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The most powerful woman
in New York is not Tina Brown

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or Diane Sawyer or even Rosie O'Donnell.

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It's the hostess at Balzac

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which had overnight become
the only restaurant that mattered.

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And we were there to celebrate
the moment.

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This is humiliating.

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We've been waiting for 45 minutes.

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I think I'm gonna faint.

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- Doesn't she know who we are?
- Who are we?

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I own my own PR firm.
You write a newspaper column.

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This should not be happening.

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I'm going back up there. Excuse me.

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Hello. Excuse me.
Hello! We've been waiting 45 minutes.

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Look, I'm not sure you understand,

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but I'm kind of somebody

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and she's definitely kind of somebody,

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and we really need to eat now.

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I'm sorry.

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Excuse me.

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- Give me a 20.
- You must be joking.

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Do you think I should make it a 50?

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If I had $50 with me,
do you think I'd give it to that girl?

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She cannot do this to us.

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- We're leaving.
- Oh, God.

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Let me tell you something.

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I was that woman ten years ago,

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but I wielded my power
in a benevolent manner.

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Can we please talk about this
over lunch somewhere else?

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Where, somewhere like New Jersey,
where we might actually get seated?

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Do you realize, if she were a man,
not only would we be eating right now,

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but they'd be sending over free drinks.

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Well, listen, I know a great Thai place
around the corner

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where the owner's son
practically always sends over

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a complementary order of mee krob.

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How sad.
Do you think we can get it to go?

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A short time later,
Samantha headed back to her office

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while I decided to investigate
this theory I had

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about shopping as a way to unleash
the creative subconscious.

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All right. I'm gonna take them.

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I was already planning
on returning them when…

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Miss?

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They told me to do that.
And now they want to talk to you.

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Scuza!

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- That won't be necessary.
- Oh, my God! I don't believe it!

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- When did you get to town?
- Just yesterday.

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- Darling, you look fantastic.
- Oh. I can't let you do this.

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Of course you can.
And you can pay me back never.

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Besides, it's on Carlo.

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Oh. Wow. When did you two…

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About two months.

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His family has this gigantic ranch
in Argentina. Very, very wealthy.

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He has a tiny little penis,
but he knows exactly how to use it.

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- Oh.
- Wave, darling. Wave.

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Ciao, ciao, ciao.

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Well, that's very nice of you,
but I just can't accept these.

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But of course you can.

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When have I ever given you
a birthday present

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or a Christmas present?

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I mean, you are like a sister to me,
yet I never see you.

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The truth was,
we'd only met a few times.

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Most people would classify Amalita
as Eurotrash.

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I thought she was fun.

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So call me. I'm staying
at the Four Seasons with Carlo.

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- Don't you live in the city?
- I'm a citizen of the world.

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A citizen of the world, darling.

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Now take the shoes, and we'll talk soon.

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- I can't do this.
- Of course you can.

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- Go, go.
- Thank you.

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I couldn't understand a word
she was saying,

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but I felt I had in my possession
all the Italian I'd ever need to know.

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Dolce, Dolce, Dolce.

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While at home, all the English
I seemed to encounter

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was "bills, bills, bills."

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I envied Amalita.

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Her life was a blur of rich men,
designer clothes,

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and glamorous resorts.

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She didn't actually work for a living,
yet possessed a dazzling sexual power

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that she exploited
to her full advantage.

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Which presented a certain conundrum.

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Where's the line
between professional girlfriend

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and just plain professional?

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Women have the right to use every means
at their disposal to achieve power.

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Short of sleeping their way to the top.

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Not if that's what it takes to compete.

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But that's exploitation!

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Of men, which is perfectly legal.

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Saturday night.
In an effort to save money

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and maybe even pick up
a few extra bucks,

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I invited the girls over for poker.

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- I'll buy two.
- I'm in for three.

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So you advocate a double standard.

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Women can use their sexuality
to get ahead whenever possible,

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but men should not be allowed
to take advantage of it?

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No. I'm just saying that men and women
are equal-opportunity exploiters.

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I fold.

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What if you sense

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that someone is giving you
a professional advantage

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because they find you charming?

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- Charming?
- This I gotta hear.

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Well, a few days ago, Neville Morgan,
the notoriously reclusive painter,

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paid a visit to the gallery.

