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[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.70,0:00:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[New York Close Up]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.02,0:00:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Jordan Casteel Paints Her Community"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.78,0:00:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JORDAN CASTEEL] Hi there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.42,0:00:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember me?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.38,0:00:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know where Harold is?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.58,0:00:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you seen…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.32,0:00:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harold?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.92,0:00:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember that I painted him?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.76,0:00:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to show him the painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.64,0:00:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave him my stuff\Nso he could get in contact with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.48,0:00:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I haven't seen him back out here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.10,0:00:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] I haven’t seen him in a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.02,0:00:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] Okay, if I ever saw him then...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.02,0:00:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] I haven’t seen him in about a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.58,0:00:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] I can email or text it to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.14,0:00:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is like seven foot tall, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.80,0:00:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's big.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.66,0:00:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get kind of close to your dad.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.11,0:00:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get like right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.11,0:00:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because this is your dad?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.11,0:00:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that’s your dad?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.11,0:00:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah! I love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.26,0:00:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I see it. That's so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.64,0:00:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.14,0:00:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] Yeah, come right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.24,0:00:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you close to this middle one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.68,0:00:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.42,0:00:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will you put this leg in a little bit?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.24,0:00:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.82,0:00:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m just thinking about my canvas.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.44,0:01:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, that's perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.34,0:01:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] Thank you.\N[CASTEEL] Look.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.68,0:01:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] Oh yeah, that’s lovely.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.94,0:01:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] The summer between my first and\Nsecond year at Yale,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.38,0:01:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was awarded a grant to get\Nten thousand dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.11,0:01:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to go to Gloucester, Massachusetts\Nto do landscape painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.84,0:01:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.01,0:01:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was the acquittal of\Nthe murderer of Trayvon Martin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.66,0:01:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gloucester is a very white place,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.93,0:01:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as in I was probably the only brown person\Nfor miles.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.67,0:01:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So like, there was a sense of isolation\Nthat I was sort of feeling around that experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.24,0:01:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Home of Jordan’s Aunt]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.86,0:01:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.95,0:01:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a phone conversation with my twin brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.40,0:01:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My twin was describing being\Nin a convenience store
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.46,0:01:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somebody was following him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.85,0:01:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was kind of going on this rant, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.92,0:01:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, people follow me like I'm a threat,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.97,0:01:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"but they don’t even know that I'm a father"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.79,0:02:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and I'm, like, trying to get my shit together."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.01,0:02:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They don't know anything about me,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.33,0:02:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm just the one who's, like,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.52,0:02:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"going to steal something or whatever."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.06,0:02:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I felt at that time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.85,0:02:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I needed to go back to Yale
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.76,0:02:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do work outside of landscapes--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.68,0:02:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I needed to find a way to combine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.43,0:02:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my desire to create a sense of\Nvisibility around
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.49,0:02:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my family and my brothers that was feeling\Nabsent at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.04,0:02:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me help you with your ringtone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.04,0:02:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Record it?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.94,0:02:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[AUNT] We have to record it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.10,0:02:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go in the settings and see how you do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.24,0:02:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SINGING]\N♪ Trump is our enemy. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.46,0:02:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ He must be removed ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.84,0:02:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Trump is our enemy. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ He must be removed. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.18,0:02:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Just like a can of garbage in the alley, ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.42,0:02:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ he must be removed. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.46,0:03:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.48,0:03:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] Okay now we got to test it out,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.88,0:03:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think I did it!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.88,0:03:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.88,0:03:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[AUNT] Okay, and then you call me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.30,0:03:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's see if this works.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.18,0:03:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FROM RECORDING]\N♪ He must be removed. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.16,0:03:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.12,0:03:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] Everytime the phone rings,\Nthat's now what it is!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.54,0:03:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I came back to Yale and was like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.90,0:03:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am going to paint my black men"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.18,0:03:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Imma do this thing about my family, basically."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.94,0:03:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nine times out of ten, people think that\NI am a man
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.51,0:03:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they meet me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.87,0:03:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though, like…
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.87,0:03:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, because my name is Jordan\Nand I'm painting men.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.64,0:03:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even at my own openings,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.26,0:03:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of times that my mother…
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.37,0:03:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear my mother across a room being like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.50,0:03:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"SHE's over there!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.50,0:04:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm like, "Mom, it's okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.39,0:04:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think a lot of that has to do with \Nhistorical painting
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.76,0:04:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the notion of who has the right
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.51,0:04:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to depict what bodies at what scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.02,0:04:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.93,0:04:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel really present in this work as a result.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.22,0:04:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, whenever people…
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.44,0:04:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been some criticisms of:\NI only paint men.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.82,0:04:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time people say women are absent,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.32,0:04:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or people are like, "When are you going to\Npaint women?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.86,0:04:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, I don’t know if I feel absence,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.23,0:04:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I’m very much a part of this work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.23,0:04:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's translated through my experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.77,0:04:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, these nudes happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.93,0:04:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was horrifying.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.21,0:04:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got a lot of criticism, sort of,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.27,0:04:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during that time around it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.10,0:04:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I was making some pretty\Nintentional and dramatic moves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.96,0:04:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as not showing the genitalia,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.67,0:04:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was always a thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.42,0:04:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was really interested in humanizing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.94,0:04:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a history that is often\Ncriminalized and sexualized.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.64,0:04:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I didn’t want the black male body
