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(cell phone ringing)
New city, who this?
[Frank] Hello, this is Frank,
the Manager of 505 South Avenue.
Are you still interested in the studio apartment?
Sorry about that, but yes, yes, we are.
[Frank] We?
Yeah, it's gonna be my boyfriend Reggie
and I sharing the place.
- [Frank] Right, unfortunately our studio apartments,
they really aren't big enough for two people so sorry.
- Well, I was looking at the floor plan online
and it's actually a lot bigger than our last space.
And I know a lot of couples can't co-exist together
in such a small space,
but I really feel like studio apartments bring us together.
[Frank] Literally?
Yeah, exactly.
- [Frank] Well, would you be able to come by
and take a look at the place today?
Yeah, we can be there in an hour or so
if that works for you?
[Frank] Yeah, let's do three o'clock.
And just so we don't waste each other's time,
I like to tell people that it quiet place-
It's all good bro, I read books.
[Frank] Okay yeah, see you at three.
Gimme a call when you're outside.
- You didn't exactly get off to the best part either.
We're never getting place.
The location is so perfect.
I'll win him over.
Remember you didn't like me at first either.
I'm kind of an acquired taste,
but on a long enough timeline,
you know my charm is irresistible.
What are you doing?
Getting used to my new bed.
(mid tempo music)
(car doors slam shut)
Are you sure we can afford this?
Hey Frank, yeah we just pulled up.
We're right up front.
How are you doing?
- I'm Frank, come on in. - Nice to meet you.
- Well, obviously this is the lobby area, some mailboxes.
So we get packages,
but you already know that because you read books.
It's right down the hall here.
Ooh, are these my new neighbors?
- Amy, how many times I told you not to stand
in the hallway?
You're gonna disturb the neighbors.
- Frank, you know my cats need their exercise.
You don't want them just roaming
around the building unsupervised do you?
I didn't think so.
Reggie, Maya, this is Amy.
She's the reason why we have a no pet policy.
Hey now, play nice.
I only give him a hard time because he needs it.
You don't have to worry about me.
I'm quiet as a mouse.
Oh, and that's why Zoe wants to eat me.
Ain't that right Zoe?
You like to eat some mousies.
Yes, oh good girl.
Okay, that's enough.
- Time to go. - See you.
[Amy] Meow, meow.
So the previous tenants just moved out,
still have to paint, clean thoroughly.
The owners like to call it a New York style building
with the brick and everything.
I got to tell you, it costs you twice as much as New York,
especially with a kitchen like this.
You guys even have a dishwasher.
If I had a dishwasher back in the Bronx,
I probably never would've left.
- The boogie down. - [Frank] The what?
- Boogie down Bronx, birthplace of hip-hop.
I've never been in New York, but it's only one Bronx, right?
Oh no, I mean, I'm sure we're talking
about the same thing.
It's just I never knew
that's what the Bronx was known for now.
Not the Yankees, not the zoo.
I remember when the graffiti started showing up
on the buses and the trains.
I mean, if that's what you're talking about,
I don't think destroying the city is anything to celebrate.
I remember when the gangs started coming in
and started fights with us.
I'm not talking about the Sugarhill gang,
I'm talking about the Savage Skulls, the Black Spades.
You don't want to mess with those niggas.
They were...
That was back then, I mean..
Do you have any other questions about the place?
You like it baby?
I mean, yeah, but...
When can we move in?
- So what brought you all the way from Texas?
Work.
What kind of work?
Maya's an actress, I'm a musician.
Oh, I'm a drummer.
Haven't planned much, but what do you play?
Rap, I play rap.
And do you get paid for your rap?
I'm working on it.
And what about you Maya?
You have a manager, an agent?
No, not yet.
- Well, you're not gonna like what I have to say,
but it's for your own good.
I've been doing this a long time
and you wouldn't believe how many people sat right there
on that same couch with dreams of being the next big thing.
I don't wanna discourage you or anything,
but it's gonna be hard and you're gonna struggle.
And the last thing I need
is you calling me in three months all pissed off
because you're back home living
with your parents and you still owe me to nine months rent.
Don't worry, that's not gonna happen.
It happens more often than you think.
Now, I don't feel too comfortable renting the apartment out
to you if you don't have a backup plan.
And if by some miracle you're not an overnight success,
do you have anything to fall back on?
You have any other source of income?
- We're gonna look around LA for some odd jobs,
some side hustles.
But if it doesn't pan out,
we got a gig at the grocery store.
Unbelievable, here I am asking you
what kind of work you do.
Did you see the movie "Serpico" with Al Pacino?
No, never seen it.
Some of the man's best work.
And if you're serious about acting, you should see it.
Anyway, there's this part in the movie where Serpico,
Pacino is at this party
and everybody's introducing themselves.
This guy comes up to him and says, "I'm a poet",
"but I work for the advertising agency."
And a lady comes up to him and says, "I'm an actor",
"but I work for a photographer."
And that's where Serpico, he says,
"I'm a police officer,"
"but I work for the police department."
My point is you're a rapper
and you work for the grocery store.
And no offense, but as a property manager,
that's the answer I'm looking for?
Well, you don't have much credit,
but what you do have is good.
If you agree to sign a one year lease, the place is yours
if you want it.
Just give us a minute.
I don't see a problem.
You don't see the problem?
Oh, I don't know maybe the apartment we're about to live in
is managed by a racist?
If he was a quality racist,
he wouldn't be giving us a place to live for a year.
I think it's fine.
- He's not so bad. - Not so bad?
Since when is it okay to be just a little bit racist?
Racism is like murder.
That's like saying the little girl
was just murdered a little bit.
She wasn't chopped into a million pieces.
It doesn't matter Reggie, she's still dead.
I appreciate your concern, I do.
Last time I checked, I'm the Black one here.
