Interview · moment 8 of 18
The Met Gala With the Oil Legacy Kid
from The Manor-Born · #6
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3 minGuest
Dan recounts the woman going to the Met Gala with another wealthy 'legacy' guy while he stayed at the Cellar, including the crude 'is he gonna try to fuck you' exchange and Tim's roller-rink riff.
- 22:47Tim asks if the girlfriend naturally mentioned the Met Gala or if she was confrontational about it.
- 23:04Tim and the guest riff on his question as a stereotypical settler or frontier mentality.
- 23:26Tim admits he probably phrased it more delicately at the time, using terms like "hook up" or "try to get with."
- 23:41Extended riff imagining how a crude version of that question might sound at a roller rink.
- 24:16Tim says he felt like a chump when his girlfriend asserted her position and independence.
- 24:40Tim contrasts his Irish ethnic parents with the WASP detachment he encountered at the girlfriend's Long Island home.
- 24:55Irish and Italian people are expressive at funerals—they wail, sing, and dance like gypsies, unlike WASPs.