Malcolm D. Lee and Expanding Story of ‘The Best Man’

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Van and Rachel are joined by Director Malcolm D. Lee to discuss his new book, ‘The Best Man: Unfinished Business’, what inspired the writing of the original movie, and if we can expect a ‘Girls Trip 2’ anytime soon? (0:00) Intro (1:35) Adapting the story for the page (7:33) Addressing criticism (11:29) Adapting the story for the screen (14:47) Prequels? (17:46) One of the sexiest casts of all-time (22:35) Sable bourbon (22:41) Girls Trip 2 (24:17) Essence Fest Hosts: Van Lathan Jr. and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Malcolm D. Lee Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay.
0:03.9	A treat for you guys.
0:05.8	The saga of the best man, which started in 1999.
0:12.0	I saw it at Gremlin University.
0:14.0	Oh.
0:15.1	I wasn't going to Gremlin.
0:16.7	I was going to Louisiana Tech.
0:19.0	But the best man, the movie...
0:21.0	You're on a date?
0:22.2	No, no, no, no.
0:22.8	Because that's a great movie to take somebody on a date, too.
0:24.5	Well, we went as a crew.
0:26.1	Okay.
0:26.6	All of us went as a crew to see the best man at Gremlin because they were showing it there.
0:31.6	They showed it at the school.
0:33.5	And we was all going crazy.
0:35.6	We didn't realize how big the movie was going to be.
0:38.8	And it's basically spawned a whole best man averse.
0:43.2	Oh, man averse.
0:45.2	So that, but a whole best man, MCU.
0:48.9	We have television shows.
0:50.1	We have sequels.
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