If I can get past it, you should be able to get past it too.
All right, fine.
If you're okay with it, then I guess I'm okay with it.
- Thank you, he seemed like the type of guy
to keep to himself anyway.
I think this might be the last to him that we see.
I hope you're right.
What do you say we go sign a lease
on our first LA apartment?
(upbeat music)
And that's it, welcome to the building.
There's something else I wanna show you.
Welcome to Hollywood.
Wow, this is beautiful.
This is why you left home.
There's gonna be days when you don't wanna look up
at that sign or those hills.
I'll tell you something right now,
never stop looking up because when you do.
That's when it's over.
Okay, time to go.
Nobody's allowed on the roof
so don't let me catch you up here.
And I can hear your footsteps 'cause I'm right down there.
(door slams shut)
(air pump motor buzzing)
I think it's ready.
Yeah, but are you?
The only thing I'm ready for is bed.
Fair enough, it's been a long day.
We got a lot done.
(cell phone ringing)
Instant karma, I would really love to stay
and help you unpack, but I gotta take this.
Hey ma, I didn't forget.
No, I was just about to call.
Things are good.
Everything's moving fast.
We just got here.
I already got strong offers for both the Bloods and Crips.
So right now I'm just weighing my options.
- [Reggie's Mom] Reggie, I swear to God-
Hey, hey, hey, I'm playing.
Oh, it's safe.
The neighborhood is safe.
I think they just make it look dangerous on TV
to keep people out.
They wanna keep the money to themselves,
but we ain't gonna let that happen.
I'm gonna get this rap money real quick,
bring it back home and get you everything you ever wanted.
I put that on my momma.
[Reggie's Mom] Don't worry about me.
I'm gonna be just fine.
I'm just gonna miss you.
I'm gonna miss you too.
- [Reggie's Mom] We've never been this far apart.
I know, I'm just one call away.
[Reggie's Mom] I know honey.
I just want you to know, I love you.
I love you more.
[Reggie's Mom] Get some sleep.
- We'll talk tomorrow. - Goodnight.
Babe, are you sure we're doing the right thing?
- No, no, no, I was thinking the desk would go there.
(mid tempo music)
That's where my yoga station is gonna be.
That's where the bed's going babe.
♪ Rated R with a bandana from Urban ♪
♪ I said don't wear that on my block ♪
♪ Where they be serving ♪
♪ Where I'm from ♪
♪ They catch you acting ♪
♪ And it's curtains ♪
♪ You suburban trying to ride the wave ♪
♪ You should stick to surfing ♪
♪ You wanna dress like us ♪
♪ But you don't wanna stress like us ♪
♪ You put a hoodie on ♪
♪ Difference is you don't shot to death like us ♪
♪ Why you wanna come here ♪
♪ This shit is real in the South ♪
♪ Why you think it's called the trap ♪
♪ Bitch we're trying to get out ♪
(mid tempo music)
(floor creaking)
Ready, one, two, three, surprise!
I knew I should've gotten vanilla.
Okay, so I know your music isn't taking off
as fast as you want it to,
but I feel like we should celebrate the baby steps.
- Okay, but I'm not a baby. - I know.
Thank you.
(upbeat music)
(speaking in foreign language)
Robert, you sure you don't want me
as your permanent girlfriend?
Good, but could you do it more Chinese?
You added a few words there.
Do it like it's written.
Robert, why you no want me for permanent girlfriend?
I am a proud Mexican American woman.
Every day of my life is a struggle.
- [Man] Cut. - I can't do this.
- You told your manager you're not Mexican?
Yes, I've told her a bazillion times.
I'm Asian, not Hispanic.
I just don't understand how Scar Jo can play Asian roles,
but I can't.
- Told you not to wear them Rosie Perez in your head shot.
Oh, I'm not giving up my hoops.
I do have an audition tonight though
that I'm pretty excited about.
What?
I was gonna surprise you,
but I'm starting to think you might not like it.
Why wouldn't I like it?
Filming in the Valley?
No, it's not shooting in the valley.
It's a Taylor Swift music video shooting
this weekend at Coachella.
They wanted real couples
so I just submitted us for the hell of it
and they want us to audition tonight.
I'm not an actor.
You don't have to be.
They want real couples.
We just have to hang out at Coachella for free.
You know my rule about music festivals.
Only way I go is if-
Is if you're performing, I know.
- All right, so why were you even talking about this?
- I just thought it was a silly thing you said
because the tickets are so expensive.
I mean that too, but I'm an artist.
Fuck, I'd look like spending the weekend watching people do
what I wanna be doing?
But that's not what you'll be doing.
We'll be backstage so you can mingle with other artists.
I think it'll be a good opportunity for you.
- Fuck Taylor swift, I don't like her music.
- What if I told you if you just got over yourself
for one weekend, we could pay rent for a whole month.
- A lot of people are gonna see this video.
I know, isn't that exciting?
- No, it means that when my music start blowing up,
they're gonna recognize me for this shit.
They're gonna say, "He ain't a rapper."
"He's an actor from that Taylor swift music video."
- I can't. - Fine but my audition
is in a few hours so I'm gonna get ready.
You going without me?
I mean, I'd rather go with you,
but I respect your decision so I'll just go alone.
I thought it was for couples?
They prefer couples,
but there'll be partnering up singles too.
- So you're gonna have the time of your life this weekend
with some other guy?
No, I'll be acting with another actor.
All right, okay, I'll play along.
Tell me about your character.
It's about a girl
who has the time of her life at Coachella.
Yeah, that sounds real challenging.
Reggie, you can literally come with me
then you don't have to worry about me making out
with another guy.
- What? - I mean yeah,
what did you expect?
I'm an actress.
You're gonna have to deal with it sooner or later.
I mean yeah,
but I mean I thought it'd be for something meaningful.
