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Jean-Michel wanted to go to the Jermaine Jackson party
at Limelight, so, we went down there. And it was one of those parties, where the bouncers were all
Mafia-type guys who didn't know anybody. Jean-Michel took us to the wrong section, and they told us to beat it. And he said, "Now you see how it is to be Black." So, yeah, in some ways,
Jean-Michel has to educate Andy around what it means to be a young,
Black man in New York in the '80s
at Limelight, so, we went down there. And it was one of those parties, where the bouncers were all
Mafia-type guys who didn't know anybody. Jean-Michel took us to the wrong section, and they told us to beat it. And he said, "Now you see how it is to be Black." So, yeah, in some ways,
Jean-Michel has to educate Andy around what it means to be a young,
Black man in New York in the '80s
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Jean-Michel wanted to go
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to the Jermaine Jackson party
at Limelight,
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so, we went down there.
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And it was one of those parties,
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where the bouncers were all
Mafia-type guys who didn't know anybody.
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Jean-Michel took us to the wrong section,
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and they told us to beat it.
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And he said,
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"Now you see how it is to be Black."
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So, yeah, in some ways,
Jean-Michel has to educate Andy
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around what it means to be a young,
Black man in New York in the '80s.
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Movie Summary
After he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this docuseries, take a peek behind his persona.