Spider-Man Is Out of the MCU and Movies Are in a State of IP Crisis. Plus: Ben Berman on Untangling ‘The Amazing Johnathan Documentary’ | The Big Picture

The Big Picture

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🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 120 minutes

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A public, corporate feud between Marvel and Sony could spell the end of Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—are we stuck caring about this forever, and will we ever return to the days of movie stars (0:45)? Then, Ben Berman joins the show to discuss his strange and postmodern documentary on magician and comedian “The Amazing Johnathan” (74:51). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Wesley Morris and Ben Berman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of The Big Picture is brought to you by M&Ms.
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0:37.6	I'm Sean Fennesy Editor in Chief of the Ringer and this is The Big Picture, a conversation
0:41.1	show about the movies which are maybe in trouble or maybe completely fine or maybe doing
0:45.5	really great.
0:46.7	I am pleased to be joined by my regular co-host Amanda Dom and Ty Amanda.
0:50.0	Hi Sean.
0:51.0	And we have a special guest here.
0:52.6	We have our pal Wesley Morris.
0:53.6	What's up?
0:54.6	Hi.
0:55.6	How are you?
0:56.8	I'm good.
0:57.8	Wesley, you work for The New York Times.
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