Some beautiful love story or something.
I didn't think it'd be for some ass basic music video.
- (mid tempo music) - Bye Reggie.
(door slams shut)
- If I wanted to hear a fiddler on the roof,
I would ask my mom if I could see it on Broadway.
I was trying to keep it down.
You wanna keep it down?
Don't come up to the roof.
I was just leaving actually.
No you weren't.
I thought I'd catch you up here a lot sooner.
What's it been, six months now?
What's up?
I think I fucked up, man.
You didn't cheat on Maya did ya?
No.
- Good 'cause that'd be the worst thing you ever did
because you're never finding another girl like that again.
After a certain age, it's not about love anymore.
The heartbreaks for the last time in it's '20s.
That's when girls started going
with guys based on what they could provide.
Maya doesn't mind living in a cramped studio apartment
with you because you still love her,
That still means something to her.
But if you mess that up,
you're gonna find yourself looking for love
in a city full of women
that would much rather see Rome than Romeo.
I didn't cheat on her.
I'm not that stupid.
It's just, she got this audition.
Was it in the valley?
No, it's this couples music video.
I don't know.
She wanted me to go with her,
but I told her it wasn't really my thing
so she went without me
and is gonna be paired up with some other guy
who's gonna be her boyfriend for the weekend
and she's mad at me.
So who knows what will happen?
Why didn't you just go do the audition?
I told her I didn't wanna be
in someone else's music video.
I can understand that,
that's why I didn't go to the movies for a long time.
I didn't wanna watch somebody else doing the work
that I wanted to be doing.
That's what I told her.
What type of work are you talking about?
I'm an actor.
Why didn't you say anything?
You didn't need to know.
- Fair enough. (phone vibrating)
This might be her.
She hasn't been taking my calls,
but I guess she could post to Instagram.
It's really happening.
Where is this festival anyway?
All right, this is gonna be lit.
We'll get there about eight o'clock.
I'll send her my location.
She ain't gonna be expecting this at all, man.
We'll make up
and she'll tell them the only way she'll do the video
is if they replace her fake boyfriend with me.
They don't really have a choice
'cause it's all last minute and shit.
So then we'll do the video.
It'll be like nothing ever happened.
You're really down to do this, man?
- No, I just needed to get you off that roof.
You were a little too emotional to be that high up.
Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to get back
to the game I was watching before you were walking around
on the roof like you were gonna wipe down Fanucci.
- [Commentator] Bottom of the second inning.
V. Ortiz is one nothing
and Martinez's RBI double in the first.
- Oh yeah sure, stay here til you feel better.
Just make it quick.
[Commentator] On two to Silva,
then he goes down.
One in one, two on.
Texas trying to avoid a big inning here in the seventh.
One of those where everything just unravels.
High fly ball,
deep, right-center,
Silva turns, looks-
Hey, home run huh!
[Commentator] Six nothing, New York.
Carlite got all of it.
You can call that one Maya
'cause she ain't ever coming back.
All right look kid,
you're really starting to bump me out.
Why don't you get something to eat?
Grab a slice of pizza.
You'll feel better.
- How's eating pizza gonna bring my girlfriend back?
I don't know,
you'll forget about how much your life sucks
and you'll think how good the pizza is.
It doesn't matter anyway.
I don't eat that shit.
It's pizza, you don't eat pizza?
I don't eat cheese.
Are you lactose intolerant or something?
- Technically all humans are lactose intolerant.
I must not be human then.
- You know we're the only animals that drink the milk
of another animal?
It's kind of weird right?
- Yeah, probably 'cause we're the only animals smart enough
to even think of doing something like that.
Look, you don't have to have this,
but you should have something.
She took the car.
I don't got no food at the crib.
- All right, you want me to take you to get something?
- For real? (mid tempo music)
(car engine roaring) (car horn honking)
Who are you honking at?
This girl behind me.
She's looking down at her phone.
She has no clue what's going on.
(car horn honking)
But she's behind you.
- Yeah well, she's in front of somebody else.
I don't understand this.
I got an iPhone too.
But for the life of me,
I can't understand why you got to be on it 24/7.
Plus I got the latest edition.
I'm serious, for 20 years I'm walking
in the neighborhood, meet people,
have a conversation maybe one or two, it was nice.
Not anymore, everybody's looking down
at their phone reading something, watching something,
listening to something.
There's no off switch.
And I'm from the TV generation.
We've got addicted to television.
We never left the house.
We became couch potatoes.
Now, with these smart phones,
your generation could be lazy anywhere.
Now you're just potatoes.
Am I wrong?
- Definitely some of us are in a vegetative state.
I could see that.
It kind of scared me too.
I think millennials are like the lab rats
for social media and smartphones.
I can definitely see it being our generation's tobacco
where we go through our whole lives using it,
at the very end when we're fucked up when it's too late,
we find out it was terrible for us the whole time.
Well, you see it too.
I thought I was just getting old.
You guys are addicted.
- I don't think we're addicted to technology.
When you go to the grocery store,
you don't see people going through the self-checkout lanes
over and over again for the thrill of it.
I guess that's true.
- I think it's more like an addiction to information.
I was reading somewhere, 90% of the world's information
was created in the last two years.
So if you wanna be in the know, you gotta keep scrolling.
You can't put the phone down.
Yeah, but isn't most of the information
from the last two years just selfies and cat videos?
Yeah, probably most of it.
I ain't missing much then.
Why, you don't like selfies?
Selfie is an act of self-love.
- No, they make you see the world all backwards.
I don't wanna do that.
What do you mean?
- When I saw something I wanted to capture,
I'd get the camera out.
It's like having a third eye
that freezes moments in time.
You turn the camera on yourself,
that's not a memory, that's not how you see the world.
That's how the world sees you.
