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Erin Brockovich · Verbal Diorama

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I'm
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Em.
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Welcome
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to
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verbal
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diorama,
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episode
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292,
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Erin
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Brockovich.
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This
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is
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the
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podcast
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that's
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all
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about
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the
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history
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and
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legacy
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of
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movies
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you
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know,
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and
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movies
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you
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don't
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that
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can
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just
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walk
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in
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there
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and
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find
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what
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you
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need.
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They're
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called
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boobs.
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Listeners,
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welcome
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to
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Bubble
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Diorama.
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Whether
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you're
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a
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brand
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new
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listener
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to
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this
2:35
podcast,
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welcome
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back,
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regular
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returning
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listeners.
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Thank
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you
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for
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being
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here.
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Thank
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you
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for
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choosing
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to
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listen
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to
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this
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podcast.
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I
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am,
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as
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always,
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so
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happy
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to
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have
2:43
you
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here
2:43
for
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the
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History
2:44
Legacy
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of
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Erin
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Brockovich.
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It
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is
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Women's
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History
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Month,
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and
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so,
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unsurprisingly,
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all
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of
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the
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episodes
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this
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month
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on
2:51
Verbal
2:52
Diorama
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are
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celebrating
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women.
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The
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history
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and
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legacy
2:56
of
2:57
women
2:57
you
2:57
know
2:57
and
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women
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you
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don't,
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from
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all
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walks
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of
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life,
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from
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warriors
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to
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queens
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to
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single
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mothers
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and
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also
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women
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in
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sport.
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Last
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week
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we
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had
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the
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unmarried
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virgin
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Queen
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of
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England.
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This
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week,
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someone
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a
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little
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more
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twice
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divorced.
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But
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before
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we
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jump
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into
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that,
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thank
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you
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so
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much
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to
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everyone
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who
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continues
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to
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support
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and
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listen
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to
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this
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podcast
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and
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has
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done
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for
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the
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last
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six
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years
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and
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over
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290
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episodes.
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It
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means
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so
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much
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to
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have
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people
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listening
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to
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this
3:27
podcast,
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conversing
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with
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this
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podcast.
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And
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by
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that,
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I
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mean
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me
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on
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social
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media
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about
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the
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episodes
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of
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this
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podcast.
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It
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is
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a
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genuine
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joy
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in
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my
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life,
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this
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podcast.
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And
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don't
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get
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me
3:37
wrong,
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it's
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hard
3:38
work
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to
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do
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this
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podcast,
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but
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there
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are
3:40
women
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out
3:41
there
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who
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are
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working
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10
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times
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harder
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than
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me.
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Women
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like
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Erin
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Brockovich
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who
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really
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deserve
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to
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be
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featured
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and
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talked
3:48
about
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and,
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I
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don't
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know,
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have
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a
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movie
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made
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of
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their
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life.
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Now,
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if
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you
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listen
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to
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my
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previous
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episodes
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on
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the
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Woman
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King
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and
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Elizabeth,
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you'll
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remember
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I
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mentioned
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them
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being
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slightly
3:58
inaccurate
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in
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the
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former
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and
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heavily
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inaccurate
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in
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the
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latter.
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But
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this
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is
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a
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movie
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that
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is
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mostly
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accurate
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to
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what
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really
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happened.
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There
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are
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a
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few
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embellishments
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here
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and
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there
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and
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some
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timeline
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changes,
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but
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otherwise,
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this
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is
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the
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real
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story
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of
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an
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unemployed
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single
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mother
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of
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three
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struggling
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after
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a
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car
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accident
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who
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persuades
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her
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way
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into
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a
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clerk's
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job
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at
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the
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law
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firm
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that
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represented
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her,
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where
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she
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uncovers
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the
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contamination
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of
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a
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small
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town's
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drinking
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water,
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which
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would
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lead
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to
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one
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of
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the
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biggest
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class
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action
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lawsuits
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in
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American
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history.
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Here's
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the
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trailer
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for
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Erin
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Brockovich.
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Erin
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Brockovich,
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an
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unemployed
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single
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mother,
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is
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involved
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in
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a
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car
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accident
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after
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leaving
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a
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failed
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job
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interview.
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And
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her
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outbursts
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in
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court
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lead
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to
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a
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failed
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lawsuit
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against
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the
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other
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driver.
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At
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her
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wit's
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end,
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she
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persuades
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her
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lawyer
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to
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give
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her
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a
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job
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to
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compensate
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for
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the
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loss.
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With
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her
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appearance
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and
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attitude
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winning
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her
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no
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popularity
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favors,
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she
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begins
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to
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investigate
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a
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suspicious
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real
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estate
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case
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involving
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the
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Pacific
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Gas
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and
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Electric
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Company.
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She
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discovers
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the
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company
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is
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quietly
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trying
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to
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buy
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land
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that
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was
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contaminated
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by
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hexavalent
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chromium,
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deadly
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toxic
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waste
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that
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the
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company
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improperly
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and
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illegally
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dumped
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in
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turn
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poisoning
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the
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residents
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of
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Hinckley,
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California.
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As
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she
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digs
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deeper,
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Erin
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finds
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herself
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more
7:42
evidence
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and
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more
7:43
plaintiffs
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that
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would
7:44
involve
7:45
her
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law
7:45
firm
7:45
in
7:45
one
7:46
of
7:46
the
7:46
biggest
7:46
class
7:46
action
7:47
lawsuits
7:47
in
7:48
American
7:48
history
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against
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a
7:49
multi
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billion
7:50
dollar
7:51
corporation.
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Let's
7:52
run
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through
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the
7:53
cast
7:53
of
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this
7:54
movie.
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We
7:54
have
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Julia
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Roberts
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as
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Erin
7:56
Brockovich,
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Albert
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Finney
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as
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Ed
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Masri,
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Aaron
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Eckhart
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as
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George,
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Marg
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Helgenberger
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as
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Donna
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Jensen,
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Tracy
8:05
Walter
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as
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Charles
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Embry,
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Peter
8:08
Coyote
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as
8:09
Kurt
8:09
Potter,
8:10
Cherry
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Jones
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as
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Pamela
8:12
Duncan,
8:13
Kochata
8:13
Ferrell
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as
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Brenda
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and
8:15
Adila
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Barnes
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as
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Anna,
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with
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cameos
8:19
from
8:19
the
8:19
real
8:19
Erin
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Brockovich
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as
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the
8:21
waitress
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Julia
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and
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the
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real
8:23
Edward
8:23
El
8:24
Masry
8:24
as
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the
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diner
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sitting
8:25
behind
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the
8:26
family
8:26
in
8:26
the
8:26
restaurant.
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And
8:28
also
8:28
Judge
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leroy
8:29
A.
8:30
Simmons.
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The
8:31
judge
8:31
in
8:31
Barstow
8:32
who
8:32
delivered
8:32
a
8:33
key
8:33
ruling
8:33
in
8:33
the
8:33
case
8:34
is
8:34
played
8:35
by
8:35
the
8:35
actual
8:36
Judge,
8:36
leroy
8:37
A.
8:37
Simmons.
8:38
Erin
8:39
Brockovich
8:39
was
8:40
written
8:40
by
8:40
Susanna
8:41
Grant
8:41
and
8:42
directed
8:42
by
8:42
Stephen
8:43
Soderbergh.
8:44
When
8:45
we
8:45
reach
8:45
to
8:45
the
8:46
kitchen
8:46
tap
8:46
for
8:46
a
8:47
glass
8:47
of
8:47
water,
8:47
the
8:48
last
8:48
thing
8:48
we
8:49
think
8:49
about
8:49
is
8:49
groundwater
8:50
contamination.
8:51
And
8:52
why
8:52
would
8:52
we,
8:53
we
8:53
trust
8:54
the
8:54
companies
8:54
providing
8:55
us
8:55
with
8:55
utilities
8:56
to
8:56
our
8:56
homes,
8:57
like
8:57
gas
8:57
and
8:58
electricity
8:59
and
8:59
running
8:59
water.
9:00
That
9:00
those
9:01
utilities
9:01
are
9:01
being
9:02
provided
9:02
safely
9:03
under
9:03
strict
9:04
protocols
9:05
through
9:05
clean
9:06
pipes,
9:06
fully
9:07
operational
9:07
power
9:08
lines
9:08
managed
9:09
by
9:09
a
9:09
team
9:10
of
9:10
professionals.
9:11
Water
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being
9:12
especially
9:12
important.
9:13
We
9:14
drink
9:14
it,
9:14
cook
9:14
with
9:15
it,
9:15
wash
9:15
in
9:15
it,
9:16
swim
9:16
in
9:16
it,
9:16
water
9:17
plants
9:17
with
9:17
it.
9:18
Not
9:18
once
9:19
would
9:19
we
9:19
question
9:20
the
9:20
safety
9:20
of
9:20
our
9:21
water
9:21
or
9:22
the
9:22
trustworthiness
9:23
of
9:23
the
9:23
company
9:24
providing
9:24
us.
9:25
And
9:25
so
9:25
if
9:25
you
9:25
heard
9:26
a
9:26
story
9:26
about
9:26
an
9:26
unemployed
9:27
single
9:27
mother
9:28
who
9:28
had
9:28
not
9:28
only
9:29
found
9:29
out
9:29
about
9:30
serious
9:30
groundwater
9:31
contamination,
9:32
had
9:32
evidence
9:33
of
9:33
the
9:33
medical
9:34
issues
9:34
it
9:34
had
9:34
led
9:34
to,
9:35
and
9:35
who
9:35
then
9:36
put
9:36
a
9:36
case
9:36
together
9:37
to
9:37
not
9:37
only
9:37
file
9:38
a
9:38
lawsuit
9:39
against
9:39
a
9:39
multi
9:39
billion
9:40
dollar
9:40
corporation,
9:41
but
9:41
had
9:41
won
9:42
the
9:42
lawsuit,
9:43
earning
9:43
a
9:43
landmark
9:44
$333
9:45
million
9:46
payout
9:46
for
9:47
the
9:47
victims,
9:48
you'd
9:48
probably
9:48
want
9:49
to
9:49
make
9:49
a
9:49
movie
9:50
out
9:50
of
9:50
it
9:50
too,
9:51
because
9:51
it
9:51
sounds
9:52
made
9:52
up,
9:53
but
9:54
it's
9:54
not
9:54
made
9:55
up.
