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Become a Card Shark AMERICASCARDROOM.COM 2 00:01:03,981 --> 00:01:06,111 - Lunch is almost up, honey. - Okay. 3 00:01:25,836 --> 00:01:26,836 Hmm. 4 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,500 Yes? 5 00:02:06,585 --> 00:02:07,745 I thought it wasn't a date. 6 00:02:07,837 --> 00:02:09,757 It wasn't, and it isn't. 7 00:02:09,839 --> 00:02:12,879 Thought you said he was just another smooth-talking brother. 8 00:02:12,967 --> 00:02:16,387 Going to an awful lot of trouble for just another smooth-talker. 9 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:18,890 Mom, you know I try to look my best 10 00:02:18,973 --> 00:02:21,393 no matter where I go or who I'm going with. 11 00:02:24,061 --> 00:02:25,481 It's fun to look pretty. 12 00:02:26,939 --> 00:02:29,609 - He's a colleague. - Okay, if you say so. 13 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:51,509 - Hello? - Hi, Bar. 14 00:02:51,589 --> 00:02:53,169 Aren't you supposed to be on your date? 15 00:02:53,924 --> 00:02:56,474 I've got a few minutes before I need to leave. 16 00:02:57,011 --> 00:02:59,100 You're not checking up on me now, are you, Toot? 17 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:00,220 Well, maybe I am. 18 00:03:00,306 --> 00:03:03,016 But it's a grandmother's God-given right. 19 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:06,398 You have a bad habit of being late, and if you're late to the first date, 20 00:03:06,478 --> 00:03:08,608 I can promise you there won't be a second. 21 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:11,279 I won't be late. I appreciate it. 22 00:03:12,026 --> 00:03:14,316 - How's Gramps? - How's Gramps? He's Gramps. 23 00:03:15,279 --> 00:03:17,909 He's got his bridge game on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 24 00:03:17,990 --> 00:03:20,660 golf on the weekends, but when he's home and bored, 25 00:03:20,743 --> 00:03:22,748 well, what can I say, Bar, he drives me up the wall. 26 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:32,714 - Well, thank you, baby. - Of course. 27 00:03:35,341 --> 00:03:38,139 So, where you going looking so raggedy? 28 00:03:38,219 --> 00:03:40,969 - Girl's got herself a date. - Mm. 29 00:03:41,055 --> 00:03:42,845 It's not a date, Daddy. 30 00:03:42,932 --> 00:03:47,064 He's the summer associate I told y'all about, the one from Harvard Law. 31 00:03:47,144 --> 00:03:51,861 I mentioned I worked legal aid, and he invited me to a community event 32 00:03:51,941 --> 00:03:53,441 - at the Gardens. - Huh? 33 00:03:53,525 --> 00:03:55,395 Yeah, 'cause it doesn't get more romantic 34 00:03:55,486 --> 00:03:58,316 than broken plumbing and underfunded schools. 35 00:04:00,032 --> 00:04:02,121 TAnd tell me the young lady's name again. 36 00:04:02,201 --> 00:04:03,911 Michelle Robinson. 37 00:04:03,994 --> 00:04:06,164 She's my advisor at the firm, remember? 38 00:04:06,247 --> 00:04:08,037 And tell me again what she looks like. 39 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:11,036 Well, she's tall. 40 00:04:11,126 --> 00:04:12,496 Ah. What else? 41 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:14,046 What else would you like to know? 42 00:04:14,129 --> 00:04:16,419 Well, where's she from? 43 00:04:16,507 --> 00:04:17,627 Chicago. 44 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:19,886 Uh-huh. Which part? 45 00:04:19,969 --> 00:04:21,549 The side that's predominantly black. 46 00:04:21,637 --> 00:04:23,177 Okay, so she's... 47 00:04:23,264 --> 00:04:26,312 Yes, Toot, her skin is of the darker persuasion. 48 00:04:26,392 --> 00:04:27,432 Good. 49 00:04:27,518 --> 00:04:29,938 So long as you're happy, Bar, that's all that really matters. 50 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:31,270 Thanks, Toot. 51 00:04:31,355 --> 00:04:33,185 Now, I gotta go, or I will be late. 52 00:04:33,274 --> 00:04:34,778 Okay, love you. 53 00:04:34,858 --> 00:04:36,488 I love you, too. 54 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:41,320 - So, what's this boy's name? - Barack Obama. 55 00:04:42,032 --> 00:04:43,202 Barack-a-what-a? 56 00:04:43,284 --> 00:04:44,330 He's half-white. 57 00:04:45,494 --> 00:04:48,964 His father's from Kenya and his mother's white. 58 00:04:49,665 --> 00:04:52,415 So, why isn't this a date? 59 00:04:53,168 --> 00:04:55,248 We work together. It's inappropriate. 60 00:04:55,337 --> 00:04:58,757 Mm. Maybe, but you are spending the day with him. 61 00:04:58,841 --> 00:05:01,181 Yeah, the meeting sounded interesting. 62 00:05:02,094 --> 00:05:04,600 Well, even if it's not a date, 63 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,057 the least thing you could've done is run a brush through your hair. 64 00:05:13,397 --> 00:05:14,977 You look real nice, Meesh. 65 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:18,150 Thank you, Daddy. 66 00:05:26,243 --> 00:05:27,790 This heat, this heat, this heat! 67 00:05:27,870 --> 00:05:29,959 Hey, uh, women wearing the freeze hairdos, 68 00:05:30,039 --> 00:05:31,959 y'all doing that to keep cool during the summer? 69 00:05:32,041 --> 00:05:33,420 Sounds like a plan to me. 70 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:34,670 What are you doing to keep cool? 71 00:05:34,752 --> 00:05:36,590 What are you doing to beat this heat? 72 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:38,590 Speaking of hot, hot, hot! 73 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:41,378 Janet's bring the heat with the number one single in the country. 74 00:05:41,467 --> 00:05:43,467 I miss it so much when I don't hear it. 75 00:05:43,552 --> 00:05:44,722 I know you do, too. 76 00:05:44,803 --> 00:05:46,642 So I'm playing it for me and for you. 77 00:06:32,101 --> 00:06:34,021 # Shot # 78 00:06:34,728 --> 00:06:38,268 # Like an arrow going through my heart # 79 00:06:38,941 --> 00:06:41,861 # That's the pain I feel # 80 00:06:42,945 --> 00:06:46,615 # I feel whenever we're apart # 81 00:06:47,282 --> 00:06:51,122 # Not to say that I'm in love with you # 82 00:06:51,203 --> 00:06:54,043 # But who's to say that I'm not? # 83 00:06:55,499 --> 00:06:58,629 # I just know that it feels wrong # 84 00:06:58,710 --> 00:07:00,750 # When I'm away too long # 85 00:07:00,838 --> 00:07:03,718 # It makes my body hot # 86 00:07:03,799 --> 00:07:05,839 # So let me tell ya, baby # 87 00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:07,966 # I'll tell your mama # 88 00:07:08,053 --> 00:07:10,263 # I'll tell your friends # 89 00:07:10,347 --> 00:07:13,727 # I'll tell anyone whose heart can comprehend # 90 00:07:13,809 --> 00:07:16,059 # Send it in a letter, baby # 91 00:07:16,145 --> 00:07:18,355 # Tell you on the phone # 92 00:07:18,439 --> 00:07:21,689 # I'm not the kind of girl who likes to be alone # 93 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,485 # I miss you much # 94 00:07:23,569 --> 00:07:25,609 # Oh, boy, I miss you much # 95 00:07:25,696 --> 00:07:27,656 # I really miss you much # 96 00:07:27,739 --> 00:07:29,869 # M-I-S-S you much # 97 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:33,660 # I miss you much, baby # 98 00:07:33,745 --> 00:07:35,825 # I really miss you much # 99 00:07:35,914 --> 00:07:38,712 # M-I-S-S you much # 100 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:41,172 # I'm rushing home # 101 00:07:41,253 --> 00:07:44,213 # Just as soon as I can # 102 00:07:45,716 --> 00:07:48,676 # I'm rushing home to see your smiling face # 103 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,800 # And feel your warm embrace # 104 00:07:50,888 --> 00:07:53,678 # It makes feel so g-g-g-good # 105 00:07:53,765 --> 00:07:56,475 # So I'll tell you, baby # 106 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,310 # I'll tell your mama, I'll tell your friends # 107 00:08:00,397 --> 00:08:03,687 # I'll tell anyone whose heart can comprehend # 108 00:08:03,775 --> 00:08:08,485 # Send it in a letter, baby, tell you on the phone # 109 00:08:08,572 --> 00:08:11,582 # I'm not the kinda girl who likes to be alone... # 110 00:08:51,281 --> 00:08:53,701 - Hi. - Hello. 111 00:09:06,630 --> 00:09:09,300 - You're late. - I was hoping you wouldn't notice. 112 00:09:09,383 --> 00:09:11,513 It's okay, I expected it. 113 00:09:11,593 --> 00:09:13,393 You were late for your first day of work. 114 00:09:14,471 --> 00:09:16,681 - You noticed that, too. - Yeah. 115 00:09:16,765 --> 00:09:19,805 I'm your advisor, I'm supposed to notice. 116 00:09:23,313 --> 00:09:25,319 - Do you live here alone? - No. 117 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:27,779 No, this is my family's house. 118 00:09:27,859 --> 00:09:31,819 My parents still live here and, apparently, so do I. 119 00:09:34,449 --> 00:09:35,699 Should we? 120 00:09:35,784 --> 00:09:37,744 Oh, uh, yeah. Car's down this way. 121 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:58,346 - All set? - Mm-hmm. 122 00:10:19,369 --> 00:10:23,869 # I can tell you how I feel about you... # 123 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:26,077 You're on that account, right? 124 00:10:26,168 --> 00:10:27,918 - Which account? - Bottlecap? 125 00:10:28,837 --> 00:10:29,877 Yeah. 126 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:31,301 Everything cool? 127 00:10:31,381 --> 00:10:33,261 Why, what did you hear? 128 00:10:33,342 --> 00:10:35,889 Some of the juniors said you weren't happy with the work. 129 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:37,099 They're wrong. 130 00:10:37,179 --> 00:10:38,429 They weren't disparaging you. 131 00:10:38,513 --> 00:10:41,562 They were impressed that an associate stood up for herself 132 00:10:41,642 --> 00:10:43,142 the way you did. 133 00:10:43,935 --> 00:10:47,145 It's not the work. I mean, it is the work. 134 00:10:47,230 --> 00:10:50,320 It's tedious, but that's to be expected. 135 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,860 Second year associates get the grunt work. 136 00:10:52,944 --> 00:10:54,614 I can live with that. 137 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:57,865 I'll complain about it, but I can live with it. 138 00:10:57,949 --> 00:11:01,289 It's the trademark suit that's got me fuming. 139 00:11:01,370 --> 00:11:03,410 I take it you did not agree with the judge's decision. 140 00:11:03,497 --> 00:11:06,167 I completely agreed with the judge's decision. 141 00:11:07,584 --> 00:11:09,544 And I told Thompson six months ago 142 00:11:09,628 --> 00:11:12,338 that we would lose if we tried it like a trademark dispute. 143 00:11:12,422 --> 00:11:16,432 I was basically silenced for voicing a dissenting opinion. 144 00:11:16,927 --> 00:11:19,927 Hmm. There's no real contribution at our level. 145 00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:22,767 There's only the illusion of contribution. 