Now, even when you're not taking selfies, you see the world
for the perspective that everybody's focused on you.
That's just not reality.
What your generation doesn't understand
is that everybody's just like you,
too self-conscious to think of anybody else.
Yeah, it fucks with that.
You probably never got nudes though.
Nudes?
They're naked selfies from women.
- Well, it's different when it's for a good cause.
I'll be right back.
(car door slams shut)
What's that?
Vegan pizza.
Are you kidding me?
(car engine roaring)
Ooh, what you bring me?
I mean us. (cat meowing)
I didn't forget about you.
I could never.
Hello Amy, goodbye Amy.
It's just an empty pizza box.
- What kind of man carries around an empty pizza box?
- I'm trying to be a delivery boy like my father
and his father before him.
Okay, I get it.
It's a boys night.
I guess I'll have to make my own dinner tonight.
You know Reggie,
me and Frank got pizza together once upon a time.
Remember that Frank?
Okay, time to go.
Just watch out Reggie,
if it's anything like my experience,
you'll get the Italian sausage
whether you're ordered it or not.
I'm telling you, she's nuts.
Don't talk to her.
Don't go near her.
She's crazy, she's out of our mind.
It's all you, man.
It's not what it sounds like.
Just tell me man,
on a scale of one to Weinstein, how bad are we talking?
It was nothing like that.
You wanna know what happened?
Fine, so it was back around when Amy first moved in.
(cell phone rings)
She calls me up one night
telling me her light bulb went out.
She wants to know if I could fix it for her.
Now it's about six, seven o'clock.
And I don't know, I'm thinking it's a little too late
for her to be calling me for a light bulb,
but I'm guessing maybe she wants me to fix it
because it's gonna get dark soon.
Now, I already ordered a pizza
and it's gonna be here any minute.
So I figured, let me go take care of this first
so I don't have to do it after, right?
So I'm in her apartment now,
I'm screwing the light bulb in and she says something like,
"This is the first good screw I've had since I moved in."
Now, I know she was joking,
but still, why would she say that in the first place?
(cell phone ringing)
So then I get a call, the delivery guys out front.
So she follows me down the hall
and the whole time she's insisting
that I eat at her place.
When I go to tip the guy, she says, "Let me get the tip."
You kind of lost me at the end there.
Listen, it's not what she said.
It's how she said it.
She wasn't talking about the pizza guy's tip.
"Let me get the tip."
- [Reggie] Aah. - You see what I'm saying?
- I mean, if she really said it like that-
- Listen man, there's been plenty of beautiful women
that lived here through the years.
I had plenty of opportunities to misread things
if you know what I mean.
Trust me, this is the only time anything
like this ever happened.
All right, so what happened next?
So we get back to her place
and she pours us both a glass of wine.
We're sitting there eating, drinking,
watching TV, just having a good time.
After a little while, we finish our wine
and she gets up to go pour us some more.
Now, on the way to the kitchen,
she turns the lamp on and cuts the lights off.
Now, obviously she's been giving me signs the whole night.
Not only is she setting the mood
with the wine and the lamp, but at that moment,
I know she never needed the light fixed in the first place.
She's been planning this whole thing all along.
So when she got back into the room,
I'm sitting there with my pants down.
(glasses shattering)
Come on, man.
It was clear by her facial expression
that I had gotten the wrong impression.
So I zipped up and got the hell out of there.
We never talked about it until just now
when she decided to announce it to the whole building.
I think it was the move bro.
Maybe she was into it at first,
but you came on a little strong.
How was I supposed to know?
I mean, sometimes you just gotta go for it
and hope for the best.
Nah man, you gotta get past first base
before you can score.
I don't even watch baseball, I know that.
I don't know man.
You know what the problem is?
Women want men to make the first moves
even though men think about sex way more than they do.
So you know what happens?
You get only situations where a guy makes a move on a girl
who's not even thinking
about doing what he's thinking about doing
if you know what I mean and it's a recipe for disaster.
That's why I think you should switch the system over,
have women stop making the first moves.
Have a girl whip a titty out on a guy
who's completely fine with it.
I know I would be.
- It's either really feminist or really not.
Call it what you want man.
I think both sides would agree when it comes to women,
guys are clueless.
So if you wanna cut down on this,
what do you call it, sexual misconduct?
- Yeah. - If you wanna cut down
on this sexual misconduct,
then men are gonna have to understand women
for the first time in history
or just have women start making the moves.
- Or maybe you just don't whip out your dick.
I thought that's what she wanted.
[Ms Long] You wear van Grover Mr. Bill?
[Mr. Bill] Yes ma'am.
[Ms. Long] But no more.
[Mr. Bill] No more.
[Ms. Long] Will you be in Monterey long?
- [Mr. Bill] Well, long enough to get my horse shot.
- [Ms. Long] And after that, where are you going?
[Mr. Bill] I don't know Ms. Long.
Hey man, I'm gonna grab a slice.
Go for it.
This is pepperoni?
It's vegan pepperoni made from seitan.
- Blasphemy, man this would never work where I'm from.
If I ever..
- [Mr. Bill] You know, I could just lay over a day or two.
Don't expect too much.
It's just a street dance, that's all.
Must be enough there to give a man land.
A lovely young lady,
I don't know how I could rightly refuse an invitation.
I don't know about you kid,
but it's been a great day for me.
Yes I will.
[Dan] Thanks for coming.
[Man On TV] My pleasure Dan.
(police car siren wailing)
(birds chirping)
Frank?
(mid tempo music)
(door creaks open)
(door slams shut)
Hey, so I was just looking for you.
Thanks for letting me crash last night.
Don't get used to it.
Early bird gets the worm?
More like the snake.
Toilet was clogged in 404.
You do the plumbing around here too?
I do whatever needs to be done.
