WEBVTT - Introducing - Blood Will Tell

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<v Speaker 1>Sea Fishman here from Orbit Media. You know. At Orbit

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<v Speaker 1>we like to curate great true crime series for you. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>from time to time we publish true crime episodes from

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<v Speaker 1>creators we admire. Today we're sharing an episode from a

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<v Speaker 1>podcast by our friends at campsiteh Vanessa. It's called Blood

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<v Speaker 1>Will Tell, and I gotta say the plot is amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>The podcast starts at a birthday party in a nice suburb,

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<v Speaker 1>a birthday party that turns deadly. Eighteen year old identical

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<v Speaker 1>twins are arrested for murder. One brother spends nearly two

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<v Speaker 1>years in jail. Before the truth comes out, authorities locked

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<v Speaker 1>up the wrong twin. Questions abound. How could one brother

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<v Speaker 1>let his twin take the fall? And why would the

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<v Speaker 1>other sacrifice his freedom for a crime he didn't commit.

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<v Speaker 1>Blood Will Tell is about two brothers whose unbreakable bond

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<v Speaker 1>is tested by silence, sacrifice, and an unthinkable choice. In

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<v Speaker 1>the episode, you're about to hear a drunken fight at

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<v Speaker 1>a birthday party turns deadly. Police narrow in on two suspects,

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<v Speaker 1>identical twin brothers. When an eyewitness mistakes one for the other,

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<v Speaker 1>a brother decides to make a heartbreaking sacrifice listen to

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<v Speaker 1>more episodes of Blood Will Tell on Audible or wherever

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<v Speaker 1>you get your podcasts, Campsite Media.

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<v Speaker 2>In front of me, there's a group of acting students.

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<v Speaker 2>The youngest ones are in their twenties, the oldest is

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<v Speaker 2>over seventy, and they're intently focused on their teacher, woman

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<v Speaker 2>with wiry salt and pepper hair, and she's leading them

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<v Speaker 2>through an exercise.

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<v Speaker 3>She calls out two conflicting emotions. Let's start with love

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<v Speaker 3>and fear. So let your movements express love and fear.

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<v Speaker 3>And suddenly these actors are circling the room.

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<v Speaker 2>Silently pantomiming feelings of love and fear. They're warming up

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<v Speaker 2>to rehearse the final act of Othello, a play about

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<v Speaker 2>jealousy and deception. I'm here in California on assignment for

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<v Speaker 2>the Washington Post. I'm reporting a piece about Shakespeare as therapy,

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<v Speaker 2>how these stories about our deepest humanity can help people

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<v Speaker 2>heal from their trauma because Shakespeare's plays, at a core level,

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<v Speaker 2>they're about what human beings do to each other, what

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<v Speaker 2>we're capable of at our best and our worst. I

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<v Speaker 2>start talking to one of the actors. Trunk is friendly

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<v Speaker 2>and soft spoken. Literally, I have to lean in close

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<v Speaker 2>in order to hear him. He's mid twenties, clean shaven,

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<v Speaker 2>with impeccably palmated hair. He tells me he's a substance

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<v Speaker 2>abuse counselor, and that tracks the way he.

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<v Speaker 3>Looks at me.

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<v Speaker 2>I can tell he's really listening. And when I ask him,

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<v Speaker 2>Trun says, there's a lot of reasons he wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>join this Shakespeare group.

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<v Speaker 4>I had a lot of he okays myself, and if

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<v Speaker 4>I did a breakdancing too.

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<v Speaker 2>He loves to perform, and he likes these plays, how

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<v Speaker 2>they're universal.

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<v Speaker 3>Themes of sacrifice.

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<v Speaker 2>Loss, and love have helped him access his emotions, to

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<v Speaker 2>see himself more clearly. He says, these plays have allowed

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<v Speaker 2>him to confront the pain he's caused. I ask him

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<v Speaker 2>what he means by that, and to my surprise, he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't hesitate. He launches into a story that I cannot

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<v Speaker 2>believe is real, A story that feels like Shakespeare himself

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<v Speaker 2>could have written it, A story that starts with Trung's

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<v Speaker 2>identical twin brother.

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<v Speaker 3>Shakespeare was fascinated by siblings. There's Ophelia and.

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<v Speaker 2>Laertes, Edmund and Edgar, Sebastian and Viola in both his

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<v Speaker 2>comedies and his tragedies.

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<v Speaker 3>He makes them compete for the attention and approval of

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<v Speaker 3>their parents.

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<v Speaker 2>He tests the limits of their love for one another,

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<v Speaker 2>and he pushes them apart, sometimes violently. Shakespeare himself was

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<v Speaker 2>the father of twins, Judith and Hamnet, and when Hamnet

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<v Speaker 2>died at the age of eleven, Shakespeare began to process

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<v Speaker 2>this very particular or grief in his plays. He writes

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<v Speaker 2>Twelfth Night about twins separated in a shipwreck. The action

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<v Speaker 2>of the play is built around mistaken identities, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>really about the unique bond these siblings share and what

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<v Speaker 2>happens when that tie is broken. Trung knows all about this,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's a tale he's now pouring out to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Six years earlier, Trung tells me his twin On got

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<v Speaker 2>into a fight at a birthday party. By the time

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<v Speaker 2>it was over, the twins had embarked on a journey

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<v Speaker 2>that would forever change both of them, not just who

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<v Speaker 2>they were as individuals, but who they were to each other.

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<v Speaker 3>So where's your brother?

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<v Speaker 1>More?

