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It's Been a Minute

Need a laugh in these trying times? 'One of Them Days' is the comedy for you

It's Been a Minute

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4.68.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Keke Palmer and SZA play two down on their luck friends who run into a series of hilarious unfortunate events in One of Them Days.

Host Brittany Luse and IBAM producer Corey Antonio Rose joined NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour to discuss how this raunchy affair pulls off a story about friendship, unreasonable landlords, and gentrification.

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0:00.0

I am thrilled to announce that it's been a minute will be doing a live taping of the show at On Air Fest on February 21st in Brooklyn, New York.

0:07.2

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0:11.4

Use special code I-BAM 40 to secure your tickets and join us for this live show you don't want to miss.

0:17.5

Again, that is I-B-A-M-40 to get 40% off your tickets at on-airfest.com.

0:26.6

Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.

0:43.8

Thank you. on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. So y'all probably already know this,

0:46.3

but here are two of my favorite things in the whole world.

0:50.5

One, I love to go to the movies. And two, I love to talk about movies. So, wow, lucky me. NPR's

1:01.2

Pop Culture Happy Hour not only asked me to come on their show and talk about Siza and Kiki Palmer's

1:07.3

new movie, one of them days. They even got me tickets to go see it in theaters.

1:12.1

Ah, I love you guys. Pop Culture Happy Hour, Stephen Thompson and Aisha Harris. Team up with me and

1:18.0

my producer, Corey Antonio Rose, for an I-Bam and Pop Culture Happy Hour collab. To tell you why this new

1:25.1

movie that gets into gentrification, young black womanhood,

1:28.5

and the legacy of black comedy is an 85% success.

1:37.6

And just so we're all in the same playing field,

1:40.4

Stephen is going to give us all a synopsis of this film.

1:44.3

So, one of them days stars Kiki Palmer as a highly driven waitress named Drew.

1:49.7

She's getting ready to interview for a promotion that would let her manage her own diner franchise.

1:54.3

But it's the first of the month and the rent is due and it wasn't the wisest decision to delegate the rent drop-off to Drew's roommate and best friend

2:01.5

Alyssa, she's a free-spirited visual artist played by Siza.

2:05.5

Alyssa has made the even less wise decision to delegate the rent drop-off to her no-good boyfriend

2:10.7

and you start to see where this is going. The rent money's gone, eviction is looming, and matters

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