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Neville was making his yearly
pilgrimage to Manhattan

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to check out what was new and hot
on the art scene.

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And he found it… Charlotte.

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It was only a matter of moments before
he invited her to his farm upstate

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to view his latest work.

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So, if I could get him
to show at the gallery,

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it would be an incredible coup.

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- But what if he wants me to, you know.
- Hold his brush?

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If he so much as suggests
what she's suggesting,

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you give me a call
and we'll sue the hell out of him.

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That's the only proper way
to trade sex for power.

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I can't believe
what I'm hearing.

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You're like the Harvard Law
Lorena Bobbitt.

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Uh, it's Skipper. I told him I was here.

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And he insisted on picking me up,

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but he's not supposed to be here
till 11:00.

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Aw. He's like a sweet little seal pup.

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That you sometimes want to club.

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You're an hour early.

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Oh, I can wait in the hall.

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No, Skipper, come in.

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It's all right.

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I'm leaving anyway.

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You guys have cleaned me out.

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Good night, ladies.

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Charlotte, keep me posted.

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A couple of hours later,

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I was looking forward to calling it
an early night, when…

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- Hello?
- Carrie, you bitch! What are you doing?

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Actually, I'm getting ready
to go to sleep.

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Why don't you come and join us?

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We are at Balzac, and there is someone
here I am dying for you to meet.

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I'd love to,
but I'm really trying to cut back.

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You know, pinch a few pennies.

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You are crazy, you know that?

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Why don't you just come down here
and be your fabulous self?

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The truth was I could
barely afford that either.

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But I rationalized that my new shoes

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shouldn't be punished
just because I can't budget.

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- Hi.
- Sorry. You're not on the list.

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Oh, no, no. I don't need a list.
My friends are already in.

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Darling, what took you so long?

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You won't believe what Carlo bought me
this afternoon at Van Cleef & Arpels.

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What?

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Oh, my God, it's gorgeous.

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$12,000.

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Oh, wow.

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Listen, I want you to come and meet
the world's most fabulous man.

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Sounds like a trendy sideshow act.

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You're crazy!

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Carrie, I'd like you to meet
my boyfriend Carlo.

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- Hi.
- And his friend Gilles.

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Hello.

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Hello. Nice to meet you.

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- Gilles is an architect from Paris.
- Oh.

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- How long are you here for?
- Just a couple of days. On business.

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I've told Gilles all about you.

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I told him you were the most beautiful,

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talented and fascinating woman
in New York.

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And single. How is this possible?

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Oh. I get it.
You're an architect and a comedian.

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I don't understand.

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Nothing. I'm just being un peu stupide.

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You? Never.

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I suddenly recalled
my terrible weakness

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for gorgeous French architects.

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Can I get anyone something else?

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You would like another bottle of wine?

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Wonderful.

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And what will the rest of you be having?

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During the next
couple of hours,

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I put my journalistic skills
to good use.

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I discovered that Gilles
was recently divorced

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with a five-year-old daughter, Beatrice,

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who lived with her mother in Paris.

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He was passing through New York
on his way to Brazil

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to supervise construction
of a new hotel.

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I think you are too beautiful
to be a writer.

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I think you're too charming
to be an architect.

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I think you should
give up your life here

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and move with me to Paris immediately.

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I thought you were spending the next
six months in Brazil.

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You can join me there first.

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Oh, don't tempt me.

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I'm so broke these days,
I might take you up on that offer

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just to save on rent.

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Writing does not pay well?

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No, it does.

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It's just, um, I have this little
substance-abuse problem.

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Expensive footwear.

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I see.

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I'm only here for the weekend,

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but I would love to see you tomorrow.

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Maybe you could show me the town.

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You've never been to New York?

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About 12 times,

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but I've never seen it
with someone like you.

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You really have that certain
je ne sais quoi, don't you?

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Yes.

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And so do you.

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So, I'll see you tomorrow.

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Good night.

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Bonsoir.

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Sure, I saw some red flags.

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Divorced, French
and almost uncomfortably handsome.

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But I felt like I was floating on air.

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The next morning,
I was brought back down to Earth

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as I confronted that eternal puzzle,

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a closet full of clothes,
nothing to wear.

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Just a minute!

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Who is it?