- You got anything else you gotta do today?
- I could go for a walk, maybe get some air.
You want some company?
Sure.
- There's a few things I got to get from my place.
- All right, I'll meet you out front in five.
[Reggie] You bet.
(gentle music) (door creaks open)
(door creaks shut)
What's that?
- I just thought maybe you could use some new pictures.
It's a beautiful day.
I got a camera.
What do I need new pictures for?
Update your socials.
- My socials? - Your social media,
any website you may want pictures for.
I don't know, but you don't have to.
I just thought it's a way I could thank you
for letting me crash last night.
- I mean, yeah I guess I could use some new pictures.
I wish you would've said something in the apartment.
I could've put a new shirt on.
How do I look?
You look like you always do.
Thanks a lot.
- Why don't we get a few pictures of you just in front
of the building so you can test it out?
See how it looks?
- [Frank] Okay. - Okay.
- This good? - Yeah, yeah.
(camera clicking)
Maybe try some where you smile.
All right.
Yeah, that's a smile.
All right, these look good.
Take a look.
What do you think?
You get what you pay for.
Why don't we get a change of scenery?
I think it could look a little better.
What do you say?
Cool, all right.
(upbeat music)
I'm not much of a nature guy.
[Reggie] It'll bring out your soft side.
I don't have a soft side.
(camera clicking)
This is more like me, chain link fences, big buildings.
I'm a New Yorker, remember?
- Yeah, it's more like a West side story kind of thing, huh?
A West side story out here on the West Coast.
- I don't get it. - Tupac.
How is that even possible?
I think we got it.
- You think I should get a picture next to this car?
I mean, if you want to, we can.
- I guess I should tell you maybe could help me decide.
I was thinking using these pictures
for my dating profile online.
What?
- Yeah, I thought if I get a picture near a nice car,
someone will talk to me.
But if we start going out
and they find out the car is not mine,
they're gonna get all disappointed.
So should I use it for bait or no?
Well, it depends on if you plan
on keeping the fish or throwing it back in the water.
- Well, I won't know until I actually meet the fish.
- Maybe it's best to keep your options open then.
I know a good place to eat close by.
Are you hungry?
I could eat.
I haven't been here in a while.
- This don't really look like you're kind of place man.
- It was pretty good the last time I was here.
A little bright though.
My eyes are a little sensitive.
That's funny, my eyes are sensitive?
The more I talk to you,
the more it don't make any sense that you're in LA, man.
You don't listen to Tupac.
You don't like the sunlight.
What are you doing here?
You said yourself, you're a New Yorker.
Why'd you ever leave?
'Cause I wanted to act.
Guys like me are a dime and a dozen in New York.
Go to an audition,
there's 10 goombahs like me there all for the same part.
So I thought I'd give it a shot out here.
That makes sense.
How did that play out?
- Yeah I mean, I've got some more when I got out here
and it's going all right,
but not as consistent as I wanted it to.
I mean, I never made it big, but you start wondering though,
coming out here and leaving everything behind.
It's funny though.
The first day, second day, my mom calls me
and said I got a call back from "Law and order."
Obviously I couldn't do it because I was here.
She brought it up from time to time,
"I wonder what would have happened if you went"
"to that call back."
It's tough.
It happens to you too man.
Start thinking less about your accomplishments
and things you've done
and more about the things you didn't do.
- I don't know man, if you had stayed in New York,
you always would have wondered
what happened if you had came to LA.
It's a catch 22.
- If I became a property manager in New York, yeah.
- How did you get the apartment gig anyway?
I was running around odd jobs,
just trying to make a living to support the career.
I got exhausted.
It was tiring.
I had an opportunity to live rent free
so I jumped on it.
It was supposed to be temporary.
You don't act anymore?
Yeah, I go on auditions once in a while.
My agent is older than me.
In this business you need connections.
All mine are on their way out.
Hello, sorry for the wait.
- All because you're she's such a cutie, I'll let it slide.
Thank you, can I get you guys started
with something to drink?
[Frank] Water's fine.
[Reggie] I'll take a water too.
Okay, I'll be right out with your waters
and I'll take your order in just a second.
See what you got to look forward to?
What?
When you get older, they start looking
at you like you don't even have the parts anymore.
- You don't think she's a little too young for you?
That's what I like man, young and fit.
What am I gonna do?
It's my type.
I'm not attracted to women my age.
The body starts breaking down after 30, trust me.
After 30, your body start deteriorating.
Now, what am I supposed to do?
I'm supposed to be attracted to DK?
Probably why she wasn't into you either.
That hurt a little man.
I'm just saying.
You're probably right.
- I've been trying to tell myself LA ain't worse than Texas,
it's just different.
Nobody's average here.
You're either flawless or you're homeless.
Back in Austin, you walk around, you see people
with like a mustard stain on their shirt
and it's okay not to have it all together.
Or, you see someone sulking, kind of dragging their feet
and you know they're going through something.
It's like, "Great, I'm not alone."
But here, everything is picture perfect.
I feel like I'm the only one feeling anything.
You ever hear of the seven deadly sins?
Yeah, with Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt.
Not movie seven, the biblical list.
Yeah, isn't it what's it's based on?
Whatever, seven deadly sins
are the worst sins anybody could ever commit.
Also they can be the most powerful temptation too
and that's on an individual level.
I like to think each city has their own temptations.
Here will be pride.
New York, greed.
Back in Austin,
they call it slacker culture like it's slow.
- And like you said, it's not worse, it's just different.
It sounds like you got a better handle on it than I did.
When I first got out here, I was chasing the dream.
I was chasing the girls.
I was doing a lot of chasing.
Next thing I know, I was on a completely different path
than the one I set off to be.
That's what happens out here, man.
Everybody in LA is like a squirrel trying to get a nut.
