The following podcast contains explicit language.

I'm Stephen Metcalf and this is the Sla Culture Gapfest Royal Painting in the Arse edition.

It's Wednesday, January 15, 2020.

On today's show, 1917 has dethroned Star Wars at the box office, it's won a Golden Globe for Best Picture.

It tells the story of a couple of World War I grunts.

And then the Up Series, the grand expose of the British Class

system has been called the greatest, most profound,

most noble documentary series of all time.

Its latest installment is 63 up and we will discuss.

And finally, Harry and Megan call it quits.

Joining me today is June Thomas the podcast Puba of slate.com.

Hey June welcome back.

Thank you so much.

And of course Dana Stevens is the film critic for slate.

Hey Dana. Hey Steve.

Let's dive in, shall we? Sam Mendez is, I think best known probably as director of American

beauties, some Bond films. He's also a very accomplished stage director.

He has co-written and directed the movie 1917

now out in theaters.

It's based on stories told to him by his grandfather

about his grandfather's experience in World War I.

Of course, the Great War was unrivaled

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