Culture Gabfest - Hamilton in the Trump Era
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🗓️ 8 July 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia are joined by New Yorker staff writer Doreen St. Félix to talk about I May Destroy You. Then, Steve and Dana are joined by Isaac Butler, writer and co-host of this season of Slate’s Working podcast, to discuss the filmed version of Hamilton, now streaming on Disney Plus. Finally, the panel dives into Julia’s comfort-watch pick of the week: the 1996 disaster film Twister.
In Slate Plus, the hosts continue to talk with Isaac about Hamilton, its ending, its significance in 2020, and more.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.
Outro Music: Smartface by Smartface
Endorsements
Dana: Scott Brick’s narration of Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton.
Julia: The movie Dave.
Steve: “Wanting Wrong” by Anne Enright in the New York Review of Books.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Stephen Meckhapp, and this is the Slate Culture Gapfest Hamilton in the Trump era |
| 0:14.3 | edition. |
| 0:15.3 | It's just depressing even to say it, isn't it? |
| 0:17.3 | It's Wednesday, July 8th, 2020. |
| 0:19.5 | On today's show, I May Destroy You as the latest |
| 0:21.2 | must-see premium streamer. It's on HBO and is written, co-directed, and stars Michaela Cole |
| 0:26.1 | as a young East London creative struggling with the aftermath of a sexual assault. We'll be |
| 0:31.5 | joined for that segment by Doreen St. Felix of the New Yorker. Julia will sit out. And then |
| 0:36.5 | a gigantic legacy comes to the small screen, Hamilton, the mega-musical event of our |
| 0:42.1 | lifetime. It's now on Disney Plus. We watched and pondered how a relic of the Obama era |
| 0:46.4 | holds up in darker times and how a musical holds up on TV. We're joined for that segment by |
| 0:50.7 | Isaac Butler, a very good friend of this program. And finally, this week's |
| 0:54.5 | comfort pick comes courtesy of The Dana, Twister, 1996 high-concept action blockbuster with a Spielberg |
| 1:01.1 | pedigree, stars Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt as tornado chasers. I did just say those words. |
| 1:06.8 | Joining me today is, joining me today is the Dana you are the Dana |
| 1:12.6 | there's no other data right |
| 1:14.5 | I mean there's there's someone out there |
| 1:16.6 | named Bruce right |
| 1:18.3 | but that person's not Springsteen right |
| 1:20.6 | there's someone out there named |
| 1:21.9 | Madonna whose nickname is Madonna |
| 1:24.2 | but that's not so you're the Dana |
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