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- Skipper.
- Oh.

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- Hey.
- Hey. I'm sorry. I should go.

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No. No, no, no, no, Skipper, come on in.
What is it?

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It's Miranda.
She's got me totally whacked.

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It's like I'm obsessed.

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And I know that I shouldn't be
because I can sense

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that it's totally turning her off.

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But I can't control it. I can't.

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It's like she's got this power over me,

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and I'm helpless.

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Keep going.
I have to get dressed, all right?

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Is it possible
to be addicted to a person?

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I mean, the sex is so awesome
that it's, like…

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it's all I can think about, you know?

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I've never considered myself,
you know, a horn dog before,

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but I'm worried I might be starting
to scare her off.

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Well, is that what she said?

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No, but mostly we just have sex
in the afternoon.

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She never lets me spend the night.

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Well, I have an idea.

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Why don't the two of you
just spend a night together, you know,

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and not have sex?

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That would be hard.
That would be really hard.

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Well, I think it's really important
that you try.

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I don't even shower afterwards.

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I like to spend the whole day
smelling like Miranda.

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I began to fear
that Miranda's sexuality

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was overpowering poor Skipper.

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Later, I spent the most incredibly
romantic afternoon with Gilles.

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I felt like I had landed
in a Claude Lelouch film,

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A Man and a Slightly Neurotic Woman.

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Wait. Wait.

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I kind of have this rule.

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I don't sleep with men
I've only known a day.

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I see.

248
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I gave in. After all,
it was already tomorrow in Paris.

249
00:14:06,191 --> 00:14:08,275
You look so beautiful when you sleep.

250
00:14:08,775 --> 00:14:10,691
I didn't want to disturb you.

251
00:14:11,233 --> 00:14:13,858
- Are you leaving so early?
- I've got a plane.

252
00:14:14,566 --> 00:14:15,941
I'll get up.

253
00:14:16,025 --> 00:14:19,775
No, no. Stay in bed. Order room service.

254
00:14:21,025 --> 00:14:22,191
Enjoy yourself, huh?

255
00:14:27,150 --> 00:14:29,566
- I can just get dressed.
- Relax.

256
00:14:31,150 --> 00:14:32,400
I'll call you.

257
00:14:32,816 --> 00:14:34,150
Okay.

258
00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:36,816
Bon Voyage.

259
00:14:41,025 --> 00:14:43,316
As he walked out the door,
it suddenly dawned on me

260
00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,233
that he didn't have my phone number.

261
00:14:45,650 --> 00:14:47,441
And I didn't have his phone number.

262
00:14:51,691 --> 00:14:53,358
But he had left me a note…

263
00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:01,525
with $1,000 in cash!

264
00:15:02,816 --> 00:15:04,775
"Thanks for the beautiful day."

265
00:15:04,858 --> 00:15:06,566
Must have been
a hell of a beautiful day.

266
00:15:06,650 --> 00:15:10,316
Well, it was.
We had such a fantastic connection.

267
00:15:10,858 --> 00:15:12,108
Then he leaves me money.

268
00:15:12,775 --> 00:15:15,816
I don't understand.
What exactly about me screams "whore"?

269
00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:17,941
Besides the $1,000 on the end table?

270
00:15:18,025 --> 00:15:21,066
I just can't believe
that you had dinner at Balzac.

271
00:15:21,150 --> 00:15:24,525
Wait a minute. I thought I ordered two
eggs benedict and one spinach omelette.

272
00:15:24,608 --> 00:15:25,858
It's all right. I'll take the omelette.

273
00:15:25,941 --> 00:15:27,233
You know what, you guys,
this isn't right.

274
00:15:27,316 --> 00:15:28,775
We're gonna pay
for all this ourselves, all right?

275
00:15:28,858 --> 00:15:30,150
He said order anything.

276
00:15:30,233 --> 00:15:32,733
The room service is one thing,
but the money… uh-uh.

277
00:15:32,816 --> 00:15:35,066
What are you getting
so uptight about?

278
00:15:35,150 --> 00:15:38,066
I mean, money is power. Sex is power.

279
00:15:38,150 --> 00:15:41,858
Therefore, getting money for sex
is simply an exchange of power.

280
00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:44,275
Don't listen
to the dime store Camille Paglia.

