How Not to Talk About ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ and Ava DuVernay | Damage Control (Ep. 441)

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4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This week on 'Damage Control,' The Ringer’s Justin Charity and K. Austin Collins discuss critics’ confusing handling of Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ (1:17), why wishing for black artists to have opportunities to make mediocre work is flawed thinking (19:44), and the cultural-appropriation accusations against Bruno Mars (21:39). More from The Ringer: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Is a Noble Failure The ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Exit Survey Subscribe to 'The Recappables' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this is Justin Cherity from Damage Control.
0:05.7	On this week's episode, we're going to be talking about the new Disney movie, A Wrinkle
0:09.3	End Time, directed by Aver De Verne.
0:12.4	So we want you to check out Cam's review of the movie on theringer.com, and also, make
0:17.1	sure you listen to the new Ringer podcast, The Recapables, covering the current season of
0:22.0	Atlanta.
0:23.0	The Recapables drops in new episode every Thursday.
0:26.1	You can find them wherever you subscribe to podcasts.
0:28.6	All right, now on to Damage Control.
0:36.0	I'm Justin Cherity, and I'm Cameron Collins.
0:38.2	Welcome to Damage Control on the channel 33 Network, a podcast where we unpack what
0:42.7	upsets, excites, and divides us in popular culture.
0:46.0	Today we're talking about Bruno Mars, the Puerto Rican, Filipino, Hawaiian, Ukrainian,
0:50.5	Asian, etc. pop star who has suddenly become a subject of a difficult conversation about
0:55.2	pop music, black music, and cultural appropriation.
0:58.5	We're going to get through it.
0:59.5	But first, we're going to talk about Disney's latest big budget release, A Wrinkle End Time,
1:04.9	a movie that is founded at the box office, frustrated a lot of critics, and second's director,
1:10.9	Aver De Verne, at the heart of a high stakes discussion of black filmmakers working in
1:15.5	the studio system.
1:19.2	Who are you?
1:21.0	We are in search of warriors.
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