The Great Debaters

Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

Comedy, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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This week James, Jerah, and Jonathan review the 2007 film “The Great Debaters,” directed by and starring Denzel Washington. It’s about a poet and professor, Melvin B. Tolson who teaches at Wiley College in Texas in 1935. He starts a debate team and they eventually become the first Black team to Challenge Harvard. The movie also stars Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, John Heard, and Kimberly Elise. Produced by Melisa D. Monts Executive produced by Brett Boham, Joe Cilio, and Alex Ramsey Listen to Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] Ad-Free on Forever Dog Plus: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus FOLLOW BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD]: https://twitter.com/blackmenpodcast https://www.instagram.com/blackmenpodcast BUY BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/black-men-can-t-jump-in-hollywood SUPPORT BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BMCJ BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:30.0	Forever. Dog! Forever! Did you guys do extracurricular activities in college?
0:45.0	Well I still did theater.
0:46.5	The theater outside of the theater program.
0:48.8	There was only a certain amount that was required and then everything else was
0:51.5	whatever you wanted to do.
0:53.2	So like, yeah, and I had like a bunch of internships
0:55.6	and I'd never even applied for credit.
0:58.1	So I don't know, so I don't know.
1:00.4	Like, I was working for dreams.
1:02.0	Yeah. I didn working for James. Yeah.
1:03.0	I didn't get credit for any of my internships.
1:06.6	You just forgot like you.
1:08.3	I didn't need, I didn't, I didn't have an intern requirement, so I just didn't even try to go through those steps to get the...
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