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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>Operation Aunties now available on AMC streaming channel All Black.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an action packed dramedy which tells the story of

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<v Speaker 2>a longtime friendship that is tested when a risk averse

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<v Speaker 2>cryptocurrency expert and her retired detective best friend become vigilantes

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<v Speaker 2>after discovering a cyber crime syndicate in their city.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I'm a mina.

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<v Speaker 3>Hope you got water?

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<v Speaker 4>Good?

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<v Speaker 1>It's about your niece. Amina's a salt case.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, we trace him to this larger operation.

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<v Speaker 4>There are guys who use a new ras sha at

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<v Speaker 4>to traffic women in the crypto.

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<v Speaker 3>Coin Did you thank you?

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<v Speaker 2>We go after him and everyone else missed network.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, vigilantes, there are some dangerous people that are part

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<v Speaker 4>of this.

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<v Speaker 3>You owe me a spat day.

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<v Speaker 4>All we need is from sexy outfits. I know that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>By specializing in computer technology, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Can identify everyone involved in this. Detective got your service?

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<v Speaker 4>Are you high? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Destroy This directed by Wendy Raquel Robinson, who you know

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<v Speaker 2>from her time on the TV show The Game and

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<v Speaker 2>also opposite Steve Harvey. On The Steve Harvey Show as

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<v Speaker 2>principal Greer MS. Robinson, A pleasure to speak to you again.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh? I am fantastic. Thank you for that wonderful under Dutch.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, and I'm also joined by Venerabull, comedic actress and

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<v Speaker 2>co star Tisha Campbell, who you know from the House

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<v Speaker 2>Party movie franchise, television classic Martin and opposite Eddie Murphy

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<v Speaker 2>in another forty eight hours.

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<v Speaker 4>Ms.

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<v Speaker 2>Campbell is good to have you back on as well.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, thank you, glad to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>Tejer Let me start with you. I get great joy

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<v Speaker 2>by watching the evolution and growth of your career over

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<v Speaker 2>the years. What's it like to branch out into action

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<v Speaker 2>with Operation Aunties.

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<v Speaker 3>I just love that Wendy saw me for this role

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<v Speaker 3>and that I get a chance to do any and

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<v Speaker 3>everything that I've ever wanted to do. Like during COVID isolation,

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<v Speaker 3>I made a pack to myself because you know, you're

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<v Speaker 3>by yourself and all you have is yourself to you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't have anybody in my ear telling me what

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<v Speaker 3>I could or could not do, and so I made

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<v Speaker 3>a pack to myself that I was going to try

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<v Speaker 3>everything and make choices for myself, and this was one

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<v Speaker 3>of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Wendy, my mother, my late father, and my sister are

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<v Speaker 2>all Howard University graduates such as yourself, and I would

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<v Speaker 2>be cussed out something awful if I didn't shout out Hu.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, did you have any idea while walking down

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<v Speaker 2>Georgia Avenue next to the Wonderbread factory in Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 2>That you'd be one day in the director's chair?

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<v Speaker 4>Wow? Thank you for that. You know what one thing

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<v Speaker 4>that I love about Howard and that theater department. We

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<v Speaker 4>had to rotate and do everything, and that goes from

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<v Speaker 4>lights to sound to you know, hair, makeup, wardrobe. We

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<v Speaker 4>had to do all of the practicoms and sit in

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<v Speaker 4>every single chair as it came to not only theater,

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<v Speaker 4>but all of the fundamentals from even the admin side

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<v Speaker 4>of running a theater. So I do want to say

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<v Speaker 4>that my days at Howard prepared me for a little

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<v Speaker 4>bit of everything. So as I smell the wonderbread that

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<v Speaker 4>I now here is a whole food store and the

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<v Speaker 4>evolution of it all it was. It was a wonderful

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<v Speaker 4>time in my life and I'm just so grateful for

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<v Speaker 4>the opportunity to have worked alongside such amazing talents as

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<v Speaker 4>I walk those halls and Georgia Avenue as well.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Winnie, let me stay right there with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get into Operation Aunties and the Mayhem included. What

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<v Speaker 2>are the these Aunties in for?

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<v Speaker 4>Ooh, these Aunties are in for everything, just like you said,

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<v Speaker 4>the Mayhem, the chaos, the comedy. But I also want

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<v Speaker 4>to say it's an edutaining experience because we are dealing

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<v Speaker 4>with some serious content, you know, in terms of the

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<v Speaker 4>sex trafficking, which is very, very real. So we had

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<v Speaker 4>to do a balancing act. And it's like, well, what

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<v Speaker 4>do you do when the FBI or you know, those

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<v Speaker 4>forces that are supposed to be handling things are not

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<v Speaker 4>doing it in a timely manner. You take things into

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<v Speaker 4>your own hand and you become vigilant. And that's where

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<v Speaker 4>we got the vigilantes for Operation Aunties. And I think

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<v Speaker 4>the audience is in for a ride. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 4>not often when you can get the tech world needs

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit of comedy, a little bit of action,

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit of you know, we got a little

