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Gay, Clip 03

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    Do you think that's why the Moulin Rouge went out of business? Just between — I know. I know that's why. Pressure. See, they pretend that the taxes, but the feds -- I was right there when they put the lock on the door because I managed a dress shop. So I was right there when they put the lock on the door. And a lot of the kids came to work. Not the porters, but the waiters and the waitresses. And they'd pull on that door, and that door was locked. There was one white man who pulled on that door. It was locked and he went down on his knees. He said, "Oh, lord, there goes that place."