This Barbie Is On Strike!

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Jarrett Hill, Culture, Fanti, Comedy, Tre'vell Anderson, Journalists, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, hosts Tre’vell Anderson and jarrett hill go over the complex and complicado of the highly anticipated Barbie movie. They get into their thoughts on the film’s rollout, marketing strategy, and how Stereotypical Barbie represents the beginning of white women’s self - reckoning. But first in our Pass The Popcorn segment, our hosts speak on the state of the entertainment industry, from the WGA/SAG - AFTRA union strikes, to Hollywood’s initiative of driving out diversity, specifically at the network executive level.

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0:00.0	Hey there beautiful people welcome to fan size podcast for all those complex and
0:06.5	complicated conversations about the gray areas in our lives. I am trying to stay
0:12.2	awake. I don't know what it is. All of us were dragging this morning Jerahill.
0:15.5	Well listen I'm not dragging no more. I got all the energy. I don't know what
0:19.6	you want talking about. I am tray valentine. This is where we put in the candy
0:25.1	clip of the lies the lies the lies. Whatever child you know when they say
0:32.6	action you got to jump into you know you got to turn it on but go ahead what's
0:36.9	going on coming up on the show. Coming up on the show this week we are getting
0:40.1	into the new Issa Ray movie that just hit theaters last weekend. Screaming.
0:45.3	Cool Barbie. We're gonna get into the good the bad and the white woman of Barbie
0:51.2	in just a little bit but up first we want to talk a little bit about Hollywood
0:55.4	on strike. This is something that has been urking me for a while. Obviously we've
1:00.2	been in the writer strike that began May 2nd. Oh wow you start off bad.
1:05.1	Did you start off the topic bad? You say I've been hurt. I've been
1:08.6	hurt about this and you know as well as anyone. How I've been feeling about
1:12.9	this this writer strike that has now become a double strike with Sag
1:17.7	after joining it a couple of weeks ago now by the time y'all are here in
1:21.4	this. And so I I've been frustrated about this from various different
1:25.3	perspectives. I should say for those of you that are not familiar with what
1:28.0	Sag after is or you might see the Sag Awards. Sag after is a screen actor's
1:32.0	guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Oh they
1:35.7	know what it is. I feel like what's important there is like there's a bit of a
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