Culture Gabfest - Deadpool & Wolverine #%&$ the Box Office
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🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s show, the panel is joined by Jamelle Bouie (New York Times Opinion columnist and Friend of the Pod) to discuss Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel’s R-rated superhero flick starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman that’s dominating at the box office. Then the four assess the onslaught of Kamala Harris memes sweeping the internet right now and the role social media will play in this year’s upcoming election. Finally, Julia, Dana, and Steve puzzle over Eno, a new documentary chronicling Brian Eno’s 50-year career as a visionary musician and artist that’s different every time it’s shown.
Mentioned in this episode:
- “Deadpool’s obnoxious gay panic humour is a tiresome schoolyard taunt” (Guy Lodge, The Guardian. July 26, 2024.)
- Upcoming screenings of Eno
In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel answers a listener question from Rob about assigned seating in movie theaters.
Email us at culturefest@slate.com.
Endorsements:
Stephen: Team USA’s pommel horse stallion, Stephen Nedoroscik, and his flawless routine at the 2024 Olympics.
Julia: An upcoming exhibit at the National Gallery of Art: “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment.”
Dana: The Decameron on Netflix.
Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.
Hosts
Dana Stephens, Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf
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| 0:57.0 | UK residents, T's and C supply. Hi I'm Dana Stevens and this is the Slate Culture Gabfest Deadpool and Wolverine absolutely |
| 1:15.4 | fucking shit the shit out of the box office addition. |
| 1:19.9 | It's Wednesday July 31st, 2024 and on this week's show we'll be talking about the new superhero movie |
| 1:25.4 | Deadpool and Wolverine which teams two X-Men with the Disney universe, the proliferation of |
| 1:31.5 | online memes that has come in the wake of the |
| 1:33.5 | announcement that Kamala Harris is all but assured, pending her official |
| 1:37.0 | nomination at the Democratic Convention later this month, to be the Democratic |
| 1:40.9 | presidential candidate. And finally, Eno, a new documentary about the composer, artist, legendary music producer Brian Eno, |
| 1:47.8 | that its makers have called the first generative feature film, |
| 1:50.8 | and we'll get into what that means in the segment. I am joined today |
| 1:54.1 | live in the slate studio by critic Stephen Metcalf. Hey Stephen. Hey Donna. |
| 1:58.3 | Nice to see you again. And from Los Angeles where she is a fellow at the Annenberg School |
| 2:04.1 | Julia Turner. Hello Julia. Hello hello hello. |
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