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When a gay fashion stylist works with a renowned foreign actor, they both embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Director & Writer
Ray Yeung
Stars
Jake Choi, James Chen, Jennie Page
Subs: English
Director & Writer
Ray Yeung
Stars
Jake Choi, James Chen, Jennie Page
Subs: English
Category
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Short filmTranscript
00:02:01Oh, thank you.
00:02:03Hey, Dan.
00:02:04Are you Francesca here yet?
00:02:05Oh, she can't come.
00:02:06She has to go to the hospital.
00:02:07What the fuck?
00:02:08Don't worry.
00:02:09I'll take care of it.
00:02:14Janet?
00:02:15Good morning, sweetheart.
00:02:17Morning.
00:02:19You said vampire on a ski slope, right?
00:02:23It's not finished, darling.
00:02:25I've still got to wear the blue highlights to achieve out.
00:02:28See?
00:02:29No, it's just too geisha to go. I'm sorry.
00:02:32Bloody hell.
00:02:33Let me see what else I've got.
00:02:34Oh, is Gulag ready yet?
00:02:36I'm just trying on the first.
00:02:40Which one?
00:02:41Um, let's see.
00:02:43Yeah, we'll have a go with this right here, okay?
00:02:46Actually, hold on.
00:02:54Janet.
00:02:56Can you cut this pattern and put it on a face like this?
00:02:59And I was on the other side, too.
00:03:09That looks like an allergic reaction.
00:03:11Oh, no.
00:03:13Why didn't you tell us you were allergic to fur?
00:03:14This has never happened before.
00:03:16You think she's enjoying this?
00:03:17We are screwed.
00:03:20Tim, let's change bottles.
00:03:22No, no, no. We're not changing anything.
00:03:23The client wants her.
00:03:24She's going to wear the fur, all right?
00:03:26Just wear the fur.
00:03:27You can't make her wear it.
00:03:28Look, go see the doctor immediately, okay?
00:03:30Are you kidding?
00:03:30She's not going anywhere.
00:03:31But she might get permanent scars.
00:03:33This is my decision.
00:03:34If she goes, I'm going to sue you.
00:03:36And you.
00:03:37I'll handle it, okay?
00:03:38You go now, all right?
00:03:39Did you hear what I said?
00:03:40Yes, I did.
00:03:44I'm fucked.
00:03:48Fuck.
00:03:55Are you all right?
00:03:56I screwed up the last shoot, too.
00:04:00My boss said this is my last shot.
00:04:06Good luck, darling.
00:04:07Could you be an angel?
00:04:18Beautiful.
00:04:19Beautiful.
00:04:21Haunting.
00:04:24Melancholic.
00:04:40Super.
00:04:48Oh, hey, Eddie.
00:04:50Hi.
00:04:51How was it?
00:04:52Hunting.
00:04:52Beautiful.
00:04:54Melancholic.
00:04:54Super.
00:04:56Oh, Francesca wants to talk to you.
00:04:58It's going to be about the Maywee cover.
00:05:10The Maywee cover, I'm going to give it to Eddie.
00:05:12What?
00:05:13But you promised me this issue.
00:05:15Stop whining.
00:05:16I've got something better for you.
00:05:19This is a perfect match.
00:05:21Here.
00:05:24Who's this?
00:05:27Qui Xiaoning.
00:05:28What?
00:05:30Qui?
00:05:30Chi?
00:05:31How do you say it?
00:05:33I don't know.
00:05:34Who is this?
00:05:35He's an up-and-coming actor in China.
00:05:37Don't you know him?
00:05:40So, James is his PR.
00:05:42And he said his film is getting a lot of buzz in the festival circuit.
00:05:46And he needs a makeover.
00:05:48Desperately, as you can probably tell.
00:05:49Well, I'll just give it to Eddie.
00:05:51Now, he only wants to work with a Chinese person.
00:05:54What?
00:05:54That's crazy.
00:05:56You have no idea how much his pain is.
00:05:58Now, that's crazy.
00:05:59And it's all in cash.
00:06:29Oh, God.
00:06:31The story is very powerful.
00:06:33This thing might actually turn out to be huge.
00:06:36Let's be realistic.
00:06:37How big can a Chinese movie get?
00:06:40Crouching Tiger?
00:06:41Joy Luck Club?
00:06:43Yeah.
00:06:44And?
00:06:44What else?
00:06:46Kung Fu Panda!
00:06:52Come here, Mrs.
00:06:58Excuse me.
00:07:05I can't believe she gave the cover to Eddie.
00:07:08I didn't get it because I'm Asian.
00:07:10You'll get it one day.
00:07:12Yeah, what if I don't?
00:07:18Maybe my parents are right.
00:07:19In America, Chinese people should only be doctors.
00:07:24Believe me, you would have made a crappy doctor.
00:07:28Yeah, well, at least they'd be proud.
00:07:31Come on, you're not sleeping on the streets.
00:07:33I'm almost 30.
00:07:35You know?
00:07:36And what do I have to show for it?
00:07:40A bunch of designer clothes and a couple of spreads and some B-level magazines?
00:07:44Stop feeling sorry for yourself.
00:07:47You're hard working.
00:07:48You're talented.
00:07:50And bitchy.
00:07:51Perfect for the fashion world.
00:07:56Okay, no problem.
00:07:58Okay, okay, okay.
00:07:59Okay, thank you.
00:08:00See you later.
00:08:02We're done.
00:08:05Pardon?
00:08:08Oh.
00:08:10He's waiting for us in the restaurant.
00:08:13And why does he not want to go to the Moxie Club?