You dig and dig, next thing you know, you become the nut.
- I think I know that guy from a show I watch.
- You don't know him, you've seen him before.
There's a difference.
Yeah well, should I say something?
You got something worth saying?
Excuse me, are you Jared Scott?
Sometimes.
Is now one of those times?
Maybe.
I just wanna show some love, man.
I'm a big fan of your show "Turnt".
Your character is always cracking me up.
Nice to meet you.
Hey, what's up?
All right, I came out here to do music actually.
Oh, is he your Director at least?
- He's an actor- - Oh.
That's fucking cold.
Get used to it.
You're gonna run into a lot of famous people.
You're gonna get tricked
into thinking this one conversation gig
is gonna get me closer to that big break.
The sooner you discover
that nobody wants to have that conversation with you,
the better off you'll be.
Oh, it's cool though.
It's not like I was asking for a picture or an autograph.
It's even worse.
I mean, you're an artist, right?
You're desperate, people can sense that.
You're thinking in the back of your head,
"This one conversation can change the rest of my life."
It's a lot of pressure to put on somebody
who's just trying to get a lot of cardio in.
- Yeah, how am I supposed to make these connections?
I just need a cute ass dog?
Look at those legs.
Hey, are you thinking about loosening up
on that no pet policy then?
You like being able to sleep at night?
- There's things you can do at night besides sleep Frank.
Allow those legs to jog your old ass memory.
All right, I'll think about it.
- Hey, what are your plans for the rest of the day?
Anything?
- Just gonna go to the barbershop, get a fresh cut.
That's about it really.
What about you?
Do you mind if I tag along?
I don't feel like getting back and unclogging more toilets.
Sure, but I ain't going to Supercuts.
(upbeat music)
Hey, are you sure this is cool?
We're about to find out.
- Venus or Serena? - I'll take 'em both.
(laughing altogether)
Hey, you know what they say.
They just want...
What's up, man?
- Yo, what's up man? - What's up Reg?
What's up family?
One of 'em gotta have you.
One, one?
Yeah, just the one.
Just one guy, just one guy.
I'll be right on your head.
This is my boy Frank.
- Hey. - Hey Frank,
- how you doing man? - Nice to meet you.
Welcome to the Funhouse man.
All right, we're getting there.
- [Cedric] Anyway. - Run that shit back.
- I'm gonna tell you some shit you don't wanna hear.
- Let's hear it - Here we go.
- Here he go again - Here he go again.
[Cedric] Serena Williams (mumbles).
- Bullshit, you hear this motherfucker right here man?
What that mean?
She playing against white girls.
Kobe playing against niggas.
He got Serena. he got 81 points man.
Hey, it's a team sport man.
Serena gotta wait on the ball,
there's a motherfucker across the net.
It's a net.
You can't touch the opponent.
Kobe gotta spin off a motherfucker,
catch it off the glass.
Ooh, here comes Shaq ducking on the tumble,
take it over the free throw line.
What are you talking about man?
Put some respect on Serena's name.
Stop playing with her like that.
What you think I'm doing?
She wear a catsuit, I respect that.
You know what I think it is?
You're not gonna like this shit.
You're not gonna like it.
I think you got a problem with women.
You goddam right!
I wasn't expecting you to say that shit.
Come on man!
You were supposed to disagree with me nigga.
This is my fucking shop, come on.
It ain't just that.
It's a man's game.
- Listen, it's 'cause she play a White sport.
Well, what the fuck is that?
A White sport?
- It's obvious. - Golf and all that shit.
It's obvious, a White sport
is when you got a White commissioner,
a White owner, White coaches
and then a motherfucker who got a little bit of waves,
he light-skinned, he go an Afro and put his fist in the air.
Everybody get the tripping, White sport.
You've been quiet over there.
What the fuck you think?
Well, I see what he's saying.
White sport is like you see an advertisement,
brought to you by Dick sporting goods.
I got one though, I got one though.
Or a White sport is when you see somebody walking around
with some New Balances.
(laughing altogether)
He got some raggedy ass motherfucking shoes.
Hey, they're comfortable though.
I could get with that.
Hey White boy, you're White, what do you think?
You know you're watching a White sport
when a player fails a drug test and it's not for marijuana.
(laughing altogether)
White boy!
- He got it. - Okay, okay.
Welcome to the shop!
I'm about to dip, man.
All right, playboy.
All right, take care man.
White boy, stay up, peace out.
All right, we got you fresh now man.
Playboy, we back in the streets.
Got you fresh man.
[Richard] Yes sir.
[Reggie] What you been up to man?
- Man you know, it's the same old two step with me, man.
I wish I could say the same, man.
Why can't you though?
Still doing the music thing,
but it just ain't really paying off.
Well, that's what you wanna do.
That's the demo, y'all love that thing.
A report came out.
Hip hop officially the most popular genre in America.
- Yeah, I don't know how I feel about that, man.
Once we go pop, we never go back.
White folks got their hands on it.
They corrupt it, exploit it.
It gets all bastardized.
It becomes some cartoonish image of what they think
is supposed to be.
It loses its soul and its authenticity, man.
It becomes some mockery, man.
I ain't with that shit.
- I don't know if it's a thing for me now, man.
Wait, why is that a bad thing?
Say that again now?
Why is that a bad thing?
Well, it's like what y'all did to blues,
rock and roll, jazz.
Everything starts off as being such a soulistic endeavor
from the Black experience.
It comes from cotton picking, and struggling,
and oppression and genocide.
It's the pain of suffering in the music,
that's how we exonerate ourselves though that pain.
And it becomes mainstream.
White folks take it, it becomes happy, go lucky.
They do the rap when they did the Will Smith.
We're not no happy go lucky people, man.
We feel things deeply.
So do you think it's better
that rap was just dismissed like it was
when it first came out?
