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A Different World On Netflix It Can't Get Any Better Than Renee Harrison · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: You got to check it out sometime. Just check it
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  Speaker 1: out for just the fun of it, the learning of it,
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  Speaker 1: the something about it. It's arrow.net. Not just a podcast.
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  Speaker 1: It's a podcast network. A-R-R-O-E.net. One of the greatest features
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  Speaker 1: on there is that voice. I've spent the past 11
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  Speaker 1: years with those that are featured on NBC's The Voice.
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  Speaker 1: How about listening to their journeys before they become the superstars?
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  Speaker 1: That voice. Only on Arrow.net. A-R-R-O-E.net. Enjoy your exploration. Good morning, Renee.
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  Speaker 1: How are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Arrow. I am fantastic this morning. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I'm so excited to share a conversation with you
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  Speaker 1: because I got to tell you as well as listeners,
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  Speaker 1: the very second, the very first episode of this, A
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  Speaker 1: Different World, instantly you are shot back into the moment.
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  Speaker 1: You guys do not skip a beat. You are not lost.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's like whoever did the continuity on this
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  Speaker 1: spot on, you guys really brought it.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I mean, you know, we get to bring forth
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  Speaker 3: this work under the leadership of Miss Debbie Allen and
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  Speaker 3: Felicia Pride. And I think that, you know, the core,
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  Speaker 3: the essence of a different world in Hillman gets to
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  Speaker 3: be so alive because of that.
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  Speaker 1: You know what's so interesting? I've been with Debbie Allen,
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  Speaker 1: so for you to talk to her right off the
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  Speaker 1: bat like this, I'm going, oh my God, that explains
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  Speaker 1: so much about what goes on with this storyline. There's
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  Speaker 1: just an esk about it. In other words, you know
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  Speaker 1: that something like this belongs to her because you feel
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  Speaker 1: it and she puts it on display.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And she's such a, you know, such a master of
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  Speaker 3: her craft. The opportunity of a lifetime being able to
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  Speaker 3: work with her. That's like, I'm going to remember this forever.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, we're going to remember it. And the
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  Speaker 1: reason why is because of the energy that's on the set,
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  Speaker 1: because it really feels like that everybody was truly friends
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  Speaker 1: or a family. And that really does generate through that
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  Speaker 1: flat screen TV. And did you guys go out and
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  Speaker 1: party and have dinner and get to know each other
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  Speaker 1: a lot?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, like, we had fun. We had so
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  Speaker 2: much fun. We got a chance to hang out.
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  Speaker 3: We, as a collective, as a cast, we made sure
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  Speaker 3: to spend time together.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, it really is a family.
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  Speaker 3: And there are very real friendships that have come from this.
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  Speaker 2: And come from our time together. So what you're feeling
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  Speaker 2: is what it is. We are a family, like a
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  Speaker 2: giant tree.
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  Speaker 1: And I've got to give you kudos in your personal
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  Speaker 1: life because you have something that is really happening big
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  Speaker 1: time here in Charlotte. And I was going to ask
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  Speaker 1: if you were associated with it. It's the BGDT and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Black Girls Do Theater because we have the
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  Speaker 1: Black Girls Film Festival here in Charlotte. And I thought, oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God, are they connected in any way, shape or form?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no, no.
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  Speaker 3: But I will have to take a look into the
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  Speaker 3: into the Black Girl Film Festival.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know that that was the thing. That's so cool.
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  Speaker 1: You know what they do? What's so interesting is they
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  Speaker 1: challenge every single girl and woman in the way of saying,
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  Speaker 1: you've got a movie idea. Get your camera out on
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  Speaker 1: your phone or whatever. Make me a movie and let's
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  Speaker 1: let the world see it. And we have an independent
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  Speaker 1: theater that supports it the entire way. And people can
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  Speaker 1: have their movies up on that big screen.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's incredible. That's incredible. That's incredible.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure so many young women and families are going
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  Speaker 3: to be.