00:08:17Well, it's his first time in America.
00:08:20I guess he feels homesick.
00:08:23Does he even speak English?
00:08:26Perfectly.
00:08:26His mother is a translator for the government.
00:08:31And, um, how long is he here for?
00:08:34Well, he extended his trip because the first stylist didn't work out.
00:08:39What, I'm a replacement?
00:08:41Mm-hmm.
00:08:42What happened with the first one?
00:08:44You said you didn't know anything about Chinese culture.
00:08:49It's a styling job, not a history lesson.
00:08:51Well, actually, driver, stop here, please.
00:08:56Uh, the restaurant is just down this alley.
00:09:02James, you gotta come with me.
00:09:03He said he prefers to meet you alone.
00:09:05My orders.
00:09:05Who does he think he is?
00:09:06Mousy Dong?
00:09:09God knows.
00:09:09All right, let's go.
00:09:10Oh God.
00:09:11You need to, uh.
00:09:24I'm certain.
00:09:28Wait for you.
00:09:32What's happened to me?
00:09:34Oh, God.
00:09:45Hi, it's Chi?
00:09:48Mmm.
00:09:50Say hi.
00:09:51Oh, Lion.
00:09:52Yes, Ryan, with an R.
00:09:55I said the same thing. Lion.
00:10:06You don't look Chinese.
00:10:08Oh, why? Thank you.
00:10:10Yeah, some people think I'm half Caucasian.
00:10:14It's ABC.
00:10:17American borrow Chinese.
00:10:20Pardon me?
00:10:22Like the pandas borrow from China.
00:10:26He's like the Pananda.
00:10:29It's my potato.
00:10:30It's so sweet.
00:10:31Come here, come here.
00:10:35It's so sweet.
00:10:36Oh, my daughter is very holy.
00:10:39We're going to have a dinner.
00:10:43This is for you.
00:10:44It's for you.
00:10:45It's for you.
00:10:46It's for you.
00:10:48I'm sorry.
00:10:50Eat.
00:10:52Eat.
00:10:52Get down.
00:10:53Eat.
00:10:53Okay.
00:11:01This recipe says nothing.
00:11:05It's for you.
00:11:13Oh, my gosh.
00:11:14My gosh.
00:11:15I like to take off the ice.
00:11:18All right.
00:11:25I can manage, thank you.
00:11:30No, you eat.
00:11:34Look, Mr. Qi, we're here to talk about your styling.
00:11:37So let's just...
00:11:38No, we meet at my place tomorrow.
00:11:41Why don't we just talk here?
00:11:43What Chinese say, eat, no talk, sleep, no speak.
00:11:47Now, no work, we enjoy it.
00:11:50Let's go.
00:12:20Let's go.
00:12:30Let's go.
00:12:32Let's go.
00:12:34Let's go.
00:12:35Let's go.
00:12:36Let's go.
00:12:46Let's go.
00:12:48Let's go.
00:12:55Hey Lion.
00:12:59Come, come, come.
00:13:00Hey Lion.
00:13:01I don't want to play.
00:13:04You know, I didn't know you guys were having a party.
00:13:08I'll just come back next time.
00:13:09No, no, don't worry.
00:13:10We do not.
00:13:20So.
00:13:22Well, you'll have.
00:13:24Okay, so since this is your first shoot
00:13:26and we're introducing you to the US public,
00:13:28I think something like that.
00:13:49Mr. Bing, huh?
00:13:57I'll take that. I'll take this.
00:13:59You know, we could just meet in my office tomorrow.
00:14:08Hey.
00:14:10I can really just come back another time.
00:14:11I thought you want to get to know one another,
00:14:13play much young, drink wine,
00:14:15so we can be朋友.
00:14:18Friends.
00:14:19Hey.
00:14:22I like working with朋友.
00:14:27Yeah.
00:14:30No, of course.
00:14:32It's just that, um,
00:14:34I'm not a very social person.
00:14:36So...
00:14:37We're both Chinese,
00:14:39we should help each other.
00:14:41Right or not?
00:14:47Mm-hmm.
00:14:48Yeah.
00:14:48Yeah.
00:15:01My father.
00:15:10Take him before June 4th.
00:15:13June 4th?
00:15:14Uh, you call Tiananmen Square incident in West.
00:15:23Um...
00:15:24Was he involved in the massacre?
00:15:26I mean, um...
00:15:29Was he killed?
00:15:32No.
00:15:33My father is in the army.
00:15:35He was one of the first to enter the square.
00:15:46Do you know much about June 4th?
00:15:51Um...
00:15:51Yeah, I mean, I was young at the time,
00:15:54but, uh...
00:15:55I remember the kids at school would...
00:15:58ask me if I was a communist.
00:16:03It's...
00:16:05Well, when I was 14,
00:16:06I was questioned by tourists.
00:16:10Found out the world,
00:16:12so China is very different.
00:16:15So, I think my style
00:16:18should be very Chinese.
00:16:20Because China is not poor anymore.
00:16:22We are much stronger.
00:16:24So, I don't want to wear those Western-style clothes.
00:16:27I want to represent the new China.
00:16:31Can you do that line?
00:16:33For the new China?
00:16:40Yeah, I was down, China down.
00:16:44Like I met the opium queen.
00:16:48Baby-faced girl from Shanghai.
00:16:51Never smile and never cry.
00:16:54She now rules the underworld down in Chinatown.
00:17:02She runs all the opium dam down in Chinatown.
00:17:10Bring her your gold, bring her your worries.
00:17:14And when life gets a bit too dreary to stay.