281
00:15:44,358 --> 00:15:46,566
I don't know whether to take it
as an incredible compliment

282
00:15:46,650 --> 00:15:47,983
or as an incredible insult.

283
00:15:48,066 --> 00:15:49,483
Just take it, period.

284
00:15:49,566 --> 00:15:50,941
I wouldn't know how to return it anyway

285
00:15:51,025 --> 00:15:53,358
because the one thing he didn't leave me
was his number.

286
00:15:53,441 --> 00:15:55,441
He paid in full.
What more is there to talk about?

287
00:15:56,150 --> 00:15:58,566
Who is this Amalita Amalfi
character, anyway?

288
00:15:58,650 --> 00:16:01,900
I'm concerned that you've been drafted
into a ring of high-class hookers.

289
00:16:01,983 --> 00:16:03,358
She isn't a hooker.

290
00:16:03,441 --> 00:16:04,566
She's…

291
00:16:05,150 --> 00:16:06,733
She's like an international party girl.

292
00:16:06,816 --> 00:16:08,650
She's a hooker with a passport.

293
00:16:08,733 --> 00:16:10,816
Do you ever have any conversations
about money?

294
00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:11,983
No. I mean…

295
00:16:12,316 --> 00:16:15,441
I did allude to the fact that I was
a bit cash poor these days.

296
00:16:15,525 --> 00:16:16,983
So maybe it's supposed to be a loan?

297
00:16:17,066 --> 00:16:19,691
I don't remember filling out
an application.

298
00:16:19,775 --> 00:16:22,191
Sweetheart, men give, women receive.

299
00:16:22,275 --> 00:16:23,941
It's biological destiny.

300
00:16:24,025 --> 00:16:25,691
Hello! Do you really want
to be saying that?

301
00:16:25,775 --> 00:16:28,233
I mean, that's exactly the kind
of argument men have been using

302
00:16:28,316 --> 00:16:30,275
since the dawn of time to exploit women.

303
00:16:30,358 --> 00:16:31,733
You guys, you guys.

304
00:16:31,816 --> 00:16:35,566
I'm just gonna write the whole thing off
as a bad date with a cash bonus.

305
00:16:36,316 --> 00:16:38,025
You know, that salmon is really good.

306
00:16:38,483 --> 00:16:39,691
I think we should order another one.

307
00:16:39,775 --> 00:16:43,691
As I struggled with the dilemma
of how to manage my newfound money,

308
00:16:45,066 --> 00:16:47,816
Charlotte arrived at the secluded
Connecticut home

309
00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:52,066
of the painter Neville Morgan
in an attempt to secure his latest work.

310
00:16:53,691 --> 00:16:55,066
Hi. Welcome.

311
00:16:55,941 --> 00:16:58,858
Hi. I feel so privileged.

312
00:16:58,941 --> 00:17:02,108
Meeting you is without a doubt
the high point of my career.

313
00:17:02,191 --> 00:17:03,400
Thank you.

314
00:17:03,483 --> 00:17:06,525
I'm frankly surprised
that someone as young as you

315
00:17:06,608 --> 00:17:07,941
is even familiar with my work.

316
00:17:08,025 --> 00:17:10,316
Are you serious?
I studied you in college.

317
00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,733
Oh, my God. I apologize.

318
00:17:12,816 --> 00:17:15,400
- I really do.
- You're much too modest.

319
00:17:15,483 --> 00:17:17,233
Here we are.

320
00:17:17,316 --> 00:17:18,608
Excuse me.

321
00:17:24,316 --> 00:17:29,400
The canvases you're about to see
are what I consider to be the apotheosis

322
00:17:29,858 --> 00:17:32,316
of every great idea I've ever had.

323
00:17:32,775 --> 00:17:35,191
It's the closest I've ever come

324
00:17:35,941 --> 00:17:38,275
to pure, universal God force.

325
00:17:40,441 --> 00:17:41,608
The cunt.

326
00:17:44,691 --> 00:17:46,150
Oh, my.

327
00:17:48,566 --> 00:17:50,191
They're very powerful.

328
00:17:50,275 --> 00:17:51,441
Exactly.

329
00:17:52,275 --> 00:17:54,441
The most powerful force…

330
00:17:55,275 --> 00:17:56,816
in the universe.

