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Even I've woken up with the black dog on my shoulder from time to time, 430 00:30:40,756 --> 00:30:43,050 and it doesn't last for long, you see. 431 00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:47,346 How could it? Because everyone here looks after each other and... 432 00:30:47,429 --> 00:30:50,057 Make up your mind, dear, please. 433 00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:53,101 And there's so much to enjoy here, people coming and going, 434 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:55,604 new faces, old friends, new hobbies. 435 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:58,648 – <i>(salsa music)</i> – What's that dreadful noise? 436 00:30:58,732 --> 00:31:00,650 I'm meant to be in there. 437 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:05,197 <i>(teacher)</i> Side to side basic. 438 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:09,076 Cissy, you're missing my class. Come in, darling. 439 00:31:13,497 --> 00:31:15,082 Forward and back. 440 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,419 Thighs, hips. Move those hips. 441 00:31:26,927 --> 00:31:29,471 Side to side now. Shake it, ladies. Shake it. 442 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:33,308 This is not a retirement home. This is a madhouse. 443 00:31:33,391 --> 00:31:35,352 Oh, God. 444 00:31:36,853 --> 00:31:38,855 Hello. 445 00:31:43,819 --> 00:31:45,821 <i>(Cissy)</i> Jean? 446 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,948 Jean! 447 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:51,576 Birthday benefit gala. Emergency. Top secret. 448 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,872 – Jean. – Didn't that use to be Bobby Swanson? 449 00:31:55,956 --> 00:31:57,874 – Yes. – He didn't seem to recognise me. 450 00:31:57,958 --> 00:32:00,252 – Isn't that odd? – "Birthday benefit gala." 451 00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:02,587 "Emergency. Top secret." 452 00:32:02,671 --> 00:32:05,006 Whose birthday? Mine isn't till January 6th. 453 00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:08,051 No, no, no, not yours, darling. No, Verdi's birthday. 454 00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:11,054 There's a benefit gala and we're all expected to perform. 455 00:32:11,138 --> 00:32:14,266 – What? Perform? – Yes, we all do what we do. 456 00:32:14,349 --> 00:32:18,562 – At our age? That's ridiculous. – It isn't. Everybody can do something. 457 00:32:18,645 --> 00:32:22,149 Well, I'm not singing at Verdi's gala or anybody else's. 458 00:32:22,232 --> 00:32:24,359 I don't sing any more and that is final. 459 00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:26,987 Jean, I was listening to our <i>Rigoletto</i> this morning 460 00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:33,076 and we were all so good, but, Jean, your Gilda was magnificent. 461 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,162 Yes, I know, I know. 462 00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:38,707 I never took less than 12 curtain calls. Never. 463 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:44,504 – Well, where is Reggie? – Erm, I think he's round here. 464 00:32:45,088 --> 00:32:49,759 Opera is when a guy is stabbed in the back, 465 00:32:49,843 --> 00:32:53,013 instead of bleeding, he sings. 466 00:32:54,014 --> 00:32:56,099 It seems to me, after much research, 467 00:32:56,183 --> 00:33:00,312 that rap is when a guy is stabbed in the back 468 00:33:00,395 --> 00:33:04,566 and instead of bleeding, he talks rhythmically, even with feeling. 469 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:07,068 But because rap's spoken, 470 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:11,031 the feeling is sort of held in check, all on one note. 471 00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:13,658 I think he's in here. This is... This is the... 472 00:33:13,742 --> 00:33:16,828 No, no, no, no, this is the little music room. 473 00:33:16,912 --> 00:33:18,413 He'll be in the big music room 474 00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:21,958 because that's where they do all the big lectures in here, yes. 475 00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:23,877 – No. – He'll be thrilled to see you. 476 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,754 – Don't. – Shh. 477 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:28,673 <i>(Reggie)</i> In opera, we sing what we're feeling, 478 00:33:28,757 --> 00:33:32,636 and the song, the rise and fall of the music, 479 00:33:32,719 --> 00:33:36,306 sets our emotions free. 480 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:40,268 If you asked me, I'd say to you that opera 481 00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:45,524 is simply the outpouring of all the emotions 482 00:33:45,607 --> 00:33:48,944 that all of us carry inside us. 483 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:52,322 Now, Joey, I think it's your turn. 484 00:33:52,405 --> 00:33:53,865 Show him what you can do. 485 00:33:53,949 --> 00:33:56,117 – He can actually do rap? – He's really good. 486 00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:57,827 – Come on. – Alright. 487 00:33:57,911 --> 00:33:59,913 <i>♪ Opera's where you sing your arse on stage</i> 488 00:33:59,996 --> 00:34:02,249 <i>♪ Rap is where you're trying to get your arse paid</i> 489 00:34:02,332 --> 00:34:04,459 <i>♪ You're talking horny but we get laid</i> 490 00:34:04,543 --> 00:34:06,586 <i>♪ We can't help what we talk about</i> 491 00:34:06,670 --> 00:34:08,797 <i>♪ We just talk and you sing it out</i> 492 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,966 <i>♪ Opera make you feel the pain, too</i> 493 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:13,218 <i>♪ We wake up, we're 16 years old</i> 494 00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:15,470 <i>♪ We look outs