9:55
The
9:56
story
9:56
is,
9:56
according
9:57
to
9:57
erin
9:57
Brookovich
9:58
herself,
9:59
98%
10:00
accurate
10:00
to
10:01
the
10:01
real
10:01
true
10:01
story
10:02
of
10:02
her
10:02
takedown
10:03
of
10:03
Pacific
10:03
Gas
10:03
and
10:04
Electric.
10:04
And
10:05
it
10:05
really
10:05
did
10:06
all
10:06
start
10:06
with
10:06
a
10:07
car
10:07
accident.
10:08
A
10:08
car
10:08
accident
10:09
that
10:09
left
10:09
the
10:09
genuine
10:10
Erin
10:10
Brookovich
10:11
needing
10:11
the
10:11
help
10:11
of
10:12
a
10:12
lawyer
10:12
as
10:13
well
10:13
as
10:13
a
10:13
good
10:13
chiropractor.
10:15
That
10:15
chiropractor
10:16
was
10:16
Pam
10:16
Dumond,
10:17
and
10:17
in
10:18
1993,
10:19
Brockovich
10:19
was
10:19
referred
10:20
to
10:20
Dumond
10:21
for
10:21
help
10:21
with
10:21
the
10:21
pain
10:22
she
10:22
was
10:22
experiencing
10:23
after
10:23
her
10:23
car
10:24
crash.
10:25
During
10:25
their
10:25
sessions,
10:26
Brockovich
10:26
would
10:26
tell
10:27
Dumond
10:27
stories
10:27
about
10:28
her
10:28
life,
10:28
her
10:29
kids,
10:29
and
10:29
the
10:30
new
10:30
job
10:30
she'd
10:31
started
10:31
as
10:31
an
10:31
assistant
10:32
in
10:32
a
10:32
law
10:32
firm.
10:33
That
10:33
law
10:34
firm
10:34
was
10:34
Masri
10:35
Empetito,
10:36
the
10:36
same
10:36
law
10:37
firm
10:37
that
10:37
had
10:37
represented
10:38
her
10:38
for
10:38
her
10:39
car
10:39
accident
10:39
compensation.
10:41
Each
10:41
session
10:42
she
10:42
would
10:42
tell
10:42
Dumond
10:43
what
10:43
she
10:43
was
10:43
doing
10:43
with
10:44
her
10:44
work,
10:44
like
10:44
visiting
10:45
people
10:45
with
10:45
all
10:45
sorts
10:46
of
10:46
answers
10:46
and
10:47
investigating
10:47
pollution
10:48
in
10:48
the
10:48
water
10:49
supply.
10:50
Dumond
10:50
started
10:51
sharing
10:51
Brockovich's
10:52
story
10:52
with
10:53
a
10:53
friend
10:53
of
10:53
hers,
10:54
Carlos
10:54
Santos
10:55
Schamburg.
10:56
Her
10:56
husband
10:56
was
10:57
Michael
10:57
Schamberg,
10:57
who
10:58
was
10:58
a
10:58
partner
10:58
of
10:58
Danny
10:59
DeVito.
11:00
Together
11:00
with
11:00
Stacey
11:01
Scher,
11:01
they
11:02
co
11:02
founded
11:02
production
11:03
company
11:03
Jersey
11:04
Films,
11:04
which
11:05
had
11:05
produced
11:05
films
11:05
like
11:06
Pulp
11:06
Fiction
11:06
and
11:07
Get
11:07
Shorty
11:08
Dumond
11:09
told
11:09
Brockovich
11:10
that
11:10
she'd
11:10
shared
11:11
her
11:11
story
11:12
and
11:12
would
11:12
she
11:12
be
11:12
interested
11:13
in
11:13
meeting
11:14
with
11:14
Jersey
11:14
Films
11:15
about
11:15
a
11:16
possible
11:16
film
11:16
adaptation
11:17
of
11:17
her
11:17
life?
11:18
And
11:18
so
11:19
in
11:19
1997,
11:20
a
11:20
meeting
11:20
was
11:20
set
11:21
up
11:21
between
11:21
Brockovich,
11:22
Carlos
11:23
Santos
11:23
Schamburg,
11:24
Michael
11:24
Schamberg
11:25
and
11:25
Danny
11:25
DeVito.
11:26
Brockovich
11:27
told
11:27
them
11:27
her
11:28
story
11:28
and
11:28
everything
11:28
about
11:29
it
11:29
smacked
11:29
of
11:30
being
11:30
a
11:30
great
11:30
movie.
11:31
So
11:31
they
11:32
told
11:32
her
11:32
they
11:32
wanted
11:32
to
11:32
buy
11:33
the
11:33
rights
11:33
to
11:33
her
11:34
story
11:34
for
11:34
a
11:34
potential
11:35
movie.
11:35
But
11:35
they
11:36
made
11:36
it
11:36
clear
11:36
that
11:37
just
11:37
because
11:37
they
11:37
buy
11:38
the
11:38
rights,
11:38
it
11:39
doesn't
11:39
mean
11:39
a
11:39
movie
11:40
will
11:40
definitely
11:40
get
11:41
made.
11:41
Brockovich
11:42
didn't
11:42
think
11:43
anything
11:43
else
11:43
would
11:43
come
11:43
of
11:44
it
11:44
until
11:45
Susannah
11:45
Grant
11:46
came
11:46
by
11:46
the
11:46
Jersey
11:47
Films
11:47
offices
11:48
looking
11:48
for
11:48
a
11:48
new
11:49
writing
11:49
project.
11:50
After
11:50
picking
11:51
up
11:51
the
11:51
rights,
11:52
Jersey
11:52
Films
11:52
had
11:53
contacted
11:53
Callie
11:54
Corey,
11:54
the
11:54
writer
11:54
of
11:55
Thelma
11:55
and
11:55
Louise,
11:56
to
11:56
write
11:56
the
11:56
screenplay.
11:57
Corey
11:58
passed,
11:59
but
11:59
then
11:59
Grant
12:00
landed
12:00
on
12:00
their
12:00
doorstep
12:01
shortly
12:01
after,
12:02
specifically
12:03
wanting
12:03
to
12:03
write
12:04
a
12:04
movie
12:04
about
12:04
a
12:05
strong
12:05
female
12:05
character.
12:06
She'd
12:07
written
12:07
the
12:07
screenplay
12:08
forever
12:08
after,
12:09
and
12:09
executives
12:10
mentioned
12:10
that
12:10
the
12:11
story
12:11
they
12:11
had
12:11
was
12:12
a
12:12
legal
12:12
story.
12:13
Grant
12:14
met
12:14
Brockovich
12:15
over
12:15
lunch,
12:16
secured
12:16
the
12:16
Reiting
12:17
gig,
12:17
and
12:17
they
12:18
agreed
12:18
it
12:18
shouldn't
12:19
be
12:19
a
12:19
courtroom
12:19
drama,
12:20
but
12:20
that
12:20
it
12:21
should
12:21
be
12:21
as
12:21
accurate
12:21
to
12:22
the
12:22
real
12:22
story
12:22
as
12:23
possible.
12:24
Grant
12:25
shadowed
12:25
Brockovich
12:26
and
12:26
her
12:26
family
12:26
for
12:26
a
12:26
year
12:27
and
12:27
went
12:27
over
12:27
trial
12:28
transcripts,
12:29
Waterboard
12:30
records
12:30
and
12:30
Brockovich's
12:31
own
12:31
notes.
12:32
She
12:33
also
12:33
went
12:33
to
12:33
visit
12:33
Hinkley
12:34
and
12:34
recalled
12:34
the
12:35
shock
12:35
of
12:35
seeing
12:35
the
12:36
clear
12:36
line
12:36
of
12:36
demarcation
12:37
around
12:38
the
12:38
pumping
12:39
station
12:39
between
12:39
living
12:40
and
12:40
dead
12:40
trees.
12:41
In
12:41
fact,
12:42
if
12:42
you
12:42
look
12:42
at
12:42
Hinkley
12:43
on
12:43
Google
12:43
Maps
12:44
satellite
12:44
view
12:44
now
12:45
it's
12:45
clear
12:46
the
12:46
amount
12:46
of
12:46
demolished
12:47
housing,
12:48
but
12:48
also
12:48
surprising
12:49
how
12:49
many
12:49
houses
12:50
still
12:50
remain
12:51
in
12:51
the
12:51
area.
12:53
Now
12:53
we've
12:53
all
12:53
played
12:54
the
12:54
who
12:54
would
12:55
play
12:55
you
12:55
in
12:55
the
12:55
Hollywood
12:56
movie
12:56
of
12:56
your
12:56
life
12:57
game.
12:57
For
12:57
me,
12:58
it's
12:58
Emily
12:59
Blunt.
12:59
But
13:00
when
13:00
asked
13:00
who
13:01
she
13:01
wanted
13:01
to
13:01
play
13:02
her,
13:02
Erin
13:03
Brockovich
13:03
originally
13:04
suggested
13:04
Goldie
13:05
Horn
13:06
and
13:06
that
13:06
someone
13:06
like
13:07
Julia
13:07
Roberts
13:07
was
13:08
a
13:08
pipe
13:08
dream.
13:09
The
13:09
real
13:09
Ed
13:10
Masri
13:10
joked
13:11
that
13:11
Roberts
13:11
boobs
13:12
weren't
13:12
big
13:12
enough
13:13
and
13:13
her
13:13
mouth
13:13
wasn't
13:14
foul
13:14
enough.
