Hang Up and Listen - Slate Plus Preview: "United Passions" Commentary Track
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2015
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Enjoy a free preview of Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca's commentary track for one of the lowest-grossing movies in American cinema history—the FIFA propaganda film United Passions. If you're already a Slate Plus member, hear the full (nearly two hour!) commentary track here. If you're not a member, consider signing up -- and get a free two-week trial. Go to slate.com/hangupplus. How to sync: After introduction, listen for the producer counting "1, 2, 3, go!" When you hear "go," starting playing your copy of United Passions, available from Amazon, Google Play, and iTunes.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Josh Levine of Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm joined here in Washington, D.C. by Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak and a |
| 0:14.2 | few seconds of Panic and one of North America's top 12 set bladder impersonators. Hello, Stefan. |
| 0:21.2 | Hello, Josh. |
| 0:22.9 | And with us from New York, |
| 0:24.8 | subbing in for Gene Shalett is noted film critic and bon vivant. |
| 0:29.5 | Mike Pesca, host of Slate's daily podcast The Gist with Mike Peska. |
| 0:33.2 | Hello, Mike. |
| 0:34.2 | Thap bladder's never been better. |
| 0:38.3 | All right. |
| 0:39.4 | Let's just, let's just end it there. |
| 0:41.3 | Let's just end it there. |
| 0:42.2 | Oh, no, we have to do the whole commentary. |
| 0:44.7 | Sock us. |
| 0:45.5 | Sack it to me. |
| 0:47.7 | So what are we doing here today? |
| 0:50.5 | What are we doing here, Gene? |
| 0:52.0 | What we're doing is watching one of the worst movies of all time, a film that The Guardian has called Pure Cinematic Excrement. |
| 1:00.9 | And that's not the newspaper The Guardian. |
| 1:02.5 | That is the Guardian of Cinema, someone whose job it is to keep you away from terrible movies. |
| 1:08.4 | What movie is this? |
| 1:09.4 | It is the FIFA propaganda film United Passions, |
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