Judd Apatow’s ‘The King of Staten Island’
The Business
KCRW
4.6 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Judd Apatow's latest film “The King of Staten Island,” stars comedian Pete Davidson in a story inspired by Davidson's real life. Apatow is a comedy icon but he’s admittedly not funny on Twitter. As his more than 2 million followers know, he rains scorn not only on Trump, but on Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch, whose news network relentlessly bolsters the administration. Apatow wonders why others in the entertainment industry don’t do the same.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business. |
| 0:05.2 | You know, there are a lot of people who complain about liberal Hollywood and their opinions, but when you really get down to it, almost no one is speaking up. |
| 0:12.5 | Comedy icon Judd Apatow's latest film is the King of Staten Island, and we are going to talk about that. |
| 0:18.0 | But we're also going to talk about Apatow's decidedly unfunny |
| 0:21.0 | presence on Twitter. As as more than 2 million followers know, Apatow regularly reigns scorn, |
| 0:27.1 | not only on Donald Trump, but on Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch, whose news network relentlessly bolsters |
| 0:33.4 | the administration. And Apatel wonders why others in the entertainment industry don't do the same. |
| 0:39.8 | Apatow explains why he has no fear about taking a stand on political issues and tells us why he |
| 0:44.8 | thinks comedies still have a place on the big screen. And yes, we talk about the King of Staten Island, |
| 0:50.7 | now available on demand. But first on the news banter, Oscars so pushed. Stay tuned. It's the |
| 0:57.4 | business from KCRW. I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt. |
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| 1:25.6 | season. Meanwhile, however, |
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| 2:05.3 | recovery the following year in 21-22, but that is a big number. And, you know, this industry is |
| 2:11.6 | taking shots, like painful, painful shots in all aspects of the entertainment business. Yeah, that's not just a, |
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