13:15
But
13:15
as
13:15
it
13:15
happened,
13:16
someone
13:16
at
13:16
the
13:16
ICN
13:17
talent
13:17
agency
13:17
slipped
13:18
the
13:18
script
13:19
to
13:19
Julia
13:19
Roberts
13:20
agent
13:21
who
13:21
called
13:22
to
13:22
say
13:22
she
13:22
was
13:22
interested
13:23
in
13:23
playing
13:24
Erin
13:24
Brookovich.
13:25
This
13:26
was
13:26
even
13:26
though
13:26
the
13:26
movie
13:26
didn't
13:27
have
13:27
a
13:27
director
13:28
and
13:28
three
13:28
big
13:28
name
13:29
directors
13:29
had
13:29
reportedly
13:30
turned
13:31
it
13:31
down.
13:31
And
13:32
while
13:32
Julia
13:32
Roberts
13:33
may
13:33
have
13:33
needed
13:33
chicken
13:34
fillets
13:34
and
13:34
a
13:35
removal
13:35
of
13:35
her
13:35
family
13:36
friendly
13:36
filter,
13:37
one
13:37
thing
13:37
she
13:38
also
13:38
wanted
13:39
was
13:39
a
13:40
substantial
13:40
paycheck.
13:41
While
13:42
men
13:42
in
13:42
Hollywood
13:43
like
13:43
Mel
13:43
Gibson,
13:44
Tom
13:44
Hanks,
13:45
Tom
13:45
Cruise
13:45
and
13:46
Sylvester
13:46
Stallone
13:47
had
13:47
commanded
13:48
$20
13:48
million
13:49
salaries
13:49
for
13:49
years,
13:50
no
13:51
woman
13:51
had
13:51
ever
13:51
been
13:52
able
13:52
to
13:52
negotiate
13:53
that
13:53
amount.
13:54
Only
13:54
Meg
13:55
Ryan
13:55
and
13:55
Jodie
13:55
Foster
13:56
had
13:56
gotten
13:56
remotely
13:57
close
13:57
at
13:57
$15
13:58
million.
13:59
Roberts
14:00
was
14:00
the
14:00
first
14:00
female
14:01
movie
14:01
star
14:01
to
14:01
break
14:02
that
14:02
$20
14:02
million
14:03
glass
14:03
ceiling.
14:04
But
14:05
they
14:05
had
14:05
to
14:05
work
14:06
to
14:06
get
14:06
it.
14:07
Universal
14:07
Pictures
14:08
was
14:08
initially
14:08
reelected
14:09
to
14:09
hand
14:10
Roberts
14:10
the
14:10
record
14:11
breaking
14:11
paycheck.
14:12
Her
14:12
agent,
14:13
Elaine
14:13
Goldsmith
14:14
Thomas,
14:15
convinced
14:15
the
14:16
studio
14:16
by
14:16
pointing
14:17
out
14:17
the
14:17
double
14:17
standard
14:18
of
14:18
Roberts
14:19
having
14:19
five
14:19
movies
14:20
that
14:20
grossed
14:20
more
14:21
than
14:21
$100
14:22
million.
14:22
Male
14:23
stars
14:23
like
14:24
Leonardo
14:24
DiCaprio
14:25
or
14:25
Adam
14:25
Sandler
14:26
had
14:26
commanded
14:27
$20
14:27
million
14:28
salaries
14:29
after
14:29
scoring
14:30
only
14:30
one
14:30
hit
14:31
of
14:31
that
14:31
magnitude,
14:32
let
14:32
alone
14:33
five.
14:33
And
14:34
in
14:34
true
14:34
Erin
14:34
Brockovich
14:35
style,
14:36
the
14:36
argument
14:36
won
14:37
the
14:37
day.
14:37
Julia
14:38
Roberts
14:38
became
14:39
the
14:39
first
14:39
female
14:40
movie
14:40
star
14:41
to
14:41
get
14:41
$20
14:42
million
14:42
for
14:42
a
14:43
leading
14:43
role.
14:43
And
14:44
it
14:44
just
14:44
so
14:44
happened
14:45
she
14:45
was
14:45
getting
14:45
it
14:46
for
14:46
Erin
14:46
Brookovich
14:47
as
14:47
the
14:48
big
14:48
star
14:48
in
14:48
the
14:48
movie.
14:49
One
14:49
of
14:49
the
14:49
things
14:50
Julia
14:50
Roberts
14:50
would
14:50
have
14:51
a
14:51
major
14:51
say
14:51
in
14:52
is
14:52
choosing
14:52
who
14:52
the
14:53
director
14:53
would
14:53
be.
14:54
And
14:54
this
14:54
is
14:54
where
14:55
we
14:55
get
14:55
to
14:55
Steven
14:55
Soderbergh,
14:56
who's
14:56
only
14:57
taken
14:57
292
14:58
episodes
14:58
to
14:59
appear
14:59
on
14:59
this
14:59
podcast.
15:00
And
15:00
Soderbergh
15:01
has,
15:02
for
15:02
the
15:02
most
15:02
part,
15:02
had
15:02
a
15:03
history
15:03
of
15:03
treating
15:04
female
15:04
characters
15:05
with
15:05
respect.
15:06
His
15:06
most
15:06
recent
15:07
movie
15:07
at
15:07
that
15:08
time
15:08
was
15:08
out
15:09
of
15:09
Sight,
15:09
which
15:10
had
15:10
included
15:10
a
15:11
career
15:11
best
15:11
turn
15:12
for
15:12
Jennifer
15:12
Lopez.
15:13
It's
15:13
still
15:13
one
15:14
of
15:14
her
15:14
best
15:14
movies,
15:15
and
15:15
the
15:15
chemistry
15:16
between
15:16
her
15:16
and
15:16
George
15:17
Clooney
15:17
was
15:18
palpable.
15:19
Although,
15:19
let's
15:19
be
15:20
honest,
15:20
George
15:20
Clooney
15:21
would
15:21
probably
15:21
have
15:21
chemistry
15:22
with
15:22
a
15:22
paper
15:22
bag.
15:23
Steven
15:23
Soderbergh
15:24
was
15:24
captivated
15:25
by
15:25
the
15:25
relationship
15:26
between
15:26
Erin
15:27
Brockovich
15:27
and
15:28
Ed
15:28
Masri
15:29
and
15:29
commented
15:30
on
15:30
the
15:30
human
15:30
sized
15:31
heroes
15:31
at
15:32
the
15:32
center
15:32
of
15:32
the
15:32
story.
15:33
What
15:34
appealed
15:34
to
15:34
him
15:34
most
15:35
about
15:35
Erin
15:35
Brockovich
15:36
was
15:36
working
15:37
with
15:37
Julia
15:37
Roberts
15:38
on
15:38
a
15:38
film
15:38
that
15:38
would
15:39
clearly
15:39
expand
15:40
her
15:40
horizons
15:40
and
15:41
also
15:41
developing
15:42
Brockovichian's
15:43
character.
15:44
After
15:44
Soderbergh
15:45
came
15:45
on
15:45
board,
15:45
a
15:46
meeting
15:46
was
15:46
held
15:46
months
15:47
before
15:47
principal
15:48
photography
15:48
began
15:48
in
15:49
mid-1999
15:50
to
15:51
go
15:51
over
15:51
the
15:51
third
15:52
draft
15:52
of
15:52
Grant's
15:53
script.
15:54
At
15:54
that
15:54
meeting
15:54
were
15:55
Ed
15:55
Masri,
15:56
Erin
15:56
Brookovich,
15:57
Steven
15:57
Soderbergh,
15:58
Carlos
15:58
Santos
15:59
Schamberg,
15:59
Susanna
16:00
Grant,
16:01
Jersey
16:01
co
16:01
chairman
16:02
Stacy
16:02
Scherr
16:03
and
16:03
an
16:03
attorney
16:04
for
16:04
Universal.
16:05
At
16:06
the
16:06
meeting,
16:06
Soderbergh
16:07
went
16:07
through
16:07
the
16:07
script
16:08
line
16:08
by
16:09
line
16:09
with
16:09
Masri
16:10
and
16:10
Brockovich
16:11
asking,
16:11
did
16:12
this
16:12
happen?
16:13
If
16:13
not,
16:13
what
16:14
did
16:14
happen?
16:14
The
16:15
biggest
16:15
change
16:15
in
16:16
the
16:16
script
16:16
to
16:16
come
16:16
out
16:16
of
16:17
that
16:17
meeting
16:17
was
16:18
the
16:18
decision
16:18
to
16:19
place
16:19
more
16:19
emphasis
16:20
on
16:20
Masri's
16:20
involvement.
16:21
Originally,
16:22
the
16:22
movie
16:22
had
16:23
Brockovich
16:23
gathering
16:24
the
16:24
signatures
16:24
of
16:24
Hinckley
16:25
residents
16:25
to
16:25
join
16:26
the
16:26
lawsuit,
16:27
but
16:27
that
16:27
was
16:27
changed
16:28
to
16:28
show
16:28
Masri's
16:29
actual
16:29
involvement,
16:30
as
16:30
well
16:30
as
16:31
the
16:31
toll
16:31
it
16:31
took
16:32
on
16:32
Masri
16:32
to
16:32
actually
16:33
be
16:33
involved.
16:34
The
16:34
real
16:35
lawsuit
16:35
nearly
16:36
bankrupted
16:36
Ed
16:36
Masri.
16:37
His
16:37
law
16:38
firm
16:38
had
16:38
run
16:38
out
16:39
of
16:39
money.
16:39
He
16:40
remortgaged
16:40
his
16:40
home
16:41
and
16:41
the
16:41
law
16:41
firm
16:42
didn't
16:42
take
16:42
on
16:42
any
16:43
new
16:43
cases.