331
00:17:57,733 --> 00:17:59,941
The source of all life

332
00:18:00,025 --> 00:18:01,233
and pleasure…

333
00:18:02,025 --> 00:18:03,191
and beauty.

334
00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:06,233
That's true.

335
00:18:06,316 --> 00:18:07,816
I used to paint full nudes,

336
00:18:08,650 --> 00:18:10,650
but as I got older I realized

337
00:18:11,566 --> 00:18:13,316
that the truth

338
00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,441
was to be found only in the cunt.

339
00:18:16,358 --> 00:18:18,441
Charlotte hated the "C" word.

340
00:18:18,816 --> 00:18:21,483
But Neville Morgan was not a man
to be corrected.

341
00:18:22,441 --> 00:18:23,775
Hi.

342
00:18:23,858 --> 00:18:25,608
I thought you might like
something to drink.

343
00:18:25,733 --> 00:18:28,525
Charlotte, this is my wife, Gertrude.

344
00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:30,525
It's a pleasure.

345
00:18:30,608 --> 00:18:32,941
- Lemonade and cookies?
- Thank you.

346
00:18:33,025 --> 00:18:34,691
Each of these portraits

347
00:18:35,066 --> 00:18:38,525
is of a woman who has touched my life.

348
00:18:40,025 --> 00:18:41,441
Incredible.

349
00:18:41,525 --> 00:18:42,691
I wonder…

350
00:18:43,108 --> 00:18:45,775
would you consider
posing for me sometime?

351
00:18:46,983 --> 00:18:48,775
Me? I…

352
00:18:48,858 --> 00:18:50,483
Uh… Well…

353
00:18:51,941 --> 00:18:53,400
I'm very flattered.

354
00:18:55,775 --> 00:18:56,858
Excellent.

355
00:18:57,441 --> 00:18:59,816
So long as you're here,
I could sketch you this afternoon.

356
00:19:00,566 --> 00:19:03,441
I bet you have a beautiful cunt, dear.

357
00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:08,358
As Charlotte pondered how far
she would go for her love of art

358
00:19:08,691 --> 00:19:09,858
and the gallery.

359
00:19:12,108 --> 00:19:13,775
Another Saturday night.

360
00:19:13,858 --> 00:19:17,150
With my hooker money
still burning a hole in my pocket,

361
00:19:17,233 --> 00:19:19,358
Samantha and I showed up at Balzac.

362
00:19:19,441 --> 00:19:21,900
She reasoned
that since I was there once,

363
00:19:21,983 --> 00:19:23,316
I was as good as in.

364
00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:24,775
I don't understand.

365
00:19:24,858 --> 00:19:28,858
I made these reservations weeks ago,
and she's already been here.

366
00:19:29,191 --> 00:19:30,358
I'm sorry.

367
00:19:31,525 --> 00:19:33,900
Is there a host that I might talk to?

368
00:19:37,650 --> 00:19:38,900
I will snap her.

369
00:19:38,983 --> 00:19:42,566
I will put her over my knee,
and I will snap her like a twig.

370
00:19:42,650 --> 00:19:45,608
I'm sorry. I'm hungry.

371
00:19:45,691 --> 00:19:48,733
I'm going to go to the bathroom,
and then we're leaving, all right?

372
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,358
Ah, Carrie!
Carrie, ciao!

373
00:19:59,691 --> 00:20:00,691
Come here!

374
00:20:00,941 --> 00:20:03,191
They all looked
so chic and glamorous.

375
00:20:03,566 --> 00:20:06,566
Part of me wanted to grab Samantha
and make a run for it,

376
00:20:06,650 --> 00:20:07,941
while another part…

377
00:20:08,025 --> 00:20:09,816
Hi. How are you?

378
00:20:11,233 --> 00:20:13,650
Carrie, I want you to meet Mario,

379
00:20:13,733 --> 00:20:17,108
Allen, Justine and Peter.

380
00:20:17,733 --> 00:20:18,635
Hi.

381
00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:21,816
Mario's family has one of those
gorgeous palazzos

382
00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:23,733
on the Grand Canal in Venezia.

383
00:20:23,816 --> 00:20:27,275
And we are all going there next week
for the film festival.