146 00:11:23,767 --> 00:11:25,887 Get ready, buster. You're on deck. 147 00:11:31,066 --> 00:11:34,276 Are you sure it's the firm you're frustrated with? 148 00:11:35,529 --> 00:11:37,449 Shouldn't we be getting to the meeting? 149 00:11:37,531 --> 00:11:39,911 We have some time. It's not for another few hours. 150 00:11:39,991 --> 00:11:40,991 What? 151 00:11:41,076 --> 00:11:42,736 I thought we'd swing by the Arts Center. 152 00:11:42,828 --> 00:11:44,618 There's an Afrocentric exhibit that's supposed to be... 153 00:11:44,705 --> 00:11:46,915 Wait. What is this? 154 00:11:46,998 --> 00:11:49,128 What is this? I don't know. 155 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:51,963 I mean, taken at face value, that's a pretty existential question, Michelle. 156 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,335 What happened to the meeting? 157 00:11:55,465 --> 00:11:56,715 It doesn't start till 4:00, 158 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,550 so I thought we'd see some paintings, maybe grab a bite to eat. 159 00:12:01,596 --> 00:12:04,176 We don't have to. 160 00:12:04,641 --> 00:12:07,689 Barack, you seem like a really sweet guy. 161 00:12:07,769 --> 00:12:09,979 But how many times do I have to tell you? 162 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:11,693 We're not going out together. 163 00:12:12,566 --> 00:12:14,476 Well, Michelle, thank you for saying that. 164 00:12:14,568 --> 00:12:17,779 You seem like a real sweet girl, but I have to correct you. 165 00:12:17,863 --> 00:12:20,533 We are in fact out, and we are in fact together. 166 00:12:20,615 --> 00:12:23,945 But not on a date. This is not a date. 167 00:12:24,035 --> 00:12:25,575 It doesn't have to be. 168 00:12:25,662 --> 00:12:27,912 Barack, I don't want it to be. 169 00:12:27,998 --> 00:12:30,418 You know, usually women I meet are willing to look past 170 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:33,210 my hideous appearance and get to know the real me. 171 00:12:33,295 --> 00:12:35,798 If I thought you were hideous, I wouldn't have set you up with Gina. 172 00:12:35,881 --> 00:12:37,511 Gina's very attractive. 173 00:12:37,591 --> 00:12:39,721 Now that's true. Gina is very attractive. 174 00:12:40,844 --> 00:12:41,974 This is not a date. 175 00:12:43,555 --> 00:12:45,925 That's okay. I'll go at your pace. 176 00:12:46,016 --> 00:12:50,063 Barack, there's no pace to go at because there's no anything to speak of. 177 00:12:50,145 --> 00:12:52,555 I am your advisor at our law firm. 178 00:12:52,647 --> 00:12:55,187 - It would be tacky. - You keep saying that. 179 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:57,485 - And you keep ignoring it. - For good reason. 180 00:12:57,569 --> 00:13:01,410 You're my advisor insomuch as you introduced me around at the beginning of the month, 181 00:13:01,490 --> 00:13:03,070 and you showed me how to use the copy machine. 182 00:13:03,158 --> 00:13:04,788 Which, by the way, I still can't figure out. 183 00:13:04,868 --> 00:13:06,948 So, some advisor. 184 00:13:07,037 --> 00:13:08,247 Secondly. 185 00:13:08,330 --> 00:13:11,210 It's not "our" law firm. It's your law firm. 186 00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:12,921 I'm just here for the summer. 187 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:15,591 And while you're here, it's inappropriate. 188 00:13:16,087 --> 00:13:19,010 So you think I'm attractive enough to set up with your prettiest friend... 189 00:13:19,090 --> 00:13:20,090 You think she's that pretty? 190 00:13:20,175 --> 00:13:21,755 You and I share a lot of the same interests. 191 00:13:21,843 --> 00:13:24,013 - I don't know that that's true. - We both love Chicago. 192 00:13:24,095 --> 00:13:26,805 I get it. You think we have a lot in common. 193 00:13:26,890 --> 00:13:29,430 And maybe we do, maybe we can be friends. 194 00:13:29,518 --> 00:13:32,478 But if you can't understand this, then you can't understand me. 195 00:13:32,938 --> 00:13:36,608 It's hard enough being a woman at a giant corporate law firm. 196 00:13:36,691 --> 00:13:40,151 For all the talk of equality that goes around and all those filled quotas, 197 00:13:40,237 --> 00:13:42,447 I'm still surrounded by mostly men. 198 00:13:42,531 --> 00:13:46,241 So I gotta work just a little bit harder to earn everyone's respect. 199 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:49,246 I gotta work a little bit harder to be taken seriously. 200 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:51,329 Now add on that I'm black. 201 00:13:51,414 --> 00:13:54,838 All that extra work I put in to compensate for being a woman? 202 00:13:54,918 --> 00:13:58,628 Being black erases that and brings me back down to zero. 203 00:13:58,713 --> 00:14:00,173 So now I'm working double-time 204 00:14:00,257 --> 00:14:02,967 just to be seen for who I am and what I'm capable of. 205 00:14:03,051 --> 00:14:05,801 Now, how's it gonna look to a guy like Thompson 206 00:14:05,887 --> 00:14:08,387 if I swoop in and start dating the first cute black guy 207 00:14:08,473 --> 00:14:10,479 who walks through the firm's doors? 208 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,349 The liberal-minded people will think it's precious, 209 00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:16,516 and the close-minded people will think it's pathetic. 210 00:14:19,943 --> 00:14:23,113 - You think I'm cute? - I didn't say that. 211 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:25,366 Some of the secretaries described you that way. 212 00:14:25,448 --> 00:14:27,198 Nice dodge. Listen, listen. 213 00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:29,581 We're a few blocks away. 214 00:14:29,661 --> 00:14:31,371 Why don't we go in and check out the exhibit? 215 00:14:31,454 --> 00:14:33,668 I'd still like us to go to the meeting a little later. 216 00:14:33,748 --> 00:14:35,828 It would mean a lot to me. 217 00:14:37,335 --> 00:14:38,915 Okay, it's not a date. 218 00:14:40,589 --> 00:14:43,049 - Fine. - Until you say it is. 219 00:15:04,446 --> 00:15:06,946 Oh. That's Ernie Barnes. 220 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:09,494 You read that in a brochure? 221 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:12,616 No, I'd spot a Barnes a mile away. 222 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:16,920 You know, Barnes is a real interesting brother. 223 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,250 Did you watch "Good Times"? 224 00:15:18,335 --> 00:15:20,495 - Not a family staple. - Really? 225 00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:23,839 There was a black family in Chicago that didn't watch "Good Times"? 226 00:15:24,633 --> 00:15:28,348 We are more of a "Brady Bunch," "Dick Van Dyke" kind of family. 227 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:32,220 Those kids on Euclid Avenue, man, I'm telling you, they had it good. 228 00:15:35,936 --> 00:15:37,306 Dy-no-mite! 229 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:40,110 Do you remember that? 230 00:15:40,190 --> 00:15:42,360 Yes, I remember the line. 231 00:15:42,442 --> 00:15:44,952 - That character's name was J.J. - Right. 232 00:15:45,987 --> 00:15:47,907 He was kind of a screw-up. 233 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:51,831 Would steal here and there, couldn't read or write, talked jive. 234 00:15:53,036 --> 00:15:55,746 You know, just a bad TV stereotype, right? 235 00:15:55,830 --> 00:15:57,250 Mm-hmm. 236 00:15:57,749 --> 00:16:02,296 But, see, as the show progressed, J.J. developed this interest in painting. 237 00:16:03,380 --> 00:16:06,264 As it turned out, he actually had a lot of talent. 238 00:16:07,258 --> 00:16:08,928 But he didn't take it seriously. 239 00:16:10,261 --> 00:16:14,348 Not until his dad, who was this tough blue-collar guy, 240 00:16:14,432 --> 00:16:16,482 encouraged him to keep painting. 241 00:16:17,060 --> 00:16:20,690 He saw it as his son's only way out of the projects. 242 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:25,742 - What did he paint? - Black ghetto life. 243 00:16:26,903 --> 00:16:30,913 They were crisp, exaggerated, very colorful. 244 00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:34,698 His style was a lot like these. 245 00:16:36,705 --> 00:16:40,251 That's because Ernie Barnes did all the paintings for the show. 246 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:43,335 Hmm. 247 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:59,100 My brother would love this. 248 00:16:59,769 --> 00:17:02,109 - Craig, right? - Yeah. 249 00:17:02,981 --> 00:17:04,321 How did you know? 250 00:17:04,941 --> 00:17:08,448 I may have overheard you talking about him at the office. 251 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:10,738 Stalker. 252 00:17:10,822 --> 00:17:13,370 Yeah, but who's the bigger Looney Tune, 253 00:17:13,450 --> 00:17:16,998 the stalker or victim who willingly goes to a museum with the stalker? 254 00:17:17,078 --> 00:17:18,408 Willingly? 255 00:17:19,289 --> 00:17:23,079 I'm more inclined to describe this as a hostage situation. 256 00:17:23,168 --> 00:17:25,088 I'm that bad, huh? 257 00:17:25,170 --> 00:17:26,380 Oh, hush. 258 00:17:29,299 --> 00:17:30,509 Craig shoot hoops? 259 00:17:31,176 --> 00:17:32,506 He's decent. 260 00:17:33,803 --> 00:17:35,809 Pickup games? Office league? 261 00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:38,349 He's an assistant coach at Illinois Tech. 262 00:17:38,975 --> 00:17:40,305 No kidding. 263 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:43,941 I assume he played ball at school? 264 00:17:44,022 --> 00:17:48,399 Yeah, at Princeton, and then for a couple of years in the BBL. 265 00:17:48,485 --> 00:17:52,025 He actually got drafted by the Sixers, but they never played him. 266 00:17:52,113 --> 00:17:54,493 What? 267 00:17:55,158 --> 00:17:58,658 I'd say "decent ballplayer" is a gross understatement. 268 00:18:01,164 --> 00:18:03,003 He was decent. 269 00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:04,503 Great is NBA. 270 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:07,173 Uh, no. Good is college. 271 00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:10,593 Great is your brother. Super-human is NBA. 272 00:18:12,634 --> 00:18:14,180 I think I came to my realization 273 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:16,890 when I missed varsity my junior year of high school. 274 00:18:17,847 --> 00:18:19,767 Cut class for a week after that. 275 00:18:19,849 --> 00:18:21,059 Why? 276 00:18:21,142 --> 00:18:22,692 Oh, I was hapa. 277 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:24,556 So in everyone's eyes, 278 00:18:24,646 --> 00:18:28,396 I shouldn't have just made the team, I should've been the best. 279 00:18:28,483 --> 00:18:29,779 What's "hapa"? 280 00:18:29,859 --> 00:18:31,779 Hawaiian for "mixed." 