4.2 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
0:00.0 | Over night, MTV's Video Music Awards kicking off with the tribute to Chad Wood Boseman. |
0:10.6 | We dedicate tonight's show to a man whose spirit touched so many. His impact lives forever. |
0:17.6 | Let's go play around. |
0:19.2 | On the screen, he often portrayed real-life icons. |
0:22.6 | Get out of the way! Get out of the way! |
0:26.4 | From James Brown and Get On Up. |
0:28.8 | You got noise now. |
0:30.1 | Two former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. |
0:33.1 | They'll get me up! |
0:34.8 | And baseball legend Jackie Robinson. |
0:37.5 | You can never ever! |
0:39.3 | But it was his role as the fictional Black Panther that made Boseman a hero in his own right. |
0:47.6 | The groundbreaking lead role of a powerful African king and superhero |
0:52.3 | was first for Big Budget Boom. |
0:54.4 | The movie would go on to become a cultural phenomenon. |
0:57.9 | Something Boseman spoke to Willie about in 2018. |
1:01.0 | What do you think are people responding to? |
1:04.0 | I think there's a thirst for these images. |
1:07.1 | There's a thirst for a Black superhero. |
1:10.2 | Still, the spotlight came as a surprise for the South Carolina native |
1:13.9 | who majored in directing at Howard University. |
1:16.9 | Never really saw myself doing this. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Isaac Weishaupt, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Isaac Weishaupt and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.