Creed III And What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In Creed III, Michael B. Jordan is back as Adonis "Donnie" Creed, the scrappy underdog-turned-world champion boxer from the Rocky franchise. Adonis has decided to retire on top and focus on family. But his plans are blown up when an old friend, played by Jonathan Majors, suddenly reappears. The film is also Jordan's directorial debut.

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0:00.0	In Creed III, Michael B. Jordan is back as a Donnis Donnie Creed.
0:08.6	The scrappy, underdog turned world champion boxer from the Rocky franchise.
0:12.8	Donnie's decided to retire on top and focus on family and promoting up and coming fighters,
0:17.7	but his plans changed when a familiar face from his past suddenly reappears.
0:21.7	His old friend played by the mesmerizing Jonathan Majors.
0:25.4	This film is also Michael B. Jordan's directorial debut.
0:28.6	I'm Aisha Harris and today we're talking about Creed III on Pop Quoture Happy Hour from NPR.
0:34.2	Joining me is one of the hosts of NPR's Code Switch Podcast, Gene D'Embi.
0:38.0	Welcome back, Gene.
0:39.0	It was good, Aisha. It's so glad to be here.
0:40.6	Yes, so glad to have you here.
0:42.3	Also joining us is Culture Writer and Critic, Shamira Ebrahim.
0:45.5	Great to have you back too.
0:46.7	Aisha, thanks for bringing me back.
0:48.3	Hey, and rounding out the panel is writer Chris Clemick.
0:52.1	Welcome back to YouTube, Chris.
0:53.5	I just want to say one thing, you Aisha, I did it.
0:56.5	Oh, this is going to be a fun conversation.
1:01.2	I can tell already if this is great.
1:02.9	So in Creed III, Michael B. Jordan returns as a Donnis Donnie Creed,
1:08.3	the son of the late boxing champ Apollo Creed and honorary nephew of Rocky Balboa.
1:13.1	Following the events of the previous movie, Donnie is riding high.
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