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Primary Day, The Trial, and Issa Rae's TikTok Takeover · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: Its primary election season across the country. In California, is
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  Speaker 1: leading the ticket with the race for governor and the
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  Speaker 1: race for the mayor of Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: So a reality star with no track record. I'm not
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  Speaker 2: sure he's.
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  Speaker 3: Ever had a job.
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  Speaker 1: Jury's election has begun in the high profile murder trial
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  Speaker 1: of Carmelo Anthony in Texas.
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  Speaker 4: This is definitely a self defense case, because it always
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  Speaker 4: is one until you look at the facts of the
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  Speaker 4: case and compare it.
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  Speaker 1: To and Isa Ray is making TikTok history with a
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  Speaker 1: vertical drama that's pulling in more than one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: fifty million views.
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  Speaker 4: Good evening, I have gained access for your entire online footprint.
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  Speaker 1: From the Black Effect podcast Network. I'm Mimi Brown. This
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  Speaker 1: is front page and here are other days biggest stories
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  Speaker 1: plus today on the two minute take. Carmelo Anthony has
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  Speaker 1: been tried in the court of public.
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  Speaker 3: Opinion for over a year.
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  Speaker 1: Today, the actual court finally gets to weigh in.
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  Speaker 3: Stay with me.
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  Speaker 1: Today's primary day across several states, including California, New Jersey, Iowa, Montana,
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  Speaker 1: New Mexico, and South Dakota. Polls are open right now
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  Speaker 1: and the candidates voters choose today could help shape the
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  Speaker 1: governor's races, control of Congress, and the political conversation heading
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  Speaker 1: into November. Let's start here in California, where voters are
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  Speaker 1: choosing a new governor for the first time in eight
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  Speaker 1: years because Governor Gavin Newsom is term limited. The issues
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  Speaker 1: driving voters this year are familiar ones the cost of living, housing, affordability, homelessness,
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  Speaker 1: insurance costs, public safety, and wildfire recovery. And in Los Angeles,
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Kiaren bass is facing one of the most competitive
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  Speaker 1: re election fights in her political career. The latest poll
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  Speaker 1: shows a razor thin three way race, with Bass about
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  Speaker 1: twenty six percent, city council member Nathia Ramman at roughly
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  Speaker 1: twenty five percent, and reality TV stars Spencer Pratt close
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  Speaker 1: behind at about twenty two percent. If no candidate wins
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  Speaker 1: more than fifty percent, the top two finishers will move
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  Speaker 1: on to a November runoff. Here is Mayor Karen basset
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  Speaker 1: so a reality.
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  Speaker 2: Star with no track record. I'm not sure he's ever
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  Speaker 2: had a job other than reality TV. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if he worked at a regular job. I know he
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  Speaker 2: has no idea how the city government is run or
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  Speaker 2: somebody who has devoted their lives to change, and over
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  Speaker 2: the last three and a half years have brought about
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  Speaker 2: change in some very significant ways.
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  Speaker 1: So if you're voting in California today, make sure you're
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  Speaker 1: in line before the polls close at eight pm Pacific.
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  Speaker 1: Now to New Jersey, where Senate and House primaries are
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  Speaker 1: on the ballot today.
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  Speaker 3: Senator Corey Booker.
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  Speaker 1: Is up for re election this year, but he's running unopposed,
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  Speaker 1: along with the Republican primary to determine who will challenge
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  Speaker 1: him in November. In Iowa and Montana, voters are focused
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  Speaker 1: on farming, the economy and rising costs. In New Mexico,
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  Speaker 1: key issues include border security, prime oil and gas jobs,
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  Speaker 1: and water shortages. And in South Dakota, of voters are
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  Speaker 1: talking inflation, agriculture, land rights, and healthcare access in rural communities.
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  Speaker 1: And here's the bigger picture. A lot of people are
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  Speaker 1: focused on November, but in many districts, the primary election
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  Speaker 1: is the election. Whoever wins today will likely win in
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  Speaker 1: November two. So if you plan on voting today, double
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  Speaker 1: check your polling place, make sure your registration is active,
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  Speaker 1: and bring your ID if the state requires one. Jury'
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  Speaker 1: selection is now underway in Texas, in the murder trial
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  Speaker 1: of Carmelo Anthony. If you haven't followed this case, here's
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  Speaker 1: the quick breakdown. Back in April of twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, prosecutors
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  Speaker 1: say an argument between two seventeen year olds over seating
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  Speaker 1: under a tint turned into a deadly fight. Witnesses say
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  Speaker 1: Austin Metcalf told Anthony to leave. The two exchange words.
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  Speaker 1: Witnesses say Metcalf either touched or grab Anthony, and Anthony
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  Speaker 1: then pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed Metcalf once
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  Speaker 1: in the chess. Metcalf later died at the scene. Anthony
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  Speaker 1: immediately claimed self defense and to old officers he was
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  Speaker 1: protecting himself and he was charged with first degree murder.
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  Speaker 4: Because we all carry these implicit biases with us that
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  Speaker 4: perceive or impact how we perceive an event. Now, what's
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  Speaker 4: really it's going to come down to it. And I
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  Speaker 4: disagree with the guy who said this is not a
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  Speaker 4: self defense case. Yesterday he said it. This is definitely
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  Speaker 4: a self defense case because it always is one. Until
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  Speaker 4: you look at the facts of the case and compare
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  Speaker 4: the two. You have to compare who was the initial aggressor.
