Culture Gabfest - Allen v. Farrow

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🗓️ 3 March 2021

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This week Steve and Dana talk to Slate senior editor Sam Adams about the HBO documentary Allen v. Farrow, which examines the legal battle between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in the early 90's and the sexual assault allegations at the heart of it. Then Steve, Dana, and Julia talk about the Golden Globes and a report by the LA Times that revealed dubious spending practices by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the group behind the Globes) and a lack of diversity in its ranks. After that, University of Pennsylvania English professor Alan Filreis joins the show to talk about the poet, activist, and bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who recently passed away.

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Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.

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0:00.0	Hello, Slate podcast listeners.
0:02.2	Help us make a better slate by answering our survey.
0:05.2	It'll only take a few minutes, and you can find it at slate.com slash survey.
0:09.5	Thanks.
0:25.5	I'm Stephen Meccaf, and this is the Slate Culture Gapfest, Alan V. Farrow edition.
0:27.7	It's Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021.
0:33.2	On today's show, Alan V. Farrow is a four-part HBO documentary about the child molestation allegations against Woody Allen.
0:34.9	It features the direct testimony of Dylan Farrow, both then,
0:38.0	made in the immediate aftermath of the alleged incident and now. We'll be joined for that
0:42.2	segment by Slate's own Sam Adams. And then the Golden Globes were this past Sunday. The
0:46.7	famously loose ceremony was retooled for lockdown, but it also unfolded under the shadow of various
0:51.9	scandals. It's being called out for self-dealing and the
0:54.9	gross underrepresentation of people of color, both in its own ranks and among nominees. And finally,
0:59.9	we discussed the improbably long life and career of Lawrence Fairlandgetty, poet, bookstore owner,
1:05.7	patron saint to the beats. We'll discuss his remarkable life and legacy with Al Filrease of the University of Pennsylvania. Joining me today is Julia Turner, the deputy managing editor of the LA Times. Hello, Julia. Hello, hello. You'll sort of be in and out on the program today, but you'll be joining us later to talk about the Golden Globes and for the plus segment endorsements. Anyway, welcome. Thanks. Yep. And of course, Dana Stevens, who's
1:28.3	Slate's film critic. Hey, Dana. Hey, hey. Among many other things, Alan V. Farrow, the four-part
1:35.6	documentary on HBO right now, is a surprisingly intimate portrait of a family. The family in question,
1:41.1	of course, is that of actress Mia Farrow. It's made up of seven biological and adopted children.
1:46.7	And as the story unfolds, it begins to accommodate the presence of a new boyfriend, the legendary comedian, writer-director, Woody Allen.
1:53.4	The early parts of the documentary feature home movies and extensive family interviews.
1:57.8	You might say voyeuristic, that's probably putting it a little too strongly.
2:01.3	Not in a bad way. It's a peek into an upper bourgeois bohemian paradise in Manhattan and at a
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