Culture Gabfest - Apes, Pigs, and Comedians Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2017
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Jamelle Bouie, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss War For the Planet of the Apes, the Netflix film Okja and the ethics of meat eating, and the state of comedy under Trump.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:11.5 | I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest, Apes Pigs and Comedians Edition. |
| 0:16.6 | It's Wednesday, July 26, 2017. |
| 0:19.4 | On today's show, War for the Planet of the Apes is the third installment in what many people believe is the most curious, contemplative, and in fact really underappreciated franchise now going. |
| 0:29.9 | And then, what is humanity's proper relationship to the pig, which is both among the most delicious and most intelligent creatures on earth. |
| 0:37.8 | And finally, what is the fate of comedy in these most undelicious and unintelligent times? |
| 0:43.3 | That is, what's the fate of satire in the age of Trump? |
| 0:46.3 | We discuss with Jamel Bowie, who's joining us today. |
| 0:49.8 | Jamel, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:51.4 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:52.6 | Of course, Jamel is chief political correspondent of Slate and Dana Stevens, Slate's film critic. Hey, Dana. Hey, there, Stephen. More for the Planet of the Apes is directed by Matt Reeves. He did the second installment in the series two. It's filled with remarkable special effects and a fun kind of low-grade, fevery performance from Woody Harrelson. But mostly what it features, I think, |
| 1:11.5 | and I think most people think, is the remarkable performance, ongoing performances, Andy Circus, |
| 1:15.9 | as Caesar, a kind of tour to force. I mean, not only of CGI and not only of his acting, |
| 1:21.2 | but the bizarre, almost unnerving hybrid of the two. Anyway, he plays Caesar, the wise, world, |
| 1:27.0 | weary simeon, who's achieved human |
| 1:28.5 | intelligence and seemingly superhuman or extra human wisdom. Jamel, before we listen to the clip, |
| 1:33.8 | you want to set it up? Sure. So this clip comes sort of towards the second act. Our main character, |
| 1:40.7 | Caesar, is encountering Woody Harrelson. For the second time, the first time is an encounter in his cave. |
| 1:47.4 | And Caesar's cave, the second time is actually at Woody Harrelson's installation in the, in the snowy mountains. |
| 1:53.6 | And then he's been captured, and Woody Harrelson is basically interrogating him, kind of taunting him. |
| 1:59.4 | Have you finally come to save your apes? |
| 2:03.2 | I can't bring you. |
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