
Fierce People
(0.00 / 0 votes)There's this tribe in South America
called the Ishkanani.
That means "Fierce People".
They're the meanest people
in the world.
They'll cut off your thumbs
and they'll shit in your hammock...
just like we say hello.
Look at that jerk!
That's me at 15.
That's me in our loft
in New York City.
That's my father, Fox Blanchard...
the anthropologist who made
first contact with the Ishkanani.
I was conceived after my mother
attended his lecture at her college.
Never met him. But just shy
of my 16th birthday...
he surprised me
with a copy of his documentary...
and an invitation to spend the summer
with him and the Fierce People.
That's my mom.
I don't know who that guy is.
Back then she was a professional
masseuse. Very professional.
She held a degree
in Swedish massage...
and she never slept with the clients.
This man probably got many things
from my mother that night...
but a Swedish massage
was definitely not one of them.
Mom liked to brag
that Ogden C. Osborne...
seventh richest man in America...
once gave her a $1,000 tip and
all he got was a one-hour back rub.
She bought a pair of binoculars for me
and eight balls of blow for herself.
It's supposed to be this big tragedy
if the kid's parents get high...
but my mom was kind of fun
when she was loaded.
I mean, how many kids can say
their moms like debating...
whether Space Ghost
could beat up Speed Racer?
But most of the time
she wasn't fun at all.
Especially in the morning.
Especially this morning.
Finn! Get in here!
Get this thing off me!
Mom! What the hell are you doing?
We have to get my passport!
You gotta get it together!
I know what you are looking for!
I'll be fine as soon as
I get a pick-me-up, you know?
The passport office closes at four.
I'm leaving tomorrow.
To the Ishkanani, life-altering
moments don't happen by accident.
They would say
that that bookcase didn't fall...
it was pushed by evil spirits...
who steal the souls of children
while they sleep.
I've always believed invisible
forces were at work that day.
Forces I didn't yet understand.
There you are. Go.
Everybody on the ground! Now!
On the ground!
You could've said it was for me.
You didn't have to take the blame.
Really? Well, do you want me
to go back and tell the truth, mom?
more than willing to do that.
- My God! I can't believe you're...
- Give me the phone.
The telephone, please?
I need to be alone.
A series of forever-altering events.
A tumbled bookcase, a drug bust
and a phone call.
The phone call to the seventh
wealthiest man in America.
A man so rich, he promoted
his chauffeur to be chief of police...
in his own little kingdom.
Mom?
- What?
- There's a cop downstairs.
Pack your stuff.
We're leaving.
Mom! What's going on?
Where's this guy taking us?
We're going to Mr. Osborne's place
in the country.
What? The geezer from the hospital?
What's she gonna do with him?
in my custody...
while your mom gives Mr. Osborne
physical therapy.
My mother is a fucking
masseuse, all right?
This summer, you're gonna have
to start watching your language.
Summer? What the hell do you mean?
Are you crazy?
I gotta be in New York
for court, mom.
No, you don't. Mr. Osborne
took care of all that.
- Isn't that great, Lambie?
- What do you mean?
I'm not such a bad mother.
This is the story of my time
amongst the Fierce People...
during the summer of 1980...
in deepest, darkest New Jersey.
Mr. Osborne's got 9,356 acres.
Over 10 square miles.
See that?
Makes his pear brandy
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