281 00:18:31,861 --> 00:18:32,861 Hmm. 282 00:18:35,907 --> 00:18:39,287 Maybe they didn't expect you to be the best. 283 00:18:39,369 --> 00:18:42,369 Maybe you put that expectation on yourself. 284 00:18:57,679 --> 00:19:00,059 Makes me think of Gwendolyn Brooks. 285 00:19:02,225 --> 00:19:03,885 "The pool players. 286 00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:09,109 Seven at the Golden Shovel. 287 00:19:10,441 --> 00:19:11,481 We real cool. 288 00:19:12,902 --> 00:19:14,702 We left school. 289 00:19:15,697 --> 00:19:17,157 We lurk late. 290 00:19:17,866 --> 00:19:20,076 We strike straight. 291 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,200 We sing sin. 292 00:19:23,246 --> 00:19:25,076 We thin gin. 293 00:19:26,249 --> 00:19:27,999 We jazz June. 294 00:19:29,544 --> 00:19:31,254 - We die soon." - "Die soon." 295 00:19:34,132 --> 00:19:36,012 Room Ful A'Sistahs. 296 00:19:37,135 --> 00:19:39,095 What do you like about this one? 297 00:19:39,929 --> 00:19:43,519 I guess it reminds me of our house on Sundays. 298 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:48,274 The boys would be upstairs watching football, 299 00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:52,028 and the girls would be downstairs singing around the piano. 300 00:19:52,108 --> 00:19:54,028 - You sing? - I play. 301 00:19:54,110 --> 00:19:56,400 - Any good? - I'm not bad. 302 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:01,911 My aunt Robbie was a piano teacher, so I started young. 303 00:20:01,993 --> 00:20:04,163 - How old? - Four. 304 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:08,419 - That's young. - Not for my mom. 305 00:20:09,167 --> 00:20:12,207 She started us early on everything. 306 00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:14,763 Reading... 307 00:20:15,632 --> 00:20:17,132 French lessons. 308 00:20:17,217 --> 00:20:19,087 - You speak French? - Mm. 309 00:20:19,177 --> 00:20:20,757 Are you fluent? 310 00:20:20,845 --> 00:20:22,505 I know a few words. 311 00:20:23,598 --> 00:20:26,058 I never would've taken you for a Frenchie. 312 00:20:26,142 --> 00:20:28,352 I mean, any other language but French. 313 00:20:28,436 --> 00:20:31,976 It's just so... sentimental. 314 00:20:33,483 --> 00:20:36,243 Il Ne faut pas Se fier aux apparences. 315 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:39,280 What does that mean? 316 00:20:39,364 --> 00:20:43,034 It means, things are not always as they appear. 317 00:21:50,018 --> 00:21:52,898 - Turkey on rye coming right up. - Thanks. 318 00:21:53,604 --> 00:21:55,274 Here. 319 00:21:55,356 --> 00:21:57,356 It's on me. 320 00:22:02,238 --> 00:22:03,738 Okay, okay. 321 00:22:04,574 --> 00:22:08,287 And now, the grand finale. 322 00:22:11,122 --> 00:22:12,669 What, no good? 323 00:22:12,749 --> 00:22:16,749 That was sweet of you, but I don't like pie. 324 00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:18,546 No, you're mistaken. 325 00:22:18,629 --> 00:22:22,299 This is not a slice of pie, this is a slice of heaven. 326 00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:24,509 Mm. 327 00:22:25,970 --> 00:22:27,350 Who doesn't like pie? 328 00:22:27,430 --> 00:22:29,470 I'm an ice cream kind of girl. 329 00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:31,847 Oh, yeah? 330 00:22:31,934 --> 00:22:35,064 - Which flavor? - Chocolate. 331 00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:37,689 Ugh! 332 00:22:38,733 --> 00:22:41,113 What, you don't like chocolate ice cream? 333 00:22:41,194 --> 00:22:42,949 I don't like ice cream, period. 334 00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:45,909 Now that's weirder than not liking pie. 335 00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:49,330 Not when you spent a summer in high school working at Baskin-Robbins, it's not. 336 00:22:49,410 --> 00:22:50,870 I overdid it. 337 00:22:52,205 --> 00:22:54,665 They had Baskin-Robbins in Hawaii? 338 00:22:54,749 --> 00:22:57,669 You do know Hawaii is part of these here United States, don't you? 339 00:22:58,628 --> 00:23:01,088 It just seems so foreign. 340 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,430 Honolulu's pretty normal. 341 00:23:05,510 --> 00:23:08,100 Played hoops all day. Went to a good school. 342 00:23:09,847 --> 00:23:12,267 Then again, there's a lot about my high school years 343 00:23:12,350 --> 00:23:13,890 I do not remember. 344 00:23:15,019 --> 00:23:16,059 Why? 345 00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:20,527 Let's just say a lot of it got lost in a cloudy haze. 346 00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:22,244 Oh. 347 00:23:23,444 --> 00:23:25,992 Because you smoked a lot of marijuana? 348 00:23:26,072 --> 00:23:29,492 Yes, because I smoked a lot of marijuana. 349 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:35,500 I had a lot of growing up to do. 350 00:23:59,063 --> 00:24:01,819 One time, when I was nine years old, 351 00:24:01,899 --> 00:24:06,449 I go to this girl's birthday party, and I show up, and it's me and 20 girls. 352 00:24:06,529 --> 00:24:08,319 I'm the only boy there. 353 00:24:08,406 --> 00:24:11,739 When I asked them why, they all just started laughing at me. 354 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,369 I remember running all the way home. I was mortified. 355 00:24:16,372 --> 00:24:17,792 What made you think of that? 356 00:24:17,874 --> 00:24:20,004 I don't know, just popped in my head. 357 00:24:20,084 --> 00:24:21,504 I could never figure it out. 358 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,590 Hey, you're a smart lady. Why were they laughing at me? 359 00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:29,138 They probably had crushes on you. 360 00:24:29,218 --> 00:24:30,258 Hmm. 361 00:24:30,344 --> 00:24:33,851 I mean, everything's backwards when you're little. 362 00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:36,181 When a boy likes you, he pulls your hair. 363 00:24:36,267 --> 00:24:39,147 When you like a boy, you kick him in the shins. 364 00:24:39,228 --> 00:24:40,858 You do any shin-kicking back in the day? 365 00:24:40,938 --> 00:24:46,190 If you were on the playground, and you were brown and cute, watch out. 366 00:24:46,277 --> 00:24:48,357 You, uh... 367 00:24:48,446 --> 00:24:50,406 doing any shin-kicking these days? 368 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,329 Are you inquiring about my personal life? 369 00:24:53,409 --> 00:24:54,829 I might be. 370 00:24:55,870 --> 00:24:58,080 Well, the answer is no. 371 00:24:59,957 --> 00:25:01,787 Tell me more about your... 372 00:25:02,793 --> 00:25:04,753 grade-school Casanova years. 373 00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:08,665 No, no, I couldn't have been less popular. 374 00:25:08,758 --> 00:25:13,345 The kids in Indonesia used to throw me in the swamp and call me "Blackberry." 375 00:25:13,429 --> 00:25:14,559 Indonesia? 376 00:25:14,639 --> 00:25:16,849 Yeah, I lived in Jakarta for a few years. 377 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,690 I'm not kidding. We had crocodiles in the backyard. 378 00:25:21,604 --> 00:25:23,524 But... 379 00:25:23,606 --> 00:25:27,146 but why were you living there? I mean, how did you end up there? 380 00:25:27,234 --> 00:25:31,658 Lolo, my mother's ex-husband, was from there and went back for work. 381 00:25:31,739 --> 00:25:34,579 - We went with him. - But where was your dad? 382 00:25:36,911 --> 00:25:38,371 He was back in Kenya. 383 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,120 And you didn't wanna live with him? 384 00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:46,344 It wasn't an option. 385 00:25:56,806 --> 00:25:59,306 Anyway, I didn't have to suffer at the hands 386 00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:02,189 of my Indonesian tormentors for long. 387 00:26:02,269 --> 00:26:04,649 I moved back to Hawaii when I was 10. 388 00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:06,980 My mother wanted me to get a better education. 389 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:10,897 Well, did you? 390 00:26:10,987 --> 00:26:12,357 I don't know. 391 00:26:12,446 --> 00:26:15,236 How would you rate my level of education? 392 00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:20,656 You're like that jive-talking stereotype from "Good Times." 393 00:26:22,707 --> 00:26:24,037 So, what about you? 394 00:26:25,626 --> 00:26:27,086 What about me? 395 00:26:27,169 --> 00:26:29,259 You're Ivy League through and through. 396 00:26:30,131 --> 00:26:32,011 Craig got the natural smarts. 397 00:26:32,091 --> 00:26:34,221 I just worked my butt off. 398 00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:35,890 I'm sure your mother made sure of that. 399 00:26:35,970 --> 00:26:37,680 She never had to. 400 00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:41,433 Education was always priority number one. 401 00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:43,887 My dad would stand for nothing less. 402 00:26:43,978 --> 00:26:46,806 And there was no way Craig and I were gonna disappoint him. 403 00:26:47,523 --> 00:26:49,033 What's he like? 404 00:26:51,068 --> 00:26:53,488 He's the greatest man in the world. 405 00:26:55,406 --> 00:27:00,162 He told us from day one, education was the key to our happiness, 406 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:02,164 and he didn't let us forget it. 407 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,210 What's he do for a living? 408 00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:08,291 Operations engineer for the Water Department. 409 00:27:08,377 --> 00:27:10,587 Basically, he fixes the boilers. 410 00:27:10,671 --> 00:27:12,718 He's been there since '68. 411 00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:15,378 That must be where you get your work ethic. 412 00:27:16,552 --> 00:27:18,849 You don't know the half of it. 413 00:27:18,929 --> 00:27:20,639 Well, tell me, then. 414 00:27:22,349 --> 00:27:24,139 You're asking a lot of questions. 415 00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:27,274 You don't have to answer them, Michelle. 416 00:27:32,276 --> 00:27:35,026 Can you keep what's said outside the office... 417 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:38,413 outside the office? 418 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:43,330 Michelle, I've been trying to get you outside the office for a month now. 419 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:46,170 I'm serious. 420 00:27:48,084 --> 00:27:50,384 Yes, absolutely. 