Race, Class, Gosling Edition

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Arts, Tv & Film, Music

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and The New York Times' Wesley Morris discuss the buddy cop romp film The Nice Guys, television's classless void, and Slate's list of the 50 greatest films by black film directors. The Slate Culture Gabfest is brought to you by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. All Casper mattresses come with free delivery and returns within a 100-day period. Right now, get 50 dollars toward any mattress purchase by visiting Casper.com/culture and using the promo code CULTURE. And by the new podcast Dog Smarts. Each episode features leading researchers and academics that tackle questions of language, memory, intelligence, and even love as they pertain to our dogs. Subscribe to Dog Smarts on iTunes now. And by Open Account, a podcast that gets personal about making, losing, and living with money. Created by Umpqua Bank and hosted by SuChin Pak, download and subscribe to Open Account wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Slate within a hundred day period. Right now get $50 toward any mattress purchase by
0:14.9	visiting Casper.com slash culture and using the promo code culture and by the
0:19.8	new podcast dog smarts. Each episode features leading researchers and academics
0:24.7	that tackle questions of language, memory,
0:26.9	intelligence, and even love as they pertain to our dogs.
0:30.4	Subscribe to Dog Smarts on iTunes now.
0:33.0	And by Open Account, a podcast that gets personal about making, losing, and living with money.
0:39.0	Created by Umqua Bank and hosted by Suuchin Pac.
0:42.0	Download and subscribe to Open account wherever you get your podcasts.
0:46.0	The following podcast contains explicit language. I'm Stephen MacCaffin. This is the Slayer Culture Gap that's Race Class Gosling Edition.
1:04.7	It's Wednesday, June 1st, 2016. On today's show, The Nice Guys is a Shane Black
1:10.1	He of Lethal Weapon Fame, Buddy Cop Rompet stars Ryan Gosling and Russell Crow.
1:15.2	And then what is it about television and the depiction of social class where once work to find
1:19.1	the fictional characters we see on TV?
1:21.5	Characters now appear to exist in something of a classless void. We discuss a wonderful
1:25.3	essay by Wesley Morris. And finally, the Black Film Cannon, we discuss Slate's list of the 50
1:30.6	Greatest Films by Black Film Directors with its co-creator Aisha Harris.
1:35.2	Joining me today is Slate's editor Julia Turner.
1:37.6	Hey Julia.
1:38.6	Hello Steve.
1:39.6	Welcome to the beginning of summer, right?
1:41.6	Here it is. Yeah, hello.
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