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  Speaker 4: Was it an aggressive actor him to go up and
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  Speaker 4: say get away from the tent? Did he do more
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  Speaker 4: than that? My understanding was maybe he touched him and
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  Speaker 4: put hands on him. Granted that makes the decedent in
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  Speaker 4: this case maybe the initial aggressor, but you really still
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  Speaker 4: didn't have to look at whether or not Carmello Anthony
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  Speaker 4: responded with appropriate force, he used a deadly weapon, and
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  Speaker 4: whether or not he was in imminent fear of great
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  Speaker 4: body injury. That's the standard in Texas, in most every state.
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  Speaker 3: Now fast forward to this week.
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  Speaker 1: Hundreds of potential jurors were called into court Monday as
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  Speaker 1: the highly watched trial officially began. Opening statements are expected
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  Speaker 1: later this week. The judge has banned cameras, a live streams,
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  Speaker 1: and cell phones from inside the court because this case
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  Speaker 1: has exploded online for more than a year, fueled by misinformation,
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  Speaker 1: fake posts, harassment, and protests from both sides. Now, outside
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  Speaker 1: the court room Monday, demonstrators supporting both families gathered, and
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  Speaker 1: now the central question finally moves from social media to
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  Speaker 1: the courtroom. Did Carmelo Anthony reasonably believe he was in
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  Speaker 1: danger when he used the knife? That question is what
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  Speaker 1: a jury will decide. All right, So it's Tuesday, and
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  Speaker 1: it's time for the front page Tuesday two minute take.
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  Speaker 1: So every Tuesday I take two minutes. I give you
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  Speaker 1: one thought, one opinion, or one conversation from the headlines
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  Speaker 1: that I think deserves a little bit more honesty and
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more contexts. And today, ay, we're talking
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  Speaker 1: about Carmelo Anthony and the trial that's already been happening
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  Speaker 1: for over a year.
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  Speaker 3: Here's the quiet part out loud.
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  Speaker 1: Carmelo Anthony was tried and convicted by the Internet in
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  Speaker 1: April of twenty twenty five, long before any jury was
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  Speaker 1: ever seated. Within hours of Austin Metcalf's death, major accounts
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  Speaker 1: on x had Carmelo Anthony's name, his photo, his mother's name,
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  Speaker 1: his high school, his neighborhood. They had a story and
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  Speaker 1: they had a verdict. Fake autopsy reports went up, fake
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  Speaker 1: police statements, fake autopsy results claiming drugs were involved, fake
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  Speaker 1: screenshots of guns. None of that was true, and it
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  Speaker 1: all spread Within forty eight hours of a teenager dying.
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  Speaker 1: Nearly fifty million people had seen posts claiming this case
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  Speaker 1: wasn't getting enough outraged because the killer was black and
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  Speaker 1: the victim was white. The platforms profited from every single
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  Speaker 1: one of those views. So let me say what this means.
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  Speaker 1: Carmelo Anthony was a seventeen year old when this happened.
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  Speaker 1: Austin Metcalf was also seventeen years old when this happened. Now,
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  Speaker 1: both of their families, they've been swatted, they've been threatened,
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  Speaker 1: they've had their addresses posted online, they've had to leave
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  Speaker 1: their jobs, they've had to bury a child, and on
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  Speaker 1: the other side, they've had to watch a child stand
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  Speaker 1: trial while strangers on the internet become amateur prosecutors, amateur jurors,
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  Speaker 1: and amateur executioners. Neither of these families ask for any
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  Speaker 1: of that. And here's the part of the story that
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  Speaker 1: should bother everyone. No matter what you think happened at
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  Speaker 1: that track meet, a seating dispute, a pocket knife, a
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  Speaker 1: seconds of contact between two teenagers, whatever the case, the
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  Speaker 1: Internet turned it into something else. It turned it into
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  Speaker 1: a referendum on race, on bell reform, on black crime,
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  Speaker 1: on white victimhood, on every political fight you can think of.
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  Speaker 1: And that's not justice, that's just for content. And so
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  Speaker 1: as the case gets underway, there will be no cameras,
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  Speaker 1: no cell phones, no live streaming, and no social media
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  Speaker 1: posts from the inside. Just a judge, a jury, thirty
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  Speaker 1: five witnesses, and the law. And honestly, all I can
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  Speaker 1: say is that I hope this little boy gets his
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  Speaker 1: due process and he gets his turn telling his side
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  Speaker 1: of the story, and he gets his turn at the root.
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  Speaker 1: This is not a show, this is his life. And
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  Speaker 1: that's your Tuesday two minute take. Let's end the show
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  Speaker 1: with something good. Isa Ray just made TikTok history. Her
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  Speaker 1: new vertical micro drama screen Time has now pulled in
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  Speaker 1: more than one hundred and fifty million views, making it
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  Speaker 1: the biggest series TikTok has ever seen.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you so much for.
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  Speaker 4: Making my best friends so happy.
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  Speaker 1: James, Well you know we love you, Olivia and James.
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  Speaker 4: Love you. Hey.
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  Speaker 1: And if you have any tips for me and James
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  Speaker 3: You guys, we are listening.
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  Speaker 1: Don't keep secrets from each other. And if you haven't
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  Speaker 1: heard of a microdrama yet, just think TV show made
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  Speaker 1: for your phone, one minute episodes, big cliffhangers, and fast drama.
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  Speaker 3: The format exploded in China.
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  Speaker 1: Now Hollywood is rushing to catch up, but Here's the
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  Speaker 1: bigger story. Is Ray, the same woman who started on
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  Speaker 1: YouTube with Awkward Black Girl, just proved again that black
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  Speaker 1: stories do not need Hollywood's permission to become massive hits.
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