421 00:27:54,965 --> 00:27:56,795 My dad has MS. 422 00:27:59,637 --> 00:28:01,557 That why you live at home? 423 00:28:01,639 --> 00:28:04,429 It's better to be there and to help out. 424 00:28:05,434 --> 00:28:06,984 He's on crutches now. 425 00:28:08,646 --> 00:28:12,106 Still gets himself to work every day. 426 00:28:16,946 --> 00:28:19,736 You know, they're lucky to have a daughter like you. 427 00:28:21,283 --> 00:28:23,663 I'm lucky to have parents like them. 428 00:28:31,794 --> 00:28:33,254 Is your mother still alive? 429 00:28:34,004 --> 00:28:36,802 Oh, yeah. Still in Jakarta. 430 00:28:36,882 --> 00:28:38,512 She's a wonderful lady. 431 00:28:38,592 --> 00:28:40,181 But you don't see her much. 432 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:42,301 No, she has her own life. 433 00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:44,558 But she's brilliant, warm... 434 00:28:45,307 --> 00:28:46,677 Truly wonderful. 435 00:28:47,643 --> 00:28:49,940 - And she's white. - Snow white. 436 00:28:50,020 --> 00:28:51,940 Born in Wichita, Kansas. 437 00:28:52,022 --> 00:28:53,902 - You were born in '60? - '61. 438 00:28:54,984 --> 00:28:56,034 Hmm. 439 00:28:57,862 --> 00:29:00,322 A white woman and a black man 440 00:29:00,406 --> 00:29:03,616 getting married and having a kid back then. 441 00:29:03,701 --> 00:29:05,491 They were ahead of their time. 442 00:29:06,287 --> 00:29:08,867 You want the God's honest truth about my folks? 443 00:29:08,956 --> 00:29:10,666 - Sure. - Okay. 444 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:14,419 My mother thought Harry Belafonte was the most handsome man 445 00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:16,258 on the face of the planet. 446 00:29:16,338 --> 00:29:18,798 Yeah, I'd say chocolate was her favorite flavor, too. 447 00:29:20,843 --> 00:29:21,931 No, really. 448 00:29:22,011 --> 00:29:23,721 I think their attraction was that simple. 449 00:29:24,972 --> 00:29:29,938 My father looked like Nat King Cole, and my mother looked like Patsy Cline. 450 00:30:27,910 --> 00:30:28,950 Whoo! 451 00:30:57,940 --> 00:30:59,610 Not bad at all, Miss Robinson. 452 00:30:59,692 --> 00:31:01,612 Those drummers were incredible. 453 00:31:01,694 --> 00:31:02,904 - Yeah, they were. - Mm. 454 00:31:02,987 --> 00:31:04,027 I wonder if they were African. 455 00:31:04,113 --> 00:31:05,910 - Why? - Well, it could be a ritual. 456 00:31:05,990 --> 00:31:08,910 I was part of one while visiting my family's village in Kenya. 457 00:31:08,993 --> 00:31:10,703 What were the rituals for? 458 00:31:11,495 --> 00:31:12,955 Prayer, mostly. 459 00:31:14,123 --> 00:31:16,462 Hey, do you believe in God? 460 00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:19,042 You like to go straight for the jugular, don't you? 461 00:31:19,128 --> 00:31:20,378 You have a real nice jugular. 462 00:31:20,462 --> 00:31:22,802 - Real defined, real sexy. - Watch it now. 463 00:31:23,716 --> 00:31:27,046 Growing up, we went to church on Sundays, but... 464 00:31:27,761 --> 00:31:28,849 I don't know. 465 00:31:28,929 --> 00:31:32,429 I believe in some sort of guiding spirit. 466 00:31:32,516 --> 00:31:36,436 But I also think God helps those who help themselves. 467 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,020 I think I saw that on a bumper sticker somewhere. 468 00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:41,356 - That's how you know it's good. - Ah. 469 00:31:41,942 --> 00:31:44,072 And your religious proclivities? 470 00:31:44,153 --> 00:31:46,863 Let's just say I'm still evolving. 471 00:31:46,947 --> 00:31:49,197 - What were you raised? - Nothing, really. 472 00:31:49,283 --> 00:31:51,703 My mom didn't associate with any one religion. 473 00:31:51,785 --> 00:31:54,575 And your father, was he like you? 474 00:31:55,164 --> 00:31:59,251 About the only thing my father and I had in common is that we both went to Harvard. 475 00:31:59,335 --> 00:32:01,335 The only difference is, he got kicked out. 476 00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:03,010 You still got two years. 477 00:32:03,756 --> 00:32:06,126 Think that's enough time for me to develop a drinking problem 478 00:32:06,216 --> 00:32:08,546 and burn through all my student loans? 479 00:32:09,762 --> 00:32:11,722 You don't like talking about him. 480 00:32:11,805 --> 00:32:13,515 There isn't much to say, unfortunately. 481 00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:15,059 That can't be true. 482 00:32:16,185 --> 00:32:17,385 It is true. 483 00:32:17,478 --> 00:32:19,058 His life was incomplete. 484 00:32:19,563 --> 00:32:21,153 In every imaginable way. 485 00:32:21,774 --> 00:32:24,904 He married my mother, they had me, he left. 486 00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:28,489 Went to Harvard, got kicked out, never got his Ph.D. 487 00:32:29,198 --> 00:32:32,658 Got a job at the Kenyan government, got fired. 488 00:32:33,202 --> 00:32:35,202 Never found a stable job again. 489 00:32:35,287 --> 00:32:37,707 Had a few too many drinks at a bar one night, 490 00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:40,580 got behind the wheel, never made it home. 491 00:32:41,794 --> 00:32:44,514 He died when he was 46. His life was incomplete. 492 00:32:45,881 --> 00:32:47,761 Even his tombstone is blank. 493 00:32:47,841 --> 00:32:49,680 No one bothered to have it engraved. 494 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,599 No one bothered? All that family over there? 495 00:32:52,679 --> 00:32:54,599 No one had the money. 496 00:32:59,061 --> 00:33:00,561 You'll do it. 497 00:33:01,397 --> 00:33:05,153 When you have the money, you'll go back there and have his name engraved. 498 00:33:07,444 --> 00:33:09,658 You think you know me well enough to make that prediction? 499 00:33:09,738 --> 00:33:11,198 No. 500 00:33:11,281 --> 00:33:13,579 But I am a pretty hopeful person, 501 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:17,409 so I'll just say, I hope you do it. 502 00:33:24,837 --> 00:33:26,507 We should probably get to the meeting. 503 00:33:30,259 --> 00:33:32,509 - # The world is yours # - # Hey, young world # 504 00:33:32,594 --> 00:33:35,724 - # The world is yours # - # Young world, young world # 505 00:33:35,806 --> 00:33:39,266 - # The world is yours # - # Young world # 506 00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:43,108 # It may cause concern # 507 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:46,900 ...Denby of "New York" magazine 508 00:33:46,984 --> 00:33:50,199 thinks Spike Lee's new picture is gonna cause them black folk to riot, 509 00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:53,449 but Chicago's native son Roger Ebert calls it a masterpiece. 510 00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:54,742 Have you seen it? Who's seen it? 511 00:33:54,825 --> 00:33:56,695 What's the good word? You rioting yet? 512 00:33:56,785 --> 00:33:59,365 Hit the phones and let me know, and if you haven't checked it out yet, 513 00:33:59,455 --> 00:34:01,495 do the right thing and see it now! 514 00:34:02,374 --> 00:34:03,754 Dying to see this movie. 515 00:34:03,834 --> 00:34:06,382 Sounds interesting enough. 516 00:34:06,462 --> 00:34:08,882 Blick, Thompson, and Cohen were talking about it in the office. 517 00:34:08,964 --> 00:34:12,012 And Thompson said the film might be racist towards white people. 518 00:34:12,092 --> 00:34:13,472 No, he didn't. 519 00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:15,302 He didn't mean anything by it. 520 00:34:15,888 --> 00:34:18,178 He's just a little out of touch, that's all. 521 00:34:19,141 --> 00:34:21,939 I'm just tired of being two different people. 522 00:34:22,019 --> 00:34:24,730 I played that game at Princeton, and I played it again at Harvard. 523 00:34:25,481 --> 00:34:28,225 There were white kids at school who would talk to me in class, 524 00:34:28,317 --> 00:34:31,987 but if I saw them out on the quad, and they were with their other friends, 525 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:34,910 they would walk right past me without so much as a nod. 526 00:34:34,990 --> 00:34:38,370 Now, obviously, the firm is not like that 527 00:34:38,452 --> 00:34:41,542 but sometimes when I'm leaving Southside in the morning, 528 00:34:41,622 --> 00:34:44,920 headed for the Loop, I feel like I'm leaving Planet Black 529 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,880 and landing on Planet White. 530 00:34:48,462 --> 00:34:51,922 Come on, you got wooed, just like me. 531 00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:53,547 You got wined and dined. 532 00:34:53,634 --> 00:34:56,390 You saw the corporate culture, the racial culture. 533 00:34:56,470 --> 00:34:58,560 You knew the score, and you still said yes. 534 00:34:59,765 --> 00:35:01,595 You sure it's the firm you're frustrated with? 535 00:35:01,683 --> 00:35:03,939 That's the second time you've asked me that question. 536 00:35:04,019 --> 00:35:06,149 It's the second time you haven't answered it. 537 00:35:07,773 --> 00:35:09,653 What are you suggesting? 538 00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:11,863 Take the Bottlecap case as an example. 539 00:35:11,944 --> 00:35:15,993 Once you made your point, why bother pressing further? 540 00:35:16,073 --> 00:35:19,283 - To try and get through to Thompson. - Come on, you knew you wouldn't. 541 00:35:19,368 --> 00:35:21,448 Like you said, you're a second year associate. 542 00:35:21,537 --> 00:35:23,287 Thompson wants you doing research, 543 00:35:23,372 --> 00:35:25,461 interfacing with the clients, preparing his arguments. 544 00:35:25,541 --> 00:35:27,581 - The grunt work, right? - Right. 545 00:35:27,668 --> 00:35:29,878 But if I don't speak up, what's the alternative? 546 00:35:29,962 --> 00:35:32,301 Shut my mouth and sit there looking pretty? 547 00:35:32,381 --> 00:35:34,261 First of all, you always sit there looking pretty. 548 00:35:34,341 --> 00:35:37,551 Second of all, I'm not suggesting you silence yourself. 549 00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:40,506 I'm just wondering why you chose to work at a corporate firm 550 00:35:40,597 --> 00:35:42,677 where you knew your silence would be expected. 551 00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:45,481 And really what I'm wondering is why 552 00:35:45,561 --> 00:35:47,561 you're wasting the fight you have inside you 553 00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:50,606 on battles you can't win and issues you don't care about? 554 00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:53,605 Excuse me? 555 00:35:54,987 --> 00:35:57,947 You think because we spend one afternoon together 556 00:35:58,031 --> 00:36:00,201 and you tried to buy me a sandwich, 557 00:36:00,284 --> 00:36:03,504 you're entitled to pass judgment on the choices I made in my life? 558 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:07,370 - You think I'm wasting my life. - Now, I never used those words. 559 00:36:07,457 --> 00:36:09,627 You didn't have to use those words. 