:12:00
from all the bullcrap
out here in Holly-Watts.
:12:02
Most of my family is, like,
on this block, city of Watts.
:12:05
Man, we... we right here
in the... in the lion's den...
:12:09
the pit of snakes.
:12:10
What's up, Little George?
:12:12
This is my little brother
Little George.
:12:13
Come here, George.
:12:14
We have all the gangs
on one side...
:12:16
and then you have the Clowns
on the other side.
:12:18
They gonna ask you,
"Who do you dance with?"
:12:20
Or they gonna be, like,
"What set you from?"
:12:22
So that's why it's either
a gang or a clown group.
:12:25
Dance with a clown group,
they go on about their business.
:12:28
They go about their business,
don't bother you too much.
:12:31
Larry is over here
with the clowns.
:12:34
I thank God for that.
:12:35
George, when you gonna
start dancin'?
:12:38
You know it's like
a family tradition.
:12:40
Granny used to be a clown, too.
:12:42
I'm so glad they came out
with this clown thing...
:12:44
'cause ain't no tellin' where
the kids would really be...
:12:46
or what would they be doing.
:12:48
What else is there to do?
:12:49
The clown thing
is a big part of L.A.
:12:52
Everybody want to be a clown.
:12:53
Everybody... everybody's
into the clownin'.
:12:55
What is a clown group?
:12:57
A clown group is...
:12:59
Birthday parties.
:13:00
How do I put it?
A clown group is...
:13:03
Makin' people happy.
:13:04
Is a group of people
entertaining...
:13:06
Makin' smiles where
there were no smiles...
:13:09
laughter where
there was no laughter.
:13:10
See, a lot of clown groups
don't have the entertainment.
:13:13
You can't just go out there
and just dance, dance, dance.
:13:15
People don't wanna see that.
They wanna see a show.
:13:17
You have to, like,
love doin' it.
:13:19
You can't just say...
:13:20
"Uh, I'm gonna do it
'cause I know how to dance."
:13:22
It's, like, something
you have to have love for.
:13:24
It's like a getaway.
You know what I mean?
:13:26
You get to travel
from here to there...
:13:29
see, meet different people.
:13:30
And some people don't even
get out their own neighborhood.
:13:33
People say, "Why you still
dancin' with Tommy the Clown?"
:13:37
You know what I'm sayin'?
:13:38
Because I want to.
I like to do this.
:13:39
I been doin' this
since I was 12.
:13:41
I'm 18 now, you know?
:13:43
So I'm gettin' older,
and I like entertaining.
:13:45
You know what I'm saying?
:13:46
This is one of my dreams
I wanna pursue...
:13:47
is to be an entertainer.
:13:48
I can do my dance thing.
I can be funny.
:13:51
I can make people laugh.
I can meet new people.
:13:55
I can...
:13:58
make myself a name
to where people know who I am...