Culture Gabfest: Revenge is a Dish Best Served French

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🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week Stephen, Dana, and Julia start by discussing Promising Young Woman, the revenge thriller starring Carey Mulligan and written and directed by Emerald Fennell. Then Slate culture writer Karen Han joins the show to talk about the French heist series Lupin, which has been firmly situated on Netflix's top 10 list since it premiered. After that, the hosts reflect on a recent article in the New York Times Magazine by Justin Metz titled, How Nothingness Became Everything We Wanted. In Slate Plus, the hosts wonder whether the end of the Trump presidency has really hit them yet. 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 Metcalf and this is the slate culture gap fest.
0:10.0	I'm Stephen Metcalf and this is the slate Culture Gapfest Revenge is a dish best served French edition. It's Wednesday
0:17.2	January 27th 2021 on today's show Promising Young Woman is a dark revenge thriller.
0:23.3	Oh, is it dark.
0:24.6	I mean, we are talking dark.
0:27.3	It stars Carrie Mulligan.
0:28.9	It's also Pedagreed.
0:30.0	It's a writer-director who is season 2 showrunner for Killing Eve.
0:33.4	It's in theaters now.
0:34.2	You can also watch it on Amazon Prime for a fee.
0:37.4	And then Netflix has another huge hit in Luppin,
0:41.4	a French series about a dashing gentleman thief seeking justice on behalf of his beloved but badly wronged father.
0:48.0	It stars Omarcy.
0:49.7	And finally, we discuss a provocative times magazine piece, The Quest for Nothingness, so can't wait to talk about Nothingness.
0:57.0	Joining me today is the deputy managing editor of the LA Times, Julia Turner.
1:01.0	Hey Julia.
1:02.0	Hello. And of course Dana Stephen. LA Times Julia Turner, hey Julia.
1:02.5	Hello.
1:03.6	And of course Dana Stephen Slates film critic, hey Dana.
1:07.1	Bonjour Stephen.
1:08.3	Ah, bonj, let's dive in.
1:11.2	A new energy efficient boiler from British Gas can savie up to 22% on gas bills.
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