Michael and Us: A Fistful of Quarters
Jacobin Radio
Jacobin
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.
The story of two men competing for the world Donkey Kong championship becomes a metaphor for so much in society, from celebrity culture to institutional power. We revisit THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS (2007) and celebrate two universal archetypes: Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell. PLUS: fiery hot takes on the Golden Globes, the Democrats' impending midterm strategy, and the lingering discourse on the Bernie mittens meme.
"PIXEL BURN - A King, Konquered: The Fall of Billy Mitchell" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNLqrOqUtEM
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| 0:00.0 | Make no mistake. There will be a trial and when that trial ends, Senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Donald John Trump |
| 0:10.7 | incited the erection |
| 0:12.7 | insurrection |
| 0:14.2 | against the United States |
| 0:16.2 | Welcome to Michael and us. I'm Will Sloan here as always with |
| 0:20.4 | Looks average. Hello everyone. On the morning that we recorded this the latest golden globe nominations were announced |
| 0:27.7 | And I wanted to bring this up this episode because the good thing to do the right thing to do the cool thing to do would be to say |
| 0:34.3 | That I don't care about this |
| 0:36.0 | That would be a lie, though, wouldn't it? It would be a lie and it would be a lie on a couple of different levels |
| 0:40.2 | Because first of all, I do care. I am curious |
| 0:42.4 | I looked at the list because I wanted to see what got nominated |
| 0:45.0 | The award shows like this are interesting as a reflection of what Hollywood thinks its mission is |
| 0:50.1 | The way Hollywood wants to be viewed the sort of things that Hollywood is putting forward as this |
| 0:55.7 | This is us. This is the best of us. And the golden glows which are, you know, obviously a sham organization |
| 1:02.4 | It's the Hollywood foreign press which are like a bunch of people who like write like one clickbait article a year each about like |
| 1:10.5 | Oh, we saw a side boob |
| 1:12.9 | They publish it on some website somewhere. That's what the golden glows are and and they take bribes allegedly |
| 1:18.4 | Really? Well, I mean, I don't know if you've ever heard this very famous story that in the early 1980s |
| 1:22.8 | There was an actress named Pia Zadora who was a singer and actress. She married a billionaire and the billionaire |
| 1:29.6 | He paid for her first movie. He funded the whole budget |
| 1:33.2 | And then he like flew out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for like an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas |
| 1:39.5 | Where they would get like first class service and Pia would give them a concert and then guess who won best new star that year |
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