Culture Gabfest: Magic or Manipulation?

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🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Stephen, Dana, and Julia begin this week's show by talking about Locked Down, the rom-com heist movie starring Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor that's set during the early days of the pandemic. Then they discuss Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself, a Frank Oz directed stage performance that's part magic show and part meditation on personal identity. The filmed version is now available to stream on Hulu. For their third segment the hosts weigh in on a controversy in the film criticism world about a review of the movie Promising Young Woman, which they talked about in last week's show. In Slate Plus, the hosts chat about the pandemic's affect on casual friendships. Their inspiration was Amanda Mull's article in The Atlantic, titled The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Stephen McCaff in this is the sleep culture gap fest magic or manipulation edition.
0:15.4	It's Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021.
0:18.8	On today's show, Locked Down is, I believe, the first kind of major-ish feature film
0:23.8	made both in and about the pandemic and lockdown.
0:27.0	It stars Anne Hathaway and Chiuatel, edu4.
0:30.7	It's a rom-com heist and you can find it on HBO Max.
0:33.8	And then Derek DelGaudia's In and of itself was an off-browd-way show.
0:38.4	It stars the illusionist Derek DelGaudia.
0:40.6	It was filmed and now it's viewable on Hulu.
0:43.5	And finally, promising young woman is the movie we discussed last week.
0:46.9	A review of it has been called out as Aegist and Sexist and we discuss the ensuing controversy.
0:53.9	Joining me today is Julia Turner, the deputy managing editor of the LA Times.
0:58.1	Hey, Julia.
0:59.1	Hello, hello.
1:00.1	And of course, Dana Stevens is the film critic for Slate.com.
1:03.0	Hey, Dana.
1:04.0	Hello, Stephen.
1:05.0	Alright, Chiuatel, let's dig in.
1:09.6	Have you ever thought, oh, this water is too wet?
1:12.8	Or this beach is too sandy.
1:14.9	My name is Christine.
1:16.1	And my name is Sandy.
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