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THIS IS THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW OF ONE FERNANDO "FUZZ" CORTEZ CONDUCTED AT JUDENS HOME FOR TROUBLED YOUTH ON SUNDAY, MAY 11TH, 2003.





CASE FILE:24316
TIME:-11:26
INTERVIEW SUBJECT: FERNANDO "FUZZ" CORTEZ

-(BEGINNING INTERVIEW)-

INTERVIEW: YOU ARE LATE, FERNANDO.

FERNANDO CORTEZ: I WAS A LITTLE HUNG UP. BY THE WAY, HOW MUCH AM I GETTING FOR THIS?

INTERVIEWER: FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

FERNANDO CORTEZ: THIS ISN’T GOING TO TAKE TOO LONG, IS IT? I’M A BUSY MAN.

INT: NOT AT ALL. PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT FIRST. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS INTERVIEW.

FC: WHAT’S IT FOR?

INT: A PROJECT I’M DOING.

FC: SHOOT!

INT: I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE BRONX A BLOCK AWAY FROM YANKEE STADIUM.

FC: BY THE COURTHOUSE?

INT: YEAH, RIGHT OFF OF THE CONCOURSE?

FC: NOT TOO FAR FROM MY SOMPING GROUNDS.

INT: WHERE DID YOU GROW UP?

FC: 145TH AND BROOK, OFF OF THIRD AVE.

INT: BEEN THROUGH THERE.

FC: COOL SPOT. ARE YOU RECORDING THIS?

INT: NOT IF YOU DON’T WANT ME TOO.

FC: THAT MEANS YOU’RE NOT RECORDING THIS. GOT A LIGHT?

INT: NO. I DON’T SMOKE.

FC: YOU DRINK?

INT: NO.

FC: (LEANS BACK IN CHAIR) GOLDEN BOY? SH--MY BAD. WHAT DO YOU DO?

INT: READ, FOR FUN, OF COURSE.

FC: OF COURSE.

INT: DO YOU READ, FERNANDO?

FC: CALL ME FUZZ. THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE CALLS ME.

INT: OK,  FUZZ.

FC: NAW, TOO BUSY.

INT: DOING WHAT?

FC: SOMETHNG HERE? SOMETHING THERE?

INT: DOES THAT SOMETHING PUT BLOOD ON YOUR MONEY?
(FERNANDO BURST OUT LAUGHINGH)

FC: I LIKE YA DOC? YOU GOT BRASS ONES.

INT: THE TRUTH, FUZZ. GIVE IT TO ME STRIGHT.

FC: NO MORE THAN THE BLOOD ON YOURS.

INT: I WORK AN NINE TO FIVE. MY MONEYS CLEAN.

FC: (LEANS FORWARD) LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, GOLDEN BOY. NO MONEYS CLEAN. EVERY DOLLAR SPENT COST SOMEBODY SOMETHING! (LEANS BACK)

INT: MAYBE? IN YOUR JOB HAS ANYBODY EVER BEEN--?

FC: DO YOU THINK I WOULD TELL YOU IF THEY DID?

INT: HAVE THEY?

FC: SURE BUT NOT BY MY HAND. SH-- HAPPENS. EVERY WAR HAS ITS CAUSALTIES?

INT: AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT.

FC: HOW DO I SUPPOSE TO FEEL. PEOPLE DIE. SOMEONE MAKES THE MESS, SOMEONE CLEANS IT UP.CAN’T CHANGE IT SO I LIVE WITH IT, IN IT. NATURE OF THE ENVIROMENT. LET ME ASK YOU SOEMTHING. ARE THERE A LOT OF TREES WHERE YOU LIVE?

INT: WHAT?

FC: TREES...ARE THERE A LOT OF THEM WHERE YOU LIVE?

INT: YES, A FEW.

FC: WELL, WHEN I LOOK OUT MY BUILDING I SEE TALLER, THICKER BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE NOT GOING NO WHERE, LIKE WALLS KEEPING US IN.

(TO READ THE REMAINDER OF THIS DOCUMENTATED INTERVIEW, CHECK OUT THE NEW MAS MAGAZINE,  "MAS EXCHANGE" BEING RELEAED ON APRIL 20-21st @ THE BOSTON COMIC CON. COPIES WILL ALSO BE AVAIBLE ON LINE.)   https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2820016990640.2112521.1565372041&type=3#!/masmediastudios

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