Mufasa: The Lion King

Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

Tv & Film, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Mufasa: The Lion King, directed by Barry Jenkins, screenplay by Jeff Nathanson, starring Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Tiffany Boone, Donald Glover, Mads Mikkelsen, Thandiwe Newton, Lennie James, Anika Noni Rose, Blue Ivy Carter, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Together, they discuss what the film's actual title is, Barry Jenkins' history with The Oscars, whether or not Timon and Pumbaa were well-used, characters ending up in ditches, prequels they're into, prequels they're not into, James' current feelings on improv, and much, much more!

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0:00.0	I have the Jennifer Hudson, the song that they sang when he walked down the hallway
0:13.7	or the Jennifer Hudson show in my head.
0:18.0	Do you all know the highway?
0:20.0	Yeah. I had in my head the whole movie
0:24.0	errant wait wait wait who walked out of mufasa erin pier that's mufasa erin pi yeah that's who
0:32.9	that's what they said okay and then someone a, someone did a paint over where it looks like the, uh, the 2D version of
0:44.3	Possa walking down.
0:48.3	It's so stupid.
0:51.3	My favorite of those, my thing is like there has to be actors who generally hate walking down
0:56.2	that tunnel.
0:56.7	Oh, you can, you can tell.
0:59.4	It's got to.
1:00.0	But I will say my favorites are, have been Aaron Pierre.
1:03.7	And normally, Anthony Mackie, I like, but now that he's gotten, like, older, he just gives
1:09.2	no fucks.
1:10.2	And, like, he just just he is so happy when he
1:13.8	walks down that when he dances down that out he's just so happy i'm like good for you bro just
1:18.4	yeah he was like he was like i'm gonna take this moment i'm a take this moment yo him druskey
1:27.2	Kevin Hart was really good Kevin Hart was really good um this moment. Yo. Him, Drusky.
1:29.0	Kevin Hart was really good.
1:30.9	Kevin Hart was really good.
1:34.7	There's some solid ones.
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