Best in Blow

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🗓️ 7 August 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the new film The Farewell, Netflix's glass-blowing show Blown Away, and the life of legendary theater director Hal Prince with Isaac Butler. In Slate Plus, Steve explains why he left Twitter. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. We're looking for a new production assistant! This is a paid, part-time position based in our office in Brooklyn, NY. Send an email with an attached resume and cover letter to talent@slate.com with the subject line "production assistant". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.2	I'm Stephen Metcalfin. This is the Slate Culture Gap Fest Best in Below Edition.
0:17.0	It's Wednesday, August 7th, 2019.
0:20.0	On Treshe, The Farewell stars Aquafina as a young Chinese-American immigrant who returns to China to say goodbye to her grandmother, who has not been told that she is dying.
0:29.0	And then Netflix gives us blown away a completely standard issue competition TV show with a completely
0:35.4	unstandard activity as its McGuffin, glass blowing.
0:39.0	And finally, a Broadway Titan has died.
0:41.7	We discuss the legacy of Hal Prince with our own programs, dear friend
0:45.5	Isaac Butler.
0:46.5	Wow, who's joining me here first? I can't believe I have like an unimpeded visual of both of your faces in the
0:54.6	flesh right here all of your eye rolls Julia I don't have to imagine them.
0:59.6	And me and Julia have to stop exchanging our secret looks of dismay when you say something
1:06.0	dismaying.
1:07.0	Yeah, you didn't do a very good job of keeping the secret, just FYI. I don't think we've been all in the same
1:14.8	studio taping. I mean with the exception of live shows I don't know when we have all been
1:18.3	taping in the same room last it's the best. It's so nice. Yay! Thank you for coming
1:22.4	down to you. I know I'm so incredibly, I'm so
1:26.0	totally pleased to be doing the show. Who's going to be best in blow? Julia Turner.
1:30.7	We shall see. We must ready our puntys and proceed. I will introduce you now as
1:37.8	Julia Turner, who is the deputy managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. Hey Julia.
1:41.9	Hello, hello. And of course Dana
1:43.3	Dana Stephen's slates film critic.
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