16:44
He
16:44
had
16:44
30
16:45
to
16:45
60
16:45
days
16:46
of
16:46
operating
16:46
capital
16:47
left
16:47
when
16:48
he
16:48
was
16:48
joined
16:48
in
16:48
the
16:49
fight
16:49
by
16:49
two
16:50
other
16:50
legal
16:50
practices,
16:51
Girardi
16:52
Kees
16:52
and
16:52
Engstrom
16:53
Lipscomb
16:54
and
16:54
Lack.
16:55
Together
16:55
they
16:55
contributed
16:56
$12
16:56
million
16:57
of
16:57
their
16:57
own
16:58
cash
16:58
into
16:58
waging
16:59
the
16:59
legal
16:59
fight
17:00
against
17:00
PG
17:00
and
17:01
E.
17:01
But
17:02
any
17:02
may
17:02
be
17:02
based
17:03
on
17:03
a
17:03
true
17:03
story
17:03
that
17:04
only
17:04
happened
17:04
a
17:04
few
17:05
years
17:05
prior.
17:06
Is
17:06
still
17:06
treading
17:07
on
17:07
very
17:07
dangerous
17:08
ground
17:08
when
17:08
you're
17:08
depicting
17:09
a
17:09
real
17:09
case
17:10
against
17:10
a
17:11
real
17:11
billion
17:11
dollar
17:12
corporation.
17:13
In
17:13
Grant's
17:14
screenplay,
17:14
which
17:14
received
17:15
uncredited
17:15
rewrite
17:16
by
17:16
screenwriter
17:17
Richard
17:17
Nagraval,
17:19
real
17:19
life
17:19
Hindley
17:20
residents
17:20
became
17:21
composites.
17:22
The
17:22
two
17:23
principal
17:23
big
17:23
city
17:24
lawyers,
17:24
Girardi
17:25
Keith
17:25
from
17:25
down
17:26
downtown
17:26
Los
17:26
Angeles
17:27
and
17:27
Engstrom
17:28
Lipscomb
17:29
Lack
17:29
from
17:29
Century
17:30
City,
17:30
who
17:31
joined
17:31
Masri
17:31
invoicing.
17:32
PG
17:32
and
17:32
E
17:33
were
17:33
condensed
17:34
for
17:34
dramatic
17:34
purposes
17:35
into
17:36
one
17:36
man,
17:36
Kurt
17:37
Potter,
17:38
played
17:38
by
17:38
actor
17:39
Peter
17:39
Coyote.
17:40
Donna
17:41
Jensen
17:41
was
17:42
based
17:42
mostly
17:42
on
17:42
the
17:43
story
17:43
of
17:43
Hinckley
17:44
resident
17:44
Roberta
17:44
Walker.
17:45
Walker,
17:46
who
17:46
had
17:46
lived
17:46
in
17:46
Hinckley
17:47
since
17:47
1976,
17:48
had
17:49
two
17:49
daughters
17:49
who
17:50
had
17:50
constant
17:50
nosebleed
17:51
after
17:52
years
17:52
of
17:52
exposure
17:53
to
17:53
cranium
17:53
6.
17:54
She
17:54
had
17:55
five
17:55
stomach
17:55
surgeries
17:56
and
17:56
three
17:56
breast
17:57
surgeries.
17:58
Both
17:58
of
17:58
her
17:58
daughters
17:59
had
17:59
hysterectomies
18:00
and
18:00
fibromyalgia.
18:01
And
18:02
her
18:02
husband
18:02
was
18:02
diagnosed
18:03
with
18:03
prostate
18:04
cancer.
18:04
In
18:04
1993,
18:05
her
18:05
home
18:06
in
18:06
Hinckley
18:06
was
18:07
bought
18:07
by
18:07
PGE
18:08
and
18:08
bulldozed.
18:09
They
18:09
used
18:09
the
18:09
money
18:10
from
18:10
the
18:10
sale
18:10
to
18:11
move
18:11
six
18:11
miles
18:11
away.
18:12
But
18:12
in
18:13
2003,
18:13
they
18:14
were
18:14
informed
18:14
that
18:14
site
18:15
wasn't
18:15
safe
18:16
either.
18:16
PGE
18:17
would
18:17
buy
18:17
this
18:18
house
18:18
from
18:18
them
18:18
too.
18:19
The
18:19
movie
18:20
was
18:20
able
18:20
to
18:20
include
18:21
explicit
18:22
references
18:22
to
18:22
PG
18:23
and
18:23
E
18:23
without
18:24
legal
18:24
repercussions,
18:25
primarily
18:26
because
18:26
the
18:26
movie
18:26
was
18:27
based
18:27
on
18:27
documented
18:28
facts
18:28
from
18:29
the
18:29
actual
18:29
case,
18:30
which
18:30
was
18:30
Anderson
18:31
versus
18:31
Pacific
18:32
Gas
18:32
and
18:32
Electric,
18:33
which
18:33
concluded
18:34
in
18:34
1996
18:35
with
18:36
PGE
18:36
paying
18:37
a
18:37
$333
18:38
million
18:39
settlement
18:39
to
18:40
the
18:40
residents
18:40
of
18:40
Hinckley,
18:41
California.
18:42
The
18:42
legal
18:42
proceedings,
18:43
evidence
18:43
of
18:44
hexavalent
18:44
chromium
18:45
contamination
18:46
and
18:46
PG
18:47
and
18:47
E's
18:47
actions
18:47
were
18:48
documented
18:48
in
18:48
court
18:49
records,
18:49
which
18:50
are
18:50
public
18:50
information.
18:51
Universal
18:52
Studios
18:52
and
18:53
Jersey
18:53
Films
18:54
had
18:54
their
18:54
legal
18:54
teams
18:55
thoroughly
18:55
review
18:55
the
18:56
scripts
18:56
and
18:57
the
18:57
final
18:57
film
18:57
to
18:58
ensure
18:58
the
18:58
portrayal
18:59
was
18:59
accurate
18:59
enough
19:00
to
19:00
withstand
19:01
potential
19:01
defamation
19:02
claims.
19:02
And
19:03
even
19:03
if
19:03
PGE
19:04
did
19:04
sue
19:04
for
19:04
defamation,
19:05
it
19:06
would
19:06
likely
19:06
only
19:06
bring
19:07
more
19:07
attention
19:07
to
19:08
the
19:08
original
19:08
case
19:09
and
19:09
potentially
19:10
damage
19:10
the
19:10
company's
19:11
reputation
19:11
further.
19:12
Now,
19:13
of
19:13
course,
19:13
it
19:13
doesn't
19:13
mean
19:14
everything
19:14
in
19:14
the
19:14
movie
19:15
was
19:15
completely
19:16
accurate.
19:16
Some
19:17
scenes
19:17
were
19:17
altered
19:17
for
19:18
dramatic
19:18
effect
19:19
or
19:19
for
19:19
less
19:20
dramatic
19:20
effect,
19:21
like
19:21
in
19:21
real
19:22
life.
19:22
Erin
19:22
Brockovich
19:23
did
19:23
become
19:23
sick
19:24
from
19:24
exposure
19:25
to
19:25
the
19:25
toxins
19:25
in
19:26
the
19:26
water
19:26
in
19:26
Hinckley.
19:27
But
19:27
they
19:27
felt
19:28
that
19:28
including
19:28
that
19:29
as
19:29
a
19:29
subplot
19:29
would
19:30
take
19:30
away
19:30
from
19:30
the
19:31
people
19:31
she
19:31
was
19:31
fighting
19:32
for.
19:32
The
19:33
scene
19:33
where
19:33
an
19:33
attorney
19:34
is
19:34
presented
19:34
with
19:34
a
19:34
glass
19:35
of
19:35
water
19:36
specially
19:36
selected
19:37
from
19:37
Hinckley
19:38
was
19:38
created
19:39
for
19:39
the
19:39
movie.
19:39
But
19:40
it
19:40
did
19:40
actually
19:40
happen
19:41
at
19:41
a
19:41
trial.
19:42
But
19:42
as
19:42
no
19:42
trials
19:43
were
19:43
shown,
19:44
they
19:44
decided
19:44
to
19:45
move
19:45
it
19:45
elsewhere.
19:46
How
19:46
Erin
19:47
finds
19:47
out
19:47
about
19:48
the
19:48
pumping
19:48
station
19:49
records
19:49
is
19:49
different
19:50
too.
19:50
There
19:50
was
19:51
no
19:51
mysterious
19:52
older
19:52
man
19:52
following
19:52
her
19:53
around
19:53
and
19:53
finally
19:54
telling
19:54
her
19:54
that
19:54
he
19:55
worked
19:55
at
19:55
pumping
19:56
station
19:56
and
19:57
he'd
19:57
been
19:57
ordered
19:57
to
19:57
destroy
19:58
documents.
19:59
In
19:59
real
19:59
life,
19:59
there
20:00
were
20:00
two
20:00
whistleblowers,
20:01
a
20:01
man
20:01
and
20:01
a
20:02
woman.
20:02
All
20:02
the
20:03
facilities
20:03
historical
20:04
records
20:04
were
20:04
dumped
20:04
at
20:05
a
20:05
place
20:05
known
20:05
as
20:06
the
20:06
Boneyard.
20:07
The
20:07
man
20:07
and
20:07
woman
20:08
used
20:08
five
20:08
pickup
20:09
trucks
20:09
over
20:09
several
20:10
nights
20:10
between
20:10
10pm
20:11
and
20:11
5am
20:12
to
20:12
dump
20:13
the
20:13
records
20:13
which
20:14
stated
20:14
how
20:14
much
20:15
chromium
20:15
was
20:16
put
20:16
in
20:16
the
20:16
system
20:16
between
20:17
1952
20:18
and
20:18
1986.
20:19
Brockovich
20:20
was
20:20
sitting
20:21
in
20:21
a
20:21
bar
20:21
on
20:21
Highway
20:22
58
20:22
when
20:22
an
20:23
older
20:23
man
20:23
she
20:23
had
20:23
met
20:24
before
20:24
approached
20:25
her.
