Culture Gabfest - Snag a Duke
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🗓️ 6 January 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Steve, Dana, and Julia start by talking about Wonder Woman 1984 with LA Times film critic Justin Chang. Then they discuss Bridgerton, the new Netflix show produced by Shonda Rhimes and based on a series of novels by Julia Quinn. After that, Justin Chang rejoins the show to talk about Movie Club, Slate's annual end-of-year movie coverage.
In Slate Plus, the hosts expand on their Wonder Woman conversation in spoiler-filled detail.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Stephen Meckhaff, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, Snag-A-Duke edition. |
| 0:14.6 | It's Wednesday, January 6th, 2021. Oh, my. |
| 0:18.7 | On today's show, Wonder Woman, 1984, returns Gal Gadot as the Amazonian demig goddess Diana. |
| 0:24.5 | It co-stars Chris Pine as her resurrected love interest and Kristen Whig as a nerd sidekick slash rival with a dark side. |
| 0:32.4 | To discuss, we'll be joined by the wonderful L.A. Times film critic Justin Chang. |
| 0:36.5 | And then the first Netflix series from Shonda Rhymes' production company is here. |
| 0:40.8 | It's called Bridgerton, and it's a lavish and kinky period piece, |
| 0:44.3 | but with a counterfactual twist, |
| 0:46.5 | this version of Regency England is racially integrated, |
| 0:49.5 | and more than a few members of the aristocracy are black. |
| 0:52.5 | And finally, it's that time of year again. |
| 0:54.8 | I know it's kind of a show favorite and a Dana Stevens favorite at Slate's movie club, |
| 0:59.6 | get to meditate on the state of American movies and throw out some top ten titles. |
| 1:04.2 | We'll be joined for that by Justin Chang. |
| 1:06.8 | He'll stick around. |
| 1:08.3 | And of course, joining me today is Julia Turner, the deputy managing editor of the |
| 1:12.8 | LA Times. Hey, Julia, happy New Year. Hello, happy New Year. I'm so glad to be back. Yeah, it's |
| 1:18.0 | wonderful to have you back. And of course, Dana Stevens is the film critic of slate.com. Hey, Dana. |
| 1:24.1 | Hey, happy new year. Mr. Julia. |
| 1:27.2 | Ye. |
| 1:35.6 | Wonder Woman 1984 returns us to the DC extended universe. The Amazonian demigodess, Diana, |
| 1:39.8 | who is immortal, has spent the better part of several decades mourning the loss of Steve. |
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