00:17:21Give her a ring to the queen of Chinatown.
00:17:25Give her a ring to the queen of Chinatown.
00:17:26Oh, my God!
00:17:30Ah, Monsieur!
00:17:35Hey, your office is very small.
00:17:37Well, it certainly feels cramped now.
00:17:39Do you guys always travel in a group?
00:17:41Oh, my fans are more women.
00:17:43They're very important.
00:17:44I need women.
00:17:45Tell me what to think.
00:17:47Hmm.
00:17:48Okay.
00:17:50Hmm.
00:17:51Here.
00:17:52Try this on, please.
00:17:54Alright?
00:17:55The fitting rooms are outside.
00:17:56What are they?
00:17:57I'm only interested in the concept, okay?
00:17:59And if it works out,
00:18:01we can specially design a pair for you made with real silk.
00:18:03I want to look strong and manly.
00:18:05And if we get them tailored,
00:18:07you will look strong and manly.
00:18:09He looks like he's in bed.
00:18:13Or come to bed with me because I'm hot.
00:18:16Hot?
00:18:17Yeah.
00:18:18Sexy.
00:18:20Alright, look.
00:18:21Asian men are rarely seen as sex symbols in this country.
00:18:24Okay?
00:18:24So we're trying something new and refreshing here.
00:18:27He said what?
00:18:29Don't listen to him.
00:18:30Look, just try it on.
00:18:31It's not gonna kill you.
00:18:40Hey, how's this one?
00:18:43Good.
00:18:44Good.
00:18:45Good.
00:18:45I like it.
00:18:47Oh, the trash.
00:18:48Come.
00:18:50Come.
00:18:53Um, too tight?
00:18:56Yeah, suppose small.
00:18:57Well, at least try the pants on.
00:18:59Here.
00:19:00I asked my girlfriend.
00:19:02What?
00:19:02Your girlfriend?
00:19:03Why?
00:19:04I want her to say.
00:19:05No, no, keep it on.
00:19:06Let me just take a picture.
00:19:09Where are you going?
00:19:11You guys coming back?
00:19:39What?
00:19:39Shouldn't you be asleep?
00:19:40Your baby can't live off caffeine.
00:19:42What the fuck did you do this time?
00:19:43What?
00:19:44Ning dropped us!
00:19:48Fucking homophobe.
00:19:49I don't fucking care what it is.
00:19:51I told you before you have to please your clients.
00:19:53He's going to be interviewed by Culture Chic next week.
00:19:56Culture Chic?
00:19:58Yes, Culture fucking Chic, Ryan.
00:20:01Look, just calm down, okay, Francesca? I'll talk to him.
00:20:04I don't care what you do, just fucking fix it.
00:20:17Hi, um, 1602.
00:20:25What?
00:20:25Hey, Ning, um, it's Ryan.
00:20:28Can we please talk?
00:20:30We don't match.
00:20:32How many stylists do you intend to go through?
00:20:35We don't match.
00:20:38Look, there are only a handful of Chinese stylists.
00:20:41We don't match in the yard, so...
00:20:42Well, James, he said he can find another one.
00:20:45Well, yeah, a lousy one.
00:20:46I mean, all the good ones are booked up well in advance.
00:20:50Okay?
00:20:52So, can I just please come up?
00:21:09Um, so, uh, you don't want to wear the pajamas?
00:21:12No.
00:21:13We can try something else.
00:21:20But it has nothing to do with it, has it?
00:21:25Is it because I'm gay?
00:21:27No.
00:21:29Well, let me tell you something, okay?
00:21:30All the good stylists are gay.
00:21:37All right, listen, um, you have an interview next week,
00:21:41so let's just please try and work together.
00:21:44We are fire and water, but we do not mix.
00:21:51Fine.
00:21:56Unless...
00:22:03Unless what?
00:22:04Unless you don't show your homo side so openly.
00:22:08My homo side?
00:22:11Are you serious right now?
00:22:13You must...
00:22:16Wait, what do you mean by my homo side?
00:22:19You know what I mean.
00:22:24Ugh.
00:22:26Mm.
00:22:28Okay, um, let me tell you something.
00:22:31I might be gay, but I have absolutely no interest in you whatsoever,
00:22:35if that's what you're worried about.
00:22:37Yeah, I'm what they call a potato queen.
00:22:39I'm only interested in white men.
00:22:42I've never slept with a Chinese man before, and I never will.
00:22:45So don't worry, you're safe.
00:22:49Deal?
00:22:51Uh...
00:22:52Okay.
00:22:54Okay.
00:23:03Fuck it.
00:23:05It's...
00:23:44So how did you do it?
00:23:47Look, this Rosemary's baby is really fucking up my hormones
00:23:52I'm sorry I snapped last night
00:23:56Look, Francesca, he hates gays
00:23:57I can't work with him
00:23:59Ryan, if you want to get ahead, you have to learn how to deal with assholes
00:24:06Maybe you just need to get to know him better
00:24:09Let me book you a table, okay?
00:24:13Okay
00:24:20Thank you
00:24:49So you like French food?
00:24:51J'adore la cuisine française.
00:24:55Beg your pardon?
00:24:57I adore French cuisine.
00:24:59Good evening, gentlemen.
00:25:01Would you care to start with a drink?
00:25:0895 Op. 1, not bad.
00:25:11What do you fancy?
00:25:14Fancy?
00:25:16What do you want to drink?
00:25:18Sake.
00:25:20A sake, sir?
00:25:23Do you have it?
00:25:24I'm afraid not.
00:25:26Whiskey, then.