20:25
And
20:25
just
20:26
like
20:26
in
20:26
the
20:26
movie,
20:27
she
20:27
thought
20:27
he
20:27
wanted
20:28
to
20:28
pick
20:28
her
20:28
up.
20:29
But
20:29
instead
20:29
he
20:30
told
20:30
her
20:30
off
20:30
the
20:31
boneyard.
20:31
And
20:32
that
20:32
is
20:32
how
20:32
they
20:32
got
20:33
the
20:33
necessary
20:33
evidence
20:34
to
20:34
prove
20:34
the
20:35
corporate
20:35
PG
20:36
and
20:36
E
20:36
knew
20:37
about
20:37
what
20:38
PG&E
20:38
in
20:38
Hinckley
20:39
was
20:39
doing.
20:40
Her
20:41
boyfriend,
20:41
George
20:42
Halaby,
20:42
didn't
20:43
live
20:43
next
20:43
door.
20:44
They
20:44
met
20:44
at
20:44
a
20:44
bar.
20:45
He
20:45
actually
20:45
noticed
20:46
her
20:46
potentially
20:47
being
20:47
roofied,
20:48
stopped
20:48
her
20:48
from
20:48
drinking
20:49
the
20:49
drink
20:49
and
20:49
offered
20:50
to
20:50
buy
20:50
her
20:50
a
20:50
better
20:50
one.
20:51
He
20:51
was
20:52
a
20:52
ponytailed
20:52
biker
20:53
dude
20:53
and
20:54
he
20:54
was
20:54
the
20:54
one
20:54
who
20:54
introduced
20:55
her
20:55
to
20:55
lawyer
20:56
Jim
20:56
Petito,
20:57
not
20:57
Ed
20:58
Masri.
20:59
And
20:59
she
20:59
was
20:59
Ms.
21:00
Pacific
21:00
coast,
21:00
not
21:01
Ms.
21:01
Wichita.
21:02
And
21:03
it
21:03
turned
21:03
out
21:03
having
21:04
a
21:04
movie
21:04
made
21:04
of
21:04
your
21:04
life,
21:05
and
21:05
a
21:06
successful
21:06
Academy
21:07
Award
21:07
winning
21:07
one
21:08
at
21:08
that,
21:08
which
21:08
I'm
21:08
going
21:08
to
21:09
come
21:09
to,
21:09
is
21:09
Lord
21:10
Roses.
21:11
Her
21:11
then
21:11
ex
21:12
boyfriend,
21:12
George
21:13
Hallaby,
21:13
joined
21:14
forces
21:14
with
21:14
her
21:15
first
21:15
ex
21:15
husband,
21:16
Sean
21:16
Brown,
21:17
to
21:17
blackmail
21:18
erin
21:18
Brockovich
21:19
for
21:19
$310,000,
21:21
threatening
21:22
to
21:22
tell
21:22
the
21:22
public
21:22
she'd
21:23
been
21:23
having
21:23
an
21:23
affair
21:24
with
21:24
Ed
21:24
Masri.
21:25
Her
21:25
second
21:26
husband,
21:26
Stephen
21:27
Brockovich,
21:27
sued
21:28
her
21:28
for
21:28
defamation.
21:29
And
21:29
as
21:29
the
21:30
Hinckley
21:30
case
21:30
received
21:31
new
21:31
attention,
21:32
detractors
21:33
started
21:33
to
21:33
question
21:34
whether
21:34
cancer
21:34
rates
21:35
were
21:35
truly
21:35
higher
21:36
than
21:36
average
21:36
there.
21:37
While
21:38
the
21:38
movie
21:38
was
21:38
a
21:39
huge
21:39
success,
21:40
Julia
21:40
Roberts
21:40
performance
21:41
was
21:41
lauded.
21:41
And
21:42
the
21:42
real
21:42
Erin
21:42
Brookovich
21:43
moved
21:43
on
21:43
to
21:43
other
21:44
cases.
21:45
The
21:45
real
21:45
residents
21:46
of
21:46
Hinckley,
21:46
California
21:47
were
21:47
quietly
21:48
upset
21:48
about
21:49
the
21:49
whole
21:49
thing.
21:50
Some
21:50
of
21:50
them
21:51
suggested
21:51
the
21:51
movie's
21:52
ending
21:52
misrepresented
21:53
what
21:53
happened.
21:54
And
21:54
that
21:54
the
21:54
actual
21:54
amounts
21:55
received
21:55
were
21:56
far
21:56
less
21:56
than
21:56
originally
21:57
thought.
21:58
Since
21:59
the
21:59
case
21:59
never
21:59
went
22:00
to
22:00
trial
22:00
and
22:00
was
22:00
settled
22:01
behind
22:01
closed
22:01
doors
22:02
before
22:02
a
22:02
panel
22:03
of
22:03
arbitrators.
22:04
Neither
22:04
transcripts
22:05
of
22:05
the
22:05
proceeds
22:06
nor
22:07
records
22:07
of
22:07
how
22:07
the
22:08
settlement
22:08
was
22:08
dispersed
22:09
have
22:09
ever
22:10
been
22:10
made
22:10
available
22:11
to
22:11
the
22:11
public
22:11
or
22:12
even
22:12
to
22:12
the
22:12
victims
22:13
themselves.
22:14
Had
22:14
the
22:14
case
22:14
gone
22:15
to
22:15
trial,
22:15
the
22:16
transcript
22:16
and
22:16
the
22:16
disbursement
22:17
would
22:17
be
22:17
a
22:18
matter
22:18
of
22:18
public
22:18
record.
22:19
As
22:20
depicted
22:20
in
22:20
the
22:20
movie.
22:21
Many
22:21
of
22:21
the
22:21
residents
22:22
wanted
22:22
a
22:22
full
22:23
trial
22:23
and
22:24
didn't
22:24
like
22:24
the
22:24
idea
22:25
of
22:25
arbitration.
22:26
The
22:27
resulting
22:27
compensation
22:28
was
22:28
often
22:28
a
22:28
lot
22:29
less
22:29
than
22:29
expected,
22:29
even
22:30
taking
22:30
the
22:30
fees
22:31
into
22:31
account.
22:32
And
22:32
a
22:32
number
22:32
of
22:33
beneficiaries
22:33
to
22:34
the
22:34
settlement
22:34
planned
22:35
to
22:35
sue
22:35
their
22:35
lawyers,
22:36
including
22:36
Brockovich's
22:37
firm,
22:38
Masri
22:38
and
22:38
Petito.
22:39
They
22:40
also
22:40
complained
22:40
that
22:40
their
22:41
lawyers
22:41
kept
22:41
the
22:41
money
22:42
for
22:42
six
22:42
months
22:42
after
22:43
the
22:43
settlement
22:43
was
22:44
made
22:44
without
22:44
paying
22:45
the
22:45
interest,
22:46
and
22:46
that
22:46
there
22:46
was
22:46
little
22:47
or
22:47
no
22:47
apparent
22:48
logic
22:48
behind
22:49
the
22:49
varying
22:49
amounts
22:50
of
22:50
money
22:50
that
22:50
they
22:51
received.
22:51
Although
22:52
some
22:52
residents
22:52
suggested
22:53
that
22:53
the
22:53
closer
22:54
you
22:54
were
22:54
with
22:54
Masri
22:55
and
22:55
Brockovich,
22:56
the
22:56
more
22:56
money
22:57
you
22:57
ended
22:57
up
22:57
receiving.
22:58
Under
22:59
their
22:59
agreement
23:00
with
23:00
Ed
23:00
Masri
23:00
and
23:00
the
23:01
two
23:01
other
23:01
law
23:01
firms,
23:02
the
23:02
lawyers
23:02
received
23:03
40%
23:04
the
23:04
settlement,
23:05
or
23:05
$133
23:06
million.
23:08
That
23:08
should
23:08
have
23:08
left
23:08
$200
23:09
million
23:10
for
23:10
the
23:10
victims,
23:11
or
23:11
roughly
23:09
$300,000
23:13
each.
23:14
But
23:14
many
23:15
received
23:15
$100,000
23:16
or
23:16
less,
23:17
and
23:17
neither
23:18
PG&E
23:18
nor
23:19
the
23:19
lawyers
23:19
would
23:19
release
23:20
records
23:20
of
23:20
their
23:21
accounting.
23:22
There
23:22
was
23:22
also
23:23
the
23:23
issue
23:23
of
23:23
the
23:23
settlement
23:24
to
23:24
the
23:24
town's
23:24
100
23:25
sick
23:25
children.
23:26
Under
23:27
Californian
23:27
law,
23:28
lawyers
23:28
are
23:28
only
23:29
usually
23:29
allowed
23:30
to
23:30
take
23:30
25%
23:31
of
23:31
any
23:31
payout
23:32
to
23:32
minors.
23:33
But
23:33
the
23:33
judges
23:34
in
23:34
this
23:34
case
23:34
allowed
23:35
the
23:35
lawyers
23:35
to
23:36
take
23:36
one
23:36
third.
23:37
The
23:37
clients
23:38
also
23:38
claimed
23:38
they
23:39
were
23:39
billed
23:39
an
23:39
extra
23:40
$10
23:40
million
23:41
for
23:41
undetailed
23:42
expenses.
23:43
And
23:43
as
23:44
for
23:40
PG&E,
23:44
they
23:45
released
23:45
a
23:45
statement
23:45
ABC
23:46
News
23:46
in
23:47
2021,
23:48
following
23:48
an
23:48
article
23:49
published
23:49
on
23:49
the
23:50
real
23:50
story
23:50
of
23:50
the
23:51
town.
23:51
Three
23:51
decades
23:52
after
23:52
Erin
23:53
Brockovich's
23:53
crusade
23:54
to
23:54
clean
23:54
a
23:55
Pinkley
23:56
quote
23:56
At
23:57
Pacific
23:57
Gas
23:58
and
23:58
Electric
23:58
company
23:59
pge,
24:00
the
24:01
safety
24:01
of
24:01
our
24:02
customers,
24:02
communities
24:03
and
24:03
employees
24:04
is
24:04
our
24:04
most
24:05
important
24:05
responsibility.