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  Speaker 2: Able to look at that and feel so inspired. That's amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Well, look at what you do. I mean, you open
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  Speaker 1: up hearts as well.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I try my best.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, with the work that I've been able to
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  Speaker 3: do with Black Girls Through Theater, it's really just about
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  Speaker 3: championing Black girls and women in the arts and being
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  Speaker 3: able to, you know, giving them an opportunity to to
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  Speaker 3: connect more deeply with the work and whether that's through
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  Speaker 3: going to the theater or community programming or wellness, right?
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  Speaker 3: The core of that is connecting Black girls and women
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  Speaker 3: to art.
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  Speaker 1: What do you learn when a new generation of actors
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  Speaker 1: step onto that stage and they're ready to talk to
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  Speaker 1: that person that is so far up there in the
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  Speaker 1: very top row? Because you know, you got to reach
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  Speaker 1: them too when you're doing live theater. So you've got
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  Speaker 1: to learn those new tricks of the trade.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think if I'm ever thinking about
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  Speaker 3: the person in the audience, it's, you know, when you're
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  Speaker 3: looking on that stage, you're seeing possibility.
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  Speaker 2: You're seeing someone who is actually... living.
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  Speaker 3: In the thing that you are aspiring to. And I
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  Speaker 3: think that, you know, that really, um, should anchor people in, um,
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  Speaker 3: in their personal journey. It's like, well, there's no doubt
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  Speaker 3: about whether or not it's possible because I'm watching someone
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  Speaker 3: do it in front of my face.
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  Speaker 2: Um, and that really means something for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Renee Harrison coming
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  Speaker 1: up next. It's on Netflix. You're going to pick up
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  Speaker 1: right where you left off. Let's get back into the
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  Speaker 1: star of A Different World, Renee Harrison. When you film
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  Speaker 1: something like A Different World, do you take that live
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  Speaker 1: stage attitude and bring it to the camera? Because it's
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  Speaker 1: one of those things where it feels so good to
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  Speaker 1: be live and it's like, you want to have how
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  Speaker 1: many takes? Let me do one take. Come on. I
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  Speaker 1: got the skills. I mean, that's what we learn in theater.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's fun, right? You in the theater,
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  Speaker 2: you learn to be big, right?
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  Speaker 3: You have to reach the person in the back of
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  Speaker 3: the audience. And I think you get to bring some
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  Speaker 3: of that, that boldness, because that's also.
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  Speaker 2: A part of it. When you're in the theater, you
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  Speaker 2: learn to make choices.
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  Speaker 3: And choices that, you know, maybe they stick this time,
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  Speaker 3: maybe they won't stick the next time and maybe you'll
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  Speaker 3: have to make a different choice. Right.
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  Speaker 2: And so you get to bring some of that.
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  Speaker 3: To the bring some of that to the screen. And
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  Speaker 3: I think it translates so well. Because now when you're
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  Speaker 3: in this different medium, you still have the freedom of
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  Speaker 3: play and the freedom of curiosity that you bring from
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  Speaker 3: the theater.
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  Speaker 2: It's just that it's in a different medium.
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  Speaker 1: I was going to ask you about that because it's
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  Speaker 1: like there you are in theater and you also believe
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  Speaker 1: in theater of the mind because as I'm watching, I envision.
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  Speaker 1: So therefore, you've got two theaters going on at the
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  Speaker 1: same time.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's so beautiful. As I'm watching, what is it
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  Speaker 2: that you said? As I watch, I envision, what?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because I know when I go to the Blumenthal
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  Speaker 1: and I'm watching everything on that gigantic stage, my imagination
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  Speaker 1: is doing, it's experiencing it as well. So therefore you've
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  Speaker 1: got theater that we're in and then my mind goes
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  Speaker 1: into the theater of the mind. So therefore it's in
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  Speaker 1: two theaters at the same time.