00:25:30I'll have the Petit Siroc.
00:25:33Very good choice, sir.
00:25:36This is a French restaurant.
00:25:38So?
00:25:40They're baiting Americans.
00:25:42They always order dim sum at the Sichuan restaurant.
00:25:44What does the restaurant do?
00:25:46Put dim sum on menu.
00:25:52So your family, what do they want?
00:25:58My father's a lawyer, and my mother teaches art history at NYU.
00:26:06And they don't want you to be a lawyer or a doctor.
00:26:11No, they're not Chinese in that way.
00:26:18And they know that you are, you know, abnormal.
00:26:28I'm not abnormal.
00:26:31Unusual, Dan.
00:26:32They're okay with it.
00:26:34I can't imagine any parent being okay with their sons.
00:26:37I can't imagine you've never worked with someone gay.
00:26:40We must exist in China.
00:26:41Yes, many times, but never someone like you, so...
00:26:46No shame.
00:26:48You know, it's not all that hard being gay nowadays.
00:26:52Never problem.
00:26:54No laughing.
00:26:56Well, when I was younger, my parents sent me to Sunday School to learn Chinese, and...
00:27:02Yeah, some of the kids there were stupid.
00:27:05Oh.
00:27:05Well, they called me names.
00:27:08Nothing creative.
00:27:10Things like, uh...
00:27:12Gay Low.
00:27:14Lion.
00:27:16They do.
00:27:18They try to make me cry.
00:27:20Many times.
00:27:25I never cried in front of them.
00:27:29And that's why I'm...
00:27:31So happy to be in this industry, where being gay is not just accepted, but celebrated.
00:27:39Until now.
00:27:40Let's go.
00:27:47I don't know.
00:27:49No.
00:27:52I don't know.
00:27:54No.
00:27:54I don't know.
00:27:55What are you doing?
00:27:57I don't know.
00:27:58My wife dropped me in front of them.
00:27:58Why are you...
00:27:59I'm so sorry.
00:28:00I'm so sorry.
00:28:01Why were you...
00:28:03When I was younger?
00:28:06I loved it.
00:28:08I thought I was so sorry.
00:28:08Why am I so sorry.
00:28:10I had to be no big deal.
00:28:10I'm leaving this place to be
00:28:12I'm having a place to be
00:28:14Hey!
00:28:16Just now
00:28:18Keep my eyes
00:29:41Hello?
00:29:43Hey, it's Nick.
00:29:45Do you know what time it is?
00:29:46Oh, you sleep?
00:29:47I call you tomorrow.
00:29:48No, no, no, no.
00:29:49I'm good.
00:29:50So what can I do for you?
00:29:53I don't know where to work for my interview.
00:29:57You go shopping with me.
00:29:59I buy a dinner.
00:30:01Fucking asshole.
00:30:03What?
00:30:04Um, no, not you.
00:30:06I'm sorry.
00:30:07You're busy.
00:30:08Good night.
00:30:09No, hold on, hold on, hold on.
00:30:12Yeah, I go shopping.
00:30:14You will help.
00:30:16Yeah, I just want you to look good.
00:30:18For the sake of culture chic.
00:30:25Thanks, live.
00:30:26One last thing, can you please not bring a tour group?
00:30:28Thanks.
00:30:46There are way more choices in America, huh?
00:30:53Made in China, huh?
00:31:16Made in China, huh?
00:31:19I'm sorry.
00:31:21I'm sorry.
00:31:22Ning, please come here.
00:31:24I'm sorry.
00:31:29So, um...
00:31:30Is your girlfriend going to visit you anytime soon?
00:31:34It's hard for a girl to get a visa.
00:31:38American not free.
00:31:40She should not allow visa before we leave, so...
00:31:43we'll work on it.
00:31:46And what did she do?
00:31:50She won the beauty prize, now she wants to be an actress.
00:31:55Wedding bells?
00:31:58She wants, but if I marry, Finn's not happy.
00:32:01What's her name?
00:32:03That's it.
00:32:05Meow.
00:32:07Meow?
00:32:10Was she a pussy?
00:32:15Pussy.
00:32:18Yeah, it's a fashion word for stylish.
00:32:22Yeah, kind of like catwalk.
00:32:24Pussy.
00:32:27So you are pussy?
00:32:30Yeah, I'm very pussy.
00:32:32Thanks.
00:32:35So is she your first girlfriend?
00:32:40What do you want to know about her?
00:32:42Uh, nothing. Just making conversation.
00:32:50Earlier this year, the Parson family decided they were going to try to survive without using any products made in
00:32:57China.
00:32:59Mr. Parson, what inspired you to start this 100% USA campaign?
00:33:04Let's take my boys shopping for baseball gear and we notice everything in the shops made in China.
00:33:08I looked at my boys and I wondered how could they have any pride or sense of belonging if everything
00:33:12they...
00:33:14Did you see that?
00:33:15They say made there in China, it's bad for America.
00:33:19What are you doing?
00:33:20I cook for you.
00:33:22I said don't need for dinner.
00:33:24Hey, whoever crosses the door is a gaze.
00:33:26I see.
00:33:28Anything you don't need?
00:33:31No carbs.
00:33:33No, no crab. Don't worry.
00:33:41Um, what does that t-shirt say?
00:33:44Central Academy of Drama.
00:33:49You know, you should just wear that to the interview tomorrow.
00:33:53Wear this shirt?
00:33:55Not very respectful, no?
00:33:58I think it says a lot about you.
00:34:02With all that cash you made me spend today, you want me to wear this shirt?
00:34:07Hey, come on, come on.
