Special Report: Who is Arthur Chu? (2017)

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Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2017

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Rod Lott joins Mike to discuss the 2017 documentary Who Is Arthur Chu?? The film is ostensibly about "Jeopardy" champion Arthur Chu but goes into larger discussions of race, gender, nerd culture, and more.
Mike speaks to filmmakers Yu Gu and Scott Drucker about the creation of and response to the film.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:08.0	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:11.8	A Jeopardy means one of those moments when you've bet all your money. Everything is on the line.
0:20.4	Arthur was Philbin. Regis Philbin. Yes. Arthur was Louisiana. That's the line. Arthur.
0:21.0	Who's Philbin?
0:21.5	Regis Philbin.
0:22.3	Yes. Arthur.
0:23.2	What is Louisiana?
0:23.9	That's the state?
0:25.1	Arthur.
0:25.4	What is Dell?
0:25.9	Dell is the company?
0:26.9	Arthur.
0:27.2	What are pixels?
0:28.0	Right.
0:28.6	And you have a big league.
0:30.5	This 30-year-old from Ohio is single-handedly turning America's favorite quiz show into a mind game.
0:37.2	It took a little while for Arthur to get the audiences to warm up to him.
0:46.3	This Asian on Jeopardy is one of the worst human beings on the planet.
0:54.8	The Asian guy on Jeopardy is such a cocky bastard.
0:59.0	I hope your wife dies.
1:08.8	My dad always taught me with good reason that there's value in a simple life, a life without jeopardy, as little as possible.
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