AIDS. Homosexual. Gay. Lesbian. You think these are names that tell you who a person...
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Roy Cohn:
AIDS. Homosexual. Gay. Lesbian. You think these are names that tell you who a person sleeps with, but they don't tell you that.
Henry:
No?
Roy Cohn:
No. Like all labels they tell you one thing, and one thing only: Where does an individual so identified fit into the food chain, the pecking order? Not ideology or sexual taste, but something much simpler: clout. Not who I fuck or who fucks me, but who will come to the phone when I call, who owes me favors. This is what a label refers to. Now to someone who does not understand this, a homosexual is what I am because I have sex with men, but really this is wrong. A homosexual is somebody who, in 15 years of trying cannot get a pissant anit-discrimination bill through the city council. A homosexual is somebody who knows nobody and who nobody knows. Who has zero clout. Does this sound like me Henry?
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AIDS
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YOU KNOW YOUR PROBLEM HENRY
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IS THAT YOU ARE HUNG UP ON WORDS
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ON LABELS THAT YOU BELIEVE
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THEY MEAN WHAT THEY SEEM TO MEAN
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AIDS HOMOSEXUAL
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GAY LESBIAN
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YOU THINK THESE ARE NAMES
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THAT TELLS YOU WHO SOMEONE SLEEPS WITH
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THEY DON'T TELL YOU THAT
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NO NO
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LIKE ALL LABELS THEY TELL YOU ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY
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WHERE DOES AN INDIVIDUAL SO IDENTIFIED FIT
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IN THE FOOD CHAIN
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IN THE PECKING ORDER
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NOT IDEOLOGY OR SEXUAL TASTE
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BUT SOMETHING MUCH SIMPLER
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CLOUT
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NOT WHO I FUCK OR WHO FUCKS ME
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BUT WHO WILL PICK UP THE PHONE WHEN I CALL
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WHO OWES ME FAVORS
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THIS IS WHAT A LABEL REFERS TO
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NOW TO SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THIS
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HOMOSEXUAL IS WHAT I AM BECAUSE I HAVE SEX WITH MEN
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BUT REALLY THIS IS WRONG
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HOMOSEXUALS ARE NOT MEN WHO SLEEP WITH OTHER MEN
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HOMOSEXUALS ARE MEN WHO IN 15 YEARS OF TRYING
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CANNOT PASS A PISSANT ANTI DISCRIMINATION BILL
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THROUGH CITY COUNCIL
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HOMOSEXUALS ARE MEN WHO KNOW NOBODY
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AND WHO NOBODY KNOWS
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WHO HAVE ZERO CLOUT
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DOES THIS SOUND LIKE ME HENRY
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NO
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NO I HAVE CLOUT
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LOTS
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I PICK UP THIS PHONE I PUNCH 15 NUMBERS
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YOU KNOW WHO'S ON THE OTHER END
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IN UNDER FIVE MINUTES HENRY
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Clip duration: 106 seconds
Views: 80
Timestamp in movie: 00h 58m 02s
Uploaded: 18 March, 2023
Genres: drama, fantasy, romance
Summary: Several disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.
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00:08 IN MY CHURCH WE DON'T BELIEVE IN HOMOSEXUALS
00:09 WE HAVE REACHED A VERDICT YOUR HONOR
00:14 I HAVE SEX WITH MEN
01:45 I THINK WE OUGHTTA PRAY
00:13 NOW I SEE WHY HE'S GOT NO CHILDREN
01:14 IN YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD HOW DO PEOPLE CHANGE
01:36 WHO ARE YOU
01:05 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS
00:52 OH WELL DON'T APOLOGIZE
02:24 I WISH I COULD GO TRAVELING
00:18 LOOK AT THAT HEAVY SKY OUT THERE
00:14 THAT LUDICROUS SPECTACLE IN THERE
00:25 THIS DISEASE WILL BE THE END OF MANY OF US BUT NOT NEARLY...
00:27 I'D HAVE FUCKIN' PULLED THE SWITCH MYSELF IF THEY...
00:12 LOOK GARLIC
00:12 THE 20th CENTURY
01:24 REAL LOVE ISN'T AMBIVALENT
00:27 LIFE IS FULL OF HORROR
00:22 AN ANGEL IS A BELIEF
00:19 ARE YOU A GHOST LOU