Michael and Us: Rule of Thumb Pt. II
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🗓️ 5 October 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world, hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.
What does it mean to be "America's Critic"? What does it take to be the most powerful critic the world has ever known? Several months back we discussed "Siskel & Ebert," but now we turn our attention specifically to Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer-winner who may forever be America's best-known film critic. We watch the Ebert documentary LIFE ITSELF (2014), and ponder the movie's questionable assertion that "He did not get caught up in certain ideologies of what cinema should be." PLUS: why are liberals sending thoughts and prayers to the president?
NOTE: As a special experiment for the month of October 2020, we will be posting two episodes per week - one free, one Patreon-exclusive. Like the show and want more? Go to https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus.
Episode #152 ("Rule of Thumb" Pt. I) - https://soundcloud.com/michael-and-us/152-rule-of-thumb
"Roger Ebert's Zero-Star Movies" by Will Sloan - https://hazlitt.net/feature/roger-eberts-zero-star-movies
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Michael and us. I'm Will Sloane here as always with Luke Savage. Hey everyone. |
| 0:18.5 | And we're doing a little experiment this month. We know that you just can't get enough. |
| 0:22.4 | So for the month of October, we are going to be doing two episodes a week |
| 0:25.5 | one free one on the Patreon yeah since the start of the show we did one episode |
| 0:31.5 | every two weeks before we started a Patreon then we became a one |
| 0:34.8 | app a week outfit with half the episodes paywalled and now we're gonna try something a |
| 0:39.8 | little different doubling our content We've had a big surgeon |
| 0:43.3 | listenership lately. There's a lot more of you listening now than there were before. |
| 0:47.3 | A lot more people subscribing on the Patreon. So just for the next few weeks, I guess |
| 0:52.1 | for the month of October at least, we want to run a little Michael and us test pilot program. |
| 0:57.0 | So if you like the show and you want to see more of it, you can let us know by subscribing on Patreon. |
| 1:02.0 | Anyway, we're recording on Friday, October 2nd. |
| 1:05.0 | It's a big day in the wild world of politics, a tragic day. |
| 1:08.0 | This morning we all woke up to some disturbing news. |
| 1:12.0 | Beloved actor Rick Moranis from Ghostbusters and S.C. TV and Little Shop of Horrors was tragically struck down in the upper west side. |
| 1:20.0 | And honey I shrunk the kids. Who could forget splitting airs? |
| 1:23.2 | Little Giant, big bully with Tom Arnold. |
| 1:26.1 | Life tragically cut short. |
| 1:28.2 | Actually that's not true. |
| 1:29.0 | He's still alive. |
| 1:29.8 | He's fine. |
| 1:30.4 | But he was hit by a random assailant in the upper west side. We wish him the best, and I think that's all the prayers that we have to offer on this episode, right? |
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