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<v Speaker 4>bit of everything. But it's a wonderful, delicate balancing act

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<v Speaker 4>that is educating and entertaining for everyone. So I'm really

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<v Speaker 4>really proud of it. And it was a ride. It

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<v Speaker 4>was a ride for me as a director and just

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<v Speaker 4>pulling it all together so seamlessly. But I was surrounded

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<v Speaker 4>by incredible talents of Tisha Campbell and Melissa Desosa and

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<v Speaker 4>it just really made it. It made it a wonderful

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<v Speaker 4>experience for me that I'm going to cherish forever.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, Tisa, let me talk more about that balancing act

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<v Speaker 2>with you. And I'm always curious to know how much

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<v Speaker 2>leeway actors have to improvise on projects like this. Yes

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<v Speaker 2>there's a serious undertone, Yes there's comedy. As I said

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<v Speaker 2>at the top, it's a dramedy. So I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>ask you, in front of your director, Wendy Raquel Robinson,

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<v Speaker 2>how free were you, Tisha Campbell, to improvise or have

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<v Speaker 2>fun with your character?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know what, we only had ten days to

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<v Speaker 3>film this what And so yeah, we had ten days

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<v Speaker 3>to film this and TJ Ali the writer and Wendy

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<v Speaker 3>carved out on wonderful story. So I kind of tried

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<v Speaker 3>as much as I could to stick to that. There

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<v Speaker 3>were ad lib moments, but for the most part, I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't want to stray too far because this was an

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<v Speaker 3>intricate story to tell, and I wanted to make sure

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<v Speaker 3>that my contribution wasn't over the top and not going

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<v Speaker 3>to take away from the story Wendy that.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that leads me right into my next question.

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<v Speaker 2>Because if you're under a tight schedule, what you are

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<v Speaker 2>with ten days, there are limitations and what you can

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<v Speaker 2>do as far as shoots and reshoots. How did that

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<v Speaker 2>figure into your calculus as far as directing a piece

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know what.

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<v Speaker 4>It all starts in the planning. They if you listen,

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<v Speaker 4>if you don't plan, you're gonna fail. Because there were

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<v Speaker 4>no opportunities to do a reshoot, that's out of the question.

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<v Speaker 4>We had to make our days. So I worked very

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<v Speaker 4>closely with the DP and Wow, we worked for hours

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<v Speaker 4>just getting a solid shot, lists and just going play

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<v Speaker 4>by play. I had a wonderful production and producing team,

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<v Speaker 4>Letitia Fortune and Sheena Carter. They came through and just

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<v Speaker 4>made sure that every tea was crossed, every eye was dotted.

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<v Speaker 4>We had back to back zooms with every department and

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<v Speaker 4>just ensuring that the move the looks. So when we

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<v Speaker 4>got to set, everything was just as we had planned

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<v Speaker 4>it to be. Yes, there were a few glitches, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>there were weather. Oh my god, it was almost a hurricane.

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<v Speaker 4>You remember that night we were finale. We were shooting

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<v Speaker 4>the finale, and it was a huge hurricane in Florida

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<v Speaker 4>of the backlash of the brain and everything in Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 4>But the crew, we all came together. Nobody wanted to leave,

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<v Speaker 4>and you know, we all stayed and we made it happen.

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<v Speaker 4>So teamwork can make a dream work. And I really

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<v Speaker 4>want to say that, not just because it sounds flowery,

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<v Speaker 4>but everyone was so invested and it just all came

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<v Speaker 4>together because there was no room for error. Was there

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<v Speaker 4>was only room for adjustments. And I said, for every problem,

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<v Speaker 4>there's going to be a solution, and we made it happen.

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<v Speaker 4>One of the funniest things was how do we create

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<v Speaker 4>the brain of this massive computer? Because Melissa Desosa's character

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<v Speaker 4>is like a Steve Jobs. How do you show the

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<v Speaker 4>expansive world of this woman who has this crypto and

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<v Speaker 4>you know, blockchain technology, and how do we show her

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<v Speaker 4>world in basically where we were shooting, it was just

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<v Speaker 4>a home that we used every single bedroom to create

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<v Speaker 4>the world of this movie. And I got to give

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<v Speaker 4>a shout out to our DP. He came up with

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<v Speaker 4>the concept of creating the brain of this incredible computer.

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<v Speaker 4>He frosted two glass doors, and the brain existed behind

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<v Speaker 4>these two basically two French doors that were just glass doors.

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<v Speaker 4>But you know, we became very creative and we tapped

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<v Speaker 4>into resources that we didn't have, and we made it work.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's the one thing I walk away with, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>most proud.

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<v Speaker 2>Of Operation Auntie is now streaming on the AMC streaming

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<v Speaker 2>portion All Black. It is available right now. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to thank my guests right now, Wendy, Raquel Robinson and

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<v Speaker 2>Tisha Campbell. I enjoy you both. I loved you both

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<v Speaker 2>over so many years, and I hope to speak to

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<v Speaker 2>you again soon.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Hi, thank you.

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