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Follow three best friends navigating everyday life on Maui. Encounter identity crisis, understand late-stage capitalism through the price of Musubi, and learn how to survive the cost of living in paradise while keeping a smile on your face --- qnwe-76q7_giwg-e43j
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00:00I feel like if I had a human hamster bubble ball and rolled it down Haleakala, I could get the puksu.
00:08Yeah, you'd roll straight down the side and not somewhere near.
00:11No, no. What if I lean into the turns?
00:13You'd be moving too fast.
00:15Actually, if you built berms for the turns, maybe.
00:18Si.
00:19But there's a lot of flats in Haleakala.
00:21Si. I could run the flats out.
00:24Okay, if you had berms and you run the flats out, then maybe.
00:30Maybe.
00:33No, but what about traffic and officer's side?
00:36Alright, well, if he uses the berms and he runs the flats and we block traffic and look out for officer's side, I think he can.
00:44But that's a lot.
00:45Yeah.
00:46Plus, I get plenty of days here.
00:49Yeah, you know what? You were a gymnast.
00:53I'm a gymnast now.
00:54Yeah.
00:55I don't know how about that.
00:56Yeah, a gymnast.
01:02Hey, hey, guys.
01:03Wait.
01:04No, no, no.
01:05It's okay.
01:06Do you guys need anything?
01:08Anything?
01:09Like a genie?
01:10He's not a genie.
01:11Are you?
01:12I mean, kinda, yeah.
01:14You like green bottles?
01:16Free green bottles?
01:17Say genie.
01:18I do like green bottles.
01:19On a boat?
01:20Yes.
01:22With free poopoos?
01:24What are you selling?
01:25Dreams.
01:26Dreams of a lifetime.
01:29Once a week, every year, for your entire lifetime.
01:32But dreams.
01:33Oh, jeez.
01:34Wait.
01:35You're not a genie.
01:37You're an OPC.
01:39How many green bottles are we talking here?
01:40As many as you can drink.
01:42They're free.
01:43Are the poopoos free too?
01:44As many as you can eat.
01:46No, guys.
01:47Nothing is free.
01:49Free food.
01:50And drinks.
01:52Look.
01:53It's simple.
01:54If you guys get through the presentation,
01:56I will make sure that you get a free cruise
01:58and all you can eat
02:00and all you can drink.
02:04And 50 bucks.
02:0650 dollars?
02:08Yeah, and gift certificates for select locations
02:10that you probably wouldn't want to eat at.
02:12Or drink at.
02:13But yeah, 50 bucks.
02:16Hold on.
02:17If we get all that, what do you get?
02:20Look.
02:21I'll be up front.
02:22I get paid on commission.
02:24I get 200 dollars for every tour I book.
02:27200 dollars?
02:28For each of us?
02:29It would be more of a family.
02:31You guys would be the parents.
02:33Ew.
02:34Why ew?
02:35Why is that ew?
02:36And he would...
02:38He would be the father.
02:41He would be the...
02:43child.
02:45That's a big boy.
02:46Who would buy that?
02:47They don't care.
02:49It's a numbers game.
02:51You go to the presentation.
02:53You get the free cruise.
02:55And 50 bucks each.
02:56You said that.
02:57And gift certificates, yes.
03:00Deal?
03:01Deal.
03:04Take this and give it to the receptionist
03:07when you get there.
03:10Okay.
03:16Hop in, suckas.
03:24Here we are.
03:25Where paradise is sold.
04:11You guys buy something,
04:13I'll come back and pick you guys up.
04:15If not,
04:16there's a bus stop at the mall.
04:33Yeah, we were sent here to do a presentation of some sort.
04:36So we can go on the free all-you-can-eat boat ride?
04:39This is my lover.
04:40And this is our son.
04:41Yeah.
04:42He's adopted.
04:47Okay, um...
04:49Hold up a sec.
04:57Did she fight?
04:58No, she didn't fight.
04:59What is going on?
05:04Hi, hello.
05:06How's it...
05:08Ah, right.
05:09I know you guys were sent here by Billy,
05:12our outside public contact.
05:14He was an OPC.
05:17Right, OPC.
05:18That stands for outside public contact.
05:22Told you he wasn't a genie.
05:24Correct, he certainly wasn't.
05:26But, how do I put this?
