Decoding Westworld Bonus - The Greatness of Ariana DeBose, New York as a Character, Favorite NPCs
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David Chen
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🗓️ 1 July 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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In this bonus episode, David and Siddhant reflect on the greatness of Ariana DeBose, talk about New York's depiction in Westworld, and run down their favorite NPCs. Get more of these bonus episodes at http://patreon.com/davechen
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating 5 feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination. |
| 0:12.0 | Not a car in the world, as you simply lean back. And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:20.0 | This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does. |
| 0:25.0 | Avanti West Coast, feel good travel. |
| 0:33.0 | All right. Hello, everyone. This is a decoding Westworld Extra. |
| 0:37.0 | What I'm doing with these is, if you are a supporter on my personal Patreon at patreon.com, size, Dave Chen, $10 or above, |
| 0:45.0 | you get one of these every week, where it's just me and Sidont hanging out, talking about some random stuff that may or may not even be connected with Westworld. |
| 0:53.0 | I am releasing this episode for free on the main feed, so you can kind of get a sense of what it is. |
| 1:01.0 | But, you know, if you sign up at patreon.com, size, Dave Chen, you don't even need to listen to these. |
| 1:05.0 | You can just support the show because you want to support the show, but you do get these bonus episodes. |
| 1:09.0 | So, Sidont, I thought what we would do for these little bonus bits that we're going to put on the Patreon is, |
| 1:17.0 | just talk about random questions that came up as a result of watching the episode of Westworld, right? |
| 1:25.0 | And I think one of the things that we had talked about was, like, Ariana DeBose, being in the show at all, is kind of a huge deal. |
| 1:33.0 | I can't recall a time where I've seen someone win an Oscar, and then two months later, she's potentially a regular character in a show that I'm watching. |
| 1:43.0 | A brand new character where, like, the plot has been reset. |
| 1:47.0 | But, you are an Ariana DeBose fan, right? So, tell us about your end of an Ariana DeBose. |
| 1:53.0 | Well, it began back in, gosh, what was it? |
| 1:57.0 | 2015, when I first saw Hamilton. |
| 2:00.0 | A lot of people may not know this, but she was part of the original cast of Hamilton. |
| 2:04.0 | Not as necessarily one of the named characters, she was part of the ensemble. |
| 2:08.0 | You know, one of the background dancers, somebody comes into a bullet chair down or change the set in the background. |
| 2:14.0 | But, she had a very, very, very specific role in the show. |
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