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  Speaker 2: Two theaters at the same time.
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  Speaker 3: And then you're also experiencing it in a, in this
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  Speaker 3: space where other people are experiencing it too. And so
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  Speaker 3: you have the theater that's in your mind, but the
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  Speaker 3: person next to you has a theater in their mind,
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  Speaker 3: but you all are still actively watching one version of
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  Speaker 3: the thing.
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  Speaker 2: It's really beautiful. It's really fascinating.
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  Speaker 1: Well, do you ever get to sneak out there into
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  Speaker 1: intermission and just listen to people? Because it seems like
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  Speaker 1: everybody's got to get it out of their system of
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  Speaker 1: what they're experiencing and what they think is going to
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  Speaker 1: happen in the next act. And I mean, just people
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  Speaker 1: in general just make the best storylines.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And it's so fun to engage with them, right?
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  Speaker 3: Like, it's so fun to see and to hear what
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  Speaker 3: is happening in another person's experience of the same.
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  Speaker 2: Thing that you guys are watching.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Right. I think it creates an opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: For, you know, critical discussion, some laughs here or there,
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  Speaker 3: but then also to get some insight into how a
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  Speaker 3: person is, you know, experiencing the thing.
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  Speaker 2: It's real.
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  Speaker 1: You get it.
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  Speaker 2: You get it. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: How can people find out? I know we're supposed to
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  Speaker 1: talk about a different world, but, you know, my heart
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  Speaker 1: is right here on the on the BGDT. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I just want people to be able to jump on
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  Speaker 1: this and to really get involved like they have with
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  Speaker 1: the Girls Film Foundation.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: And so with Black Girls Do Theater, we are a
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  Speaker 3: fiscally sponsored social impact organization. So if people are looking
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  Speaker 3: to get involved, they can get involved through donating, which
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  Speaker 3: helps to support all of our programming. But then also,
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  Speaker 3: if you're ever in New York City and you're like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: I want to go see a show, but I don't
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  Speaker 3: necessarily know how I'm going to be able to do that.
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  Speaker 3: You guys can always send us an Instagram DM or
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  Speaker 3: send us an email. That's a part of this interconnectivity
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  Speaker 3: of it all is like well what resources do I
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  Speaker 3: have or who do I know that I can maybe
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  Speaker 3: like send an email or you know pick up a
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  Speaker 3: phone call to be able to give um bring forth
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  Speaker 3: an opportunity for someone else.
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  Speaker 2: And so, yeah, there are a number of ways.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously following on social media to stay up to date
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  Speaker 3: with the work that we're doing, but also, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you can donate through our link in our bio.
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  Speaker 1: Oh man, you got to come back to this show
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  Speaker 1: anytime in the future, especially when it comes to what
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  Speaker 1: you guys are doing on stage. I want to dig
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  Speaker 1: deeper into that and really help open the imaginations of
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  Speaker 1: somebody who's trapped in their bedroom or home that wants
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  Speaker 1: to get on a live stage.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would love to do that.
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  Speaker 3: I think that even as you're saying that right now,
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  Speaker 3: I'm so interested in the idea of theater existing. Theater
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  Speaker 3: doesn't solely exist within the confines of a space. Theater
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  Speaker 3: isn't quite literally everything.
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  Speaker 2: Everything is performance. And I think if more.
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  Speaker 3: People were aware of all of the possibilities of what
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  Speaker 3: theater could look like, it could open them up to
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  Speaker 3: an entire.
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  Speaker 2: world.
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  Speaker 3: Of um creative practice that that could really ground that
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  Speaker 3: could really ground themselves it's it's really fascinating i'd love
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  Speaker 3: to come back and talk about.
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  Speaker 1: It wow well until then you be brilliant today and
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  Speaker 1: please enjoy all your conversations with everybody
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  Speaker 2: Today thank you arrow thank you so much you bet