Clout. Not who I fuck or who fucks me, but who will come to the phone when I call, who...
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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?
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
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Movie Summary
Several disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.
Actors
Roy Cohn
Roy's Doctor
