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I'm Julia Turner, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, smooth criminal edition.

This is also the daily podcast from slate.com for Wednesday, July 8th, 2009.

On today's program, we're going to talk about what is hopefully the final gasp of Michael Jackson morning,

his televised memorial service on Tuesday.

The new movie Public Enemies, is it a gorgeous work of art or criminally boring?

And about Urban Dictionary, a online repository of fascinating and sometimes troubling slang.

Joining me today are Slate's film critic, Dana Stevens.

Hey, Julia.

Hi, Dana.

And Slate's culture editor, John Sponsberg.

Hi, Julia.

Good to have you here.

John is sitting in once again for Steve McHaff, who is out on vacation this week but returns

next week.

So Steve, faithful, sit tight.

Let's start briefly by discussing the televised Michael

Jackson Memorial Service, which John and I just came from watching. We're recording this on Tuesday

afternoon. John, what did you make? Did you think there was anything interesting or new there?

I'm not sure. I only got to see, you know, I guess probably about the first hour or so of it.

So saw a little Queen Latifah, saw Mariah Carey, singing Jackson Five songs, saw Kobe and Magic Johnson.

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