00:34:16Ryan, Gus's schedule has changed. He can only do tomorrow.
00:34:19The pajamas aren't ready yet, okay?
00:34:21Gus is a fucking big deal.
00:34:23Just embrace it.
00:34:24And don't fuck it up.
00:34:29Finally dropped the pajamas off.
00:34:31Thank God.
00:34:31Ed, tell the dormitor trying to press come.
00:34:34What press?
00:34:35They want to interview me.
00:34:38No, no, no, no.
00:34:39Gus doesn't allow any press when he shoots, so...
00:34:42I told them yes first.
00:34:44They're already waiting outside.
00:34:50Um...
00:34:51All right, let me just ask Gus first.
00:34:52Okay?
00:35:08Uh, hi, Gus.
00:35:11How's it going?
00:35:12Is he ready?
00:35:13I gotta catch a plane at seven.
00:35:14Uh, well, um...
00:35:16Seven, I didn't...
00:35:17Where is he?
00:35:18Um...
00:35:19Well, he's almost ready.
00:35:20It's just that, uh...
00:35:21Well, he was wondering if a very famous Chinese publication can...
00:35:25No!
00:35:34Um...
00:35:35Gus says no.
00:35:36I know.
00:35:37He has a big voice.
00:35:38All right, don't worry.
00:35:39Let me handle the press.
00:35:40What are we waiting for?
00:36:03This is not gonna work.
00:36:06Well, what's the matter?
00:36:07Look at his frickin' underpants.
00:36:13Ning, can you just...
00:36:14No.
00:36:16Talk to him in Chinese.
00:36:18Tell him we can't shoot with his underpants on.
00:36:20Will you tell him in English?
00:36:22I won't do what he wants.
00:36:23Ning, please...
00:36:24No!
00:36:26Look, this shoot's as important to you as it is to me, okay?
00:36:29I don't care about American market.
00:36:30But I do!
00:36:36Okay.
00:36:39But I want everybody out.
00:36:41Uh...
00:36:42No, Gus...
00:36:43If he can shout, he can move lies around.
00:36:46Can let what devil win all.
00:36:48Oh my god, Ning.
00:36:49This isn't the time to get political.
00:36:50Tooth for tooth.
00:36:51He should respect people more.
00:37:02You don't need to have political, man.
00:37:03Okay.
00:37:04I don't care what's out.
00:37:04You're out of here.
00:37:05I don't know.
00:37:06That's okay.
00:37:18All right, guys, this is a closed set from now on, so everyone out except for the, uh,
00:37:23persistent.
00:37:25All right.
00:37:25Yes.
00:37:26You heard him.
00:37:26Let's go.
00:37:27Out.
00:37:27Quick.
00:37:28Move.
00:37:28Move.
00:37:30Guys, what time is it?
00:37:31Uh, four o'clock.
00:37:33What?
00:37:34Are you ready yet?
00:37:38Thank you so much for doing this.
00:37:46Good luck.
00:38:04Oh, this is not good.
00:38:06What is wrong with now?
00:38:08Look at his frickin' feet.
00:38:12You know, I can get Dex.
00:38:13I can just...
00:38:14I got a plane to catch.
00:38:15Come on.
00:38:21No, no, no, no.
00:38:22Don't you move.
00:38:22I'm still shooting.
00:38:27I hate workin' with fuckin' amateurs.
00:38:29You don't have to do this.
00:38:39Oh, for Christ's sake, hurry up.
00:38:44Come on, hurry up!
00:38:46Hurry up!
00:38:46Hurry up!
00:38:47Hurry up!
00:38:49Come on!
00:38:50What the fuck are you doing?
00:38:52Giving him a pedicure?
00:38:56I thought you people are supposed to be good at that sort of thing.
00:39:01Shut the fuck up!
00:39:03Come on, let's go.
00:39:22Merd!
00:39:23I can't believe it!
00:39:24You're fired!
00:39:26Well, fine.
00:39:58You can always come to work here in China.
00:40:02China?
00:40:03I know many actors there.
00:40:04You can style them.
00:40:06I can't even speak Mandarin, okay?
00:40:09Good.
00:40:10They like that.
00:40:11They'll do even better.
00:40:12Bulk, GQ, they're all in China, no?
00:40:14You start all company.
00:40:21Here, you're just a cat.
00:40:24In China, you are a...
00:40:26A lion?
00:40:27Yes, a lion.
00:40:45Thanks.
00:40:50It sure looks really good on you.
00:40:53No, it looks better on you.
00:40:54No.
00:40:54Not really, no.
00:40:55It looks good.
00:41:05Hey, Nick.
00:41:06You ever try weed?
00:41:09No?
00:41:26I don't see you.
00:41:27I think you're good on you.
00:41:27No?
00:41:28No.
00:41:33You're good on you.
00:41:35No?
00:41:35No.
00:41:36No?
00:41:39How do you feel?
00:41:43Very...
00:41:44USA.
00:41:51Very USA.
00:42:20Oh, girl, this is my town.
00:42:25Oh, oh.
00:42:29Oh, oh.
00:42:32It was night, and suddenly I felt like dancing.
00:42:39I took a cab to show me to the disco scene.
00:42:46He said, OK, you want to see those crazy people?
00:42:54Hustling at the door to get into Studio 54.
00:43:00Who is in?
00:43:02Who is out?
00:43:04Tell me, tell me, tell me.
00:43:07Who is in?
00:43:53Oh, fuck.
00:44:12Mom, I told you to call before you come.
00:44:19Shit, I forgot.
00:44:20Let's go.
00:44:23No.