24:06
We
24:06
have
24:07
taken
24:07
many
24:07
actions
24:08
in
24:08
support
24:08
of
24:08
our
24:09
commitment
24:09
to
24:09
clean
24:10
up
24:10
groundwater
24:10
contamination
24:11
stemming
24:12
from
24:12
the
24:12
use
24:13
of
24:13
chromium
24:13
6
24:14
at
24:14
our
24:14
natural
24:14
gas
24:15
compressor
24:15
station
24:16
in
24:16
Hinkley
24:17
in
24:17
the
24:17
1950s
24:18
and
24:18
1960s.
24:19
As
24:19
part
24:20
of
24:20
a
24:20
long
24:20
term
24:20
remedial
24:21
process,
24:22
PGE
24:23
evaluated
24:23
numerous
24:24
clear
24:24
technologies
24:25
to
24:25
determine
24:26
the
24:26
best
24:26
approach.
24:27
Our
24:27
solution,
24:28
which
24:28
has
24:28
been
24:28
approved
24:29
by
24:29
regulators,
24:30
utilizes
24:30
treatment
24:31
in
24:31
place
24:32
systems
24:32
in
24:32
areas
24:32
that
24:33
have
24:33
the
24:33
highest
24:34
levels
24:34
of
24:34
chromium.
24:35
One
24:35
of
24:35
the
24:35
largest
24:36
in
24:36
place
24:36
barrier
24:37
treatment
24:37
systems
24:38
for
24:38
metals
24:38
in
24:39
the
24:39
world
24:39
and
24:40
an
24:40
innovative
24:40
and
24:41
sustainable
24:41
remediation
24:42
method
24:43
that
24:43
treats
24:43
lower
24:44
levels
24:44
of
24:44
chromium
24:45
by
24:45
growing
24:45
alfalfa
24:46
and
24:47
other
24:47
fodder
24:47
crops.
24:48
PGE
24:49
has
24:49
made
24:49
significant
24:50
progress
24:50
in
24:51
cleaning
24:51
up
24:51
the
24:51
highest
24:52
concentrations
24:52
of
24:53
Chronium
24:53
6
24:53
in
24:54
groundwater.
24:55
The
24:55
remedy
24:55
has
24:55
removed
24:56
more
24:56
than
24:56
5,600
24:57
pounds
24:58
of
24:58
Chromium
24:58
6
24:59
from
24:59
groundwater
25:00
to
25:00
date,
25:01
representing
25:01
more
25:02
than
25:02
70%
25:03
of
25:03
the
25:03
estimated
25:03
release.
25:04
By
25:04
partnering
25:05
with
25:05
local
25:05
farmers,
25:06
PGE's
25:07
agricultural
25:08
operations
25:08
boost
25:09
the
25:09
local
25:09
economy,
25:10
preserve
25:10
farmland,
25:11
support
25:12
California's
25:12
climate
25:13
change
25:13
goals
25:14
and
25:14
foster
25:15
working
25:15
relationships
25:16
towards
25:16
shared
25:16
community
25:17
goals.
25:17
To
25:18
facilitate
25:18
this
25:18
work
25:19
and
25:19
in
25:19
response
25:20
to
25:20
property
25:20
owners
25:20
request
25:21
request,
25:21
PGE
25:22
has
25:22
purchased
25:23
properties
25:23
and
25:24
undeveloped
25:24
land
25:24
in
25:25
Hinckley.
25:26
As
25:26
we
25:26
responsibly
25:27
manage
25:27
our
25:27
cleanup,
25:28
PGE
25:28
is
25:29
working
25:29
with
25:29
community
25:30
stakeholders
25:31
to
25:31
help
25:31
plan
25:31
for
25:31
Hinkley's
25:32
future.
25:33
We
25:33
are
25:33
committed
25:33
to
25:34
doing
25:34
what's
25:34
right
25:34
for
25:34
the
25:35
Hinkley
25:35
community
25:36
and
25:36
we
25:36
will
25:36
be
25:37
here
25:37
until
25:37
we
25:38
finish
25:38
the
25:38
job.
25:39
PGE
25:40
remains
25:40
committed
25:40
to
25:40
listening
25:41
and
25:41
responding
25:41
to
25:41
the
25:42
Hinckley
25:42
community
25:43
with
25:43
readily
25:43
available
25:44
information
25:44
about
25:45
our
25:45
programmes.
25:46
PGE
25:47
also
25:47
continues
25:47
to
25:48
work
25:48
with
25:48
key
25:48
community
25:49
stakeholders
25:50
to
25:50
improve
25:50
our
25:50
local
25:51
presence
25:51
in
25:51
the
25:51
Hinckley
25:52
community
25:52
and
25:53
support
25:53
community
25:54
investment
25:54
priorities
25:55
focusing
25:55
on
25:56
youth
25:56
health
25:56
and
25:57
wellness,
25:57
education
25:58
and
25:58
workforce
25:59
development.
26:00
Our
26:00
local
26:00
community
26:01
office
26:01
continues
26:02
to
26:02
partner
26:02
with
26:02
the
26:03
county
26:03
and
26:03
local
26:04
nonprofits
26:05
for
26:05
workforce
26:05
training,
26:06
health
26:06
fairs,
26:07
community
26:07
cleanup
26:08
days
26:08
and
26:09
educational
26:09
tours.
26:10
Unquote.
26:12
Sure,
26:13
Jan,
26:14
it's
26:15
now
26:15
time
26:15
to
26:16
segue
26:16
into
26:16
the
26:16
obligatory
26:17
Keanu
26:17
reference
26:18
of
26:18
this
26:18
episode.
26:18
And
26:19
if
26:19
you
26:19
don't
26:19
know
26:19
what
26:19
that
26:19
is
26:20
where
26:20
I
26:20
joined
26:21
the
26:21
movie
26:21
that
26:21
I'm
26:21
featuring
26:21
with
26:22
Keanu
26:22
Reeves.
26:23
And
26:23
let's
26:24
be
26:24
brutally
26:24
honest
26:25
here,
26:25
finding
26:26
out
26:26
that
26:26
hexavalent
26:27
chromium
26:27
was
26:27
giving
26:28
kids
26:28
cancer
26:29
would
26:29
be
26:30
enough
26:30
for
26:30
Keanu
26:31
Reeves
26:31
to
26:32
go
26:32
full
26:32
John
26:32
Wick
26:33
on
26:33
PG&E's
26:34
asses.
26:36
Erin
26:36
Brockovich
26:37
released
26:37
on
26:37
17
26:38
March
26:38
2000
26:39
in
26:39
the
26:39
US
26:40
and
26:40
was
26:40
an
26:41
immediate
26:41
smash
26:41
hit.
26:42
It
26:42
opened
26:42
at
26:43
number
26:43
one
26:43
at
26:43
the
26:43
domestic
26:44
box
26:44
office,
26:44
staying
26:45
there
26:45
for
26:45
three
26:46
weeks,
26:46
only
26:47
being
26:47
dethroned
26:47
in
26:47
its
26:48
fourth
26:48
week
26:48
by
26:48
rules
26:49
of
26:49
Engagement,
26:50
Erin
26:50
Brockovich
26:51
came
26:51
out
26:51
the
26:51
same
26:52
week
26:52
as
26:52
Final
26:52
Destination
26:53
and
26:53
Romeo
26:54
Must
26:54
Die.
26:54
It
26:55
even
26:55
saw
26:55
off
26:55
the
26:56
Road
26:56
to
26:56
El
26:56
Dorado
26:57
in
26:57
its
26:57
third
26:57
week
26:57
by
26:58
only
26:58
a
26:58
million
26:59
dollars
26:59
or
26:59
so
27:00
on
27:00
its
27:01
$52
27:01
million
27:02
budget.
27:03
Which
27:03
is
27:03
even
27:03
more
27:04
remarkable
27:04
when
27:04
you
27:04
realize
27:05
that
27:05
$20
27:06
million
27:06
of
27:06
that,
27:07
that's
27:06
38%
27:08
of
27:09
the
27:09
budget
27:10
just
27:10
paid
27:11
Julia
27:11
Roberts
27:12
on
27:12
his
27:13
$52
27:13
million
27:14
budget.
27:14
Erin
27:14
Brockovich
27:15
grossed
27:13
$125.6
27:17
million
27:18
domestically
27:19
in
27:19
the
27:19
US
27:20
and
27:18
$130.7
27:21
million
27:22
internationally
27:23
for
27:23
a
27:23
total
27:24
worldwide
27:24
gross
27:25
of
27:22
$256.3
27:25
million.
27:28
It
27:28
was
27:28
the
27:28
10th
27:29
highest
27:29
grossing
27:30
film
27:30
in
27:30
North
27:30
America
27:31
for
27:31
the
27:31
year
27:31
2000.
27:33
It
27:33
has
27:33
an
27:33
85%
27:34
of
27:34
Rotten
27:35
Tomatoes
27:36
stating
27:36
Taking
27:37
full
27:37
advantage
27:37
of
27:38
Julia
27:38
Roberts
27:38
considerable
27:39
talent
27:39
and
27:40
appealing,
27:40
Erin
27:41
Brockovich
27:41
overcomes
27:42
a
27:42
few
27:42
character
27:43
and
27:43
plot
27:43
issues
27:44
to
27:44
deliver
27:44
a
27:44
smart,
27:45
thoughtful
27:45
and
27:46
fully
27:46
legal
27:47
drama.