05:29We don't offer incentives to the local community.
05:34Why not?
05:37Look, um...
05:39I'd be happy to get you a sandwich at our snack area,
05:42and we'll get you a ride.
05:44You know, back to your side of the island.
05:46Our side?
05:47What kind of sandwich is this?
05:48No.
05:49We came here in good faith that we would fulfill our obligation,
05:52and you would honor yours.
05:54I've never been on a boat before.
05:56Joseph never had all he could eat.
05:58I mean, he tried how many dumplings?
06:00Forty-five.
06:01See? But they shut him off.
06:02Look, it's just, um...
06:03Look, this is why you get such a bad rap, okay?
06:06Always giving to the tourists and taking from the locals.
06:10Come on.
06:11You don't take no for an answer, do you?
06:13Right? That's a good thing.
06:15Can I ask, have you ever been in sales?
06:18What? You won't give me the same thing they're going to give,
06:21but you'll give me a job?
06:22Sales agents make really good money.
06:25I like your job.
06:26Can you sell anything to anyone?
06:31Yeah.
06:32Me too.
06:34Well...
06:35Are you offering us all jobs right now?
06:38Who?
06:39Interviews.
06:40Right now, whoever can convince me that you can sell,
06:45you got a job.
06:47How much?
06:48It's commissioned,
06:49but the lowest paid agent last month made $7,000.
06:54Not bad.
06:55That's the most I've ever made on the piss farm.
06:57That is a lot of money.
06:59Am I right?
07:00He's never had a job.
07:01Listen, being a good salesperson,
07:03it's just something that's in you.
07:05You never know, this might be your calling.
07:07Come here, and we'll go to the viewing room,
07:09and I'll see you one by one.
07:11Come on.
07:19Here you are.
07:21Wait here.
07:27When they said viewing room,
07:28I thought there was going to be a dead body in here.
07:31Snacks!
07:34Guys, I don't think I belong here.
07:36You did fine.
07:37This actually could be a great job for us.
07:41I've never done this before, you know?
07:43An interview is just like talking story with your uncle.
07:46You just tell them everything you think they want to hear,
07:48even though sometimes you have no idea what they're talking about.
07:52Who wants to go first?
07:56Damn.
07:57Why not?
08:04You're checking me out?
08:06Sort of.
08:08Everybody's got hot buttons
08:10as to why they will buy or won't buy.
08:13You look good,
08:14and a man's going to be going for his wallet
08:16before you can even say hello.
08:18You look too good,
08:19and his wife is going to grab his wallet
08:21and make sure you can't even make eye contact.
08:24Happy wife, happy life.
08:26You're a good salesperson.
08:28You're a good salesperson.
08:30You're a good salesperson.
08:32Happy life.
08:34Well?
08:35That's not going to be a problem.
08:38Here.
08:41Sell me this pen.
08:48It's a nice sunset, huh?
08:50Yeah.
08:51Plus, all you can eat.
08:59And that's how it writes.
09:01All that for five hundred dollars.
09:05No.
09:07Please?
09:08Nope.
09:09Four hundred?
09:11No way.
09:12Three.
09:13Two.
09:15Okay, fine.
09:17One hundred dollars.
09:19Seventy-five, and you've got a deal.
09:21Deal. Done.
09:23Okay, thank you very much.
09:25So what?
09:27Did I pass?
09:28Did I get the job?
09:30It's a five hundred dollar pen.
09:32And you just sold it to me for seventy-five.
09:35That's what I said the first time.
09:37Sorry.
09:39Come on.
09:40Door's over there.
09:51Who's next?
09:57Okay, guys.
10:00Here I go.
10:03Wish me luck.
10:05Luck?
10:08Don't go under five hundred.
10:16You didn't get the job?
10:17If you never get the job, I'm not going to get the job.
10:19Why am I even here?
10:20I blew it.
10:21I should have stuck to what I thought was right.
10:24You can do this.
10:27Want some?
10:30Lost my appetite.
10:33So you want me to sell you your pen?
10:36But we're pretending it's not my pen in this moment.
10:40But it's your pen already.
10:42But not in this moment. You understand?
10:47It looks expensive.
10:49How does it write?
10:52You tell me.
10:56You get paper.
11:26I don't have time for this.
11:56Final offer.
12:02I need water.
