The Sheik and I Page #2

YOU KNOW, IMPROVISE IT,

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW

ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I HAD NEVER BEEN THERE.

AND THERE WAS VERY

LITTLE I COULD FIND ONLINE.

[NARRATOR]

SHARJAH IS A HOT DESOLATE SPO

ON THE EDGE OF THE

SOUTH ARABIAN DESERT.

TODAY, IT IS RULED OVER

BY A SHEIK WHO IS FRIENDLY

TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

OR ON YOUTUBE:

OR WHATEVER.

[POP]

SO I WAS GOING TO

MEET RASHA FIRS:

I THOUGHT IF I'M MAKING

THE FILM ABOUT MAKING A FILM,

I MIGHT AS WELL START NOW

AND FILM THE LUNCH.

[CAVEH ZAHEDI CHUCKLES]

UH-HUH, RIGHT.

AND THERE WAS LIKE

A LOT OF SMALL TALK.

I THINK HE OWNS:

A PAWNSHOP NOW OR A...

PAWN.

NO, PAWN.

[MAN]

PAWN, OKAY.

BUT AFTER A WHILE,

YOU KNOW, I SORT OF SAID,

I CAN ASK, BUT TELL ME WHY.

BECAUSE WHEN I ASK,

I HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY.

[ZAHEDI]

AND I THOUGHT,

MAYBE I SHOULDN'T DO IT.

IF IT BUMS HER OUT, MAYBE

I SHOULD DO SOMETHING ELSE.

I MEAN, I DON'T WAN TO BUM HER OUT.

BUT I COULDN'T THINK

OF ANYTHING ELSE.

I MEAN, I TRIED TO THINK

OF OTHER THINGS, BUT NOTHING

FELT AS GOOD AS THIS IDEA.

I MEAN, IT'S

INTERESTING AND IRONIC

THAT THERE'S THIS KIND

OF LIKE ABSOLUTE FREEDOM,

BUT ALSO, THIS VERY

INVISIBLE SET OF

VERY REAL CONSTRAINTS.

AND SO, TO ME, IT'S

INTERESTING JUST TO TRY TO

LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN

OF THAT A LITTLE BIT.

AND THE SHEIK OF SHARJAH

IS LIKE THE WIZARD OF OZ

IN THIS SCENARIO.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHA

WHAT'S BEHIND THE CURTAIN,

BUT I'M CURIOUS.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

THE END RESULT WOULD

BE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE

TWO FILMS:
ONE, FOR YOURSELF;

AND ONE THAT WOULD BE PUBLICLY,

YOU KNOW, EXHIBITED

AT THE BIENNIAL.

IT'S TRICKY, I THINK.

I THINK YOU'RE TAKING

A LOT OF RISKS.

YEAH.

BUT THAT'S WHA YOU LIKE TO DO?

YEAH.

UH-HUH.

CAN I GET THE CHECK?

THANK YOU.

OKAY, IT'S GOOD.

WAS IT GOOD?

I DON'T KNOW.

SH*T.

SO WE FLEW TO SHARJAH.

SO THE SHARJAH AR FOUNDATION SENT A DRIVER

NAMED MANSOUR,

TO PICK US UP.

SO THEN WE'RE IN THE CAR, GOING

TO THE HOTEL FROM THE AIRPORT.

AND MANDY SAYS...

[WHISPERING]

AND I WAS LIKE, WELL,

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

AND SHE WAS LIKE...

AND, I THINK SHE WAS SCARED.

AND I THINK MAYBE HER BEING

SCARED MAYBE MADE ME SCARED,

LIKE, WELL, SHOULD I BE WORRIED?

SHOULD I BE SCARED?

MANSOUR, ARE WE

DID WE GO IN A CIRCLE?

DID WE JUST GO IN A CIRCLE?

MANSOUR?

MANSOUR?

MANSOUR?

AND I THOUGHT WHAT IF HE'S

NOT ANSWERING ME NO

BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HEAR ME,

BUT BECAUSE HE'S KIDNAPPING US.

AND SOMEHOW,

EITHER HE ISN'T REALLY MANSOUR.

HE JUST LIKE KILLED MANSOUR.

HE HAD PRETENDED TO BE MANSOUR.

HE'S REALLY A KIDNAPPER.

BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF THING

YOU THINK FROM LIKE HOLLYWOOD

MOVIES, WHAT YOU SEE.

THE AMERICANS MUST DIE.

SO I JUST HAD THIS LITTLE MOMEN

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