00:44:29No.
00:44:32No.
00:44:36Dad.
00:44:37Dad.
00:44:37Let's go.
00:44:39Let's go.
00:44:40Dad, you're wrong.
00:44:42He's going to follow us.
00:44:43Let's go.
00:44:46Mom, I'll meet you.
00:44:47Hey, uh...
00:44:48Uh, yeah.
00:44:49No, I'm coming with you.
00:44:50Just, um...
00:44:51I have a...
00:44:52Friend.
00:44:57Uh, Mom?
00:45:02Dad?
00:45:03Um, Ming.
00:45:09Hello.
00:45:11Mr. Fu.
00:45:14Mrs. Fu.
00:45:16You know, you know what I'm talking about?
00:45:19My name is...
00:45:21My name is Japanese.
00:45:23Oh.
00:45:23You know what I'm talking about?
00:45:25You said, and he was trying to practice.
00:45:28And he said, and he said,
00:45:32And he said, and he said,
00:45:33King, sir.
00:45:35Okay.
00:45:35he said, and he said,
00:45:37And he said, and I'm talking about,
00:45:37And he said, and he said,
00:45:38Okay.
00:45:39Hi.
00:46:02Why don't we just speak in English, okay?
00:46:10So, Dad, do you recognize him?
00:46:13He's an actor from Beijing.
00:46:15Oh, actor.
00:46:18We saw TV you in...
00:46:25You in it?
00:46:27You the pins?
00:46:28No.
00:46:30Oh, you the jen-lou?
00:46:31Jen-lou?
00:46:32Jang-jun, jen-lou-lou.
00:46:34Oh, jang-jun, yeah.
00:46:37Oh, you the monkey?
00:46:39Mom, it's a Mandarin TV show.
00:46:42Oh, it's a TV show.
00:46:45Tomorrow we get DVD.
00:46:47Eat, eat, eat, eat.
00:46:50Aren't these for Mama?
00:46:57That's all lard. It's gross.
00:46:58Oh.
00:46:59He's busy busy all the time.
00:47:03Father barely met him.
00:47:05Mom.
00:47:09Actor in China Pay Good?
00:47:13Depends on your name.
00:47:15How much?
00:47:16Dad, you can't ask those questions.
00:47:22My lord, you say white people we can't say.
00:47:25He's Thai Lee, we can say.
00:47:28Ling, how old are you?
00:47:31Thirty-two.
00:47:32Thirty-two? Very good number.
00:47:35This boy saw us all the time.
00:47:38He always the only dead white man.
00:47:40Never a Thai Lee's man.
00:47:41Hey, Yang.
00:47:41You didn't say gay people okay?
00:47:44Gay people okay?
00:47:44White people low okay?
00:47:46They break up.
00:47:47Yeah.
00:47:47My lord.
00:47:49It's true.
00:47:51Chinese like water.
00:47:53Take long time to boil.
00:47:55But once hot, life time to go down.
00:47:59White man.
00:48:01Like sand.
00:48:02Fast, hot, fast, cold.
00:48:05Do not last.
00:48:10Ling.
00:48:11Come with us to visit Lion Mama.
00:48:14She's loveful to see you.
00:48:59Mama, so smiley.
00:49:03I can tell.
00:49:05She finally see Lion with Chinese man.
00:49:09Oh, Miss Furby.
00:49:11I know, I know.
00:49:13I know.
00:49:14I know say.
00:49:17Your parents know you are.
00:49:22No.
00:49:25Give them time.
00:49:30When Lion little, we know time for him.
00:49:35After school, he go community center all day.
00:49:40The boys, they beat him.
00:49:42He come home, one cut here, one black eye there.
00:49:48We score him.
00:49:51Think it will make him see stronger.
00:49:55More like a man.
00:49:59He hates us.
00:50:11Tiny people.
00:50:13Fairly old fastened.
00:50:16Take long, long time changey.
00:50:21When Lion tell us.
00:50:23He low like girl.
00:50:27We low talking one whole year.
00:50:39We're talking again.
00:50:42Love.
00:50:44No problem.
00:50:47You could tidy son.
00:50:50You know what tell your palate because you know what hurt their feeling.
00:50:54You want to give them hope?
00:50:59What about no grandkids?
00:51:04No problem.
00:51:25I'll take it from time.
00:51:25I'll take a photo.
00:51:26No, no.
00:51:27You too.
00:51:27You too.
00:51:28Yeah.
00:51:29Next to Mama.
00:51:30Oh, no, no, no.
00:51:31With Mama.
00:51:36Next to Mama.
00:51:38Okay, closer, closer.
00:51:40Lion, lion.
00:51:41Come here.
00:51:41Come here.
00:51:43Come here.
00:51:44Okay.
00:51:47Now it's beautiful.
00:51:48Okay, ready?
00:51:511, 2, 3.
00:51:59Why didn't you tell them that we're not?
00:52:01Well, we were so happy they were.
00:52:02Just let them enjoy it.
00:52:07They're wonderful.
00:52:12Well, now you know he's not a liar,
00:52:14and she's not a teacher.
00:52:15I don't want you.
00:52:17What do they do?
00:52:22They, um, they run a nail salon.
00:52:24It's where I grew up.
00:52:28That's why you are so upset at the photo shoot?
00:52:33Yeah.
00:52:33Yeah, I guess so.
00:52:35I just, I remember them working on people's feet all day long,
00:52:39and I told myself when I grow up, I'd never do that.
00:52:43There is nothing wrong.
00:52:45It's a job.
00:52:45I know.
00:52:47I know.