560 00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:13,090 You used other ones, and they stung just as much. 561 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:14,381 Why? 562 00:36:14,464 --> 00:36:17,804 If you really loved what you were doing, would you be bothered by what I said? 563 00:36:18,594 --> 00:36:19,848 No. 564 00:36:19,928 --> 00:36:22,678 You'd tell me to go screw myself, and you'd go on your merry way, 565 00:36:22,764 --> 00:36:25,521 making tons of cash and doing trademark law for the rest of your life. 566 00:36:25,601 --> 00:36:28,061 And how do you know that's not exactly what I plan to do? 567 00:36:28,145 --> 00:36:31,355 Because you spent two years of law school in Gannett House, 568 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,860 working pro Bono cases for poor, single moms. 569 00:36:33,942 --> 00:36:35,652 And my guess is that it kills you 570 00:36:35,736 --> 00:36:38,446 to know you can't put the same passion and intelligence 571 00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:40,450 towards cases that actually mean something. 572 00:36:41,783 --> 00:36:45,913 You're more than welcome to pass judgment on your own father. 573 00:36:45,996 --> 00:36:49,036 You know what, you're more than welcome to pass judgment on me. 574 00:36:50,417 --> 00:36:54,835 But quite frankly, it sounds like you know me about as little as you knew him. 575 00:36:54,921 --> 00:36:56,631 - Michelle... - And the biggest offense is, 576 00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:59,255 this is coming from a guy who quit community organizing 577 00:36:59,343 --> 00:37:03,600 for Harvard Law, only to take a summer position at the same corporate firm 578 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,390 he's railing against. 579 00:37:07,059 --> 00:37:10,149 Now that is the height of hypocrisy. 580 00:37:13,190 --> 00:37:15,320 I apologize. I meant no offense. 581 00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:30,163 Barack! 582 00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:32,908 Ladies! 583 00:39:33,788 --> 00:39:34,788 Hey! 584 00:39:35,916 --> 00:39:37,166 Oh... 585 00:39:37,709 --> 00:39:39,539 So happy to see you guys. 586 00:39:39,628 --> 00:39:40,878 Looks like we got a full house today. 587 00:39:40,962 --> 00:39:42,759 Well, everyone heard you was coming, Barack. 588 00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:45,719 We all wanted to get a look at our Harvard man all grown up. 589 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,050 Does a year and a half change a man? 590 00:39:47,135 --> 00:39:50,305 No, but apparently it gets you a lady. 591 00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:52,268 And finally a sista. 592 00:39:52,349 --> 00:39:53,889 How you doing, sweetie? 593 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:56,385 - My name's Bernadette. - Oh! I'm Michelle. 594 00:39:56,478 --> 00:39:57,848 Very nice to meet you. 595 00:39:57,938 --> 00:39:59,768 - I'm Janice. - Hi. 596 00:39:59,856 --> 00:40:02,476 We was your boyfriend's ladies while he was working here in the Gardens. 597 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:05,317 - Oh, we're not... - Platonic ladies, Janice. 598 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:08,033 Don't go giving her any ideas. 599 00:40:08,114 --> 00:40:09,870 We did everything together. 600 00:40:09,950 --> 00:40:11,538 Except the sexy stuff. 601 00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:15,208 Hmm. Now this is a real man you got yourself here. 602 00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:17,580 Just going right over there. 603 00:40:21,836 --> 00:40:23,416 Tommy, my man! 604 00:40:23,505 --> 00:40:25,295 B! 605 00:40:26,049 --> 00:40:27,429 Oh, it's so good to see you. 606 00:40:27,509 --> 00:40:29,009 Yo, Rafiqa! 607 00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:31,892 This Barack's woman, Michelle. 608 00:40:31,972 --> 00:40:33,560 - He done well for himself. - Mm-hmm. 609 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:34,850 Welcome. 610 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:36,730 Janice, we're not together. 611 00:40:36,810 --> 00:40:38,350 You say this Barack's girl? 612 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:41,356 No, Kyle, this Barack's woman, Michelle. 613 00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:42,729 Y'all married and shit? 614 00:40:42,816 --> 00:40:45,856 Kyle, watch your mouth. Your ass in church. 615 00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:51,067 Y'all married? 616 00:40:51,157 --> 00:40:53,827 No. We're not together. 617 00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:55,040 At all. 618 00:40:58,456 --> 00:41:00,826 Let me tell you a little something about Barack. 619 00:41:02,210 --> 00:41:04,500 My son LaJuan wanted to be in the Navy 620 00:41:04,588 --> 00:41:07,418 since he was playing with toy boats in the tub. 621 00:41:08,008 --> 00:41:10,888 But growing up in the Gardens, ooh! 622 00:41:10,969 --> 00:41:13,259 Little by little, the place was getting to him, 623 00:41:13,346 --> 00:41:15,466 and he was starting to get the same ideas 624 00:41:15,557 --> 00:41:17,977 as every other young Negro around here. 625 00:41:18,059 --> 00:41:21,099 Thinking there ain't no place for 'em outside these walls. 626 00:41:21,187 --> 00:41:23,727 And even if there was, ain't no way out. 627 00:41:24,691 --> 00:41:26,231 Well, in comes Barack. 628 00:41:26,943 --> 00:41:30,492 And every time he come by the house to talk business, 629 00:41:30,572 --> 00:41:36,122 he sets aside a little time to talk with my LaJuan about Navy boats. 630 00:41:36,202 --> 00:41:38,792 I don't even know how Barack knew about Navy boats. 631 00:41:38,872 --> 00:41:41,292 And he could've been making up names, for all I know. 632 00:41:41,374 --> 00:41:44,964 The USS this and the USS that. 633 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:47,259 Didn't matter. 634 00:41:47,339 --> 00:41:49,379 He kept LaJuan interested. 635 00:41:50,675 --> 00:41:54,716 He told my boy that he could be anything 636 00:41:54,804 --> 00:41:56,354 if he worked hard enough. 637 00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,845 You see, he didn't have a father to tell him that. 638 00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:02,188 And you know what? 639 00:42:07,651 --> 00:42:10,111 - He made it out. - Mm, mm. 640 00:42:10,195 --> 00:42:13,985 My son is sailing across the seas 641 00:42:14,074 --> 00:42:16,788 on the "USS Dakota." 642 00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:21,830 Looking all fly and professional in his military uniform. 643 00:42:21,915 --> 00:42:25,165 Hands off, girl. That's my boy you talking about. 644 00:42:32,008 --> 00:42:34,088 Afternoon, everybody. Afternoon. 645 00:42:34,177 --> 00:42:36,097 - Afternoon. - Afternoon. 646 00:42:36,179 --> 00:42:37,639 Right, right, right. Okay now. 647 00:42:37,722 --> 00:42:39,972 Today, you know we here to discuss the Community Center. 648 00:42:40,058 --> 00:42:42,268 What Community Center? 649 00:42:42,352 --> 00:42:43,440 Look, I know. 650 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,609 I know the city's decision was a disappointment, all right? 651 00:42:45,689 --> 00:42:48,479 No, Tommy, it was more than a disappointment. 652 00:42:48,566 --> 00:42:51,736 It was six months of our lives down the drain. 653 00:42:54,948 --> 00:42:57,118 Okay, hold on. Everybody, just hold on. 654 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,910 It was a disappointment. But it wasn't all bad. 655 00:42:59,994 --> 00:43:02,208 See, now we got ourselves not one, not two, 656 00:43:02,288 --> 00:43:04,668 but three foundations to fund our Community Center programs 657 00:43:04,749 --> 00:43:07,499 when the time is right, and I got that in writing. 658 00:43:08,878 --> 00:43:11,758 Now, how in God's name are they supposed to fund 659 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:15,220 our Community Center programs when we ain't got no Community Center? 660 00:43:15,301 --> 00:43:17,511 That's right. That's right. 661 00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:20,515 Well, that's the dilemma we here today to solve. 662 00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:24,098 Now, what we have to do first is take a look at why the City Council said no. 663 00:43:24,185 --> 00:43:26,805 Well, what difference does it make? They say no to everything we ask for. 664 00:43:26,896 --> 00:43:28,896 Now, that's just not always true, Curtis. 665 00:43:28,982 --> 00:43:31,232 Now, we got that job center up and running. 666 00:43:31,317 --> 00:43:33,987 We got people's apartments on hold for them while they rehabbing. 667 00:43:34,070 --> 00:43:35,780 Look, all I know is this, 668 00:43:35,864 --> 00:43:38,662 Senator Torrance got himself a state grant 669 00:43:38,742 --> 00:43:41,492 to build a church that he's gonna preach in, 670 00:43:41,578 --> 00:43:43,788 and Alderman Said helped him get it. 671 00:43:45,957 --> 00:43:49,537 Meanwhile, my little girls can't go but a mile up the road 672 00:43:49,627 --> 00:43:52,257 to play for all the gangs running around the Gardens, 673 00:43:52,338 --> 00:43:55,258 pushing they drugs, littering they garbage, 674 00:43:55,341 --> 00:43:58,761 shooting they guns like this is the Wild West or something. 675 00:43:58,845 --> 00:44:02,095 Shoot, our kids can't even go play in they friends' house 676 00:44:02,182 --> 00:44:04,562 across the street at the Gates. 677 00:44:05,351 --> 00:44:09,857 The Senator got himself a church, our kids got themselves the shaft. 678 00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:17,200 Okay, okay, okay! 679 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:21,786 There's a lot of issues to address, and I know better than anyone else. 680 00:44:22,619 --> 00:44:24,749 Come on, I've devoted my life to helping this community, 681 00:44:24,829 --> 00:44:26,918 - but we got to stay focused. - That's right. 682 00:44:26,998 --> 00:44:29,998 Look, we got to take our anger and channel it towards the goals we set, 683 00:44:30,084 --> 00:44:32,714 and right now that's the Community Center. 684 00:44:32,796 --> 00:44:34,296 Now, you know from past experiences, 685 00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:37,010 we got things done because we honed in on one issue, 686 00:44:37,091 --> 00:44:40,799 we pressed, we squeezed, and we screamed until somebody finally listened. 687 00:44:40,887 --> 00:44:43,137 It's taking too long. We tired of screaming. 688 00:44:43,223 --> 00:44:45,483 - Well, then ain't nothing gonna change. - Well, maybe it can't. 689 00:44:47,435 --> 00:44:48,685 Huh? 690 00:44:53,191 --> 00:44:54,531 Look, I disagree. 