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Michael and Us

#207 - A Fistful of Quarters

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.6668 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The story of two men competing for the world Donkey Kong championship becomes a metaphor for so much in society, from celebrity culture to institutional power. We revisit THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS (2007) and celebrate two universal archetypes: Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell. PLUS: fiery hot takes on the Golden Globes, the Democrats' impending midterm strategy, and the lingering discourse on the Bernie mittens meme. "PIXEL BURN - A King, Konquered: The Fall of Billy Mitchell" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNLqrOqUtEM&ab_channel=Bitscreed

Transcript

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0:00.0

Make no mistake, there will be a trial, and when that trial ends, senators will have to decide

0:06.3

if they believe Donald John Trump incited the erection, insurrection against the United States.

0:16.3

Welcome to Michael and us. I'm Will Sloan, here as always with...

0:20.5

Luke Savage, hello, everyone.

0:21.9

On the morning that we recorded this, the latest Golden Globe nominations were announced.

0:27.8

And I wanted to bring this up this episode because the good thing to do, the right thing to do, the cool thing to do would be to say that I don't care about this.

0:35.9

That would be a lie, though, wouldn't it?

0:37.5

It would be a lie, and it would be a lie on a couple of different levels, because first

0:40.8

of all, I do care.

0:41.7

I am curious.

0:42.5

I looked at the list because I wanted to see what got nominated.

0:45.2

Award shows like this are interesting as a reflection of what Hollywood thinks its mission

0:49.4

is, the way Hollywood wants to be viewed, The sort of things that Hollywood is putting forward as, this is us, this is the best of us.

0:58.6

And the Golden Globes, which are, you know, obviously a sham organization.

1:02.5

It's the Hollywood Foreign Press, which are like a bunch of people who like write like one clickbait article a year each about like, oh, we saw a side boob.

1:12.8

They publish it on some website somewhere.

1:15.0

That's what the Golden Globes are.

1:16.5

And they take bribes, allegedly.

1:18.5

Really?

1:19.0

Well, I mean, I don't know if you've ever heard this very famous story that in the early 1980s,

1:22.9

there was an actress named Pia Zadora, who was a singer and actress.

1:26.8

She married a billionaire. And the billionaire,

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