00:52:51I'm a snob.
00:52:53I bite the hand that feeds me.
00:53:00Here.
00:53:02But don't bite me.
00:53:15I know.
00:53:17I do it.
00:53:20That's what I want.
00:53:20I know.
00:53:23But don't bite me.
00:53:25I know.
00:53:26It's a job.
00:53:33I know.
00:53:39I know.
00:53:41I know.
00:53:43I know.
00:53:47得怪的如何
00:53:58原来太重见诗歌
00:54:05我想要不可爱
00:54:13伤心心里真说我
00:54:18行得上回同行路上
00:54:23以後有所興想看幾頓
00:54:25再歡唱
00:54:58Hey, do you want to go to a party tonight?
00:55:12Look, the only scary thing in there is bad styling, okay?
00:55:15Come on.
00:55:18Don't get hit.
00:55:30Don't get hit.
00:55:32Don't get hit.
00:55:48Don't get hit.
00:55:49Don't get hit.
00:55:50Don't get hit.
00:55:55Don't get hit.
00:56:05Don't get hit.
00:56:09Don't get hit.
00:56:09Don't get hit.
00:56:50Transcription by CastingWords
00:57:03CastingWords
00:57:32Am I your first Chinese?
00:57:35My first Haitian ever
00:57:40Is it different?
00:57:52How do you feel?
00:57:56Like a virgin
00:58:05This isn't your first time, huh?
00:58:10Oh please, I can tell the difference
00:58:13How?
00:58:15Well, a straight man moons like this
00:58:24A classic gay man moons like this
00:58:29And when a queen, oh, she screams like this
00:58:37A whole name
00:58:40A whole name
00:58:41Harder
00:58:51Harder
00:58:52So, uh
00:58:53How many?
00:59:00A few
00:59:08No, not how many men
00:59:10How many years have you been doing this?
00:59:15Too many
00:59:19Not enough
00:59:32I don't want to go
00:59:36Don't go
00:59:36Stay alone
00:59:38I'll go
00:59:47Don't think so
00:59:48Come on
00:59:49Don't think so
01:00:03I don't don't think so
01:00:06Doesn't think so
01:00:06Oh
01:00:06It's a lie
01:00:06Some
01:00:30Do you always have to look so pussy?
01:00:34Pussy? What do you mean?
01:00:35Pussy, it means stylish.
01:00:38Right?
01:00:47Who are you going to meet, man?
01:01:01Shit.
01:01:03Fuck.
01:01:03Okay.
01:01:12Come to Beijing.
01:01:14Can you imagine all the famous actors you can style?
01:01:18Your parents, they'll be very proud.
01:01:42What do you mean?
01:01:47What, you think I should go with them?
01:01:49No, you don't have a job.
01:01:51What's holding you back?
01:01:52Are you crazy?
01:01:53We just met.
01:01:55Yeah.
01:01:56Well, you don't have to move there.
01:01:57Just take a trip and see if you'll like it.
01:02:00Look, don't forget, he's still in the closet and he still has a girlfriend, so...
01:02:12You moved to Kenya for Linky's dad and that didn't work out.
01:02:17I don't regret it.
01:02:20I don't regret it.
01:02:45I don't regret it.
01:02:49I don't regret it.
01:02:51I don't regret it.
01:02:56I don't regret it.
01:02:56I don't regret it.
01:03:08That's a good thing.
01:03:09You're kind of regret.
01:03:12I want you to start the next May We Cover.
01:03:22Culture chic is going to print them in their next issue.
01:03:27Oh, and I read your interview.
01:03:29I can't believe you said all those things about how Chinese goods are destroying America.
01:03:34James says it's good.
01:03:36Bring many attention.
01:03:40This is very important to me.
01:03:47I thought you didn't care about the U.S. market.
01:03:52In China, there are many stories that we can't tell.
01:03:56But when I have a name in America, I'll make those stories to movies.
01:04:03And what happened to showing the glory of the new China?
01:04:09China is better.
01:04:10When I was young, I didn't want to think what life would be like when I'm 30.
01:04:18But now, I'm always dreaming.
01:04:23Dreaming of what I can do next.
01:04:30China, it will be great.
01:04:34China, we have to make it happy.
01:05:18And it's a Justin's, Ryan.
01:05:24So, Ryan does a shoot with a famous Chinese actor from Beijing, so this is right up his
01:05:29name.
01:05:29Hey, perhaps he needs some more sleep, too.
01:05:38Hey, Francesca, can we talk?
01:05:41I expect more from you in a meeting.
01:05:45So right after the Maywe cover, you will be working on the vestido spread.
01:05:49I need a break after the shoot.
01:05:52Are you serious?
01:05:53You finally got the Maywe cover and you want a vacation.
01:05:57Now is your time.
01:05:59You know, many magazines are asking about your rate.
01:06:01Oh, that's fantastic.
01:06:03Yeah.
01:06:04Now, with this, what is your idea?
01:06:08Um, look, I gotta take a week off.
01:06:11There's something important that I have to do.
01:06:13What can be more important than your job?
01:06:17Do you want more money?
01:06:20No.
01:06:23Is it love?
01:06:26Ryan, Mr. Chi is here to see you.
01:06:36Hey.
01:06:40Did you tell the press?
01:06:49What the fuck?
01:06:50Why would I do that?
01:06:51I don't even know what this stupid magazine is.
01:06:58What are they saying here?
01:07:01Ning is in love.
01:07:05But that doesn't say you're gay.
01:07:07This is not the first time they say this about me.
01:07:10My parents, they will be very ashamed.
01:07:14Look, don't worry.