384
00:20:27,358 --> 00:20:30,025
- You should join us.
- Absolutely!

385
00:20:30,358 --> 00:20:33,483
Yes, you must bring your little laptop
and write all about it.

386
00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:35,358
You'd be mad not to go.

387
00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:39,441
Mario, Carrie is one
of the most fascinating,

388
00:20:39,525 --> 00:20:42,150
talented and beautiful women
in New York.

389
00:20:42,233 --> 00:20:43,816
I have no doubt.

390
00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:45,400
I've never been to Venice.

391
00:20:47,858 --> 00:20:52,108
Venice is the most beautiful,
the most romantic city in the world.

392
00:20:52,191 --> 00:20:53,316
Really?

393
00:20:53,775 --> 00:20:55,775
I… I heard it was sinking.

394
00:20:58,358 --> 00:21:02,025
That's why you must come immediately,
before it's all gone.

395
00:21:04,150 --> 00:21:06,108
I couldn't say
I wasn't tempted.

396
00:21:06,191 --> 00:21:08,566
I realized that I could leverage myself

397
00:21:08,650 --> 00:21:11,108
like the human equivalent
of a sexy junk bond.

398
00:21:11,608 --> 00:21:14,858
I'd parlay that $1,000
into a trip to Venice

399
00:21:14,941 --> 00:21:16,816
into a nice piece of jewelry,

400
00:21:17,191 --> 00:21:19,525
a rich husband,
followed by a richer divorce.

401
00:21:23,525 --> 00:21:25,816
I'm sorry.
I'm gonna have to say good-bye.

402
00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:28,066
I'm here with a friend.
She's waiting for me at the bar.

403
00:21:28,150 --> 00:21:29,566
What a pity.

404
00:21:31,108 --> 00:21:33,608
Call me. I'm staying
at the Carlyle with Peter.

405
00:21:34,441 --> 00:21:36,525
- Okay. Ciao.
- Ciao.

406
00:21:39,483 --> 00:21:41,108
Just because
Venice was sinking,

407
00:21:41,191 --> 00:21:43,650
didn't mean my morals
had to go down with it.

408
00:21:45,566 --> 00:21:48,108
And as for Gilles and the $1,000,

409
00:21:48,525 --> 00:21:50,316
I figured there was nothing to be done.

410
00:21:50,650 --> 00:21:53,525
For better or worse,
I had just established my rate

411
00:21:53,608 --> 00:21:55,150
for a one-night stand.

412
00:21:56,483 --> 00:21:57,775
Excuse me.

413
00:21:58,233 --> 00:22:01,275
And then, the most powerful
woman in Manhattan

414
00:22:01,358 --> 00:22:02,941
asked me for a favor.

415
00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:04,858
Do you have a tampon?

416
00:22:04,941 --> 00:22:06,691
Oh! Sure.

417
00:22:08,066 --> 00:22:09,233
Of course.

418
00:22:11,733 --> 00:22:13,150
Thanks a lot.

419
00:22:19,150 --> 00:22:22,358
I never told Samantha
the source of my newfound power,

420
00:22:22,775 --> 00:22:25,650
but from that moment on,
we never had a problem

421
00:22:25,733 --> 00:22:27,525
getting a table at Balzac again.

422
00:22:33,066 --> 00:22:34,691
A couple of weeks later,

423
00:22:34,775 --> 00:22:37,233
we were all there to celebrate
Charlotte's coup.

424
00:22:37,316 --> 00:22:39,566
Hi. Excuse me just a second.

425
00:22:43,150 --> 00:22:44,691
Are you number nine?

426
00:22:44,775 --> 00:22:46,191
Oh, my God.

427
00:22:46,275 --> 00:22:48,650
I am so not number nine.

428
00:22:48,733 --> 00:22:49,941
Five.

429
00:22:50,275 --> 00:22:52,650
Yeah, right.

430
00:22:59,316 --> 00:23:00,858
It's this, right?

431
00:23:00,941 --> 00:23:02,775
No?

432
00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:04,983
Well…

433
00:23:09,983 --> 00:23:11,191
Really?

434
00:23:22,316 --> 00:23:24,941
They say a picture is worth
a thousand words,

435
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:26,441
but in this case,

436
00:23:27,483 --> 00:23:28,983
I was speechless.