Kimi
Pop Culture Happy Hour
NPR
4.5 • 10.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A warning, this episode contains mention of sexual assault. |
| 0:03.4 | Kimmy is the latest film from one of the most prolific directors working today, Steven |
| 0:12.9 | Soderbergh. |
| 0:13.9 | It stars Zoe Kravitz as a woman with high anxiety and agoraphobia, who may or may not have observed |
| 0:19.1 | a murder via a Siri-like voice assistant. |
| 0:21.7 | Now, this is a tight, 90-minute surveillance thriller that takes its cues from some classics |
| 0:26.2 | of the genre, including rear window and the conversation. |
| 0:29.3 | Yet, it feels contemporary and fresh, particularly as it plays against the backdrop of the COVID-19 |
| 0:34.6 | pandemic. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Aisha Harris, and today we're talking about Kimmy on Popcoach or Happy Hour from |
| 0:39.4 | NPR. |
| 0:45.4 | Joining me from his home in Denver is writer and film critic Walter Chow. |
| 0:49.4 | Welcome back, Walter. |
| 0:50.4 | I'm so glad to be here. |
| 0:51.4 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:52.4 | Awesome. |
| 0:53.4 | I'm so glad you're here, too. |
| 0:54.4 | So, Kimmy is the name of the fictional smart speaker that plays a key role in the events |
| 0:58.9 | of the movie. |
| 0:59.9 | Zoe Kravitz plays Angela. |
| 1:01.5 | She works from home for a Magdala, the company that created Kimmy. |
| 1:05.0 | Now her job is to comb through data and make corrections to the voice assistant system. |
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