01:07:15Um, you know, worse comes to worse, you can just stay here with me.
01:07:18Right?
01:07:24I will never act again.
01:07:27My dream is over.
01:07:33I was planning on going to China with you.
01:07:37But you understand anything.
01:07:39I have to carry on my family name.
01:07:42So what are you going to do?
01:07:43Just stay in the closet forever?
01:07:45I have to carry on it forever.
01:07:45Here we go.
01:08:23Here we go.
01:08:24Here we go.
01:08:25It's not easy.
01:08:26Let's go.
01:08:34Let's go.
01:08:35Let's go.
01:08:36Let's go.
01:08:39Let's go.
01:08:41Let's go.
01:08:42Let's go.
01:08:44Let's go.
01:08:54Let's go.
01:08:59Let's go.
01:08:59Let's go.
01:08:59Let's go.
01:09:02Let's go.
01:09:25Let's go.
01:09:26Let's go.
01:09:31Let's go.
01:09:49Let's go.
01:09:50Let's go.
01:10:12Let's go.
01:10:14Let's go.
01:10:16Let's go.
01:10:18Let's go.
01:10:20Let's go.
01:10:23Let's go.
01:10:29Let's go.
01:10:34Let's go.
01:10:35Let's go.
01:10:36Let's go.
01:10:36Let's go.
01:10:36Let's go.
01:10:37Let's go.
01:10:38Let's go.
01:10:39Let's go.
01:10:40Let's go.
01:10:40Let's go.
01:10:42Let's go.
01:10:42Cuz?
01:11:19It's what you like, right?
01:11:25So how are you doing?
01:11:30Alright.
01:11:40Look, what I said to you, that was bad.
01:11:51I'm sorry.
01:12:03Come back.
01:12:18Go back to China next week.
01:12:25It's great, going back home.
01:12:32But before I go, there's something I want to do.
01:12:39Something to do with us.
01:12:44Um, do you want me to go with you?
01:12:58There are many directors who want me in the next film.
01:13:04But they are afraid of the magazine.
01:13:08I need to clear my name before they use me.
01:13:13So...
01:13:15Can you please, please help me?
01:13:20Say something I might-
01:13:22I'm telling you're not gay.
01:13:24Something like that.
01:13:27James, if he'll tell you what to say, you just have to say it.
01:13:33Lion.
01:13:34Lion.
01:13:36Lion!
01:13:36Lion!
01:13:37Please!
01:13:38Please help me.
01:14:02As I lay in the morning
01:14:09With the sun on my face
01:14:16As the new day is dawning
01:14:22What am I doing in this place
01:14:29And there's no regrets or sorrow
01:14:36Just an emptiness inside
01:14:42As I look towards tomorrow
01:14:49What hurts is not just pride
01:14:55It's something natural to defend
01:15:01We all end up losing in the end
01:15:09And I know when I'm on the run
01:15:17And all said and done
01:15:23I live to be the one
01:15:29Standing in the shadow of the sun
01:15:36Mr. G and I are both tennis fans
01:15:43And we share a mutual fondness of watching Miss Sharapova
01:15:48Why don't they just ask you to make gorilla noises
01:15:50And scratch your balls while you speak
01:15:58Don't do it
01:16:03Out the bastard
01:16:12After we took a walk in the park
01:16:13We actually made it happen
01:16:16Yes
01:16:17What is springtime in Nanking coming out?
01:16:20It will come out next March
01:16:22During the springtime
01:16:25Thanks, question
01:16:27Yes, sir
01:16:28Mr. Qi, I haven't been here for a month now
01:16:31How would you compare New York to Beijing?
01:16:36Very similar
01:16:38Full of opportunities, both
01:16:40But Beijing, better food
01:16:47Somebody else
01:16:48Miss Song, what's your take on New York?
01:16:51And we had a breakfast at Tiffany
01:16:58We have to have one more
01:17:00Yes
01:17:01Recently in the magazine
01:17:02There was a picture of you
01:17:03That stirred up some rumors
01:17:05Do you want to comment on that?
01:17:07Of course
01:17:10You know, the press has a very big imagination
01:17:14It was a normal photograph
01:17:16And the photographer used an angle
01:17:18To make me and my friend look abnormal
01:17:22The other person in the photo
01:17:24Is actually a good friend of us
01:17:26And he is here now
01:17:28So I ask him to come up
01:17:30And tell you the truth
01:17:32My Chinese American friend
01:17:34Ryan Fu
01:17:54Mr. Fu
01:17:55Mr. Fu
01:17:55Can you describe your relationship with Mr. Qi?
01:18:14I am gay
01:18:22I told Mr. Qi this
01:18:24The first day we met
01:18:37But Ning doesn't mind me being gay
01:18:41He's a type of person
01:18:44Who treats everyone equally
01:18:47Despite their race
01:18:49Class or sexuality
01:19:01I think it takes someone who's very happy
01:19:03And confident with himself
01:19:05To be so kind and accepting
01:19:19Very proud to call Ning my friend
01:19:24No, actually
01:19:25He's like a brother to me
01:19:38Two brothers
01:19:40Mr. Qi has a fly to catch
01:19:42So we have to wrap this up now
01:19:43Thank you everyone for coming
01:19:44We have tea, coffee, and cakes waiting for you outside
01:19:47Thank you very much
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01:20:08All right.
01:20:42I hope you're happy.
01:20:46We're trying this.
01:20:48What I have to say.
01:20:51You have to plow.
01:20:53In order to harvest.
01:20:55You have to give up something.
01:20:58In order to achieve your dream.
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