Inside Deep Throat
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to all of America.
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(Hopper)
In response,

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Hollywood was quick
to mobilize and defend
Harry Reems,

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positioning itself as
an opposing cultural force,

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[all chattering]
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(reporter)
Professionals in the arts

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may not find Deep Throat,
as such,

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a piece of art
worth defending,

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But they are worried about
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the threat of
being arrested later on

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for what
they write or act in today,

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It's a censorship issue,
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My overall concern
is the basic, uh, infringement

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on the rights
of the First Amendment,

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That's probably why
l came to his defense,

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knowing that
Beatty and Nicholson did.

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That's how
l make all my decisions.

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l said,
''Alan, am--am--am l
gonna be convicted?

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''Am l going to do
prison time?''

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And his response was:
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''lf the Republicans
are reelected,

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you're going to jail.
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lf the Democrats are elected,
you're going to be set free.''

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(Hopper)
While Harry fought for
his freedom,

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the architect of
the moral crusade
in the first place

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was no longer in office
to savor his triumph,

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I shall resign the Presidency
effective at noon tomorrow,

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[More More More
by Andrea True playing]

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(Hopper)
And his undoing
had also been Deep Throat,

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the nickname for
the secret Watergate source,

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(Bernstein)
There's an expression
in journalism

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called ''deep background''
which means that

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the information cannot be used
in the newspaper

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with any kind of
hint of attribution,

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Deep Throat, deep background.
You know, it's sort of a...

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But if you want to know
how I really feel

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(Hopper)
Its national nightmare over,
the nation got down,

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Get the action goin'
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How do you like it?
How do you like it?

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The time was right
for a porno star
to be a pop star.

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who would have
ever thought?


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