Culture Gabfest - Go Extinct Faster!
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week, the panel begins by fraternizing with the dinosaurs of Jurassic World: Dominion. Then, they’re joined by senior writer for New York Magazine E. Alex Jung to discuss the movie that changed the Bechdel Test, Fire Island. Finally, the panel discusses a New York Times opinion piece from Tish Harrison, titled “I Married the Wrong Person, and I’m So Glad I Did.”
In Slate Plus, the panel discusses the Bechdel Test.
Email us at culturefest@slate.com.
Endorsements
Dana: In honor of the recently late actor Phillip Baker Hall, the 1984 Robert Altman film Secret Honor, based on the one-man show.
Julia: Generally: micro journaling. Specifically: The Five Minute Journal and One Line A Day: A Five-Year Memory Book.
Steve: With love for the musical cover: Leo Nocentelli’s (of The Meters) cover of Elton John’s “Your Song.” Also: the band The Apartments (per Steve: the most underrated indie rock band of all time) and their song “Everything is Given to Be Taken Away” from their live album Live at L’Ubu.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.
Outro music is "Bloody Hunter" by Paisley Pink.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Stephen Metcalfan, this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest. |
| 0:13.6 | Go Extinct Faster Edition, it's Wednesday June 15th, 2022. |
| 0:18.9 | On today's show, Jurassic World Dominion is the latest in the Blockbuster reboot, and |
| 0:23.2 | this one dinosaurs now roam the world all too freely. |
| 0:26.2 | That stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and various others from the very, very, very |
| 0:31.5 | original, now de-extincted Jurassic Park. |
| 0:35.6 | And then Jane Austen gets a wild and altogether, I think, lovely update in Fire Island. |
| 0:41.0 | The movie was written by and stars Joel Kim Booster as Noah, or our Elizabeth Bennett. |
| 0:46.8 | We'll be joined by Vultures, E. Alex Jung for that segment. |
| 0:50.6 | And finally does everyone marry the wrong person, so argues the New York Times opinion |
| 0:55.8 | piece we will discuss. |
| 0:57.8 | Joining me today is Julia Turner, the deputy managing editor of the LA Times. |
| 1:01.9 | Hey, Julia. |
| 1:02.9 | Hello, hello. |
| 1:04.2 | And of course, Dana Stevens, the film critic for Slate, hey, Dana. |
| 1:07.4 | Hi there. |
| 1:08.4 | Alright, shall we dig in? |
| 1:09.7 | Let's do this. |
| 1:10.7 | Ready. |
| 1:11.7 | De-extinct dinosaurs have been unleashed into the wild. |
| 1:15.2 | Their wild that is, which is our world, that's the premise of Jurassic World Dominion. |
| 1:20.5 | We have various raptors nesting on our skyscrapers and sores of one kind and other foraging through |
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