691 00:44:56,694 --> 00:45:00,318 And I'm sure our guest here disagrees, too, because I seem to recall 692 00:45:00,406 --> 00:45:04,491 when he was standing here in my position, by this podium, a year and a half ago, 693 00:45:04,577 --> 00:45:05,697 y'all got something done. 694 00:45:06,412 --> 00:45:08,462 I seem to recall, with his guidance... 695 00:45:09,457 --> 00:45:13,037 your patience and persistence, y'all got that asbestos problem cleared up. 696 00:45:14,295 --> 00:45:17,835 Got them toilets fixed. The pipes cleaned. 697 00:45:19,050 --> 00:45:22,010 Now, I know when times were tough, this brother right here... 698 00:45:23,429 --> 00:45:25,139 had a lot of motivational words for us. 699 00:45:25,223 --> 00:45:28,062 And I'm gonna ask him to come up and say a few right now. 700 00:45:28,142 --> 00:45:30,852 'Cause I'm gonna tell you something, we might be down for the count... 701 00:45:32,897 --> 00:45:34,357 but we ain't out. 702 00:45:37,235 --> 00:45:39,945 Brother Barack, would you come on up? 703 00:45:43,199 --> 00:45:45,739 - It's all you. - Thanks, bro. Thank you. 704 00:45:48,162 --> 00:45:49,332 Thank you. 705 00:45:51,541 --> 00:45:52,831 It's good to be back. 706 00:45:54,669 --> 00:45:56,459 It's good to see all of you. 707 00:45:57,422 --> 00:45:59,922 I missed that musty smell up here. 708 00:46:01,885 --> 00:46:05,386 Looks like Pastor Mike hasn't gotten around to filling in that hole in the roof. 709 00:46:05,471 --> 00:46:06,601 No. 710 00:46:06,681 --> 00:46:09,271 Think we're gonna have to organize a meeting just to get that leak fixed. 711 00:46:13,146 --> 00:46:14,396 But listen. 712 00:46:17,233 --> 00:46:19,993 I, uh... I feel your pain. 713 00:46:21,738 --> 00:46:22,778 I do. 714 00:46:22,864 --> 00:46:24,244 It's... 715 00:46:24,324 --> 00:46:25,624 It's a part of me now, that pain. 716 00:46:27,410 --> 00:46:29,830 Sometimes it hits me like a heart attack, 717 00:46:29,913 --> 00:46:32,923 hundreds of miles away in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 718 00:46:34,709 --> 00:46:38,459 Now, I could be listening to a lecture in class, 719 00:46:38,546 --> 00:46:40,586 or studying in the library... 720 00:46:41,883 --> 00:46:44,053 or watching a movie, or talking to a friend... 721 00:46:45,094 --> 00:46:46,764 and I think of all of you. 722 00:46:48,514 --> 00:46:51,394 I may have gone on to a different life at Harvard... 723 00:46:51,893 --> 00:46:53,813 but you know what I've realized? 724 00:46:56,773 --> 00:46:59,443 I never left the Gardens. 725 00:47:00,652 --> 00:47:02,532 Now... 726 00:47:02,612 --> 00:47:04,492 Tommy deserves some credit here, folks. 727 00:47:05,323 --> 00:47:07,533 Our fight with the City Council two years ago 728 00:47:07,617 --> 00:47:11,866 was proof that these victories do not come easy, and they don't come big. 729 00:47:12,580 --> 00:47:14,250 They are few and far between. 730 00:47:15,917 --> 00:47:18,247 But you gotta use them like building blocks. 731 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:22,838 One by one, one on top of the other, and little by little... 732 00:47:23,591 --> 00:47:25,091 you got yourself a building. 733 00:47:25,969 --> 00:47:27,679 And that's exactly what you need in this case, 734 00:47:27,762 --> 00:47:30,522 is a building for your Community Center. 735 00:47:31,140 --> 00:47:33,350 Now, I feel your disappointment. 736 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,190 But the truth is... 737 00:47:38,564 --> 00:47:40,361 you're in a good position right now. 738 00:47:41,484 --> 00:47:42,989 Still ain't got no Community Center! 739 00:47:43,069 --> 00:47:44,359 All right, all right. All right. 740 00:47:45,279 --> 00:47:47,909 Tommy got funding pledges. That's real. 741 00:47:47,991 --> 00:47:50,201 That's money down the line, and that's hard to secure. 742 00:47:51,452 --> 00:47:54,584 Now, I know it's not the whole package, but think about it. 743 00:47:55,331 --> 00:47:56,921 Now all you need is a building. 744 00:47:57,792 --> 00:47:59,252 You're halfway there. 745 00:47:59,961 --> 00:48:02,211 Now, the Council said no to the building, 746 00:48:02,296 --> 00:48:04,256 but that was before you had funding pledges 747 00:48:04,340 --> 00:48:07,300 secured with the help of Brother Tommy here. 748 00:48:08,511 --> 00:48:10,891 So now, when you remount your campaign... 749 00:48:11,681 --> 00:48:13,728 you have something to bring to the table. 750 00:48:13,808 --> 00:48:15,058 You're contributing. 751 00:48:15,143 --> 00:48:18,103 And the folks downtown like to see us contributing. 752 00:48:18,187 --> 00:48:21,267 Makes 'em feel like the money they give you is gonna be put to good use. 753 00:48:22,150 --> 00:48:23,940 Just wanna know that you care. 754 00:48:25,153 --> 00:48:29,573 And Tommy's right when he says we need to take a look at why they said no. 755 00:48:29,657 --> 00:48:31,237 Not because it's the right decision, 756 00:48:31,325 --> 00:48:33,995 but because you've gotta understand where they're coming from. 757 00:48:34,537 --> 00:48:37,827 You've gotta understand the city's motivations, its self-interest 758 00:48:37,915 --> 00:48:40,585 in order to align them with your own. 759 00:48:41,919 --> 00:48:44,799 We turn self-interest into mutual interest. 760 00:48:45,965 --> 00:48:49,545 So, let's give the council members 761 00:48:49,635 --> 00:48:51,425 the benefit of the doubt for a moment. 762 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,430 Let's say they want you to have your Community Center. 763 00:48:59,854 --> 00:49:02,274 Okay, okay. But let's say for a moment 764 00:49:02,356 --> 00:49:04,646 that we got some good folks on that Council, 765 00:49:04,734 --> 00:49:07,532 and they'd like to see your kids have a place to go after school and play. 766 00:49:07,612 --> 00:49:08,652 Yeah, right. 767 00:49:08,738 --> 00:49:11,238 Now, I believe there probably are a few. 768 00:49:11,991 --> 00:49:13,991 So, if we've got some good-hearted folks there... 769 00:49:15,495 --> 00:49:18,245 why can't they get your funding request approved? 770 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,250 Getting paid to say no. 771 00:49:21,334 --> 00:49:23,840 Okay, Curtis, I hear you, I hear you. 772 00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,210 - Anyone else? - Don't care enough. 773 00:49:26,297 --> 00:49:29,337 All right. Any other ideas? 774 00:49:30,176 --> 00:49:31,796 Maybe they don't think they can. 775 00:49:36,474 --> 00:49:37,934 That's what I'm thinking, Kyle. 776 00:49:39,852 --> 00:49:42,232 I don't think they believe they can get it done. 777 00:49:42,313 --> 00:49:43,563 Even if they wanted to. 778 00:49:44,524 --> 00:49:46,654 They know developers don't wanna build in the Gardens. 779 00:49:47,693 --> 00:49:51,451 There's nothing in it for them. No stores. No economy. 780 00:49:51,531 --> 00:49:54,451 These council members don't necessarily want the answer to be no, 781 00:49:54,534 --> 00:49:56,414 they just believe it will be. 782 00:49:56,494 --> 00:49:59,083 So, what are you proposing, Barack, that we build the damn thing ourselves? 783 00:49:59,163 --> 00:50:01,463 Almost. Almost, Curtis. 784 00:50:02,041 --> 00:50:05,001 Now, Tommy and I have been discussing this. 785 00:50:05,086 --> 00:50:09,625 And we both think you might wanna consider changing the goal slightly. 786 00:50:10,174 --> 00:50:13,304 Refocus your efforts on obtaining a land designation. 787 00:50:14,929 --> 00:50:16,349 Now, if you control the land... 788 00:50:17,473 --> 00:50:21,063 you can cut a deal with one developer to build everything in the area... 789 00:50:22,061 --> 00:50:26,652 on the condition that one of the buildings be the Community Center. 790 00:50:27,775 --> 00:50:31,445 Now, that's more jobs, more stores, 791 00:50:31,529 --> 00:50:34,239 and a Community Center for your children. 792 00:50:34,323 --> 00:50:37,121 They just gonna say no like they say no to everything else! 793 00:50:37,201 --> 00:50:40,121 Now, we gotta stop thinking the word "no" is the end of the line, Curtis. 794 00:50:40,955 --> 00:50:42,955 "No" is just a word. 795 00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:45,920 You flip those letters around, you get an entirely different word. 796 00:50:47,128 --> 00:50:49,918 - "On." - That's right. 797 00:50:50,006 --> 00:50:52,426 As in "carry on." 798 00:50:53,593 --> 00:50:55,303 Say it with me now. 799 00:50:55,386 --> 00:50:57,466 - Carry on! - Carry on! 800 00:50:57,555 --> 00:50:59,925 - They say no, we say... - Carry on. 801 00:51:00,016 --> 00:51:02,976 - They say no, we say... - Carry on! 802 00:51:06,814 --> 00:51:09,364 That's it! There you go! 803 00:51:21,954 --> 00:51:24,334 - Harold Washington... - My man. 804 00:51:25,416 --> 00:51:28,836 Harold Washington was one of the reasons I moved to Chicago. 805 00:51:30,421 --> 00:51:33,171 When I first came here, every barbershop 806 00:51:33,257 --> 00:51:36,257 and chicken shack on the Southside had a squeaky-clean picture of him 807 00:51:36,344 --> 00:51:37,974 hanging up on the wall for everyone to see. 808 00:51:38,054 --> 00:51:40,514 - You right about that. - Still do. 809 00:51:40,598 --> 00:51:42,348 Chicago's first black mayor. 810 00:51:43,517 --> 00:51:45,897 - He was our mayor. - Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 811 00:51:46,604 --> 00:51:50,734 But even Mayor Washington disappointed in some respects. 812 00:51:52,401 --> 00:51:54,951 He had to face the great truth of our country... 813 00:51:56,197 --> 00:51:58,157 that it's not easy to get things done. 814 00:52:00,284 --> 00:52:02,454 The founders made it that way on purpose. 815 00:52:03,537 --> 00:52:04,907 They made it messy... 816 00:52:06,165 --> 00:52:11,166 so that no one law, no one government, no one man 817 00:52:11,253 --> 00:52:13,763 could decide the fate of everything and everyone. 818 00:52:19,220 --> 00:52:20,930 In very simple terms... 819 00:52:22,306 --> 00:52:25,426 we got a heck of a lot of different people 820 00:52:25,518 --> 00:52:27,808 with a heck of a lot of different agendas. 821 00:52:28,896 --> 00:52:32,146 But I also believe that people, most people... 822 00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:36,400 are basically, at their core, good people. 823 00:52:38,364 --> 00:52:42,244 And so, if at first we don't understand their agenda... 824 00:52:42,952 --> 00:52:46,042 the City Council, the Alderman, the State Senator... 825 00:52:48,249 --> 00:52:52,548 we have to try our hardest to understand who they are 826 00:52:52,628 --> 00:52:54,338 and what they need. 827 00:52:59,301 --> 00:53:00,891 We have to let go of judgment. 828 00:53:05,266 --> 00:53:06,846 That's a lesson... 829 00:53:09,395 --> 00:53:12,305 I learned today from a friend. 830 00:53:16,277 --> 00:53:18,277 No matter what we think about someone... 831 00:53:20,072 --> 00:53:22,282 we never truly know what it's like 832 00:53:22,366 --> 00:53:23,946 to walk in their shoes. 