It's better if rap stays Black.
Justin Bieber rapping now, what the fuck?
He ain't come from no cotton picking lineage.
They weren't sharecroppers, they weren't getting beat
they weren't getting lynched.
So what the fuck, man?
It don't even sound right.
It don't even feel right.
It's our experience about the struggle
of what we've been through.
It's our Testament to the world through that music
and they're messing it up.
It's factory made now.
- Yeah, it's like it's coming out of a machine or some shit.
- You never even care for rap though right?
- Well I mean, I just remember it being so angry.
And also I remember that song that came out
about the police.
"Fuck the police"?
That was a great song.
We love that song.
Yeah, it's some good shit.
- Well at the time, my friend's father was a police officer
and I had a lot of respect for him
so I really couldn't connect with that message.
But you know what though,
at the time when that song came out,
you got to understand man, the police chief out here,
he was a proponent of hiring cops
who were former Klansman and he was a supreme racist.
And he was implementing killing the Black people
with a headlock, choking them out.
So when I see when N.W.A. made "Fuck the police",
it's because we were getting targeted
and getting killed by the police discriminatorily
and shit was fucked up.
We said enough of this.
So again, we express that through the music,
that's all we got left is the music.
It's our voice.
They stripped everything else off us.
- It's a different perspective man, different culture.
I never really thought of it that way.
- It's a good thing you tagged along today huh?
Yeah, he learned something today.
- Soak it up. - It's like that.
- I don't know about you, but I walked enough.
I'm gonna call an uber.
- I didn't even know you knew how to do that.
Hey hold up, I got a better idea.
(upbeat music)
What do you do?
You just leave 'em here?
Yeah, they get scooped up pretty quick.
- I don't wanna leave 'em in front of the building.
Why not?
Because it draws unwanted attention.
I don't know what kind of people ride these things.
People like us.
Come on, let's go put 'em over there.
So what do we do here?
Just take a picture of it.
Great, I feel a whole lot safer now.
Good thinking Frank.
I enjoyed that.
Those things are fun, man.
You gotta be careful though.
Small bump, you're good,
but medium bump and it's game over.
I wasn't talking about the scooters.
I was talking about the barbershop.
Oh yeah?
Yeah, I didn't get a chance
to have conversations like that too often if ever.
- Honestly, I didn't know I was going to go,
but you was cool so it was cool.
So I been meaning to ask you something.
[Reggie] What's up?
- Remember when I first showed you the place?
[Reggie] Yeah.
And I slipped with the N word.
Yeah.
Why'd you still move in?
I mean, why would you wanna live here?
I thought you'd be long gone?
I mean, what am I supposed to do?
Change my plans every time a White guy says the N word?
I mean, people like you and me didn't always get along.
I know that.
I think it's better to acknowledge it
than to pretend it never happened.
Yeah I mean, that's the way it was.
That's the way it was when I grew up.
It was Whites against Blacks.
That's how people in the street referred to Black people
by the N word.
I didn't think twice about it.
But fortunately I met new people, different places.
I was able to make my own choices,
but that meant reprogramming
and it's still a work in progress, man.
But regardless of how you felt and regardless
of how much you understand, I just needed to apologize.
And I need you to know that I was sorry.
I appreciate that.
You're from a different time, man.
I think you're trying to adjust
and that's the best you can do.
Your generation is less racist
and your parents' generation was less racist
than their parents' generation.
It's slow, but it's progress.
That was the thing, man.
My parents never said that.
I never heard that in the house.
My mother would never allow that.
Yo, what time is it?
Seven o'clock, why, what's up?
I forgot to call my mom.
It's too late now, she's asleep.
I mean, I could just call her tomorrow,
but every Saturday I like to call since I moved out here.
You call her once a week?
- Yeah, I haven't missed one since I got here,
but with everything going on, I guess I forgot.
It's not enough, man.
You gotta call her more.
We go on for a while.
It's a good talk.
- Yeah man, I used to call my mom every day.
I still go to the phone.
How long has it been?
Four years without her.
I used to say, "Ma, hang in there."
"It's gonna happen,"
"It's gonna happen."
I just wanted to take care of her, man.
But I left them.
I left everybody.
I had a plan.
I wanted to get these things done.
I wanted to take care of her.
You leave everything, you know and love, man.
Next thing you know man, they're all gone.
Parents are gone.
Your friends are gone.
And here I am still chasing the dream.
And for what?
Even if that happens now, who am I gonna share it with?
Take it from me man,
know what's important to you before it's too late (crying).
♪ Who do you think you are ♪
[Man On TV] What a relief.
Hey just think, tomorrow at dawn,
you'll be coming up out of the water with the treasure.
Have a big sumptuous wedding.
- [Harold] Yeah, dancing girls, coconut frappes,
music, oh boy.
Hey, how am I gonna come up with the treasure?
- [Man On TV] Because you're going down for it.
[Harold] Oh, I see.
Wait a minute, not me!
No, I even get the bends when I'm ducking for apples
You're the diver.
[Man On TV] I'm the diver?
[Harold] Yeah, you're the diver.
[Man On TV] Oh Harold, you don't know
what this means to me.
This is the nicest thing you've ever done.
Letting me be Lola's number one boy.
Well, this changes everything.
[Harold] I thought I was Lola's boy?
[Man On TV] You were, but you resigned.
So now I go down a pauper and I come up a prince.
[Harold] Oh no you don't.
That's the way it's gonna be,
I'm going to be dunked.
- [Man On TV] Oh no, no, no, I can't let you do it.
It's too dangerous.
- [Harold] Ha, I laugh at danger, ha, ha, ha.
[Man On TV] Okay, if you insist.
You get the jewels, you get the princess, goodnight.
Oh, sorry man.
I was trying not to wake you.
It's all good.