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<v Speaker 2>Now, as Trung and I talk, his fellow Thespians are

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<v Speaker 2>rehearsing right there beside us, and I hear Othello, mourn,

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<v Speaker 2>you must speak of one that loved not wisely, but

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<v Speaker 2>too well. I can see how Trung and On are

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<v Speaker 2>guilty of having loved each other too well, if not

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<v Speaker 2>always wisely.

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<v Speaker 3>Twins bonded through.

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<v Speaker 2>DNA and also hardship, brothers who were best friends, who

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<v Speaker 2>trusted each other completely, who would have followed each other anywhere,

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<v Speaker 2>even if it meant losing absolutely everything. From Wondery and

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<v Speaker 2>camp side Media, I'm Jen Miller and this is Blood

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<v Speaker 2>will Tell. This is episode one, Shakespeare in San Jose.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a Saturday evening in January when eighteen year old

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<v Speaker 2>Trung knocks on the door of his brother's bedroom. They

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<v Speaker 2>live in the same home, but they haven't seen each

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<v Speaker 2>other much lately. Trunk's been swamped juggling a sales job

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<v Speaker 2>at T Mobile, a full course load at college, and

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<v Speaker 2>finishing his Eagle Scout certification. And Trung is missing his

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<v Speaker 2>best friend. But there's a party tonight.

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<v Speaker 4>We were adulting pretty much for the first time like that,

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<v Speaker 4>So these parties, like it felt like a drag, but

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<v Speaker 4>at the same time, like, oh, let just go have fun.

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<v Speaker 4>He sounds like a good way to relax.

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<v Speaker 2>On looks up from his bed, which is littered with textbooks.

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<v Speaker 4>How do you want to go my at homework?

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<v Speaker 3>Trunk is surprised.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the one typically concerned about how today's choice will

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<v Speaker 2>impact tomorrow's outcome. That's how he's two semesters ahead in college.

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<v Speaker 2>But more recently one has felt the pressure to keep

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<v Speaker 2>up with trung On begs let me study, Trunks not

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<v Speaker 2>having any of it.

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<v Speaker 4>You know what we deserve this. Let's just go and

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<v Speaker 4>have fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe this party will be a good way to blow

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<v Speaker 2>off steam for both of them, So on relinse, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, let's do it. Is hyped up.

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<v Speaker 3>Figure outfits.

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<v Speaker 2>The party is a twenty first birthday thrown by a

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<v Speaker 2>friend of Trunk's girlfriend.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a black and white theme.

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<v Speaker 2>The twins pull on their true religion genes and long

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<v Speaker 2>sleeve black shirts. When they were little kids, their parents

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<v Speaker 2>often dressed them the same, so this it's like a

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<v Speaker 2>fun throwback, and tonight it makes it almost impossible to

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<v Speaker 2>tell them apart. They're both five to nine, around one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and sixty pounds. They have a few physical differences,

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<v Speaker 2>though Trunk's face is clean shaven and more narrow, and

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<v Speaker 2>On has a sparse mustache and the shadow of a

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<v Speaker 2>mole over his lip. These minor physical differences are going

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<v Speaker 2>to be crucial for what's to come for the both

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<v Speaker 2>of them. After a final fit check in the mirror,

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<v Speaker 2>they're ready to head out. Trung drives his brother and

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<v Speaker 2>their girlfriends we're calling them Monica and Carly to a

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<v Speaker 2>well appointed, split level home in.

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<v Speaker 3>The foothills of San Jose, California.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a short trip and a world away from the

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<v Speaker 2>affordable housing complex where the twins grew up. They walk

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<v Speaker 2>past a rock garden and flower beds. Following the thump

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<v Speaker 2>of music, Trung enters the party and takes a quick scan.

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<v Speaker 3>He's impressed.

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<v Speaker 4>Looks like pretty bougie and had a DJ and everything.

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<v Speaker 3>He goes to himself a drink.

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<v Speaker 4>They opened like a cooler, and I saw shot glasses

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<v Speaker 4>made out of ice.

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<v Speaker 2>Trung makes his way through the house. The guests are

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<v Speaker 2>mostly Vietnamese like him. Some of them are college kids,

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<v Speaker 2>but he doesn't recognize them. They're at four year schools,

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<v Speaker 2>not community college like him and on.

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<v Speaker 3>Trung is relieved.

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<v Speaker 2>In recent months, he has been trying and largely failing

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<v Speaker 2>to avoid situations and people he knows are trouble.

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<v Speaker 4>When we would go out with specific individuals, Sho would

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<v Speaker 4>always pop off right. I would always feel the needs

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<v Speaker 4>jump in and participate.

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<v Speaker 3>But the vibes here are good.

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<v Speaker 2>The booze is flowing, pop brownies are being passed around,

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<v Speaker 2>and the music is pumping.

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<v Speaker 4>It was turned down for what little John like? That

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<v Speaker 4>song just came out.

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<v Speaker 2>Trung and On make a bee line to the beer

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<v Speaker 2>pong tape where they proceed to completely bite it.

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<v Speaker 4>We played horribly because didn't we sat on that table. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>we had to sit on the table man, which told

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<v Speaker 4>Rug we didn't make any shots. It was embarrassing.

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<v Speaker 3>Troung is so happy to have his brother here.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been so long since they've simply hung out like

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<v Speaker 2>this as brothers. Around them, everyone is getting drunk or

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<v Speaker 2>high or both. Troung is fully in the moment. He's

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<v Speaker 2>making the rounds a beer in his hand. For a while,

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<v Speaker 2>he loses track of his girlfriend Monica, that is until

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<v Speaker 2>she heads toward him, clearly upset.

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<v Speaker 4>I wonder