833 00:53:26,704 --> 00:53:28,214 But we have to try. 834 00:53:30,916 --> 00:53:34,036 Whether it's a colleague, a family member... 835 00:53:34,837 --> 00:53:38,007 or a particular opponent, especially our opponents. 836 00:53:39,967 --> 00:53:43,047 Because where their needs align with our needs... 837 00:53:44,805 --> 00:53:46,595 is where things get done. 838 00:53:49,477 --> 00:53:50,897 That's America. 839 00:53:53,314 --> 00:53:55,074 Just a bunch of different states. 840 00:53:55,983 --> 00:53:57,943 States of land, states of mind... 841 00:53:58,819 --> 00:54:00,569 states of people. 842 00:54:02,364 --> 00:54:04,454 And it's up to us, all of us... 843 00:54:05,659 --> 00:54:09,659 to keep all those different states... 844 00:54:11,499 --> 00:54:12,789 united. 845 00:54:35,272 --> 00:54:37,319 Thanks for inviting me. 846 00:54:37,399 --> 00:54:40,952 It's been a while since I've had that kind of connection to real-life struggle. 847 00:54:41,821 --> 00:54:42,821 Me, too. 848 00:54:46,325 --> 00:54:49,865 In high school, my typing teacher gave me an A minus. 849 00:54:52,498 --> 00:54:56,538 I wrote her a letter every day until she changed it to an A. 850 00:54:58,379 --> 00:55:00,169 I celebrated all day long. 851 00:55:01,799 --> 00:55:04,589 But that night, I couldn't sleep. 852 00:55:05,761 --> 00:55:09,601 I kept asking myself over and over again, 853 00:55:09,682 --> 00:55:11,812 "Did I even deserve the A?" 854 00:55:14,186 --> 00:55:16,646 Sometimes I forget why I'm fighting. 855 00:55:18,190 --> 00:55:20,230 Or even that I am fighting. 856 00:55:22,069 --> 00:55:25,989 I didn't know I was wrestling with myself about the firm. 857 00:55:30,202 --> 00:55:31,502 I understand that. 858 00:55:35,541 --> 00:55:37,291 You think you're real smooth, don't you? 859 00:55:37,376 --> 00:55:38,836 Why? 860 00:55:38,919 --> 00:55:41,008 Did you know you were speaking today? 861 00:55:41,088 --> 00:55:42,088 No. 862 00:55:43,757 --> 00:55:45,717 Well, not exactly. 863 00:55:47,970 --> 00:55:50,180 I knew there was a decent chance, yeah. 864 00:55:51,056 --> 00:55:52,516 Mm-hmm. 865 00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:55,190 Pretty good setting to bring a girl. 866 00:55:56,186 --> 00:55:58,726 Surrounded by people who adore you. 867 00:55:59,857 --> 00:56:02,317 People who might tell this girl heart-tugging stories 868 00:56:02,401 --> 00:56:05,401 about how inspired their sons to join the Navy. 869 00:56:06,989 --> 00:56:11,489 And an inspirational speech that had everybody in awe, Mr. Obama. 870 00:56:13,787 --> 00:56:14,957 Including you? 871 00:56:27,885 --> 00:56:30,385 It wasn't bad. 872 00:56:30,471 --> 00:56:33,060 You sounded a little professorial. 873 00:56:36,644 --> 00:56:40,234 But you definitely have a knack for making speeches. 874 00:56:42,816 --> 00:56:44,106 Thank you. 875 00:56:48,989 --> 00:56:53,040 You know, that being said, it didn't hurt to take you there on our first date. 876 00:56:54,536 --> 00:56:57,076 - Our first what? - You heard me. 877 00:57:00,501 --> 00:57:04,166 You must have misspoken because according to you, 878 00:57:04,254 --> 00:57:07,014 this isn't a date until I say so. 879 00:57:09,385 --> 00:57:13,309 You know, if you don't wanna spend any more time with me today, I'll respect that. 880 00:57:13,389 --> 00:57:16,679 I won't like it, but I'll respect your wishes. 881 00:57:21,105 --> 00:57:23,975 But if you wanna keep hanging... 882 00:57:24,525 --> 00:57:27,565 let's call it a date and move on to the next event. 883 00:57:27,653 --> 00:57:31,283 - Next event? - Drinks and a movie. 884 00:57:34,243 --> 00:57:35,953 You think you're real smooth. 885 00:57:36,036 --> 00:57:38,616 And real cute. 886 00:57:40,290 --> 00:57:42,880 I don't know about the "cute" part. 887 00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:45,460 I mean, they did look good on Dumbo. 888 00:57:47,214 --> 00:57:48,674 Well, I'd rather be Dumbo than the Wicked Queen. 889 00:57:48,757 --> 00:57:50,297 Wicked Queen? 890 00:57:50,384 --> 00:57:53,432 Now, you can't just say any old wicked queen. 891 00:57:53,512 --> 00:57:55,682 From which movie? 892 00:58:03,022 --> 00:58:04,568 - There you go. - Thanks, Steve. 893 00:58:04,648 --> 00:58:08,898 # Why can't nobody love me # 894 00:58:10,237 --> 00:58:13,317 # Like my baby does? # 895 00:58:16,076 --> 00:58:19,576 # Young girl turned out to be two times # 896 00:58:19,663 --> 00:58:22,123 # Twice the woman # 897 00:58:22,207 --> 00:58:24,537 # That I thought she was... # 898 00:58:24,752 --> 00:58:27,462 Don't even come at me with that "Innervisions" nonsense. 899 00:58:27,546 --> 00:58:29,086 It's a better album all around. 900 00:58:29,173 --> 00:58:31,679 "You and I," "Sunshine of My Life," 901 00:58:31,759 --> 00:58:33,009 "Superstition." 902 00:58:33,093 --> 00:58:34,890 - All great songs. - His best. 903 00:58:34,970 --> 00:58:36,350 Not better than "Higher Ground." 904 00:58:36,430 --> 00:58:39,100 "Talking Book" was the first album I ever heard, 905 00:58:39,183 --> 00:58:41,689 and if it was the last, I'd be set for life. 906 00:58:41,769 --> 00:58:44,479 - That's how brilliant it is. - Uh-uh. 907 00:58:44,563 --> 00:58:46,153 Man! 908 00:58:46,815 --> 00:58:50,315 Well, at least we can agree that Stevie is the best. 909 00:58:50,402 --> 00:58:53,822 - Mm. - At least we can start from there. 910 00:58:59,453 --> 00:59:03,502 Okay, so what about that moment in the church 911 00:59:03,582 --> 00:59:05,712 before the meeting? 912 00:59:05,793 --> 00:59:06,922 Which? 913 00:59:07,002 --> 00:59:11,417 I think Bernadette said it, about you finally dating a sister. 914 00:59:13,342 --> 00:59:15,889 Who knows with those two. They love to gossip. 915 00:59:15,969 --> 00:59:17,969 - Is it true? - Is what true? 916 00:59:18,055 --> 00:59:19,635 That you never date black women. 917 00:59:19,723 --> 00:59:21,103 Not true. 918 00:59:21,183 --> 00:59:22,813 But you did date white women? 919 00:59:23,769 --> 00:59:26,689 I've dated a couple of white women, yes. 920 00:59:26,772 --> 00:59:28,612 And which do you prefer? 921 00:59:32,945 --> 00:59:35,565 Come on, buster, now it's your turn to ante up. 922 00:59:42,162 --> 00:59:44,922 My girlfriend at Columbia was white. 923 00:59:45,833 --> 00:59:47,423 It was pretty serious. 924 00:59:48,168 --> 00:59:50,378 - What was her name? - Jennifer. 925 00:59:51,797 --> 00:59:53,627 How long were you with Jennifer? 926 00:59:54,174 --> 00:59:56,434 A little over two years. 927 00:59:57,261 --> 00:59:58,931 Mm-hmm... 928 01:00:03,475 --> 01:00:07,145 Columbia was a strange time in my life. 929 01:00:07,938 --> 01:00:12,727 I was reading a lot, figuring stuff out, had very few friends. 930 01:00:12,818 --> 01:00:15,528 - Except for Jennifer. - Exactly. 931 01:00:17,197 --> 01:00:18,277 She was lovely. 932 01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:20,449 She really was. 933 01:00:21,702 --> 01:00:23,791 She was very caring. 934 01:00:23,871 --> 01:00:25,411 Kept me company when I was lonely. 935 01:00:28,834 --> 01:00:31,381 We fell into that private little universe 936 01:00:31,461 --> 01:00:32,711 couples can fall into, 937 01:00:32,796 --> 01:00:36,381 where you develop your own kind of language and customs, you know? 938 01:00:38,427 --> 01:00:42,351 I've never had that with anyone other than my own family. 939 01:00:42,431 --> 01:00:43,561 It's nice. 940 01:00:50,689 --> 01:00:51,729 Anyway... 941 01:00:52,733 --> 01:00:57,741 when we went to visit her family, they were incredibly gracious to me. 942 01:00:57,821 --> 01:01:01,618 Very nice, open-minded people, but, you know, I looked around 943 01:01:01,700 --> 01:01:04,160 at all the pictures on the walls, you know... 944 01:01:05,078 --> 01:01:06,828 all the white faces... 945 01:01:08,248 --> 01:01:12,127 and I knew I couldn't spend any more of my life living as an outsider. 946 01:01:16,089 --> 01:01:17,629 Does that answer your question? 947 01:01:19,259 --> 01:01:21,219 So, why did you come to Chicago? 948 01:01:23,430 --> 01:01:25,970 - To try and make a difference. - Mm-hmm. 949 01:01:27,225 --> 01:01:28,805 Thought I would, too. 950 01:01:28,894 --> 01:01:32,901 I thought maybe I'd work civil cases, 951 01:01:32,981 --> 01:01:35,611 help women, empower them. 952 01:01:37,778 --> 01:01:42,120 Being at that meeting today aroused some of those old dreams. 953 01:01:43,241 --> 01:01:44,991 Lit some kind of fire. 954 01:01:46,370 --> 01:01:48,790 But those last couple years, 955 01:01:48,872 --> 01:01:53,126 the corporate firms descend upon the campus like a pack of wolves. 956 01:01:54,211 --> 01:01:56,211 And they're so appealing. 957 01:01:57,631 --> 01:02:02,465 I wanted to be in a position to pay off my loans, pay my folks back. 958 01:02:03,011 --> 01:02:04,261 Live a little. 959 01:02:05,138 --> 01:02:06,428 Enjoy life. 960 01:02:06,515 --> 01:02:07,765 There's nothing wrong with that. 961 01:02:08,558 --> 01:02:11,098 There's nothing wrong with it until there is. 962 01:02:11,186 --> 01:02:12,726 Yeah. I know what you mean. 963 01:02:14,898 --> 01:02:17,188 I feel like something else is pulling at me. 964 01:02:17,776 --> 01:02:19,316 I wonder if I can write books, 965 01:02:19,403 --> 01:02:23,201 or hold a position of influence in civil rights. 966 01:02:23,281 --> 01:02:25,531 - Politics? - Maybe. 967 01:02:28,662 --> 01:02:30,622 I just wanna do more. 968 01:02:31,498 --> 01:02:33,038 Yeah, so do I. 969 01:02:35,002 --> 01:02:37,342 And maybe just wanting it is enough for now. 970 01:02:43,593 --> 01:02:46,513 Whatever I end up doing, I take comfort in knowing 971 01:02:46,596 --> 01:02:48,516 I can't do much worse than my dad did. 972 01:02:51,601 --> 01:02:55,482 That doesn't sound like the same guy who gave that fancy speech earlier. 973 01:02:56,732 --> 01:02:59,782 The one who talked about letting go of judgment. 974 01:03:03,363 --> 01:03:06,413 I've noticed how you talk about your father. 975 01:03:08,035 --> 01:03:10,155 Such an angry way to live your life. 976 01:03:11,538 --> 01:03:13,168 Judging him. 977 01:03:13,248 --> 01:03:15,328 Living your life against his. 978 01:03:16,752 --> 01:03:18,802 You're still fighting him. 979 01:03:19,755 --> 01:03:21,665 But he's not here anymore. 980 01:03:24,551 --> 01:03:28,221 You said earlier you felt his life was incomplete. 981 01:03:30,348 --> 01:03:33,058 Every father's life is incomplete. 982 01:03:33,769 --> 01:03:35,479 That's why they have sons... 983 01:03:37,064 --> 01:03:38,734 to finish what they started. 984 01:03:43,070 --> 01:03:46,660 You know, my grandfather was not a very generous man. 985 01:03:47,741 --> 01:03:50,331 He could've helped my dad through college. 986 01:03:51,078 --> 01:03:54,998 But he was so terrified of getting into debt, 987 01:03:55,082 --> 01:03:57,962 he refused to lend him any money. 