12:04Get me a coffee.
12:06I'm dying here.
12:12Mr. and Mrs. Cook, I'm Landon, taken from you.
12:15You can call me Landon.
12:17May I call you by your first names?
12:19I'm Bob, and this is my wife, Mary.
12:20Well, Bob and Mary, thank you very much for joining us at the resort.
12:23At the end of this presentation, I feel you'll see just how easy it is to own this beautiful island.
12:42Hey, Kimo!
12:48Hot, hot, hot water!
12:51I'm so hot!
13:01It's too hot!
13:04No, no, no, please!
13:06Harder! Harder! Harder!
13:08Why? Why?
13:10I think it's healthy. I think it's healthy.
13:13Stop!
13:21Okay.
13:23I'm in.
13:25Sign us up!
13:27Get in here.
13:30Excuse me.
13:38Son, I don't know what the hell you think you were doing out there.
13:42That kind of disruption can break the timing, the flow of everything.
13:48These presentations have been carefully crafted by psychologists, sales professionals, and charlatans the like.
13:57I'm sorry, I just...
13:59No, no, no, stop.
14:01What you just did out there is better than anything the scholars have ever done for our numbers.
14:08Are charlatans scholars?
14:10You know, I'm going out on a limb here, but I think I'm going to bring back a position that we discontinued years ago for you.
14:19How would you like to be our new cultural advisor?
14:24Cultural...
14:26You bring in the Hawaiian haka stuff, get people's blood flowing.
14:31You know, teach people about the real power of the islands with that dance you just did.
14:38And we're going to sell a crap ton of Hawaii.
14:40A job?
14:42That's right. And I'll even start you at $15 an hour.
14:45$15?
14:47Wow. Is that minimum wage?
14:50You're right. $17 an hour. It's expensive to live on the islands, am I right?
14:55I don't know. This is great and all, you know, bringing the Hawaiian culture to the haulers.
15:00We like to call them returning owners.
15:04Sure. But I've got to come all the way from upcountry.
15:08Okay, $20 an hour.
15:10About an hour to work. Mornings on the poly go too bad, but going back can get kind of tricky.
15:15I probably should have brought you in for one of the sales jobs.
15:19$25 an hour. It's the best I can offer.
15:24Shoots?
15:29You don't get the resorts nude.
15:31Called you my wife.
15:33You got a job.
15:35You guys made me ink.
15:41So how are we going to get home?
15:43I don't know.
15:46Hey, bro.
15:48Great Hulu or whatever.
15:50I mean, got me a sale.
15:52They were totally going to buy before you did that.
15:55So, you know, whatever.
15:58Just hit bonus.
16:01Puts me over $30,000 for the month.
16:04$30,000 a month?
16:06$30k?
16:07I just got a new bit of tip cuz.
16:10How much are you going to make?
16:12$25?
16:13A month?
16:16Hi, Ivo.
16:18Don't forget your uniform.
16:20Gotta look official tomorrow.
16:22Official? Nice.
16:24Try them on.
16:26I want to surprise my mom.
16:30Get in, suckers.
16:50Oh, hey, Ma.
17:06Check this out.
17:08What the hell am I checking out?
17:10I got a job.
17:12Doing what?
17:13Jumping out of cakes?
17:15No.
17:16I'm the new cultural advisor for the resort.
17:18Oh, yeah?
17:19I would culturally advise you
17:21to change out of that crap
17:23before your grandfather will wake up from his grave
17:25and slap your head.
17:29Ma, I'm trying.
17:34Son, I'm proud of you,
17:37but cultural advisor?
17:40That's a serious job.
17:42I know that.
17:43I mean, you got all these jobs
17:45and I'm just here mooching off you.
17:47I like up out too.
17:50Look, I work hard, yeah,
17:53but I love what I do.
17:55I know my jobs don't pay that much,
17:58but they make me feel good.
18:02I know you want me here forever,
18:04but I'm almost 30, Ma.
18:07I just think,
18:09I know this is silly,
18:11but maybe I can, you know,
18:14just teach our culture,
18:16our history to these people
18:18that don't know anything, you know?
18:20I'm still learning too,
18:21but maybe I can teach, you know?
18:25In this?
18:27I gotta try.
18:29Yeah, okay.
18:31Get some rest, boy.
18:33Yeah.
