
749. It didn't really make senseCopy !req
750. that the doctors would just
give him extra pills,Copy !req
751. but the spot went away...Copy !req
752. and I got strong again,
so I let it go.Copy !req
753. I figured he was just
swiping it from the trial.Copy !req
754. No. There's no way
he could've swiped anything.Copy !req
755. And those doctors
at the hospital?Copy !req
756. There's no way in hellCopy !req
757. they're gonna give anybody
an extra dose.Copy !req
758. Oh, no, no, no, no, no.Copy !req
759. Oh, my God.Copy !req
760. - What?Copy !req
761. No, Pray.Copy !req
762. What, Ricky? What is it?Copy !req
763. - Honey.Copy !req
764. He was giving me his own meds.Copy !req
765. Oh, Pray.Copy !req
766. Oh, God.Copy !req
767. Oh, Ricky.Copy !req
768. Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH
access.wgbh.orgCopy !req