988 01:03:59,252 --> 01:04:02,922 So my dad had to drop out of school after a year. 989 01:04:05,008 --> 01:04:09,389 It took a while, but he forgave my grandfather. 990 01:04:12,099 --> 01:04:14,179 Then he got his job with the city... 991 01:04:16,019 --> 01:04:19,151 and he has spent the rest of his life working in that boiler room, 992 01:04:19,231 --> 01:04:23,528 making sure not to do to his kids what his father did to him. 993 01:04:26,988 --> 01:04:28,868 You have to forgive your father... 994 01:04:30,826 --> 01:04:33,366 so your anger doesn't turn you into him. 995 01:04:35,372 --> 01:04:37,332 You have to forgive him... 996 01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:41,125 so you can be better than him. 997 01:04:43,004 --> 01:04:44,974 That's what he would want. 998 01:05:07,154 --> 01:05:09,954 - Get his arm! Get his arm! - Gary, that's enough! 999 01:05:11,032 --> 01:05:13,082 Gary, that's enough, man! 1000 01:05:14,578 --> 01:05:16,538 - Gary, that's enough! - Shut up! 1001 01:05:17,247 --> 01:05:20,827 Radio Raheem! Radio Raheem! 1002 01:05:20,917 --> 01:05:22,877 - No! - Radio! 1003 01:05:24,296 --> 01:05:26,716 Radio Raheem! Radio Raheem! 1004 01:05:49,446 --> 01:05:50,606 What's the matter? 1005 01:05:50,697 --> 01:05:52,567 Be careful. I feel a riot coming on. 1006 01:05:52,657 --> 01:05:54,367 Oh! 1007 01:05:54,451 --> 01:05:56,371 - I'm gonna use the restroom. - Okay. 1008 01:06:08,215 --> 01:06:09,585 Michelle? 1009 01:06:10,217 --> 01:06:13,597 It is you. Your height gave you away. 1010 01:06:14,888 --> 01:06:16,258 Avery. 1011 01:06:17,182 --> 01:06:18,522 What are you doing here? 1012 01:06:19,517 --> 01:06:21,057 Uh... Picking up groceries. 1013 01:06:21,144 --> 01:06:23,400 What do you think? We came to the movies. 1014 01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:24,770 - You did? - Yeah. 1015 01:06:24,856 --> 01:06:27,726 We partners do that from time to time. 1016 01:06:27,817 --> 01:06:32,027 And on occasion, we bring along our wives. 1017 01:06:32,113 --> 01:06:37,286 Laura, this is Michelle Robinson, one of our more tenacious associates. 1018 01:06:37,369 --> 01:06:38,999 Michelle, this is my wife Laura. 1019 01:06:39,079 --> 01:06:40,619 So pleased to make your acquaintance. 1020 01:06:40,705 --> 01:06:41,825 Likewise. Likewise. 1021 01:06:41,915 --> 01:06:45,245 I think Avery mentions you at least a dozen times a day. 1022 01:06:46,294 --> 01:06:47,591 Are you here alone? 1023 01:06:47,671 --> 01:06:49,171 Me? Um... 1024 01:06:49,256 --> 01:06:51,626 I'm with a friend. 1025 01:06:51,716 --> 01:06:54,586 Actually, I have to go. 1026 01:06:54,678 --> 01:06:56,548 What did you think of the film? 1027 01:06:56,638 --> 01:06:58,928 What did I think? I liked it. 1028 01:06:59,015 --> 01:07:02,135 All the hoopla leading up to it, I had to see for myself. 1029 01:07:04,145 --> 01:07:06,645 - Oh, what did you think? - Compelling. 1030 01:07:06,731 --> 01:07:09,611 Though the ending was puzzling and more than a little infuriating. 1031 01:07:15,490 --> 01:07:17,329 Barack! 1032 01:07:17,409 --> 01:07:18,699 - Avery! - Wow! 1033 01:07:18,785 --> 01:07:21,285 Having a Sidley Austin reunion here. 1034 01:07:21,371 --> 01:07:23,541 We just came from a community meeting 1035 01:07:23,623 --> 01:07:25,083 that we attended as colleagues and friends, 1036 01:07:25,166 --> 01:07:27,376 and just thought it might be a good idea to stop and see the movie 1037 01:07:27,460 --> 01:07:29,550 since it's something everybody was talking about. 1038 01:07:33,091 --> 01:07:34,301 Um... 1039 01:07:34,384 --> 01:07:36,640 Thank you for that illuminating explanation. 1040 01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:39,260 Laura, this is one of our summer associates, 1041 01:07:39,347 --> 01:07:42,847 a very talented young man, Barack Obama. 1042 01:07:42,934 --> 01:07:44,314 Very pleased to make your acquaintance. 1043 01:07:44,394 --> 01:07:46,274 Pleasure's all mine. 1044 01:07:49,983 --> 01:07:51,943 So, you got around to seeing the movie, I take it? 1045 01:07:52,027 --> 01:07:52,987 Yes, yes, we did. 1046 01:07:53,069 --> 01:07:56,905 In fact, I was just explaining to Michelle how angry that ending made me. 1047 01:07:56,990 --> 01:07:59,780 Why would the delivery man have thrown the trash can 1048 01:07:59,868 --> 01:08:01,448 through his employer's window? 1049 01:08:01,536 --> 01:08:04,616 He must've known his actions would cause the mob to riot. 1050 01:08:04,706 --> 01:08:06,206 Seemed totally irrational. 1051 01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:09,250 Let me put it to you another way, Avery. 1052 01:08:09,336 --> 01:08:10,706 I'm all ears. 1053 01:08:10,795 --> 01:08:13,005 If Mookie hadn't thrown the trash can, 1054 01:08:13,089 --> 01:08:15,509 maybe the crowd would've turned on Sal and his sons. 1055 01:08:15,592 --> 01:08:17,302 So instead of the store being destroyed... 1056 01:08:18,053 --> 01:08:19,723 they might be dead. 1057 01:08:19,804 --> 01:08:23,103 And Mookie knew the insurance would cover the damage to the store. 1058 01:08:23,183 --> 01:08:24,603 He was saving Sal's life. 1059 01:08:25,769 --> 01:08:28,099 I never would've considered that perspective, Barack. 1060 01:08:28,188 --> 01:08:31,068 See, that's why we need a guy like you full-time. 1061 01:08:32,359 --> 01:08:34,569 Michelle, make sure to treat him real good. 1062 01:08:34,652 --> 01:08:37,032 We want him sticking around. 1063 01:08:37,989 --> 01:08:40,239 - We'll see you both Monday. - Good night. 1064 01:08:40,325 --> 01:08:41,945 - Good night. - Night. 1065 01:08:48,583 --> 01:08:51,713 You know I only said that to make Avery feel better. 1066 01:08:51,795 --> 01:08:54,335 Mookie threw that trash can 'cause he was fucking angry. 1067 01:08:58,051 --> 01:09:00,351 What a coincidence seeing him here. 1068 01:09:01,179 --> 01:09:02,719 It's really wild. 1069 01:09:02,806 --> 01:09:06,426 It wasn't a coincidence. It was cosmic justice. 1070 01:09:07,769 --> 01:09:10,439 I knew damn well going out with you was the wrong thing to do. 1071 01:09:10,522 --> 01:09:11,522 Pun intended. 1072 01:09:11,606 --> 01:09:13,896 And don't even try to convince me otherwise, Barack, 1073 01:09:13,983 --> 01:09:16,783 because there is nothing you can say. 1074 01:09:18,279 --> 01:09:19,279 Nothing? 1075 01:09:19,364 --> 01:09:22,577 I can't tell you that Avery doesn't give a hoot about seeing the two of us out? 1076 01:09:22,659 --> 01:09:24,699 "Make sure to treat him real good." 1077 01:09:25,286 --> 01:09:28,326 That was not okay, Barack, by any measure. 1078 01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:30,628 It was smarmy. 1079 01:09:30,708 --> 01:09:33,208 You don't think that was laced with anything? 1080 01:09:33,294 --> 01:09:35,964 You don't think he meant anything by that? 1081 01:09:37,257 --> 01:09:39,257 Maybe he did. So what? 1082 01:09:40,802 --> 01:09:44,257 First thing Monday morning he is gonna spread this juicy little anecdote 1083 01:09:44,347 --> 01:09:47,057 around the office like wildfire. 1084 01:09:47,142 --> 01:09:48,229 You know, none of this would've happened 1085 01:09:48,309 --> 01:09:50,899 if you had just respected the boundaries I laid out. 1086 01:09:50,979 --> 01:09:52,519 But you refused. 1087 01:09:52,605 --> 01:09:55,435 You didn't respect our working relationship. 1088 01:09:55,525 --> 01:09:57,605 And now that's all there's going to be. 1089 01:11:00,590 --> 01:11:02,510 I don't want any... 1090 01:13:18,895 --> 01:13:21,435 It's pretty good. 1091 01:13:21,522 --> 01:13:22,772 You want some? 1092 01:13:24,317 --> 01:13:25,897 Sure. 1093 01:16:48,396 --> 01:16:54,526 # What goes underneath your armor # 1094 01:16:54,610 --> 01:16:59,118 # Underneath your clothes # 1095 01:16:59,198 --> 01:17:03,368 # Do you know? # 1096 01:17:04,704 --> 01:17:08,834 # Let's find out together # 1097 01:17:08,916 --> 01:17:14,586 # Let's find what we're looking for # 1098 01:17:15,756 --> 01:17:19,006 # We'll explore # 1099 01:17:20,678 --> 01:17:25,058 # Leave your house of mirrors # 1100 01:17:25,141 --> 01:17:28,191 # Hear me out # 1101 01:17:29,186 --> 01:17:32,816 # Fear no consequence # 1102 01:17:32,899 --> 01:17:36,859 # Forget your doubts # 1103 01:17:39,322 --> 01:17:43,582 # I don't know where the road leads # 1104 01:17:47,413 --> 01:17:52,843 # You don't know if I'll break your heart # 1105 01:17:55,588 --> 01:18:00,548 # We don't know how the winds will blow # 1106 01:18:00,635 --> 01:18:04,175 # And we won't know # 1107 01:18:04,263 --> 01:18:08,229 # We won't go # 1108 01:18:08,309 --> 01:18:12,939 # Unless we start # 1109 01:18:15,775 --> 01:18:20,905 # Ooh, start # 1110 01:18:25,910 --> 01:18:29,709 # Fall into the sea # 1111 01:18:29,789 --> 01:18:34,088 # Of possibility # 1112 01:18:34,168 --> 01:18:36,878 # And hope # 1113 01:18:36,963 --> 01:18:41,303 # Letting go # 1114 01:18:42,301 --> 01:18:46,011 # Float away with me # 1115 01:18:46,097 --> 01:18:52,647 # Until we can't see any coast # 1116 01:18:53,396 --> 01:18:57,646 # That we know # 1117 01:18:58,526 --> 01:19:02,276 # Hold on tight until # 1118 01:19:02,363 --> 01:19:06,579 # We become one # 1119 01:19:06,659 --> 01:19:09,869 # Find our island # 1120 01:19:09,954 --> 01:19:14,714 # Underneath the sun # 1121 01:19:17,003 --> 01:19:21,173 # I don't know where the road leads # 1122 01:19:24,802 --> 01:19:30,392 # You don't know if I'll break your heart # 1123 01:19:32,852 --> 01:19:38,110 # And we don't know how the winds will blow # 1124 01:19:38,190 --> 01:19:42,030 # And we won't know # 1125 01:19:42,111 --> 01:19:46,160 # We won't go # 1126 01:19:46,240 --> 01:19:50,330 # Unless we start # 1127 01:19:52,121 --> 01:19:55,961 # Ooh # 1128 01:19:56,042 --> 01:19:58,632 # Start # 1129 01:19:59,086 --> 01:20:01,506 # Yeah # 1130 01:20:04,633 --> 01:20:08,349 # Our beloved beside us # 1131 01:20:08,429 --> 01:20:12,478 # All you want to give up # 1132 01:20:12,558 --> 01:20:19,818 # Only happens if we let it live # 1133 01:20:21,734 --> 01:20:26,244 # And I don't know where the road leads # 1134 01:20:27,198 --> 01:20:30,078 # Ooh # 1135 01:20:30,159 --> 01:20:35,159 # You don't know if I'll break your heart # 1136 01:20:38,250 --> 01:20:43,210 # We don't know how the winds will blow # 1137 01:20:43,297 --> 01:20:46,757 # And we won't know # 1138 01:20:47,426 --> 01:20:51,216 # We won't go # 1139 01:20:51,305 --> 01:20:56,015 # Unless we start # 1140 01:20:57,603 --> 01:21:00,313 # Ooh # 1141 01:21:00,397 --> 01:21:03,647 # Start # 1142 01:21:04,610 --> 01:21:06,449 # Yeah # 1143 01:21:06,529 --> 01:21:12,279 # Oh, unless we start # 1144 01:21:12,368 --> 01:21:14,748 # Ooh # 1145 01:21:15,496 --> 01:21:19,746 # Oh, start # 1146 01:21:20,709 --> 01:21:23,209 # Yeah # 1147 01:21:24,505 --> 01:21:30,085 # Unless we start # 1147 01:21:31,305 --> 01:21:37,490 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/rafb Help other users to choose the best subtitles