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The following podcast contains explicit language.

I'm Stephen Mechap, and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest, Autur's Gone Wild Edition.

It's Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

On today's program, the re-release and possibly the rescue of Heaven's Gate, which was arguably the biggest flop in movie history.

And then the politics and semiotics of being a gay bro.

We'll talk about that with Slate's own Brian Louder.

And finally, online reviews, a friend maybe, or maybe even just a naked algorithm, how do you get your recommendations? Joining me today is Slate's culture critic June Thomas. June, hello. Hello, Stephen. Nice to see you again. How have you been? Wonderful. I was on your native stomping ground. I was in England. I know.

And it was so good of you guys to darken the show for two weeks out of respect in my absence. This show cannot go on without you, Steve. Yeah, no, that was the only really only respectful thing to do. And we're joined, of course, by Dana Steven Slate's film critic. Dana has gone. Great, Steve. Feelings aren't at all hurt by the fact that my two hosting sessions have been obliterated by history.

Wait, you did the show. You did the show without me? How's it going? Great, Steve. I'm not, my feelings aren't at all hurt by the fact that my two hosting sessions have been

obliterated by history.

Wait, you did the show, you did the show without me?

And you hosted?

Put it this way.

I'm very glad you're back.

First, a quick and somewhat melancholy announcement are really truly extraordinary intern.

Sally Tamarkin is moving on, which is going to leave a giant

hole in the hull of this ship. Let me tell you, we've been super reliant on her. She made the

terrible mistake of displaying omnicompetence early on, so we've loaded her up, and she's been

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