Monkey Man w/ Rekha Shankar (Teaser)

Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by writer and actor Rekha Shankhar (Digman, Grand Crew) to cover Monkey Man, screenplay by Dev Patel, Paul Angunawela, and John Collee, directed by Dev Patel, and starring Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Sikandar Kher, and Adithi Kalkunte. Together, they cover the film's winding road to a theatrical release, just how exciting it is to see Dev Patel debuting as an action director, the incredible look of the film, the cache Jordan Peele brought to the mix, its brutal fight beats, the considerable amount of biting, whether or not movies are, again, back, and much more! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	What's up, Blackman Can't Job, comic book fans, James the third here to talk to you about my comic series,
0:05.0	Junior, available now on Kickstarter.
0:07.0	The Ghost with the most past due child support is back in four brand new issues of this semi-autographical supernatural comic series.
0:13.6	It's got all sorts of spooky hijinks for fans of Beetlejuice, The Good Place and
0:16.9	The Mummy, stuff like that, and features award-winning artists from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse,
0:21.1	and more.
0:21.7	It's available on Kickstarter through June 9th.
0:23.7	Go to Rule of 3 Inc. or follow me at Rule 3 Inc on I. for more details.
0:28.2	Donate today! Listen man, let's get in the monkey man. I just don't like the word monkey. You know what it means? I know monkeys. This is a good start. I know monkeys are animals. You don't like the word monkey. I don't like just the word. It's like I don't I feel like I don't I don't like the way it sounds I don't like the way it sounds I don't want the people tongues I don't like the connotation I don't like monkeys connotation I don't like I don't like
1:07.1	the connotation it's like it's the money is a bad word the way that it has been used as a slur has ruined you for the word in general.
1:18.3	So when you see the animal, what do you say? The ape. But they're different though. It's a baby ape.
1:26.0	But also ape is like you're fine with ape. You're fine with ape but you're not like...
1:31.0	James, no, this is my thing thing to me if a white man has called some man a black man and a
1:37.2	a a he has probably died after that that like I've rarely seen in a movie
1:41.0	you ape no no no because that because that's too much well except for a
1:45.4	planet of the apes of course but those monkeys hate everybody
1:48.9	I'm trying to see about everybody if if a man says you ape to how does he die like where does the death come in that's what I'm trying to figure
1:58.8	James I don't know but let me tell you why because I haven't seen it happen only like Bray said
2:03.5	and Planet Apes but if you say monkey monkeys right listen to monkey it's disgusting I don't like it but
2:10.0	what if what if you were called an ape by a monkey man?
2:18.0	Interesting. You realize we got a guess, this is embarrassing.
2:20.4	No, I.
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