Tenants be calling you on Sundays too?
Yes they do, but not today.
At least not yet anyway.
I'm on my way to church actually.
I forgot that was still a thing.
I take it you won't be coming with me?
Is it one of them churches
where you got to eat the body of Christ?
I got a pretty serious gluten intolerance.
Are you saying you're allergic to Jesus?
It's how God made me.
- No, you don't have to worry about communion.
I'm running a little late so by the time we get there,
mass will be over and most likely it'll just be us.
All right, I'll go.
I could use some heaven points just in case,
you never know.
Good idea.
(mid tempo music)
You know how great you gotta be
for people to think that you're the Son of God?
That's the only logical explanation
is you're the Son of God.
Well, He is the son of God.
- Either way, He got people believing He's the Son of God.
If I saw Jesus curing a blind I'd think,
"All right, I found my eye doctor."
But I'm not gonna think God messed around and had a kid,
that's another level.
- He did a lot more than just cure the blind you know?
I know, He was so great,
He convinced people He's got God's DNA.
I could never do that.
I'm never gonna be that great.
I mean, I'm trying
I'm really trying.
I think I might just be a regular guy Frank.
There's nothing wrong with that, man.
There's nothing wrong with that at all.
(car doors slam shut)
Let's go see a movie.
I told you I don't go to the movies.
- I know, but with all due respect man, that's just stupid.
Excuse me?
- You moved out here 'cause you love movies
and maybe you didn't become the next Al Pacino,
but it doesn't mean it was a waste.
- I usually get Pesci, but I'm fine being Pacino.
Just tell me you're happy being Frank.
(cell phone ringing)
It's Maya.
What are you waiting for?
Hey, what's up?
[Maya] Hey, where are you?
We should talk.
I'm hanging out with Frank.
- [Maya] Frank, the apartment manager seriously?
For real, where are you?
[Maya] Well, I'm at home now.
- I thought you were supposed to shoot another day.
- [Maya] I was, but something happened, it's whatever.
- I'll be home soon if you wanna talk about it.
[Maya] Okay, sure.
Okay, bye.
What's up?
She's back.
It's what you were waiting for isn't it?
Yeah.
- Well, you can't go back looking like that.
What's the problem?
This could be it man.
What do you mean?
This could be the end.
We didn't exactly leave on the best terms.
And I've been able to keep it out of my mind thanks to you,
but it's time to face the music.
I'm not sure I'm gonna like what I hear.
Listen, you're a good man.
Just tell her how you feel about her.
She'll see that.
I thought you were a rapper.
What does that have to do with anything?
I thought you'd be a little
more comfortable expressing yourself.
Rap is like poetry isn't it?
Yeah.
Why don't you write her a love rap?
A love rap?
No man, that's not what I do.
What do you do?
- I just rap man what I'm feeling, what I'm thinking.
Not love rap stuff.
[Frank] Like what?
I kind of been working
on this thing over the weekend in my head,
but it's rap man.
It's not for you.
Give it a shot.
Let's hear it.
♪ You can keep the fame ♪
♪ Just hand me the fortune ♪
♪ Every man is important ♪
♪ I don't have to be Jordan ♪
♪ I'm happy just scoring ♪
♪ 'Cause fame seem actually boring ♪
♪ Everywhere you go they all know it's you ♪
♪ I think it's hopeless to wanna be noticed ♪
♪ After they noticed you ♪
♪ Then what you supposed to do ♪
♪ Yeah I'm trying to be well-known ♪
♪ But when knowledge is self ♪
♪ Like everyone else ♪
♪ I'm gonna end up as a book ♪
♪ On the top of the shelf ♪
♪ Collecting the dust ♪
♪ It's embedded in us ♪
♪ If you love it when they're adoring ya ♪
♪ You're gonna hate it when they're ignoring ya ♪
♪ Quick fast euphoria ♪
♪ Seek transit Gloria ♪
Come on man, you can't do me like that.
You gotta say something.
You're gonna be just fine.
(car engine roaring)
(door slams shut)
So good luck in there.
Don't mess this up.
You're gonna wind up like me.
Come on man, don't scare me like that.
Thank you for everything.
- It's all good, man. (mid tempo music)
- Hey, good thing is you're getting out of that movie.
We'll see.
Hey.
When did you get back?
Like an hour ago.
Did y'all rap early or what happened?
Like you care.
- Look, I've been going through my own things.
The music thing ain't happening like I thought it would
And I guess I built my ego up
so I wouldn't feel too down about it,
but that's not working either
'cause it's getting in the way
of me making memories with you.
So I don't know what to do, but I do know
that loving you is the greatest thing I've ever done.
And if it's the greatest thing I ever do,
it's more than enough for me.
I'm sorry and if it's cool with you,
I'll be there next time.
That's sweet babe,
but I really don't want you to give up on your dreams.
I won't, I just got some dreams
that have already come true.
I don't wanna forget that again.
Okay, what got into you?
Did you have some near death experience while I was gone?
- No, I've been hanging out with Frank actually.
- Seriously, that's basically the same thing.
He's really not so bad.
We were supposed to go to the movies when you called.
You should come.
He hasn't been to the theater in like 20 years.
Yeah, I'll pass.
Come on, he's my friend I think.
Fine, let's see what this hype is about.
When are you going?
Whenever you tell me about your weekend.
I saw that posts on IG.
It looked like you and your Coachella boyfriend
was getting pretty cozy.
Who, DJ?
Yeah, DJ's pretty great.
He always knew exactly what to say to cheer me up.
Oh yeah?
Yeah, such a doll.
It's too bad he's gay though
'cause we looked so good together (chuckling).
Babe, you don't have to worry about anything.
We're in this together, okay?
(gentle music)
(dramatic music)
(upbeat music)
(Frank laughing)
(upbeat music)