#174 - Rule of Thumb, Part II

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.6 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to be "America's Critic"? What does it take to be the most powerful critic the world has ever known? Several months back we discussed "Siskel & Ebert," but now we turn our attention specifically to Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer-winner who may forever be America's best-known film critic. We watch the Ebert documentary LIFE ITSELF (2014), and ponder the movie's questionable assertion that "He did not get caught up in certain ideologies of what cinema should be." PLUS: why are liberals sending thoughts and prayers to the president? NOTE: As a special experiment for the month of October 2020, we will be posting two episodes per week - one free, one Patreon-exclusive. Like the show and want more? Go to https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus. Episode #152 ("Rule of Thumb" Part 1) - https://soundcloud.com/michael-and-us/152-rule-of-thumb "Roger Ebert's Zero-Star Movies" by Will Sloan - https://hazlitt.net/feature/roger-eberts-zero-star-movies

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0:00.0	Welcome to Michael and us, I'm Will Sloan, here as always with.
0:17.0	Luke Savage, hey everyone.
0:18.5	And we're doing a little experiment this month.
0:21.6	We know that you just can't get enough. So for the month of October, we are going to be doing two episodes a week. One free,
0:27.3	one on the Patreon. Yeah, since the start of the show, we did one episode every two weeks before
0:32.5	we started a Patreon. Then we became a one app a week outfit with half the episodes paywalled and now we're going to try
0:39.4	something a little different doubling our content we've had a big surge in listenership lately
0:44.2	there's a lot more of you listening now than there were before a lot more people subscribing on
0:49.2	the patreon so just for the next few weeks I guess for the month of October at least we want to
0:54.1	run a little michael and us test pilot program.
0:56.9	So if you like the show and you want to see more of it, you can let us know by subscribing on Patreon.
1:01.7	Anyway, we're recording on Friday, October 2nd.
1:04.6	It's a big day in the wild world of politics, a tragic day.
1:08.6	This morning we all woke up to some disturbing news. Beloved actor Rick
1:13.1	Moranus from Ghostbusters and SCTV and Little Shop of Horrors was tragically struck down in the
1:19.1	Upper West Side. And honey, I shrunk the kids. Who could forget splitting airs, little giant,
1:24.2	big bully with Tom Arnold. A life tragically cut short. Actually, that's not true.
1:29.0	He's still alive. He's fine. But he was hit by a random assailant in the Upper West Side.
1:33.9	We wish him the best. And I think that's all the prayers that we have to offer on this episode, right?
1:38.6	Well, as it turns out, while Michael and Us Nation was offering its thoughts and prayers to Rick Moranus,
1:45.6	grief-stricken liberals who've been calling Donald Trump a fascist for the past four years, sending a lot of thoughts and prayers
1:51.1	his way after the president and first lady's positive test result for COVID-19. And I mean, look,
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