27:47
With
27:48
almost
27:48
all
27:48
critics
27:49
showering
27:49
Roberts
27:50
and
27:50
Albert
27:51
Finney
27:51
with
27:51
praise
27:51
for
27:52
their
27:52
performances
27:53
and
27:53
the
27:54
critical
27:54
praise
27:54
towards
27:55
Roberts
27:55
and
27:55
Finney
27:56
continued
27:57
into
27:57
awards
27:57
season.
27:58
Erin
27:58
Brockovich
27:59
was
27:59
nominated
28:00
for
28:00
five
28:00
Academy
28:01
Awards,
28:01
including
28:02
Best
28:02
Picture,
28:03
Best
28:03
Director,
28:04
Best
28:04
Actress
28:05
for
28:05
Roberts,
28:06
Best
28:06
Supporting
28:06
Actor
28:07
for
28:07
Finney,
28:08
and
28:08
Best
28:08
Original
28:09
Screenplay.
28:10
Julia
28:10
Roberts
28:11
would
28:11
win
28:11
her
28:11
first
28:12
and
28:12
so
28:12
far
28:13
only
28:13
Academy
28:13
Award
28:14
for
28:14
Best
28:14
Actress.
28:15
She
28:16
would
28:16
also
28:16
take
28:16
home
28:17
the
28:17
Best
28:17
Actress
28:17
BAFTA
28:18
with
28:18
the
28:18
film
28:19
being
28:19
nominated
28:19
for
28:19
six
28:20
baftas
28:20
in
28:21
total
28:21
for
28:22
Best
28:22
Picture,
28:22
Best
28:23
Director,
28:23
Best
28:24
Actress,
28:24
Best
28:25
Supporting
28:25
Actor
28:25
for
28:25
Albert
28:26
Finney,
28:26
Best
28:27
Original
28:27
Screenplay
28:28
and
28:28
Best
28:28
Editing.
28:29
And
28:29
Julia
28:30
Roberts
28:30
would
28:30
take
28:30
the
28:31
Golden
28:31
Globe
28:31
for
28:31
Best
28:32
Actress
28:32
too,
28:32
as
28:33
well
28:33
as
28:33
the
28:33
the
28:33
SAG
28:34
Award
28:34
for
28:34
Best
28:34
Actress
28:35
and
28:35
the
28:35
Critics
28:36
Choice
28:36
Award
28:37
as
28:37
well.
28:38
Don't
28:38
feel
28:38
too
28:38
bad
28:39
for
28:39
Steven
28:39
Soderbergh,
28:40
though.
28:40
He
28:40
was
28:41
nominated
28:41
for
28:41
Best
28:42
Director
28:42
Academy
28:43
Awards
28:43
twice
28:44
that
28:44
year,
28:45
once
28:45
for
28:45
Erin
28:45
Brookovich
28:46
and
28:46
once
28:46
for
28:47
Traffic.
28:47
And
28:48
he
28:48
took
28:48
home
28:48
the
28:49
award
28:49
for
28:49
Traffic.
28:50
This
28:51
Women's
28:51
History
28:51
Month
28:52
will
28:52
be
28:52
told
28:53
many
28:53
stories
28:53
of
28:54
women
28:54
fighting
28:54
for
28:55
rights
28:55
for
28:55
education
28:56
to
28:57
be
28:57
heard.
28:58
What
28:58
I
28:58
love
28:59
about
28:59
the
28:59
Erin
28:59
Brockovich
29:00
story
29:00
isn't
29:01
so
29:01
much
29:01
the
29:01
story
29:02
itself,
29:02
although
29:03
it
29:03
is
29:03
remarkable,
29:04
but
29:05
the
29:05
story
29:05
of
29:06
Erin.
29:07
Not
29:07
only
29:07
was
29:08
she
29:08
a
29:08
single
29:09
mother,
29:09
but
29:09
also
29:10
an
29:10
unemployed
29:11
single
29:12
mother.
29:12
Those
29:13
two
29:13
things
29:13
are
29:14
often
29:14
vilified
29:15
by
29:15
society
29:16
as
29:16
a
29:16
whole.
29:17
So
29:17
you
29:17
have
29:17
this
29:18
vilified
29:18
unemployed
29:19
single
29:20
mother
29:21
also
29:21
dressed
29:22
in
29:22
a
29:22
certain
29:22
way
29:23
that
29:23
didn't
29:23
cover
29:24
her
29:24
shoulders
29:24
and
29:24
her
29:25
ankles.
29:25
Oh
29:25
my.
29:26
By
29:26
all
29:26
accounts,
29:27
Julia
29:27
Roberts
29:27
wardrobe
29:28
in
29:28
this
29:28
movie
29:28
is
29:29
modest
29:30
compared
29:30
to
29:30
what
29:30
Brockovich
29:31
actually
29:31
wore.
29:32
And
29:32
it
29:32
goes
29:33
a
29:33
long
29:33
way
29:33
to
29:33
promote
29:34
the
29:34
Don't
29:34
Judge
29:34
a
29:35
book
29:35
by
29:35
its
29:35
cover
29:36
saying
29:37
don't
29:37
judge
29:37
women
29:38
who
29:38
wear
29:38
short
29:38
skirts
29:39
or
29:39
tight
29:39
tops.
29:40
Don't
29:40
judge
29:41
single
29:41
mothers.
29:42
Don't
29:42
judge
29:42
unemployed
29:43
people.
29:44
Erin
29:45
Brockovich
29:45
may
29:46
not
29:46
have
29:46
been
29:46
book
29:47
smart,
29:48
but
29:48
she
29:48
was
29:48
smart.
29:49
She
29:49
was
29:50
tenacious,
29:50
she
29:51
was
29:51
resourceful,
29:52
she
29:52
was
29:53
hard
29:53
working.
29:53
And
29:54
all
29:54
it
29:54
took
29:54
was
29:55
someone
29:55
to
29:55
give
29:55
her
29:56
a
29:56
chance.
29:57
Look
29:57
what
29:57
incredible
29:58
single
29:58
mothers
29:59
can
29:59
do
29:59
if
29:59
they're
30:00
given
30:00
a
30:00
chance.
30:01
Look
30:01
what
30:01
any
30:01
incredible
30:02
woman
30:02
could
30:03
do
30:03
if
30:04
she
30:04
were
30:04
just
30:04
given
30:04
that
30:05
chance
30:05
to
30:05
shine.
30:06
Now,
30:06
of
30:06
course,
30:07
it
30:07
does
30:07
help
30:07
that
30:07
she's
30:08
played
30:08
by
30:08
Julia
30:08
Roberts
30:09
in
30:09
this
30:09
movie.
30:10
And
30:10
Julia
30:10
Roberts
30:11
was
30:11
on
30:11
a
30:11
hot
30:11
Streak
30:12
at
30:12
the
30:12
time.
30:13
After
30:13
starring
30:13
in
30:14
My
30:14
Best
30:14
Friend's
30:14
Wedding,
30:15
Conspiracy
30:16
Theory,
30:16
Stepmom,
30:17
Notting
30:18
Hill
30:18
and
30:18
Runaway
30:19
Bride,
30:19
she
30:20
was
30:20
indisputably
30:21
the
30:21
world's
30:22
most
30:22
famous
30:23
actress.
30:23
With
30:24
a
30:24
killer
30:24
smile,
30:25
but
30:25
with
30:25
the
30:25
chops
30:26
to
30:26
pull
30:26
it
30:26
all
30:26
off.
30:27
Julia
30:28
Roberts
30:29
is
30:29
a
30:29
natural
30:29
in
30:30
this
30:30
role.
30:31
Erin
30:31
may
30:31
have
30:31
a
30:31
potty
30:32
mouth,
30:32
but
30:33
she's
30:33
lovable
30:34
and
30:34
dedicated
30:34
and
30:35
refuses
30:35
to
30:35
give
30:36
up
30:36
her
30:36
newfound
30:37
success
30:37
for
30:37
anyone.
30:38
No
30:39
fancy
30:39
law
30:40
degree
30:40
or
30:40
business
30:41
suit
30:41
can
30:41
match
30:41
the
30:42
genuine
30:42
empathy,
30:43
hope
30:44
and
30:44
friendship
30:44
offered
30:45
to
30:45
the
30:45
people
30:45
of
30:45
Hinckley
30:46
by
30:46
Erin
30:46
Brockovich.
30:47
And
30:47
Julian
30:48
Roberts
30:48
just
30:48
taps
30:49
into
30:49
that.
30:50
It's
30:50
a
30:50
star
30:51
making
30:51
turn
30:51
for
30:52
the
30:52
biggest
30:52
star
30:52
in
30:53
the
30:53
world
30:53
and
30:54
we're
30:54
all
30:54
here
30:55
just
30:55
to
30:55
see
30:55
Julia
30:56
Roberts
30:56
shine
30:57
and
30:58
get
30:58
that
30:58
well
30:58
deserved
30:59
Academy
30:59
Award
31:00
for
31:00
this
31:00
performance
31:00
because
31:01
she
31:01
is
31:01
genuinely
31:02
terrific.
31:04
It's
31:04
also
31:04
refreshing
31:05
to
31:05
see
31:05
a
31:05
2000
31:06
movie
31:06
where
31:07
a
31:07
man
31:07
is
31:07
seen
31:08
to
31:08
be
31:08
a
31:08
primary
31:09
caregiver
31:10
supporting
31:10
a
31:10
woman
31:11
in
31:11
her
31:11
career.
31:12
Okay,
31:13
so
31:13
they
31:13
break
31:13
up,
31:14
but
31:14
only
31:14
because
31:15
he
31:15
starts
31:15
to
31:15
be
31:15
seen
31:16
as
31:16
more
31:16
of
31:16
a
31:16
babysitter
31:17
than
31:17
a
31:17
partner
31:18
and
31:18
wants
31:18
to
31:19
feel
31:19
appreciated.
31:20
Which
31:21
is
31:21
basically
31:21
what
31:22
every
31:22
mother
31:23
who
31:23
is
31:23
the
31:24
primary
31:24
caregiver
31:25
of
31:25
the
31:25
children
31:26
has
31:26
ever
31:27
or
31:27
will
31:28
ever
31:28
want.
