Culture Gabfest: $13,000 Bottle of Whine

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4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Steve, Dana, and Julia kick things off by discussing Minari, the semi-autobiographical movie by the filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung that focuses on a Korean family trying to build a life for themselves in rural Arkansas. After that, New York Magazine writer Mark Harris joins the show to to talk about his new biography of the director Mike Nichols. Then the hosts pick apart the latest Chrissy Teigan controversy and offer opinions about wealth, celebrity, and privilege during the pandemic. In Slate Plus, the hosts remember the brilliant and charming actor Christopher Plummer who passed away last week at age 91. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Stephen McAfin, this is the Slate culture gap, that's $13,000 bottle of wine, that's
0:15.9	WHIN, and he ha ha.
0:17.9	In addition, it's Wednesday, February 10, 2021.
0:22.0	On today's show, the movie Menari tells the story of a Korean-American family in the
0:25.7	rural south of the 1980s, it is generating a ton of awards buzz, you can start streaming
0:30.8	at this Friday, we will discuss.
0:33.1	And then, Mike Nichols is one of the most successful film and theater directors in the
0:36.7	American Pantheon.
0:37.9	His life story was as remarkable, every bit as remarkable, really, as his career.
0:42.9	And it's gotten the biography it deserves.
0:45.0	We discuss Mike Nichols' life with its author, Mark Harris.
0:48.4	And finally, reason not the need, Chrissy Teigen, a $13,000 bottle of wine and the perils
0:54.1	of online celebrity in an age of hyper-capitalism.
0:57.9	Joining me today is Julia Turner, the deputy managing editor of the L.A. Times.
1:03.6	Julia, hey.
1:04.6	Hello, hello.
1:05.7	And of course, Dana Stevens is the film critic for Slate, hey Dana.
1:08.5	Hey, hello Steven.
1:09.5	Shall we?
1:10.5	We ready?
1:11.5	Let us go.
1:12.5	Let us go then, you and I.
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