18:46♪♪♪
18:56♪♪♪
19:01♪♪♪
19:11Hey, boy, don't be such a square.
19:13Come dance with us.
19:15No, no, no, I gotta study my own lolo.
19:17Oh, lolo shmalelo.
19:19That stuff's a drag. Come on.
19:21♪♪♪
19:26Hey, guys, what you doing?
19:28Dancing.
19:30It's such a beautiful day.
19:32Beautiful day.
19:38The ocean is so perfect in Hawaii.
19:41Guaranteed whales.
19:43Guaranteed whales.
19:45♪♪♪
19:50Come on.
19:52♪♪♪
19:55Isn't this beach amazing?
19:58Howdy.
20:00Hi, Donnie.
20:02You can own the island.
20:04Own the island.
20:07Don't be a square.
20:10♪♪♪
20:15♪♪♪
20:20♪♪♪
20:25Hey, Timo!
20:35Eat up.
20:37Yeah, eat up.
20:39You're gonna need plenty of energy
20:41if you're gonna show those tourists who we really are.
20:44Oh, brother, what's under your kilt?
20:47Well, please tell me you're not going commando.
20:49Hey, keep that conch shell where it is.
20:52You're not gonna see anything?
20:54I mean, you'll see something.
20:56I mean, we all seen it, but...
20:58I couldn't see it.
20:59We don't need to see it now.
21:01♪♪♪
21:06♪♪♪
21:11♪♪♪
21:16♪♪♪
21:21♪♪♪
21:26♪♪♪
21:31You look great.
21:32You ready?
21:33You know...
21:35Move!
21:38Come with me.
21:45Aloha!
21:48Our ancestors' journey to these islands
21:50that became known as Hawaii was long and hard.
21:53We suffered many hardships
21:55and fought many battles to form our beautiful culture.
22:18Our ancestors' journey to these islands
22:20that became known as Hawaii was long and hard.
22:23We suffered many hardships
22:25and fought many battles to form our beautiful culture.
22:28We suffered many hardships
22:30and fought many battles to form our beautiful culture.
22:33Our ancestors' journey to these islands
22:35that became known as Hawaii was long and hard.
22:38Loosely translated...
22:43Take this grass skirt and shove it.
22:49How's that for your haka?
22:51Yahoo!
23:05Hawaiian?
23:07Yes, sir.
23:08Bruh, that takes some big bala bolas.
23:10That's not wasaka.
23:12Bruh, just stay true to yourself.
23:14Keep it real.
23:15Automatic.
23:17What, mahana time?
23:19It's about time.
23:20Let's go.
23:21Give me the key.
23:23Come on.
23:25You can't drive.
23:29Hurry, I'm hungry.
23:31Onward!
23:47Onward!
24:17Onward!
24:47At that time you see we could get lost
24:50We could get lost
24:54We could get
25:00Them island breeze
25:02Them island breeze
25:05Slippers, no shoes
25:06He pocchi for the cruise
25:08Free dive with a tree palm
25:11Say green bottles to the air
25:13My ken a fully pumping
25:15You got me surfing till my eyes are red
25:18Oh, oh, fire in the sky
25:21Oh, oh, give thanks for this life
25:25Oh, grateful to the end
25:27Intimate with the infinite
25:30Yeah, maybe you and me sit right by the sea
25:34Wanna get lost in some island breeze
25:37Fish for them fish from the Atlantic Sea
25:41We could get lost, we could get lost
25:44Maybe you and me sit right by the sea
25:47Wanna get lost in some island breeze
25:51Fish for them fish from the Atlantic Sea
25:54We could get lost, we could get lost
25:57Maybe you and me sit right by the sea
26:00Wanna get lost in some island breeze
26:04Fish for them fish from the Atlantic Sea
26:07We could get lost, we could get lost
26:10Maybe you and me sit right by the sea
26:14And we get lost in some island breeze
26:17Feast for them fields, for next time you see
26:20We could get lost, we could get lost
26:24Said we could get, yeah we could get
26:27Yeah we could get caught in a island breeze
26:30Said we could get, yeah we could get
26:35Caught in a island breeze
26:37Said we could get, yeah we could get
26:40Said we could get caught in an I.M.P.
26:43Said we could get, yeah we could get
26:46We could get caught in an I.M.P.
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