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.96,0:04:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be taken advantage of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.82,0:04:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any more than historically it has been.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.76,0:04:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was like a gesture of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.94,0:05:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not allowing people to have
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.22,0:05:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they felt like they deserved\Nfrom the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.86,0:05:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[STUDENT] To consume the body...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.12,0:05:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] Yeah, exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.34,0:05:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.16,0:05:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, guys!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.06,0:05:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Best of luck to you as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.22,0:05:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SOUNDS OF DJEMBE DRUMMING]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.80,0:05:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was some conversation about
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.82,0:05:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my paintings being surrogates for my brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.92,0:05:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was when that conversation\Ncame up that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.47,0:05:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first was like, "Oh, you’re maybe right."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.77,0:05:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Like, maybe I need to go to the source of\Nall of this."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.24,0:05:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Maybe it's time for me to actually paint\Nmy twin."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.80,0:05:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[RECORDING] One, two, three…
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.82,0:06:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC BEGINS PLAYING]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.74,0:06:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN, OFF SCREEN] Turn up!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.58,0:06:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.10,0:06:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] I never heard this song.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.72,0:06:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN, OFF SCREEN] What!?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.64,0:06:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN] Oh, we do know this!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.80,0:06:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] The fact that y'all\Nall dancing to this song,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.44,0:06:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like it's, like…
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.60,0:06:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never heard this song in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.68,0:06:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ALL LAUGH]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.72,0:06:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN]: Let’s get the hottest rappers around\Nright now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.52,0:06:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lil Yachty!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.60,0:06:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ALL LAUGH]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.50,0:06:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN] Lil Yachty!\NOh my God!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.62,0:06:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] See?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.52,0:06:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] I feel like I’m doing like a…
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.18,0:06:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN] Like a belly dance, yes!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.10,0:06:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN] You have such an emotional connection...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.46,0:06:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, the moments when you decide to photograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.80,0:06:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, with the twins, like, all of a sudden,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.68,0:06:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're lifted in a way that's like…
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.50,0:06:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t know how to…
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.48,0:06:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] Well that wasn't an intentional\Nphotograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.50,0:06:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, I was photographing Charles,\Nthe fur guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.10,0:06:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this woman pushed her babies in front\Nof my camera
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.36,0:06:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was like, "Photograph my babies!"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.76,0:06:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ALL LAUGH]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.78,0:06:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] No, literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.70,0:06:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, what?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.98,0:06:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.36,0:07:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I took one shot.\NLike it was literally, like, click.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.46,0:07:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, "Oh they're so cute,\Nare they twins?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.46,0:07:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she was like "Yeah they are,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.50,0:07:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then just like ran off.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.43,0:07:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] Wow…
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.43,0:07:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN] Did you tell her you're a twin?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.43,0:07:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] Yeah, I was like\N"Oh, I'm a twin too,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.73,0:07:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So maybe I, like, noticed that or something."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.45,0:07:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she was like, “Oh, okay that makes sense,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.57,0:07:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she kind of, like, ran off.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.83,0:07:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] And have you found her since then?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.52,0:07:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] No! No.\NI have no idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.00,0:07:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we were really young,\Nwe were really, really close.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.86,0:07:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we went to high school,\Nand we were both...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.62,0:07:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went from this all white,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.01,0:07:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,private middle school\Nfrom first to eighth grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.51,0:07:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were the only two black kids,\Nbasically, in the whole school.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.52,0:07:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we transferred in high school\Nto our local public high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.26,0:07:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And both of us experienced some bullying,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.14,0:07:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, because we were coming from\Na different background
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.84,0:07:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a lot of the other students.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.28,0:07:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] It’s like I'm, like,\Nsetting it down though.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.56,0:07:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL] Yeah! Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.72,0:07:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here, maybe sit in front of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.56,0:07:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I can do a close up of y'all sitting\Nin front of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.52,0:07:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would that be cool?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.83,0:07:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.94,0:08:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that I dealt with that was I made
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.58,0:08:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cookie cutter peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.82,0:08:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would sit outside of\Nmy favorite teacher's classroom--
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.82,0:08:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the floor, during lunch--
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.04,0:08:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eat my cookie cutter sandwiches.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.46,0:08:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my twin, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.78,0:08:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was bullied more physically.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.30,0:08:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think he literally had to, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.70,0:08:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become tougher.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.56,0:08:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of that had to do with\Nsocietal expectations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.34,0:08:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only feel like…
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.22,0:08:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just, in at least a public sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.80,0:08:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get really conscious…
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.34,0:08:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His story is not mine to tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.04,0:08:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can only speak from the perspective\Nof his sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.50,0:08:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somebody who's seen him as\Nthis really funny
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.22,0:08:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sensitive, charismatic,\Nloving young man,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.59,0:08:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognizing that the world\Nperceives him differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.96,0:08:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a result,\Nthis work, I think, really comes from
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.00,0:08:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my desire to share
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.30,0:08:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I have known with the world.