Culture Gabfest: Mile High, Inch Deep

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🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week Steve and Dana are joined by guest host Nichole Perkins, writer, poet, and host of the Thirst Aid Kit podcast. First they discuss the new film adaptation of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, which stars Viola Davis and features Chadwick Boseman in his final role. Then they weigh in on the HBO Max mystery thriller The Flight Attendant. After that, Vulture writer Mark Harris joins the show to talk about Disney's rapid growth and what it means for the movie industry. In Slate Plus, the hosts talk about which historical performances they wish they could witness. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Outro Music: "Go slow" by Daniel Fridell Slate Plus members get a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Stephen MacCaffin, this is the slate Culture Gapfest Mile High Inch Deep Edition.
0:15.0	It's Wednesday, December 16th, 2020.
0:18.0	On today's show, Netflix has an adaptation of the August Wilson play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. The movie stars
0:24.4	Viola Davis in the title role and Chadwick Bozeman in his final screen
0:28.5	performance and then the flight attendant is a limited from HBO Max. It's a thriller with
0:34.2	screwball elements. It's also a star vehicle for Cayley Quoco, she of the Big Bang
0:39.3	theory. And finally Disney just had a huge investor relations conference.
0:44.5	We discussed the ramifications of it to the movie business and to the future of what was once
0:49.3	quaintly known as cinema with vultures Mark Harris. Joining me today is Nicole Perkins, a poet memoirist,
0:56.8	podcast host of The Waves, and of course also the the podcast Thursday kit which is now semi-retired but exists in a pop-up
1:06.2	format for occasional live shows and such. Hey Nicole, hi how are you? I'm
1:11.8	pretty good. Is'm pretty good.
1:13.0	Is it true that the title of your forthcoming memoir comes from My Favorite Print Song?
1:18.0	Yes, it is absolutely true.
1:20.0	It's also my favorite print song.
1:22.0	Wait, what's the title of your memoir?
1:24.0	Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be and it is a line from
1:29.0	If I was your girlfriend.
1:30.0	I mean that is just the, I mean it's between that and the ballot of Dorothy Parker. I mean those two songs just cut straight to it. I love both of them. That's such a great title.
1:41.0	Thank you. I mean Sign of the Times is the best album of all time to me, so I had to represent.
1:48.0	Absolutely.
1:50.0	I was listening to it last night, totally, totally coincidentally, and then this morning I noticed that on your bio.
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