I'm Julia Turner and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, one of them movies about women that stuns Hollywood by being a hit edition.

It's Wednesday, January 29th, 2025. Apologies to everyone

last week who we informed that it was still 2024. We wish, not so. It is in fact 2025 and near the

end of January. And on today's show, we're going to talk about the new hit film,

One of Them Days, a buddy comedy from producer Issa Ray, about two broke girls in South

L.A. trying to scare up the rent. Then Asura, a new Netflix series from cult favorite

Japanese director, Hirokazu, Koriata, about four adult sisters in 1970s, Japan, and how they handle it when they

discover their father has been conducting a long-term affair. Finally, the second Trump presidency

brought to you by YouTubers is the title of a new package from Bloomberg that tracks the rise

of the podcasting Manosphere and offers an analysis of the role it may have played

in electing Trump. Joining me today is Steve Metcalf. Hello, Steve. Hello, Julia. And in for Dana

Stevens is Dan Koyes. Hello, Dan. Hello, I'm still writing 2024 on all my podcasts, too. Yeah,

well, we can pretend, I suppose, or maybe we can't given our third

topic. All right, one of them days is the new One Crazy Day comedy about two Baldwin Hills

roommates trying to make rent. Drew, played by the incandescent Kiki Palmer, is the responsible

one, striving for a manager role at the diner where she works, and Alyssa, played by

musician Siza in her first film role, is the woo-woo artist whose space cadet antics keep getting

the duo into trouble. Directed by Lawrence Lamont and written by Sarita Singleton, the film

snuck into theaters a couple weeks ago and has earned 25 million domestically outperforming expectations by far.

Before we dive in, let's listen to a clip. Drew and Alyssa are left trying to make rent because

Alyssa's well-endowed but otherwise worthless boyfriend has stolen their rent money and invested

it in an ill-conceived t-shirt line. They start their efforts to scare up the cash by the end of

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