Confronting Race on the First Date
Modern Love
The New York Times
4.3 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Jericho. |
| 0:02.0 | Hi there. |
| 0:04.0 | If you have your story in front of you? |
| 0:06.0 | Yeah, sure. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm trying to sound like it's not 8.30 in the morning. |
| 0:12.0 | Yeah, thank you for telling me to us. |
| 0:14.0 | Are you in Australia? |
| 0:16.0 | I am. |
| 0:18.0 | Okay. |
| 0:20.0 | Okay. |
| 0:22.0 | Manic Pixie Real Girl. |
| 0:26.0 | The first time I've ever seen a girl in a movie, |
| 0:28.0 | I felt a hot shame. |
| 0:30.0 | My unique rebellion suddenly seemed small. |
| 0:32.0 | My attempts at self-definition, in vain. |
| 0:36.0 | I wasn't complex. |
| 0:38.0 | I was caricature. |
| 0:40.0 | Always an object, never a subject. |
| 0:42.0 | Worst, I loved someone who needed me to stay that way. |
| 0:46.0 | A man who needed me to remain a fantasy forever out of reach. |
| 0:50.0 | I was a man who needed me to stay that way. |
| 0:54.0 | I was a man who needed me to remain a fantasy forever out of reach. |
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