31:29
Women
31:29
had
31:30
to
31:30
cater
31:30
to
31:30
men's
31:31
careers
31:31
and
31:32
wants
31:32
and
31:32
needs
31:33
for
31:33
centuries.
31:34
But
31:34
even
31:35
after
31:35
the
31:35
breakup,
31:36
George
31:36
is
31:36
still
31:36
there
31:37
to
31:37
look
31:37
after
31:37
the
31:37
kids
31:38
because
31:38
he
31:38
loves
31:38
those
31:39
kids
31:39
and
31:40
good
31:40
dads.
31:41
Even
31:41
if
31:41
their
31:41
stepdads
31:42
are
31:43
hot
31:43
dads.
31:44
And
31:44
so
31:45
where
31:45
is
31:45
everyone
31:46
now?
31:46
Well,
31:46
Erin
31:47
Brookovich
31:47
worked
31:48
at
31:48
Masri
31:48
and
31:48
Petito
31:49
for
31:49
12
31:49
years.
31:50
When
31:51
Ed
31:51
Masri
31:51
died
31:52
in
31:52
2005,
31:53
she
31:53
was
31:54
holding
31:54
his
31:54
hand.
31:55
She
31:55
proved
31:56
so
31:56
vital
31:56
at
31:57
speaking
31:57
to
31:57
the
31:57
people
31:58
in
31:58
community
31:58
meetings
31:59
in
31:59
Hinkley
32:00
that
32:00
Masri
32:01
always
32:01
told
32:01
her
32:01
he
32:02
saw
32:02
her
32:02
career
32:02
going
32:03
the
32:03
way
32:03
of
32:03
public
32:04
speaking.
32:05
In
32:05
the
32:05
wake
32:05
of
32:05
the
32:05
film,
32:06
she
32:06
tried
32:06
her
32:06
hand
32:07
at
32:07
TV
32:07
with
32:08
short
32:08
lived
32:08
shows
32:08
like
32:09
Challenge
32:09
America
32:10
with
32:10
Erin
32:10
Brookovich
32:11
and
32:11
Final
32:12
Justice.
32:13
But
32:13
Ed
32:13
Masri
32:14
was
32:14
right.
32:14
Because
32:15
Ed
32:15
Masri
32:15
was
32:16
always
32:16
right.
32:17
Erin
32:17
Brockovich
32:18
became
32:18
a
32:18
well
32:18
known
32:19
public
32:19
speaker
32:19
and
32:20
activist.
32:20
She
32:21
also
32:21
became
32:21
a
32:22
grandmother
32:22
and
32:23
with
32:23
that
32:23
started
32:24
to
32:24
look
32:24
into
32:24
women's
32:25
health
32:25
issues
32:25
including
32:26
contraception
32:27
issues
32:27
and
32:27
menopause
32:28
support.
32:29
Erin
32:30
Brockovich,
32:30
the
32:31
movie,
32:31
not
32:31
the
32:31
woman
32:32
feels
32:32
like
32:33
such
32:33
a
32:33
weird
32:33
anomaly
32:34
in
32:34
2025.
32:35
25
32:36
years
32:37
later,
32:37
a
32:37
movie
32:38
like
32:38
this
32:38
would
32:38
probably
32:39
end
32:39
up
32:39
on
32:39
Netflix.
32:40
It
32:40
wouldn't
32:41
be
32:41
a
32:41
big
32:41
cinema
32:42
movie.
32:43
The
32:43
fact
32:43
it
32:43
was
32:43
re
32:44
released
32:44
in
32:44
cinemas
32:45
only
32:45
a
32:45
couple
32:45
of
32:45
weeks
32:46
ago
32:46
for
32:46
its
32:46
25th
32:47
birthday
32:47
is
32:48
just
32:48
testament
32:49
to
32:49
the
32:49
strength
32:49
of
32:49
this
32:50
movie.
32:51
Not
32:51
just
32:51
of
32:51
its
32:52
performances
32:52
or
32:53
its
32:53
feel
32:53
good
32:54
earnestness,
32:54
but
32:55
for
32:55
the
32:55
sad
32:55
fact
32:56
that
32:56
the
32:56
environment
32:56
is
32:57
something
32:57
we
32:57
should
32:58
actually
32:58
all
32:58
care
32:59
about.
32:59
We
33:00
should
33:00
be
33:00
investing
33:01
in
33:01
ways
33:01
to
33:01
ensure
33:02
things
33:02
like
33:02
this
33:02
never
33:03
happen
33:03
again.
33:04
Even
33:04
though
33:04
they
33:04
did,
33:05
and
33:05
they
33:06
do,
33:06
multiple
33:07
times.
33:08
Billionaire
33:09
companies
33:09
can
33:10
sit
33:10
in
33:10
their
33:10
ivory
33:11
towers
33:11
ignoring
33:11
the
33:12
pollution
33:12
issue
33:12
for
33:12
as
33:13
long
33:13
as
33:13
possible,
33:14
and
33:14
somehow
33:14
their
33:15
consciences
33:15
remain
33:16
clear.
33:16
But
33:17
the
33:17
truth
33:17
is,
33:17
without
33:18
people
33:18
like
33:18
Erin
33:19
Brockovich,
33:19
not
33:20
necessarily
33:20
the
33:20
legal
33:21
system
33:21
which
33:21
is
33:21
always
33:22
in
33:22
favour
33:22
of
33:22
lawyers
33:23
making
33:23
as
33:23
much
33:23
money
33:23
as
33:24
possible,
33:24
these
33:25
people
33:25
or
33:26
people
33:26
like
33:26
them
33:27
would
33:27
never
33:28
have
33:28
received
33:28
any
33:29
sort
33:29
of
33:29
justice.
33:30
And
33:30
while
33:31
of
33:31
course
33:31
the
33:31
payout
33:32
was
33:32
record
33:32
breaking
33:32
at
33:33
the
33:33
time,
33:33
it's
33:34
still
33:34
nothing
33:34
compared
33:35
to
33:35
the
33:35
pain
33:36
and
33:36
suffering
33:36
of
33:36
those
33:37
people
33:37
and
33:37
the
33:38
fact
33:38
they'll
33:38
have
33:38
to
33:39
live
33:39
with
33:39
their
33:39
illnesses
33:40
for
33:40
the
33:40
rest
33:40
of
33:40
their
33:40
lives.
33:41
This
33:42
is
33:42
the
33:42
story
33:42
of
33:43
how
33:43
a
33:43
multi
33:43
billion
33:44
dollar
33:44
company
33:45
knowingly
33:45
and
33:46
willfully
33:46
poisoned
33:47
the
33:47
ground
33:47
for
33:47
years,
33:48
leading
33:48
to
33:49
decades
33:49
of
33:49
disease,
33:50
death
33:51
and
33:51
trauma
33:51
for
33:52
an
33:52
entire
33:52
town
33:53
paid
33:53
next
33:53
to
33:54
nothing
33:54
to
33:54
settle
33:54
the
33:55
subsequent
33:55
lawsuit,
33:56
and
33:56
then
33:57
continued
33:57
with
33:57
business
33:58
as
33:58
usual
33:58
afterwards.
33:59
Regardless
34:00
of
34:00
statements
34:00
to
34:01
the
34:01
contrary,
34:01
it's
34:02
tragic
34:02
that
34:03
human
34:03
lives
34:03
cost
34:04
so
34:04
little
34:04
to
34:04
other
34:05
humans,
34:06
regardless
34:06
of
34:07
the
34:07
outcome.
34:08
The
34:08
fact
34:08
we
34:08
got
34:08
a
34:08
movie
34:09
out
34:09
of
34:09
this
34:09
story
34:10
is
34:10
astonishing.
34:11
The
34:11
story
34:12
itself
34:12
is
34:12
astonishing.
34:13
And
34:13
Erin
34:14
Brockovich
34:14
will
34:15
always
34:15
be
34:15
the
34:15
name
34:16
people
34:16
think
34:16
of
34:17
when
34:17
they
34:17
think
34:17
of
34:18
a
34:18
woman
34:18
who
34:18
fights
34:18
for
34:19
justice.
34:19
A
34:20
woman
34:20
with
34:20
three
34:20
kids,
34:21
two
34:21
ex
34:22
husbands,
34:22
one
34:23
Ms.
34:23
Pacific
34:23
coast
34:24
title,
34:24
and
34:25
no
34:25
law
34:25
degree.
34:26
Women
34:27
get
34:27
sh.
34:27
T
34:28
done.
34:29
Ah,
34:29
my
34:30
family
34:30
friendly
34:30
filter
34:31
is
34:31
still
34:31
on.
34:32
Unlike
34:32
Erin.
34:34
Thank
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listening.
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As
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34:35
would
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love
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to
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hear
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your
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thoughts
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on
34:36
Erin
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Brockovich
34:37
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the
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Women's
35:08
History
35:08
Month
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35:10
women
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in
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sport
35:11
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movie
35:13
very
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loosely
35:15
based
35:16
on
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the
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35:16
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career
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American
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figure
35:18
skater
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Tonya
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Harding
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her
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to
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the
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1994
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assault
35:23
on
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her
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rival
35:24
Nancy
35:24
Carrigan.
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It's
35:26
based
35:26
on
35:27
contradictory
35:28
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35:28
totally
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35:29
interviews
35:30
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Harding
35:30
and
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her
35:31
ex
35:31
husband
35:31
Jeff
35:32
Gillooly.
35:33
The
35:33
next
35:33
episode
35:34
is
35:34
on
35:35
the
35:35
history
35:35
and
35:36
legacy
35:36
of
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I
35:37
Tonya.
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I
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hope
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you
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will
35:39
join
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35:39
next
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for
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I,
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Tonya
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Now.
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While
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it
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aren't
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very
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I
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have
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incredible
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And
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finally.
37:06
Bye.